Daily Sports Capsule

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BASKETBALL	FOOTBALL	HOCKEY	BASEBALL
AUTO RACING	GOLF	TENNIS

BASKETBALL

Dan Monson was hired on Saturday as men's basketball coach at Minnesota, a month after the school bought out the contract of former coach Clem Haskins following an academic fraud scandal. Monson, 37, led Gonzaga to a 52-17 record and consecutive West Coast Conference titles in two seasons as coach. His last Gonzaga team eliminated Minnesota from the NCAA tournament last season. Monson will receive a seven-year base salary of $150,000 per year and an outside package worth another $340,000 annually.

FOOTBALL

First-round draft pick Champ Bailey signed a five-year, $9.64 million contract with the Washington Redskins yesterday. Bailey will also receive a $5.2 million signing bonus and has additional incentives up to $2.56 million. The cornerback is expected to report to the team's opening day of training camp Sunday. He played offense and defense in college and has expressed a desire to do likewise in the pros. Bailey, a 6-1, 181-pounder, played cornerback and wide receiver for Georgia. Defensively, he made 52 tackles, including 30 solos and four for losses, with three interceptions and seven pass deflections. He returned 12 kickoffs for 261 yards (21.8 average) and four punts for 49 yards (12.3). As a wide receiver, Bailey had 47 receptions for 744 yards (15.8 average) and five touchdowns. He also rushed for 84 yards on 16 carries.

HOCKEY

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Dmitri Tertyshny was killed when he fell out of a boat and was slashed by the propeller while on a trip to British Columbia. The 22-year-old Russian was on the boat with two players from the minor-league Philadelphia Phantoms, Francis Belanger and Mihail Chernov, when the accident occurred Friday night on Okanagan Lake near Kelowna. "He was kneeling up on the seats at the very front of the boat," Staff Sgt. Phillip Boissonneault of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Saturday. "The boat hit a wave, which caused Dmitri to lose his balance and fall forward overboard. And then the boat ran over top of him and he was struck by the propeller." Tertyshny had two goals and eight assists as a rookie last year in 62 games.

BASEBALL

The Detroit Tigers placed outfielder Bobby Higginson on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained big toe on his right foot, the team said. Higginson, 28, was injured in Friday's 14-5 win over Boston and left in the second inning. He's hitting .244 with nine home runs and 41 runs batted in over 94 games this season. To take Higginson's roster spot, the Tigers recalled infielder-outfielder Gabe Alvarez from Triple-A Toledo.

AUTO RACING

Andy Santerre, last season's rookie of the year, got his first NASCAR Grand National victory Saturday, holding off Tim Fedewa by less than a second to win the NAPA AutoCare 250 at Pikes Peak International Speedway. Todd Bodine finished third, followed by Jeff Green and Jeff Purvis. Santerre, making only his third season start because of a broken leg suffered at Daytona in February, took the lead for good 16 laps from the end when he put his Chevrolet ahead of the Chevy driven by Dale Earnhardt Jr., the leader in the season driver standings. ... It took Greg Biffle a little over one season to figure out how to reach victory lane in NASCAR's Craftman Truck Series. Now, it's hard to keep him out. Biffle held off several challenges late in Saturday's goracing.com 200 at Michigan Speedway, picking up his second straight victory, third in the last four races and fourth in his last six. The 29-year-old driver, last year's top rookie, didn't win his first truck race until May. Now, he has won five of the last 11 and has moved within 89 points of series leader Jack Sprague, who finished fourth but lost 25 points Saturday.

GOLF

Scotland's Gary Orr fired a 6-under-par 65 Saturday and took a two-stroke lead after the third round of the Dutch Open. Orr, who had been third going into the round, finished 54 holes at 201, 12-under par. He birdied four of the last seven holes. Dutchman Rolf Muntz's 66 moved him into second place, one stroke ahead of Englishmen Roger Chapman and Jonathan Lomas and Irishman Darren Clark. ... Bob Charles, Christy O'Connor Jr. and Gary Player all made charges in the British Open on Saturday and moved to the top of the leaderboard. Charles, a New Zealander, took the lead by shooting a 5-under-par 67. He has a 212 total for the 54 holes. Irishman O'Connor shot a 68 and moved into second place, one stroke back. Player, a South African who started the day seven shots off the lead, turned in a 66 and climbed into a third-place tie with American David Oakley at 214. Oakley started the round with a two-strokes lead, but shot a 73. Player created the biggest excitement. He highlighted his round with an eagle 2 on the 416-yard 16th hole where he holed a 5-iron. Brian Henninger, winless on the PGA Tour since 1994, carved out a 6-under-par 64 in Saturday's third round for a three-stroke lead after three rounds of the John Deere Classic. Rain overnight made the greens accessible and the players took advantage with 299 birdies. Henninger, one of 31 players called off the course because of threatening weather Friday night, came back early Saturday morning and completed a second-round 63 to trail leader Mike Brisky by one stroke. His 64 Saturday afternoon allowed him to tie the tournament's 54-hole record of 193 set by Blaine McCallister in 1987. The 72-hole record is 21-under by David Frost in 1993.

TENNIS

Venus Williams made a winning debut in Fed Cup. Monica Seles faltered. As a result, the heavily favored United States team tied with Italy going into Sunday's reverse singles and doubles play. Venus Williams pounded out a 6-2, 6-3 victory Rita Grande in just over an hour Saturday. But Seles fell to Silvia Farina, Italy's top player, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Blisters on her left -- serving -- hand raised questions about whether Seles will play the reverse singles. Coach Billie Jean King a team meeting will before the decision is made Sunday, but Seles could be replaced by Serena Williams or Mary Jo Fernandez. ... Germany's Tommy Haas beat Spain's Alex Corretja 6-4, 6-4 in the Mercedes Cup on Saturday to reach the first clay court final of his career. Haas faces unseeded Magnus Norman, who beat Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-2.

-- Compiled from wire reports