BRIEFLY RODMAN'S TRIAL OFF AFTER WAITRESS DIES?Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services Lawyers do not know if the sudden death of a Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. cocktail waitress A cocktail waitress is a type of server who specializes in bringing drinks to patrons of bars, casinos, comedy clubs, live music venues and other drinking establishments. Casinos traditionally dress their cocktail waitresses in fancy outfits with very short skirts, while less makes moot her battery and sex harassment lawsuit against former NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= star Dennis Rodman. Gloria Chapa, 62, was found dead Sunday at her home in Henderson, Nev. An autopsy determined she died of a heart attack, the Clark County Clark County is the name of twelve counties in the United States of America:
Rodman's lawyer, Corey Eschweiler, said U.S. District Judge Philip Pro has scheduled a hearing Feb. 4 at which he could dismiss the case. Chapa's lawyer, David Pancoast, said he will ask the judge to let the case continue. ``Why shouldn't her estate be able to recover?'' said Pancoast, who added he was seeking unspecified damages for lost wages after Chapa was fired. She alleged retaliation and negligence. The civil lawsuit, filed in July 1999, accuses Rodman of pinching her and grabbing breasts in June 1998. TENNIS: Mats Wilander, who won seven Grand Slam singles titles, and doubles specialist Pam Shriver were elected Wednesday to the International Tennis Hall of Fame The International Tennis Hall of Fame is a non-profit tennis hall of fame and museum at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Mission "The International Tennis Hall of Fame is a non-profit institution dedicated to preserving the history of tennis, inspiring in Newport, R.I. JURISPRUDENCE: A federal law credited with transforming women's athletics discriminates against men in low-profile college sports such as wrestling and track, coaches and athletes said in a lawsuit against the government. The suit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). largely blames a 1996 rule clarifying the 1972 statute known as Title IX, which prohibits any school or college that receives federal funding from discriminating based on sex in sports or academics. The suit against the Education Department, financed by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, contends that many colleges and universities have come to see trimming men's sports - rather than adding women's teams - as the only way to achieve equality. FOOTBALL: 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 coach Bob Toledo exercised the option on his contract, rolling it over to a seventh year. --UCLA received an oral commitment from Mike Nixon, a 6-foot-3 defensive back from Sunnyslope High in Phoenix. |
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