BRIEFLY : `SUSHIGATE' SIMMERS.

If you knew sushi like Kristin Brown knows sushi, you'd like Pittsburgh's sushi, too.

The wife of All-Pro linebacker Chad Brown was critical of Pittsburgh's dining choices after the All-Pro linebacker left the Steelers to sign a $24 million contract with Seattle.

Kristin Brown was quoted by newspapers, who dubbed the incident ``Sushigate,'' in Seattle and Pittsburgh as saying: ``We weren't happy with the city of Pittsburgh. We are not East Coast people. We are big food connoisseurs and Seattle has great food, restaurants and sushi. In Pittsburgh, all you can get are steak and potatoes, so I had to cook all the time.''

On Tuesday Kristin Brown said she meant nothing fishy by her remarks, either about the Steelers or the sushi.

``We ate sushi three times a week (in Pittsburgh) and we loved it,'' she said.

NHL: The Colorado Avalanche signed Peter Forsberg to a three-year contract worth up to $12.3 million, avoiding a possible bidding war for the All-Star center. Forsberg, 23, was due to become a restricted free agent at the end of the season.

NBA: The Cleveland Cavaliers will retire Brad Daugherty's No. 43 jersey on March 1, and the shirt will be hoisted high above the playing floor. The 7-foot Daugherty wishes it was on the court and he was still wearing it. ``With as few points as these guys score, I swear I could help them somehow,'' he said jokingly.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: A former Nebraska football player has been ordered to stand trial on charges of possessing marijuana with intent to deliver. Abdul Muhammad was arrested at a mail store after signing for a package that contained four one-pound bricks of marijuana.