BRIEFLY\Ex-Steeler Edwards is jailed.

Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services

Glen Edwards, a member of two Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl championship teams, was in jail Sunday in St. Petersburg, Fla., on charges of drug violations and fighting with police.

The 48-year-old former safety was accused Friday night of buying marijuana, possessing crack cocaine and resisting arrest. He was held in lieu of $12,500 bail at the Pinellas County Jail.

Police said they saw him buying marijuana, searched him and found six pieces of crack cocaine in his pockets. He was accused of shoving officers and trying to run away.

Edwards had been a football standout at Gibbs High School in St. Petersburg and at Florida A&M University. He played for the Steelers from 1971 to 1977.

Along with an end-zone interception in the 1977 Super Bowl, he is best remembered for two hard hits - a clothesline tackle of quarterback Ken Anderson in Cincinnati (Edwards was thrown out of the game), and a collision that forced Minnesota wide receiver John Gilliam to fumble in the 1976 Super Bowl.

He was traded in 1978 to San Diego, where he played until 1982. He played in 1983 for the USFL's Tampa Bay Bandits before leaving football.

NHL 

On the night when star center Alexei Yashin returned to the lineup against Tampa Bay, the Ottawa Senators waived second-leading scorer Dan Quinn.

"It's simply a chemistry move," general manager Pierre Gauthier said of his second major roster change since taking over from fired Randy Sexton on Dec. 11.

"I think successful teams in this league are big, hard-working teams. You'll find there's very few finesse goals scored on any given night."

Quinn, a smallish center, had six goals and 18 assists, second on the Senators behind rookie wing Daniel Alfredsson's 29 points.

GOLF

Barry Lane of England beat two opponents - David Frost and his own reputation for faltering under pressure - to win the $1 million first prize in the Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf in Scottsdale, Ariz.

No more than three points separated the finalists during 36 holes of match play before Lane won 2-up.

Lane, a five-time winner on the European PGA Tour who couldn't qualify for the European Ryder Cup team this year because he faded in the Scandinavian Masters and the Czech Open, saved his biggest shots for the last four holes.

WINTER SPORTS

For the second straight day, Oivind Berg of Norway unleashed the longest jump of the meet on the final round to win a Continental Cup jumping meet at the 1980 Olympic hill in Lake Placid, N.Y.

Berg, 24, who won the 120-meter competition Saturday at the Adirondack Bank/NYCE Masters New Year's International, went 293 feet, 8 inches and 326-5 for 244.0 points.

Moira D'Andrea of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., won the women's overall title and KC Boutiette of Tacoma, Wash., took the men's crown at the U.S. Allround Speedskating Championship in Milwaukee.

In men's competition, Boutiette won the 1,500 in 1:54.86 and the 10,000 with a time of 14:48.02. He also won the 5,000 meter Saturday as he took three of the four races.

ETC.

The 2006 World Cup of soccer will be played in Africa for the first time, FIFA president Joao Havelange told a Rio de Janeiro daily. The Brazilian world soccer chief said he will officially make the announcement on his January trip to South Africa for the Cup of Nations. South Africa will be a top contender to host the 2006 World Cup, he said. . . .

Houston residents are more willing to spend public money to keep professional sports teams than they were a few months ago when the football Oilers announced they were leaving, a newspaper poll indicates. The survey sponsored by the Houston Chronicle especially favors the basketball Rockets, with increased support for the baseball Astros.

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Photo Barry Lane hits his approach shot on the 15th hole en route to his win over David Frost in the Andersen Consulting golf tournament. Associated Press