Informed on Friday that he would not be permitted to participate in team drills during the Dolphins’ weekend mini-camp, quarterback Daunte Culpepper will seek intervention from the NFL Players Association to end a stalemate that has left his career in limbo, he said Saturday. Culpepper also reiterated, in a statement he personally distributed to the Miami-area media and emailed to other outlets following the Saturday morning mini-camp practice, that he wants to be released as quickly as possible so that he can move forward with his career. . . . Although he stopped short of declaring the competition decided, and allowed that the battle will continue into training camp, Bucs coach Jon Gruden acknowledged that veteran Jeff Garcia will go into the summer with a “big lead” over Chris Simms in the race for the team’s starting job at quarterback.
*Poland’s Tomasz Adamek stopped Luis Pineda of Panama in the seventh round to capture the vacant IBO cruiserweight title in Katowice, Poland. In the seventh round, Adamek (32-1) landed a solid left stunning Pineda (21-6), then followed with a string of blows before the fight was stopped. . . . Tommy Morrison disputed claims by his former agent, Randy Lang, that Morrison tested positive for HIV in mandatory blood tests for a boxing license. “I only know what the doctor told me and what Randy told me–I am negative,” Morrison told ESPN.
*Former Purdue guard Chris Lutz is transferring to Marshall. Lutz started 10 games last season, averaging 6.1 points while leading the Big Ten in three-point shooting at 47 percent.
*Walter Dix completed a triumphant week at the NCAA track and field championships by repeating as 200-meter champion and leading Florida State to its second consecutive team title in Sacramento. Dix won three events–the 100, 200 and 400-meter relay. He eased to victory in the 200 in 20.32 seconds.The Seminoles had 54 points to LSU’s 38. Lopez Lomong of Northern Arizona, one of the “Lost Boys of Sudan” who spent 10 years in a Kenyan refugee camp before coming to the U.S. in 2001, won the 1,500 meters in 3:37.07.
