BRIEFLY : IRVIN ATTACK ATTRACTS FLAK.Michael Irvin's trial awaits him, but the court of public opinion seems to be weighing heavily against the tactics employed by KXAS-TV (Channel 5) in its ``Tarnished Star'' investigation of the Dallas Cowboys The Dallas station's use of a hidden camera and its $6,000 payment to an informant during a highly competitive rating ``sweeps'' period are clearly unpopular among talk radio show callers and commentators, general manager Doug Adams Doug Adams can refer to:
``There's a lot I'd like to say,'' he said. But at the advice of the station's attorneys, ``our position from the beginning has been to let the stories play out. I would anticipate at some time we might talk about it.'' Ethical questions about hidden cameras and paying for news aren't new to television journalism. But they have proved to be a particularly volatile combination in a case in which the subject of the stories is a high-profile member of one of America's most talked-about football teams. HORSE RACING horse racing, trials of speed involving two or more horses. It includes races among harnessed horses with one of two particular gaits, among saddled Thoroughbreds (or, less frequently, quarterhorses) on a flat track, or among saddled horses over a turf course with Unbridled's Song trained in regular shoes Sunday for the first time since April, increasing the chances that he will be in the field for Saturday's 121st running of the Preakness. ``He went fine this morning for the first time in regular shoes,'' trainer Jim Ryerson said from the horse's home base in Monmouth Park. ``He's galloped here each day, except Saturday. He'll tell us if he can run in the Preakness.'' The status of the Kentucky Derby favorite, who ran at Churchill Downs in bar shoes, has been questionable since his fifth-place finish. His connections have said he will not run the Preakness in bar shoes. TRACK AND FIELD Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Slack of Washington State won the decathlon decathlon (dĭkăth`lŏn), in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. and Nicole Haynes of USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. earned the heptathlon heptathlon: see under decathlon. heptathlon Women's athletics competition. Contestants take part in seven different track-and-field events: 100-m hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, javelin throw, and 200- and 800-m runs. title in the Pacific-10 Conference multi-event competition at UCLA's Drake Stadium. Slack, a sophomore from Kennewick, Wash., survived a late surge from Oregon's Ray Livingston to become the first Cougar cougar: see puma. cougar or puma or mountain lion or panther Species (Puma concolor) of large, graceful cat that lives in a wide variety of habitats in the Americas, from southern Alaska to Patagonia. to win the conference decathlon championship since Simon Shirley in 1987. Slack led Livingston by three points going into the 1,500 meters - the last of the 10 events - but outran out·ran v. Past tense of outrun. Livingston by more than 27 seconds to finish first in the overall competition with a personal-best total of 7,743 points. BASKETBALL The United States remained unbeaten after five games in a pre-Olympic women's basketball tournament in Townsville, Australia, defeating Cuba 108-79. Lisa Leslie and Carla McGhee each had 16 points for the U.S. team, which is unbeaten in 44 games, 22 against international competition. Cuba (1-4) trailed 68-64 with 11:43 to play when Dawn Staley keyed the United States' closing run, scoring nine of her 14 points. The U.S. team shot 59 percent (37 for 67), including 6 for 12 from 3-point range, and finished with a 41-36 rebound advantage. McGhee led the United States with 11 rebounds. The U.S. has one preliminary game remaining - Ukraine (1-4) on Tuesday - then will meet Australia (3-2) Wednesday for the title in the four-team tournament. All four teams are in teh same qualifying pool at the Atlantic Olympics. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO MICHAEL IRVIN Dallas TV station's investigation of hi m is drawing criticism for use of hidden camera and a paid informant. |
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