Niedermayer signs with Mighty Ducks
ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Anaheim Mighty Ducks agreed to terms Saturday with forward Rob Niedermayer on a one-year contract.
Niedermayer was limited to 12 goals and 16 assists in 55 games last season, his first full campaign with Anaheim, because of two groin injuries.
He was acquired during the 2002-03 season from Calgary and helped the Mighty Ducks reach the Stanley Cup finals for the first time.
ALLEN PARK, Mich. - Receiver Roy Williams agreed to a five-year contract with the Detroit Lions on Sunday.The seventh overall pick in the draft out of Texas, Williams was the lone Lions player who did not report when the team began training camp Friday. He remained in the area while the deal was being negotiated, however, and arrived at camp Sunday afternoon.
SUNNINGDALE, England - Karen Stupples won her first major title Sunday with a record-tying 19-under 269, while defending champion Annika Sorenstam's bid to become the second woman to win all four majors back-to-back ended in a tie for 13th.Stupples shot an 8-under 64 in the final round on the Old Course at Sunningdale to tie the record-low score in a major, set by Dottie Pepper at the 1999 Nabisco Dinah Shore.Stupples was the first English winner at the Women's British Open since Penny Grice-Whittaker in 1991.
GRAND BLANC, Mich. - Vijay Singh outlasted John Daly with a 5-under 67 to win the Buick Open at 23-under 265 Sunday for his fourth victory of the year and 19th of his career.Daly finished a stroke back after shooting a 66 and bogeying the 18th hole.Tiger Woods started the day three strokes behind Singh, and pulled within a stroke while shooting a 66. He finished at 21 under, two strokes behind the winner and tied with Carlos Franco (67) for third.
CARLSBAD, Calif. - Lindsay Davenport defeated Anastasia Myskina 6-1, 6-1 in the Acura Classic final Sunday, extending her winning streak to 14 consecutive matches.She also completed a California slam for the second time in her career, equaling her feat of 1998, when she won hardcourt tournaments at Stanford, Carlsbad and Los Angeles before winning her first U.S. Open title.
