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Running back Mike Anderson was cut after two years with the Ravens.
Running back Mike Anderson was cut after two years with the Ravens. (By Jonathan Newton -- The Washington Post)
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The Minnesota Vikings released quarterback Kelly Holcomb, who was 0-3 as a starter last season. . . .

The Buffalo Bills terminated the contracts of running back Anthony Thomas, linebacker Coy Wire and cornerback Jerametrius Butler. . . .

The Baltimore Ravens terminated the contract of running back Mike Anderson, freeing up his $1.8 million salary. Anderson spent two seasons with the Ravens, rushing for 245 yards and scoring one touchdown.

¿ TENNIS: Top-ranked Justine Henin was stretched to the limit by Katarina Srebotnik before beating the Slovenian qualifier, 7-5, 6-7 (8-6), 6-3, to reach the Dubai Championships quarterfinals. The four-time defending champion, now 17-0 in Dubai, will next face Italian Francesca Schiavone. . . .

Former U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters gave birth to a daughter, Jada, nine months after retiring from tennis. Clijsters, 24, was Belgium's first tennis player to reach the No. 1 ranking, holding it for 19 weeks in 2003.

¿ TRACK AND FIELD: Marion Jones's longtime agent has been sentenced to six months of home detention for a minor role in a bank fraud that resulted in a six-month prison sentence for the former track star. Charles Wells, who pleaded guilty last March, also was fined $7,500 by U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas in New York.

-- From News Services


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