Sports digest 3/8/04

Baseball

John Henry Williams, the son of Hall of Famer Ted Williams who pushed to have his father's body frozen, died late Saturday of leukemia in a hospital in Los Angeles, an attorney for Ted Williams' family said. He was 35.

Motorsports

Defending champion Matt Kenseth rolled to his second straight NASCAR Nextel Cup win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, surpassing his victory total of 2003 in only the third race of the season. Kenseth, criticized last season for winning the series title with boring consistency and only one race victory, was dominating for the second straight year in the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400. Kenseth moved past Kevin Harvick on lap 230 to regain the lead for the fourth and final time in the 267-lap event. Kasey Kahne, who started from the pole, crossed the finish line 3.426 seconds -- about half a straightaway -- behind Kenseth's No 17 Ford. Tony Stewart finished third, followed by Jamie McMurray, Mark Martin and Elliott Sadler.

Tennis

Top-ranked Roger Federer rallied past Spain's Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 to become the first man to successfully defend his Dubai Open title. Federer extended his record this year to 16-1 with his second title of 2004.

-- From wire reports