BRIEFLY : HERRION TURNS DOWN RUTGERS COACHING JOB.Bill Herrion of Drexel turned down the job as basketball coach at Rutgers, less than 24 hours after being offered the position. The withdrawal came as a major surprise since Herrion seemed to be a lock for the job after Tom Penders decided to remain as head coach at Texas earlier this week. The Beavercreek, Ohio, city prosecutor said he will not attempt a second trial of former Wright State basketball coach Ralph Underhill on allegations that he shoplifted vitamins from a store. TRACK AND FIELD: Citing limited budget and escalating costs, USA Track & Field announced the cancellation of the international Grand Prix meet scheduled for June 1 at New Orleans. The meet - one of two U.S. events on the International Amateur Athletic Federation's Grand Prix circuit Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing computer game released for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC. It was first released in 1987 by Accolade. For PC, it was released in 1988[1]. - was to be televised on CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. before the Michael Johnson-Donovan Bailey 150-meter race at Toronto. WINTER SPORTS: U.S. men's Alpine coach Thomas Karlsson has resigned over differences in how the program is run. MOTOR SPORTS: Qualifying for the 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. Busch Series Galaxy Foods 300 at Hickory Motor Speedway Hickory Motor Speedway is a short track located in Hickory, North Carolina. It is one of stock car racing's most storied venues, and is often referred to as "The World's Most Famous Short Track" and the "Birthplace of the NASCAR Stars". in Hickory, N.C., was canceled because of inclement in·clem·ent adj. 1. Stormy: inclement weather. 2. Showing no clemency; unmerciful. in·clem weather, and the 31-car field will be aligned based on the series point standings. Todd Bodine of Chemung, N.Y., who leads in the point standings, will start from the pole this afternoon, with Phil Parsons of Detroit on the outside of row 1. BOWLING: BOWLINGBrian Voss averaged 217 and took the lead heading into the final round of the PBA PBA Professional Bowlers Association PBA Palm Beach Atlantic University (West Palm Beach, Florida) PBA Partial-Birth Abortion PBA Philippine Basketball Association PBA Public Broadcasting Atlanta (Georgia, USA) national championship in Toledo, Ohio. Voss, an 18-time champion on the Professional Bowlers Association tour, finished with 12,608 pins and a 14-9-1 record in match play. |
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