Harrison, an eight-time Pro Bowler who starred at Syracuse and Roman Catholic High, was released by the Indianpolis Colts after last season in a move to free up salary-cap space.

Yesterday, while appearing on the Waddle & Silvy show on ESPN 1000 in Chicago, Dungy said Harrison would be a good addition for the Bears.

"I think he definitely can play, and I would encourage [Bears head coach] Lovie [Smith] to sign him if they had an opening," Dungy said.

Harrison played under Dungy for seven seasons with the Colts.

"Marvin can play the game," Dungy said. "Marvin's whole thing is precision. He's a guy who needs work in a system."

One system Harrison apparently worn't work in is Jeff Fisher's.

The Tennessee Titan's head coach said yesterday he is not pursuing the 36-year-old veteran and has had no contact with Harrison or his agent.

The Titans had been mentioned specifically in an ESPN report as a team interested in Harrison.

Fisher said he did not know where the reporter got that information but there was no possibility of Harrison joining the Titans.

Noteworthy

The woman contends in the lawsuit filed last month in Washoe County District Court in Reno, Nev., that Roethlisberger raped her in his room at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe in July 2008 when he was there to play in a celebrity golf tournament.

Roethlisberger's lawyer W. David Cornwell provided the Associated Press and other news outlets with 18 pages of e-mails and texts purportedly between the 31-year-old woman and a male friend that allegedly refute her allegation.

Cornwell wouldn't say how he obtained the e-mails and texts.

* The Vikings have sold more than 3,200 season tickets since news broke that Brett Favre will play for Minnesota. Chief marketing officer Steve LaCroix said the team has also sold about 11,000 single-game tickets over an approximately 24-hour period.

* Buffalo Bills receiver Terrell Owens will miss Saturday's preseason game at Green Bay because of a sprained toe.

* Seattle Seahawks perennial Pro Bowl left tackle Walter Jones will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. Head coach Jim Mora said he is optimistic Jones will return this season.

* Leroy Hill says he expects to hear from the NFL now that he has been charged in Georgia with misdemeanor marijuana possession stemming from a January traffic stop.

Reza Sedghi, the attorney for the Seahawks starting linebacker, said the team can expect to lose Hill for some time during the season while he attends a trial.

A judge is expected to hear the trial by December.

* Venus and Serena Williams will become the latest celebrities to own a stake in the Miami Dolphins, a person familiar with the deal said. The person didn't want to be identified because the team plans to announce the involvement of the tennis-playing sisters next week.

Musicians Gloria and Emilio Estefan and Marc Anthony recently bought small shares of the team. New Dolphins owner Stephen Ross also forged a partnership with singer Jimmy Buffett.

In other news, the team released veteran cornerback Eric Green, leaving rookies Sean Smith and Vontae Davis to contend for a starting job.

* The NFL and NBC are extending their contract for "Sunday Night Football" by 2 years.

The league's teams approved the extension at an owners meeting in Chicago. The original 6-year deal will now run through 2013.

* An 11-year assistant trainer for the St. Louis Rams has reached a $134,000 settlement of a lawsuit that claimed the team discriminated against him because of his seizure disorder.

A consent decree filed in U.S. District Court in St. Louis says the Rams will pay Ronald DuBuque $100,000 in damages and award him a $34,000, 2-year contract to work as a rehabilitation specialist. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the suit last year after DuBuque complained that the Rams did not renew his contract in 2006, when the team claimed he was a medical liability.