BRIEFLY : ELDREDGE GRABS THE GOLD.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services Todd Eldredge Todd James Eldredge (born August 28, 1971 in Chatham, Massachusetts) is an American figure skater. He is a six-time national champion (1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002) and won a world title in 1996. , the former world champion from the United States, won the gold medal in men's figure skating with a string of 5.8s and 5.9s at the Goodwill Games competition Friday in Uniondale, N.Y. Russians Alexei Urmanov and Evgeni Plushenko were second and third. Meanwhile, the U.S. men's swimming team suffered a staggering 78-43 loss to the World All-Star squad. Among the few U.S. highlights was world champion Lenny Krayzelburg of Los Angeles winning the 200 backstroke in 1:58.17, a Goodwill record and the ninth-fastest time in history.And in women's beach volleyball, defending gold medalists Karolyn Kirby and Liz Masakayan lost to Brazil's top-seeded Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar 15-9 in the quarterfinals. MOTOR SPORTS: Mark Martin passed Jimmy Vasser four laps from the finish to win the final International Race of Champions event of the season and clinch a record fourth IROC IROC International Race Of Champions IROC Independent Rental Owners Council IROC Independent Rental Owners Committee IROC Instantaneous Rate of Change IROC Integrated Repair Operations Center (Sprint) IROC Intrusion-Resistant Optical Cable series title in five years. The race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana (a separate town completely surrounded by Indianapolis) in the United States, is the second-oldest was interrupted for about 40 minutes when Arie Luyendyk crashed in the fourth turn. Luyendyk suffered a slight concussion and was admitted to Methodist Hospital in good condition. Two spectators, who asked not to be identified, were hit by debris from Luyendyk's car and were treated for minor injuries and released. Martin, a NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Winston Cup driver, won two of the four IROC races this season and earned $225,000 for winning his third consecutive series championship. No other driver has more than two titles in the all-star series matching 12 drivers in identically prepared Pontiac Trans-Am Firebirds. BASKETBALL: The United States, playing before about 250 spectators, beat South Korea 88-62 to finish the three-day preliminary round with a 2-1 record at the World Basketball Championships in Athens, Greece. Second-round play begins Sunday with first-round undefeated teams Lithuania, Yugoslavia, Greece and Spain looking like the favorites. The U.S. faces Argentina (2-1) on Sunday. NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= : A Houston woman filed a $3 million lawsuit against Rockets forward Charles Barkley, accusing him of throwing her against a restaurant wall last year after she complained he was smoking in a nonsmoking non·smok·ing adj. 1. Not engaging in the smoking of tobacco: nonsmoking passengers. 2. Designated or reserved for nonsmokers: the nonsmoking section of a restaurant. area. Anna Adams said she had also complained that Barkley was taking chairs from the table she was sitting at with her husband and guests at Regine's restaurant in Houston in April 1997. Adams claims that Barkley grabbed her and threw her against a wall when she attempted to leave, causing severe bruising on her neck and shoulders. She said her husband tried to come to her aid and he also was assaulted. Barkley, contacted by KRIV-TV of Houston, said: ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. anything about the lawsuit and I don't care.'' No charges were filed against Barkley. SURFING: Three-time world champion Tom Curren lost to Australia's Danny Wills while current ASP world champ Kelly Slater advanced in the $150,000 Op Pro Surfing Championships at the Huntington Beach pier The Huntington Beach Pier is a publicly owned pier located in Huntington Beach, California. At 1,853 feet in length, it is one of the longest public piers on the West Coast. (The longest is Oceanside Pier at 1942 feet). . Oxnard's Tim Curran also advanced to the fourth round. NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there : Washington re-signed 26-year-old free agent Chris Simon, bringing the rugged left wing back to the team for a third season. After undergoing season-ending surgery, the 6-foot-3, 220-pound Simon returned for the playoffs, collecting a goal and 26 penalty minutes in 18 games as the Capitals advanced to the Stanley Cup finals. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Five-time U.S. Champion and 1996 World Champion Todd Eldredge celebrates his winning performance Friday at the Goodwill Games in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Kathy Willens/Associated Press |
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