BRIEFLY : U.S. RALLIES TO TOP RUSSIA.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Ruthie Bolton Alice Ruth Bolton (born on May 25, 1967 in Lucedale, Mississippi), better known as Ruthie Bolton and also by her former married name of Ruthie Bolton-Holifield, is a former collegiate, Olympic and professional basketball player. hit two 3-pointers in the final 1:44 and Lisa Leslie It was the first world basketball title for the Americans since 1990, and their sixth overall. Coupled with the 1996 Olympic gold, the United States laid claim to being the dominant team in the world. ``We are at the top right now, no question about it,'' American coach Nell Fortner said. Getting there was no easy task, however, as the Russians got 20 points from Natalia Zassoulskaia, 14 from Irina Routkovskaya and 13 from championship 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. Elena Baranova to keep the issue in doubt until the final seconds. The Americans didn't lead in the game until 7:59 remained and had to withstand a 14-point performance by Zassoulskaia in the final 10 minutes to claim the gold. MOTOR SPORTS: Michael Schumacher overcame a penalty for veering wildly out of the pit lane, then zoomed away from his final pit stop to win the Canadian Grand Prix This article is about Formula One race. For other uses, see Canadian Grand Prix (disambiguation). The Canadian Grand Prix (known in French as the Grand Prix du Canada) is a Formula One auto race held in Canada since 1967. in Montreal. Brazilian Airton Dare scored his first career PPG-Dayton Indy Lights Championship victory in the Detroit News 75, making Tasman Motorsports perfect in five tries in the race. Dare started from the pole and was never seriously challenged as he averaged 89.206 mph for 32 laps around the 2.346-mile Belle Isle circuit. Alex Zanardi was up to his old tricks, winning another race and celebrating with a dozen doughnuts. The Italian driving ace used a strategic pit stop to stay in the lead, then pulled away to his third CART FedEx Series victory of the season, winning the ITT ITT Initial Teacher Training (UK) ITT I Think That ITT Invitation To Tender ITT Individual Time Trial (professional cycling) ITT Intention-To-Treat ITT In This Thread (forums) Automotive Detroit Grand Prix Detroit Grand Prix may refer to:
BASEBALL: Forrest ``Frosty'' Kennedy, a minor-league slugger who was one of 11 baseball players to hit 60 home runs in a season, has died in Covina. He was 72. Kennedy died Friday night of a heart attack, the Pasadena Star News, reported. Kennedy hit 60 home runs in a 144-game season while playing for Plainview, Texas, in the Class-B Southwestern League of 1956. He hit his 60th homer in his final at-bat on the final day of the season. The Houston Astros signed major-league career saves leader Lee Smith to a minor-league contract and assigned the 40-year-old right-hander to Triple-A New Orleans. |
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