Blackwell perfect leads Iowa to doubleheader sweep
Chad Blackwell pitched a seven inning perfect game in Iowa 4-0 win over Northwestern. The junior from Great Falls Montana moved to 5-7 and became Iowa’s first perfect against a Big Ten foe, needing 69 pitches with six strikeouts. Kurt Vinten and Brian Bucklin had two hit games. In the second game Ryan Prahm allowed five hits over six innings while Alex Dvorsky doubled and drove in two runs.
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Lewis Knocks Out Grant in Second Round at Madison Square Garden
Lennox Lewis, the British heavyweight champion, knocked down Michael Grant four times and stopped him in 2:53 of the second round at Madison Square Garden. The ruling came after a first-round knockdown and a late second-round flurry that left Grant unable to rise before the count. Lewis improved to a dominant weekend following his fighter of the year honor for 1999 before 17,324 fans.
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USA Dominates Penn Relays with World Record Relay Time
The United States swept the men’s and women’s 400 800 and 1600 meter relays at the Penn Relays led by Marion Jones Maurice Greene and Michael Johnson. The women’s 800 posted a world record 1 27.46 breaking the 1 28.15 mark set twenty years earlier. Jones also anchored the winning 400 relay in 42.33.
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Czechs pace Penguins rally past Flyers in 4-1 win
Robert Lang and Jaromir Jagr each scored twice as the Penguins topped the Flyers 4-1 in Philadelphia to grab a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Goaltender Ron Tugnutt stopped 44 shots as Pittsburgh dominated despite outshot.
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Day Sparks Suns Rally Past Spurs in Playoff Opener
Todd Day scored all 16 fourth-quarter points to lift the Phoenix Suns over the San Antonio Spurs 101-94 in Phoenix. Penny Hardaway notched his first playoff triple double as Phoenix erased a 10-point deficit after three quarters and took a 2-1 series lead. Tim Duncan sat out with a knee injury.
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Ball linked to Wilt Chamberlain 100-point game questioned
Philadelphia tale questions authenticity of the famous ball used in Wilt Chamberlain’s 1962 100-point night. Harvey Pollack, then Warriors statistician, doubts the New York auctioned ball matches the record ball once kept in Philadelphia. Efforts focus on proving or finding the original ball and related memorabilia.
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