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Highlights the city of San Diego, California as the home of the 1998 Super Bowl. Reference to the San Diego mascot, Ted Giannoulas also known as the Famous Chicken; Tourist sites in the city; Information on the restaurants; Naming of some of the popular beaches.

Profiles Julie Brase, a player on the girls' basketball team at the Catalina Foothills High School in Tucson, Arizona. How Brase led her school to its first state championship in 1997; Details on Brase's basketball record and performance.

Focuses on the attention the American Basketball League is accumulating for its 1997-98 season. View that the league lacks major television coverage as compared to the Women's National Basketball Association; Comments from Gary Cavalli, the American Basketball League's co-founder and chief executive officer. INSET: Leagues vs. leagues.

Focuses on the Columbus Quest women's basketball team. Speculation on the team's chances of remaining the champion in the American Basketball League; Reference to Nikki McCray, the Quest leading scorer; Views of Tonya Edwards, the Quest guard; Details on the team's performance.

Focuses on high school sports in the United States as of January 5, 1998. Details on the high school football teams which were given honorable mention for their performance in 1997 by the USA Today newspaper; Information on the teams.

Presents news briefs relating to sports. Reference to the criminal charges pending against basketball player, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Information on the testing of the United States' national swimming team for drugs; Details on other issues.

Focuses on adjustments to be made to the defense of the Louisiana State University Tigers football team. Who was appointed as defensive coordinator for the team; Performance of players in the team; Information on the game to be played between the Tigers and University of Notre Dame. INSET: Independence Bowl by Eddite Timanus and Danny Sheridan.

Presents information on LaToya Turner, basketball player at Pickerington (Ohio) High School, while highlighting the Slam Dunk to the Beach competition, at the cape Henlopen High School in Lewes, Delaware. Background information on Turner; Comments from Dave Butcher, Pickerington coach; Information on player in the competition.

Presents information on Swin Cash basketball player with the McKeesport High School, Pennsylvanian. Background information Cash; Where Cash will be attending college; Who she credits for her success.

Reports on the resignation of Thom McDaniels, football coach at McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio. Circumstances surrounding his resignation; Comments from McDaniels; Status of the school in football; Details on football at high schools in the United States.

Presents news briefs as they relate to high school sports in the United States. Football information on quarterback Phillip Deas of Evangel Christian High School in Shreveport, Louisiana; Comments from Evangel coach Dennis Dunn; National cross-country titles won by Abdirizak Mohamud and Erin Sullivan on December 13, 1997 at Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Decision of David Terrell to attend the University of Michigan. INSET: Cross-country rankings..

Focuses on the appearance of the Saint Louis Rams football player Craig `Ironhead' Heyward in a Zest soap commercial. Comments from Heyward; Who teamed up to create the commercial; Football career of Heyward; Details on the commercial.

Presents the results of the football game which was played on December 14, 1997 between the Baltimore Ravens football team the the Tennessee Oilers football team. Victory of the Ravens, 21-19; Attendance of former Baltimore Colts' football players; Significance of the Ravens' win at the Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland; Details on the game. INSET: Quick hits..

Reports on the campaign of Joe Garagiola, former baseball catcher and announcer against `spit tobacco.' Comments from Garagiola; Attempts of Garagiola to warn of the dangers of spit tobacco; Significance of the death of Jack Krol, former major league baseball player to Garagiola; Identification of the National Spit Tobacco Education Program (STEP) started by Garagiola.

Reports on December 12, 1997 that an excess of 5,000 cheerleaders and football players are participating in the Pop Warner Super Bowl and Cheer and Dance National Championships at Disney's Wide World of Sports. Details on the event; Comments from Jon Butler, executive director of Pop Warner; Reason for the location of the championships at Disney.

Presents information on Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio in relation to the Division III football championship of the National Collegiate Athletic Association with emphasis on player, Bill Borchert. Comments from Borchert; Reference to the game against Lycoming College on December 13, 1997; Achievement of Mount Union; Contribution of Borchert to Mount Union. INSET: Division III championship, by Eddie Timanus..

