BRIEFLY : LEWIS' NEXT BOUT? BRIGGS OR DOUGLAS.With a heavyweight unification bout against Evander Holyfield Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield (born October 19, 1962 in Atmore, Alabama) is a professional boxer from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. ruled out for now, Lennox Lewis Lennox Claudius Lewis CBE (born September 2 1965 in West Ham, London, England) is a retired professional boxer who represented Canada in the Olympics and fought under the British flag as a professional. He is a former undisputed lineal heavyweight champion. plans to make his next title defense against Shannon Briggs Shannon "Brooklyn" Briggs (born December 4, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American heavyweight boxer and actor, whose career peaked by controversially outpointing George Foreman for the linear heavyweight championship but was decelerated by a loss to Lennox Lewis in 1998. or Buster Douglas. A bout against either one would take place March 28, probably in Atlantic City, N.J., Lewis and his manager, Frank Maloney, said Wednesday. ``I'm just looking forward to getting on with my career and eventually I will unify the belts one way or another,'' said Lewis, the WBC WBC white blood cell; see leukocyte. WBC abbr. white blood cell WBC, n stands for white blood cell. champion. ``Defending against Briggs or Douglas is not like fighting Holyfield, but I know I'll have to be 100 percent because those men want to take the title away from me.'' Briggs won a 12-round majority decision over George Foreman on Nov. 20 at Atlantic City. The outcome was so startling star·tle v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles v.tr. 1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start. 2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten. that even Briggs (30-1) was surprised to be declared the winner. Douglas is 6-0 since returning from a six-year absence. He rocketed to prominence by knocking out Mike Tyson in 1990 but soon lost the title to Holyfield. BASEBALL: The 1997 season became more expensive for the New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. and four other teams this week. They officially learned the amount of luxury tax they will have to pay, and, as expected, the Yankees owe the biggest share of the $12 million the five teams will pay. Between now and Jan. 31, according to figures compiled by the Player Relations Committee, the Yankees will have to pay baseball's tax collector $4,438,141. That's because their payroll for luxury-tax purposes was $68,267,435, and they have to pay 35 percent of the portion that is above the tax-triggering threshold of $55,587,031. The other teams that will be forwarding tax checks are the Baltimore Orioles, with $4,033,689 tax on a $67,111,858 payroll, the Cleveland Indians $2,072,457 on $61,508,337, the Atlanta Braves $1,306,918 on $59,096,083 and the Florida Marlins $153,046 on $56,024,306. Pitcher Steve Reed signed a one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era . He had been with the Giants previously, before being selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 1992 expansion draft. Reed, a 31-year-old right-hander, has a career record of 26-18 with 15 saves and a 3.62 ERA. He was 4-6 with six saves and a 4.04 ERA in 63 appearances last season with Colorado. COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Eastern Washington assistant Jerry Graybeal was hired as the head coach at Weber State. Graybeal replaces Dave Arslanian, who left to become coach at Utah State. |
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