BRIEFLY DUCKS, NEW JERSEY MAKE 7-PLAYER DEAL.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services Petr Sykora, a 20-goal scorer the past four seasons, was among four players acquired by the Mighty Ducks on Saturday night in a seven-player trade with the New Jersey Devils The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Devils have won the Stanley Cup three times, in 1995, 2000, and 2003. for defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky and forwards Jeff Friesen and Maxim Balmochnykn. The Mighty Ducks also acquired forward Igor Pohanka, defenseman Mike Commodore and goaltender J.F. Damphousse. BASKETBALL: 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 guard Ryan Walcott must sit out the first two games of next season in order to restore a season of eligibility, the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association has ruled. Walcott, a third-year sophomore, participated in an exhibition game two years ago but did not play in any other games that season. --Philadelphia police confirmed it is investigating 76ers star guard Allen Iverson for allegedly threatening two men at a West Philadelphia apartment complex. VOLLEYBALL: Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs, the top-ranked teams on the AVP AVP arginine vasopressin. beach tour, beat Australia's Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst 21-17, 16-21, 15-11 in the women's final of the $300,000 FIVB FIVB Federation of International Volleyball World Tour event in Stavanger, Norway. In the round of 16 on the men's side, the two American teams were eliminated leading into today's finals. BOXING: Jorge Arce of Mexico stopped defending champion Choi Yo-sam of South Korea in the sixth round to gain the WBC WBC white blood cell; see leukocyte. WBC abbr. white blood cell WBC, n stands for white blood cell. light flyweight title in Seoul, South Korea. HORSE RACING: E Dubai cruised to a three-quarters-length victory in the 116th Grade II $500,000 Suburban Handicap for horses 3 and older at Belmont Park in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . --True Passion took the lead at the eighth pole and finished with a 2 1/4-length victory in the $200,000 Philadelphia Park Breeders' Cup. --With Anticipation, ridden by Pat Day, ran to a record finish to beat favorite Suances in the $500,000 United Nations Handicap in Oceanport, N.J. --Hawk Wing, second in the English Derby last month, won the $494,780 Eclipse Stakes by 2 1/2 lengths at Sandown Racecourse in England. --Slammed, a promising 2-year-old thoroughbred, died in a barn mishap at Churchill Downs. --Jockey Norberto Arroyo Jr., a regular rider at Belmont Park, was arrested and charged with assault and possession of a dangerous weapon. SOCCER: Oliver Kahn, Germany's goalie in the World Cup, will be sidelined for six weeks with a finger injury suffered in the tournament's final against Brazil. |
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