Football
REDSKINS FIRE TURNER: Washington Redskins coach Norv Turner was fired after failing to live up to Super Bowl expectations with the most expensive team in NFL history.
Turner was dismissed by owner Dan Snyder one day after a 9-7 loss to the New York Giants, the team said. It was the Redskins' fourth loss in five games and third straight at home.
Passing game coordinator Terry Robiskie was named the coach for the rest of the season.
ARIZONA HIRES COACH: John Mackovic, former head football coach at Texas, was hired to replace Dick Tomey as football coach at Arizona.
GEORGIA FIRES COACH: Georgia fired football coach Jim Donnan Monday after a disappointing 7-4 season that started with the Bulldogs ranked No. 10 and picked to win the SEC East.
BOWLING GREEN HIRES COACH: Notre Dame assistant Urban Meyer was hired Monday as the football coach at Bowling Green, taking over a team that went 2-8 this season.
MISSISSIPPI COACH REWARED: David Cutcliffe, who has coached Mississippi to bowl games in each of his two seasons, was given a two-year contract extension Monday.
HEISMAN FINALISTS ANNOUNCED: Three quarterbacks — Drew Brees of Purdue, Josh Heupel of Oklahoma and Chris Weinke of Florida State — and running back LaDainian Tomlinson of Texas Christian were announced as finalists for the Heisman Trophy.
The award to the nation's best college football player, will be presented by the Downtown Athletic Club on Saturday night.
Baseball
ROCKIES INK NEAGLE: The Colorado Rockies upgraded their pitching staff, agreeing to a $51.5 million, five-year contract with Denny Neagle.
NELSON A MARINER: Jeff Nelson, who was traded by Seattle to the New York Yankees five years ago, returned to the Mariners when he agreed to a three-year contract worth between $10.5 million and $11 million.
Olympics
ATHENS OFFICIAL QUITS: Petros Sinadinos, The No. 2 official of the organizing team for the Athens Olympics, quit in yet another high-level shake-up leading to the 2004 Games.
His departure is another blow in attempts to project stability after the International Olympic Committee warned that delays could jeopardize the games.
Sinadinos, an architect who took the position in June, had expressed frustration with government red tape that slowed progress in planning.