BRIEFLY : VAN EXEL TO SUE NBA.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Nick Van Exel Nickey (Nick) Maxwell Van Exel (born November 27 1971 in Kenosha, Wisconsin) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. Van Exel, a 6'1" left-handed point guard, was most well known for his flashy style of play and his ability to hit critical shots during of the Denver Nuggets Nuggets can refer to several branches of interest:
abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= , USA Basketball and FIBA FIBA Fédération Internationale de Basketball (International Basketball Federation) FIBA Florida International Bankers Association FIBA Fédération Internationale de Boxe Amateur FIBA Financial Institution Benefit Association, Inc. in an effort to play the rest of the season in Europe, his agent said Sunday. Van Exel and several other plaintiffs, including Marcus Camby of the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Knicks, will file their suit later this week, alleging that the NBA and USA Basketball will not give clearance to FIBA, the sport's world governing body. ``Nick wants to work this year, and other players want to work, but they are unable to accept offers overseas because NBA and USA Basketball are telling FIBA not to clear them,'' agent James Bryant said. SOCCER: Simon Elliott scored two goals in a two-minute span and Adam Zapala made eight saves as Stanford beat host Virginia 3-0 to advance to its first ever Final Four in the sport. The Cardinal will play Maryland in the semifinals Friday in Richmond. TENNIS: Sweden finished off its second straight Davis Cup victory, splitting the last two singles matches with Italy for a 4-1 triumph in Milan, Italy. Magnus Gustafsson needed just 68 minutes to defeat Gianluca Pozzi 6-4, 6-2, before Diego Nargiso salvaged some pride for the hosts by beating Magnus Norman 6-2, 6-3. In London, John McEnroe won his fifth tournament in a row with a masterful 7-5, 6-3 victory over Yannick Noah in 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. Seniors. FOOTBALL: Utah football coach Ron McBride interviewed Saturday for the head-coaching job at Hawaii, but it's unlikely he will wait around long enough for the search process to play itself out. McBride wants to know by early next week whether he will be leaving Utah to coach UH, because recruiting for the Utes is being affected by the indecision. HORSE RACING: Manistique, a Kentucky-bred daughter of Unbridled, improved her record to four-for-four at Hollywood Park with a front-running two-length victory in the $100,000 Bayakoa Handicap for fillies and mares. PAN AM GAMES: Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, beat out Guadalajara, Mexico, and Medellin, Colombia, to be chosen as the host city for the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American (Sports) Games Quadrennial sports festival. The games, conceived in 1940 as an event for the nations of the Western Hemisphere, were first held in 1951. . |
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