BRIEFLY\Ex-Bruins coach Hazzard is stable following stroke.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Former UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX basketball coach Walt Hazzard suffered a stroke Friday but remained conscious, a hospital spokesman said. "He's now in stable condition," said Greg Madsen, of Midway Hospital. "When I last saw him he was alert, his eyes were open and he was talking to his wife." Hazzard was to be transferred to UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. under the care of his doctor, Madsen said. Hazzard, 54, was a two-time All-American at UCLA and was college basketball's Player of the Year in 1964, when the Bruins won their first NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association championship. It would turn out to be their first of 10 titles in a span of 12 years. He played in the NBA for 10 seasons. Hazzard was UCLA's head coach from 1985-88. His teams went 77-47 and won the NIT championship in his first year. In 1987, the Bruins advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. He was fired after the 1988 season and succeeded by current UCLA coach Jim Harrick. Hazzard has since been employed by the Lakers as a scout. Coach Les Robinson, who restored academic integrity to the North Carolina State basketball program but lost 50 of 64 Atlantic Coast Conference The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953, the ACC's twelve member universities compete in twenty sports in the NCAA's Division I. games, resigned after four seasons. FOOTBALL Pittsburgh Steelers running back Bam Morris was released from jail in Rockwall, Texas, following his arrest for possession of marijuana. Morris, 24, was arrested during a traffic stop after police found what they said was more than six pounds of marijuana in the trunk of his car. BASEBALL Michelle Carew, 18-year-old daughter of Hall of Famer Rod Carew, received a rare infusion of infant umbilical-cord blood in hopes of staving off fatal leukemia. TENNIS Steffi Graf expended more energy than usual in an opening match before beating Floridian Sandra Cacic 6-1, 7-5 in the Lipton Championships in Key Biscayne, Fla. Boris Becker withdrew from the Lipton because of illness before playing a match. He is suffering from an upper and lower respiratory infection Noun 1. lower respiratory infection - infection of the lower respiratory tract respiratory infection, respiratory tract infection - any infection of the respiratory tract that has bothered him for four weeks, the ATP ATP: see adenosine triphosphate. ATP in full adenosine triphosphate Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms. Tour said. Stefan Edberg squandered a set point in the first set but rallied to beat Emilio Sanchez 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 6-2. Mats Wilander, the 1988 champion, lost to Alex Corretja 6-2, 6-4. Second-seeded Daniel Vacek, bothered by a stomach illness, withdrew while losing 2-1 in the first set to Sweden's Magnus Gustaffson, seeded seventh, in the quarterfinals of the St. Petersburg Open The St. Petersburg Open is a tennis tournament held in the city of St. Petersburg, in the country of Russia. Held since 1995, both men's singles and doubles are held at the tournament. in Russia. Vacek's doctors said the Czech had gastroenteritis. MOTOR SPORTS Ward Burton knocked Jeff Gordon off the pole in the opening round of time trials for the TranSouth Financial 400 in Darlington, S.C. Burton won his second Winston Cup pole. GOLF Brandie Burton, the LPGA's 1991 Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year may refer to:
Lennie Clements had the lead after two rounds of the Freeport-McMoran Classic in New Orleans. Tom Watson was at 10-under-par 134, one shot behind Clements in the $1.2 million event. Orville Moody and Jimmy Powell teamed up for a 7-under-par 65 to take the first-round lead in the $1.1 million Legends of Golf at La Quinta. Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player were one shot back at 66 in the team event. WINTER SPORTS After finishing seventh Thursday in his best event, the downhill, Kyle Rasmussen of Angels Camp, Calif., turned it around and won the super-G by .05 seconds at Sugarloaf/USA in Maine for his first national title. Picabo Street, of Sun Valley, Idaho <includeonly></includeonly> Sun Valley is a city and affluent resort community in the central part of the U.S. state of Idaho, adjacent to the city of Ketchum in Blaine County. , sped down the 1.72 miles in 1 minute, 24.36 seconds to beat defending champion Megan Gerety of Anchorage, Alaska. ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). . Nine boats loaded for a weekend rowing competition were intentionally burned at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga UTC was founded in 1886 as then-private Chattanooga University (later known as Grant College). In 1907, the university changed its name to the University of Chattanooga. In 1969, the university merged with Chattanooga City College to form the modern UTC campus as part of the University just hours before the team was to leave for Georgia. Firefighters said the blaze, discovered shortly before 3 a.m., was arson. |
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