BRIEFLY : JONES KEEPS '98 WIN STREAK INTACT.

Byline: Daily News Wire Services

World champion Marion Jones remained unbeaten this season, winning the women's 100 meters in 10.77 seconds Wednesday at the Weltklasse international meet in Zurich, Switzerland.

Jones, a graduate of Thousand Oaks High who has gone under 11 seconds 12 times, ran away from the field as usual.

Chryste Gaines, trailing by a substantial .27 seconds, finished second at 11.04, followed by Zhanna Pintusevich of Ukraine at 11.07.

While the victory kept Jones in the race for the $1 million Golden League jackpot, it was not sufficient to improve on her best of 10.71, and not close to Florence Griffith Joyner's world record of 10.49.

Jones, who has run the nine fastest times in the world this year, has not lost since September 1997. She has won 27 individual events this year.

It was a busy evening for Jones, who also won the women's long jump at 23 feet, 11-3/4 inches.

TENNIS: Rod Laver, who had a moderate stroke July 27, has been moved from the intensive-care unit to a private room at the UCLA Medical Center. Hospital spokeswoman Roxanne Yamaguchi Moster said Laver's condition was upgraded from serious to fair.

Pete Sampras beat Martin Damm of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of the ATP Championship at Mason, Ohio.

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Newell Brown, who served as an assistant coach under Craig Hartsburg with the Chicago Blackhawks for the last two seasons, will work under Hartsburg with the Mighty Ducks, also as an assistant.

St. Louis Blues center Pierre Turgeon has received the highest arbitration award in NHL history, $4.65 million, for a one-year contract. The award tops the $4.5 million deal given to the Montreal Canadiens' Mark Recchi on Monday.

BASKETBALL: The American Basketball League will begin administering temporary salary cuts to all of its employees, except for contracted players and coaches, effective when paychecks are released later in August by the women's league, the Long Beach Press-Telegram has learned.

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