CHATTER: BURBANK DUE FOR BIG NAMES.Byline: Lee Barnathan Staff Writer Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. won the Challenger tennis tournament in Burbank in 1997, when his ranking had sunk to around 150. It was the first tournament he won on his way back to the top. Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is the top-ranked American player and fifth-ranked player in the world as of October 1, 2007. He finished sixth in the 2006 ATP Race. won the tournament last year and now he's in the top 20. This year, will Michael Chang Michael Te-Pei Chang (張德培; Pinyin: Zhāng Dépéi; born February 22 1972, in Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American former professional tennis player. and Todd Martin For the musician of the same name, see . Todd Christopher Martin (born July 8 1970, in Hinsdale, Illinois) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. regain their form? Will Taylor Dent and his 146-mph serve use this tournament as a springboard? The Burbank Challenger tournament begins Monday at the Burbank Tennis Center, 1530 N. Glenoaks Blvd. The final is Sunday. Tickets are available for as low as $5 for the early rounds. ... Five Palmdale football players, quarterback Jacob McCravey, lineman Jason McGaughy, linebackers Kenneth Raught and Peter Mata and tight end/fullback Matt Bishoff will be benched for part of Friday's game against Lancaster. All are expected to play. ... The problems at Hoover High in Glendale go beyond wins and losses, football coach Rob Swartz has discovered in his two seasons at the helm. True, Hoover has won fewer games than any other area school since 1990 (among schools the Daily News covers). This season is sadly typical: 0-6-1 heading into tonight's game with Muir of Pasadena. Swartz said his squad can't stop teams with speed, such as Muir. But the real problem, Swartz said, is a lack of academic support. Swartz said 27 of his 35 varsity players are failing at least one class, and 58 of the 75 on the lower levels are in the same predicament. One of his goals is to improve the support. Here's hoping the administration and Glendale school district Glendale School District may refer to one of the school districts in the United States:
Westlake already has lost starting cornerback Chad Spears to a knee injury. Now, the Warriors will be without safety Casey Voelker for Friday's game against Royal of Simi Valley. Voelker broke his arm and is out indefinitely. ... Maybe now Sylmar coach Jeff Engilman has seen everything. Kicker Jose Diaz left Friday's game in the first half because he had to go to work - he plays in a band and it had a gig somewhere in Los Angeles. So Engilman used Jovany Alzaga for kickoffs and Job Sanchez for PATs. ... What do the names Rosemarie Finnigan-Rahn, Adam Kennedy, Frank Slaton, Scia Maumausolo, Patricia De La Riva and Joel Schaeffer have in common? They were inducted into the Cal State Northridge Hall of Fame. Finnigan-Rahn played volleyball and ran track in the 1970s. Kennedy played baseball from 1995-97 and plays for the Angels. Slaton played baseball in 1970-71 and was the MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. of the 1970 team that won the Division II national title. He later coached at Antelope Valley High and Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. . Maumausolo was a softball catcher from 1993-96, and led the team to three consecutive 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 titles and the 1994 NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I final. She holds the school's career records with 46 homers, 163 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in and 36 doubles. De La Riva played basketball from 1978-82 and finished her career as the school's second-leading scorer with 1,122 points in 100 games. Schaeffer, the former Reseda High football coach, was a center/linebacker/kicker in the first three seasons, 1962-64. His PAT gave Northridge a 7-6 win over UC Riverside in the Matadors' first football game. Staff Writers Chris Cocoles, Gerry Gittelson and Gideon Rubin contributed to this report. |
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