Americans Triumph 88 62 Over South Korea in Athens
The United States defeated South Korea 88-62 in Athens as the three day world championship preliminaries closed. Yugoslavia beat Japan 99-54, Greece drew near-sellout crowds, and coach Rudy Tomjanovich cautioned the team to create its own excitement for the tournament.
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Greece
United States
South Korea
Yugoslavia
Japan
Rudy Tomjanovich
Toronto
Lithua
United States routs Korea in World Championship action
The United States beat South Korea 88 to 62 as Alexis and Edwards led with 13 points each. Hawkins and Wood contributed strong inside play while Sasser added 17. Korea was led by Moon Kyung Eun with 14. The game opened a day of round one play with the U.S. and several favorites advancing.
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Sasser
Oliver
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Garris
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Amaya
Miller
Choo
Kang
Kim
Lee
K.yang
Cho
Hyum
S.kim
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King
Chan
Hyun
Soo
Mawkins
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Nia
Jason Sasser
David Wood
Moon Kyung Eun
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Yugoslavia
Greece
Spain
Canada
Russia
Italy
Puerto Rico
Australia
Argentina
Brazil
Arturas Karnisovas
Saulius Sambergas
Jonas Kazlauskas
Tour loses another team as Pantani holds lead in Burgundy
In Autun France stage 19 of the Tour de France Magnus Backstedt won the leg becoming the first Swede to claim a stage. Pantani maintained his overall 5 minutes 42 seconds advantage over Julich and Ullrich as teams pull out amid a widening drug probe. The field shrank to 14 teams and 96 riders as Festina faces expulsion and Italian Rodolfo Massi comes under formal investigation alongside Dr Terrados Cepada.
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Paris
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Bobby Julich
United States
Jan Ullrich
Germany
Festina
Rodolfo Massi
Nicolas Terrados Cepada
Once
Sweden
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la Chaux-de-Fonds
Eldredge wins Goodwill Games gold in Uniondale men’s skating
Veteran skater Todd Eldredge delivers a flawless free skate to capture the men’s singles title at the Goodwill Games in Nassau Coliseum, amid a roaring crowd of 5,790. Timothy Goebel earns praise with a quad salchow and cites his best program yet as Russia’s Urmanov takes silver and Plushenko bronze.
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N.Y
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Eldredge
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Anton Sikharulidze
Timothy Goebel
Carol Heiss Jenkins
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Goebel
Richard Callaghan
U.S
Alexei Urmanov
Evgeni Plushenko
Russia
Urmanov
U S swimmers struggle as World All Stars rout UnionDALe
The U S men fall to 0-2 after a 78 43 loss to a World All Star team in a Goodwill Games dual meet. Bill Pilczuk, world 50 meter freestyle champ, cited mixed emotions amid the defeat. Cubans grab two of the first three boxing golds.
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East Germany
China
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Germany
Earnhardt Jr. Wins Kroger 200 at Indianapolis Raceway Park
Rookie Dale Earnhardt Jr. dominated the NASCAR Busch Grand National Kroger 200 at Indianapolis Raceway Park winning his fifth series race after starting 16th. He overtook Elliott Sadler on lap 138 of 200 as Buckshot Jones led early and Lyndon Amick briefly led midrace.
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Diermont, MD
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Buckshot Jones
Lyndon Amick
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