BRIEFLY.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services Hall of Fame jockey Day calls it a career Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day is retiring, bringing to an end one of horse racing's greatest and most lucrative careers. Day, who won the 1992 Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby One of the classic U.S. Thoroughbred horse races. It was established in 1875 and run annually on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky. With the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, it makes up U.S. racing's coveted Triple Crown. aboard Lil E. Tee Lil E. Tee was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1992 scored one of the biggest upsets in the history of the Kentucky Derby. A bay colt, Lil E. Tee was bred in Pennsylvania by Lawrence I. Littman. , has 8,804 victories and is the career money leader with purses totaling $297,941,912. His 32-year racing career comes to a close just months after the 51-year-old returned to racing after hip surgery. Day's agent, Doc Danner, said the jockey will make an official announcement this morning at Churchill Downs Churchill Downs, Ky.: see Louisville. in Louisville, Ky. Track spokesman John Asher confirmed a news conference was scheduled and said Day would discuss his future. ``He's just at a plateau in his life where the Lord's calling him off to do other things,'' Danner told the Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. . Day made the decision while convalescing alone in a cabin along the Kentucky River Kentucky River Tributary of the Ohio River in north-central Kentucky, U.S. It is formed by the confluence of North, Middle, and South forks, which originate in the Cumberland Mountains. It is navigable along its 259-mi (417-km) course by means of locks. this week, Danner said Wednesday. Day's decision came after he missed his first Kentucky Derby in 21 years, then cut back on his riding schedule this winter and spring. BASKETBALL: Muggsy Bogues Tyrone Curtis Bogues (born January 9 1965, in Baltimore, Maryland), better known as Muggsy Bogues, is a retired American professional basketball point guard and former head coach of the now-defunct Charlotte Sting of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). was hired Wednesday as coach of the struggling Charlotte Sting, replacing Trudi Lacey who will remain as the team's general manager. Bogues ran practice Wednesday and was introduced at a news conference. Charlotte has the WNBA's worst record at 3-21. Standing just 5-foot-3, Bogues endeared himself to basketball fans in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. - first at Wake Forest then with the NBA's Charlotte Hornets - with his determined play at point guard. SOCCER: Three-time FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f World Player of the Year Zinedine Zidane, who led France to triumphs at the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship, is coming out of international retirement to help the French qualify for the 2006 World Cup. Zidane, a Real Madrid midfielder who was acclaimed in two polls last year the greatest European player in history, confirmed his return to France's national team on his Web site. ``The French team has given me so much, and I want to help it,'' he said on www.zidane.fr. TENNIS: Marat Safin, ranked fourth in the world, has pulled out of next week's Rogers Cup in Montreal to give his surgically repaired left knee extra time to heal. Safin underwent minor surgery following Wimbledon and needs at least one more week of rest before he returns to competition, his agent told tournament officials Wednesday. Top-ranked Roger Federer, the defending champion in Montreal, pulled out of the tournament last month with a foot injury. BUSINESS: Adidas-Salomon AG said it has agreed to buy Reebok Ree´bok` n. 1. (Zool.) The peele. International Ltd. for $59 a share that combines two major brands with links to both athletics and lifestyle. That was a healthy 34 percent premium over Reebok's closing price Tuesday. COLLEGE: Sam Lagana has been promoted to assistant vice chancellor for athletics at Pepperdine. |
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