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DATE: Tuesday, January 16, 1996 TAG: 9601160064
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
Gil Haskell showed improvement Monday, a day after the Green Bay Packers assistant coach suffered a fractured skull when he was knocked to the turf in a sideline mishap.
Dr. John Gray, associate team physician, said doctors anticipate a good recovery. Haskell's condition, reported as serious, has shown ``very encouraging progress.''
Haskell, 52, who coaches Green Bay's receivers, was injured late in the second quarter of the NFC championship game Sunday at Texas Stadium in Irving. Dallas Cowboys safety Darren Woodson drove flanker Robert Brooks out of bounds and into Haskell, his head striking the artificial turf.
In other news:
Four of NASCAR's biggest stars have accepted invitations to drive in the 1996 International Race of Champions (IROC) series. Winston Cup champion Jeff Gordon, seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt, two-time defending Daytona 500 winner Sterling Marlin and series pole-leader Mark Martin, the top four in the 1995 points standings, will compete in the four-race all-star series. The rest of the 12-driver field will be announced in the next few weeks.
Pitcher Livan Hernandez, a Cuban defector, officially signed a major-league contract with the Florida Marlins worth up to $6 million in salary, bonus and incentives. Hernandez, a 20-year-old right-hander, and former teammate Osvaldo Fernandez were the subjects of bidding wars for more than a month. Fernandez signed a $3.9 million deal with the San Francisco Giants.
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