BY THE NUMBERS Latest scores at twincities.com • Compiled by Brad Perlich Nextel Cup BANQUET 400 Sunday's race at Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Start position in parentheses)
Daily updates from the D League, CBA, ABA, IBL, USBL, WBA and international leagues: • Paul Mokeski joins Sidney Moncrief's staff in D League • Utah Jazz to hold open practice in Boise area • Tim Hardaway, Jay Fiedler bring CBA ball to Pittsburgh • ABA's Silverbacks sign DayShawn Wright • Player personnel moves in Brazil, China, Cyprus, and Germany
University of St. Thomas volleyball coach Thanh Pham had no idea what his mother and father wanted to talk to him about. Thanh's parents, Sue and Yen Pham, asked him to meet them for dinner one night last fall at Hoa Bien, a Vietnamese restaurant in St. Paul's Midway neighborhood. Thanh (pronounced "Tang") had been living in the United States for 30 years, and Yen thought the time had come to
BY THE NUMBERS Latest scores at twincities.com • Compiled by Travis Petschl Nextel Cup BANQUET 400 LINEUP After Friday's qualifying; race Sunday at Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan. Lap length: 1.5 miles
ST. PAUL Isaiah, a faith-based community organizing group made up of 80 congregations in the Twin Cities, will sponsor "Faith in Democracy: Renewing the Promise" from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at St. Pascal Baylon Catholic Church. The public is invited to participate with a number of elected officials, labor leaders and clergy to find common ground on issues like transportation, education, living-wage
At Bethel University in Arden Hills, long a popular destination for evangelical Christians, a new debate about faith and politics is flourishing. Students are eager to talk about AIDS in Africa, poverty and pollution and far less likely to focus on gay marriage and abortion. They're hungry for dialogue and eager to find common political ground. David Miller, 21, who headed Bethel's College
A gleaming white dome hovers above the Big Easy, a symbol of rebirth amid all the rubble. When the Saints (2-0) return to the Superdome to face the Falcons (2-0), they'll be carrying the hopes of all those people who still live in trailers parked alongside their gutted-out homes, who vow to rebuild when it would be so much easier to give up on their beloved hometown.
BY THE NUMBERS Latest scores at twincities.com • Compiled by Travis Petschl Nextel Cup DOVER 400 Sunday's race at Dover International Speedway, Dover, Del., Lap length: 1-mile oval (Start position in parentheses)
Age: 49. Home: St. Paul. Occupation: Senior pastor at Woodland Hills Church, Maplewood, which is affiliated with the Baptist General Conference; author; theologian, founder of Christus Victor Ministries. Family: Wife, Shelley, 48; children Nathan, 20; Alisha, 23, and Denay, 25. Education: Park High School, Cottage Grove; University of Minnesota; Yale Divinity School; Princeton Theological
