Winter SportsNorway’s Lasse Kjus and Atle Skaardal...

Winter Sports

Norway’s Lasse Kjus and Atle Skaardal won World Cup championships and Kjetil Andre Aamodt and Ingeborg-Helen Marken won races on home snow at Kvitfjell.

Kjus won the men’s overall title, and Skaardal won the super-giant slalom championship by finishing third in the race, which was won by Aamodt in his first victory in two seasons.

Marken won the last women’s super-G of the season.

American Donna Weinbrecht beat Candice Gilg in the finals of a World Cup dual mogul competition at Salen, Sweden. . . . Defending champion Doug Swingley pulled away from the pack, dashing to the Yukon River and leaving his nearest Iditarod competitor 90 minutes behind.

Pro Football

The San Diego Chargers’ big gamble paid off when they acquired defensive end Marco Coleman after the Miami Dolphins failed to match an offer for $9.6 million over three years.

The acquisition, which wraps up the Chargers’ free agent defensive needs, came one week after the stunning release of star running back Natrone Means to clear room under the salary cap.

“We were sweating it out,” General Manager Bobby Beathard said. “You never know what the other team is thinking. We’re real happy it turned out this way.”

The Dallas Cowboys decided not to match the New York Giants’ five-year, $10-million offer to reserve offensive lineman Ron Stone. . . . Linebacker Michael Brooks, the leading tackler for the New York Giants the past two seasons, signed with the Detroit Lions as a free agent. . . . The Buffalo Bills took a major step in filling the absence created by the departure of Cornelius Bennett by signing linebacker Chris Spielman, a former Lion. . . . Former Tampa Bay defensive lineman Santana Dotson signed a three-year contract with the Green Bay Packers that is expected to average about $1.6 million a season.

The Pittsburgh Steelers and Chargers, the last two AFC champions, will meet in Tokyo on July 28 to begin the second decade of “American Bowl” exhibition games. . . . NFL attendance set a record last season with an average crowd of 62,682 for each regular-season game, 46 more per game than the previous record, set in 1994.

College Football

The NCAA put Mississippi State on one year’s probation after determining that an employee and two boosters made improper inducements to potential football recruits.

Former Nebraska quarterback Tommie Frazier was released from a hospital after 11 days of treatment for a blood clot in his right leg.

Golf

Without much wind, TPC Eagle Trace wasn’t much of a match for Tim Herron, who tied the course record with a 10-under-par 62 and took a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Honda Classic at Coral Springs, Fla.

The PGA Tour rookie missed only one green all day, and atoned for it by holing a 20-foot chip on No. 18 to tie the record first set by Dan Pohl in the second round of the 1989 tournament.

Lee Rinker, who played in the afternoon when the wind picked up slightly, was two strokes back at 64. He could have caught Herron with a birdie on the last hole, but pulled his drive into the rough and wound up missing a six-foot par putt.

Scott Verplank was one more stroke behind, followed by Nick Price, who holed a bunker shot on for an eagle in shooting a 66.

Jurisprudence

Lamar Smith of the Seattle Seahawks will face another trial stemming from an accident that left a teammate paralyzed, prosecutors said Thursday.

In addition, the trial judge will be asked to reconsider a ruling that barred the introduction of blood tests on Smith as evidence in the first trial, which ended in a mistrial.

Lawyers for Lord Danielle As Saddiz Al Amin Sallam U’allah, who changed his name from Daniel Green in jail, presented evidence for jurors to consider in deliberating whether he should get life in prison or death after being convicted of killing James Jordan, the father of Michael Jordan.

Tennis

Stefan Edberg, who plans to retire at the end of this year, surprised second-seeded Todd Martin, 7-5, 6-2, to advance to the quarterfinals of the $328,000 Arizona Men’s Classic at Scottsdale.

Pete Sampras, ranked No. 1 in the world, limped into the quarterfinals of the ABN AMRO indoor tournament in Rotterdam, rallying to beat Jakob Hlasek, 6-7 (8-6), 6-4, 6-4, after twisting his ankle in the second set.

Miscellany

Beginning next month, pro boxers will have to take an AIDS test to fight in New Jersey. Larry Hazard, commissioner of the State Athletic Control Board, said that anyone who tests positive will be banned from boxing in the state.

Former Philadelphia Eagle owner Leonard Tose, who squandered his fortune on drink and gambling, was evicted from his French-style mansion on Philadelphia’s Main Line on his 81st birthday.