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This event is a 5K mn & 3K walk around the Texas A&M University campus in which
all of the proceeds and donations go to testicular cancer research.
Date of the Race: April 24. 2004
Pre-Registration is from April 5-23
Race Day Registration starts @ 7:15 am
Time: Race starts @ 8:00 am
Entry Fees:
Before April 24: $12
Day Of The Race: $15
Registration forms for the race can be:
1) Picked up from the Health Education office, Room 008, in the basement of the A.P. Beutel Health Center.
2) Printed off of the Health Education webpage @ http://healthed.tamu.edu
For more information, please call 847-8910
The CannonBALL Run is hosted by Texas ASM University Student Health Services, Health Education and Kappa Alpha Psi.
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Friday,
April 30, 2004
Free Dinner and Activities
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LeBron James named s
NBA Rookie of the Yea
By Tom Withers
the associated press
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CLEVE
LAND — Not
long after the
news confer
ence ended,
LeBron James
joined a few
friends in the
back of a room
inside Gund
Arena and danced.
His moves were smooth
like the ones he made on the
court during his remarkable first
season as a pro.
On Tuesday, James won the
NBA’s Rookie of the Year award,
the crowning moment for a 19-
year-old kid who lived up to his
“King James” nickname while
reviving the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Nobody cared that he was 45
minutes late for the announce
ment. This was one teenager
who didn’t need an excuse.
“They had to drag me out
(of) bed to put this suit on.” said
James, whose black suit was
perfectly complemented by a
wine-colored shirt, “I didn't
want to get out. I thought 1 was
going to practice when they
woke me up this morning.”
James received 66 percent of
the first-place votes from a panel
of sports writers and broadcast
ers. easily beating Denver’s
Carmelo Anthony and becoming
the youngest to win the award.
The No. 1 overall draft pick
did more than just post jaw-
dropping statistics night after
night: He transformed Gund
Arena into a hot spot, and gave
Cleveland fans reason to hope.
“He proved to all of us that he
is up for a challenge. He exceed
ed all of our expectations and just
kept raising the bar,” Cavaliers
owner Gordon Gund said.
James received 508 points,
including 78 of a possible 118
first-place votes, to become the
first Cleveland rookie honored.
Anthony, who left Syracuse
after leading it to an NCAA
championship as a freshman,
finished with 430 points,
including the
other 40 first-
place votes.
Dwyane Wade
of the Miami Heat
was third with 117
points. Players
received 5 points
lor a first-place
vote, 3 for second
and 1 for third.
”1 thought it
could go either
way,” said James,
who praised
Anthony for hav
ing a phenome-
nal season. ‘*1
thought it could be a split
decision.”
In any other year, Anthony
probably would have won the
award for statistics similar to
resounding windmill
close his season at I
Square Garden.
No player entered tiielt
to as much fanfare as |
And the Akron native del;
on the court, while
and-gold No. 23 jersey
sales and his image wasi®
ed from coast to coast.
James averaged 20.5
5.5 rebounds and 5.9assist. |
ing Oscar Robertson and Md
Jordan as the only NBA a
to average at least 20-5-5.
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He just has it
It's all his attitude.
He's humble and
he's about winning
more than
anything.
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James* ami helping the Nuggets go
from 17 victories to the playoffs.
But this season belonged to
James, from his 25-point, nine-
rebound. six-assist NBA debut
at Sacramento through his
scored more than 30 poi
times, and made countlessm
that defied description.
“They try to take aw;
manhood in this league
they couldn’t get mine.’ J
James, who received hisuj
Tuesday night at the NBA
in New' York. “I could
averaged around 25 poirl
could have gotten a lot of cJ
Cowboy stadium faces tax hurd
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DALLAS (AP) — Proposed tax revenue to
help pay for a new $1 billion Dallas Cowboys sta
dium development might not be available if the
facility is built in Fair Park, county officials say.
The location where the State Fair of Texas is
held annually has been the front-runner among
alternatives for a new venue to replace the aging
Texas Stadium in the Dallas suburb of Irving.
But a portion of state law that forbids using
rental-car taxes to finance a sports venue that is part
of a city park and recreation system was cited by
county officials as a likely impediment. They said the
law also may forbid the use of hotel occupancy taxes.
Fair Park, just southeast of downtown, has
emerged in the last several weeks as the favorite
site for the development, which includes an all-
weather stadium with an estimated cost of $650
million. Team representatives have been meeting
with city and county officials on the project,
which would be financed with up to $400 million
in hotel and rental car taxes.
However, Fair Park, as the city’s
park, is part of the park and recreation
and is administered by the Dallas Park Bo;:
Cowboys spokesman Brett Daniels said!::
that the team is examining how thelawmigL
public financing for a Fair Park stadium.
“We dr> see it as something
addressed and are working through the pros
Daniels told The Dallas Morning Nw
Wednesday’s editions. “They are looking at aw
of different options that may be the bestwayM
According to stadium opponents,
an impediment to tax financing for a profess:
sports stadium.
“It looks like it would be a very big
said Pat Cotton, a Dallas political consul®
ing with the group No Jones Tax. “1 don'till
county commissioners or the city official
w ant to be in a position to violate the law.
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