BRIEFLY : REPORT: THRASHERS PICK FRASER AS COACH.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services Curt Fraser, who led Orlando to the International Hockey League Presently, one ice hockey league is using the name International Hockey League:
A source close to the team, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Fraser had been chosen from a short list that also included former Buffalo coach Ted Nolan and ex-Edmonton coach Ron Low. The selection of the 41-year-old Fraser was not a surprise. During his first two seasons in Orlando, the Solar Bears' general manager was Don Waddell, who now holds the same post with Atlanta. The Mighty Ducks signed defenseman Vitaly Vishnevski, the fifth overall pick in last year's draft, to a three-year contract. 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). signed free-agent goalie Kirk McLean as a backup for All-Star Mike Richter, uniting the opposing goalies from the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals, when McLean was with Vancouver. BASKETBALL: New Cleveland Cavaliers coach Randy Wittman started assembling his staff by hiring Milwaukee Bucks assistant Mike Woodson, his former teammate at Indiana University. Jeff Foster, a first-round draft pick from Southwest Texas acquired in a trade from the Golden State Warriors The Golden State Warriors are a professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. The team plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Franchise history Philadelphia Warriors , signed with the Indiana Pacers. The Sacramento Kings re-signed five members of their staff, including Hall of Fame assistant Pete Carril. Fordham University hired former NBA coach Bob Hill to replace Nick Macarchuk, who resigned in June. FOOTBALL: ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network reported that former Philadelphia Eagles running back Charlie Garner has agreed to a two-year, $1.44 million contract with the San Francisco 49ers Robert Baker, a former Auburn receiver who spent 10 months in jail for drug trafficking, joined the Miami Dolphins. Kentucky wide receiver Jimmy Robinson, shot twice in the left arm during a fight at an off-campus party in Lexington, was released from the hospital. Two Michigan football players - Jonathan Goodwin and Maurice Williams - have been arraigned on felony embezzlement embezzlement, wrongful use, for one's own selfish ends, of the property of another when that property has been legally entrusted to one. Such an act was not larceny at common law because larceny was committed only when property was acquired by a "felonious taking," i. charges for allegedly taking merchandise from a Kmart store in Ann Arbor, Mich. Gavin Hoffman, Northwestern's starting quarterback last season as a redshirt freshman, is transferring to the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. . GOLF: Vandals damaged 12 of the 27 greens at the Southern Hills Country Club Southern Hills Country Club is a prestigious private golf and country club in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the United States. It was established in 1936 from land donated by multimillionaire oilman Waite Phillips. The construction costs were raised by the founding members. in Tulsa, Okla., site of the 2001 U.S. Open golf tournament. An unknown liquid was sprayed on the greens, making them severely discolored dis·col·or v. dis·col·ored, dis·col·or·ing, dis·col·ors v.tr. To alter or spoil the color of; stain. v.intr. To become altered or spoiled in color. . SOCCER: In Denver, ex-UCLA star Eddie Lewis and Ben Olsen scored in the second half to give the U.S. men's soccer team a 2-1 victory over Derby County Club of the English Premier League, the Americans' final tuneup before the Confederation Cup later this month. |
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