BRIEFLY: A 1-2 U.S. SWEEP IN 400-METER RELAY.Byline: Daily News Wire Servics Although his Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. Track Club failed to win the 400-meter relay at the Zipfer Grand Prix Grand Prix n. pl. Grand Prix Any of several competitive international road races for sports cars of specific engine size over an exacting, usually risky course. meet in Linz, Austria, on Wednesday, Carl Lewis excited the specators. Lewis, winner of nine Olympic gold medals and eight World Championship golds, anchored Santa Monica to a second-place finish, behind a U.S. team with Dennis Mitchell running the final leg. The winner's time was 37.97 seconds, with Santa Monica second at 38.17. The meet's biggest disappointment was the absence of 100-meter world-record holder Donovan Bailey of Canada. The Olympic and world champion pulled out with a strained thigh muscle. He was scheduled to run in the showcase 400 relay for Canada. As a result, the Canadian team withdrew. Another crowd favorite, double Olympic champion Gail Devers, won the women's 100 in 11.06. NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there : Free agent defenseman Bill Houlder signed a four-year deal, reportedly worth $5.15 million, with the San Jose Sharks The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). . Houlder, 30, played last season with the Tampa Bay Lightning The Tampa Bay Lightning is a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida, USA. It is a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). , where he ranked second among defensemen with four goals and 21 assists. Preparing to join the league in 1998, the Nashville expansion team hired David Poile as general manager. Poile was fired after last season as vice president and general manager of the Washington Capitals when the club failed to make the playoffs for the first time in Poile's 15 years with the franchise. COLLEGE BASKETBALL:Former UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX guard Cameron Dollar has been named an assistant coach for the UC Irvine men's team. Dollar joins head coach Pat Douglass and assistant coaches Len Stevens and Todd Lee on the Anteaters staff. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Maura McHugh, former coach of women's teams at Oklahoma and Arizona State, has been hired as coach of the American Basketball League's Long Beach StingRays The Long Beach Stingrays was a women's professional basketball team. It existed for only the 1997-98 season, and was a member of the American Basketball League. The Stingrays played most of their home games at the Walter Pyramid on the campus of California State University, . It also was announced Wednesday that Yolanda Griffith, the top draft choice of the StingRays and the No. 1 pick overall in the 1997 ABL draft, has signed a two-year contract with the league. |
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