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Show DAILY HERALD B2 Thursday, TODAY TODAY MB RIEFING Major League Basebal Florida at Atlanta 530 p.m 9 SATURDAY Pioneer League Basebal Major League Basebal t&e&'M San Diego at Arizona ProvoatOgden 7:05 730pjn.FOXSN TBS NASCAR loses points j. ; CHARLOTTE, N.C Tony Stewart avoided suspension Wednesday when NASCAR fined him $50,000 and docked him championship points for his altercation with Brian Vick-er- s. JohnWeisbrod Orlando Magic general manager' on Tracy McGrady, the day after trading the star shooting guard to Houston "Stewart lost 25 points in the driver standings, car owner Joe Gibbs lost 25 points in the owner standings, and Stewart was also placed on probation until Aug. 18. "This action we've taken speaks for itself," NASCAR president Mike Helton said. "Tony Stewart is well aware of what is expected of him g forward." Stewart could have been suspended for Saturday night's race at Daytona International Speedway for his latest infractioa But NASCAR declined to park him for a race, which saves the 2002 se- -, ries champion's bid for the Nextel Cup championship. He did not immediately comment on his penalty. Vickers was knocked out of Sunday's race in California following contact from, Stewart. After the race, Vickers said Stewart came up to his car window and confronted him Vickers said the two were contact discussing the and Vickers began to laugh about it. He claimed that Stewart then reached for him inside the car and "knocked the breath out of me." "He hit the armrest and he reached in the car and he grabbed me in the chest and when he did hit me, it was kind of open palm," Vickers said after the race. "My team grabbed him and pulled him off of me." on-tra- go-in- 017 THE AJU TV EVEWT TIME Baseball Houston at Chicago Cubs STATION San Diego at Arizona 12:10 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. FOXSN - WNBA Basketball Indiana at Washington 6 p.m. ESPN2 8 a.m. TGC Florida Missing a race would have crippled Stewart in his bid for the cup championship. Under NA SCAR's new points system, only the top 10 drivers in the standings and anyone else within 400 points of the leader will be eligible to race for the title over the final 10 races of the season. Stewart, who was in fifth place in the standings and 307 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson, drops to sixth in the standings after the penalty and is now 332 points back. at Atlanta WGN TBS Golf European Open Women's Open Western Open LPGA, U.S. Noon ESPN 2 p.m. USA Colleges expansion takes place quietly ACC MiaGREENSBORO, N.C mi and Virginia Tech officially become members of the the Atlantic Coast Conference on Thursday, finalizing a move that has altered the landscape of college sports over the last year. "ItH be good to officially have the two schools on board," ACC commissioner John Swofford said this week. "But I dont think Jury 1 is going to be very different for us. It feels like they're already here." For Swofford, who led the tumultuous push to expand the ACC, Thursday marks a major step toward realizing his goal of expanding the ACCs ady-sizable national influ-encThe rippling consequences of that push have been felt in conferences across the country. Over the next two seasons, about 20 percent of football the 117 Division schools will be changing . leagues; the domino effects of alre- Auto Racing NASCAR Busch Series qualifying NASCAR Nextel Cup qualifying e. 3:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. SPEED SPEED Tennis Wimbledon, women's semifinals Wimbledon, women's semifinals 6 a.m. ESPN Noon NBC A OLYMPICS "' - MARTIN 6MFF Associated Press Harvard University Boat Club duo Luke Waft on ofPoway, Calif., left, and Artow Samsonov of Stoneham, Mass., compete in the second final in the men's pair in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials on Lake Mercer in West Windsor, NJ., on Wednesday. The pair won and advances to the Olympics. ACC expansion will be felt as far west as New Mexico, where New Mexico State is shifting from the Sun Belt Conference to the Western Athletic Conference. All the excitement started in May 2003, when Swofford and ACC moved to the nine-teaadd three new schools, aiming championship game. The original targets were Miami, Syraall cuse and Boston College from the Big East Conference but the process proved any- thing but smooth. I Balnap filling in as Weber p State's interim AD: Dutch has been named interim athletic director as Weber State searches for a permanent replacement. Former athletic direct John Johnson left earlier this month for a job at Washington State. Johnson had replaced Bel-nawho retired almost seven years ago. Belnap said Johnson left the department in great shape, and he just hopes to keep things running well until a permanent replacement is named sometime this fall I Southeast Missouri drops Indians nickname: After more than 80 years, Southeast Missouri State University win no longer p, -- TAG SALE ,'!2x I "" k. I smuts 04 Infiniti G35X to bumper warranty feel I upheld the Unser name quite well" Junior's son, Al, won't get the same opportunity to race against his father. He will make his Infiniti debut with Keith Duesenberg's team this weekend in Kansas City with his father watching. The youngest Al Unser passed a rookie test earlier this year in Kentucky and tested twice