BRIEFLY : UCLA-USC GETS 12:30 START.Kickoff time for the annual cross-town football classic, USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. vs. 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 , has finally been set for 12:30 p.m. at the Rose Bowl (it's the Bruins' turn to be hosts). The game will be shown live regionally by ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. . Boston College has decided that the 13 football players suspended in a gambling probe will not play again this season. Cancer-stricken Pokey Allen returned to his job as head coach of Boise State's football team with hopes of reviving a Broncos team that is 1-9 this season. After discussing his latest concussion, Steve Young dropped the news that he's getting married. The 49ers quarterback is engaged to marry Aimee Baglietto, 25. They met when both were students at BYU BYU Brigham Young University BYU Bayou BYU Bob's Your Uncle BYU Bayreuth, Germany - Bindlacher Berg (Airport Code) BYU Beyond Your Understanding . Quarterback Elvis Grbac shouldered the blame for the San Francisco 49ers' overtime loss to the Dallas Cowboys. What Grbac didn't say until Monday was that he has been tormented by worry over a serious illness afflicting his 9-month-old son, Jack. The boy suffers from a form of spina bifida, a congenital defect in which part of one or more vertebrae Vertebrae Bones in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions of the body that make up the vertebral column. Vertebrae have a central foramen (hole), and their superposition makes up the vertebral canal that encloses the spinal cord. fails to develop completely. Spina bifida can lead to paralysis and cause other complications. The Seattle Seahawks apparently no longer want free-agent quarterback Jeff George and now are trying to get John Friesz to agree to a long-term contract. BASKETBALL Juwan Howard was arrested early Monday, charged with drunken driving after his 1995 Mercedes was spotted speeding down a Washington street. The Washington Bullets forward had just left a nightclub when the arrest was made at 3:45 a.m., said a District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). police spokesman. Howard was released on his own recognizance and a Dec. 6 court date was set. Lee Wilson, Arkansas' only true center, has been suspended indefinitely, coach Nolan Richardson said. ``He broke a team rule and we will leave it at that,'' Richardson said. TENNIS Austrian Barbara Paulus mixed an aggressive baseline game with crisp volleys to crush Amanda Coetzer of South Africa 6-1, 6-2 in the opening round of the Advanta Tennis Championships in Villanova, Pa. Former world doubles champion Guy Forget was forced to withdraw from the ATP ATP: see adenosine triphosphate. ATP in full adenosine triphosphate Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms. Tour World Doubles Championship in Hartford, Conn., because of a recurring knee injury. Forget, of France, and his Swiss partner, Jakob Hlasek, would have been seeded third. HOCKEY Jack ``Tex'' Evans, the last man to coach the Hartford Whalers to a first-place division finish (1987), has died. He was 68. BOXING North Hollywood's P.J. Goossen has signed to fight former two-time world junior welterweight champion Rene Arredondo for the World Boxing Federation super welterweight title Dec. 19 at the Country Club in Reseda. Fighting resumes at the Country Club on Nov. 21 on a card that features Lionel Butler and Jeremy Williams fighting separate opponents. Filipino Reynante Jamili stopped Japan's Fusaaki Takenaga in the eighth round of a scheduled 12-round bout in Tokyo and won the vacant Oriental-Pacific junior featherweight title. BASEBALL New York Mets
la·brum n. pl. la·bra A lip-shaped anatomical edge, rim, or structure. labrum pl. tear. Rick Honeycutt's $500,000 option for 1997 was exercised by the St. Louis Cardinals For the National Football League team that played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987, see . The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. , and Atlanta Braves outfielder Luis Polonia filed for free agency. Hal McRae, a finalist for the Philadelphia Phillies manager job that went to Terry Francona, will instead be the Phillies hitting instructor. |
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