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I 1 -N I Not mudi has pme right for the bullpen thb season and that trend continued Thursday nWiL-' v-V The Chicago White Sax ganged up on relievers MarCjsciotta and Jeff Mtmtgonieiy forfourruns in the seventh inning and took the series finale from foe Royab 6-2 at Kaufonan Stadium "Thart just the way foings have been going for usTRsciotta said know llu L111 i White Sox 6 i people are getting tired of hearing that Indeed that a topic that has worn thin for-Royals manager Tbny "It get tough -when i the bullpen lets you down again he said Right-han-der 'Mac TONIGHT: KansasCityat Clevelarid 605 TVRADIO: Ch29KMBZ (980 AM) ONTHE Mike Helton chief operating officer for NASCAR saJdTUesday that thi arhftfhihi for the 2000 Win-ston Cup season will be released thbsummet On Wednesday Grant lynch presidents of Kansas Speedway' said don't expect Kansas City to be on that schedule have not decided to make an announcement (diat 2000 a wash for die Winston Cup race) lynch said "But it would be real real real hard to make 2000 now Kansas Speedway developers had originally wanted to have the track ready for competition next year with the hope that it would play host toaWinston Cup race But lawsuits by property owners and the resultant inability to sell bonds fin: die project made making dial date a long shot Then something even more powerful than attorneys bogged the process down lousy weather for construction- Things would have had to have been almost perfect said Jeff Werthmann project manager for Tiimer Construction the company i a EABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVSISllw AiiocUted Picm TUTeny Milbrett deft hugged Julie Foudy after scoring the first US goal on Thursday night Mllbrett picked up a loose ball in front of the net and fired a tow light-footed shot into the net Suzuki in hb Royas start a St n3rt (or six-game road the Royal- trip tonight in MVseerfsex-CleveandThey Suzuki went Sunjy tiirouisixirif a day off arid had then play the a 2-2 tie in hb Chicago White duet with SoxTuesday White Sox through right-hander Thursday James Baldr Mora D-4 WifL t't When Suzuki turned the ball over to Pisciotta for the seventh the game turned ugly for the Royals The White Sax scored four times in foe inning Between two outs Jeff Lieber doubled but Pisdotta couldn't get the third out Craig Wilson got an RBI single past second baseman Carlos FMea Then Rodriguez and Ray Durham walked loading the bases was trying to make a pitch that God couldn't hit and you see what happens Pisciotta said Out of the bullpen came Mont-r still trying to re-establish an effective reliever Chris Sing leton who was waiting to hit had time for some See TRACK P-9 survive of semifinal ticket holders out in die Bay area They now indeed get to spend the Fourth of July cheering on the Americans against Brazil which beat Nigeria 4-3 in overtime in the second quarterfinal here The United States and Brazil will meet in die semifinak at 330 pun Sunday (ESPN) at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto in these types of big promoted games the two teams don't live up to the billing Chastain said we did tonight SeeCUPD-6 But it happened The good riling fat Chastain the US team the crowd at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium (indudmg the First Family) and the US fans watching on TV that it turned out to be just another thing that Chastain will get teased about The Americans came back finm a orie-goal deficit twice and beat Germany 3-2 in the Worid Cup quarterfinab Thursday here just outside Washington DiC And along with the joy you could fed emanating from the 54 642 present you could al-most hear a sigh of relief from the thousands By MECHELLE VOEPEL Th Kaaaaa City Star RALJON Md Such a lousy thing couid- ift happen to Brandi Qiastain could it? Shefc die biggest soccer nut bn the US team the one who watches the sport constantly who never stops thinking about it The one who picks up teammates if they're down who can take any amount of ribbing who'll always the bright fight An own goal on a simple play? Not by Brandi right? LOCATION: Intersection of Interstates 70 and 435 CONFIGURATION: L5-mile tri-oval SEATING: Phase 1 75000 Phase II 150000 PARKING: Room for 25000 cars TICKETS: Available after racing schedule Is determined See ROYALS D-4 Wt i Lf if -Vi Maurice Greene targets win 3 i to Graf coming off a French Open victory leaped in the air pumped her fist and smiled as much in relief as jay after Williams' final shot sailedwide ending the match more than eight hours after its scheduled starting time 6-2 3-6 6-4 An eighth Wimbledon champi- -onship or at least her first final since appears within GrafV grasp In the semis Graf will play either last yeart runner-up Nathalie Thuziat or Miijana Lucic-after tiuw conqdete their suspend-' ied match today She has never tost The Kansas City Star Maurice Greene knows what he wants to da new he said Greene the world's fastest man binLausanne Switzerland for today's Atidetissima track and field meet He will try to tower the 100-meter world record he set wifohb blistering run of 979 seconds June 16 fo Afoer Greece world record in Athens was only a step in my he said TVe already set anewgaeb to cross the line in 976 And once I achieve Greene from Kansas City Kan has been on a whirlwind tour thb week He won at 200 meters Sunday in the USA Hack and Field Championships in Eugene Ore He was in New York on Monday for a qiot on The Late Show wifo David and Tuesday he was Nowhe back where he has won the 100 the last two years Greendk qipments today will be Ato Boldon hb training partner and world 200-meter champion Hankie Fredericks of NamiMaand Canadian Brurw Surins All were in the Athens fieki ff Greene does set a record he will be in a time zone unknown to anyone Only Ben Johnson has run 100 meters in 979 seconds Johnson set what was then the world record while winning foe gold medal in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul South Korea Johnson later was stripped Of hb time and medal because of steroid use Compiled firm Star News Services J- 1 Sctippa Howard New Service WIMBLEDON England Another day atWimbledoa Another dreadful deluge Call it advantage Mother Nature For the third day thb week Wlm-bledmik schedule was disrupted by 'raiiuWhen the dreary Thursday ended only two players could say they were semifimlists only two could say they were not and 12 had to wait and wonder until today The two semifinalists were Steffi 1 Graf wad Lindsay Davenport and both were ecstatic Na2-seed Graf advanced to her lOtfr Wimbledon semifinal by outlasting Na 6 Venus Williams in a scintillating match stopped time times by rain while No 3-seed Davenport ousted the defending champion Jana Novotna i1' -'i 'j-'-'M 1 4 5 nab were started Thursday Na 2 seed Patrick Rafter and Na 8 seed Tbdd Martin were tied at 33 wMe No 5 Tim Henman won hb only game with unseeded Cedric Pioline More on Wimbledon D-3 Hie AMudttad Prh Steffi Gref tot out ipowerftd yell alter withstanding Venus Williams powerful serves Thursday at Wimbledon and beating her 6-2 3-66-4 is.