Jeffcoat Signs Three-Year Pact With Buffalo

Seeking a pass rusher to complement Bruce Smith, the Buffalo Bills on Wednesday signed former Dallas Cowboy Jim Jeffcoat, who will be 34 when he plays his first game for the Bills.

Jeffcoat played 12 seasons with the Cowboys and earned Super Bowl rings in two championship-game victories over the Bills. He is the Cowboys’ all-time sack leader with 94.5, including eight last season.

The Bills signed Jeffcoat to a three-year deal that will pay him a little less than $1 million a season.

The Bills lost former UCLA linebacker Marvcus Patton, who signed with the Washington Redskins.

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Tennis

Goran Ivanisevic was forced to abandon his first-round match against Magnus Larsson while trailing in the first set, 4-0, at the Eurocard Open in Stuttgart, Germany, and said he will undergo surgery today for torn cartilage in his right knee.

Ivanisevic expects to start practicing again in two or three weeks, and to return to competition April 10 at Barcelona. He will sit out tournaments at Indian Wells and Key Biscayne, Fla.

Richey Reneberg defeated fourth-seeded Jacco Eltingh, 6-4, 6-3, in the first round of the U.S. Indoor at Philadelphia for his sixth consecutive victory over the Dutchman. New Zealand’s Brett Steven broke the serve of seventh-seeded Mark Woodforde five times en route to a 6-1, 6-4 victory over the Aussie.

Jurisprudence

Former Cleveland Brown linebacker Eddie Johnson has been indicted in Cleveland on an additional charge for allegedly helping his fugitive half-brother, C.J. Henderson, the government said. Assistant U.S. Atty. William J. Edwards said the single count of harboring a fugitive would be prosecuted with two related charges returned by a grand jury in December against the 35-year-old Johnson.

Miscellany

UCLA gymnasts Scott Keswick, Steve McCain and Chainey Umphrey were named to the U.S. men’s team for the 1995 Pan American Games at Mar de Plata, Argentina. Shannon Miller, a two-time world champion, will lead the women’s team. . . . Jim McLaughlin of USC will coach the U.S. men’s volleyball team in the World University Games at Fukuoka, Japan.