BRIEFLY : LABONTE GAINS GROUND ON TEAMMATE GORDON.It was almost a worst-case scenario worst-case scenario n → Schlimmstfallszenario nt for Jeff Gordon Jeffery Michael Gordon (born August 4, 1971) is a professional American race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. as Terry Labonte Terrance Lee Labonte (born November 16, 1956, in Corpus Christi, Texas) is a former NASCAR driver. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends. took advantage of the defending Winston Cup champion's misfortune to move within one point of the series lead by winning the UAW-GM Quality 500 in Concord, N.C. Labonte posted only his second victory of the season and his first in 37 career starts on the 1-1/2-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway oval. The victory, combined with Gordon's 31st-place finish, brought the 1984 Winston Cup champion nearly all the way back from the 111 points he trailed his Hendrick Motorsports teammate coming into the race. David Green was released from a Charlotte, N.C., hospital, one day after being knocked unconscious in a hard wreck during the All Pro Bumper To Bumper 300 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 Grand National race. BASKETBALL Three days after a scare that brought back memories of the death of Reggie Lewis, Boston Celtics forward Eric Williams rejoined the team after tests revealed no problems with his heart. A routine team physical Thursday showed a cardiac abnormality, and Williams stayed behind for more tests while his teammates left Friday for training camp at North Carolina-Greensboro. BASEBALL Joe Hoerner, a former St. Louis Cardinals For the National Football League team that played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987, see . The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. reliever, died Friday in a farming accident at a friend's farm in Hermann, Mo. He was 60. Hoerner was planting a field and apparently had gotten off a tractor to move an object, according to his daughter, Jolene Vollmer. He was killed when the tractor ran him over. Hoerner was 5-1 with 13 saves and a 1.54 ERA in 1966. When the Cards won the World Series over the Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are a member and currently champions of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball’s American League. From to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park. in 1967, he was 4-4 with 15 saves. The next season, he was the best left-handed reliever in the league with a 1.47 ERA and an 8-2 record with 17 saves for the NL champs. TENNIS Anke Huber of Germany successfully defended her title at the $450,000 Leipzig (Germany) Open, beating Croatia's Iva Majoli 5-7, 6-3, 6-1. Huber, seeded fourth, advanced to the final after world No. 1 Steffi Graf withdrew Saturday, shortly before they were to meet in the semifinals. Graf blamed a flare-up of a knee problem. French Open champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov struggled early, then rallied for a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Frenchman Arnaud Boetsch to win the $750,000 Lyon Grand Prix in France. ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). . Billie Winsett-Fletcher was named NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Woman of the Year for the combination of academic excellence, community service and fine play as an outside hitter for the 1995 Nebraska women's champion volleyball team. |
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