Show Section Wednesday June 30 2004 Pagel The Herald Journal Serena dominates Inside Record serve propels Williams past Golovin v WIMBLEDON England (AP) Pow! A 104 mph acc Crack! A 13 mph ace Wham! A 126 mph ace the fastest ' ' ' serve qvcr hit by a woman at Wimbledon When Serena Williams ends games that way as she did during a 6-- 2 6-- 1 victory over Tatiana Golovin on Tuesday it's easy to understand why she’s closing in on bccomingjust the third woman in 35 years to win three straight titles at the AIL England Club And it’s easy to dismiss recent chatter about whether Williams can be No again Whether she can dominate despite being too rusty or too consumed by acting and fashion : designing or too distracted by the shoot- last year ing death of her half-sist' Doubts tend to dissipate when watching her drop a total of 15 games ' through four matches albeit without ' 1 Bucs beat Cards Big Unit ' B3 reaches 4000 Ks 1 ' Sports briefs : Ace at Country Club er ie Bob Sorenson hit a at 'the Logan Golf & Country Club on No Monday He aced the 213-ya4 with a The event was wit- -' hole-in-or- ' rd riessed by Doug Swenson - Raptors hire Mitchell 12 ' ts a quarterfinal today against Jennifer Capriati who beat No 10 Nadia Petrova 6--4 6-- 4 The Williams-Capria- ti winner will face No 4 Amelie Mauresmo or No 9 PSiola Suarez in the semifinals The other semifinal is set: 1 999 ' champion Lindsay Davenport vs No 1 3 Maria Sharapova players at oppo- site ends of their careers ' aces ' ' ' AP photo Williams disputes a line call during her fourth-roun- d match against 1 Tatiana Golovin Tuesday at Wimbledon Williams won the match 2 Serena See SERENA on B5 6-- 6-- ' Sam TORONTO (AP) Mitchell understands there might be i questions' about his inexperience as V ahead coach going into his first sea-lj son leading the Toronto Raptors ' So he has a few answers V Mitcheil hired Tuesday just two years after he retired as a player will J-rely on his' assistants to help him out- '' ' facing a seeded player Her ' ?r Tuesday including trios in three gambs gave her 33 for the tournament ' with only two double-faul“I’m feeling like Pete Sampras for sure" she said smiling at her words ' “ft’s important for me to always have ' that confidence in myself and know that I can win this tournament if I put my mind to it” Next comes a big test though: V Houston gives: up Francis ' gets - : Mitchell who played in the NBA for years was an assistant coach for the ' expansion Charlotte Bobcats for the past month After playing for Minneso- s c ta and Indiana Mitchell spent two ’ v years asan assistant with die Milwau- -: kee Bucks before leaving for Charlotte ''?i3 ' scoring-threa- t McGrady ' HOUSTON (AP) vTracy fV'TLred of carry irig a med iocre-McGrady js leaving his home: franchise McGmdy vowed to clause town team for Houston in a exercise the dpt-o- : - k-- ' ut j gave Mitchell a three- - fKZThe-Raptors- $ PelaezJBootcheck m both solid for Stingers jjpTUCSON AriiAP)-Alexi- mg) manager John Wei'sbrqd ' and other teani officials in Qrando onTuesiday e t McGrady a NBA scoring champion' Yao no w joins ' Ming to font) a cdttibina- - r vPplafez drovein two runs' and Chris j- - Bootcheck threw seven storeless Yao Icdthc Rockets to the playoffs last season for Zff J the first time in five yejirs Tvi But Francisi Who flourished tion that potentially offense foirthe could be as dominant as" four years Was put on the sumthe Los Angeles Lakers’ three: time title twosome of Shaquille mcr trailing block after posting O'Neal and Kobe Bryant the worst olTensive numbers “I sure hope so" Mcprady' - his career in new axich Jeff Van-- ' “ scheme said in the ESPN interview: Gundy's' slower-pace- d dis' y fiiturc deal die was first the j “I can’t predict 'When but it definitely’ would be V cussed Iasi week Francis balked ' nice1 The ultimate goal is to at joining the rebuilding Magic' ' But Francis'agent Jeff Fried win a