BRIEFLY : AGENT DENIES REPORT OF GRETZKY RETIREMENT.Wayne Gretzky's agent denied a report Saturday by Los Angeles radio station XTRA-AM that hockey's most prolific scorer will retire after next season. Michael Barnett said the report was incorrect. ``He still enjoys playing the game too much to make a decision of that magnitude at this point,'' Barnett said. John Rosasco, a spokesman for the New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, U.S.A. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). , for whom Gretzky starred last season, also denied knowledge of any such plans. The station, citing a source close to Gretzky, reported that the 1997-98 season would be the last for the nine-time MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. and 10-time scoring champion. TRACK: A Cuban athlete at the Central America and Caribbean Athletics Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan (IPA: [saŋ hwaŋ]) (from the Spanish San Juan Bautista, "Saint John the Baptist") is the capital and largest municipality on Puerto Rico. , has left the delegation and plans to seek asylum in the U.S., a Cuban exile group. Guillermo Toledo, a lawyer with the exile group Cuba 21, identified the athlete as Jose Perez, who won a bronze medal Friday in the 400 meter hurdles. Toledo said Perez will appear before U.S. Immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. and Naturalization naturalization, official act by which a person is made a national of a country other than his or her native one. In some countries naturalized persons do not necessarily become citizens but may merely acquire a new nationality. officials on Monday and ask to remain in Puerto Rico. |
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