BRIEFLY PREP STAR JAMES REALLY PACKS 'EM IN.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services More than 15,000 fans showed up at the Greensboro Coliseum on Monday to get a look at LeBron James. He did not disappoint. In front of the largest crowd ever to watch a high school basketball game in North Carolina, the 6-foot-7, 240-pound senior scored 32 points as St. Vincent-St. Mary's High (Ohio) beat Winston-Salem Reynolds 85-56. James, who grew up idolizing Michael Jordan, who played many of his games there, and wears No. 23, even wore Nike Air Jordans while the rest of his team wore Adidas. When asked why, James smiled and said, ``Because we're in North Carolina.'' --In College Station, Texas College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in Central Texas. It is located in the heart of the Brazos Valley. The city is located within the most populated region of Texas, near to three of the 10 largest cities in the United States - Houston, Dallas, and San , a Texas A&M basketball player was free on bond after he was arrested for felony possession of steroids found in his truck. Andy Slocum was arrested early Sunday morning outside a fraternity party. He was charged with two counts of possessing a controlled substance and jailed under a $30,000 bond. --The indefinite suspension of Ricky Clemons, Missouri's starting point guard and leading scorer, lasted three days and cost him one game. Clemons, who was arrested Friday on a felony domestic-assault charge, was reinstated and will play tonight against Iowa State. SOCCER: Tom Fitzgerald, who led 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 to the NCAA men's soccer championship The NCAA began conducting a men's soccer national championship tournament in 1959 with an eight-team tournament. Currently, the tournament field consists of 48 teams. In 1972, the Division II tournament was added, and in 1974, the Division III tournament began. in his first season, was named the national coach of the year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. OLYMPICS: The U.S. Olympic Committee plans an independent investigation of Lloyd Ward after the resignation of five members angered by his exoneration The removal of a burden, charge, responsibility, duty, or blame imposed by law. The right of a party who is secondarily liable for a debt, such as a surety, to be reimbursed by the party with primary liability for payment of an obligation that should have been paid by the first party. on ethics charges. The investigation comes amid a report that the U.S. Justice Department plans to send officials to the Dominican Republic to investigate a deal between the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American (Sports) Games Quadrennial sports festival. The games, conceived in 1940 as an event for the nations of the Western Hemisphere, were first held in 1951. and a company with ties to Ward's brother. HORSE RACING: Johar rallied from last to beat stablemate Noun 1. stablemate - a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person stable companion Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times The Tin Man and Grammarian gram·mar·ian n. A specialist in grammar. grammarian Noun a person who studies or writes about grammar for a living Noun 1. in a blanket finish and win the $150,000 San Marcos Stakes by a head at Santa Anita. Ridden by Alex Solis and carrying 120 pounds, Johar covered 1 1/4-miles on the grass in a stakes record 1:57.92, bettering the old mark of 1:58.02 set by Classic Fame in 1992. HOCKEY: Canadian Olympic star Hayley Wickenheiser signed with a men's pro hockey team after a monthlong tryout. |
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