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June 15, 2002
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Rays
League suspends Kennedy 7 games
Ray appeals longest penalty this year for pitch near head of Blue Jay.

Rays slosh to strange, wet win
Tampa Bay catches break when winning run trips rounding third, then waits through rain delay before beating Marlins 4-3 in 14.

Hot bat earns Huff 3B work at NL park
MIAMI -- The mystery of where Aubrey Huff would play when the Rays visited a National League ballpark ended up being no mystery at all.

Bucs
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[Times photo: James Borchuck]
Middle linebacker Nate Webster, left, gets tied up with running back Zain Gilmore during minicamp.
Webster says his time is coming
Bucs linebacker hopes to win over coaches and win starting nod during full-contact workouts.

Gruden is quick to honor history
TAMPA -- Legend had it that former Bucs quarterback Doug Williams, now the coach at Grambling University, put a curse on the organization.

Golf
Woods shines in rain
Despite the horrible weather, Tiger Woods extends his U.S. Open lead at Bethpage.

Cut misses Valrico amateur
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- For a time Friday afternoon, Kevin Warrick's name popped up on the leaderboard. He was in fifth place at the U.S. Open. Not bad for an amateur who never had performed at this level.

It's not hard to figure out how it got its name
About 60 years ago, 1935 Massachusetts Amateur champion Edward S. Stimpson invented the Stimpmeter, a device that measures the speed of a green using a numerical system, which is more accurate than merely calling it fast or slow.

Storm
Storm's new owner same as old owner
That's right, the deal to sell Woody Kern's team to Thom Hopper has not been finalized. The snag? Money.

Motorsports
A little hustling and Jeannette has career
The young driver has flourished, with some help from dad and Paul Newman.

World Cup Soccer
A deflating loss, then relief
POLAND 3, USA 1: The U.S. team is flat but squeaks into World Cup's final 16 with Portugal's loss to Korea.

U.S. player evaluations
Come in from the ledge, American fans, we're not Argentine or French (or Portuguese). Upon further review, things weren't that bad in the 3-1 loss to Poland. USA dominated in shots (17-8), corner kicks (8-3) and possession (64 to 36 percent). Take Jeff Agoos off the field, which coach Bruce Arena should do against Mexico, and it's a 1-1 game. Nevertheless, the overall effort was middling and the attack often was out of synch. Times staff writer Pete Young grades the U.S. players:

Co-host leaves Portugal behind
INCHEON, South Korea -- South Korea wasn't about to become the first World Cup host to miss the second round.

Second round very different
Steve Trittschuh is a former member of the U.S. national team that played in Italy in the 1990 World Cup. He also was a member of the Tampa Bay Mutiny of Major League Soccer and the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the American Professional Soccer League. Trittschuh recently retired from soccer and lives in Tampa. He spoke with Times staff writer Rodney Page about the 16 teams remaining in the World Cup.

Stanley Cup
Bowman goes out in usual place: on top
DETROIT -- Scotty Bowman has done it all as an NHL coach. More important, he has seen it all.

Preps
Two sports recognized
TAMPA -- Making one more step toward Title IX gender equity requirements, the Florida High Schools Activities Association on Friday approved recognition of boys and girls bowling and girls weightlifting as interscholastic sports.

Cougar was area's best ... obviously
Pitching is softball today.

Outdoors
Daily fishing report
The lower end of Tampa Bay is alive with red drum, tarpon and Spanish mackerel. You can bag all three if you play your cards right. At blue light first thing in the morning, have your fresh dead shad and get out to the beaches. .

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