BRIEFLY : GILLIAM FINED $7,500.The NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= fined Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The current franchise owner is U.S. Senator Herb Kohl. forward Armon Gilliam $7,500 for a flagrant foul committed in Saturday's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The 6-foot-9, 245-pound Gilliam was ejected early in the second quarter of the Bucks' 90-82 win for shoving Cleveland's Bob Sura after they battled for a rebound. He was scoreless in 13 minutes. The ejection carries an additional $1,000 fine. NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga : Chicago Bears defensive end Alonzo Spellman, 25, spent a night in jail, accused of speeding and unlawful use of a weapon after police stopped him on a Chicago-area tollway. In Omaha, Neb., St. Louis Rams Conduct likely to lead to a disturbance of the public peace or that offends public decency. It has been held to include the use of obscene language in public, fighting in a public place, blocking public ways, and making threats. charge stemming from a party at an Omaha hotel that police said got out of hand. Separately, Phillips, 21, is scheduled to be in court today for a hearing to determine if he violated his probation in Nebraska for a September 1995 assault, after pleading no contest to a drunk-driving charge in California and being placed on three years' probation here. COLLEGE FOOTBALL: The Army football team, an independent since 1890, is joining Conference USA in 1998. The move by the Cadets, who finished last season with a 10-2 record, leaves eight Division I-A football independents. TENNIS: Jan Kroslak of Slovakia recovered from a first-set loss to beat No. 4 seed Alex Radulescu of Romania 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the $203,000 Copenhagen Open in Copenhagen, Denmark. 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 remained hospitalized in Gainesville, Fla., with injuries sustained Sunday in a fiery crash while winning the Mac Tools Gatornationals. |
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