BRIEFLY DIVERS EXPAND SEARCH FOR DELE.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services As divers searched the waters off an island near Tahiti for clues to the disappearance of former NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= player Bison Dele and two other people, murder suspect Miles Dabord was comatose co·ma·tose adj. 1. Of, relating to, or affected with coma. 2. Marked by lethargy; torpid. comatose (kō´m but under arrest in San Diego on Thursday night. Dabord, Dele's older brother, was checked into a hospital Sunday by an unidentified person as a ``John Doe,'' but the Chula Vista police department ran his fingerprints and his identity was discovered. The FBI issued an arrest warrant for Dabord, who was traveling with Dele and his girlfriend Serena Karlan and Bertrand Saldo, the French captain of Dele's 55-foot catamaran. Dele, Karlan and Saldo have been missing since July 8. The abandoned sailboat was found at the port of Taravao on the French Polynesian island of Tahiti on Sept. 12. Dele, who changed his name from Brian Williams in 1998, played eight seasons in the NBA, including one with the Clippers, before retiring in 1999. TENNIS: The USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. men's national-championship team will meet President George W. Bush on Tuesday at the White House. Bush will be presented with a Trojans tennis jacket with his name on it and an inscribed in·scribe tr.v. in·scribed, in·scrib·ing, in·scribes 1. a. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface. b. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters. tennis racket. FOOTBALL: Jeff Bregel, a former lineman at USC and for the San Francisco 49ers The 38-year-old has been charged with felony driving under the influence for allegedly rear-ending another car Sept. 2 in Granada Hills, where he lives. No one was seriously injured in the accident. Prosecutors said Bregel, who is being held at the Twin Towers Correctional facility The Twin Towers Correctional Facility, also referred to in the media as Twin Towers Jail, is a complex erected in Los Angeles, California to house inmates of the Los Angeles County Courts. It is the world’s largest jail. in lieu of $90,000 bail, has been convicted for driving under the influence five times since 1988. --Ed Hodgkiss, who got the Arena League's Avengers to the playoffs in his first season as coach, signed a five-year extension. ``I have every confidence that Ed Hodgkiss is the one to take the Avengers where we all want the franchise to go,'' Avengers owner Casey Wasserman said. The Avengers went 8-6 last season for the 31-year-old Hodgkiss before losing in the first round of the playoffs. HORSE RACING: Luc Ouellette guided Million Dollar Cam to a record victory in the Little Brown Jug harness race at the Delaware (Ohio) County Fairgrounds. MOTOR SPORTS: Sarah Fisher will become the first woman in 10 years to drive a Formula One car during a demonstration run at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana (a separate town completely surrounded by Indianapolis) in the United States, is the second-oldest next week. Fisher will drive a McLaren Mercedes car Sept. 27, the first day of practice for the United States Grand Prix This article is about the Formula One race. For the motorcycle race, see United States motorcycle Grand Prix. The United States Grand Prix is a motor race which has been run on and off since 1908, when it was known as the American Grand Prize. at the Indy circuit. The 21-year-old, the only female driver in 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 , became the first woman to start from the pole in any major racing series this season at Kentucky. Fisher will be the first woman at the wheel of an F1 car since Italy's Giovanna Amati in 1992. Amati drove for Brabham but failed to qualify for a race. BASKETBALL: Tim Grgurich became the third assistant coach to leave the Milwaukee Bucks during this offseason when he gave up his job. He is exploring opportunities with several West Coast teams, said his agent. --Seattle re-signed free agent forward Rashard Lewis to a seven-year contract. Terms were not disclosed. Lewis, 23, averaged a career-high 16.8 points and seven rebounds in 71 games for Seattle last season. SOCCER: Landon Donovan, Brad Friedel and Claudio Reyna were selected as the finalists for the Honda player of the year The Honda Player of the Year recognizes the best player on the United States Men's National Soccer Team as chosen by the national sports media. The winner of the Honda Player of the Year award receives a new Honda vehicle. award, given annually to the top player on the U.S. national team. The winner will be announced Oct. 8. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: ED HODGKISS Avengers coach rewarded with five-year contract extension. |
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