BRIEFLY : DOUGLAS SCRATCHED AS TYSON'S OPPONENT.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Despite published reports to the contrary, Mike Tyson's promoter said Monday that Buster Douglas would not be Tyson's opponent for his first fight since his release from a Maryland prison. That leaves Tyson still searching for an opponent for the scheduled Oct. 2 fight, with the list of possible fighters apparently down to 33-year-old Orlin Norris Orlin Levance Norris, born October 4, 1965 in Lubbock, TX, is an American boxer who held the WBA Cruiserweight Title and fought in several noteworthy boxing matches in the 1980's and 1990's. He is the lesser known brother of retired former champion Terry Norris. and 30-year-old Zeljko Mavrovic. Promoter Dan Goossen said that Douglas, the first fighter to beat Tyson, was not in proper physical condition to get ready in time for the fight. Douglas reportedly weighs more than 300 pounds and would have been closely scrutinized by Nevada boxing officials before being allowed to fight in the state. SWIMMING: American synchronized diver Tracy Bonner and two Chinese swimmers have been banned after failing drug tests, the world swimming's governing body announced. BASKEBALL: Linda Hargrove, a former American Basketball League American Basketball League is a name that has been used by three defunct basketball leagues in the United States:
WNBA World Ninepin Bowling Association WNBA Wannabe Nasty Boys Association WNBA Women's National Book Association, Inc. WNBA Warszawski Nurt Basketu Amatorskiego expansion franchise. COLLEGES: Tulane athletic director Sandy Barbour resigned, saying that recent talks with the university's new president convinced her it was time to move on. Wood Selig, an athletic administrator at Virginia for 11 years, was appointed athletic director at Western Kentucky. Oregon State backup quarterback Terrance Bryant has been suspended for two games by the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association for borrowing a former assistant coach's car and staying at his home. SOCCER: South Africa, England and Morocco made their pitches to FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f in Zurich, Switzerland, in an effort to win the bidding to stage the 2006 World Cup. Presentations by Germany and Brazil were scheduled for today. FIFA's 24-man executive committee will decide on the host next July. A 27-year-old man was in serious condition after he was stabbed during a D.C. United match Sunday at RFK RFK Robert F. Kennedy RFK Robotfindskitten (game) RFK Razorfen Kraul (World of Warcraft) RFK Ride For Kids RFK Request for Knowledge RFK Raum Funktionales Konzept Stadium. MOTOR SPORTS: Patrick Carpentier will miss this weekend's CART race after further tests revealed he suffered a small vertebra vertebra /ver·te·bra/ (ver´te-brah) pl. ver´tebrae [L.] any of the 33 bones of the vertebral (spinal) column, comprising 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, and 4 coccygeal vertebrae . fracture in Sunday's crash in the Grand Prix of Detroit. TENNIS: Top-seeded Dominik Hrbaty retired with a sore leg and lost to Uruguay's Marcello Flippini 7-6 (7-5), 1-1 in the San Marino International tournament. ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). : David Duval replaced Tiger Woods at the top of the weekly world golf rankings. . . . Eddie Griffin, rated by some experts as the top high school basketball prospect in the nation, will attend Seton Hall. HOCKEY: Edmonton Oilers goaltender Tommy Salo was awarded a one-year contract worth $1.6 million by an independent arbitrator, the team said. |
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