BRIEFLY BRUINS LOSE PRIME BASKETBALL RECRUIT.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services Aaron Brooks, a highly touted point guard from Seattle who was UCLA's prime recruiting target, decided late Tuesday night he would attend Oregon. Brooks, a 5-foot-11 guard, had an in-home visit with 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 coach Steve Lavin on Monday and a visit from Oregon coach Ernie Kent late last week. He had also considered Washington. UCLA, which last week lost incoming freshman Evan Burns to grades, is pursuing Westchester High forward Trevor Ariza. --Two Auburn players and an assistant coach were interviewed by the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association regarding alleged recruiting violations. --Lisa Leslie scored 20 points and Sheryl Swoopes added 19 to lead the United States to an 87-44 victory Wednesday over Cuba at the Women's World Basketball Championship in China. --Brandy Reed, a former WNBA WNBA Women's National Basketball Association WNBA World Ninepin Bowling Association WNBA Wannabe Nasty Boys Association WNBA Women's National Book Association, Inc. WNBA Warszawski Nurt Basketu Amatorskiego All-Star whose career was sidetracked by behavioral problems, was jailed on outstanding warrants after she was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct in Hattiesburg, Miss. RUNNING: Tim Montgomery, still recovering from his world-record run last weekend, will not race in the 100 meters Friday at the World Cup in Madrid, Spain. His manager said Montgomery might try to run a leg of the 400 relay if he's needed. BOXING: Mike Tyson has filed a claim to get $5.8 million in Ohio state income taxes returned to him. He claims the money should be returned because his primary residence was in Nevada in 1995 and 1996. The tax commissioner of Ohio denied Tyson's request. A hearing has been scheduled for Sept. 25 in Columbus. ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). .: Playing her first singles match since winning the U.S. Open, Serena Williams routed Patricia Wartusch 6-0, 6-2 at the Toyota Princess Cup in Tokyo. ... The United States soccer team climbed to an all-time-high eighth in the FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f world rankings for September. ... Lowe's Motor Speedway Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a speedway in Concord, North Carolina, north of Charlotte. It features a 1.5 mile long quad-oval track that seats 167,000 people, with room for 50,000 more spectators in the infield. in Concord, N.C., said it will have a NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. truck series race during The Winston all-star weekend. |
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