BRIEFLY UCLA'S KAPONO JUST HAS A SPRAIN.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services 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 senior forward Jason Kapono Jason Alan Kapono (born February 2 1981 in Long Beach, California) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA, currently with the Toronto Raptors.[1] His previous team was the Miami Heat in 2006-07. has a sprained thumb on his right hand, X-rays revealed Wednesday. That's good news considering Kapono gave coach Steve Lavin Steve Lavin (born September 4,1964), a San Francisco, California native is a former college basketball coach and current ABC and ESPN TV analyst. As UCLA head basketball coach from 1996-2003, Lavin compiled a record of 145-78. a scare when he told him before Wednesday's practice he could be out six to eight weeks if there was a hairline fracture hairline fracture n. A fracture in which the fragments do not separate because the line of break is so fine. Also called capillary fracture. . Kapono sprained his thumb while going for a steal in Friday's practice and didn't play in Tuesday's exhibition game, which UCLA lost to the EA Sports All-Stars 70-64. He did participate in practice Wednesday. --Two of the nation's top high school basketball players signed national letters of intent to play for Duke. Luol Deng Luol Deng (born April 16, 1985 in Wau, Sudan) is a British professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls, where he plays small forward. and Kris Humphries committed to play for the sixth-ranked Blue Devils during the early-signing period, coach Mike Krzyzewski said. --Pepperdine coach Paul Westphal announced three players have signed letters of intent: Guards Shaun Davis from San Diego and Wendell White from Redondo Beach, and center Jarrad Henry from Kansas City, Kan. BOXING: Mike Tyson will begin his latest comeback in the same ring where he took a beating his last time out against Lennox Lewis. Tyson will fight Clifford Etienne on Feb. 22 at the Pyramid arena in Memphis, Tenn., where Lewis stopped him in the eighth round of their heavyweight title fight. Tyson's manager, Shelly Finkel, said a news conference would be held Tuesday in Memphis to formally announce the fight. TRACK: Michigan state 100 hurdles champion Candice Davis has signed a letter of intent to attend USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. . She joins a Trojans recruiting class that includes sprinters Allyson Felix of L.A. Baptist of North Hills and Dominique Dorsey of Long Beach Poly, and Woodbridge of Irvine triple jumper Michelle Sanford. |
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