BRIEFLY : VALLEY HIRES NORTON AS ASSISTANT.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Bill Norton, named 1998 Western State Conference Southern Division football coach of the year in his final season at Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. , will serve as offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator typically refers to the coach on a football team in the National Football League or College football who is in charge of the offense. This position aids the head coach by designing and scripting plays, delegating work to offensive position coaches during at Valley next season. Norton, who resigned after 10 seasons as Pierce head coach, will be entering his 29th season of coaching in September. Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis is pressing his claim to own the rights to pro football in Los Angeles, adding another twist in the campaign to bring the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga back to the city. Saying Davis' claim has no legal merit, an NFL spokesman said Davis' decision to sue the league in Los Angeles Superior Court won't derail de·rail intr. & tr.v. de·railed, de·rail·ing, de·rails 1. To run or cause to run off the rails. 2. the process of choosing where to put the league's next expansion team. The Atlanta Falcons moved close to reaching contract terms with Danny Kanell, a deal that would provide backup for quarterback Chris Chandler. Kanell was released by the New York Giants
The Cleveland Browns signed running back Terry Kirby, making him the sixth former San Francisco 49er to join the expansion club. Kirby, 29, played three seasons with Miami and three with San Francisco. USC's regular-season football finale against Louisiana Tech at the Coliseum has been moved to Friday, Nov. 26. The game was originally scheduled for Nov. 27, but the USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. basketball team is playing in the Wooden Classic that day. HOCKEY: Pavel Bure's season took another detour when the Florida Panthers found torn cartilage in his right knee that will sideline him at least two weeks. The injury took place when Bure was bent backward by an open-ice check from Colorado's Adam Foote in the first period of Florida's 7-5 loss Wednesday night. Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tom Barrasso learned he might be done for the regular season with a broken hand. Barrasso was injured while gloving a shot from Montreal's Shayne Corson on Wednesday. VOLLEYBALL:Harold Thomas Friermood, a longtime member of the U.S. Olympic Committee who worked to have volleyball added to the Olympic program, died Tuesday in South Hadley, Mass. He was 96. Friermood headed the U.S. Volleyball Association from 1952 to 1955 and was a member of the organization for 37 years. He was with the USOC (Universal Service Order Code) An equipment coding system created by AT&T. The number was applied to telephone equipment and to wire termination patterns. See 568A. from 1944 to 1985 and was also a vice president of the International Volleyball Federation and the International Council for Sport and Physical Education. With the backing of Avery Brundage, who became head of the International Olympic Committee “IOC” redirects here. For other uses, see IOC (disambiguation). The International Olympic Committee (French: Comité International Olympique) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23 in 1952, Friermood was able to get volleyball added to the Olympic program for the 1964 Games at Tokyo. BASEBALL: Fairmont State (W. Va.) baseball coach Donnie Retton, the 33-year-old brother of Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton Mary Lou Retton (born January 24, 1968 in Fairmont, West Virginia) is an American gymnast of Italian heritage. She was the first female gymnast outside Eastern Europe to win the Olympic all-around title. , has resigned after being charged with drunken driving and drug possession. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: PAVEL BURE The Florida Panthers star is expected to miss at least two weeks with a knee injury. |
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