The Washington Redskins signed 32-year-old defensive tackle Santana Dotson one day after releasing defensive end Marco Coleman.
Dotson, who spent six seasons with the Packers but was cut in February, completes a starting defensive line that will include tackle Dan Wilkinson and ends Renaldo Wynn and Bruce Smith. Dotson missed the end of the 2000 season with a torn quadriceps but returned to play in all 16 games last year, starting 13.
– A judge approved a mediated settlement between Bengals kicker Neil Rackers and a man he was accused of assaulting at a restaurant last year. In approving the confidential settlement, Judge Douglas Grothaus dismissed the charge against Rackers, a former Illini, in Kenton County (Ky.) District Court.
Drug testing: Athletes in Olympic sports would face a lifetime ban for a second offense under the first universal doping code for sports. World Anti-Doping Agency officials’ first draft would suspend first-time offenders for two years.
The agency, which hopes for approval by March 2003, specified the use of performance-enhancing substances–not other illegal or banned drugs, such as marijuana–would be the basis of any violation.
Golf: U.S. Open sectional qualifying at Barrington’s Biltmore Country Club was rained out for the second straight day and will resume at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Greg Norman, who hasn’t made a cut in the U.S. Open since 1996, and Jean Van de Velde, whose spectacular collapse cost him the 1999 British Open, both earned berths in this year’s U.S. Open. Norman shot a 5-under 139 in Tampa, while Van de Velde qualified in Purchase, N.Y., by shooting a 2-under 140. Others who qualified from New York were medalist Tom Bynum, Jeff Maggert, Jay Haas, Craig Stadler and Bob Tway.
Colleges: Loyola extended the contract of women’s basketball coach Mary Helen Walker through the 2004-05 season.
Media: CLTV has hired Lou Canellis as its lead sports anchor and primary host of “Sports Page,” a one-hour show that airs each night at 9 p.m.
