BRIEFLY : SOUTH BAY TOURNEY TO BE LESS ACURA-ATE.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services International Management Group, which owns the Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach, city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories that produce transportation and electrical equipment, computers, and pottery. women's tennis tournament most recently called the Acura Classic The Acura Classic was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every summer at the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. It was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament from 2004 until its final year in 2007. , is seeking a new title sponsor and is continuing talks with Acura about another level of participation, a spokesman for the event said Monday. The reason for the change: a shifting of sponsorship gears. The women's pro tournament played at La Costa
The La Costa Resort and Spa Resort and Spa will be renamed the Acura Classic in 2000 after the luxury-car company signed a four-year contract to become title sponsor. The tournament, known this year as the TIG n. 1. A game among children. See Tag. 2. A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment. Classic, was won by Martina Hingis earlier this month and attracted record crowds. Next year's version will be July 29-Aug. 6 at the resort. Thomas Enqvist of Sweden defeated Magnus Larsson 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 in the opening round of the Hamlet Cup in Commack, N.Y., avenging last week's loss to his countryman. Australia's Mark Philippoussis, No. 11 in the world, withdrew from the tournament because of a knee injury and might also miss the U.S. Open. MaliVai Washington withdrew from the U.S. Open with a knee injury and will be replaced by Richey Reneberg. MOTOR SPORTS: Steve Grissom was hired to replace Jerry Nadeau as driver of the NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Winston Cup car of Melling Racing. Nadeau had previously announced a move in 2000 to a car owned by Hendrick Motorsports. Ernie Irvan was released from a hospital and returned to his farm in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. to continue his recovery from injuries in a crash last week at Michigan Speedway. GOLF: Tiger Woods is restructuring his contract with Nike to more than double its current value, paying him between $80 million and $90 million in the next five years, according to Golf World magazine. Nike's decision to renegotiate the deal was accelerated by two of his TV commercials - including one depicting Woods bouncing a golf ball off a club head. FOOTBALL: Wisconsin freshman fullback Jael Speights was charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault and one count of burglary, officials said. Speights, 18, of Zion, Ill., was arrested Friday at the football team's practice facility for allegedly entering a woman's apartment on July 31 and assaulting her, police said. Paul Reyna, a defensive tackle at Boise State, died Monday after being hospitalized following a head injury last week. The freshman from La Puente suffered a torn blood vessel blood vessel n. An elastic tubular channel, such as an artery, a vein, a sinus, or a capillary, through which the blood circulates. blood vessel(s), n the network of muscular tubes that carry blood. between his brain and skull and the bleeding developed into a blood clot blood clot n. A semisolid, gelatinous mass of coagulated blood that consists of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in a fibrin network. . |
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