championship for the : two-tim- vvLBootcheck (5-- 6 struck jaiid"Ptlaczi'ihhisthiind ykndiw' game sinde-V- coming off the disablbd list put the Stingers iipl 0 with his bloop RBI 'single in the second inning? ': -- T ll f previous''')- fgS : It Boston 3 Detroit 9 Cleveland 7(11) : '' Toronto 4 TampaBay 6 Sox White Minnesota 6 ) Chicago Kansas City 4 Baltimore 3 : Seattle 4 Texas 3 Oakland 5 Anaheim 4 2: - : guard and Weisbrxxl after Thurs- day's draft helped alleviate sonie of the All-Stguard's ctinecms-- : about joining the Magic ar Friedsaid ' contender in the W'estern ference next season - - PCL Salt Lake 3 Tucson AP file photo 1 Pioneer League 5 Provo 4 McGrady signed with the’ Magic in 2000 thinkinghc and Grant Hill could push an up? squad over the top But Hill's bad left ankle limited him to 37 games in four sea- soas and McGrady ’s load grew heavier with each passing year ' : Tracy McGrady (1) was traded to the Houston Rockets Tuesday Steve Francis to the Orlando Magic in a deal that sent multi-play- er Ogden On television MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 12:15 pm ESPN2 — Houston at Chicago Cubs 5 pm ESPN — Regional coverage Boston at NY Yankees or Toronto at Tampa Bay 8 pm ESPN2 — Regional coverage San Francisco at Los Angeles or Texas at Seattle TENNIS 6 am ESPN2 — Wimbledon Championships men's quarterfinals at Wimbledon England 8 am NBC — Wimbledon Champi- onships men's quarterfinals at Wimbledon England (live and same-da- y tape) 11 am ESPN — Wimbledon Championships men's quarterfinals at Wimbledon England -- Gon- - 1 HBESES&SSSSSSSSESSSSSSZESBESSS He wants to become six-ti- BEVERLY HILLS Calif ( APi — Underdog usually describes Oscar De lai Lloxa's opponents This time the WBO middleweight champion knows the label fils him De lai Hoya narrowly won his mid- dlew eight debut over Felix Sturm of Germany on June 5 He struggled against his chosen patsy and looked bloated at 60 pounds “I wasn't in shape" De La Hoya said Tuesday "Everything happens for a reason It’s past I'm still learning and I'm only cer Now at 32 he gets to see if the competitive fire still bums The race begins its great loop Saturday in Liege Belgium the latest chapter in what has become one of TOUR DE the biggest rivalries in FRANCE and mountains three weeks of pain and sweat that bum the lungs and torment the legs Armstrong has won cycling’s premier event the last five years the first of his titles coming w hen he roared back from can- - international sports: Armstrong vs Jan Ullrich the German who ' risks forever canying the label as perpetual runner-u- p to the Texan Armstrong is try ing to overtake the 1 human" five- time Tour de France w inners: Jacques Anquctil Eddy See RIDE on B5 53S23S ' an underdog PARIS ( AP) — Lance Ann-stron- g hopes to do what no other cyclist has done a test so demanding it has blocked the winner the first of the Tour de France a punishing ride of 2126 miles over countryside edn-- v De La Hoya Armstrong hoping to ride into history four great champions before him W’cisbrod inced Francis that thc Magic could improve quickly With iheadditions of No 1 draft pick Dw ight Howard a 6- focu-- 1 high school star from Atlanta and Jamecr Nelson ' the point guard from Si Joseph's whowoii virtually every college player of the year aware) Iasi season y and-comi- 1 v' saidatalk'hctw-ecnthepoini'- : : ! 1 V ’: ' Pittsburgh 3 St Louis 0 Philadelphia 17 Montreal 7 ' NY Mets 7 Cincinnati 5 ’ ' Florida 5 Atlanta 4 Chicago Cubs 7 Houston 5 ' Milwaukee 6 Colorado 3 San Diego 3 Arizona 2 Los Angeles 2 San Francisco 'V ' : NY Yankees : 1 -- : AP file photo Lance Armstrong is trying to become the e first winner of the Tour de France six-tim- as: Maybe so hut De La Hoya dticsn'i have time on his side His task gets much tougher w ith his Sept 18 fight against middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins who has made 18 title See DOG on B5 'Vi:' |