BRIEFLY\Elliott, Leonard tied for lead at Pebble Beach.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services John Elliott John Elliott may be:
Leonard was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. , who just missed his first victory last week in a playoff, shot 67 on Thursday to share the first-round lead at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Elliott, 32, who was on the Nike Tour last year, played the back nine first at Pebble Beach, shooting a 35. He then got things going when he eagled No. 2, knocking a 5-iron to 12 feet and rolling in the putt. Top-seeded and local favorite Goran Ivanisevic advanced to the quarterfinals of the Croatia Indoors tournament in Zagreb by defeating Martin Sinner of Germany 6-4, 6-4. MOTOR SPORTS Didier Theys Didier Theys (born October 19, 1956, Nivelles, Belgium), is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. After some success in European F-3, he raced in the 1987-1993 seasons with 47 career starts, including the 1989, 1990 and 1993 Indianapolis 500. , a long-time sports car and Indy-car racer from Belgium, turned a fast lap of 126.61 mph in the Rolex 24-hour sports car endurance race, getting around the 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is a 2.5 mile (4 km) tri-oval race track facility with a seating capacity of 168,000 spectators. road circuit in 1 minute, 41.224 seconds. He won the pole. The inaugural Indy 200, in Orlando, Fla., the first event in the fledgling Indy Racing League The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series series, paid a purse of $1.08 million, including $125,000 to winner Buzz Calkins. BASKETBALL The slumping Sacramento Kings will be without guard Sarunas Marciulionis for at least five games. Marciulionis had arthroscopic knee surgery Arthroscopic knee surgery Surgery performed to examine or repair tissues inside the knee joint through a special scope (arthroscope). Mentioned in: Chondromalacia Patellae arthroscopic knee surgery and was placed on the injured list. The team hopes he can return right after the All-Star break. FOOTBALL Cal State Northridge got its first high school commitments. Arcadia High School Arcadia High School may refer to:
A briefcase owned by San Francisco 49ers A Parker County sheriff's investigator found the briefcase, which Rice last saw over the weekend at the Super Bowl in Tempe, Ariz., during a routine traffic stop of a man driving a rental car Wednesday. Inside, he found "a couple of watches," including a Rolex, a billfold with $1,000 cash and several credit cards, a checkbook, a key to a Mercedes-Benz and other items. San Francisco 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo plans to spend $3 million to open a restaurant near the Civic Center that would be about as big as a football field. The Forty-Niners, as the eatery would be called, would celebrate the team's magical moments and is slated to open next fall in time for the team's 50th anniversary season, said a spokesman for DeBartolo Entertainment. BASEBALL Nolan Ryan, who had more strikeouts, more no-hitters and more overall records than anyone else in history, claimed another number for posterity. The Texas Rangers announced they will retire Ryan's No. 34 in September, making him the first player in team history to receive that distinction. Baseball players have not raised serious objections to the idea of interleague play and most likely will approve the experimental plan for 1997, their union leader Donald Fehr indicated. Free-agent pitcher Tim Belcher and the Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are a professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium. agreed to a $975,000, one-year contract that gives him the chance to earn $425,000 more in bonuses if he makes 30 starts. Left-hander Rheal Cormier and the Montreal Expos agreed to a $950,000, one-year contract. |
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