BRIEFLY PAUS COMPLETES HIS JAIL SENTENCE.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services 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 quarterback Cory Paus was released Monday from L.A. County jail after serving a 96-hour sentence for driving under the influence of alcohol. --The University of Texas has received an oral commitment from quarterback Vincent Young, one of the nation's top high school prospects. The 6-foot-5, 200-pound Young passed for more than 5,000 yards and ran for almost 4,000 at Houston's Madison High. --UCLA has received an oral agreement from football player Elliott Vallejo, an offensive lineman from Palma Palma or Palma de Mallorca (päl`mä thā mälyôr`kä), city (1990 pop. 325,120), capital of Majorca island and of Baleares prov., Spain, on the Bay of Palma. High in Salinas Salinas, city, United States Salinas (səlē`nəs), city (1990 pop. 108,777), seat of Monterey co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. It is the shipping and processing center of a fertile valley famous for its grain and lettuce. . BASKETBALL: The Pac-10 Conference has requested a tape of the fight from the USC-UCLA women's game and could hand out additional punishment. USC's Ebony Hoffman and Shalada Allen of UCLA were ejected for fighting and will miss Thursday's games at home against the Arizona schools. NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association rules don't allow for an appeal or for conferences to lessen the penalties. BOXING: Shelly Finkel, Mike Tyson's adviser, believes a Tyson challenge to WBC-IBF heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis will be signed by Jan. 22. WBC WBC white blood cell; see leukocyte. WBC abbr. white blood cell WBC, n stands for white blood cell. president Jose Sulaiman said in statement if no agreement for what is a mandatory defense by Lewis is reached by Jan. 22, purse bids would be held at noon Jan. 24 in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The fight would be held sometime in April. --Emanuel Steward, who has trained heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and other professional world champions, will become national director of coaching for USA Boxing. Steward will be in charge of a program for training USA Boxing's amateur coaches and athletes. His hiring takes effect Feb. 1. OLYMPICS: South and North Korean athletes probably will not march together in next month's Olympics as they did at the Sydney Games. |
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