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The buzz from AIEm Down Under jjj? The US volleyball team falls to Russia bu still has a chance to play for the bronze meda HViTiu vs Brazil Story D-8 What time is it? Sydney is 16 hours ahead of Kansas City To make edition events had to be over by 3 pm Friday in Australia How about gold medal No Watch NBC tonight to see if Marion Jones won the long jump to add to her 100 and 200 titles More D-8 through D-10 Complete medals table D-10 SECTION SPORTS DAILY muW I -SKV vaK wwwkcstarcom THE KANSAS CITY STAR Friday September 29 2000 Kansas Speedway adds Indy Lights race Two open-wheel series will run on same day wanted to have a comeback year When your dreams get shattered going to be hard on anybody To walk around here every day is tough for Kimble Antlers (left) on his lack of playing time Anders stews as he sits By JIM PEDIEY The Kansas Clly Star Veteran expected a bigger role en that opportunity Until thy allow me to fight that battle I win it" sn' Anders in his 10th season with the Chiefs recently reached the boiling point Anders acknowledged that he chose not to play in the fourth quarter of a blowout victory over San Diego was a point in the game I think it was the last minute or lights race at their facility next season It will be run as a support event for its Indy Racing Series event The date of both races at the 15-mile oval being built in Wyandotte County will be July 8 The Indy Lights race will be held earlier in the day Indy Lights is the top developmental series for Championship Auto Racing Teams Its cars are Now Anders knows he was wrong Anders said the frustration he endured last season is nothing compared with that of this year He claims to be healthy but at the back of the long line for the Chiefs at both halfback and fullback tougher to deal with this year because able to do something about Anders said year with the injury what could I do? Now at least I could go out and battle for a job But I been giv Next year for the first time cars from this two premier open-wheel racing series will come together on the same day and on the same track And that track will be Kansas Speedway Representatives of the speedway could officially announce as early as today that they have agreed to hold a CART-affiliated Dayton Indy By ADAM TEICHER The Kansas City Star Kimble Anders thought the autumn of his discontent came last year when a September injury ruined what could have been a career season JEFF ROBEHSONThe Kansas City Star See CHIEFS D-4 See SPEEDWAY D-15 CANT KEEP UP WITH JONES isiu ii t)Q -4 LIONEL CIRONNEAU The Associated Press US sprinter Marion Jones (left) won her second gold medal defeating Susanthika Jayasinghe (right) and the rest of the field in 200-meter final by the largest margin of victory in the 200 since 1960 But the US soccer team as successful Dagny Mellgren (below) celebrated after scoring the winning goal in a 3-2 victory over Kate Sobrero (No 15) and the US in the gold-medal game Sprinter demolishes field wins second Olympic gold mechjl US- soccer players remain role models in defeat ning out Silence from the American fans The flag of Already tears began to turn kO Florence Griffith Joyner who seHhe 200 world record of 2134 at the 1988 Seoul Games Oh Jones insisted that she saying ail those kind things about how silver medalist Pauline Davis-Thompson of the Bahamas and bronze medalist Susanthika Jayasinghe of Sri Lanka piabed her just because they were sitting nett to her on the interview platform But claiming she was pushed was as far from the truth as Jones could stretch iL You have to be within an length of somebody to push her And coming 73 See JONES D-9 37 By MIKE DeARMOND The Kansas City Star SYDNEY Marion Jones finally made a mistake After she won the Olympic 200 meteis by 43-hundredths of a second the biggest victory margin in that race since American Wilma Rudolph won by 45-hundredths of a second in 1960 Tones proclaimed: not in a class by What a gaffe Of course she is Saturday she won the 100 meters by a mile Thursday she won the 200 by a mile and a half in 2184 seconds The only class not in yet is with I YDNEY the goal scored Mia Hamm fell to her knees That was the shock what happens when you lose on an overtime goal a golden goal as they call it in soccer because the mind catch up too sudden Too rapid Too abrupL A million thoughts rush at you inaninstanL She stayed on her knees a long time Stared at the grass Norway had won The United States had lost At the Olympics Score: 3-2 In overtime It seemed impossible The Norwegians were dancing The coaches were run mates Hamm could not feel a thing She stared at the ground for a long time were you thinking?" the reporters asked her know" she said softly guess See POSNANSK1 D-9 Star JOE LEDFORDThe Kansas Royals say goodbye with another Blue Wave MLS SEMIFINALS Wizards vs Galaxy A year later By BOB DUTTON The Kanaas City Star the plate just put the ball in play and things Things like the Blue Wave dousing one final opponent at Kauffman Stadium thing we do is we never give Mike Sweeney said the work ethic of our team and it gives us the ability to come back" The Royals improved at home this season compared with last season Year Attendance Avg Record 2000 1677915 20715 42-39 1999 1506068 19309 33-47 happens is the domino theory" said loe Randa who batted twice in the eighth when the Royals sent 12 men to WHENWHERE: 7 tonight at Arrowhead Stadium TV: ESPN WHAT: Game one of MLS semifinals (best-of-three first team to five points wins series) THE MATCHUP: The teams split their four-game series this season with one victory each and two ties The Galaxy leads the all-time series 10-8-2 Story D-3 Tigers TONIGHT: KC at Chicago White So 7:05 Say this for the Royals they know how to say goodbye Down four runs in the eighth inning of their final home game Thursday night the Royals stormed back with seven runs for a remarkable 8-5 victory against the Tigers at Kauffman Stadium See ROYALS D-6.