BRIEFLY BULLS' MARKET: WALLACE TO LEAVE PISTONS.Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Free-agent center Ben Wallace For the British MP, see . Ben Wallace (born September 10, 1974 in White Hall, Alabama) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls. Nicknamed Big Ben and The Body is leaving the Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. Franchise history From Fort Wayne to Detroit to sign with the Chicago Bulls, a person within the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= said Monday. The person, who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because NBA free agents can't officially sign contracts until July 12, said the Pistons offered Wallace a four- year contract worth about $50million. That would have made him the highest-paid player on the team next season with a salary of $11.5 million. Wallace told The Detroit News that he will sign a four-year deal with the Bulls. ``I appreciate everything Detroit did for me and my family,'' he told the newspaper Monday night. ``They gave me an opportunity to make a name for myself and we had an opportunity to win a championship together.'' 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 men's basketball coach Ben Howland stayed within his staff to fill a vacancy, naming Harvard-Westlake High of North Hollywood product Scott Garson an assistant coach. Garson, 30, spent the past two seasons as the Bruins' video coordinator. He fills the void created when Ernie Zeigler accepted the head coaching job at Central Michigan. ``I sort of was starting to get labeled as a video guru, a video guy,'' Garson said. ``This is a wonderful opportunity. It finally paid off. '' -- Brian Dohn The Atlanta Hawks have reportedly reached agreement with point guard Speedy Claxton. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on its Web site that the deal is believed to be for four years and worth about $25 million. TENNIS: For the first time since 1911 in Wimbledon play, a U.S. player will not reach the men's or women's quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Shenay Perry, ranked 62nd and the U.S.'s last hope, lost 6-2, 6-0 loss to No. 7 Elena Dementieva. In other action at Wimbledon, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Lleyton Hewitt,Amelie Mauresmo, Justine Henin- Hardenne, Kim Clijsters, and Maria Sharapova all advanced to the quarterfinals. CYCLING: Norway's Thor Hushovd reclaimed the overall Tour de France Tour de France World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and lead from George Hincapie during a sweltering swel·ter·ing adj. 1. Oppressively hot and humid; sultry. 2. Suffering from oppressive heat. swel ride in which Australia's Robbie McEwen captured the second stage in Esch-Sur- Alzette, Luxembourg. AUTO RACING: M.K. Kanke of Frazier Park won the 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. Elite Division, Southwest Series, race at Altamont Motorsports Park Altamont Motorsports Park is a motorsports race track located in Alameda County in Northern California between the towns of Tracy and Livermore. It first opened on July 22, 1966, and has variously operated under the names Altamont Speedway, Altamont Raceway, in Tracy on Sunday, tying for the most wins in series history. Kanke, a Kennedy High of Granada Hills graduate, won the 21st race of his Southwest Series career. Rick Carelli, a retired Southwest Series driver, also has 21 career wins. Kanke led 26 laps in the race and took over the lead on lap 125 of the 150-lapper. -- Tim Haddock |
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