BRIEFLY: JOCKEY VALENZUELA TO TRY FOR COMEBACK.Jockey Patrick Valenzuela, suspended nearly a dozen times during his 21-year career for a variety of infractions, told friends during a visit to Santa Anita last week that he hopes to make another comeback in February. Last Feb. 12, the Santa Anita Board of Stewards suspended Valenzuela for seven months after he tested positive for amphetamines Amphetamines Sympathomimetic amines; sometimes called speed; synthetic chemicals that stimulate the central nervous system. Mentioned in: Weight Loss Drugs amphetamines . The stewards recommended to the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB CHRB California Horse Racing Board CHRB Community Housing Resource Board (Montana) CHRB Commonwealth Health Research Board ) that Valenzuela not be re-licensed unless he maintained a full year of sobriety. Valenzuela was given a conditional license in August, 1999, after a two- year absence stemming from previous infractions. Upon his return, Valenzuela was required to attend bi-weekly counseling sessions, submit to random drug testing and have no unexcused absences. --Fred J. Robledo BASKETBALL: Retired Houston Comets star Cynthia Cooper was hired to coach the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA WNBA Women's National Basketball Association WNBA World Ninepin Bowling Association WNBA Wannabe Nasty Boys Association WNBA Women's National Book Association, Inc. WNBA Warszawski Nurt Basketu Amatorskiego . Cooper will replace Cheryl Miller, who resigned in December after four years on the job. ``I am truly honored and excited about coaching this talented team,'' said Cooper, 37, a USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. product. ``I am looking forward to being a part of bringing a championship to the city of Phoenix.'' OLYMPICS: Bela Karolyi, who coached three Olympic gold medalists, is out as coordinator of the USA Gymnastics women's national team The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . USA Gymnastics said Karolyi would not return to the job he held for just over a year. The decision was made during a women's program summit in Houston on Sunday. Karolyi could not be reached immediately for comment. COLLEGE ATHLETICS: After what seemed like a quiet weekend in the search for John Cooper's successor, Ohio State director of athletics Andy Geiger got the process going at the American Football Coaches Association The American Football Coaches Association is an association of football coaches on all levels and is responsible for the Coaches Poll that determines the national champion each year. national convention in Atlanta. OSU (Open Source UNIX) Refers to the Unix variants that are maintained as open source, which were primarily BSD Unix and Linux until Sun made its Solaris operating system open source in 2005. assistant head coach Fred Pagac said he was to interview with Geiger there. Also among the 5,000 attending is Minnesota's Glen Mason, one of three confirmed candidates for the Buckeyes job along with Pagac and Youngstown State's Jim Tressel. Mason is one of the coaches' organization's five vice presidents and will take over as president in a few years. Tressel said he spoke to Ohio State officials before they left for Georgia and expects an interview will be scheduled when they return. - Daily News Wire Services |
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