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49ERS TRADE WASHINGTON: The San Francisco 49ers have traded startingdefensive lineman Ted Washington to Denver for a fifth-round pick inthis year's draft. SOCCER STAR DENER DIES: Dener, a soccer star with the club Vasco daGama, died Tuesday in a car crash. He was 23. Dener was returningfrom Sao Paulo when his car crashed into a tree next to the Rodrigode Freitas Lagoon on Rio's fashionable south side, team doctorAlexandre Campelo said. The player was sleeping in the passengerseat and had his seat belt on when the crash took place, Campelosaid. The driver, Otto Gomes, broke both legs. He told officials ina hospital he had fallen asleep at the wheel. GONAZALEZ MOURNS BROTHER: The Texas Rangers' Juan Gonzalez has leftthe team to mourn the death of an identically named brother.Gonzalez flew from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to SanJuan, Puerto Rico, to be with his family after the death of Juan"Puma" Gonzalez, 32. He died Sunday in Manti, Puerto Rico, of anapparent overdose. Tom Grieve, Rangers general manager who has knownGonzalez for nearly eight years, did not know of this brother.Gonzalez told club officials that his brother had been addicted todrugs for years. SKIER HONORED: Diann Roffe-Steinrotter receivedthe key to her hometown of Potsdam, N.Y., as 2,500 people turned outto celebrate her gold medal performance in the super giant slalom inthe Winter Olympics. At the celebration in Clarkson University'sCheel Arena, the 27-year-old Roffe-Steinrotter also received a letterof acceptance to Clarkson, to which she had applied earlier.Roffe-Steinrotter was given a key to the city of Potsdam made byAlcoa, an aluminum company with a plant in nearby Massena, and athree-dimensional wood and paint mural depicting her on the slopes. EXPO STOPPER DISABLED: Montreal Expos stopper John Wetteland wasplaced on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring.Wetteland, who had a club record 43 saves last season, strained themuscle in the 10th inning of Sunday's loss at Colorado. He's 1-1with a 3.12 ERA in six appearances. ORLANDO'S TURNER HURT: Orlando forward Jeff Turner, who started thepast 13 games for the Magic, will miss the rest of the season with atorn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Turner, averaging10.5 points and 6.7 rebounds since regaining his starting job lastmonth, was injured late in Sunday's 118-101 victory over the Bulls.He averaged 6.6 points and 4.0 rebounds in 68 games this season. N.C. GUARD TO TRANSFER: Larry Davis, a reserve guard on the NorthCarolina basketball team, plans to transfer to South Carolina afterthis term. "I get along well with the people here," the 6-foot,3-inch sophomore from Denmark, S.C., said Monday. "I'm not leavingbecause I'm mad at anyone. Playing time is the main factor." OILER ACCUSED: Houston Oilers linebacker Lamar Lathon is accused ofchoking a dancer at a topless club in a misdemeanor assault charge.Regina Anne Williams, 27, filed a complaint March 3, the day aftershe said Lathon knocked her to the floor and choked her at Michael'sInternational, a recently opened Houston men's club. Hurst said theinvestigation took a little time because investigators had adifficult time locating Williams and witnesses. Lathon acknowledgedthat he and Williams exchanged words, but said, "I didn't choke her.I pushed her off of me when she attacked me." BASEBALL MEETING SET: The executive board of the Major LeagueBaseball Players Association will meet on July 11, the day before theAll-Star game, to consider the status of labor talks and a possiblestrike. "This is what we normally do in negotiating years," unionhead Donald Fehr said today.