Show Va Vi' V'- ' ' i yy :cv ?i - : V rf - ' ' j? 4 ft r - Thursday ' ' Vi sr June 24 2004 ‘ : ' : ir-- t4 ft - - s ' V Srf J ' T' M " V i ft'ft The Herald journal — - ?? Inside - J :'——— yf&: Mf tW'v f'V-- washed out: at- tOU rney :VtaP ast week: Contestants included thed Roddick Brad hiscoach 'a" Gilbcrt'and Hall of Famer Boris Beckcr:-?WIMBLEDON England (AP) —’Andy ' Roddick managed to help entertain drenchied v' ‘ Hundreds of fans huddling under umbreN Wimbledon spectators without hitting a shot' fylas on the grassy slope known as Henman: :V Hill chuckled orapplauded while watching’? 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Yvft Hilitv of several imminent bhickbustef trades j 7 Close to t the deal told ic?1 bile O I'leal remains the center of the Maver-ftft:f- t- PCL Lake 7 Las Vegas 4' ' r : ”f Pioneer League Ogden 9 Casper 5 Provo 12 Idaho Falls IT j where sen first pr second ft 'It was a fitting welcome to the world of uncerr' On television TGC — PGA European Tour Open de France first round at Paris 10:30 am TGC — Nationwide Tour Lake Erie Charity Classic first round at Findley Lake NY NBAhas beetime with virtually no one untradcahle 04 now that ' v No 1 pick ' vciMiPOU saiu incrc were tfi icasrsocn under consideration for a trade involvihg McGnidy ncgleciiiig ti specify whether the Houston RocketsvcreMillunc oftlicn Houston thought it hadthe iiiside track to McGrady for a package of platers that Cuiliiio Mobley but included Steve mat deaf wastookirig more andiuore dead with each passing hour: ft The Atlanta Hawks verc kridvvn to be one of the teams making a push to acquire the No pi from the Magic v We’ e worked on it diligently? general Thursday night s draft — la wnal t vUr"umCl lnh) Was Wcishijxl bluffing Wednesday when ihe "said no deals wereimminent? “There art: plenty of deals out there fight now for both MeGradyandtheNo I picLWeishixxl said “But we're certainly nol going lo rush an thing ‘Thcse are the two biggest chips w'c have to use to improve a team that was a pretty bad teainlasl year There's no time pressure We're gojng aKiut it as methodically iis we can One trade was agreed lo Wednesday night the Dallas Mavericks acquiring the fifth pick in the draft along with Jerry Stackhouse and Christian Lacltncr : 1 ft- ‘ft Sec TRADE on B4 pm TGC — PGA of America PGA Club Pro Championship first round at Nashport Ohio 2 pm USA — PGA Tour Booz Alien Classic first round at Potomac Md MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2 pm ESPN2 — Oakland at Anaheim 5 pm‘ TBS — Atlanta at Florida 6:05 pm WGN — Chicago Cubs at St Louis could receive bans - NBA pm ESPN — Draft at New York TENNIS 6 that the inf BY III Shaquille O'Neal and Tracy McGrady are being shopped ft Well there is one guy who won't he traded said making 'Spurs general manager RC Buford ' a reference to Tim Duncan Personnel managers team executives and : ''7 am 5 A 1 5pjn 1 gg'—g rlP nil llUllliFT COLLEGE BASEBALL ESPN2 — NCAA Division 1 World Series Ca) State Fullerton vs South Carolina at Omaha Ndb GOLF uw nLiia iiuuu uiau he'll be headed —or whether he'll bcchor am - ESPN2 — Wimbl9don Championships earty round at London 10 am ESPN — Wimbledon Championships early round at London By The Associated ' Press The US Agency plans to seek a lifetime ban against 100- -' meter world record holder Tim Mont- ginnery for alleged drug violations The Associated Press has learned Anti-Dopi- ' Montgomery was notified Wednesday according to a source familiar with the letter who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity ' USADA also notified Michelle Collins the 2003 world indoor cham- pion at 200 meters and potential r? ' medalist at this summer s Athens Games that it will seek a lifetime ban against her according to her lawyer Montgomery and Collins arc among four sprinters w ho received USADA letters earlier this month informing them that they were being investigated for possible drug use: Messages left for the attorneys representing the other two sprinters — Chryste Gaines and Al in Harrison — were not returned Wednesday See BANS on B4 SALT LAKE CITY (AP)— ' Brian Gordon broke a 2 tie w iih a leadoff home run in the seventh to ' lead the Salt Lake Stingers to a 4 victory over the Las Vegas 51s Wednesday night v ' Gordon hit a pitch from Las Vegas reliever ' 2-- 7-- -0 Giovanni Carrera ( I 3) over the center-fiel- d wall to put Salt Lake ahead The Stingers added three runs in the seventh on a double steal a single by Zach Sorensen and a w ild pitch by Carrera The 5 s scored a pair of runs in the eighth on a buses loaJed walk lo Chen and a sacrifice fl Luis Garcia hut Salt Lake relief by Scott Dunn got Brian pitcher Myrow to ground into an inning- ending double play Dunn then tossed a Chin-Fen- g scoreless ninth to gain his first save of the season -- run-scori- 1 Jason Middlcbrook gave up J 2 hits in 16-- 5) seven innings with two runs on solo homers bv Ryan Kellner in the third and Garcia in the seventh Myrow had three hits to lead to Las Vegas and Garcia drove in two runs WWr WWHiUi iiiargqJ i i CAr - |