BRIEFLY : SAMPRAS BEATEN IN LIPTON SEMIS; AGASSI ADVANCES.Goran Ivanisevic regrouped during a 48-minute rain delay in the second set Friday and beat Pete Sampras Peter “Pete” Sampras (born 12 August 1971), is a former World No. 1 tennis player from the United States. During his 15-year career he won a record 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles in 52 appearances. Sampras finished as No. 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the semifinals of the Lipton Championships Friday night in Key Biscayne This article is about the island named Key Biscayne. For the village on the island of the same name, see Key Biscayne, Florida. For the tennis tournament sometimes referred to as Key Biscayne, see Miami Masters. , Fla. The Croat's comeback spoiled a bid by the second-seeded Sampras for his fourth consecutive Lipton final. Instead, Ivanisevic has a chance to win his fifth title of the year Sunday against Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. . Agassi, the defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del tÃtulo defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre , became the first man in the history of the high-stress, hot-weather event to qualify for the final four times. He defeated France's Arnaud Boetsch 6-4, 6-3. ``It was brutal out there. My shoes started to melt a little bit, and you can't prepare your feet for that because you can't duplicate a day like this,'' said the third-seeded Agassi Monica Seles, who has already missed two tournaments because of a shoulder injury, withdrew from next week's Family Circle Magazine Cup at Hilton Head, S.C. FOOTBALL Stanford University placekicker Eric Abrams, 22, has been ordered to continue counseling as part of a sentence for trying to get nude photos of high school players, prosecutors said. He pleaded no contest to seven counts of phone harassment. Harvey Martin, a former Super Bowl 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. for the Dallas Cowboys, has been arraigned on charges of drug possession, assault and resisting arrest resisting arrest n. the crime of using physical force (no matter how slight in the eyes of most law enforcement officers) to prevent arrest, handcuffing and/or taking the accused to jail. in Dallas following a quarrel with his live-in girlfriend. But the former defensive end contended that the drugs were planted and that police beat him after the confrontation in his apartment. He also denied beating Debbie Clark, 36, who police said was bruised and had hair torn from her head. Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin made a return appearance before a grand jury that has been considering evidence from a motel drug bust at which he was present. Three others who were with Irvin in the room where cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia drug paraphernalia Controlled paraphernalia Substance abuse As defined in a regulatory context, DP is a hypodermic syringe, needle, metal or plastic (snorting) tube, or other instrument or implement or combination adapted for the administration of controlled were discovered March 4 have been offered immunity from prosecution for their testimony, according to broadcast reports. MOTOR SPORTS Scott Pruett led the qualifiers after the first session for Sunday's Australian IndyCar race in Surfers Paradise. Mark Martin gave Ford its first Winston Cup pole of the season, taking the top qualifying spot for Sunday's Food City 500, his third straight pole on the .533-mile, high-banked concrete track in Bristol, Tenn. HOCKEY Brian Bonin, Minnesota's center and captain, was won the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, presented each year to the nation's top college player. BASEBALL Second baseman Bret Boone, fresh from undergoing medical treatment on his ailing throwing elbow, was rejoining the Cincinnati Reds as the team wound up its exhibition season in Nashville, Tenn. Cortisone cortisone (kôr`tĭsōn'), steroid hormone whose main physiological effect is on carbohydrate metabolism. It is synthesized from cholesterol in the outer layer, or cortex, of the adrenal gland under the stimulation of adrenocorticotropic treatment has brought favorable results, a team spokesman said. SOURCE: Daily News Wire Services |
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