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Gilliland shocked the NASCAR world by winning the Busch race at Kentucky Speedway in June driving for Clay Andrews Racing, a part-time team. The victory earned Gilliland numerous offers from top-level organizations, and he said two weeks ago that he was talking to 10 different car owners.
Andrews apparently saw it as a sign that he couldn't keep the 30-year-old Gilliland and decided to close his operation. . . .
  From left, Germany's Annika Liebs, Petra Dallmann, Britta Steffen and Daniela Goetz set a world record in the 400-meter freestyle relay at the European swimming championships in Budapest with a time of 3:35.22. (By Arpad Kuruc -- Getty Images) TRACKING THE WIZARDS Andray Blatche will attend 'John School,' a day-long seminar on the ills of solicitation. The Wizards re-sign forward Andray Blatche to a multiyear deal. After a delay, the Wizards finalize a trade of guard Juan Carlos Navarro to Memphis for a draft pick. Wizards Insider Ivan Carter and Michael Lee with exclusive coverage and analysis on the Washington Wizards. |
The turmoil at Robert Yates Racing continued when crew chiefs Tommy Baldwin and Slugger Labbe were released from their contracts.
Their departure comes during a chaotic time for the once-proud team. Dale Jarrett and Elliott Sadler are leaving at the end of the season, giving Yates two empty seats to fill and a lack of quality drivers to choose from.
Yates gave no reason for the crew chief departures, announcing only that Cully Barraclough would take over Sadler's team and Butch Hylton will be in charge of Jarrett's team beginning with Sunday's race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
· SWIMMING: Germany set a world record in the women's 400-meter freestyle relay at the European championships in Budapest. The time was 3 minutes 35.22 seconds.
The record was held by Australia with a time of 3:35.94, set at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
The Germans swimmers were Petra Dallmann , Daniela Goetz , Britta Steffen and Annika Liebs .
· PRO BASKETBALL: The Milwaukee Bucks traded center Jamaal Magloire to the Portland Trail Blazers for former Maryland guard Steve Blake , forward Brian Skinner and center Ha Seung-Jin . . . .
The Memphis Grizzlies re-signed guard Chucky Atkins to a one-year contract. Atkins averaged 11.4 points, 1.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 43 games with the Grizzlies after signing with them on Jan. 23 -- five days after agreeing to a buyout of his contract with Washington.
· RUNNING: A 43-year-old man died Sunday while running the San Francisco Marathon in what appeared to be the first fatality in the race's 29-year history.
William Goggins , of San Francisco, collapsed from apparent heart failure as he was approaching the 23-mile mark of the 26.2-mile race, authorities said.
-- From News Services
