European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              June 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 29 Blackhawk take nigerian in second round the associated press Ohio getaway Day at the nil draft ended up being the highlight of Akim the dream Alius Young born in raised in moved to Canada when he was and then shuttled to to play juniors a year Aliu was picked by the Chicago Blackhawk in the Sec Ond round on the second Day of the nil draft on Long after history was made in Friday nights first round when Patrick Kane Chicago and James Vanriemsdyk Philadel phia became the first americans to be picked Aliu finally heard his name mentioned before a thinning crowd at nationwide my dad didst see a hockey rink until he was 40 years said who wants to become just the second nigerian to play in the my mom grew up in but hockey want really part of her her there Happy about what in doing right in Happy for what in doing rounds two through seven of the 211player draft rolled with most of the picks drawing Little More than polite applause from family teams didst take the later rounds Light theres a perception and a re san Jose Sharks executive vice president and general manag 1 or Doug Wilson youll look Back several years from now and say there Are some really Good hockey players from this draft who Are playing in this one of them might be it took 18 years and thousands of Miles for him to end up wearing a Blackhawk Jersey and smiling before a Phalanx of we came Over Here with a suit Case from it was a Tough couple of years for not know ing anyone in the and having no said who was the 56th selection it was Only us my me and my brother we didst have any other family he wanted to play but sports briefs Felt the pull of Canadas National a year the 200pound Forward had 16 goals and seven assists with the Sud Bury wolves of the Ontario hockey who trains in the sum mers with Columbus Blue Jack ets Allstar Rick said that Back in his Homeland nobody knows How far he has already they dont even know what hockey is Over he said with a sabres Briere inching closer to free Agency the longer it takes the Buffalo sabres to make Daniel Briere an the More tempting it is for the coca Tain to become a free without ruling out the possibility of resigning with Bri Eres Pat said sat urday the chances Are increasing that his client will test the Market once nil free Agency opens july its different Brisson noting this is Briers first Opportunity to be an unrestricted free Well its getting closer and noted Hes still open to getting a Deal done with we Haven ruled out any he were continuing to were very Brisson spoke by phone from the nil draft in where he had discussions with but has yet to receive an offer from sabres general manager Darcy we dont take this personal at Brisson its still Prema we still have some time this Regier declined to discuss where he left off saying Only that  the sabres also risk losing coca Tain Chris who is Eli Gible to become an unrestricted free the departure of both players would change the Core of the tire rack m drive in to the upgrade garage the place to personalize your vehicles appearance prepare it for Winter do it now at dreaming and shopping made easy registered users can save their vehicles and View personalized pages on the Brake rotors and More select your vehicle to easily see All the products customize Yourl Ferkle save products to browse through or Purchase later in your wish its a great Way to begin the appearance and performance upgrade you was Lorn Union Lukas russian Vladimir Karpets won the tour de suisse on sunday by finishing sixth in the final a team that won an no lest and franchise record 53 games last and lost in the Eastern conference finals for a second consecutive dolphins Evans arrested on Miami Beach Miami Miami dolphins defensive tackle Fred Evans was arrested Early Satur Day after he refused to leave a taxi on South Beach and then fought with police police twice used a Taser gun on according to the arrest in attempts to subdue the 305pound player who appeared in one game As a Rookie last season with the officers said they asked Evans to leave the taxi after he re they attempted to put him in he allegedly resist leading to the Evans was charged with Multi ple counts of Battery on a Law enforcement officer and resisting with along with single counts of disorderly intoxication and one officer was allegedly bitten on the wrist and a female officer sustained scrapes on her left police dolphins coach Cam in a Brief said the team was aware of Evans we will not condone this Type of Cameron i As sure everyone it will be dealt with Evans Drew didst immediately return a Call seeking kiwis come from behind to even americas cup Spain emirates team new zealand came from be Hind for a 28second Victory Over Alighi on handing