for Duesenberg before landing the ride, which was also announced Wednesday. Al Unser Jr.'s life away from the track has had its share of travails. He divorced his wife after 17 years and his daughter, Cody, contracted a rare disease in 1999 that left her paralyzed from the chest down. In 2002, Unser missed two races while staying at a treatment center for alcohol abuse following his arrest in Indianapolis after his girlfriend said he hit her in the face while drunk. Prosecutors didn't file charges. Goodyear said he noticed a .difference in Unser last weekend. "I was watching him in the driver's meeting and he seemed preoccupied," Goodyear said. "That's when you know it's time to step away from it. It's good he can get away from it without injury." On Sunday, Unser came to, the same realization. "It was time," he said. "Now I've closed one chapter in my life and I'm opening a new one with my son, AL Little Alnow." Red-hawk- Red-haw- 04 Infiniti 135 MSRP $35,765 LEASE FOR $34,565 Auto, leather, Bose Stereo, Moon Roof 014237 014138 MSRP $31,985 39 mo. or STARTING AT G35X. The change is expected to come in the spring semester of 2005. Work to design a k logo already has begun. Glinda Ladd Seabaugh, presi- dent of the American Indian Center of the Heartland in Cape Girardeau, said she thought Southeast had not intended any harm, but that hanging onto Indian names was a type of cultural racism. "We are human beings," she said. "We are not mascots." After a brief phasing out of the Indians, Southeast's teams s. will be known as the LEASE $450 F0R $27,841 $2000 miles per year Residual $21,101 Down, 10K 014224 014125 48 mo. or STARTING AT -- ; Improve your first impression. StkI Auto, 260 horsepower, 4 year 60,000 bumper WEST WINDSOR, N. J. Aquil Hashim Abdullah became the first black male rower to Lisa Schlenker won the lightweight women's double sculls in 7.02.43. . e i f won .two aii i our quaiuiers straight races in the best two-o- f three finals. Nuzum, who was stationed on the USS John S. McCain on Persian Gulf deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2002 and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, qualified for his second straight Olympics in doubles sculls. Abdullah is making his first trio, overcoming the disan- pointment of losing the deciding race of the 2000 men's singles finals by 0.33 seconds. I he's the very best." Unser, from Albuquerque, N.M., always felt the pressure of his family's legacy. His father is one of three drivers to win four Indy 500s and his uncle, Bobby, won the race three times. The younger Unser won the closest ever Indy 500, defeating Scott Goodyear by 0.043 seconds in 1992. His other Indy victory came in 1994 when he started from the pole and beat Jacques Villeneuve by 8,6 seconds. "I've had a great career," Unser said. "It's been a challenge, been hard to follow in .the footsteps I've followed. But Red, Uhxte And Blue ki Bel-na- Continued from CI i -- , Black man qualifies for US. Olympic rowing qualify for the U.S. Olympic squad Wednesday, teaming with U.S. Navy officer Henry Gantt Nuzum to win double skulls at the Qualified Olympic Small Boat Trials. Their victory in 6 minutes, 23.59 seconds highlighted a morning in which all four races produced Olympic qualifiers, completing the small boat roster for the US. team. Arrow samsonov ana a won the men's pair in 6:37.15. Kate MacKenzie and Sarah Jones won the women's pair in 7:13.33, marking the second straight race in which they edged Liane Malcos and Portia Johnson by less than one sec- - use Indians as a nickname. ' Years of debate over the use of the nickname and mascot ended Wednesday when the board of regents voted unanimously to drop both for the men's teams as well as the Otahkians nickname for the women. The women's team name came from the legend of a Cherokee woman named Otah-who died near Cape Gi- rardeau on the Trail of Tears forced march to the Oklahoma territory in the 1830s. Supporters had argued that the nicknames showed pride in the American Indian heritage of the regioa But others found them demeaning. to get to the 12 teams required to hold a conference football Unser inf nit i. pm Southeast has downplayed the Indians nickname for several years. Athletics Director Don KavermM said the university hasn't had a student dress up in an Indian costume as a mascot since 1985. The school doesn't put the nickname on or in publications. its The only visible reference is at Houck Stadium, where "Indi-ans" is painted in one end zone. ; Kaverman said the change could help better promote the school, its athletic programs and increase school spirit. "It starts with how you define a superstar. I think a superstar is defined by wins, by making the . players around him better and try making the team better. On that part my perception is a little different than most" Stewart fined $50,000, Jufy 1, 2004 5357 135. $2000 Down. 12K miles per year Residual $13,433 Give them a reason to come in. a; Custom Built Doors fcfc If: LI ill 04 Infiniti Auto, Leather, Bose, Touring Group Stk 014281 014282 $39,425 STARTING AT $38,098 FX35. OR LEASE FOR Call For A Free Estimate! 04 Infiniti M45 FX3 5 MSRP , Auto, Navigation System, . 340 horsepower 39 mo. $487' $3000 Down. 10K miles per year Residual $22,078 . MSRP $49 ,100 STARTING AT or LtAbt $45,809 M4S. 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