San Antonio Express-News (Sunday)

Huetter takes World Cup downhill title

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In a surprising finale of the women's World Cup season, Austrian Cornelia Huetter won the downhill race Saturday to clinch her first-ever title and deny Lara Gut-Behrami her fourth this week at Saalbach-Hinterglem­m, Austria.

It was only Huetter's second World Cup downhill win and the victory came more than six years after the Austrian's first, at Lake Louise in December 2017.

“I'm really speechless,” the 31-year-old Huetter said. “It's amazing to have a home race with this ending, I never can imagine it.”

Huetter had started Saturday's race fourth in the discipline standings, behind Austrian teammate Stephanie Venier, the injured Sofia Goggia and Gut-Behrami, who needed to finish ninth or better to protect her lead in the standings.

Gut-Behrami dropped to 17th and out of the points, finishing 28 points behind Huetter. Goggia was third in the standings despite having to end her season at the beginning of February after breaking two bones in her right leg in a training crash.

Gut-Behrami's Swiss compatriot Marco Odermatt will also be looking to complete a quadruple in the men's downhill that brings the season to a close on Sunday.

The 26-year-old Odermatt locked up his third straight overall championsh­ip and the giant slalom title weeks ago and lifted the super-G crystal globe on Friday.

He leads Cyprien Sarrazin by 42 points in downhill.

NFL

Titans finalizing deal for Sneed

A person familiar with the negotiatio­ns says the Tennessee Titans are finalizing a deal to send a pair of draft picks to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for cornerback L'Jarius Sneed, a source told the Associated Press on Saturday.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on Friday night on condition of anonymity because the deal still requires Sneed to pass a physical and a new contract for the cornerback who the Chiefs placed the $19.8 million non-exclusive franchise tag on earlier this month.

Kansas City has been unable to come to terms on a long-term deal.

Tennessee would send its third-round pick in the 2025 draft and also flip seventh-round selections next month with the Chiefs.

Packers re-sign Wilson: The Green Bay Packers have boosted their special teams by re-signing linebacker Eric Wilson.

Wilson, 29, had 13 special-teams tackles in 2022 and 11 more last year to lead the Packers in each of those seasons. He also had 24 tackles on defense last season.

Wilson previously played for the Minnesota Vikings (2017-20), Philadelph­ia Eagles (2021) and Houston Texans (2021).

Browns re-signing kicker York: Cleveland is re-signing Cade York, a fourth-round draft pick in 2022 whose struggles led to him being cut before last season, a person familiar with the decision told the Associated Press on Saturday.

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