BRIEFLY : IVERSON TO BE NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.Philadelphia 76ers point guard Allen Iverson <noinclude></noinclude> Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7, 1975, in Hampton, Virginia[1]), nicknamed A.I. and The Answer, is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. , whose first pro season was filled with spectacular plays and a series of controversies, will be named NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year may refer to:
Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. reported. Iverson, 21, was the leading rookie scorer this year and his average of 23.5 points placed him sixth overall in the NBA. Iverson might have clinched the award with his streak of scoring 40 or more points in five straight games earlier this month, the longest high-scoring streak by a rookie in league history. The accomplishment was somewhat tarnished, however, because all five games were losses, contributing to a 22-60 record, the third-worst finish in 76ers history. Also, in the Bullets game, the 76ers called three timeouts at the end of a blowout loss to set up plays for Iverson. He ended up hitting an uncontested 3-pointer in the final 20 seconds. TENNIS: Defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del tÃtulo defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, facing a player ranked 74th in the world, was beaten 7-5, 6-3 by Petra Langrova of the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. at the $450,000 Rexona Cup at Hamburg, Germany. The second-round loss by the top seed was Sanchez Vicario's earliest exit since a January defeat. The Spaniard, ranked No. 1 nearly two years ago but now No. 5, has yet to reach a tournament final in 1997. Two other seeds were upset - No. 5 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Brenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy (born December 28, 1970 in Haarlem) is a Dutch tennis player. She is married to Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati. of the Netherlands and No. 8 Sandrine Testud of France. In a match delayed more than two hours because of rain, Marc-Kevin Goellner of Germany upset No. 3 seed Wayne Ferreira of South Africa 6-3, 6-4 at the $425,000 BMW Open at Munich, Germany. Goellner, ranked 46th in the world, duplicated last year's performance in Munich when he also eliminated Ferreira in the first round. He needed 60 minutes of playing time to defeat the world's 10th-ranked player. SOCCER: Germany made its big move in the World Cup qualifying campaign by scoring a 2-0 victory over group leader Ukraine. On a day when 22 World Cup qualifing matches were played, Germany climbed into second place and above Portugal in the Group Nine standings. Another three-time World Cup winner, Italy, took another step to the finals with a 3-0 victory over Poland. Italy maintained a 4-point lead over England. Complete results appear in Scoreboard. |
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