BRIEFLY : TELEVISION ACADEMY WILL HONOR SCULLY.Vin Scully will be honored with the Sports Lifetime Achievement Award The Sports Lifetime Achievement Award is a special award given away each year at the Sports Emmy Awards. It was first given away in 1989. It is always announced days before the nominations are. when the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
FOOTBALL Patricia Parker, a former employee of Seattle Seahawks owner Ken Behring has charged in a lawsuit in Martinez, Calif., that she faced more than two years of sexual harassment before he assaulted her. A spokeswoman for Behring said he denied the allegations. The suit, filed by attorney Jeffrey Lipow, said Behring has been sued three times for similar behavior. BASKETBALL Herb Sendek, who has coached Miami of Ohio to a postseason berth in each of his three seasons at the school, will be introduced as North Carolina State's new coach today. The NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association has opened an inquiry into the Weber State men's basketball program and allegations of recruiting inducements to prospective athletes and extra benefits to enrolled student athletes. HOCKEY NHL commissioner Gary Bettman denied an ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network report that the Hartford Whalers are moving to Nashville, Tenn. GYMNASTICS Belarus' Ivan Ivankov had the best all-around day at the World Gymnastics Championships The World Gymnastics Championships are held every year. Artistic World Artistic Gymnastics Championships have been held since 1903. Year Games Host City Country 1903 I Antwerp Belgium 1905 II Bordeaux in San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan (IPA: [saŋ hwaŋ]) (from the Spanish San Juan Bautista, "Saint John the Baptist") is the capital and largest municipality on Puerto Rico. . Ivankov, a pretournament favorite, finished in the top five spots in five of the six apparatus in the men's competition as the Eastern Europeans again showed their dominance of the sport. American Chainey Umphrey finished the first six rotations in second place in the high bar as he scored a 9.5, while Stephen McCain was in fourth in the parallel bars. Teammate Bill Roth is in a sixth-place tie in the floor exercise. MOTOR SPORTS M.K. Kanke of Granada Hills recorded his first 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. Southwest Tour win of the season at the Coors 100 last Saturday night at Mesa Marin Speedway in Bakersfield. After five races, Kanke is in 24th place in the points standings behind Canoga Park's Doug Renno (14th) and Chatsworth's Keith Spangler (17th). |
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