BRIEFLY : AFTER ROUGH MASTERS, O'MEARA FIRES CADDY.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services This is turning out to be a tough year for caddies. After his tie for 31st in the Masters, Mark O'Meara Mark Francis O'Meara (born January 13, 1957) is a professional golfer who was a prolific tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s. In 2007 he entered his first season on the Champions Tour. fired Jerry Higginbotham, who was on his bag when O'Meara won the Masters, British Open and Player of the Year in 1998. ``It totally shocked me and I'm in major disbelief,'' said Higginbotham, who had been with O'Meara for five years. ``I like Mark very much, and in time, he and I will talk about this.'' Earlier this year, Ernie Els Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els (born October 17, 1969) is a South African golfer who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy", for his imposing physical stature (he stands 1. parted ways with Ricci Roberts, his caddie for both U.S. Open titles. And last month, Tiger Woods split with Mike ``Fluff'' Cowan after their 18-month run produced 10 victories. OLYMPICS: Almost five months after the bribery scheme in Salt Lake City's winning bid for the 2002 Winter Games was exposed, the Senate Commerce Committee holds hearings today in Washington into what went wrong with an event and an organization so wrapped in idealism and goodwill. International Olympic Committee “IOC” redirects here. For other uses, see IOC (disambiguation). The International Olympic Committee (French: Comité International Olympique) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23 president Juan Antonio Samaranch Don Juan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló, Marquis of Samaranch (es: Don Juan Antonio Samaranch i Torelló, marqués de Samaranch) (born July 17, 1920 in Barcelona) is a Spanish sports official and was president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001. spurned spurn v. spurned, spurn·ing, spurns v.tr. 1. To reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn. See Synonyms at refuse1. 2. To kick at or tread on disdainfully. v. an invitation to testify. A member of the Commerce Committee, Alaska Republican Ted Stevens, has drafted a bill to strip the IOC's tax-exempt status and limit deductions sponsors can take for Olympic fees, a move the sponsors say would drive them away. It also would give the USOC (Universal Service Order Code) An equipment coding system created by AT&T. The number was applied to telephone equipment and to wire termination patterns. See 568A. control over U.S. TV rights fees for the Games, still the IOC's single biggest income source. TRACK AND FIELD: Mary Slaney, the top distance runner in U.S. history and a former world champion, has filed suit against the International Amateur Athletic Federation and the U.S. Olympic Committee over the testosterone test she failed during the 1996 Olympic Trials. TENNIS: Fourth-seeded Alex Corretja lost his opening match in the $825,000 Open Seat Godo tournament in Barcelona, the city where he was born, falling 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 in the second round to Morocco's Younes El Aynaoui Younes El Aynaoui (Arabic: يونس العيناوي) (born September 12, 1971 in Rabat, Morocco) is a professional tennis player from Morocco. . |
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