Cross Country
Police believe the roots of the shooting may lie in an altercation that occurred at a birthday gathering for a Denver Nuggets basketball player. Williams was part of a group that left the club in a limousine about 2 a.m. Shortly thereafter, a sport utility vehicle pulled up alongside the limo, and shots were fired. Late last week, Denver police discovered the SUV, registered to an alleged gang member, near Denver International Airport. Three alleged gang members were reportedly being sought.
The incident was the second drive-by shooting involving a Denver pro athlete. Last April, then Nuggets guard Julius Hodge was shot while driving home from a nightclub. Hodge survived. Williams was not so fortunate.
It Took Only Two Hours to Warm Up
Thousands of Americans looking to wash away their memories of 2006 did so with "polar bear" swims last week, a tradition inspired by Russian, Scandinavian, and Chinese ice swimming that involves quick dips in frigid water. About 500 people rang in the New Year by plunging into Lake Michigan with the Polar Bear Club of Sheboygan, Wis. In Coney Island, N.Y., meanwhile, about 200 swimmers raised roughly $25,000 for a camp for terminally ill children and their families by submerging themselves in the 48-degree waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
"It usually takes about two hours before my feet feel normal," Ray Kelly, who organized a dunk on Long Island Sound, N.Y., told Westchester County's Journal News. Kelly banned wet suits at his event, which raised money for Lou Gehrig's disease, "to make it more fun."
With Chris Wilson, Tim Smart, Gordon Witkin, Angie C. Marek and wire reports ?
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