BRIEFLY ANDRETTI BUYS TEAM, WON'T COMMIT TO SERIES.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services Michael Andretti Michael Mario Andretti (born October 5, 1962 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is an American retired CART and Formula One driver with Italian heritage. He now co-owns the Andretti Green Racing team in the Indy Racing League. , the winningest driver in CART history, is buying his own racing team from Team Green owner Barry Green Barry Green is a U.S. orchestral and solo double bass player and teacher. He was the principal bassist for the Cincinnati Symphony. A contemporary of people such as Gary Karr, he has developed and publicized his own method for double bass. . But Andretti did not say whether he would continue to race in CART or switch to the Indy Racing League The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series . Andretti, CART's career leader with 42 victories, said his sponsorship will decide which open-wheel series he will compete in next year. TRACK AND FIELD: Palmdale resident Lashinda Demus has been named USA Track & Field's athlete of the week for the second time this season. Demus broke her world junior record in the women's 400-meter hurdles and anchored the United States' 1,600-meter relay to victory and an American junior record at the 2002 IAAF IAAF abbr. International Amateur Athletic Federation world junior track and field championships in Kingston, Jamaica. --Former Florida guard Teddy Dupay, dropped from the team last September amid gambling allegations, was accused by university police of grabbing a driver during a traffic fight in Gainesville. --Less than four months after the Charlotte Hornets received NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= permission to move to New Orleans, the city is ready to begin negotiations with the league that could result in a new team. BASEBALL: Little League Baseball Inc. is looking into players' claims that their coaches asked them to throw a game against a crosstown rival. Members of the Kearny (N.J.) National All-Stars team said their coaches wanted to make it easier for the Kearny American All-Stars to win the district tournament. FOOTBALL: Longtime USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. assistant football coach Marv Goux is gravely ill in a Los Angeles hospital with cancer. Goux, 69, was an assistant at USC from 1957 to 1982 and helped coach five national championship teams. He was also was an assistant with the Los Angeles Rams and a three-year starter at USC. TENNIS: Anna Kournikova advanced in the Bank of the West Classic The Bank of the West Classic is a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Stanford, California, United States. The 2007 event will be held from July 23 to July 29. Held since 1971, the tournament is played on outdoor hardcourts. in Stanford with a decisive 6-3, 6-2 upset of Israel's Anna Smashnova. In a simultaneous match, defending champion Kim Clijsters found a grove to defeat Meilen Tu 7-5, 6-2. In first-round matches, qualifier Marissa Irvin (Harvard-Westlake High) upset sixth-seeded Justine Henin 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. |
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