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Snubbed
The Phillies, by Hideo Nomo, who wants nomo than about $9 million a year. Nomo, 12-8 with a 4.54 ERA for the Brewers in 1999, broke off talks after the Phils balked at giving him more than the $5.65 million they will pay ace Curt Schilling next season.

Crashed

A '96 Land Rover driven by Hornets forward Derrick Coleman, who collided with a grocery store delivery truck and was charged with driving while intoxicated. He needed stitches; Hornet Eldridge Recasner broke his right shoulder and suffered a collapsed lung.

The phone system in Glasgow when tickets to the England- Scotland Euro 2000 soccer qualifier went on sale. Nearly 17,000 calls came in the first minute, but only four tickets were sold before circuits shut down.

Died
Max Patkin (right), of a heart aneurysm, in Paoli, Pa. Patkin, 79, mugged and joked at more than 4,000 minor league games over five decades and played himself in Bull Durham.

Dot.commed
Golf's Nike tour, which will be known for at least the next five years as the Buy.com tour. The less-than-subtle E-tailer vows to boost minimum purses on the PGA Tour's minor league circuit by 55% to $350,000 per E-vent.