BRIEFLY\Herron has huge Florida golf lead.Byline: Daily News Wires Services A northwest wind that made the TPC (Transaction Processing Performance Council, San Francisco, CA, www.tpc.org) An organization devoted to benchmarking transaction processing systems. In order to derive the number of transactions that can be processed in a given time frame, TPC benchmarks measure the total performance of at Eagle Trace play tougher and reduced the number of low scores Friday didn't seem to faze rookie Tim Herron in the second round of the Honda Classic in Coral Springs, Fla. Herron, who tied a course record with an opening-round 62, turned in another outstanding round with a 4-under-par 68 for a two-day total of 130. His six-stroke lead over Olin Browne is the largest in a PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. event since Jose Maria Olazabal led by nine at the halfway point of the World Series of Golf in 1990. "I'm on the tour now. It's time to step up to the plate and get some experience," Herron said. "I'm going to take it one step at a time and have some fun. I feel I have enough talent. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if it's all come out yet. It has the last two days." TENNIS 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 sophomore Justin Gimelstob took top-seeded Wayne Ferreira of South Africa to three sets before losing 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic in Scottsdale, Ariz. Sandom Stolle of Australia beat Stefan Edberg 7-5, 6-3, reaching the semifinals for the first time since 1992 in an ATP ATP: see adenosine triphosphate. ATP in full adenosine triphosphate Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms. Tour event. Steffi Graf expects to have a difficult time in the $550,000 Evert e·vert v. To turn inside out or outward. evert to turn inside out; to turn outward. Cup in Indian Wells, her first tournament since November, even though she will not have to face Monica Seles and describes herself as fit and healthy. Considering what happened recently, Graf also said she's just glad to be playing in the event at the Hyatt Grand Champions Resort. "The end of last week, I was in Florida, and I got sick, and I wasn't sure I would be here," Graf said as the tournament got underway. "At the beginning of this week, I decided that I was all right." Second-seeded Goran Ivanisevic served 18 aces in a 7-5, 6-2 quarterfinal victory over Martin Damm of the Czech Republic in the ABN AMRO indoor tennis tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands. But his win was overshadowed by the withdrawal of top-seed Pete Sampras earlier in the day after spraining his right foot in a second-round match Thursday. BASKETBALL Seventeen candidates including Massachusetts center Marcus Camby and Connecticut guard Ray Allen will appear on the 20th anniversary Wooden Award ballot, the Los Angeles Athletic Club Los Angeles Athletic Club (LAAC) is an athletic club in Los Angeles, California, USA. It awards the John R. Wooden Award to the outstanding men's and women's college basketball player of each year. announced. The Wooden Award is presented to college basketball's top male player by a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Among others on the ballot are Stanford guard Brevin Knight, Santa Clara guard Steve Nash, UCLA forward Charles O'Bannon, California forward Shareef Abdur Rahim and Kansas guard Jacque Vaughn (from Pasadena). MOTOR SPORTS Within 24 hours of becoming a father for the first time, rookie Johnny Benson gave Pontiac its first pole in 2-1/2 years when he nearly broke a track qualifying record. Benson sped over the Atlanta Motor Speedway Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a superspeedway in Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It is a 1.54-mile (2.48 km) quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000. It opened in 1960 as a 1.5 mile standard oval. at 185.434 mph. That puts him on the front row Sunday in the Purolater 500, just his fourth Winston Cup race. Jacques Villeneuve will start from the pole in his first career Formula One race after leading Saturday's qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix This article is about Formula One race. For other uses, see Australian Grand Prix (disambiguation). The Australian Grand Prix is a Formula One race that is part of the annual Formula One championship season. in Melbourne. Tim Steele, in acute pain from kidney stones after a six-day hospital stay, easily won the APCO APCO Association of Public Safety Communications Officials APCo Appalachian Power Company (Columbus, OH) APCO Air Pollution Control Officer APCO Alabama Power Company APCO Associated Public Safety Communications Officers, Inc. EasyCare 300 ARCA race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. HOCKEY Two South Florida men have made an $85 million bid for the Florida Panthers, the team confirmed. If successful, the bid could keep the Panthers in the area. The men are Bud Paxson, who founded Home Shopping Network “HSN” redirects here. For other uses, see HSN (disambiguation). The Home Shopping Network (HSN) is a mostly 24-hour shopping network that is seen on cable, satellite, and some terrestrial channels in the United States. and owns South Florida radio and television stations, and partner Bruce Frey. The Mighty Ducks acquired goalie Mike Torchia from the Washington Capitals in exchange for left wing Todd Krygier. FOOTBALL Linebacker Ricardo McDonald, who started every game last season for the Cincinnati Bengals, agreed to a two-year contract. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo (1) O'Bannon (2) Graf |
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