June 30, 2003
Morning Roundup
In Milwaukee, Bucks owner Herb Kohl (also known here in D.C. as U.S. Senator Herb Kohl), has decided not to sell his team to Michael Jordan:
"On balance, I simply decided that I am not yet prepared to sell the team at this time," the senator said in a statement released by the team.
Kohl, D-Wis. said he would continue to own the team, "improve them, and commit them to remaining in Wisconsin."
Previously, Kohl had said he was willing to sell the team he bought for $18 million in 1985, with the stipulation that any new owner must agree to keep the team in Milwaukee.
Kohl's statement tells me two things: first, Jordan didn't come up with enough money to satisfy Kohl; and Jordan didn't guarantee he wouldn't move the Bucks out of Milwaukee -- something a politician like Kohl can't afford. Click here for the story from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, though it doesn't really add anything you can't find in the wire story. In other Bucks news, General Manager Ernie Grundfeld was released from his contract with the team, presumably in order to pursue the same job with the Washington Wizards.
In Paris, France defeated Cameroon 1-0, but celebrations were subdued in the aftermath of the death of Cameroon Midfielder Marc Viven-Foe, who died following last Thursday's semifinal match against Turkey. Initial results of an autopsy were inconclusive, though toxicology tests should take a few more days. For what it's worth, Pele has attacked FIFA publicly for the tournament's crowded schedule, something which gave players little time to rest and recover between matches.
Oh, and our ANZAC buddies aren't too happy with the FIFA bureacrats either.
In Waco, nobody has heard from Baylor University basketball player Patrick Dennehy in about two weeks, though a car he owns appeared abandoned in a parking lot in Virginia Beach, Va. Police suspect the student, who transferred to Waco from New Mexico, was murdered. For all of the coverage from the Waco Tribune-Herald, click here.
At the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Galloway, N.J., 13-year old Michelle Wie finished 14 shots off the pace for the tournament, but one shot ahead of former tour winner Laura Davies.
Then again, it isn't just every weekend that a 13-year old girl makes the cut at an LPGA event. Angela Stanford won the tournament, her first LPGA Tour victory.
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