BRIEFLY TEXAS, FLORIDA ST. JOLTED BY DEATHS.Two of the top football programs in the country suffered tragic losses on Monday. Texas defensive end Cole Pittman was found dead at the scene of a one-car accident near Austin, and Florida State linebacker Devaughn Darling Devaughn Darling (born April 16, 1982 in Nassau, Bahamas-died February 26, 2001 in Tallahassee, Florida) was a former Florida State University football player, and the identical twin brother of Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Devard Darling. Devaughn collapsed and died Feb. collapsed and died after an early-morning workout Workout Informal repayment or loan forgiveness arrangement between a borrower and creditors. workout 1. The process of a debtor's meeting a loan commitment by satisfying altered repayment terms. . State troopers Troopers in the United States civilian police forces usually refer to members of state highway patrols, state patrols, or state police agenciess. discovered Pittman's pickup truck on the side of U.S. Route 79 near Easterly, about 100 miles northeast of Austin. Pittman, a sophomore who had played in 23 games in two seasons at Texas, was returning to school from his family's home in Shreveport, La. Darling, an 18-year-old linebacker from Houston was stricken shortly after 7 a.m. He had just finished intensive agility and conditioning drills with teammates, including his twin brother Devard, at the football complex. BASKETBALL: Pepperdine's Brandon Armstrong Brandon Simone Armstrong (born June 16 1980 in San Francisco, California) is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He played college basketball at Pepperdine University, and was selected by the Houston Rockets with the 23rd overall pick of the 2001 NBA and Kelvin kelvin, abbr. K, official name in the International System of Units (SI) for the degree of temperature as measured on the Kelvin temperature scale. A unit of measurement of temperature. Gibbs have been selected to the 2001 West Coast Conference All-Conference team. Gonzaga's Casey Calvary was selected the conference Player of the Year Reserve forward David Lalazarian of Pepperdine was earned honorable- mention honors. Pepperdine women's star Damaris Hinojosa, the former Moorpark High standout, was selected to the All-WCC women's team after averaging 14.8 points per game. -Vincent Bonsignore --Oklahoma lost perhaps its best player with the dismissal of guard J.R. Raymond, but coach Kelvin Sampson Kelvin Sampson (born October 5, 1955), a Lumbee Indian, is the men's basketball coach of the Indiana Hoosiers at Indiana University. He previously held the same position at Montana Tech (1981-85), Washington State University (1987-94) and University of Oklahoma (1994-2006). insists a change in the lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. hasn't altered his team's expectations. Raymond, a junior, was dismissed from the team for the rest of the season because of a violation Sampson won't discuss. Raymond had averaged 18 points in the previous 10 games. --The plane carrying the Oklahoma basketball team was hit by lightning, scaring many on board who were thinking of last month's fatal crash involving Oklahoma State. Lightning hit the right wing of the chartered 50-seat jet Saturday night as the team returned from a game against Maryland. - Daily News Staff and Wire Services |
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