the defending champions their first loss in americas cup racing to even their bestow nine series any time we its a big Alighi skipper Brad Butterworth on the first beat we looked pretty and on the second beat they just sort of rolled into us in the team from land locked Switzerland shocked sail ing powerhouse new zealand by defeating the kiwis 50 at Home to take the cup to Europe for this first time in More than 150 sundays win Means the Ameri Cas cup will not be a sweep for the first time since four editions Ive lost a lot of races since then its Only every four ill get Over said who lost for the first time in 17 americas cup Exma Jor leaguer Hall arrested on sexual assault charges North Richland Texas former major league outfielder Mel Hall has been charged with sexually assaulting two girls in 1998 and 1999 when he was coaching them on a select basketball the 46yearold Hall was re leased from jail Friday on he was arrested the Previ Ous Day on charges of sexual As Sault of a child under 17 and aggravated sexual assault of a child under police said the second charge carries a Possi ble life sentence because of the age of the alleged when Hall was there was also an unrelated outstand ing warrant on a theft police Hall could not be reached for comment by the associated press on several phone numbers listed in his name were incorrect or police said they Are looking for other possible victims because Hall was a girls basketball coach and organized a baseball Camp in the Hall played in the majors from 1981 to 1992 and again in 1996 for the Yankees and he hit with 134 Home runs and 620 Bis in his horse off the year i Vasor retired due to injury new York the 2006 horse of the was re tired saturday after cracking a Bone in his right Hind ankle Dur ing a workout at Belmont the injury was not life threat and the 5yearold horse will be sent to stud at Shadwell farm in i Vasor worked Well in his final prep before next saturdays sub Urban and the injury was not readily apparent after according to Rick the general manager of but after the horse was Cooling it appeared he was in disco rays revealed a fracture at the top of the a Bone in the owned by Sheik Hamdan of i Vasor won 11 of 12 Ca reer races and earned Mil i Vasor ends his career with a six race winning including the million breeders cup classic last year at Churchill Downs and the million Dubai world cup in bred in the son of Candy stripes won All five of his starts in North including last years Publico special and Whitney Wells plans to stick with agent says Houston Veteran guard Bonzi Wells plans to stick with the Houston rockets during the 200708 his agent told a Houston television station on sat Bonzi has sent in the Neces sary paperwork and he is opting and he will play for the Rock ets this coming Bill Duffy told even though Wells had signed a two year contract with the Rock he could have opted out of the Deal this rockets spokesman Nelson Luis told the associated press on saturday night that the team Hast received any paperwork so far from new coach Rick Adelmann arrival raised the possibility of Wells return to the temperamental Wells hardly played last sidelined with various injuries and a rift with coach Jeff Van but Wells had a productive 200506 season under Adelman in Sacramento and averaged 23 Points and 12 rebounds in the United states beats Japan in mens volleyball Japan Clay ton Stanley spiked for 10 Points sunday to Lead the United states to a straight sets Victory Over Japan in a mens volleyball world league Riley Salmon and William Priddy added nine spikes each As the americans improved to 82 in group b of the sixteen nation tournament with a 2522 Victory Over Host Japan dropped to sixteen countries Are divided into four first round six teams will Advance to the final round in Poland in the United states leads group b with 18 Points followed by France with Italy has 11 Points while Japan has Britain Murray withdraws from Wimbledon England eight seeded Andy Murray pulled out of Wimbledon with a right wrist injury dealing a blow to British fans who consid ered him their Best Chance for a Strong showing from a local play the doctor has advised me not to play and that i probably need about 10 Days to be Mur Ray i dont think it is going to rain for the next 10 Karpets wins tour de suisse Switzerland russian Vladimir Karpets won the tour de suisse on sunday by finishing sixth in the races final a 21mile time Luxembourg Kim Kirchen finished second Overall and Stijns Devolder of Belgium was Switzerland Fabian cancel the world time trial Champi on and Winner of the Swiss Tours won the stage in 41 min 46 Karpets crossed in this Victory comes in the most Beautiful City in the in my birth Cancellara russian Vladimir who led the Overall standings heading into the final was More than three minutes behind the leaders