CYBERSPORTS ANYONE NEED A USED BASH BROTHERS POSTER?Byline: - Tom Hoffarth Until he comes out with his tell-all book that's supposed to blow the lid off steroid use in major-league baseball, former slugger Jose Canseco has figured out a way to make a few extra bucks while serving a two-year house-arrest sentence for a parole violation. Want to come over and hang out with him? Got a couple of grand? On his official site - www.josecanseco.com - the star-crossed slugger has started to sell off stuff that he's collected over his 17-year playing career. A World Series ring with the Yankees from 2000. His 1988 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. award. The 40th home run bat and 40th stolen base from his 40-40 season. A trophy for winning the All-Star Game's home run hitting contest. Pictures of him with Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton. Jim Ames, a computer expert in Columbia, S.C., who is in charge of Canseco's Web site, has been taking inventory of mementos owned by the six-time All-Star who retired in the middle of the 2002 season just 38 homers short of 500. Currently, the only thing up for bidding on the site is an opportunity to spend one afternoon with Canseco at his south Florida home. The auction, which ends Saturday, has a starting bid of $2,500 (cashier's check cashier's check n. a check issued by a bank on its own account for the amount paid to the bank by the purchaser with a named payee, and stating the name of the party purchasing the check (the remitter). or money order only). His suggestions on what to do with him while he's confined to his mansion is let him give you a martial-arts lesson or have a cookout by the pool. --An eBay.com item offering a chance for someone age 6 to 12 to be an honorary bat boy or girl for the Angels for their May 8 home game against Cleveland went last week for a mere $11,550. --Yahoo! Sports' baseball site (http://sports.yahoo.com.mlb) has hired former Cy Young Award winner and Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame High of Sherman Oaks star Jack McDowell --ESPN.com (50 percent) and NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= .com (16 percent) have collected the most votes so far as two of the five sports nominees for the seventh annual Webby Award, given to the world's best sites. Surfline.com and the official sites for the America's Cup America's Cup: see sailing. America's Cup Most prestigious trophy in international yachting competition. First offered under another name in Britain in 1851, the cup was won easily by the America from New York and subsequently became known as the (americascup.yahoo.com) and 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 (www.letour.fr/2002/us/index.html) also are listed on the ballot at www.WebbyAwards.com for open voting through May 16. Write-ins also are permitted. The winner will be announced June 5. --The ``Keep Roy at KU'' petition on www.petitiononline.com, an attempt to convince someone that Roy Williams should remain as Kansas' basketball coach and not leave for 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. , has collected more than 9,500 cybersignatures through Sunday. |
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