BRIEFLY : NBC REHIRES ALBERT TO DO NBA GAMES.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services Marv Albert is back where he started on network television, returning to NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. less than two years after he was fired. Tuesday, he made his first trip to NBC headquarters in 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 since pleading guilty to misdemeanor assault charges in September 1997 after being accused of biting his lover's back during a sexual encounter. Albert, who once again will announce NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= games for the network, called his return ``kind of a euphoria - a nice, weird feeling.'' ``I'm just so happy to be back. . . . There will be plenty of national exposures and I'm very satisfied to come home,'' he said. FOOTBALL: In the second day of a claim trial in Pontiac, Mich., Wayne Fontes said sideline collisions with some of his players, not an auto accident, triggered the back problems that prompted him to file for disability benefits from the Detroit Lions. New York Giants
The New Orleans Saints JURISPRUDENCE: A jury in Lubbock, Texas, awarded former Texas Tech quarterback Zebbie Lethridge $22.5 million in his lawsuit against Dillard's department store and a security guard, who Lethridge said accused him and two friends of stealing a pair of earrings in 1995 only because he was black. CYCLING: Richard Virenque, the most prominent rider banned from the Tour de France Tour de France World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and because of drug accusations, was cleared to compete in cycling's showcase race, which begins this weekend. MOTOR SPORTS: CART said it has dropped the Cleveland Grand Prix from its 2000 schedule, even as race organizers said their preference was to go with the upstart Indy Racing League The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series . HOCKEY: The Mighty Ducks agreed to terms on a one-year contract with newly acquired left wing Ted Donato. Colorado Avalanche center Peter Forsberg underwent surgery in Denver to repair a tear in his left shoulder. He will miss four to six months. GOLF: Mike Weir won the Export `A' Skins Game in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, becoming the first Canadian to take the title. |
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