BRIEFLY IT'S DECISION DAY FOR NEW TRACK MEET.Organizers of the Powerade indoor track and field championships said they will make a decision today whether to cancel the inaugural Feb. 11 meet at Staples Center This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It does not cite any references or sources. because of financial shortcomings A shortcoming is a character flaw. Shortcomings may also be:
Meet director Skip Stolley said the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Track and Field Organizing Committee, promoter of the Staples Center event, has been trying to resolve contract issues with Coca-Cola, the parent company of Powerade, and its three-year $750,000 sponsorship agreement. The beverage company has yet to provide any payment. The track committee has been solicting other sponsors and trying to cut costs from its $880,750 projected budget to keep the meet afloat. Without the backing of Powerade, Stolley said the meet likely will be canceled. Appearance fees and meet purses of $300,000 to attract 11 Olympic gold Olympic Gold is the official video game of the XXV Olympic Summer Games, hosted by Barcelona, Spain in 1992. It was released for the Sega consoles, Mega Drive/Genesis and Master System, and Sega's handheld, Game Gear. medalists, and television production costs of $200,000, the meet's largest expenditures, cannot be compromised according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Stolley. Stipulations of three-hour live television coverage in Los Angeles were part of the aggreements with supporting sponsors. - Kirby Lee BASKETBALL: Rick Pitino Rick Pitino (born September 18, 1952) is the head basketball coach at the University of Louisville. He has also served as head coach at Providence College and the University of Kentucky, leading that program to the NCAA championship in 1996. said there was no truth to a report out of Boston saying he wasn't interested in the UNLV UNLV University of Nevada, Las Vegas head coaching job at the end of the season. TENNIS: Patrick McEnroe looked at the future when he selected the team to face Switzerland in a Davis Cup match next week. That was one of the reasons he passed up his 41-year-old brother, John, for 18-year-old junior champion Andy Roddick for the five-match competition that will be held Feb. 9-11 in Basel, Switzerland. ``We need to start looking forward to the future and we need to start doing it now,'' said McEnroe, who is making his captain's debut. ``My feeling is that the future is now.'' Besides Roddick, McEnroe selected veterans Todd Martin, Jan-Michael Gambill and Justin Gimelstob. BOWLING: Wendy McPherson, who led the tour in earnings this year, was honored as Player of the Year for a record fourth time. - Daily News Staff and Wire Services |
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