Lions, Martz Reach an Agreement After All

Mike Martz, the former St. Louis Rams coach, became the Detroit Lions' offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach yesterday, a week after he turned down the job for financial reasons.

Martz interviewed with new coach Rod Marinelli and team president Matt Millen nine days ago, but said last Thursday he wasn't taking the job because, "It just didn't work out with the money."

Contract terms weren't disclosed.

The Rams fired Martz on Jan. 2, the day after St. Louis finished 6-10. He sat out the last 11 games recovering from endocarditis, a bacterial infection of a heart valve, but has been cleared to return to coaching.

The 54-year-old Martz also interviewed for head coaching openings in New Orleans and Oakland.

Also yesterday, Marinelli announced the hiring of Wilbert Montgomery as running backs coach, Pat Carter as tight ends coach, Joe Cullen as defensive line coach and Shawn Jefferson as offensive assistant.

· REDSKINS RE-SIGN ALBRIGHT: Long snapper Ethan Albright re-signed with the Washington Redskins. Albright returns for his sixth season with the team. He has also played with Buffalo and Miami in his 12-year NFL career.

The Redskins also signed defensive end Sean Guthrie, who was waived earlier this week by Orlando of the Arena Football League.

· COUNTERFEIT TICKETS: Police arrested 12 people last weekend on felony charges for selling counterfeit Super Bowl tickets, and 73 bogus tickets were taken from people who tried to enter Ford Field on game day, authorities said.

Undercover police teams working the streets around the stadium and across the metropolitan area also made two misdemeanor counterfeit ticket arrests and confiscated 23 fake tickets, Second Deputy Chief James Tate of the Detroit Police Department said.