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th ree A m eric an s in th e ev e n t
co uld be co n ten d ers in th e ir first
O lym pics.
J o h n s o n ’s 5 2 .9 5 s e c o n d s ,
Brenda Taylor's 53.36 and Lashinda
D em us’ 53.43 are the three fastest
in the world this year.
"I know ev e ry b o d y ’s g o in g to
com e a fter me, so I guess I ’ve ju st
g ot to ru n ,” Jo h n so n said . “ I
know we have the best h u rd lers
in the w orld, so as long as I know
that, I th in k I ’ll be O K .”
Jo h n so n ’s tim e w as the fastest
ev er by an A m erican on U .S. soil
and ju st a shade o ff the A m erican
reco rd o f 5 2 .61 s e tb y K im B a tto n
nine years ago.
SACRAMENTO 0
(A P ) — S h een a John so n is o ff
to A thens, and not ju st as a young
h u rd ler in h er first O lym pics.
H er im pressive perform ance at
the U .S. track and field trials S u n ­
day ce m en ts her p o sitio n as one
o f the favorites fo ra g o ld m edal in
th e 4 0 0 -m e te rh u rd le s. In fact, all
O n ly o n e ru n n er has a faster
tim e in the past fiv e y ears - R u s­
sian Y u liy a P ech e n k in a in h er
w o rld reco rd 5 2 .3 4 last year.
Jo h n so n tu rn ed it on in the
final few m eters.
"I ju s t to ld m y se lf at the eig h th
h u rd le I w as g o in g to run all out,
no m a tte r w hat leg cam e u p," she
said.
J o h n s o n , w h o h e lp e d th e
U C L A w om en w in the N C A A
c h a m p io n sh ip w ith a first-p lace
fin ish at the co lleg iate n atio n als
in Ju n e w ith a then w o rld -lead in g
53 .5 4 , is co ach ed by Bob K ersee.
A m ong K e rse e ’s p rev io u s p u ­
p ils are F lo re n ce -G riffith Jo y n er,
Jack ie Jo y n er K ersee. Gai I D evers
and V alerie B risco -H o o k s.
“ I know h e ’s co a ch e d a lot o f
g re a t h u rd le rs ,” Jo h n so n said.
“ H e really k n o w s the c o m p e ti­
tion. H e k now s how to keep m e
fo c u s e d .”
(AP) — Rudy Tomjanovich. who
guided the H ouston Rockets to
NBA cham pionships in 1994 and
1995, agreed Friday to coach the
Los A ngeles Lakers.
T o m ja n o v ic h su c ce ed s Phil
Jack so n , w ho co ach ed the L ak ­
ers to three titles in five years.
T he team an n o u n ced June 18,
th ree d ay s a fte r lo sin g to the
D etroit P istons in the NBA F i­
nals, that Ja ckson w o u ld n 't re ­
turn next season.
NBA star spotted scoping real estate in Florida
(AP) — Expect to see Shaquille
< ’Neal in a Miami Heat uniform
O
Los Angeles Lakers
basketball star
Shaquille 0 'Neal
chats with reporters
after leaving a real
estate office in
Orlando. Fla.,
Saturday. (AP photo)
Rogers said he did not know
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have agreed to swap.
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The 55-year-old Tom janovich
coached the Rockets for 12 years
before stepping down in M ay 2003
- two m onths after being diagnosed
with bladder cancer. He negotiated
a settlem ent o f the rem aining two
years and $12 m illion left on his
coaching contract.
Reportedly in good health now,
he worked as a scout with the Rock­
ets last season - his 34th year with
Rudy Tomjanovich
the organization he joined in 1970
succeeds Phil
as the second overall selection in
Jackson as coach
the NBA draft.
o f the Los
Tomjanovich was the winningest
Angeles Lakers.
coach in Rockets history with a
503-397 record, but they failed to
He joins an unsettled Lakers team
make the playoffs in his last four - Kobe Bryant is an unrestricted
years there.
free agent and Shaquille O ’Neal
O dom . Brian G rant, one o th er
play er - perhap s C aron B u tler -
and a first-ro u n d d raft ch o ice to
Los A ngeles in ex c h an g e fo r the
7 -fo o t-l, 3 4 0 -p o u n d O ’N eal. w ho
d em anded a trad e sh o rtly after
the L akers lost the N BA F inals to
D etroit.
Paul H o u g e
eAr'TAN0
O’Neal Trade Expected
next season. His agent does.
Perry R ogers said Sunday a
blockbuster deal betw een the Heat
and Los A ngeles Lakers is im m i­
nent and could be official W ednes­
day when the N B A ’s tw o-week
player m ovem ent moratorium ex­
pires.
"I can tell you w e're confident
that this will move forward." Rogers
told T he A ssociated Press in a
phone interview Sunday. "W e're
excited about the prospects. W e're
confident that Shaquille will be
moving to Miami soon.”
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