Miscellany

Don’t expect to see a Dream Team of major league baseball stars playing in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Since the games will be held the same time as the September pennant races, minor leaguers are more likely to play.

A solution might be worked out for the 2004 Olympics in Athens, which are scheduled for July.

Jeff Gordon officially became NASCAR’s first $6 million man. The Winston Cup champion was presented a check for $2.3 million.

Gordon, 26, who won 10 races for the second year in a row and came up with 22 top-five finishes in 32 starts, is the youngest two-time champion in the history of NASCAR,

The widow of the late Indianapolis Colts owner Robert Irsay agreed to an out-of-court, confidential settlement in her $13 million suit against the NFL team and the executors of her late husband’s estate, including his son Jim Irsay. Nancy Irsay will have no affiliation with the Colts.

At Pompano Beach, Fla., Keith Holmes successfully defended his World Boxing Council middleweight title with an 11th-round technical knockout of Paul Vaden.