BRIEFLY : REDSKINS EXTEND TURNER'S CONTRACT.

Washington Redskins coach Norv Turner signed a three-year contract extension for an undisclosed sum Tuesday.

Turner, 44, reportedly was signed to an original five-year, $3 million deal in 1994.

Turner's teams have improved from 3-13 in 1994 to 6-10 in 1995 and 9-7 last season. But last season, they started 7-1 before losing six of their last eight games.

Turner will take the team into a new stadium being built in suburban Maryland.

The St. Louis Rams signed Craig ``Ironhead'' Heyward to a four-year contract while new Rams backup quarterback Mark Rypien signed a free-agent deal he agreed to last week.

NBA: Boston Celtics forward Greg Minor underwent surgery to remove a screw from his right pinkie toe, sidelining him for the rest of the season.

SOCCER: The trial in Winchester, England, in which Zimbabwe goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar was accused of fixing games, ended with a hung jury, and the prosecution will seek a new trial.

TENNIS: Monica Seles, who hasn't competed since she broke her finger in December, withdrew from the State Farm Evert Cup in Indian Wells.

Seles broke her right ring finger while catching a tennis ball two months ago. She is left-handed but hits two-handed shots. After two days of qualifying, the Evert Cup begins Friday, with the finals on March 15.

New Jersey prosecutors have asked Georgia authorities to arrest tennis star Roscoe Tanner after he failed three times to appear in court on charges he owes $500,000 in child support.

WINTER SPORTS: Two-time champion Martin Buser was first across the treacherous Farewell Burn and into the small, native village of Nikolai, Alaska, about three hours ahead of the record pace as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the 1,100-mile race from Anchorage to Nome, entered its third day.