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Week at a Glance

You never know who will end up an All-Star

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Posted: Thursday June 08, 2000 08:00 PM

Rebecca Lobo missed almost the entire 1999 WNBA season after tearing her ACL in the first game. Brian Bahr/Allsport

By Patricia Heys, CNNSI.com

The WNBA has released the All-Star ballots for the July 17 game in Phoenix. Seventy-one players appear on the ballots, which will be distributed at WNBA arenas during June.

And it's all up to the fans. They decide which players will travel to Phoenix, which players will be known as All-Stars. Last year the Liberty's Rebecca Lobo was named to the East team despite the fact that she had played less than a minute of the 1999 season.

This year the Liberty's Kym Hampton appears on the ballot even though she has retired. Hopefully, Liberty fans don't vote her on the East team (the WNBA has said she's ineligible). Hopefully, fans across the league don't vote for their favorite players, but for players with All-Star stats.

Sheryl Swoopes -- After the first games of the season, the Comets' star was averaging 24.8 points a game. Nicole Jeray -- The Berwyn, Ill. native came from two shots back in the second round to take the lead at the 16th annual JWA/Michelob Light FUTURES Charity Golf Classic. After several weather delays during the final round the event was shortened to 36 holes. As a result Jeray claimed her second title at Hickory Point Golf. Jamie Foutch -- The Ohio Pride rookie went 3-for-4 with a double, a solo home run and two walks and was named the Louisville Slugger of the Week. The former Oklahoma State University All-American made history by hitting a solo home run in her first WPSL at-bat. Darlene Lowery -- The Tampa Bay FireStix rookie earned AT&T Wireless Services Pitcher of the Week honors after posting a three-hit, complete-game victory in her first WPSL start. The 36-year-old Lowery finished the weekend with 10 strikeouts and three walks in nine innings pitched. Mary Pierce -- The Frenchwoman survived second-set jitters to beat top-seeded Martina Hingis 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 in the semifinals at the French Open. Grace Park -- The 21-year-old rookie, helped by a long rain delay, won her first LPGA tournament, the Kathy Ireland Greens.com Classic. Geno Auriemma and Peggie Gillom -- The Connecticut and Texas A&M coaches were named U.S. Women's Olympic Team assistant coaches.

A panel of Michigan state and school officials, athletic directors and state representatives has been formed to investigate gender equality in the state's high school athletics. The 60-member Blue Ribbon Panel on Gender Equity in High School Athletics will be holding hearings around the state studying what successful schools are doing, he said.

Out to make history Tegla Loroupe, the versatile distance runner from Kenya, is eyeing gold in Sydney. She finished sixth in the 1996 Games and 18th in 1992 in the marathon. No Kenyan has ever won a gold medal in the Olympics, and Loroupe would like to be the first. A national hero With the Olympics fast approaching, swimming has a new superstar. In a two-week period beginning in late May, Inge de Bruijn tied or broke six world records -- twice beating her own marks and winding up with four new world standards in the 50- and 100-meter freestyle and butterfly.

WNBA: Sacramento at New York, June 9, 7 p.m. Tennis: French Open finals, Paris, June 10 Golf: Rochester International, Pittsford, New York, June 8-11 Basketball: Hall of Fame induction, Knoxville, Tenn., June 9-10

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