BRIEFLY : SHEFFIELD'S 1998 PAY SET BASEBALL RECORD.Byline: Daily News Wire Services A record 326 major-leaguers made $1 million or more last season, topped by Dodgers outfielder Gary Sheffield at a single-season record $14.9 million, according to a study by The Associated Press. Sheffield, boosted by a $5 million bonus he received for agreeing to a midseason trade from Florida, smashed the record of $10 million, set in 1997 by Albert Belle with the Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the White Sox have played in U.S. . Eight players made more than the entire roster of the Montreal Expos ($8,317,500). Sheffield, whose exact earnings were $14,936,667, also made more than the Pittsburgh Pirates ($13,695,000) and fell just short of the final roster of the Marlins ($15,141,000). A record 36.5 percent of players reached $1 million, up from 34.5 percent last year, according to the AP study, which reviewed the contracts of all 894 players on Aug. 31 rosters and disabled lists. At the other end, 126 players were at the minimum $170,000 (14.1 percent), nearly one of every seven players. BASKETBALL: NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= players plan to make their own ``final'' offer, hoping it will end the lockout lockout, intentional closing up of a company, factory, or shop by an employer to prevent employees from working during a strike or labor dispute. The term lockout before time runs out to save the season. ``I have called David Stern and requested an opportunity to present it to the owners' labor committee as soon as they're available, and certainly before the Jan. 7 date that Stern has set as the owners' deadline,'' union director Billy Hunter told players. Meanwhile, union president Patrick Ewing said the owners' ``final'' offer - which the commissioner presented earlier this week - would not be put to a vote of the general membership unless a majority asked for it. ``We had a conference call (Tuesday) and we put the question to them if they want a vote,'' Ewing said. ``And as of (Wednesday), no one has called to demand that we put it to a vote.'' A federal judge in Houston refused to grant a temporary restraining order temporary restraining order: see injunction. to allow three NBA players to play the rest of the season in Europe. Nick Van Exel Nickey (Nick) Maxwell Van Exel (born November 27 1971 in Kenosha, Wisconsin) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. Van Exel, a 6'1" left-handed point guard, was most well known for his flashy style of play and his ability to hit critical shots during of the Denver Nuggets, Marcus Camby of the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Knicks and Reggie Slater of the Toronto Raptors had sued the NBA and USA Basketball, accusing both entities of failing to provide them with unconditional letters of clearance that would allow them to finish the season in Europe even if the lockout ended. The players are entitled to take the issue to arbitration and are seeking to have the case heard by arbitrator John Feerick. SOCCER: Defender Paul Caligiuri will return to the Galaxy for the 1999 season, after being waived by the Major League Soccer team Oct. 31 for salary-cap reasons, the league announced. HORSE RACING: Silver Charm, who just missed winning the 1997 Triple Crown and finished second last month in the Breeders' Cup Classic The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade 1 Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3 years old and older run at a distance of 1ΒΌ miles (2012 m) on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. , will open his 1999 schedule on Jan. 10 in the $200,000 San Pasqual Handicap The San Pasqual Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses run at Santa Anita Park each year. The race is open to horses age three and up willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. It offers a purse of $150,000. Winners
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