Brett Favre, left, with teammate Vonta Leach at the team's minicamp Saturday, is coming off his first losing season with the Packers.

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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Brett Favre is back. And so, it seems, are the questions about his future beyond this season.

Despite comments earlier in the off-season that there was "no doubt" his potential return to the Green Bay Packers would be for one more season, Favre said Saturday he was not so sure.

"I know I said that," Favre said Saturday in his first public comments since telling the Packers he would return for another year. "But I hope you guys will respect me. I'm going to play this year, give it my best, and not talk about it."

Favre had a career-worst 29 interceptions last season as the Packers went 4-12, the team's first losing season since he became its quarterback.

college basketball

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina State hired Detroit Pistons assistant Sidney Lowe as its head basketball coach Saturday, bringing the former Wolfpack player back to the school he led to a national championship under Jim Valvano.

The 46-year-old Lowe replaces Herb Sendek, who announced last month he was leaving for Arizona State after 10 seasons.

"This is definitely a dream come true for me," said Lowe, dressed in a black suit and red N.C. State tie.

Lowe said he plans to start July 1. Larry Harris, who was an assistant coach under Sendek, will remain at N.C. State under Lowe and lead the program in the interim.

Lowe was the point guard on the Wolfpack's 1983 national championship team under Valvano.

track and field

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Asafa Powell ran the fastest 100 meters in the world this year Saturday, winning the Jamaica International in 9.95 seconds.

Powell, who holds the world record of 9.77, says he is fully recovered from a groin injury that kept him out of competition for nearly a year.

Trinidad and Tobago's Marc Burns finished in second place in 10.22.

Tennis

OEIRAS, Portugal — David Nalbandian and Nikolay Davydenko will play today in the Estoril Open final.

Nalbandian beat Albert Portas 7-5, 6-1; Davydenko rallied to beat Carlos Moya 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.

● In Warsaw, Poland, top-seeded Kim Clijsters and Svetlana Kuznetsova recorded straight set wins Saturday to advance to the final of the clay court J&S Cup.

Clijsters defeated Elena Dementieva 7-5, 6-4. Kuznetsova overwhelmed Anna Chakvetadze 6-1, 6-1.

The Pima softball team beat Central Arizona twice Saturday in Coolidge to win the NJCAA Region I championship.

Both scores were 4-2.

The Aztecs advanced to the NJCAA World Series in Plant City, Fla.

Ex-CDO standout Dana Alcocer pitched two complete games to lead Pima.

● The Pima baseball team beat Arizona Western 11-10 in 10 innings Saturday in Yuma to win its NJCAA Region 1 Division 1 semifinal series.

Scott Scheider was 3 for 5 with two runs and two RBIs. Colin Murphy was 3 for 6.

The Aztecs advanced to the finals of the Region I tournament against Yavapai. The best-of-three series begins Thursday in Prescott.