BRIEFLY UNLV'S ROBINSON STEPS DOWN AS AD.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services John Robinson stepped down as Nevada Las Vegas' athletic director because of health concerns but will remain the school's football coach. In a news conference Tuesday, the former USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. and Los Angeles Rams coach cited his health and his wife's fight with breast cancer, calling it ``a tough period for us.'' ``I'm doing fine,'' he said of his recovery after heart surgery in March. He said he needed to spend more time with his wife, Linda. --The Big East Conference meetings ended in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., with Miami still mulling whether to join the Atlantic Coast Conference The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953, the ACC's twelve member universities compete in twenty sports in the NCAA's Division I. . Athletic director Paul Dee said there was no timetable for making a decision. TENNIS:Serena Williams and Lleyton Hewitt were selected as the top seeds for the French Open. For the women, Kim Clijsters of Belgium is No. 2, followed by Venus Williams, Justine Henin-Hardenne and Amelie Mauresmo. On the men's side, Andre Agassi is No. 2, followed by Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (born February 12 1980) or JCF is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Spain. He captured the men's singles title at the French Open in 2003, and in September that year he became the 21st player to hold the World No. 1 ranking. , Carlos Moya, Roger Federer and Andy Roddick. --Hewitt defeated James Blake 6-3, 6-3 to help Australia beat the United States 3-0 at the World Team Cup in Duesseldorf, Germany. --Illinois captured its first NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association championship in men's tennis and completed an undefeated season by beating Vanderbilt 4-3 in Athens, Ga. BASKETBALL: University of Georgia Organization The President of the University of Georgia (as of 2007, Michael F. Adams) is the head administrator and is appointed and overseen by the Georgia Board of Regents. officials told the NCAA in an April 14 letter that one person is responsible for academic fraud in the school's basketball program: former assistant coach Jim Harrick Jr., the son of the 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 coach, who along with his son was fired by Georgia in March. BOXING: The Carlos Hernandez-Gustavo Corral corral a small fenced-in enclosure with high, wooden fences, suitable for holding cattle or horses. corral system a management system in which range cattle are put into corrals and fed hay for a period when the environment is most fight scheduled for May 31 at the Pond in Anaheim has been pushed back because of the Mighty Ducks' NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there playoff run. The fight has tentatively been rescheduled for June 14. FOOTBALL: Avengers offensive specialist Chris Jackson and wide receiver/linebacker Greg Hopkins were named to the All-Arena first team. Jackson matched the league's single-season record for touchdown catches with 46, and Hopkins finished with more than 1,000 receiving yards for the fourth consecutive season. Also, defensive specialist Damen Wheeler was named to the all-rookie team. The Avengers (11-5) will open the playoffs June 1 at Staples Center. The team received the league's No. 4 seed and a first-round bye. |
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