BRIEFLY : ALOU GETS RICH DEAL.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services Felipe Alou Dodgers general manager Kevin Malone, speaking from his home in Los Angeles on Sunday, said the Expos told Alou they were willing to almost double whatever the Dodgers offered. Alou's deal is believed to be about $2 million per year. L.A. was reported to have offered the 63-year-old manager a three-year contract worth a total of $3.5 million to $4 million. ``We're not surprised,'' Malone said. ``He felt obligated ob·li·gate tr.v. ob·li·gat·ed, ob·li·gat·ing, ob·li·gates 1. To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force. 2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; oblige. to stay. He didn't want to be the reason for the organization not surviving in Montreal. They were laying the guilt trip on him. If he left, there was a good possibility the franchise would not survive in Montreal. He didn't want to be responsible, feel guilty about it.'' RUNNING: For someone who had never run a marathon before, Ondoro Osoro seems to have the hang of it. On a day when Kenyans ruled the Chicago Marathon, the former cross country runner won in 2:06:54, the third-fastest time in history. His time was 49 seconds off the world record, set by Ronaldo Da Costa
Ronaldo da Costa (born June 7, 1970 in Descoberto, Brazil) broke the ten-year-old marathon world record in 1998 in Berlin. at last month's Berlin Marathon. Joyce Chepchumba, winner of the 1997 London Marathon, completed the Kenyan sweep, winning the women's race with a personal best of 2:23:57. SOCCER: In Washington, Tony Sanneh and Marco Etcheverry scored as D.C. United won its 13th consecutive Major League Soccer playoff game, 2-0 over the Columbus Crew in the opener of the Eastern Conference finals. United, looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. its third straight MLS See multilevel security. title, can clinch the best-of-three series Oct. 18 at Columbus. OLYMPICS: A plan to test for recreational-drug use among athletes at U.S. Olympic Committee training centers was shelved when officials said it needed more study. Also stripped from a revision of the committee's drug-test rules was a proposal to tighten security around urine samples. The U.S. Olympic Committee wants to win more medals at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City and has decided to put up $18 million in the effort. The money was budgeted Saturday as the board met in Phoenix and approved its budget through 2002. FOOTBALL: University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. quarterback Jesse Palmer suffered a broken collarbone col·lar·bone n. See clavicle. during Saturday's 22-10 win over LSU LSU Louisiana State University LSU Large Subunit LSU La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA) LSU La Sierra University LSU Link State Update (OSPF) LSU Learning Support Unit and could be sidelined for the rest of the season. |
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