European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 26 2007 stars and stripes Page 29 kicks sign Kentucky Center Morris to 2year Deal the associated press the new York kicks signed free agent Center Randolph mor Ris to a two year contract Friday adding the former Kentucky Star to their roster thanks to an unusual provision in the nabs collective bargaining agreement Morris the wildcats leading scorer this season declared him self eligible for the 2005 draft Fol lowing his freshman year but was not selected he returned to school for two More seasons due to a condition in the Cuba Morris was ineligible to reenter another draft he had free agent status throughout his Junior sea son but decided to play out the year with the wildcats who were eliminated from the Mcaa tournament last weekend by Kansas the kicks battling for a play off spot in the Eastern Confer ence jumped at the Chance to add a player for the future we said All along that in terms of building this team we would have to find unconventional ways to try and find Talent and get out and beat the Bushes Isiah Tho Mas the kicks coach and director of basketball operations said this is a very unique situation and i dont know if there has been something similar to this the rules allowed it and Here we Are Morris decision came a Day after coach Tubby Smith left Ken Tucky to become the head coach at Minnesota Ando wins skating title Tokyo Miki Ando won the women title in the world figure skating championships on Satur Day leading a 12 finish for the Host country with japanese team mate Mao Asada second Kim Yuna of South Korea who led after the Short program got the Bronze medal defending Champion Kimmie Meissner of the United states was fourth Ando didst do a much Antici rated Quad but her seven triples to a Mendelssohn violin concerto earned her a total score of 19509 that was enough to Edge Asada who had the Best Marks in the free skating portion of the Competition skating last after Asada had excited the crowd the 19yearold Ando kept her poise and delivered a solid performance she had a triple triple to Start and ended up crying when she saw her winning score Asada fifth entering the free skate scored 19445 Points for the Silver medal texans release Carr Williams Houston Tex ans waived quarterback David Carr the first draft pick in fran Chise history five years ago and running Back Domanick Williams the texans never have had a winning record and Carr often was the Scapegoat he completed 60 percent of his passes but also threw 65 interceptions and was sacked 249 times in five seasons Houston hoped Carr would flourish under new coach Gary Kubiak last season but the Tex ans went 610 Williams formerly Domanick Davis is Houston career Rush ing Leader with 3195 Yards he spent All of last season on injured Reserve with a knee injury also Friday the texans resigned 1999 Heisman trophy Winner Ron Dayne who joined the texans just before last season and blossomed late in the season Rushing for 429 Yards and five touchdowns in december the texans released Carr a Day after signing Matt Schaub and saying he would be their Start ing quarterback general manager Rick Smith said thursday the team was trying to Trade Carr who had two years left on a con tract that was to pay him million for those seasons jets sign a a Tuiasosopo Hempstead by the new York jets signed free agent quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo on Friday Tuiasosopo 28 spent his first six nil seasons with Oakland which drafted him in the second round in 2001 he appeared in 11 games including two starts and Ihl tire rack  tires wheels Springs shocks brakes want to improve the look enhance the performance of or keep your vehicle driving like the Day it was new the Tim rack is your on Estop shop for what you need choose from is major tire brands review our test results choose from 19 major wheel brands see them on your vehicle Springs and shocks for sure footed handling and aggressive appearance upgrades Wade Jeff Gordon ran a Lap at 125453 Mph in food City 500 qualifying to win his fifth career pole at Bristol motor Speedway on Friday completed 48 of 88 passes for 550 Yards and two touchdowns Hes expected to compete with second year quarterback Kellen Clemens for the no 2 Job behind starter Chad Pennington Falcons Addeb Redman Atlanta the Atlanta fal cons who traded backup Quarter Back Matt Schaub to the Houston texans earlier in the week on Fri Day signed fifth year Veteran quarterback Chris Redman Redman played for new fal cons coach Bobby Petrino at the University of Louisville the 6foot2 223pound red Man was a third round draft pick by Baltimore in 2000 in four seasons with the Ravens Redman played in 10 games and made six starts he completed 106 of 198 passes for 1111 Yards with seven touch Downs and five interceptions and was 33 As a starter Richardson to coach Mexico Little Rock Ark former Arkansas basketball coach Nolan Richardson is taking Over the mexican National team we