Focuses on Joe Ferreira, the director of marketing research for the National Football League (NFL). Ferreira's comments about the match between the Dallas Cowboys and the Carolina Panthers on December 8, 1997; Names of television networks where Ferreira was formerly employed at; Ferreira's comments about watching NFL games.

Presents news briefs relating to high school sports. Loss of Bernards of Bernardsville, New Jersey to Shore Regional of West Long Branch, 19-18; Names of the colleges that USA TODAY Super 25 defensive end Dennis Johnson of Harrodsburg, Kentucky is hoping to attend; Winner of the game between USA TODAY boys basketball number one Saint John's at Prospect Hall, Frederick, Maryland and Archbishop Spalding of Severn, Maryland.

Presents information on high school sports, focusing on the recruiting season for football players in the United States. Scheduled date for the signing of a commitment; Information on the commitment process; Details on other sports.

Highlights Toledo University's football team, the Rockets, which will play against Marshall University in a Mid-American Championship match on December 5, 1997. Comments from Toledo quarterback Chris Wallace; Prize for the winner of the match. INSET: Mid-American Championship by Eddie Timanus and Danny Sheridan..

Focuses on high school sports where Hudson of Michigan journeyed to California to lend their support to De La Salle of Concord in breaking their 1975 football record. Record held by Hudson; How the Hudson team members felt when they heard that their record might be broken.

Reports that women's basketball coaches and other contributing factors have resulted in the success of the high schools in the United States that have received USA Today titles. Identification of schools that have received several titles; Perceptions of coaches on the titles which their schools have won.

Focuses on Sue Bird, guard on Christ the King High girls basketball team of Queens, New York. How Bird is a candidate for national player of the year for 1997; Background information on Bird; Bird's love for basketball.

Focuses on the Christ the King High girls basketball team of Queens, New York. Behavior of the team during practice sessions; Rank of the team by USA TODAY; Comments from the Christ the King coach, Vincent Cannizzaro.

Focuses on the number of football games played on Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Reference to the 78th year of the Loyola-Calvert game; Information on states who plays Thanksgiving games.

Reports on the performance of the Catholic University in a football game against Trinity University in Division III football playoffs. Commentary on the game; Information on the performance of Catholic University's Kevin Ricca; Reference to the effects of an injury sustained by Ricca on his chances of playing football for the major colleges.

Presents information relating to college sports in the United States. College basketball team which Tayshaun Prince signed on to play for; Which college basketball team Kevin Lyde signed up with; Problems which have affected the Watervliet New York High School football team.

Presents information on various college basketball teams in the United States, while highlighting the number of teams that advanced to the Sweet 16 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball tournament. Details on Coppin State University and Illinois State University; Comments from coach Kevin Stallings; Performance of some of the players.

Profiles Jim Phelan, basketball coach of Mount Saint Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland. When Phelan became the coach of Mount Saint Mary's; Comments from Phelan; Background information on Phelan; Performance of Phelan's team; Detailed information on Phelan's career as coach of the team. INSET: He's fit to be tied over wearing bow ties in honor of college...

Presents news briefs as they relate to college football in the United States. When University of Arizona's coach Lute Olson announced signed players; Announcement by Corey Maggette that he will attend Duke University; What coach Tubby Smith warned about the University of Kentucky players; Further details.

Presents information on basketball at high schools in the United States in relation to the signing of female player Asjha Jones with the Huskies team of the University of Connecticut. Information on other female players; Detailed information on basketball at high schools in the United States.

Presents new briefs relating to high school football. Information on Nick Setta, kicker for the Lockport Township, Illinois football team; How De La Salle of Concord, California will go for its national record 73rd consecutive 11-man football victory; Banning of postgame handshake between teams by the Columbus, Ohio city school district.

Reports that Grambling State will play Alabama State in a college football game on November 9, 1997, at the Crampton Bowl, in honor of Grambling State's coach, Eddie Robinson. Where was the original venue of the game; Circumstance surrounding the relocation; Comments from Alabama State director, Curtis Williams. INSET: USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 Coaches' Poll..

