BRIEFLY : MORE GOLD FOR U.S. SWIMMERS.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. won three golds Thursday at the World Swimming Championships in Perth, Australia Perth may refer to:
Jenny Thompson has accounted for three of those golds, with her 100 butterfly victory added to earlier victories in the 100 freestyle and 4x100 relay. Thompson, 24, clocked a personal-best 58.46 seconds in the butterfly. Lenny Krayzelburg, 21, a native of Ukraine who became a U.S. citizen three years ago and lives in Los Angeles, won the 100 backstroke, and the men's 4x100 freestyle relay team of Scott Tucker, Neil Walker, Jon Olsen and Gary Hall ran the U.S. record in the event to 15-0 in Olympic and world competition. ICE SKATING: Russia's Alexei Yagudin made a significant pre-Olympic statement to favorites Elvis Stojko of Canada and U.S. national champion Todd Eldredge by winning the European Figure Skating men's title in Milan, Italy, with a nearly flawless long program that included a quadruple jump and seven triples. ``I am so proud of my skating. Today it was not my best, but I'll work on it,'' the 17-year-old said. Yagudin led a sweep of the medals for the Russian team, which was missing its top two skaters because of injury. Replacements Yevgeny Plushenko, just 15, took the silver, and Alexander Abt the bronze. Two men considered Olympic contenders entering the Europeans had poor showings. France's 1994 bronze winner Philippe Candeloro was fifth and five-time Ukrainian champion Viacheslav Zagorodniuk finished seventh. HOCKEY: The New York Islanders The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, a hamlet located on Long Island in Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. agreed to pay former right wing Brett Lindros $5.6 million to settle his dispute with the team over his forced medical retirement, people close to the negotiations told Bloomberg News. Lindros, the brother of Philadelphia Flyers superstar Eric Lindros and the Islanders' first-round draft choice in 1994, retired in May of 1996 because of a series of concussions. Montreal traded forward Stephane Richer to Tampa Bay for tough guy Mick Vukota in a six-player deal. Richer, who had just five goals this season, scored 50 goals twice for Montreal before being traded to New Jersey in 1991. Montreal re-acquired him in August 1996. Vukota has topped 200 minutes in penalties six times in the NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there . The Buffalo Sabres picked up the option year on Dominik Hasek's contract and hope to keep the star goaltender well into the next century. Hasek, who signed a two-year deal plus an option in 1995, is scheduled to earn about $4 million this season. He will make the same amount next season in the final year of the contract. Hasek, 32, led the team to its first division title in 16 years last season while becoming the first goaltender in 35 years to win the Hart Trophy as the league MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. . BOXING: Virgil Hill is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. another fight after his Feb. 6 bout against World Boxing Association World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association, it is one of three major organizations recognized by IBHOF light heavyweight champion Louis Del valle was canceled. Hill's manager was informed that Del valle had an acute calf injury. Del valle won the WBA WBA West Bromwich Albion (English Soccer Club) WBA World Boxing Association WBA Weekly Benefit Amount WBA Wisconsin Broadcasters Association (Madison, WI) WBA Wireless Broadband Access belt after Hill was beaten in a title defense in Germany last summer. - Daily News Wire Services |
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