Archives for Monday, June 2, 2003news sportsAUSTIN (AP) — Texas coach Augie Garrido really didn’t want to play Lamar for a second time Sunday. But he thinks that second game will serve his team well.
Garrido’s defending national champion Longhorns found what they were made of in many different ways in a 6-3 victory over Lamar Sunday night while winning the NCAA Austin regional. Texas will meet No. 1 seed Florida State (54-11-1) in a super regional next weekend.
PARIS (AP) — Jeers and whistles rained down as Venus Williams brushed past a TV interviewer on her way off the court. She raised a hand to wave stiffly.
In the stands above, her sister Serena and mother quickly rose to leave.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — One thing Stephen Jackson can do as well as shoot a basketball is tell tales about a career that took him around the globe before he landed in both New Jersey and San Antonio.
Stories about patrons checking their bullets at a restaurant in Santo Domingo, rain falling inside a partially covered arena in Caracas, a teammate walking onto the court in Brisbane with both middle fingers extended toward the crowd.
CHICAGO (AP) — Lance Berkman and Morgan Ensberg homered as the Houston Astros kept Kerry Wood winless since April by beating the Chicago Cubs 9-3 Sunday.
Coming off a 1-0 loss in 16 innings Saturday, the Astros broke a 23-inning scoreless drought with four runs in the fourth. Wood failed for a sixth straight start to get his fifth win this season and the 50th of his career.
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