BRIEFLY Former UCLA football head coach Barnes dies at 91.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Former 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 football head coach Bill Barnes, who was an assistant on the Bruins' only national championship team, died Thursday from complications from pneumonia at Santa Monica Hospital. He was 91. Barnes, who played at Tennessee, went 31-34-3 from 1958-64. He took over four games into the 1958 season after the death of Red Sanders, and was named the coach after the season. He served in the military during World War II and reached the rank of Major. Barnes came to Westwood with Sanders, and was an assistant on the 1954 team that finished 9-0 and was ranked No. 1 by UPI UPI abbr. United Press International . He is survived by his wife, Frances. - Brian Dohn A proposal to play the annual Apple Cup football game between the University of Washington and Washington State University Washington State University, at Pullman; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1890, opened 1892 as an agriculture college. From 1905 to 1959 it was the State College of Washington. at Qwest Field in Seattle for the next six years is dead.The two programs could not reach an agreement on how to divide up the tickets, officials said. BASKETBALL: The estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. wife of a longtime aide to Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino faces charges that she tried to extort To compel or coerce, as in a confession or information, by any means serving to overcome the other's power of resistance, thus making the confession or admission involuntary. To gain by wrongful methods; to obtain in an unlawful manner, as in to compel payments by means of threats of the coach, at first demanding cars and tuition for her children, then later asking for $10 million, according to a federal complaint filed. Karen Cunagin Sypher sy·pher tr.v. sy·phered, sy·pher·ing, sy·phers To overlap and even (chamfered or beveled plank edges) so that they form a flush surface. [Alteration of cipher, to chamfer away.] , 49, also is accused of lying to the FBI about the case. Mavericks guard Jason Terry was presented with the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= sixth man award that goes to the league's top reserve. Utah Jazz broadcaster "Hot" Rod Hundley is retiring at the end of the season. BASEBALL: A south-central Missouri baseball player who was struck by a wild pitch has died. Patrick Clegg, a 16-year-old Waynesville High School junior, was batting Tuesday in a game at Lebanon when he turned to avoid being hit by a pitch. The baseball hit him just below his helmet, and he collapsed. CYCLING: France's anti-doping agency said it will not seek sanctions against cyclist Lance Armstrong over a dispute with a drug tester. HOCKEY: Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk, New Jersey's Zach Parise and Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis Martin St-Louis (born June 18, 1975 in Laval, Quebec, Canada) is a French Canadian professional ice hockey right winger Playing career A diminutive player by NHL standards at 5-foot-9, St-Louis has played six seasons as of the 2006-07 NHL season for the Tampa Bay are finalists for the Lady Byng Trophy. TENNIS: Tennis Australia says it will not allow its team to travel to India for a scheduled Davis Cup match in May because of security concerns, risking a one-year suspension from the competition and a $100,000 fine. Third-seeded Nikolay Davydenko rallied for a 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-2 victory over Radek Stepanek to reach a Barcelona Open semifinal against Rafael Nadal. |
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