Capers to run Green Bay Packers defense
GREEN BAY, Wis., Jan. 20 (UPI) -- New Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers indicates he will change the team from a 4-3 to a 3-4 defense.
"I've made the transition many times with different personnel and going into teams that have been 4-3 teams," Capers said in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "How gradual you evolve into the 3-4 always depends on your personnel."
Capers, who ran the New England secondary and served as a special assistant to Patriots head coach Bill Bellichick last season, agreed to take the defensive coordinator's job in Green Bay on Monday.
Capers complied a record of 48-40 as head coach of the Carolina Panthers in 1997-98 and Houston Texans from 2002-2005.
He was a defensive coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars and Miami Dolphins.
Huizenga selling most of Miami Dolphins
MIAMI, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Miami Dolphins majority owner Wayne Huizenga has agreed to sell all but 5 percent of the Dolphins, the AFC East champions, to Stephen Ross.
Ross bought 49 percent of the team and Dolphins Stadium in 2008 for $550 million. The Miami Herald Tuesday said Huizenga would retain 5 percent interest in the team in a deal that may be worth as much as $1.1 billion.
The report said team executive vice president Bill Parcells, who guided the Dolphin's single-season worst-to-first turnaround in the AFC East, will have a month to decide whether he will remain with the team.
Parcells has three years left on a $16-million contract, which allows him to leave the team without forfeiting any salary if the Dolphins are sold.
Huizenga has said he believes Parcells will stay on as executive vice president.
Cardinals' Thompson avoids arbitration
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Right-handed pitcher Brad Thompson has reached a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Only Cardinals outfielders Rich Ankiel and Ludwick remain as unsigned arbitration-eligible players for the Redbirds.
Thompson, 26, posted a 6-3 record with a 5.15 ERA in six starts for St. Louis last season. He has a record of 19-11 with a 4.24 ERA in 153 games over four seasons with the Cardinals.
Kim withdraws from Bob Hope Classic
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Jan. 20 (UPI) -- PGA golfer Anthony Kim, ranked No. 8 in the world, Tuesday withdrew from the Bob Hope Classic in Palm Springs, Calif., with a shoulder injury.
Kim underwent an MRI on his shoulder and was advised not to participate in the 90-hole tournament that begins Wednesday.
The 50th Bob Hope Classic is being hosted by Arnold Palmer.