had our press conference on monday in Mexico City Rich Ardson said Friday Treyve asked me to try to coach the National team Richardson was fired from a Kansas in 2002 after an outstand ing College coaching career that included a National championship with the Razorbacks in 1994 he also coached panamas National team when the team qualified for the 2006 world championships the 65yearold Richardson is from Elpaso Texas Cricket to probe match fixing Kingston International governing body of Cricket said Friday it would investigate whether match fixing was a motive for the slaying of Paki Stan coach Bob Woolmer who was strangled after his team was upset by Ireland Deputy police commissioner Mark Shields said police believed More than one person May have killed Woolmer 58 in his 12thfloor hotel room sunday his teams humiliating defeat Satur Day assured Pakistan Elimina Tion from the Cricket world cup after Days of speculation that Woolmer May have died of Natu ral causes or even committed Sui cide police commissioner Lucius Thomas confirmed thursday that the pathologist had declared the cause of death As asphyxia As a result of manual strangulation police said they were review ing Security cameras in and around the Jamaica Pegasus hotel and asked witnesses to come Forward if they had seen anything suspicious in the up scale hotel where Woolmer and the rest of the Pakistan squad had been staying the International Cricket councils ant corruption unit will investigate if match fixing had a role in Woolmer death Council chief executive Malcolm Speed said Woolmer family said it was unaware of any death threats against him or any involvement in match fixing Wyoming hires Schroyer Laramie Wyo Wyoming hired Heath Schroyer As its basketball coach Friday reuniting him with the Man who gave him his last head coaching Job Schroyer comes to Wyoming from Fresno state where he was associate head coach for two years before that Schroyer was head coach at Portland state for three years he was hired there by athletic director Tom Burman who now holds the same Job at Wyoming the contract Schroyer signed Friday will pay him a base salary of a year with incentives he can earn up to Gordon wins Bristol pole Bristol term Jeff Gor Don won the first pole of the car of tomorrow Era putting his Chevrolet Impala in the top Start ing spot for sundays Sextel cup food City 500 at Bristol motor Speedway on Friday Gordon ran a Lap at 125453 Mph to win his fifth career pole at Bristol he beat Evernham motor sports teammates Kasey Kahne and Elliott Sadler who qualified second and third in Dodge avengers Kahne posted a Lap at 125313 Mph and Sadler came in at 125183 Chevrolet and Dodge Are introducing new models with the cot a Nasca developed car that makes its Sextel cup debut on sunday Ford is sticking with its fusion Model and Toyota in its first year at Nastars top level is using the camry swim officials everybody out of the water 7101 Vorden Parkway South Bend in 16628 pjcc5 he tire wow Terrac Xora 57428a23j5 fax the associated press Melbourne Australia from jellyfish to towering White Caps the Ope water swimmers Are sure taking a beating in these world championships while those ornery jellyfish  keep them out of the water the Hearty swimmers were forced to evacuate the Stormy seas of port Phillip Bay on Satur Day having completed Only half of the 25kilometer race it was the first time in world championship history that an open water race was halted be cause of weather conditions that was a terrifying experience us swimmer Kalyn Keller said i thought it was a bad dream after huddling privately for Sev eral hours officials from govern ing body Fena decided to resume the race sunday using a Stag gered Start that will take into account the swimmers positions when they completed the fifth of 10 laps shortly after the women dive into the Waters off St Kilda Beach the men will get started on their 25kilometer race it should be quite a show though several women Keller among them were pondering whether they wanted to go through it again no wonder the conditions were harrowing saturday with the swimmers flailing around in crashing surf Many of them unsure exactly where they were going As the wind whipped up to 46 Mph it was my first Ever 25 kilo me Ter and till be my last said Jana Hechanova of the czech Republic its too dangerous Germany Britta Kamra Cor Estein had a big Lead when the race was stopped just As the swim mers were beginning the sixth Lap at first it was thought that Fina would award the medals based on placings at the Midway Point instead they decided to bring the women Back for another five laps the following Day when sunny conditions and less wind were expected China which has won All six diving events so far was on course for another Gold after Guo Jingjing led the preliminaries for the women 3meter springboard with 35610 Points the three time defending world Cham Pion will try to become the first diver to win the same event four straight times