Briefly

FOOTBALL

- Seattle Seahawk Coach Mike Holmgren has benched quarterback JonKitna in favor of Brock Huard for Sunday's game at Carolina. -Denver Bronco running back Terrell Davis, still nursing a sprainedankle and foot, will miss Sunday's game in San Diego.

BASKETBALL

- Wisconsin suspended three basketball players, including twofrom its Final Four team, for eight games for receiving unadvertiseddiscounts at a shoe store.

Men's basketball players Maurice Linton and Travon Davis andwomen's player Krista Bird must sit out the first eight games thisseason, close their open accounts at the Shoe Box and repay morethan $500 in benefits they each received to restore theireligibility.

- Free-agent forward LaPhonso Ellis signed with Minnesota.

- The Washington Wizards released forward Dennis Scott, a 10-year NBA veteran obtained in a trade from Vancouver.

- The Seattle SuperSonics signed free-agent forward DickeySimpkins, who played for Chicago last season, to a one-yearcontract.

- Shawn Respert, a former Michigan State star, was signed by theLos Angeles Lakers.

HOCKEY

- Defenseman Brad Norton will miss the Edmonton Oilers' firstthree games of the season after being suspended by the NHL forputting his hands on a linesman during an exhibition game.

- Anaheim forward Paul Kariya, a two-time winner of the Lady ByngTrophy as the most gentlemanly player in the NHL, was suspended fora game for slashing Minnesota's Aaron Gavey in an exhibition gamelast week.

- Center Ron Sutter, brother of Shark Coach Darryl Sutter, wascut by San Jose.

- The New York Rangers signed defenseman Mike Mottau, college'stop player in 2000.