BRIEFLY : REPORT: OWNERS MAY REJECT REDSKINS SALE.

Byline: - Daily News Wire Services

Seven NFL owners are willing to reject the sale of the Washington Redskins, according to the Washington Times.

Seven no votes would mean the remaining 24 team owners would have to grant their approval for the deal to survive.

The bid by Howard and Edward Milstein and Daniel Snyder faces opposition from the owners of the New Orleans Saints, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Cleveland Browns, the Denver Broncos, the Buffalo Bills, the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Carolina Panthers, the report said. Several other teams were undecided. A vote is expected at an owners meeting March 14-18 in Phoenix.

Redskins president John Kent Cooke - son of the team's late owner, Jack Kent Cooke - lost out in his own bid to buy the team and could benefit if the sale is voted down. But under an agreement with the trustees of his father's estate, he must vote to approve.

SOCCER: Mia Hamm scored her 104th goal in international play as the United States women shut out Finland 2-0 on Saturday in Tampa, Fla.

Hamm, who scored in the 58th minute off Joy Fawcett's pass, moved within one goal of Italy's Carolina Morace for second place on the international goal-scoring list.

The United States, which will be the host of the women's World Cup this summer, took a 1-0 lead on Fawcett's header in the 29th minute.

BOWLING: Tim Criss defeated Dave Arnold 238-161 to win the PBA National Championship in Toledo, Ohio, and the $28,000 check that comes with victory in one of bowling's major tournaments.

SKIING: Hermann Maier moved into the lead in the hotly contested battle for the World Cup title as fellow Austrian Stephan Eberharter won the men's giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany.

Maier took advantage of the absence of Norway's Lasse Kjus, who had the flu, to take the overall points lead with a fourth-place finish in 2:18.13.