SPORTS BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Jones adds to title haul with heavyweight win BOISE, Idaho “Boise” redirects here. For other uses, see Boise (disambiguation). Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the county seat of Ada County and the principal city of the Boise metropolitan area. - A playful, far fresher Roy Jones Jr. frustrated tired champion Prince Badi Ajamu Prince Badi Ajamu (born January 24, 1974 in Camden, NJ) — nicknamed the Boxing Prince — is best known for taking a fight against former champion Roy Jones Jr. The fight took place on July 29, 2006, with Jones winning the fight in a lopsided unanimous decision. to win the NABO NABO North American Boxing Organization NABO National Association of Boat Owners NABO North Atlantic Biocultural Organization NABO North American Basque Organizations, Inc light heavyweight title Saturday night. All three judges scored the fight 119-106 for Jones. Announced as ``arguably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter in boxing history'' before his first fight in 10 months, Jones (50-4) was merely the greater fighter in the Qwest Arena ring to win his sixth belt in four different weight classes. LeMond urges Landis to tell the truth PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. - Three-time 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 champion Greg LeMond says the doping doping, in electronics: see semiconductor. Altering the electrical conductivity of a semiconductor material, such as silicon, by chemically combining it with foreign elements. charges against fellow American Floyd Landis could be ``what cycling has needed for many years'' in order to discourage cheating. ``If he is confirmed positive, I hope he has the courage to tell the truth,'' LeMond said in an interview with French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche released on Saturday. ``He alone can change the face of the sport today. His example could be a symbol of change.'' In a veiled reference to seven-time winner Lance Armstrong, long dogged by doping allegations, LeMond added: ``I hope that (Landis) won't do what another American did: Deny, deny, deny.'' Bar fight could keep Razorback from opener FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Arkansas tailback Darren McFadden, a first-team all-SEC selection, underwent surgery on his toe Saturday morning following an overnight bar fight and is doubtful for the Razorbacks' season opener against Southern California. McFadden got into a fight at 4:20 a.m. Saturday in the parking lot of Palace the Club, a Little Rock private club, according to a police report. Clijsters, Schnyder reach Bank of West final STANFORD, Calif. - Top-seeded Kim Clijsters overcame a rocky first set to beat Czech teen Nicole Vaidisova 7-5, 6-2 on Saturday to reach her fifth straight championship match at the Bank of the West Classic The Bank of the West Classic is a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Stanford, California, United States. The 2007 event will be held from July 23 to July 29. Held since 1971, the tournament is played on outdoor hardcourts. . Clijsters will face second-seeded Patty Schnyder, a 7-6 (4), 6-1 winner over unseeded Tatiana Golovin in Saturday's late match to set up the first final between the top two seeds in two years. Preakness winner rolls to Jim Dandy victory SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Bernardini blew away the field in the Jim Dandy Stakes The Jim Dandy Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race. The Grade II race has been held annually since 1964 at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The race is open to horses age three, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday. In his first start since winning the May 20 Preakness, a race everyone remembers as the one in which Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro shattered his right hind leg, Bernardini won by nine lengths over Minister's Bid. - From Register-Guard and news service reports |
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