1.  Bill Mazeroski, arguably the greatest defensive second baseman ever, will rejoin Pittsburgh as a spring training coach.

2.  Earlier this year, Steward was named national director of coaching for USA Boxing, where he is in charge of a program for training amateur coaches and athletes.

3.  Golden State assistant coaches Paul Westhead and Rod Higgins testified, as did weight training coach Mark Grabow, executive vice president Al Attles and team doctor Robert Albo.

4.  His group has expanded its focus from training coaches and league officials to training parents.

5.  However, some regional officials are skeptical of the plan because of a lack of sufficient funds for training coaches, and because few regional schools have soccer fields.

6.  As director of coaching, Warnapura was responsible for training coaches under an islandwide programme run by the cricket board.