BRIEFLY.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Reports Report: Yao will stay in Houston Amid reports that Yao Ming has agreed to terms of a five-year contract extension worth more than $75 million, the Houston Rockets said they would conduct a conference call today. The team said Wednesday that Yao and Rockets owner Leslie Alexander would participate in the call. Rockets general manager Carroll Dawson would not confirm the agreement when reached by The Associated Press. Yao will be paid the maximum allowed under the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement The contractual agreement between an employer and a Labor Union that governs wages, hours, and working conditions for employees and which can be enforced against both the employer and the union for failure to comply with its terms. , according to the reports. The contract will be 25 percent of the salary cap, meaning the first year will be worth an estimated $12.5 million. --Prized free agent Michael Finley has decided to sign with the San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and are the current NBA Champions after defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2007 NBA Finals. . Phoenix Suns president Bryan Colangelo said he was informed of the decision by Finley's agent Henry Thomas. The Spurs did not confirm Finley's decision. --Philadelphia 76ers player and former Michigan star Chris Webber was ordered to pay a $100,000 fine, nearly two years after he pleaded guilty to a federal criminal contempt charge in the 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. booster scandal. --The Seattle SuperSonics signed free agent center Mikki Moore. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. --The Charlotte Bobcats signed guards Matt Carroll and Kevin Burleson. SOCCER: PSV Eindhoven midfielder DaMarcus Beasley, FC Dallas forward Eddie Johnson and Fulham defender Carlos Bocanegra (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 ), all returning from injury, were on the roster U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena announced for Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Mexico in Columbus, Ohio. Among the missing: oft-injured ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag (ADO stands for Alles Door Oefening, Everything Through Practice) is the main football club in the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag, with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club. midfielder John O'Brien, with a hamstring ailment. --Real Madrid signed Sevilla defender Sergio Ramos to an eight-year contract only minutes before the transfer deadline. CYCLING: The director of Canada's top anti-doping laboratory says there were serious flaws in how French authorities handled a confidential 2004 research test that led to L'Equipe's allegations that Lance Armstrong used the banned blood-boosting drug EPO EPO see erythropoietin. EPO Erythropoietin, see there in the 1999 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 . But Christiane Ayotte also says if the results can be verified, the remains of those test samples should be examined for possible doping doping, in electronics: see semiconductor. Altering the electrical conductivity of a semiconductor material, such as silicon, by chemically combining it with foreign elements. violations. HORSE RACING: Sierra Sweetie raced to her first victory in three career starts, rallying to beat 16-1 shot Prince McLean by three lengths in the $100,000 Generous Portion Stakes at Del Mar. |
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