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July 18, 2003
Late Night Roundup
The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team will open defense of their World Cup title on September 21 in Washington, D.C. when they take on Sweden. Also in Group A with the Americans and the Swedes are Nigeria and North Korea. The Major League Baseball Players Association was busy on Thursday, as first, the union vowed that the situation where the Oakland A's acted to remove starting pitcher Barry Zito from the All-Star Game would never happen again -- at least not to players selected to the team on the basis of voted by their fellow players. As you might recall, A's General Manager Billy Beane went behind Zito's back to get him removed from the squad -- an action that allowed the American League to add New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens to the team as a replacement. Further, the union also announced that they would oppose allowing the Montreal Expos to play in more than one city during the 2004 season. By basing the Expos in both Montreal and San Juan, Puerto Rico, MLB has subjected the Expos to a heinous travel schedule that has stretched players to the limit. The U.S. defeated the Cook Islands 62-38 at the World Netball Championships in Jamaica on Thursday. With a win against Trinidad and Tobago on Friday, the U.S. can rise to ninth in the international rankings. Huh? To read more about Netball, click here. To catch up with all the action from the tournament in Jamaica, click here.
Eric
12:08 AM
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