In Brief
BEREA, Ohio - First-round draft choice Kellen Winslow Jr. agreed to terms on a six-year contract with the Cleveland Browns, ending his 12-day holdout, a team source told The Associated Press.
The deal has a base salary of $29 million and could be worth up to $40 million if Winslow reaches all his incentives. It also includes a $16.5 million signing bonus, said the source, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
The Browns and Winslow's agent, Kevin Poston, were reportedly $12 million to $22 million apart during the negotiations, with Poston seeking a contract similar to the six-year, $54.6 million deal that wideout Charles Rogers received last year from Detroit.
ATHENS, Greece - Jennifer Capriati was forced to pull out of the Athens Games with a hamstring injury and was replaced by Lisa Raymond, a team spokesman told The Associated Press.Capriati won a gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Games, but she missed the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. She told coach Zina Garrison on Sunday she couldn't play in the Olympics because of the injury, which has been bothering Capriati since July.Raymond, who was to play doubles with Martina Navratilova, was picked for the singles spot vacated by Capriati, spokesman Randy Walker said.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - James Stillman Rockefeller, the oldest-known U.S. Olympic medal winner and the former head of the bank that became Citigroup, died. He was 102.Rockefeller suffered a stroke on Thursday, said his grandson, Stillman, who lived with him at his Greenwich home.Records of the U.S. Olympic Committee show that Rockefeller was the oldest American medal winner, a USOC spokeswoman said.He was the captain of Yale University's eight-man rowing team with coxswain that won gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics - beating the Canadian team by less than 16 seconds. Another member of the crew was Dr. Benjamin Spock, a renowned pediatrician who wrote a best-selling book about raising children.
ERIE - Michelle Wie qualified for match play at the U.S. Women's Amateur, despite struggling to a 6-over 78 in the second round of stroke play."I feel really relieved to be playing match play now," said the 14-year-old from Hawaii, who shot 75 in the first round. "I don't have to think about strokes anymore. Strokes really add up out there, I was playing good golf out there and got a couple bad breaks."The top 64 scorers in stroke play moved on to match play; Wie tied for 39th place in stroke play and will meet Angela Park of Torrance, Calif., who finished tied for 21st at 7 under.Tuesday's round was delayed 40 minutes because of bad weather in the area. As a result, the playoff for the final spots in match play will be Wednesday before match play begins. Eleven players will compete for one spot.
NEW YORK - Mets pitcher Tom Glavine lost his two front upper teeth in an automobile accident while going from LaGuardia Airport to nearby Shea Stadium in a taxi cab.Glavine also got stitches for a cut lower lip. He was to miss his scheduled start Wednesday night against Houston.The accident occurred at 2:15 p.m. as Glavine headed to the ballpark for New York's game against the Astros. The left-hander spent Monday's off-day with his family in Atlanta.