The News Review:
- Duke lacrosse case crumbled in early going – College Sports
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- RUNDUP JJB Sports FY profit up 29 pct but fearful of England Euro…
- Ex-Duke coach Pressler says he has moved on – College Sports
- Sports Watch Comes With Added Bragging Rights
- A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports:
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Duke lacrosse case crumbled in early going – College Sports
ESPN – Apr 12, 2007
addVariable(“width” “300″); so. addVariable(“adminver” “3564912″); so. write(“player”);Charges Dropped in Duke Lacrosse Case We might never know why it took North Carolina authorities so long to dismiss all charges in the Duke lacrosse rape case that was obviously flawed and never could have resulted in a conviction. But we will always remember that this case which was dropped Wednesday caused all of us to spend a little time contemplating flaws that were exposed in our criminal justice system and forced us to consider what has been revealed about race in America. This case represented a perfect storm of race privilege status and wealth that resulted in a disaster for the prosecution Duke University the lacrosse players and the American criminal justice system. The problems with district attorney Mike Nifong’s case arose immediately after allegations that an African-American female dancer and student at North Carolina Central University was raped and sodomized at a now-infamous party at a house near the Duke campus on March 13 2006. The police took the woman to a hospital where she was seen by a health professional who concluded she had injuries consistent with forced sex.
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USA Today – Apr 12, 2007
Center Patrick Rissmiller beat Tomas Vokoun from close range with 11:46 left in the second overtime period Wednesday giving the Sharks a 1-0 lead in this Western Conference first-round series. The Predators had forced overtime by scoring twice within the third period’s final seven minutes to tie the contest 4-4. Nashville rookie Alexander Radulov cut the margin to 4-3 with 6:55 remaining in regulation with his second goal. He cut around defenseman Kyle McLaren at the blue line before popping a short-range wrist shot past Evgeni Nabokov.
RUNDUP JJB Sports FY profit up 29 pct but fearful of England Euro…
Forbes – Apr 12, 2007
8 pct increase in full-year underlying pretax profit and said it has made a solid start to its new financial year sending its shares 2 pct higher. But the Wigan-based group cautioned that 2007 will remain ‘very competitive’ and warned that failure by England’s struggling football team to qualify for the 2008 European Championship finals would be ‘very damaging’ to year to end-January 2009 results. ‘I can’t hide from that (failure to qualify) that would be very damaging to our business.
Ex-Duke coach Pressler says he has moved on – College Sports
ESPN – Apr 12, 2007
write(“player”);Former Duke Lacrosse Players Speak ut SMITHFIELD R. — Mike Pressler said he knew the truth from the outset and his faith in his players never wavered — even as his coaching career was in jeopardy and as three members of his Duke lacrosse team stood accused of sexual assault. The ex-Duke coach said Wednesday’s announcement that the North Carolina attorney general was dropping all remaining charges against Collin Finnerty David Evans and Reade Seligmann was long overdue and affirmed what he already knew: The players were innocent. “It is the same truth today as it was a year ago. The injustice the lies and the myths have been fully exposed. — Mike Pressler”It is the same truth today as it was a year ago” Pressler said at a late afternoon news conference at Bryant University where he now coaches.
Sports Watch Comes With Added Bragging Rights
New York Times – Apr 12, 2007
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A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports:
ESPN – Apr 12, 2007
Hernandez who turned 21 years old on Sunday is the youngest pitcher to take a no-hitter through seven innings since the Rangers’ Ed Correa had his bid broken up by Willie Randolph with one out in the eighth inning on April 28 1987 one day before Correa’s 21st birthday. The last pitcher as young as Hernandez to actually throw a no-hitter was the Pirates’ 20-year-old Nick Maddox against the Brooklyn Dodgers on Sept. It was the longest no-hit bid by a Red Sox opponent at Fenway since.
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USA Today – Apr 12, 2007
•The International lympic Committee will vote in July for the host city of the 2014 Winter Games. Candidates include Sochi (pronounced so chee) Russia near the Georgian border off the Black Sea; Salzburg Austria; and PyeongChang (pyahng-chang) South Korea 110 miles east of Seoul. 2016 process•National lympic committees must nominate cities to the IC by Sept. Possible candidates include Doha Qatar; Madrid; Milan Italy; New Delhi; Prague Czech Republic; Rio de Janeiro; Rome; and Tokyo.
