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Tejada's frustration builds

The ire of Miguel Tejada is hotter than ever. The BaltimoreOrioles star shortstop reiterated his request to play elsewhere in2006, backing away from recent comments that seemed to have put manyfans' worries at ease.

'Next year, I want to be somewhere where they want to win,' hesaid Thursday before playing in a Dominican League game.

'I don't want to say anything bad that can hurt my teammates, butlook at Toronto, they have strengthened themselves and we haven'tdone anything,' said Tejada, who hit .305 last season with 26 homersand 98 RBIs.

On Dec. 8, Tejada said that 'the best thing will be a change ofscenery.' He said Thursday night that while he was prepared to betraded when he made those remarks, he thought his comments mightencourage Orioles management to make some necessary moves to bolsterthe lineup.

If he isn't traded by the Orioles, Tejada said he would 'respectthe game as I have always done.'

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Dotel joins Yankees

Reliever Octavio Dotel agreed to a one-year, $2 million contractwith the New York Yankees. Dotel, a 32-year-old free agent, wasplaced on the disabled list May 19 and underwent Tommy John surgeryon his right elbow. Elsewhere in baseball:

Joe Randa, the third baseman on the only Pirates team in 13 yearsto contend for a division title (1997), is returning to Pittsburgh,pending the results of a physical. The Pirates and Randa were closeto agreement on a $4 million, one-year contract.

Kevin Millwood signed his $60 million, five-year contract, givingthe Rangers their legitimate No. 1 starter.

Right-handers Ramon Ortiz and Tony Armas Jr. agreed to one-yeardeals with the Washington Nationals.

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UMass-Lowell tops Canisius

Despite taking a 3-2 lead into the third period, the Canisiusmen's hockey team suffered a 5-4 loss to UMass-Lowell at the DodgeHoliday Classic hosted by Minnesota.

Lowell tied the game at 3-3, then went up, 4-3. The GoldenGriffins tied the game again, 4-4, on a goal by Bret Norris with10:19 left to play. But two minutes later, Lowell scored the game-winning goal when Jason Tejchma knocked in a loose puck pastCanisius goalie Max Buetow.

Michael Cohen, Fred Coccimiglio and Chris Angelo also scored forthe Griffs (5-11-1).

In basketball action, both Daemen teams suffered losses. Thewomen had a 72-66 setback to Bluefield (W.Va.) State despite a 22-point, 15-rebound effort by Allison Depp (Lockport). The men droppedto 10-6 with a 78-62 loss to Gannon. Joe Olsen scored 32 points forthe Wildcats.

James McNeil scored nine points for Medaille's men in a 109-36loss to Division I Robert Morris.

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Bowler dies after 300

Ed Lorenz, 69, bowled his third 300 Wednesday in his first leaguegame of the night at Airway Lanes in Portage, Mich. When the retireegot up to bowl in the fifth frame of his second game, he clutchedhis chest and fell over, and efforts to revive him failed. The causeof death wasn't immediately known.

'If he could have written a way to go out, this would be it,'said bowling partner Johnny D. Masters.

Friends said Lorenz started bowling in 1957 and ended last seasonwith a 223 average. He rolled his first two 300 games over a one-week period in 2004.

From News and wire service reports.