BRIEFLY PORTER LEAVES UCLA TO GO PRO.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 volleyball All-American Kristee Porter has decided to leave school so she can turn professional and pursue U.S. national-team opportunities. The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Professional Volleyball League begins next month and Porter also is a strong candidate for the 2004 Olympic team. Porter's departure also affects the women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. team, for which she averaged 11.2 points and 5.6 rebounds in five games. ``Can you believe this?'' said basketball coach Kathy Oliver when reached at the team hotel in Seattle, where they played Washington later Friday. ``We'll have to find someone else (to score). Maybe we do it by committee to the post. We do it by committee on the perimeter with Michelle (Greco) out. What can I say?'' ARENA FOOTBALL: The Avengers signed fullback/linebacker Chad Dukes Chad Dukes may refer to:
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• for three years in Albany and won the league's ``Ironman of the Year'' award in 1998. Dukes (6-foot-1, 245 pounds) scored 41 touchdowns in 39 games with Albany and was also one of the league's best linebackers and kick returners. HOCKEY: Russia won the World Junior Ice Hockey Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between the ages of 16 and 20 years old. Some Canadian junior hockey leagues are recognized as professional by organizations such as the NCAA as players receive a small Championship, beating Canada 5-4 on Anton Volchenko's goal 6:51 into the final period in Hradec Kralove Hra·dec Krá·lo·vé A city of northern Czech Republic east of Prague. Founded in the tenth century, it was a leading town of medieval Bohemia. Population: 97,100. , Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. . The United States finished in fifth place with a 3-2 victory over Sweden on an overtime goal by Chris Higgins. BASKETBALL: A former assistant coach for the University of South Florida • • [ women's team filed a racial-discrimination lawsuit against her former employer. Tara Gibson is he 10th African-American woman involved with the program who accused former coach Jerry Ann Winters of running a racially segregated program. TENNIS: Jennifer Capriati defeated Amanda Coetzer 6-2, 6-3, advancing to the final of the Hong Kong Ladies Tennis Challenge exhibition tournament. The 25-year-old Floridian, who defends her Australian Open title later this month, dispatched the 30-year-old South African in exactly 1 hour at Victoria Park. Capriati, who won in Hong Kong two years ago, plays Elena Dementieva in the final today. Dementieva defeated Mary Pierce 6-1 in the first set Friday, and Pierce retired because of a leg injury. --Top-seeded Venus Williams won the Australian women's hardcourt championship today, beating defending champion Justine Henin 7-5, 6-2 in Gold Coast, Australia. --Former French Open champion Michael Chang accepted a wild card for next week's Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . SOCCER: Mia Hamm, bothered by a lingering leg injury, was dropped from the U.S. roster for an upcoming exhibition game against Mexico and a four-team tournament in China. The U.S. women play Mexico on Jan. 12 at Charleston, S.C. The roster will be cut to 18 for the tournament in Guangzhou, to be played Jan. 23-27. The field also includes China, Germany and Norway. HORSE RACING: Speak In Passing, second in his previous four races, beat Islander by 2 1/2 lengths in the $57,000 feature race at Santa Anita. MOTOR SPORTS: Japan's Kenjiro Shinozuka won the second half of the Dakar Rally's first ``marathon'' stage, a 955.42-mile leg through the northwestern Sahara desert. |
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