BRIEFLY : REPORT: KATZENMOYER ACADEMICALLY ELIGIBLE.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Ohio State All-America linebacker Andy Katzenmoyer will be eligible to play for the Buckeyes this season after passing three summer school classes, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network reported Wednesday. Katzenmoyer, a Heisman Trophy candidate, needed to pass summer courses in music, golf and AIDS awareness to push his grade-point average past the 2.0 level to be eligible. The 20-year-old Katzenmoyer won the Butkus Award as college football's top linebacker after making 97 tackles, with 13 for losses, two sacks and two interceptions in 13 games as a sophomore last year. The network, which didn't cite the source of its information, also said that left guard Rob Murphy also will be eligible. It said that the status of strong safety Damon Moore, who also is under academic scrutiny, was in doubt. Ohio State athletic director Andy Geiger said the reports are premature. ``All this is rumor. No one at Ohio State has announced anything,'' Geiger said. The Buckeyes open their season at West Virginia on Saturday. NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= : Lawyers for the NBA and its union today will resume arguments before an arbitrator who will decide whether owners have to pay players with guaranteed contracts during the lockout lockout, intentional closing up of a company, factory, or shop by an employer to prevent employees from working during a strike or labor dispute. The term lockout . Unsure of their immediate future in the NBA, point guard Anthony Goldwire and rookie forward Ryan Bowen have decided to take their games overseas. Goldwire, who started 32 games for the Denver Nuggets Nuggets can refer to several branches of interest:
NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there : The Colorado Avalanche signed second-year defenseman Eric Messier and college prospect Chris Drury to two-year contracts. Tampa Bay Lightning The Tampa Bay Lightning is a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida, USA. It is a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). defenseman Alexander Selivanov is expected to undergo wrist surgery and will miss eight to 12 weeks. The Nashville Predators signed forwards Andrew Brunette and Vitali Yachmenev. Brunette, 24, was acquired by Nashville in the June expansion draft. He had 11 goals and 12 assists in 28 games with the Washington Capitals last season. Yachmenev, a 23-year-old right wing, was acquired by the Predators in June from the Kings for future considerations. The Phoenix Coyotes re-signed free-agent defenseman Brad Tiley to a one-year contract. ALSO: The University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. has agreed in principle on a five-year, $9 million apparel contract with Nike for its football and basketball teams beginning in July 1999. The University of Arizona (body, education) University of Arizona - The University was founded in 1885 as a Land Grant institution with a three-fold mission of teaching, research and public service. signed a five-year, $7 million contract with Nike Inc. for uniforms, equipment and footwear for 15 of the school's 18 athletic teams. . . . Injured jockey Mike Smith will be fitted with a body cast later this week following a spill Monday at Saratoga Race Course that resulted in two fractures in his spine. |
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