BRIEFLY : QUANCE TO APPEAL 400 IM DISQUALIFICATION.USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. swimmer Kristine Quance, disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. from the 400-meter individual medley at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials last March in Indianapolis as the result of a controversial decision, is preparing a formal appeal to U.S. Olympic Swimming, a family spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday. Sonja Eddings Brown said the family has retained an attorney in Colorado Springs, Colo., to pursue the appeal. ``The Quance family is planning to appeal it and explore all legal options,'' Brown said. Quance, a former Granada Hills High School Granada Hills Charter High School (Granada Hills High School) is a public, charter, co-educational, secondary school consisting of students in grades 9-12. The school colors are green, black, and white. swimmer, was favored to win the 400 IM and won her heat by eight seconds. But she was disqualified when a turn judge ruled she had made an improper turn between the backstroke and breaststroke portion of the medley. Quance has qualified for the Olympic Games in the 100 breaststroke. SOURCE: Eric Sondheimer GOLF Tiger Woods shot a 1-under-par 71 in the final round of the Pacific-10 Conference men's golf championships Wednesday, giving him a tournament-record total of 270 and a 14-stroke victory. Woods, a sophomore at Stanford, broke the Pac-10 record of 273 set by Corey Pavin of UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX 14 years ago at the Corvallis, Ore., Country Club. Pavin is now one of the top players on the PGA Tour. Woods finished 18 shots under par in the 72-hole tournament at Big Canyon Country Club in Newport Beach, a 6,875-yard, par-72 layout. He shot a course-record 61 in the first round; a 65 in the second round, and a 73 in the third round. BASKETBALL The Washington Bullets reached into their past for future leadership, signing Wes Unseld to a five-year contract as vice president and general manager. Tony Dumas of the Dallas Mavericks allegedly punched his pregnant girlfriend in the torso last week, forcing her to leap from a car after it had slowed to a crawl on the highway. ``She was just trying to get away from him,'' detective William Everett said. Dumas allegedly dragged her on her knees back into the car. Georgia Foy, 25, later called police and sought medical attention for a black eye, cuts and scrapes. She is four months pregnant. Fred Taylor, who coached Ohio State to the 1960 NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association championship, was hospitalized in critical but stable condition after undergoing surgery for a brain aneurysm brain aneurysm Cerebral aneurysm Neurology A dilated and weak segment of a cerebral artery, often located in the circle of Willis at the base of the brain, which is susceptible to rupture; BAs may be caused by birth defects or follow poorly controlled HTN Clinical . HOCKEY Brett Lindros of 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. heeded the advice of four doctors and retired from the NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there because of a series of concussions. The International Hockey League Presently, one ice hockey league is using the name International Hockey League:
Both franchises fill voids left by departing NHL teams. The Nordiques abandoned Quebec for Denver to become the Colorado Avalanche, and the Jets are deserting Winnipeg for Phoenix to become the Coyotes. FOOTBALL A phone tip led to the arrest of a 24-year-old man in the murders last month of University of Miami This article is about the university in Coral Gables, Florida. For the university in Oxford, Ohio, see Miami University. The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida,[2] UM,[3] or just The U linebacker Marlin Barnes and friend Timwanika Lumpkins in a campus apartment. The 22-year-old students were beaten to death with a shotgun by Labrant Deshawn Dennis, Lumpkins' former boyfriend and the father of her 3-year-old daughter, police said. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: TIGER WOODS His 270 total broke Corey Pavin's record as he won the Pac-10 golf tournament by 14 shots. |
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