BRIEFLY JUDGE: RICHARDSON CAN KEEP MONEY.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services An attempt by the University of Arkansas' athletic department fund- raising arm to reclaim money it has paid to Nolan Richardson was dismissed Tuesday by a federal judge in Little Rock, Ark. The Razorback Foundation, which is buying out Richardson's contract at $500,000 a year through June 2008, had filed a counterclaim A claim by a defendant opposing the claim of the plaintiff and seeking some relief from the plaintiff for the defendant. A counterclaim contains assertions that the defendant could have made by starting a lawsuit if the plaintiff had not already begun the action. to the ex- coach's discrimination lawsuit. Under terms of Richardson's buyout, he had to seek a new job and any money he would receive coaching basketball at another school or with a professional team would reduce the foundation's obligation to him by the same amount. COLLEGES: USC's football game against Brigham Young scheduled for Sept. 4 has been moved to Sept. 18 at the Coliseum and will be televised on ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network . The game was moved because BYU BYU Brigham Young University BYU Bayou BYU Bob's Your Uncle BYU Bayreuth, Germany - Bindlacher Berg (Airport Code) BYU Beyond Your Understanding wanted to play Notre Dame on Sept. 4. --Mark Fox was hired as Nevada's basketball coach after working four years as an assistant under Trent Johnson, who took the Stanford head coaching job last month. --USC was sixth and five strokes behind leader Cal after the first round of the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Golf Championships. Cal shot a 1-under 279 on the 6,679-yard Cascades Golf Course. USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. shot 284 as a team. GYMNASTICS: Injury-plagued Jason Gaston withdrew from the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Nashville, Tenn., because of pain in his lower back. Also, Hollie Vise, runner-up at the national championships last year, withdrew from this year's competition because of back problems that came up during training. MOTOR SPORTS: 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. driver Scott Allan Wimmer was sentenced to a year probation and 24 hours of community service in High Point, N.C., after being convicted of drunken driving and fleeing the scene of an accident. --Prominent auto racing figure Chip Ganassi was accused in a federal lawsuit filed of failing to pay his share of a $35 million debt linked to the construction of the Chicago Motor Speedway The Chicago Motor Speedway located in Cicero, just outside of Chicago, Illinois, was built in 1999 by a group including Chip Ganassi, owner of Chip Ganassi Racing. In 2002 the 1.029 mile oval shaped track suspended operations due to financial conditions in the motorsports industry. . The multimillion dollar lawsuit filed by the Chicago-based National Jockey Club alleged that Ganassi failed to adequately fund the project. |
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