Scott Hatteberg agreed to a one-year deal worth about $1-million and will try to help the A's fill the hole at first base left by departed free agent Jason Giambi. "We have always liked Scott's bat and we think with more at-bats he can be very productive," general manager Billy Beane said. "We've tried to trade for him in the past." Hatteberg spent the past five-plus seasons with the Boston Red Sox, primarily as a catcher. He will have the chance to play first base, a position he has never played in the majors. Giambi, a former MVP, recently signed a seven-year, $120-million contract with the Yankees. "It's not going to be easy to fill those shoes. I don't know if two guys could do it," Hatteberg said. "I'm taking ground balls at first and feel comfortable. I can't wait to get to Arizona and get started." Hatteberg is a career .267 hitter with 34 home runs and 159 RBIs in 454 games. He has never had more than 395 at-bats in a season. Hatteberg was traded by the Red Sox to the Rockies for Pokey Reese on Dec. 19. A day later he became a free agent when the Rockies did not offer a contract. OLYMPICS: Bode Miller (1 minute, 33.08 seconds), his spot in the Games assured through two World Cup wins this season, won the U.S. Ski Team Gold Cup slalom in Snowbasin, Utah. Erik Schlopy was second in 1:33.15. Jeremy Teela (28:31.9) won the 10-kilometer sprint on the second day of the U.S. biathlon trials in Midway, Utah. Andrea Nahrgang (24:08.4) won the women's 7.5-kilometer sprint. Lincoln DeWitt (1:38.78) won a U.S. skeleton trials race in Park City, Utah. Lea Ann Parsley (1:41.82) won the women's. Cammi Granato had a goal and an assist as the U.S. women's hockey team beat Dartmouth 7-1 in the Holiday Tournament in Lake Placid, N.Y. WINTER SPORTS: Sven Hannawald won the first leg of the Four Hills ski-jumping competition with jumps of 122 meters in Oberstdorf, Germany. The United States tied Slovakia 4-4 and faces Russia in the quarterfinals of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Pardubice, Czech Republic. Brett Lebda scored twice for the United States, including the tying goal with more than six minutes remaining. The Americans finished second in Group A at 2-0-2. SAILING: The Swedish yacht Assa Abloy led the fleet across the Tasman Sea in Auckland, New Zealand, in the Volvo Ocean Race. Sixteen nautical miles separated the first five boats in the around-the-world race. TENNIS: Lleyton Hewitt beat Roger Federer 6-3, 0-6, 6-4 as Australia beat Switzerland in Group B of the Hopman Cup in Perth. Spain beat Argentina when Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario beat Paola Suarez 6-2, 6-3 and Tommy Robredo beat Mariano Zabaleta 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. The United States, represented by Monica Seles and Jan-Michael Gambill, faces France today in Group A. Goran Ivanisevic will compete in the $1-million Qatar Open today, taking a break from his obligations to the Croation army where he will train six months. VOLLEYBALL: Six Cuban players reportedly left a tournament in Belgium and showed up in Rome, where they want to play professionally instead of returning to Cuba. Several of the Cubans played in the past on Italian professional teams. Cuban player Ihosvany Hernandez said the players wanted to "improve our play in a league that's considered the most beautiful and the strongest in the world. In Cuba we don't have the possibility of showing what we're worth. We don't have any intention of asking political asylum. We'll ask Cuba about the possibility of playing abroad." HORSES: Sweet Ricky won for the fourth time in eight starts this year, capturing the $84,850 Alex M. Robb Handicap at Aqueduct. Mount Intrepid was second in the field of 10 for horses 3 years and older. Sweet Ricky was ridden by Lorenzo Lezcano, who appealed a 10-day suspension for what stewards said was careless riding during a race last week. Irish Prize, the defending champion and favorite, won the $150,000 San Gabriel Handicap at Santa Anita. BRITISH HONORS: Heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, England cricket captain Nasser Hussain and former England soccer manager Graham Taylor earned places on Queen Elizabeth II's New Year's list. _ Compiled from Times wires.