BRIEFLY WASHINGTON BACK COMMITS TO USC.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. has received an oral commitment from running back David Kirtman of Mercer Island, Wash. Kirtman (6-foot-1, 215 pounds) gained 1,311 yards and scored 18 touchdowns for Mercer Island High, and selected the Trojans over Cal. ``He's a good solid player that has a lot of upside to him,'' said recruiting analyst Rick Kimbrel of PrepStar magazine. ``He'll make our top 350 (players) team.'' USC has now received three commitments. -Scott Wolf BOXING: Heavyweight contender David Tua, who hopes to challenge champion Lennox Lewis late this year, will face Obed Sullivan in a tuneup fight on June 3 on Showtime. The site of the bout has not been determined. COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Jamal Crawford has told University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. officials that he will make himself eligible for the June 28 NBA draft. Crawford, who led the Wolverines in scoring as a freshman despite sitting out six games because of a suspension, said his decision is being made ``simply to take a look at (the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= ) opportunity'' but that it would not close the door on returning to Michigan. --Geno Auriemma, who led Connecticut to the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association women's championship this season, has been chosen coach of the USA Basketball women's junior world championship qualifying team. The USA junior national team trials will be June 9-12. Training camp begins July 14 to prepare for the junior world championship qualifying tournament in Argentina. --Sophomore twin sisters Chassie and Cherrith Wiersma have left Oregon State's women's basketball team over a rift with their coach. FOOTBALL: Todd Marinovich will start at quarterback for the Avengers on Thursday night when they play an Arena Football League game against the Arizona Rattlers in Phoenix. HORSE RACING: Steve Cauthen,who as an 18-year-old rode Affirmed to the Triple Crown in 1978, plans to end a seven-year retirement and ride in the High Hope Steeplechase steeplechase Either of two distinct sporting events: (1) a horse race over a closed course with obstacles, including hedges and walls; or (2) a footrace of 3,000 m over hurdles and a water jump. this month at the Kentucky Horse Park The Kentucky Horse Park is a working horse farm and an educational theme park opened in 1978 in Lexington, Kentucky. . ``My oldest daughter had said to me, `Dad, I never got to see you ride,' and I said, `I'm retired now, so I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if you ever will,' '' said Cauthen. ``Then she said, `I bet you would have been good.' So I thought maybe one day I'd ride for her. Now it's worked out where I'm going to be able to do that for my daughters.'' ALSO: Lance Armstrong plans to defend his title in the Tour de France Tour de France World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and this summer despite suffering a concussion during a crash. Armstrong fell Friday while training in the Pyrenees Mountains of France. He missed a turn when his front tire hit a sharp rock in the road, causing a blowout. |
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