BRIEFLY AVENGERS SUSPEND MARINOVICH.The Avengers suspended starting quarterback Todd Marinovich Todd Marvin Marinovich (born July 4, 1969 in San Leandro, California) is a former American football quarterback who played for the Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League. His career also included stints in the Canadian Football League and Arena Football League. on Sunday for ``conduct detrimental to the team.'' The suspension is indefinite, but Marinovich likely will miss only Saturday's home game against Oklahoma. In Friday's loss to Nashville, Marinovich threw a towel at a referee while arguing an intentional-grounding call late in the first half. In the previous game, he threw a clipboard onto the field from the bench after a disputed play. Marinovich was ejected from both games. - Rich Hammond Rich Hammond Los Angeles Daily News sports writer. Instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Kings hockey organization closer to the fans. He is the atypical "what a guy" to Kings fans everywhere. Rich Hammond on himself. SOCCER: The Santos team of the northern city of Torreon fought to a bruising, 3-1 victory over the Tuzos of the central city of Pachuca on Sunday to win Mexico's Summer League soccer championship in Mexico City Mexico City Spanish Ciudad de México City (pop., 2000: city, 8,605,239; 2003 metro. area est., 18,660,000), capital of Mexico. Located at an elevation of 7,350 ft (2,240 m), it is officially coterminous with the Federal District, which occupies 571 sq mi with a 4-3 advantage in total goals in the two-game series. The second championship in the Santos club's history was made possible by goals from forward Jared Borgetti Jared Francisco Borgetti Echavarría (born August 14, 1973 in Culiacancito, Sinaloa) is a Mexican football striker, who currently plays for Club Deportivo Cruz Azul in the Primera División de México. at 23 minutes, Mariano Trujillo at 63 and Brazilian Robson Luiz at 78 minutes. OLYMPICS: Olympic organizers will have their first Internet auction today for tickets to the 2002 Winter Games. Salt Lake Organizing Committee president Mitt Romney said the plan will be to sell to the highest bidder HIGHEST BIDDER, contracts. He who, at an auction, offers the greatest price for the property sold. 2. The highest bidder is entitled to have the article sold at his bid, provided there has been no unfairness on his part. $200,000 worth of ``absolute super-prime seats.'' He wants to take in up to five times face value, or $1 million. TRIATHLON: Perry Rendina, 45, of Shalersville, Ohio, lost control of his bicycle Saturday afternoon, struck a guardrail and was killed during the Ironman California triathlon on the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base. LACROSSE lacrosse (ləkrôs`), ball and goal game usually played outdoors by two teams of 10 players each on a field 60 to 70 yd (54.86 to 64.01 m) wide by 110 yd (100.58 m) long. Two goals face each other 80 yd (73. : Allison Comito got exactly what she wanted, and the result was another lacrosse title for Maryland. Comito's goal, off a pass from Tori Wellington with 8 seconds left in the second overtime, lifted top-ranked Maryland to a 14-13 victory Sunday over third-ranked Georgetown in Baltimore. It was the Terrapins' record seventh consecutive NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women's lacrosse championship. - Daily News Wire Services |
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