Pitcher Bret Saberhagen was suspended with pay...

Pitcher Bret Saberhagen was suspended with pay for the first five days of the season by the New York Mets for spraying bleach at reporters last summer.

Pro Football

Atlanta Falcon Coach June Jones hired two more assistant coaches, offensive line coach Bob Palcic and secondary coach Greg Brown. Palcic, 45, coached the offensive line at UCLA last season. He also has coached at USC, Ohio State and Arizona.

Quarterback Troy Aikman of the Dallas Cowboys won’t need surgery for his separated shoulder, but he plans to visit an optometrist because of blurred vision. . . . Detroit Lion quarterback Eric Kramer has rejected a two-year offer for $3 million from the team.

Miscellany

The reason the Houston Rockets rejected a trade for Sean Elliott was because the Detroit forward has a lingering kidney infection, the player’s agent said.

Olympic ice dancer Elizabeth Punsalan prepared to bury her father in Lorain, Ohio, as her brother pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder in the elder Punsalan’s death.

Ricardo Punsalan, 20, waived his right to a preliminary hearing during an arraignment before Lorain Municipal Judge Gustalo Nunez.

Amos Mansdorf of Israel defeated Greg Rusedski of Canada, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-3), in the first round of the Muratti Time indoor tennis tournament at Milan, Italy. . . . Eva Martinkova of the Czech Republic needed only 63 minutes to upset second-seeded Mary Pierce of France, 6-4, 6-1, in the first round at Linz, Austria.

Donovan (Razor) Ruddock and Dan Murphy will not meet in a heavyweight bout on Feb. 19 at the Charlotte Coliseum because of Ruddock’s emergency tonsillectomy. . . . Carlos Gonzalez of Mexico knocked out Steve Larrimore of the Bahamas at 2:50 of the second round in a junior welterweight bout at the Forum.

Michael J. Robbie, 45-year-old son of Miami Dolphin founder Joe Robbie, was arrested in a drug sting near the stadium named after his father, police said.

The 1994 NBA draft will be held June 29 at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, the league announced.