BRIEFLY : CLIPPERS' ROBERTS HAS SURGERY ON HEEL.The Clippers' oft-injured center, Stanley Roberts, underwent arthroscopic surgery Arthroscopic Surgery Definition Arthroscopic surgery is a procedure to visualize, diagnose, and treat joint problems. The name is derived from the Greek words arthron, which means joint, and skopein, which means to look at. Thursday to remove a bone spur Bone spur Also called an osteophyte, it is an outgrowth or ridge that forms on a bone. Mentioned in: Cervical Disk Disease, Cervical Spondylosis bone spur from his right heel. The bone spur had contributed to chronic soreness Roberts experienced in the heel for most of the season. It is his second operation on the foot. He had already undergone surgery for a ruptured Achilles' tendon. Roberts, who played in 51 games this season and averaged 7.0 points and 3.2 rebounds, had known for some time he would require surgery on his heel. But he decided to play through the pain after Brian Williams missed the final 11 games with tendinitis in his right knee, which left the Clippers shorthanded at the center position. ``(My heel) was hurting but I had to play through it,'' Roberts said. Roberts missed all but 14 games of the previous two seasons with ruptured Achilles' in both feet. SOURCE: - Scott Wolf Gheorghe Muresan of the Washington Bullets, the tallest player in the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= at 7-foot-7, has won the league's most improved player In some sports, a Most Improved Player award is given to players who have improved the most over the year.
Sophomore forward Mark Sanford, Washington's leading scorer and rebounder, will make himself eligible for the NBA draft. The 6-foot-8 Sanford was selected first-team All-Pac-10 this season after averaging 16.5 points, fifth-best in the conference, and 6.0 rebounds. Charlie Coles, 54, was named basketball coach at Miami of Ohio, succeeding Herb Sendek, who took the coaching job at North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. State. FOOTBALL University of Minnesota (body, education) University of Minnesota - The home of Gopher. http://umn.edu/. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. running back Rafael Cooper was kicked off the team after being mentioned in a police report on a burglary at a campus dormitory. Oklahoma athletic director Donnie Duncan stepped aside after nearly 10 years on the job to become director of football operations with the new Big 12 Conference. The Atlanta Falcons acquired offensive lineman Matt Willig from the New York Jets BOXING The World Boxing Union “WBU” redirects here. For the CW Plus television station, see WBU (The CW Plus). The World Boxing Union (WBU) is a lightly regarded boxing sanctioning body whose "world champions" often lack widespread recognition. super middleweight crown remained vacant following a draw between American Rodney Toney and Italian Silvio Branco in Civitavecchia, Italy. TENNIS Second seed Richey Reneberg advanced to the semifinals of the AT&T Challenge with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over David Wheaton in Atlanta. Second-seeded Conchita Martinez of Spain eased into the quarterfinals of the Rexona Cup in Hamburg, Germany, by routing Katarzyna Nowak of Poland 6-0, 6-0. Top-seeded Iva Majoli, the local favorite, was upset by a little-known 20-year-old from Italy in the second round of the Croatian Open in Bol, Croatia. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: STANLEY ROBERTS: The Clippers center played much ofthe season with pain in his right heel. |
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