NHL draft shows Canadian core as global talent grows
The draft highlighted a Canadian-dominated first round with 16 Canadians and five of the top six picks. Europeans and Americans followed, while Alaska and Switzerland produced notable selections. Detroit praised European talent as the league expands to 30 teams, and Austria marked its first draft presence since 1995 with Gregor Baumgartner.
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Montreal Canadiens
Gregor Baumgartner
Martin Hohenberger
Canada
Western Hockey League
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Baumgartner
Blundell Wins Closest Indy Car Finish at Portland
English driver Mark Blundell edged Gil de Ferran by 0.027 seconds at Portland International Raceway in the Budweiser G.I. Joe's 200 as rain gave way to slicks. Raul Boesel was third with Greg Moore and Paul Tracy, who spun twice, failing to threaten in the drying race.
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Tracy
Greg Moore
Maple Ridge
B.C
Els wins Buick Classic after US Open repeat
Els defeats Jeff Maggert by two strokes at the Westchester Country Club to become the first wire-to-wire PGA Tour repeat champion since 1979. He tops the field after overcoming a rain delay and shaky putter and rises to No. 1 in the Sony world rankings.
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Westchester Country Club
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Carlsbad
Calif
Hale Irwin
Tiger Woods
Pioneer League and Blue Jays tied to player losses and trades
The report notes Anthony Sanders mourns his wife Denise who died in a skiing accident. It also covers a court order forcing Joe Buzas to pay $2 million to the Pioneer League and Salt Lake Trappers after his Salt Lake PCL franchise took Trapper territory in 1998.
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Knoxville News Sentinel
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Lorenzo de la Cruz
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Sandy Martinez
Jeff Patzke
Michael Romano
Mark Sievert
Chris Carpenter
Knoxville
Ben Candelaria
Rickey Cradle
Dave Morgan
Angel Ramirez
Julio Mosquera
Kevin Witt
Carlos Almanzar
Joe Young
Jay Vennard
John Curl
Mike Peeples
Craig Stone
Chris Woodward
Jonathan Rivers
Kelvin Escobar
Steve Sinclair
Hagerstown
Stan Baston
Tim Giles
Rob Hampton
Jeff Maloney
Josh Phelps
Andy Shatley
Symmion Willis
Nestor Opens Wimbledon Run Against Tim Henman
Nestor, a 24 year old Toronto player, begins Wimbledon on Court 1 versus Britain's Tim Henman after a Nottingham Open exit to Grant Stafford. He hopes his big serve offsets grass rust and Henman faces pressure to repeat 1996 quarter final form. Patricia Hy Boulais of Montreal faces Miho Saeki, Sebastien Lareau and Rene Simpson expected to play Tuesday with Lareau meeting Paul Haarhuis and Simpson facing Sabine Appelmans.
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Japan
Sebastien Lareau
Rene Simpson
Lareau
Paul Haarhuis
Simpson
Sabine Appelmans
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