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Marc Crawford of the Colorado Avalanche will direct Canada’s Olympic hockey team for the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Wayne Cashman of the Philadelphia Flyers and Andy Murray and Mike Johnston of the Canadian national team will serve as assistants. … CBS is relying on Olympic broadcasting veterans for its 17-day coverage of the Winter Games in Japan next February. Host Jim Nantz will be joined again by Pat O’Brien and Andrea Joyce for what CBS is calling the most extensive coverage ever of the Winter Games. Boston Bruins forward Ted Donato has agreed to a one-year contract that will reportedly pay him $1 million. … NCAA champion Luke Smith of UNLV, playing in his first ATP Tour tournament, upset sixth-seeded Lionel Roux 6-3, 6-3 in the second round of the Legg Mason Classic.