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MIAMI PLAYER KILLED: University of Miami reserve fullback KevinGibbs was killed in an auto accident in Coral Gables, Fla. Gibbs, 20,died Wednesday after a car in which he was a passenger slammed into autility pole. The accident occurred at about 9 p.m. The car wasdriven by Gibbs' friend, Leroy Josey, who was in stable conditiontoday at a Miami hospital. SOX TICKETS ON SALE: Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday forthe White Sox final season at Comiskey Park. They can be obtained atthe Sox ticket office at 35th and Shields and through Ticketmaster(312-559-1212). Tickets for the final weekend series at ComiskeyPark (Sept. 28-30 against the Seattle Mariners) won't go on saleuntil April.

BO'S AGENT EYES DOUGH: Bo Jackson's agent Richard Woods said thetwo-sport star could become the highest paid player in baseball ifthe Kansas City Royals outfielder were a free agent - and in one wayhe already enjoys such contract clout. "In our view he is a freeagent because he has the football option with the Los AngelesRaiders," Woods said. SYRACUSE BRAWL: Derrick Coleman, a senior basketball co-captain attop-ranked Syracuse, was involved in an altercation with FredDeReggi, a senior nose guard on Syracuse's football team, at a campusbar. The two scuffled at 1 a.m. Wednesday. SURGERY FOR UTAH COACH: University of Utah basketball coach RickMajerus underwent coronary bypass surgery today in Salt Lake City andhospital officials said it would be several hours before they wouldhave word on his progress. A hospital spokesman said Majerus, 41,went into surgery at 7:30 a.m. Earlier, Majerus said he expects to be"on the shelf" the rest of the season. GOALIE HEXTALL HURT: Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Ron Hextallagreed to play a game in the minors to tune up for a return to theNHL after an injury, but now he may be sitting out again. Hextall,playing for the Hershey Bears, injured his right groin in a gameagainst the New Haven Nighthawks. SURGERY FOR PITT GUARD: Pittsburgh point guard Sean Millerunderwent successful surgery on his left ankle today and has had hisleg placed in a cast. Miller had a bone graft operation to reducepain caused by a partial fusion of two bones in his left ankle. SKINS' WILLIAMS FREE AGENT? Washington Redskins quarterback DougWilliams says he expects to become an unprotected free agent. TheRedskins have made Mark Rypien the quarterback for the rest of theseason and are eager to test third-stringer Stan Humphries. AUSTRIAN SKIER INJURED: Peter Wirnsberger of Austria injured hisright knee in a spill today on "camel's bumps" in Val Gardenia,Italy, during the final day of practice for the season's first WorldCup downhill race. Wirnsberger, 19, damaged his kneecap when he fellin the most difficult part of the Saslong track. HOLLYWOOD INTEREST IN AUNESE: Hollywood is interested in filming astory about Colorado quarterback Sal Aunese, who died of inoperablestomach cancer Sept. 23. Beverly Hills agent Ed Hookstratten hasbeen retained by the Aunese family to represent its dealings withmovie studios interested in the life of the late athlete. UBRIACO REVEALS MISTAKES: Fired coach Gene Ubriaco says his biggestmistake was treating the Pittsburgh Penguins "like men" and thatstars Mario Lemieux and Paul Coffey deserted him in his final weeksas coach. Ubriaco also said he found it almost impossible to coachthe talented Lemieux. "It was like trying to teach a shark tablemanners," Ubriaco said.