Sports Desk
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HOCKEY
THRASHERS’ WADDELL NAMED GM OF OLYMPIC TEAM
Atlanta Thrashers general manager Don Waddell was selected yesterday to also serve as GM of the 2006 U.S. Olympic hockey team. Waddell was chosen just four days after NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the league will send its players to the 2006 Olympics in Turin, Italy, and the 2010 Games in Vancouver, British Columbia.
LIGHTNING SIGN FEASTER, TORTORELLA TO EXTENSIONS
The Tampa Bay Lightning signed coach John Tortorella and general manager Jay Feaster to long-term contract extensions yesterday.
FOOTBALL
GIANTS SIGN TWO OF FOUR DRAFT PICKS
The New York Giants have agreed to terms with two of their four draft picks, running back Brandon Jacobs and defensive end Eric Moore. Jacobs, who played at Southern Illinois after transferring from Auburn, was taken in the fourth round and Moore, who played at Florida State, was a sixth-round pick.
ALEX ANDER INKS 1-YEAR PACT WITH SEAHAWKS
Star tailback Shaun Alexander signed a one-year deal worth $6.32 million with the Seattle Seahawks last night, according to a report on ESPN.com.
SOCCER
REYNA READY FOR NEXT WORLD CUP QUALIFIER
U.S. soccer captain Claudio Reyna plans to be available for next month’s World Cup qualifier August 17 against Trinidad and Tobago at East Hartford, Conn. Reyna, who missed much of last season because of a leg injury, asked U.S. coach Bruce Arena for time off to prepare for the English Premier League season with Manchester City and skipped two qualifiers in June and this month’s CONCACAF Gold Cup.
SWIMMING
PHELPS WINS SHOWDOWN WITH HACKETT AT WORLDS
Michael Phelps shook off the disappointment of his first event at the World Swimming Championships with an emphatic victory in the 200-meter freestyle last night, holding off Australian star Grant Hackett.
The 20-year-old American reached the midway point under world-record pace, and had enough left to get to the wall ahead of Hackett. Phelps’s time of 1:45.20 fell short of Ian Thorpe’s four-year-old record (1:44.06) but broke his American mark, set during a bronze-medal swim at the Athens Olympics last summer. The Americans won three of five events on the third day of swimming, giving them six golds at the pool. They have 12 medals overall.
– Associated Press
