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Tonight's Slippery Rock University-Bloomsburg men's-women's doubleheader basketball games will be free of charge.

This is the first of two Fan Appreciation Nights. The other event will be the SRU-District of Columbia women's game, which will be played Jan. 3.

The following are the Butler Valley Sportsmen's Association's newly-elected officers for 2006:President, William Hodak; vice-president, Ron Fyock; treasurer, Mark J. Hodak; assistant treasurer, Jason Hodak; secretary, Bob Schoenecker; assistant secretary, Larry Clark; game committee, John Bargerstock; fish committee, Larry Hartman; archery committee, Mark Bono; muzzleloader committee.The board of directors are Brent Bowser, Dave Edwards and Terry Long and the Armstrong County Conservation League delegate is Bill Emerson.

LOS ANGELES — Six-time All-Star Kenny Lofton agreed Tuesday to a $3.85 million, one-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.The 38-year-old former Pittsburgh Pirate hit .335 in 110 games for Philadelphia last year, the NL's highest average among players with 350 or more at-bats.

INDIANAPOLIS — Michael Andretti will compete in next year's Indianapolis 500, ending a two-year absence from the driver's seat and taking another shot at a victory that so famously eluded him during a great career.Andretti retired after the 2003 Indy 500 with the dubious distinction of leading the most laps — 426 in 14 starts — without winning at least once.

CALGARY, Alberta — Los Angeles Kings center Jeremy Roenick will be out four to six weeks with a broken finger, an injury he found out about a day after not being selected to the U.S. Olympic hockey team.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Stan Leonard, a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame who won three times on the PGA Tour, has died at 90.Leonard died Thursday of heart failure, the Canadian PGA said.

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