BRIEFLY : RANGERS OFFER DEAL TO AVALANCHE STAR.The New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, U.S.A. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). , who lost Mark Messier just last week, announced Wednesday night that they have signed highly regarded Joe Sakic to an offer sheet. Sakic, regarded as one of the premier offensive players in the NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there , has spent the past nine years with the Colorado Avalanche organization. Two years ago, the center was the 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. of the playoffs in leading the Avalanche to its first Stanley Cup championship. In 655 games, he has 307 goals, 513 assists and has been in the top 10 in points four of his nine seasons. Although no terms were announced, it was reported the Rangers offered Sakic, 28, a three-year deal worth $21 million with $15 million of it up front as a signing bonus. The Avalanche has the opportunity to match the Rangers' offer. The Rangers also agreed to terms with free-agent left wing Mike Peluso who played with St. Louis and New Jersey last season. Nashville's NHL expansion franchise hired Barry Trotz as head coach and Paul Gardner to assist him. Trotz and Gardner, who coached the Portland (Maine) Pirates of the American Hockey League
COLLEGE: Mississippi State University Mississippi State University, at Mississippi State, near Starkville; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1878 as an agricultural and mechanical college, opened 1880. From 1932 to 1958 it was known as Mississippi State College. running back Keffer McGee died Tuesday night, an apparent drowning victim, the school said. McGee, 22, was swimming in a pool at an apartment complex near campus when the accident occurred, the school said. A fifth-year senior, McGee was expected to start for the Bulldogs this season after missing most of the 1996 campaign with a knee injury. The 9-year-old son of former Long Beach State athletic director David O'Brien was killed Tuesday in a two-vehicle accident in New Jersey that also left O'Brien's wife and another son in critical condition. Michael O'Brien was pronounced dead at Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital in Cape May Court House, where his brothers Danny, 11, and Jimmy, 6, also were transported. Eva O'Brien, 41, and the other driver, Thomas F. Rambo Jr., 51, were listed in critical but stable condition at Cooper Hospital in Camden. David O'Brien, who left Long Beach to become athletic director at Temple University in Philadelphia in 1996, and his 12-year-old son Kevin were not in the vehicle. Rafael Jordan, 20, a junior All-American tennis player at the University of Georgia Organization The President of the University of Georgia (as of 2007, Michael F. Adams) is the head administrator and is appointed and overseen by the Georgia Board of Regents. , died in a car crash Wednesday in his native Puerto Rico. NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= :Gerald Wilkins, who has averaged nearly 14 points over 11 NBA seasons, re-signed with the Orlando Magic. The 6-foot-6 swingman swing·man n. Basketball A team member who can play effectively in two different positions, especially forward and guard. averaged 10.6 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists last season. |
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