Drive of a champion in Southwest Kansas Pro-Am
Rob Houston describes a Pro-Am team effort led by Dr. Grant Larkin Greg Meisel and Doug Keller with Rich Morris and Marcus Jones as pros. The group shoots 24 under, rallies from a rough first day to claim the title amid strong winds and brutal pin placements at Buffalo Dunes and Southwind.
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Southwest Kansas
Grant Larkin
Greg Meisel
Doug Keller
Rich Morris
Marcus Jones
Southwind
Buffalo Dunes
Larkin
Meisel
Keller
Champ
Jones
Catherine Zeta- Jones
Paul Parker
Holcomb junior Katt wins two golds at AAU Junior Olympics
Holcomb teen Kale Katt, 16, finally becomes the top performer at Hampton Roads Virginia, winning intermediate shot put and javelin golds at the 2001 AAU Junior Olympic Games. He had earlier finished fifth in decathlon and struggled in discus, ending fifth overall with 5023 points.
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Kale Katt
Katt
Holcomb
Hampton Roads
Chiefs miss scrimmage as Vikings funeral cancels practice
Kansas City coach Dick Vermeil could not watch a planned two day session with Minnesota in Mankato after Vikings players and staff traveled to Korey Stringer's funeral in Warren Ohio. Stringer's death from heat stroke followed two days of extreme heat in River Falls. Vermeil worried the lost live contact work would hinder progress while heat shortened Monday's practice to 40 minutes. Injuries to receivers Derrick Alexander Dante Hall Tony Horne Marvin Minnis also weighed on the outlook as KC returned to work.
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Chiefs
Vermeil
Vikings
River Falls
National Weather Service
Derrick Alexander
Dante Hall
Tony Horne
Marvin Minnis
Hall
Kansas City Chiefs
Derrick Ransom
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Broncos face injuries as Davis and Griffith miss practice
Denver Broncos sidelined running back Terrell Davis with hamstring tightness and knee swelling while fullback Howard Griffith deals with a pinched neck nerve causing numbness in his arm. Coach Mike Shanahan called Griffith the bigger concern as MRI was normal but treatment continues.
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Greeley
Colo
Denver Broncos
Terrell Davis
Howard Griffith
Davis
Griffith
Mike Shanahan
Anthony Lynn
Pintusevich-Block dethrones Jones in 100m World final
Zhanna Pintusevich-Block of Ukraine defeated Marion Jones twice in Edmonton to claim the World Championship 100 meters, finishing in 10.82 seconds and ending Jones’s two-time defending title streak. The victory marks the first time since 1997 a woman has beaten Jones in a 100 final.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Marion Jones
Zhanna Pintusevich-Block
Jones
Pintusevich- Block
Pintusevich-Block
Athens
Heat winds crown 22nd Southwest Kansas Pro-Am winner
Chris Kessler of Scottsdale won the 22nd Southwest Kansas Pro-Am with even par 71 and a $12 000 prize as Mother Nature delivered 100 degree heat and escalating winds. Collin Stoops shot 69 to tie for fifth and Pat Fry, who posted a 70, was the lone runner-up to break par on Sunday amid a final-round 75 2. The event at Southwind Country Club faced wild gusts and near record heat throughout.
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Southwest Kansas
Chris Kessler
Scottsdale
Ariz
Collin Stoops
Bella Vista
Ark
Pat Fry
Fort Collins
Colo
Southwind Country Club
Kansas Golf Association
Pro-Am woes highlight tough wind driven rounds
Ponca City’s John Bizik led the Pro-Am after 36 holes for the second straight year but failed to win after an 8 over par 78. He blamed gusting wind for drifting shots, saying the wind moved a crucial putt left and left him out of contention. Only seven of 50 players managed to break 80 as conditions proved brutally difficult.
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John Bizik
Ponca City
Okla
Bizik
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