BRIEFLY : RUSSIA IS NO MATCH FOR AMERICAN WOMEN.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Lisa Leslie scored 26 points and the unbeaten United States routed Russia 96-60, sending the Russians to their first loss at the Women's World Championships on Monday in Bremen, Germany. ``We were clicking on all cylinders today,'' said U.S. coach Nell Fortner. Russian coach Yevgeny Gomelsky was impressed by the American display of depth and talent. ``There is no real opponent for the Americans,'' he said. ``No one can defeat the U.S. team and they will surely win the world championship.'' Nikki McCray scored 15 points and Chamique Holdsclaw 14 in the surprisingly easy win. It was expected that the U.S. and Russia, both 5-0 when the game started, would be evenly matched. But there never was any doubt about the outcome. The victory put the United States against Slovakia on Thursday in the first game of the eight-team, single-elimination finals. University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky, also referred to as UK, is a public, co-educational university located in Lexington, Kentucky. center Nazr Mohammed has retained sports agent Michael Higgins three weeks before the National Basketball Association National Basketball Association (NBA) U.S. professional basketball league. It was formed in 1949 by the merger of two rival organizations, the National Basketball League (founded 1937) and the Basketball Association of America (1946). draft and will not return to school. SOCCER: Joanna Parker of Glendora High has signed a letter of intent with the Cal State Northridge women's soccer team. Parker, the sister of CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge softball All-American Jennifer Parker, is a 5-foot-8 sweeper/forward. TRACK AND FIELD: Haile Gebrselassie cut five seconds off the world record for 10,000 meters with a clocking of 26 minutes, 22.7 seconds, at the Adriaan Paulen Memorial track meet in Hengelo, Netherlands. VOLLEYBALL: 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 men's volleyball coach Al Scates, a Tarzana resident, was selected as the 1998 Tachikara/AVCA National Coach of the Year after guiding the Bruins to their 17th NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association championship. BASEBALL: Sixteen-year-old Jacobo Sequea of Venezuela, the youngest pitcher in American professional baseball, allowed one run and five hits in his debut, leading the Single-A Charleston Alley Cats to a 3-1 victory over the Hagerstown Suns. FOOTBALL: Washington State University Washington State University, at Pullman; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1890, opened 1892 as an agriculture college. From 1905 to 1959 it was the State College of Washington. will dedicate next football season to Leon Bender, coach Mike Price said at a memorial service. Bender, the defensive lineman found dead in his agent's Georgia home over the weekend, was a key member of last year's Rose Bowl team. More than 350 people attended a lengthy memorial service at Emmanuel Baptist Church Emmanuel Baptist Church is a small rural country church incorporated and built in 1953, located west of the city of Greenwood, South Carolina. The church was under the jurisdiction of a board of trustees (until 1962) composed of three members of the church. on Monday. The service was private. |
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