BRIEFLY.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services New Jersey won't OK King Don King wants back in the fight game in New Jersey, but the state's boxing commission is fighting back. The state Division of Gaming Enforcement said it wants to question the famed boxing promoter about his dealings with former IBF IBF See: International Banking Facility president Robert W. Lee Sr. before recommending him for a license. ``I want to be in New Jersey, but in New Jersey you're guilty until proven innocent,'' King said Friday. King, who has endured a rocky relationship with New Jersey casino regulators through the years, was banned from doing business with Atlantic City Atlantic City, city (1990 pop. 37,986), Atlantic co., SE N.J., an Atlantic resort and convention center; settled c.1790, inc. 1854. Situated on Absecon Island, a barrier island 10 mi (16. casinos last year after asking to withdraw his application for a new casino service industry license. The Division of Gaming Enforcement, which acts as police and prosecutor in gambling law cases, says King has made a mockery of the licensing process, repeatedly applying for licenses and exploiting a loophole allowing him to promote fights while regulators did background investigations on him and his company, Don King Productions. TRACK: Stanford's women ran past Villanova to win its second consecutive 6,000-meter relay title in 17:38.16 at the Penn Relays The Penn Relays (also Penn Relays Carnival) is the oldest and largest track and field carnival in the United States, hosted annually since April 21, 1895 by the University of Pennsylvania at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. in Philadelphia. JURISPRUDENCE: Former NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= star Shawn Kemp Shawn T. Kemp (born November 26, 1969, in Elkhart, Indiana) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He is widely regarded as one of the best slam dunkers of all-time. was charged with one count of possession of more than 40 grams of marijuana in Seattle. YACHTING: A northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern group called Sausalito Challenge couldn't finalize a sponsorship deal by the entry deadline for the 2007 America's Cup, leaving just one U.S.-based syndicate, BMW Oracle Racing BMW Oracle Racing is an American sailboat racing syndicate, initially formed to compete in the 2003 America’s Cup under the name Oracle. The syndicate is backed primarily by Larry Ellison, who made his billions from Oracle’s database software. of San Francisco, to compete for the oldest trophy in international sports. SOCCER: Robert Hoyzer, the referee who triggered Germany's biggest game-fixing scandal in more than 30 years, was banned for life by the German soccer federation. He admitted in January that he received $87,000 from Croatian gamblers to fix games. He has confessed to manipulating four games and trying to rig three others. --Jewish leaders demanded that Argentine authorities take action against a club whose fans waved flags emblazoned with swastikas at a professional match. Television images showed fans of the second-division club Talleres waving the flags ahead of the team's match Thursday against rival Gimnasia de Jujuy in the central city of Cordoba cor·do·ba n. See Table at currency. [American Spanish córdoba, after Francisco Fernández de Córdoba (1475?-1526?), Spanish explorer.] Noun 1. . HOCKEY: Mike Modano of the Dallas Stars was named captain and the Kings' Aaron Miller is one of the alternate captains for the U.S. team that will start competition Sunday against Slovenia at the world championships in Austria. BASKETBALL: Pepperdine signed point guards Mike Gerrity of Santa Ana High and Gregg Barlow of Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Ore. The Waves are in need of a point guard after Alex Acker made himself eligible for the NBA draft earlier this month. Gerrity was named the CIF Southern Section CIF Southern Section (commonly abbreviated as CIFSS) is the largest of the ten sections which comprise the California Interscholastic Federation. Its membership includes most public and private high schools in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Division II player of the year after averaging 19.5 points and 5.3 assists per game. Barlow averaged 19 points and seven rebounds last year. -Jill Painter |
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