BRIEFLY : REPORTS: ONLY ONE MORE YEAR FOR HASEK.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services Dominik Hasek, who helped the Czech Republic win an Olympic gold medal and the Buffalo Sabres reach the NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there finals, will retire at the end of next season, according to reports. The 34-year-old goaltender scheduled a news conference today in Prague and was expected to say he'd retire after next season rather than play out the remaining two years of his contract. WKBW-TV and WGR WGR Wireless Gaming Review (gaming resource website) WGR Western Gas Resources, Inc. WGR Waveguide Grating Router (IEEE) WGR Women in Government Relations, Inc. radio in Buffalo both said Hasek had decided to play one more season. Hasek, the league's most valuable player in 1997 and 1998 and a five-time choice as its best goalie, struggled much of last season with a groin injury. Despite that, he helped the Sabres reach the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to Dallas in six games. Defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky officially returned to the Mighty Ducks when he agreed to a one-year contract. He spent 3-1/2 years with the Winnipeg/Phoenix franchise after being traded for Teemu Selanne. TENNIS: Three days after blowing a chance to win the Mercedes Cup in his homeland, Tommy Haas of Germany was upset by unseeded Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (born February 12 1980) or JCF is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Spain. He captured the men's singles title at the French Open in 2003, and in September that year he became the 21st player to hold the World No. 1 ranking. of Spain in the third round of the Generali Open at Kitzbuehel, Austria. Clay-court specialist Ferrero, 19, captured the last five points of the second tiebreaker and went on to win 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3. Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic advanced to his first ATP ATP: see adenosine triphosphate. ATP in full adenosine triphosphate Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms. Tour quarterfinal, beating Norway's Christian Ruud 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in the Croatia Open in Umag. American Jeff Tarango defeated Costa Rica's Juan Antonio Marin 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 in a second-round match. BASEBALL: USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. and Pierce College product Barry Zito, the ninth overall pick in the June draft by the Oakland A's, earned his first pro win Tuesday by allowing one run on three hits with nine strikeouts in Single-A Visalia's 8-5 win over High Desert. Zito (1-0) has a 2.91 earned run average earned run average n. Baseball Abbr. ERA A measure of a pitcher's performance obtained by dividing the total of earned runs allowed by the total of innings pitched and multiplying by nine. Noun 1. , in 21-2/3 innings. - Chris Cocoles HORSE RACING: Fanfreluche, the broodmare brood·mare n. A mare used for breeding. Noun 1. broodmare - a female horse used for breeding stud mare female horse, mare - female equine animal whose 1977 theft and recovery was one of the most bizarre episodes in the sport's history, has died. She was 32. Stolen from a pasture at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., while she was in foal to Triple Crown winner Secretariat, Fanfreluche was found 5-1/2 months later in a small southwestern Kentucky town. William Michael McCandless of Paducah, Ky., was later convicted of stealing the mare. Magicalmysterycat, trained by D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935 in Antigo, Wisconsin) is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. , remained undefeated by winning the $109,500 Schuylerville Stakes in the opening feature of the Saratoga meet in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. FOOTBALL: Iowa quarterback Randy Reiners, arrested last month on an alcohol charge for the second time in 18 months, has been suspended for the Hawkeyes' season opener against Nebraska. |
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