HOUSTON — New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman decided to stay with the only team he's ever worked for, accepting a three-year contract worth more than $5 million.

HOUSTON — Houston Comets forward Sheryl Swoopes disclosed that she is gay and in a committed relationship.Swoopes said she currently lives with her partner, former Comets assistant coach Alisa Scott.The three-time WNBA MVP said she never had feelings for a woman before Scott and didn't understand them when they began. But in the seven years since, she said she's been "hurting" while hiding her relationship.She was married to high school sweetheart Eric Jackson and the two have an 8-year-old son, Jordan. Their divorce in 1999 had nothing to do with her being gay, Swoopes said.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The New Orleans Hornets traded center Jamaal Magloire to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for forward Desmond Mason, an unconditional first-round pick in the 2006 draft and cash.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Saints fans in New Orleans will be able to watch their team's home games in Baton Rouge even if they're not sellouts.With the Saints based in San Antonio, their fans scattered and the Superdome severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, the NFL said networks may broadcast the games as a gesture of good will.The Saints host Miami on Sunday, Chicago on Nov. 6, Tampa Bay on Dec. 4 and Carolina on Dec. 18, all in LSU's Tiger Stadium.

PARIS — Top-ranked Roger Federer and defending champion Marat Safin have withdrawn from the Paris Masters because of injury.Federer has a torn ligament in his right ankle. Two-time Grand Slam champion Safin has tendinitis in his left knee.

DENVER — Air Force coach Fisher DeBerry met the academy's new superintendent for the first time, and found himself being reprimanded, but not fired, for statements he made about black athletes and recruiting.After his meeting with Lt. Gen. John Regni, DeBerry issued an apology at a news conference.On Tuesday, in discussing last weekend's 48-10 loss to TCU, DeBerry said it was clear TCU "had a lot more Afro-American players than we did and they ran a lot faster than we did."DeBerry first discussed the topic Monday, telling The Gazette of Colorado Springs the academy needed to recruit faster players and noting, "you don't see many minority athletes in our program."

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — A Youngstown State football player has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of an Akron man.Anthony Norman Jr., a redshirt freshman linebacker from Akron, was charged with murder, attempted murder and carrying a concealed weapon in the July shooting death of Christopher L. Harris, Akron police said.