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To: altair19 who wrote (23915)	2/27/2003 8:39:09 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 104167

John'sLovett19 Are they changing the time for the broadcast of the races...?

To: altair19 who wrote (23915)	2/27/2003 8:43:48 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 104167

Why aren't they broadcasting this...? [IMO, ESPN's shirking its responsibility...I sure wish it was on OLN TV...they used to be more consistent with the LV Cup and would replay ALL the races regularly] Thursday, February 27 Alinghi still has to finish racing to claim 4-0 lead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESPN.com news services Auckland, New Zealand -- Team New Zealand was knocked out of Race 4 of the America's Cup on Friday when the 110-foot mast on NZL-82 snapped in two while sailing through a squall less than halfway through the race. Alinghi of Switzerland needed only to finish the six-leg, 18.5-nautical mile course to take a 4-0 lead in the best-of-nine series. Alinghi won the first three races -- over a span of four days -- and it's New Zealand-born skipper, Russell Coutts, extended his record for consecutive victories in the America's Cup match to 12. Coutts and five other Kiwis on Alinghi are pursuing their third straight America's Cup win, dating to 1995. On another rainy, nasty day, two-time defending champion Team New Zealand hoped simply to win a race. The Kiwis broke down in the first race and dropped out, then lost by seven and 23 seconds after committing tactical blunders. Sunday was the last time the yachts were towed out to the course in anticipation of a race. Racing was postponed Monday, Tuesday and Thursday before the boats even left the docks. Each of the crews went out on the water for training in recent days. The first four attempts for Race 4 were called off either because there wasn't enough wind to push the 80-foot, 25-ton sloops around the 18.25-nautical mile course, or because it was shifting so much that the race committee couldn't set a course. The weather then shifted dramatically, with gale-force wind raking the gulf. Before the start of the long series of postponements, Team New Zealand had promoted Frenchman Bertrand Pace from skipper of the tuneup boat to tactician in place of Hamish Pepper. The Kiwis hoped Pace would bring aggressiveness and the right calls to a crew that desperately needed a momentum swing.