BRIEFLY : CLEAVES SUES CLIPS' TAYLOR.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves Mateen Cleaves (born September 7 1977 in Flint, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics. Cleaves is most remembered for his brilliant career at Michigan State. has sued former University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. player and current Clipper Maurice Taylor Maurice De Shawn Taylor (born October 30, 1976 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player at the power forward position. He was most recently with the NBA's Sacramento Kings, released on January 23, 2007. and his aunt over injuries suffered in a 1996 traffic accident. Cleaves alleges he ``has been rendered temporarily seriously disabled and . . . suffered great physical pain and mental anguish'' as a result of the rollover A graphic element in an application or on a Web page that changes its color or shape when the pointer is moved (rolled) over it. See JavaScript rollover. See also n-key rollover. accident involving a Ford Explorer driven by Taylor and owned by his aunt, Ellen Lloyd of Detroit. Since then, Cleaves has twice been named Big Ten Player of the Year for the Spartans. He was a first-team All-American in 1998-99. The lawsuit, which seeks at least $25,000 in damages, alleges Cleaves' injuries resulted from Taylor's negligent driving and Ms. Lloyd's negligence in allowing Taylor to drive. HOCKEY: Saying it was time to move on, longtime Washington Capitals center Dale Hunter announced his retirement and said he would take a front-office position with the team. Hunter played 19 years in the NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there . He'll turn 39 on Saturday. GOLF: The drought in the Northeast didn't put a damper on scoring in the Greater Hartford Open, as Kevin Sutherland, Mike Springer, Tom Scherrer and Skip Kendall shot 63s to share the first-round lead at Cromwell, Conn. Julie Inkster cruised through the first round of the du Maurier Classic in Priddis, Alberta, with a 4-under 68 that left her one stroke out of the lead. Patti Rizzo was tied for the lead with Rosie Jones. Inkster is one victory shy of becoming the 17th player to qualify for the Hall of Fame. SOCCER: Galaxy forward Carlos Hermosillo will miss Saturday's game at Chicago because of a strained lower back, the team announced. BOWLING: Simi Valley resident Robert Smith bowled a perfect 300 and fought his way back into contention at the PBA U.S. Open The PBA U.S. Open is one of the four major Ten pin PBA (Professional Bowlers Association) bowling events. The first tournament in the PBA took place in 1971 and was won by Mike Limongello. Previous U.S. in Milford, Conn. The Royal High product improved to 14th place through five rounds after going 5-3 in match play. He is averaging 220 for the tournament. FISHING: Area qualifier Aaron Martens of Castaic found rough going in the opening day of the Bass Masters Classic Bass Masters Classic is a fishing video game, released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1995 by Malibu Games. , managing only a 37th place showing on a five fish limit of 7 pounds, 2 ounces. Martens believed the bass ``were biting real short,'' meaning the lures he was throwing might have been too large. Leading the tournament, worth $100,000 for the win, is Jack Wade of Knoxville Tenn. with a 16-pound, 13-ounce limit. FOOTBALL: The game time of USC's season-opener against Hawaii in Honolulu on Sept. 4 has been set for 9:30 p.m. (PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT ). The game will be televised by Fox Sports West 2. |
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