BRIEFLY : COLLETTO JOINS IRISH.After six losses to Notre Dame, former Purdue coach Jim Colletto, a 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 alumnus, gets a chance to see what it's like on the other side. Colletto was hired Saturday as Notre Dame's offensive coordinator a little more than a month after announcing his resignation at Purdue. He replaces Dave Roberts, who is seeking a head coaching job. Dana Dimel, a former Kansas State player who has been offensive coordinator for the Wildcats the past two years, has accepted the head coaching job at Wyoming. Dick Ebersol, president of NBC Sports, will receive the 1996 Distinguished American Award presented annually by the Walter Camp Football Foundation The Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF) is one of the organizations whose College Football All-America Team is recognized by the NCAA. The organization also selects the Walter Camp Player of the Year and the Walter Camp Coach of the Year. , the group said. BASKETBALL One punch cost Larry Johnson of the New York Knicks a game's pay plus a $5,000 fine. Johnson was suspended and fined by the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= for throwing a punch at Keith Askins of the Heat in the final quarter of the Knicks' 103-85 victory in Miami Friday night. GOLF Heavy rains forced the cancellation of the third round in the JCPenney Classic in Tarpon Springs, Fla. The tournament, with teams Pat Hurst-Scott McCarren and Donna Andrews-Mike Hulbert tied for the lead at 1-under par, has been shortened to 54 holes with today as the final round. Kelli Kuehne and Tiger Woods sit one stroke back at 130. TENNIS Chris Evert and Tracy Austin rallied for a 6-3 victory over Zina Garrison Jackson and Evonne Goolagong in Legends play in Delray Beach, Fla. The victory gave Team Evert e·vert v. To turn inside out or outward. evert to turn inside out; to turn outward. a 22-21 lead over Team Navratilova after the first day of the two-day event. WINTER SPORTS Austrian Renate Goetschl, so fast even a bobble bob·ble v. bob·bled, bob·bling, bob·bles v.intr. To bob up and down. v.tr. To lose one's grip on (a ball, for example) momentarily. n. A mistake or blunder. on the steep slope leading to the finish line couldn't slow her, claimed a downhill victory in the opening race of a rare World Cup ski doubleheader at Vail, Colo. In a super-G held later in the day, Russia's Svetlana Gladishiva posted her first career World Cup win. In Whistler, British Columbia Whistler, British Columbia, is a Canadian resort town incorporated as a resort municipality, with a permanent population of approximately 9,965. Over two million people visit Whistler annually, primarily for its world-famous alpine skiing and mountain biking at Whistler-Blackcomb. , the Whistler Ski Classic, which was to have started the men's World Cup downhill season, was called off because of soft snow and foggy conditions. Russian champion Maria Butyrskaya upset short-program leader Tonia Kwiatkowski of the United States and won the NHK Trophy women's gold with a graceful free-skating program in Kadoma, Japan. HOCKEY The New York Islanders The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, a hamlet located on Long Island in Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. retired their fifth jersey number, raising Clark Gillies' No. 9 jersey to the rafters of Nassau Coliseum before the game against the Washington Capitals. BASEBALL Pitcher Mike Maddux agreed to a $600,000, one-year contract with the Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are a member and currently champions of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball’s American League. From to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park. , who kept alive negotiations with Roger Clemens and Tim Naehring by offering salary arbitration. Thousands of baseball fans lined up in freezing weather to purchase tickets to Cleveland Indians games next season. Fans started arriving up to two hours before an estimated 900,000 tickets went on sale at 9 a.m. at more than 80 area outlets. Tickets also could be purchased by telephone. SOCCER Soccer's world governing body FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f , dropped its threat to withdraw from the Olympics but complained about its treatment in the Atlanta Games. FIFA general secretary Joseph ``Sepp'' Blatter Blat´ter v. i. 1. To prate; to babble; to rail; to make a senseless noise; to patter. [ imp. & p. p. os> ( ) r>.] They procured . . . made it clear the world soccer body was upset with the way the sport was kept out of the mainstream last summer when all its games were played away from Atlanta. Joao Havelange of Brazil, 80, said he would retire as FIFA's boss, but not until the end of the 1998 World Cup in France. He has been president of FIFA since 1974. |
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