BRIEFLY USOC TARGETS 2012 BIDS.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Amid renewed optimism that the United States has a chance of landing the 2012 Summer Olympics, U.S. Olympic officials have established a task force and set dates for visits to the eight cities vying for the bid, including Los Angeles. The USOC (Universal Service Order Code) An equipment coding system created by AT&T. The number was applied to telephone equipment and to wire termination patterns. See 568A. will pick an American bid city in October 2002. That city will compete with other bidding cities from around the world for the rights to the 2012 Games. There are no American cities bidding for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The IOC IOC abbr. International Olympic Committee IOC n abbr (= International Olympic Committee) → COI m IOC n abbr (= will pick that host city in July. Members of the task force will begin with a June 10-13 visit to Washington, D.C., followed by stops in Dallas (June 18-21), Houston (July 16-19), Cincinnati (July 23-26), New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (July 30-Aug. 2), Tampa, Fla. (Aug. 2-5), San Francisco (Aug. 20-23) and Los Angeles (Aug. 23-26). LEGISLATION: Backers of legal sports betting nearly pulled an upset Thursday, falling only one vote short of derailing a bill considered the chief threat in Congress to America's casino industry. The Senate Commerce Committee split 10-10 over whether to gut a bill outlawing betting on college sports, which is legal only in Nevada. The tie vote meant the bill survived and now goes to the full Senate. TENNIS: The Cal State Northridge women's tennis team will play No. 11 Fresno State in the NCAA Tournament regionals on May 12 at Fresno State. CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge (22-8) won the Big Sky Tournament for the first time and is making its NCAA Tournament debut. Fresno State (20-4) was the runner-up in the Western Athletic Conference The Western Athletic Conference (commonly referred to as the WAC, pronounced "wack") was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly . ``We're going to play our best match of the year,'' CSUN coach Gary Victor said. ``There's going to be no pressure, no expectation. If we just play to our ability and our talent, we'll see if we can do something special.'' Match time is tentatively set for 3 p.m. The winner will face either 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 (7-17) or Georgia Tech (11-11) on Sunday. - Jill Painter GYMNASTICS: UCLA's Mohini Bhardwaj, the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association floor exercise champion while leading the Bruins to a second consecutive team title, won the Honda Award as the top college woman gymnast for the 2000-01 season. Bhardwaj, an 11-time All-American and winner of the AAI AAI American Association of Immunologists. American Award as the nation's top senior gymnast, scored 39.975 in the all-around, the second-highest score in NCAA history. COLLEGES: UCLA water polo player Sean Kern and Bruins volleyball player Elisabeth Bachman are among 58 postgraduate scholarship winners announced by the NCAA. The scholarships are worth $5,000. |
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