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Although no final agreement has been reached for NHL players to participate in the 1998 Winter Olympics, hockey analyst Peter McNab says he knows how it will be arranged.
McNab, a former player, said it's almost certain that the NHL will be involved in the Olympics.
"The National Hockey League will take a 10-day rest and each of the six countries that have the most players in the National Hockey League will get a bye into the final week of the Olympic series," McNab said.
They would be joined by two other teams from the first week of the Olympics and the teams would be seeded one through eight, McNab said.
Arthur Pincus, an NHL vice president, confirmed that McNab's account was the general framework being discussed and that discussions are ongoing with all parties, including the NHL Players Assn.
Tennis
By the time Martina Navratilova plays her doubles match in this weekend's Fed Cup quarterfinal battle between the United States and Austria at Aventura, Fla., the result may be moot.
Under a new format for the best-of-five event, four singles matches will precede Sunday's doubles, in which Navratilova will be making her first competitive appearance since retiring from singles last November. By then, the second-seeded Americans hope to have clinched a victory.
Navratilova and Gigi...