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© St. Petersburg Times, published February 24, 2001
Packers waive LB Williams
Outside linebacker Brian Williams, a big part of the Green Bay Packers' success in the late 1990s, was waived Friday, saving $2.75-million against the $67.4-million salary cap for next season.
In other news, Henry Burris, quarterback for the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders, signed with Green Bay.
MORE NFL: The Bucs will hold their fifth annual Buccaneer Strength and Fitness Seminar on Friday. There is a session from 7 a.m.-12:15 p.m. at Raymond James Stadium West Club Level (A), and a session from 12:15-4:30 p.m. at One Buc Place. Players will be at the afternoon session to demonstrate workout routines. Register at www.buccaneers.com or call (813) 870-2700, ext. 294. ... The Bears will relocate training camp from Platteville, Wis., to an undetermined Illinois venue in 2002.
TENNIS: Top-ranked Martina Hingis fought off three set points and beat No. 7 Tamarine Tanasugarn 7-6 (8-6), 6-1 in the semifinals at the Dubai Open in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Hingis faces Nathalie Tauziat today for the championship.... Jennifer Capriati beat Lisa Raymond 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to advance to the semifinals of the IGA U.S. Indoor Championships in Oklahoma City. She faces Daniela Hantuchova. ... Gustavo Kuerten rallied into the semifinals of the AT&T Cup, beating Gustavo Canas 0-6, 6-1, 6-2 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He faces Fernando Vicente. ... Mark Philippoussis, looking healed from December knee surgery, beat qualifier Dmitry Tursunov in the quarterfinals of the Kroger St. Jude tournament in Memphis. ... Alex Corretja lost in straight sets to Roger Federer, leaving the ABN AMRO tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with no seeded players. ... Anna Kournikova will miss two tournaments because of a broken foot.
PRO BASKETBALL: Lonnie Harrell missed an off-balance three-pointer with 18 seconds left and the host ThunderDawgs lost their eighth straight, 82-79 to the Chicago Skyliners in the ABA.
RUNNING: Stephanie Graf beat Olympic 800-meter champion Maria Mutola at the Flanders Indoor meet in Ghent, Belgium. Graf's time was 1 minute, 58.82 seconds, with Mutola .03 behind. Hicham El Guerrouj was .23 seconds off the world record in the 2 miles, finishing in 8 minutes, 9.89 seconds.
COLLEGES: The USF men's tennis team beat North Carolina 6-1. ... Nathan Overholser tied Florida's school record for career doubles wins (88) but the men's tennis team lost 5-2 to Texas A&M. ... The USF women led Houston by 71/2 points after the first day of the Conference USA Indoor Track Championships. ... Tampa improved to 11-0 with a 6-2 baseball win over Saint Leo. ... Georgia Tech third baseman Mark Teixeira, last year's national player of the year, broke his right ankle and is expected to miss 6-8 weeks. ... Rollins scored four in the ninth to defeat Eckerd 5-4 in baseball. ... Jacksonville committed six errors in a 4-3 baseball loss to Louisiana-Monroe. ... A disqualification dropped the host USF men's golf team from third to eighth in the 18-team Ron Smith Invitational. The College of Charleston had the first-round lead at 279. USF's Chad Oleson, UCF's Travis Anstett and Brett Folkes of Georgia Southern were disqualified for teeing off from the wrong tee. ... The Florida and USF women's golf teams were tied for 12th after the first round of the 17-team Gator Invitational. At 311, they were 19 behind leader Auburn. ... Laci Tiarks and Christy Exizian pitched complete games and Tampa opened its softball season by beating Thomas University 5-0 and 5-2. ... South Florida beat Georgia State 2-1 in nine innings and beat Indiana 2-1 in eight innings in softball.
BOXING: A federal judge in Charlotte decided to release former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe from jail, but with strict limitations including 24-hour electronic monitoring. Bowe is charged with assaulting his wife.
BOWLING: Jason Couch advanced to the championship game of the PBA Tour's the Villages Open, finishing 185 pins ahead of Chris Barnes.
SLED DOG: Tim Osmar won the Yukon Quest race, completing the 1,000-mile trip from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, to Fairbanks, Alaska, in 11 days, 14 hours, 38 minutes.