Presents information which relates to high school sports in the United States. Who has been coaching cross-country running at Saratoga Spring (N.Y.) High since 1985; Success of cross-country runners at Saratoga; University which Dane Fife, a basketball player of Clarkston (Michigan) will attend; When a Scholastic Assessment Test preparation program will be held for inner-city athletes. INSET: Cross-country rankings, by Marc Bloom..

Focuses on the Cleveland Browns football team. When Browns' owner Art Modell announced that he was moving the team to Baltimore; Reason the Browns will remain in Cleveland; Comments from football fans. INSET: Browns' rebirth..

Focuses on Tim Rattay, a football quarterback at Louisiana Tech University. Performance of Rattay in Louisiana's 26-20 win against the University of Alabama on November 1, 1997; Comments from Rattay; Rattay's football accomplishments.

States that the National Hockey League (NHL) may become the next men's professional sport to employ female officials. How the National Basketball Association (NBA) already employs female officials; When the NHL will consider female officials; Comments from Bryan Lewis, the NHL's director of officiating.

Reports that Erin Sullivan became the cross county champion at Mount Mansfield Union in Jericho, Vermont after she won the cross country race that took place on October 25, 1997 at Thetford, Vermont. Time Sullivan won the race; Views of Sullivan on her performance; Details on other races won by Sullivan.

Focuses on Josh Pastner, a sophomore on the University of Arizona basketball team, who has aspirations of coaching a Division I basketball team. Steps that Pastner is taking to prepare himself; Encouragement he gives to teammates; Comments from Arizona basketball coach, Lute Olson.

Presents information on high school football in California as of October 23, 1997. Preview of games between Mater Dei (Santa Ana) and De La Salle (Concord); Background information on the two teams.

Presents information on high school sports in the United States (U.S.) as of October 23, 1997. Details on Mike McNair, a football player from Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California); Background information on McNair; How McNair became one of the ten fastest high school sprinters in the U.S.

Focuses on Cheryl Weaver, Candace McNamee, Lindsey Yamasaki, Lyndsey Berg and Sara Sandrik top senior volleyball players in the United States. Players statistical average; Comments from Weaver.

Presents sporting briefs from around the United States. Leading candidate for coaching vacancy at South Alabama; Refusal of Marcus Camby to cooperate with National Collegiate Athletic Association; Reason for lawsuit against Peter Ehrmann by Nancy Puhak.

Presents information on high school sports in the United States focusing on two time US junior track champion, Char Foster. Which event did Foster win her junior titles while competing in 1994 and 1996; Plans by Dino Daniels to play basketball at Memphis University.

Presents information on high school sports in the United States. Information on the football standings of Nitro High School, Virginia; Contritubion of quarterback J.R. House to the team's season position; Information on the basketball and college plans of Dominguez's quarterback Jason Thomas.

Profiles race horse Western Dreamer competing in the Messenger Stakes on October 11, 1997. How much money did the Daly brothers buy the horse; Statistical information on races won by Western Dreamer; Comments from the horse's driver, Mike Lachance on the race.

Presents information on college football Dave Armstrong junior, while focusing on his success in football. Reference to Armstrong's father, who was also a football player; Information on the relationship between father and son.

Highlights the Cherry Creek High boys tennis team in Englewood, Colorado which has a winning streak of 293. Views of team captain Michael Kem on the team; Information on records in the National High School Sports Record Book; Relationship between Dave Benson and the team.

Reports that on October 1, 1997, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) announced that its operating board has recommended expansion teams for Detroit and Washington in the 1998 season which begins in June 1998. Comments from Val Ackerman, president of WNBA; Requirement of Detroit and Washington; Who will operate the teams in Detroit and Washington.

Focuses on Aaron Kampman, a football player of Aplington-Parkersburg High School in Iowa. Kampman's school season record for tackles; Information on Kampman; Comments from Kampman