By Phillip Whitten PHOENIX, March 7. NOW we know why Saddam Hussein has been so reluctant to go into exile in Saudi Arabia, the Sudan, Mauritania, or some other Middle

BY Phillip Whitten LONG BEACH, Calif., March 6. THE top-ranked Stanford men's swimming team took the early lead at the 2003 Pacific-10 Men's Swimming Championships at the Belmont Plaza Pool

OTTAWA, March 5. DAVE Johnson, Canada's head coach, has issued a grudging apology for remarks – described as "hurtful" and "reckless" by an inquiry report – he made about Quebec's

By Craig Lord FRANKFURT, March 5. FORMER East German athletes who were victims of state organized doping can pursue the German Olympic Committee for damages after an appeal court ruling

Las Vegas, NV Hasty Awards of Ottawa, Kansas has been awarded the coveted Retailer of the Year award by the Awards and Recognition Association (ARA). It was announced at the

HONOLULU, March 6. MIKE Sheldt, the 18 year-old University of Hawaii swimmer who died during practice on Tuesday afternoon, was suffering from a serious heart condition, an autopsy revealed yesterday.

HAIFA, Israel, March 6. ONE of the fifteen people killed in yesterday's vicious terrorist bombing on a crowded bus in the Israeli city of Haifa was the 17 year-old daughter

HONOLULU, March 5. MIKE Sheldt, an 18-year-old freshman swimmer at the University of Hawaii swimmer died yesterday. Sheldt, of Charlotte, N.C., was found submerged in 5 feet of water while

By Jonathan A. Goler CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 5. BRAINS and speed. Everyone knows MIT students have ample gray matter. This weekend they demonstrated they also have the speed. Last weekend,

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 5. THE quotations included in the recent SwimInfo stories on the Women's Pac-10 Championships were wrongly attributed to UCLA Head Coach Cyndi Gallagher. Coach Gallagher did not,