BRIEFLY ANGELS' STADIUM NO LONGER EDISON.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services The Angels' home stadium is getting another name, one that almost assuredly won't be its last. The team announced Monday that Edison International has exercised its option to terminate a 20-year, $60 million package for naming rights to Edison Field. Known as Anaheim Stadium from 1966-97, the Angels will play at Angel Stadium of Anaheim • • [ in 2004, and the club will seek a corporate sponsor to replace Edison, team president Dennis Kuhl said. Edison bought the naming to the refurbished stadium before the 1998 season but exercised an option to leave if the team changed ownership, which it did in May when Arte Moreno bought the club from the Walt Disney Co. for $184 million. --George Steinbrenner was back at home recovering from a fainting spell, feeling well enough to crack jokes about it. ``I really didn't faint. I was practicing my slide into second base,'' the New York Yankees' owner said in a statement. Steinbrenner, 73, collapsed Saturday at a church service in Sarasota, Fla., for football great Otto Graham. --Baseball signings: Free-agent outfielder David Dellucci signed a one- year, $750,000 contract with the Texas Rangers; catcher Brook Fordyce agreed to a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays The Tampa Bay Devil Rays are a professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida, Florida. The Devil Rays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Devil Rays have played in Tropicana Field. pending a medical exam; and right-hander Cory Lidle agreed to a one-year, $2.75 million contract with the Cincinnati Reds. AWARDS: Golfer Annika Sorenstam was named the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year Athlete of the Year
Sorenstam won two LPGA majors; the LPGA Championship and the Women's British Open The Women's British Open, also known for sponsorship reasons since 2007 as the Ricoh Women's British Open, is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. gave her the career Grand Slam. HORSE RACING: Azeri, the 2002 Horse of the Year who missed the Breeders' Cup Distaff The Breeders' Cup Distaff is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. It is sponsored by the airline Emirates. two months ago with a tendon injury, has a new trainer in Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935 in Antigo, Wisconsin) is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. . |
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