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UCLA COMMITMENT: Monrovia High running back Akil Harris said he will sign a national letter of intent with UCLA on Wednesday. Harris, who gave the University of Colorado an oral commitment in late December, had a change of heart after Colorado coach Rick Neuheisel and running-backs coach Kennedy Pola left the school for the University of Washington. Harris said his decision to give UCLA a oral commitment was after much thought and discussion with his family. ``My family and I talked about it, and we weighed everything,'' Harris said. ``But I think what it came down to was that I like UCLA, and the fact that my parents and grandmother can come see me play.''

- Frank Welch

NFL 

CHARGES DROPPED? Atlanta Falcons safety Eugene Robinson, arrested for soliciting an undercover police officer for sex the night before the Super Bowl, could have charges dropped through a diversion program. ``We will proceed against him like almost all people in his situation who get arrested for solicitation,'' Don Ungurait, a spokesman for the State Attorney's office in Miami-Dade County, said. ``If there are no priors, it is certainly in the realm of probability that he will get an opportunity to go to a diversion program. . . . If he was offered that type of program and he completed it, then the charges would be dropped against him.''

OLYMPICS

DRUG PROPOSAL: An IOC panel in Lausanne, Switzerland, proposed that athletes face life bans and fines of up to $1 million in serious cases of ``intentional doping.'' It also suggested selective bans for some first-time offenders.

GOLF

NICKLAUS RELEASED: Jack Nicklaus, 59, was released from a hospital in Boston after recovering from hip-replacement surgery.

BASEBALL

SEATTLE STARRY-EYED: After a 22-year absence, the All-Star Game is returning to Seattle. The 2001 All-Star game will be played at Safeco Field, commissioner Bud Selig and AL president Gene Budig said.