BRIEFLY : MARCHMENT DRAWS 8-GAME SUSPENSION.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Tampa Bay Tampa Bay, inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, 25 mi (40 km) long and 7 to 12 mi (11.3–19 km) wide, W Fla., separated from the Gulf by numerous small islands; it receives the Hillsborough River. St. defenseman Bryan Marchment Bryan Marchment (born May 1, 1969 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada) is a former Canadian ice hockey Defenceman. He spent his NHL career with the Winnipeg Jets, Chicago Blackhawks, Hartford Whalers, Edmonton Oilers, Tampa Bay Lightning, San Jose Sharks, Colorado Avalanche, Toronto was suspended for eight games - the longest NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there suspension this season - Wednesday for a hit on Carolina forward Kevin Dineen Kevin William Dineen (born on October 28, 1963, Quebec City, Quebec) is a retired professional ice hockey player and is currently the head coach of the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League. . This was Marchment's second suspension this season for kneeing opponents. Marchment, long criticized for questionable bodychecks, was fined $1,000 and will not be paid during the suspension. 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 : Gary Stevens has decided to ride 1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Silver Charm in the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in the late winter at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is a Grade I race for horses three years old and up, and is considered the most important race for older horses in North America during on March 7. Stevens is the regular rider of both Silver Charm and Gentlemen. Silver Charm is a 4-year-old who has won seven of 12 lifetime starts and earned more than $2 million; Gentlemen is a 6-year-old who has won 13 of 18 starts and earned nearly $3 million. Pat Day will ride Gentlemen in the Santa Anita Handicap. NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= : The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Knicks face a possible season-ending injury to starting center Chris Dudley, whose right foot will be in a cast until early April. The Knicks have re-signed 40-year-old center Herb Williams, who was traded to Philadelphia last week as part of the Terry Cummings deal and then was waived. Dudley broke a bone in his right foot in Tuesday night's home loss to Golden State. Almost a quarter of NBA general managers told Bloomberg News that they would sign suspended Latrell Sprewell - who choked his coach in December - if he were available immediately. Twelve general managers said they have no interest in signing him, and nine wouldn't comment. Executives from every NBA team except the Warriors, who fired Sprewell with three years and $25 million left on his contract, were polled. COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Indiana coach Bob Knight's latest outburst is under review by the Big Ten office. The conference said it has begun studying Tuesday's Indiana-Illinois game in which Knight received three technical fouls and called the officiating, specifically that of Ted Valentine, the ``greatest travesty'' he has ever seen as a coach. Fresno State forward Daymond Forney, who was reinstated last week after a drug-related suspension, has left the team again, this time voluntarily. Forney, a starter earlier this season, said the pressure of attending classes, practicing basketball and attending evening counseling sessions was too hard. ALSO: A Little League coach was acquitted in Milford, Conn., of charges he pushed a 13-year-old umpire into a fence after a raucous game two years ago. A six-member Superior Court jury deliberated about three hours before clearing the coach of a misdemeanor count of breach of peace. ``This wasn't a good day for Little League. I'll never coach again,'' said Richard Burns, 40, who racked up big legal bills during the trial. ``I feel like I've been run through the mill.'' |
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