L.A. BEAT : HORSE RACING BAFFERT WINS AT HOLLYWOOD.Trainer Bob Baffert, who watched Silver Charm come up just short in a bid for the Triple Crown, returned to the winner's circle Monday when he saddled Argolid, the winner of Hollywood Park's $62,640 feature race. Baffert, who had been on the East Coast with Silver Charm for most of the past two months, was welcomed back by a standing ovation from the crowd when he went into the winner's circle. ?13Daily News Wire Services COLLEGE BASEBALL Damwijk picks Memphis Hiram Damwijk, the Western State Conference Player of the Year in baseball this past season at College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. , has signed a national letter of intent with Memphis. Damwijk, a former Sylmar High School Sylmar High School is a public school in the northeast San Fernando Valley in the Sylmar district of Los Angeles, California. Established in the 1950s, it is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, District 2, and serves more than 3,600 students in grades 9-12. star, hit .426 as a shortstop in leading Canyons to the WSC WSC Winter Symposium on Chemometrics WSC Winter Simulation Conference WSC Wayne State College WSC Westfield State College (Westfield, MA) WSC Western State College (Colorado) championship. He also was heavily recruited by Pepperdine. ``Me and Elvis will be playing shortstop,'' he joked about attending Memphis. ``I really liked the school. I'm excited to go out there.'' Memphis plays in Conferense USA and is trying to build a top NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I program. ?13Eric Sondheimer CLIPPERS Brewer to DePaul? Clippers assistant coach Jim Brewer has been contacted about the coaching position at DePaul University. Brewer, who played college ball at Minnesota, and in the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= with the Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers and Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers are a professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise, based in Portland throughout its existence, entered the league in 1970 and has won the NBA Championship once, in 1977. , has been a Clippers assistant for three seasons. Coach Bill Fitch, resigned to the notion he might lose one of his assistants, allowed both Brewer and Barry Hecker to interview for positions. ``They are both good guys,'' Fitch said. ``And I hope one of them lands a good job.'' Longtime DePaul coach Joey Meyer resigned in April. Brewer was an assistant at nearby Northwestern in the late '80s. ?13Gary Washburn |
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