BRIEFLY\Diggs opts for Ohio State, not USC.

Byline: Gary Washburn

Dorsey linebacker Na'il Diggs, whose guardians are ousted USC basketball coach Charlie Parker and his wife Roslyn Simpson, has committed to play football at Ohio State.

Diggs took a recruiting trip this past weekend after rescinding his letter of intent to USC after the school fired Parker as coach. Simpson first turned in the letter on Feb. 7, then retrieved it when she was informed Parker was fired. Diggs then considered Arizona, Iowa State and Ohio State.

LSU tailback Kevin Faulk has been suspended for the Tigers' season opener against Houston, head coach Gerry DiNardo said. The suspension was in response to misdemeanor charges filed against Faulk after he got into a bar fight in Carencro, La., and allegedly shoved and punched police officers who came to cool things down.

BASEBALL

The Atlanta Braves reached a deal to relocate their spring training camp to Walt Disney World in 1998.

TENNIS

One of the most elegant tennis players ever to grace a grass court, Sarah Palfrey Danzig, a mainstay on the international circuit in the 1930s and an ambassador of the game thereafter, died of lung cancer at New York Hospital. She was 83.

She and her four sisters all claimed national tennis titles at varying points of their lives. Danzig collected 18 Grand Slam titles, most of them in doubles.

Sergi Bruguera of Spain suffered a first-round upset in straight sets by Dutchman Jan Siemerink at the $814,250 Italian Indoors ATP tournament in Milan.

BASKETBALL

Juwan Howard of the Washington Bullets was fined $5,000 by the NBA for making an obscene gesture when he was ejected from a game against Charlotte.

HOCKEY

Ron Francis of the Pittsburgh Penguins was fined $1,000 and suspended for two games without pay by the NHL because of a "checking from behind incident" against Montreal Canadiens defenseman Vladimir Malakov on Saturday.