Two Decades of Sports Milestones Across 1964 to 1999
Highlights include Mickey Wright winning the U S Women's Open by two strokes over Ruth Jessen in 1964 with a fourth title, Mary Decker setting an American 1500 meter mark at 4 01 17 in Stuttgart in 1980, Noureddine Morcell breaking the 1500 meter world record in Nice in 1995 with 3 27 37, France winning the 1998 World Cup 3 0 over Brazil, and the 1999 U S men’s basketball team claiming its sixth World University Games gold by routing Yugoslavia 79 65.
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Cuba to send rowing team to Olympics amid training halt
Comedian Conan O'Brien quotes a 66 Cuba line saying the country will send a rowing team to the Olympics. The team began training last month but has not been seen since, prompting questions about their status and plans.
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Olympic swimmer shanteau fights cancer to race at Olympics
Eric Shanteau revealed he has testicular cancer a week before the U S Olympic trials and chose to compete in Beijing before surgery delaying treatment. Doctors cleared him to swim the trials and he finished second in the 200 meter breaststroke securing a spot for the U S team.
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Purdue University
Orioles scout fired amid MLB gambling probe
The Baltimore Orioles dismissed a top cross-checker, Alan Marr, after Major League Baseball’s new investigative unit tied him to a gambling probe. Marr was the team’s national cross-checker and led the scouting directory.
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Bonds Is Not a Victim in a Fixed Conspiracy
Newsday argues Barry Bonds has no right to a universal pity, facing perjury and obstruction charges, aging knees, and a steroid era stigma. With Diamondbacks and Mets wavering, Bonds remains unemployed as NL races heat up, and teams weigh public image against talent.
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Bonds
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