BRIEFLY\Norman staves off challengers.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Greg Norman Noun 1. Greg Norman - Australian golfer (born in 1955) Gregory John Norman, Norman used a sensational short game Sunday to hold off a determined challenge by Michael Bradley Michael or Mike Bradley may refer to:
Vijay Singh (born 22 February, 1963) is a professional golfer who was number one in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. to win the Doral-Ryder Open in Miami by two strokes. Needing only 11 putts on the back nine, where he shot a 32, and never going more than one hole without a birdie after No. 6, Norman closed with a 66 for a 19-under-par 269. In the first matchup in major-league history between twin brothers, Mark Mimbs was the winner while Michael Mimbs was the loser in Clearwater, Fla., as the Texas Rangers Texas Rangers, mounted fighting force organized (1835) during the Texas Revolution. During the republic they became established as the guardians of the Texas frontier, particularly against Native Americans. beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5. BASKETBALL The Cleveland Cavaliers placed leading scorer Terrell Brandon on the injured list because of a bruised tail bone and sprained right rotator cuff rotator cuff n. A set of muscles and tendons that secures the arm to the shoulder joint and permits rotation of the arm. Also called musculotendinous cuff. . TENNIS Jim Courier ended Chris Woodruff's surprising run, beating the qualifier 6-4, 6-3 for the U.S. Indoor championship in Philadelphia. The superb serves and string-shredding groundstrokes by Courier were too much for Woodruff, who won only nine points against his opponent's serve. Big-serving Goran Ivanisevic captured his third title of the year by defeating Marc Rosset in straight sets at the Italian Indoors in Milan. Ivanisevic won 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) to earn the top prize of $128,000. Sabine Appelmans of Belgium beat Julie Halard-Decugis of France 6-2, 6-4 to win the Generali Ladies tournament in Linz, Austria. MOTOR SPORTS Jimmy Vasser passed Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran (born November 11, 1967) in Paris, France to Brazilian parents, is a former racing driver. De Ferran was the 2000 and 2001 Champ Car champion driving for the Penske Honda Team and the winner of the 2003 Indianapolis 500. on a restart with 32 laps to go in the season-opening Marlboro Grand Prix in Homestead, Fla., then drove away for his first Indy-car win in 56 starts. |
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