BRIEFLY KAHNE NIPS GORDON FOR POLE POSITION AT MICHIGAN.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Back in the No. 24 Chevy on Friday after a huge wreck at Pocono last weekend, four- time Nextel Cup champion Jeff Gordon just missed the pole for Sunday's 3M Performance 400 at Michigan International Speedway Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile (3.22 km), moderate-banked, D shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than 1,400 acres [1] near Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. in Brooklyn, Mich. It took a lap of 185.644 m.p.h. by Dodge's Kasey Kahne to nip him. Gordon settled for second at 185.543. Bill Lester, the first black driver to race in NASCAR's top stock car series in 20 years, qualified 34th at 180.845 mph. In his first 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. race last March in Atlanta, Lester finished 38th, six laps behind winner Kahne. ``The first thing (at Atlanta) was just making the show and getting some experience,'' said Lester. ``We came up a little short that time. This time, our objective is to race the whole distance, to go all 400 miles. We want to be on the lead lap.'' HOCKEY: New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, U.S.A. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). defenseman and former Anaheim Mighty Duck Sandis Ozolinsh, who has spent time this season in the NHL's substance abuse program, pleaded guilty to driving while impaired in White Plains, N.Y., after a May 3 drunken driving charge. BASKETBALL: The Anaheim franchise and Clippers' affiliate that opens play next November in the NBA Development League The NBA Development League, or D-League, is the National Basketball Association's officially sponsored and operated developmental basketball organization. Known until summer 2005 as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL will be known as the Arsenal. Brandon Heath, the Mountain West player of the year, withdrew his name from the NBA draft and will return to San Diego State for his senior season. Meanwhile, South Carolina forward Renaldo Balkman says he has hired an agent and will enter the NBA draft later this month. TENNIS: Lleyton Hewitt advanced to the semifinals at Queen's Club in London when top-seeded Rafael Nadal retired after two sets with a sore shoulder. Roger Federer saved four match points and overcame 57 unforced errors to beat Olivier Rochus 6-7 (2), 7-6 (9), 7-6 (5) in the quarterfinals of the Gerry Weber Open The Gerry Weber Open is a tennis tournament held in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on four outdoor grass courts and is a part of the International Series Tournaments on the ATP Tour schedule. in Halle, Germany, for his 39th straight win on grass. GOLF: USC's Irene Cho won the Honda Award as the nation's top female collegiate golfer. Cho was a first-team All-American and won four events in 2006. USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. teammate Dewi-Claire Schreefel, who won the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association individual medalist honors, was a finalist for the award as well. Studio City's Ben Fox won the 91st Southwestern Amateur Championship at The Badlands in Las Vegas. Fox, who went to Oakwood High and will be a sophomore at the University of Arizona (body, education) University of Arizona - The University was founded in 1885 as a Land Grant institution with a three-fold mission of teaching, research and public service. , shot a 72-70-69-75--286 to win the tournament. -- Jill Painter |
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