Football
NEW DOME FOR LIONS: The Detroit Lions will move to a new dome stadium in downtown Detroit, city and team officials said today.
The decision to move to the proposed 65,000-70,000-seat stadium comes after contentious efforts to renegotiate the NFL team's current lease on the 80,000-seat Pontiac Silverdome north of Detroit.
"When other pro football franchises are picking up stakes and breaking bonds, the Detroit Lions are coming home and reaffirming ties to our community," Mayor Dennis Archer during a morning news conference near the site of a planned complex.
"Their decision to . . . build downtown is another shot in the arm. It's a dramatic vote of confidence in us, in our city."
SANDERS CIVIL TRIAL: In Cincinnati, after two false starts in the personal injury lawsuit against Dallas Cowboys star Deion Sanders, the civil trial opened with jury selection and opening statements.
Sanders is being sued for $1 million by Riverfront Stadium security guard Herbert Kohus over a dispute following a Cincinnati Reds game two years ago. Sanders was acquitted of criminal charges last year.
POTTS SUSPENDED: The NFL suspended Indianapolis Colts fullback Roosevelt Potts for the season for violating the league's substance-abuse policy, The Indianapolis Star reported.
On July 22, Potts, an unsigned veteran recovering from reconstructive knee surgery, had been suspended for four games without pay. It was increased to a full season after a review by NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue.
Golf
FRED MEYER CHALLENGE: In West Linn, Ore., John Cook and Mark O'Meara, friends and competitors since their early teens, shot a 10-under-par 61 to take the first-round lead in the Fred Meyer Challenge best-ball tournament.
Mark Calcavecchia and Billy Mayfair opened with a 62 on the Oregon Golf Club course, while Greg Norman-Brad Faxon, Brian Henninger-Fuzzy Zoeller and Lehman-Lee Janzen shot 63s.
Tennis
DU MAURIER OPEN: Australia's Todd Woodbridge continued his mastery over his doubles partner, beating countryman Mark Woodforde 6-3, 7-5 in the first round of the du Maurier Open in Toronto.
Woodforde, seeded 15th, is 5-2 against Woodbridge, winning the last four. Italy's Andrea Gaudenzi also advanced, upsetting 10th-seeded Arnaud Boetsch of France 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.
HAMLET CUP: Top-seeded Michael Chang beat David Prinosil of Germany 6-1, 6-3 in the first round of the Hamlet Cup in Commack, N.Y.
Chang, ranked third in the world, had won 14 straight matches on the ATP hardcourt circuit, winning titles in Washington and Los Angeles, before losing to Andre Agassi in the final at Cincinnati on Aug. 11.
VENUS WINS: In Carlsbad, Calif., Venus Williams, a 16-year-old making another of her infrequent appearances on the pro tour, beat Germany's Barbara Ritter 7-5, 6-3 to qualify for the main draw of the Toshiba Classic.
Williams, who lost to Steffi Graf in the third round of last week's Acura Classic, will play Slovakia's Katarina Studenikova in the first round.
Baseball
ALWAYS A CUB: Andre Dawson says it's the Chicago Cubs.
With Chicago, Montreal, Boston and Florida to choose from if elected to the Hall of Fame, the 42-year-old Marlins outfielder said Monday that his plaque will show him in a Cubs hat.
"The one thing I remember most is the fans, especially in right field," said Dawson, who is retiring at the end of the season.
"The excitement, the electricity - this is a place that rejuvenated my career. This was a part of my career that I'm most fond of."
Dawson, the 1987 National League MVP in his first season with the Cubs, will be honored by the team in a pregame ceremony Wednesday.
PHILS RELEASE WILLIAMS: Mitch Williams' comeback attempt ended when the Philadelphia Phillies released the 31-year-old reliever.
Since coming out of retirement July 5, Williams was 0-0 with a 2.25 ERA in six games with Class A Clearwater and 1-2 with a 10.67 ERA in eight games for Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes-Barre.
Hockey
ROENICK'S DESTINATION: Jeremy Roenick's destination might not have been decided by a trade between the Chicago Blackhawks and Phoenix Coyotes.
The rights to the all-star center were traded by Chicago to Phoenix on Friday for Alexei Zhamnov, Craig Mills and a 1997 first-round draft pick. But Roenick, a restricted free agent, reportedly met with the Washington Capitals and also indicated he might meet with the New Jersey Devils.
Phoenix can match any offer Roenick receives, or take five first-round draft choices as compensation.
Track and field
BAILEY WINS 100: - Olympic champion Donovan Bailey of Canada won the 100 meters in 10.19 seconds in the BUPA Challenge in Gateshead, England, while British star Linford Christie withdrew after twisting his knee in the 200.
Britain's John Regis won the 200 in 20.62, followed by Christie in 20.64. Britain's Jonathan Edwards took the triple jump at 57 feet, 1/4 inch, well off his world record of 60-01/4.
Mountain biking
NORBA NATIONAL: Mountain bikers from across the nation tuned up for the NORBA National, which begins Tuesday, with the Showdown at Deer Valley this past weekend.
In the finals on Sunday, Philip Tinstman of Phoenix, won the men's downhill race. Brian Lopes was second, Eric Carter was third and Toby Henderson was fourth. All are from California.
In the women's race, Lisa Sher of Baltimore, Md., was first in the downhill, followed by Nikki Douglas of Bellevue, Wash.
In the dual-slalom finals, Carter beat Lopes for the title. In the women's slalom, Katrina Miller of Pasadena, Calif., beat Cheri Elliott of Citris Heights, Calif.
The NORBA race will run through Sunday and will be the first major mountain biking event following the Olympics. Several Olympians, in fact, are expected to be at Deer Valley for the event.
The six-day race will include a cross country, donwhill and slalom.