BRIEFLY : ALPHAND SKIS FOR WORLD CUP TODAY.France's Luc Alphand, who is trying to become the first Frenchman since Jean-Claude Killy 29 years ago to win the World Cup skiing overall title, was first and second in two downhill training runs for today's World Cup Finals in Vail, Colo. NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga : Green Bay Packers head coach Mike Holmgren has canceled all his weekly TV and radio shows next year, saying that he wants to concentrate on winning another Super Bowl. The Packers will play the Buffalo Bills in an American Bowl exhibition game Aug. 16 at Toronto's SkyDome. Former Pierce College quarterback Erik Kramer decided to remain with the Chicago Bears, accepting a one-year offer worth $600,000 to back up Rick Mirer. The Washington Redskins extended the contract of general manager Charlie Casserly. MOTOR SPORTS: NHRA NHRA National Hot Rod Association NHRA Northland Human Resource Association NHRA National Human Resources Association NHRA Nursing Home Reform Act NHRA National Hospice Regatta Alliance NHRA National Heritage Resources Act (South Africa) Funny Car driver Al Hofmann, injured in a crash Sunday at the Mac Tools Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla., was upgraded to good condition at Shands Medical Center. Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Rutherford will drive the pace car prior to this year's race on May 25. TENNIS: In Copenhagen, Denmark, unseeded Guillaume Raoux beat qualifier Brett Steven 6-4, 7-5, in the first round of the Copenhagen Cup. Guillaume will play third-seeded David Prinosil of Germany in the next round. HORSE RACING: Gentlemen, the third-place finisher in the March 2 Santa Anita Handicap The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in the late winter at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is a Grade I race for horses three years old and up, and is considered the most important race for older horses in North America during , will not be going to the March 29 Dubai World Cup The Dubai World Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1996 at the Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The race is operated through the Emirates Horse Racing Authority (EHRA) whose Chairman is Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, , trainer Richard Mandella told the Daily Racing Form The Daily Racing Form, LLC (DRF) is a broadsheet newspaper founded in 1894 in Chicago, Illinois by Frank Brunell. The paper publishes the past performances of race horses as a statistical service for bettors on horse racing in the United States. . Mandella had planned to send all of his 1-2-3 Santa Anita Handicap finishers to the Dubai race, but now just Siphon siphon (sī`fən, –fŏn), tube through which a liquid is lifted over an elevation by the pressure of the atmosphere and is then emptied at a lower level. and Sandpit are being pointed for the race. |
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