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Venus Stops Serena for U.S. Open Title
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Jordan Hints at Return
C H IC A G O — M ichael Jordan has dropped m ore hints
that his return to the N BA is im m inent. In a conversation,
w hich included reporters from the Chicago Sun- Times and
cn n si.co m , Jordan confirm ed that a new s conference has
been planned for W ashington, D .C .,in th e n e x t 1 O daysto
announce his decision.
VerplankScores First Victory of
Yearin Canada
M O N T R E A L — Scott V erplank sank tw o clutch birdie
putts in th e final round and held on to w in the C anadian
O pen. V erplank closed w ith a 3-under 67 and w on for the
first tim e this year, beating Bob Estes and Joey Sindelar by
three strokes. John Daly was tied for the lead after nine holes
and finished fourth, four strokes back.
Hewitt Heads Off Samprasfor
U.S. Open Crown
N E W Y O R K — L leyton H ew itt o f A u stralia sw ept past
Pete Sampras, clinching his first Grand Slam cham pionship
w ith a 7-6 (7-4), 6 -1,6-1 victory in the U .S. O pen final.
Hewitt, a 20-year-old Austral ian, coolly ripped one w inner
after another as Sam pras m ade ju st five w inners and 38
unforced errors. It m arked the first year since 1992 that
Sam pras h as failed to w in a m ajor title.
U.S. Basketball Team Wins
Goodwill Gold
B R IS B A N E , A ustralia — T h e U nited States bounced
back from a near-upset against Brazil in the semifinals to win
thebasketball gold medal at the Goodwill Gam es, defeating
A rgentina 91 -63. Jerm aine O ’Neal led the A m ericans with
14 points w hile Shaw n M arion finished with 13.
Islanders’Yashin to Sign
Landmark Contract
T he N ew Y ork Islanders have m ade center A lexei Y ashin
the richest player in N H L history. T h e form er O ttaw a
S enator w ill earn $87.5 m illion o v er the next 10 years.
Y ashin w as acquired from the O ttaw a Senators in June for
the second overall pick in the N H L draft (Jason Spezza)
along w ith w in g er Bill M uckalt and defencsem an Zdeno
Chara.
Report: Elliott Reti ri ng f or TV
TU C SO N , Ariz. - Sean Elliott,t he first person to play in the
N B A after undergoing a kidney transplant, signed a tw o-
year contract to be the San A ntonio S purs TV A nalyst,
apparently ending his 12-year N B A career, the A rizona
D aily S tar” reported on its W eb site. E lliott, 33, w as not
available fo r com m ent. H is business m anager, A rm ando
Rios, told the paper that Elliott “hasn ’ t com pletely closed
the door on returning to action, but at this tim e is com m itted
to startin g ab ro ad castin g career.”
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VANPORT
FOOTBALL CLASSIC
September 20 -22,2001
N EW Y O RK — A fterap o ised
V enus W illiam s sch o o led her
younger sibling on A rthur A she
Stadium in the U.S. O pen w om en’s
final, the elder jo g g ed to the net
even as Serena W illiam s was re
trieving her im patiently tossed
racket. Reunited, the sisters hugged
and as the crow d roared above
them, Venus said softly in Serena’s
ear," 1 love you, all right?’' It was all
right. W ith her careful play and
flawless serve, fourth-seeded V e
nus W illiams, 21, defeated 19-year-
old Serena W illiams 6-2,6-4.
For one hour an d nine m in
utes, they were com petitors. O nce
it w as over, they co uld go back to
being sisters.
V enus W illiam s successfully
defended her2000 W imbledon and
U.S. O pen cham pionships and
netted $850,000 in prize money.
She earned it w ith an 103 mph
average first serve, five m ph faster
than Serena W illiam s.
T he P ortland T rail B lazers re
cently announced their 2001-02
television broadcast schedule.
B lazers fans throughout the
state o f O regon and Southw est
W ashington will be treated to over
50BlazersCableNetwork(ASCN).
T here w ill be 53 preseason and
reg u lar season gam e telecasts,
including 25 gam es broadcast live
from the Rose G arden.
T he Blazers announced that
new regional cable sports chan
nel, Action Sports Cable Network,
w ill carry the biggest schedule o f
cable gam es the B lazers have ever
offered, starting w ith an opening
night m atch-up w ith the tw o-tim e
Serena W illiam s’ w inningper-
centage on first serves is gener
ally around 70% , but against a
competitor intimately familiar with
h er strength and strategy, it fell to
53% . She w as successful at the
net, but w as pinned to the baseline
too often to approach at will.
In her ninth W TA T our event
o f the year, Serena Williams hasn't
played enough to get her ranking
higher than No. 10. She reached
the quarterfinals each tim e she
played, but her relaxed approach
to h er schedule this year raised
questions. She answ ered with
each subsequent win.
Serena had by far the toughest
path through the w o m en ’s draw .
She tu rn ed back six th -seed ed
Justine B enin in the fourth round, t
No. 3 Lindsay D avenport next and
top-seeded M artina Hingis.
V enus W illiam s d id n ’t drop a
set to any player — including No.
2 JenniferCapnati whom W illiams
defeated in the semifinal.
defending W orld C ham pions Los
A ngeles Lakers, live from the
S taple Center.
In addition to opening night,
A SC N w ill carry heavily antici
pated m atch-ups w ith W estern
C onference rivals San A ntonio
(Nov. 3), Sacram ento (Jan. 22 &
M ar.4),D allas(Feb. 13& M ar. 14)
a n d U ta h (N o v .6 & D e c .27). Sev
eral E astern C onference pow ers
will also be seen on A SC N , includ
ing M ilw aukee (Nov. 30), Toronto
(Jan. 2), M iam i (Jan. 17) and New
Y o rk (A p ril4 ). Blazers preseason
contents w ith the U tah Jazz and
H ouston Rockets w ill also appear
on the new cable netw ork. For the
sixth year, KGW -TV willcarryBlaz-
ers hom e and aw ay gam es, beg in
ning w ith a preseason contest
against Pacific Division rival Sac
ram ento K ings on O ctober 12.
As a part ofK G W -TV 's 26 Blaz
ers gam es, fans will see the B laz
ers hom e-opener with the G olden
State W arriors (Oct. 31), new
B lazer D erek A nderson ’ s first trip
b ac k to S an A ntonio(D ec. 19)and
head coach M aurice Cheeks re
turn to Philadelphia (Feb.25). KGE-
TV will also broadcast greatmatch-
ups w ith M innesota (Feb. 6 &
Mar. 23 ), the Lakers ( Mar. 29 ) an d .
the T oronto Raptors (Mar. 1).
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D EN V ER (A P) — San
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his 61st, 62nd and 63rd home
runs, breaking Roger M aris’
record for most homers in a
season by a left-handed hitter.
With homer No. 61 in the
first inning. Bonds matched
M aris' then m ajor league-
record 61 homers for the New
Y ork Y ankees i n 1961. Bonds
broke the mark with No. 62 in
the fifth.
Bonds also became the fast
est to reach 62 homers, doing it
in his 144th gam e. M ark
McGwire needed 145 games
to reach 62 when he broke
Maris’ record by hitting 70
homers in 1998.
In the first, on a 1-1 count,
Bonds launched a 488-foot solo
shot o ff C o lo rad o ’s Scott
Elarton. Bonds’ soaring drive
struck a beer sign beyond the
center-field wall.
It was the third-longest
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In the fifth, Bonds lined a 2-
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The Williams sisters after a grueling face-off. Venus
Williams (right) proudly holds up her U.S. Open Cup
while Serena looks on.
Bonds Hits Nos. 61, 62, 63
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