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Miami Herald - April 14, 2005
Yao, the Houston Rockets center, will lead the first Basketball without Borders in Asia, the NBA announced Tuesday.
Yao will be in Beijing on July 14-17, and teammate Mutombo will be in Johannesburg on Sept. 7-12.
The players will be participating in youth basketball camps that promote friendship, leadership and HIV/AIDS awareness.
Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs will return to Buenos Aires with NBA players for the second annual event June 30-July 4.
Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks and Andrei Kirilenko of the Utah Jazz will travel to Treviso, Italy, for the fifth annual youth camp in Europe in late July.
More than 440 youngsters from 72 countries and territories have taken part in the program.
Modano tops squad
Former Olympians Mike Modano, Doug Weight, Aaron Miller and Mike York will be part of the U.S. men's hockey team that will compete in the world championships.
Miller, of the Los Angeles Kings, is one of seven players returning from the squad that won bronze at last year's worlds -- the U.S. program's best finish since the 1996 team also won bronze. The others are Ty Conklin, Hal Gill, Andy Roach, Matt Cullen, Jeff Halpern and Richard Park.
Peter Laviolette of the Carolina Hurricanes returns for his second year as head coach.
The U.S. team will begin three days of practice in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Saturday. It plays its first game in the 16-nation event against Slovenia on May 1 in Innsbruck, Austria.
Hands down
Jockeys got the Hollywood treatment in Louisville, home of the Kentucky Derby.
Cameras flashed and a small crowd applauded as three Derby-winning jockeys -- Michael Manganello, Jean Cruguet and Craig Perret -- put their handprints in wet concrete outside the Galt House hotel.
They were the first of 30 living Derby-winning jockeys to preserve their handprints in the memorial at the hotel.
"It's nice for the riders," Manganello said. "A little bit of us will always be there."
In all, 96 jockeys have posted wins in the 130 Kentucky Derby races.
After the 30 handprints are in place for an unveiling on May 5, other prints will be added to the sidewalk leading up to Main Street.
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