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Mighty Ducks play home opener
O'Neal, Bryant expected back at Lakers practice
Bryant attorney's jolt: Sexual innuendo against victim
Germany favored to win first Women's World Cup
Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker dies
^HOCKEY:<
Mighty Ducks play home opener
ANAHEIM, Calif. The Anaheim Mighty Ducks, who came within one
game of winning the Stanley Cup last season, play their home opener
against the Phoenix Coyotes.
BC-HKN--Coyotes-Ducks. 5 p.m.
By Ken Peters.
ALSO:
Los Angeles at Chicago, 4 p.m.
San Jose at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
^BASKETBALL:<
O'Neal, Bryant expected back at Lakers practice
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant are
expected back at Los Angeles Lakers practice a day after sitting
out with minor injuries.
BC-BKN--Lakers Camp.
By Beth Harris.
^KOBE BRYANT:<
Bryant attorney's jolt: Sexual innuendo against victim
EAGLE, Colo. It had been an arduous afternoon of closed
meetings with the judge and open court sessions. As the day wound
down, Kobe Bryant's attorney jolted the audience with a question to
the investigator: Could the woman's injuries have been caused by
having sex with three men in three days?
BC-BKN--Bryant Case. Also moving on general news wire.
By Colleen Slevin. AP Photos EAG101-02.
^SOCCER:<
Germany favored to win first Women's World Cup
CARSON, Calif. Germany and Sweden meet up Sunday in the
Women's World Cup final.
BC-SOC--WCup Final. Started at 1 p.m.
By Barry Wilner. AP Photos staffing.
^HORSE RACING:<
Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker dies
SAN MARINO, Calif. Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker, who in
his 40 years of riding was a commanding presence in thoroughbred
racing, died Sunday. He was 72.
BC-RAC--Obit-Shoemaker. Developing.
By Beth Harris. AP Photos planned.
^FOOTBALL:<
BC-FBN--49ers-Seahawks, 5 p.m.
BC-FBN--Raiders-Browns. Started at 10 a.m.
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