Football
PASCHAL DIES: Bill Paschal, who led the NFL in rushing in 1943 and 1944 with the New York Giants, died of congestive heart failure at age 81.
Paschal died Sunday at his home in Marietta, Ga., according to the Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home.
Paschal, who signed with the Giants for $1,300 in 1943, became the first player to win back-to-back rushing championships in the NFL, gaining 572 yards in nine games his rookie year and 737 yards in 10 games his second year.
Boxing
TONEY ACCUSED: IBF cruiserweight champion James Toney was arrested Tuesday and charged with failing to pay more than $100,000 in child support for his 10-year-old daughter.
Toney was ordered in December 1999 to pay $583.29 a week. Though he made some payments, he missed many and owes $103,370.39, said Sage Eastman, a spokesman for the Michigan attorney general's office.
Auto racing
CREW CHIEF FINED: Crew chief Chad Knaus was fined $2,500 by NASCAR on Tuesday for a rules violation before qualifying for the Coca-Cola 600.
Knaus, boss of Jimmie Johnson's Chevrolet, was fined for using an unapproved refrigerant near the fuel system. The team never made a qualifying attempt because the motor broke before Johnson went onto the track.
Soccer
2 R'S LEFT OFF: Brazil's Ronaldinho was the only starting striker from Brazil's World Cup champions selected Tuesday to the squad for next month's Confederations Cup in France.
Ronaldo and Rivaldo were left off the list of 11 players from European clubs chosen for the team. So were Roberto Carlos and Gilberto Silva, who also started on the Cup team.
Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira said Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos had obligations with their Real Madrid club until June 22, while Gilberto Silva and Rivaldo deserved a rest.
TV ratings
THE ANNIKA FACTOR: Annika Sorenstam's presence at the Colonial helped improve ratings on CBS by 4 percent over last year, even though she didn't play on the weekend.
Sorenstam's first two rounds also gave USA Network record ratings.
The Indianapolis 500, meanwhile, was down slightly over a year ago with 5.1 rating and a 13 share.
Sorenstam missed the cut Friday, but Sunday's overnight rating for the Colonial was 2.7. Kenny Perry won the tournament by six strokes and went into Sunday leading by eight.
Overall, the ratings were the highest for the tournament since a 4.1 in 1997, when Tiger Woods made his only appearance in the event. And the Thursday-Friday ratings on USA, featuring Sorenstam, were a record for the network's PGA Tour coverage at an average of 2.1 for two days, and 2.9 on Friday.
Hockey
OTTAWA REDUX: Jacques Martin will return as head coach of the Ottawa Senators next season after the team picked up his contract option on Tuesday. The team also exercised 2003-04 options for assistants Don Jackson, Roger Neilson and Perry Pearn.
The Senators led the NHL during the regular season, winning the President's Trophy with 113 points. But they fell one win shy of advancing to the Stanley Cup final, losing to New Jersey in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final.
Martin will enter his eighth season as head coach, second only to Carolina's Paul Maurice as the NHL's longest-serving head coach.