BRIEFLY.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Corrales, Castillo delayed The third fight between Diego ``Chico'' Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo will have to wait because Corrales suffered a rib injury during sparring this week, Corrales' promoter said Friday. The WBC WBC white blood cell; see leukocyte. WBC abbr. white blood cell WBC, n stands for white blood cell. lightweight title bout, scheduled for Feb. 4 in El Paso, Texas, will be moved to the late spring. Castillo will still fight on that date and site against an opponent to be determined. Corrales, of Sacramento, is trained by Joe Goossen in Van Nuys. - Robert Morales HOCKEY: Marc Potvin, a minor league hockey coach and former NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there player with the Kings, was found dead in a Michigan hotel room, hours before his team was to play. He was 38. Kalamazoo, Mich., police say there was no evidence of foul play. Potvin coached the Adirondack Frostbite of the United Hockey League, and Friday night's game between the Frostbite frostbite (chilblains), injury to the tissue caused by exposure to cold, usually affecting the extremities of the body, such as the hands, feet, ears, or nose. Extreme cold causes the small blood vessels in the extremities to constrict. and the Kalamazoo Wings was postponed. Potvin, a right-winger who played in the NHL for nine seasons, was on the Kings' 1993 Stanley Cup runner-up team. In 23 games with the Kings over two seasons, Potvin had one assist and 87 penalty minutes. The Frostbite is co-owned by his former Kings' coach, Barry Melrose, now a hockey analyst at ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network . BASKETBALL: Washington senior guard Kayla Burt, who left Thursday's game against 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 when her heart defibrillator activated, will miss today's game against USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. . TENNIS: Justine Henin-Hardenne rallied for a 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 win over Francesca Schiavone in the final of the Sydney International. On the men's side, James Blake won his fourth career ATP ATP: see adenosine triphosphate. ATP in full adenosine triphosphate Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms. Tour title, beating Russian Igor Andreev 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (3). FOOTBALL: Purdue quarterback Brandon Kirsch, who in six starts last season threw seven touchdowns and eight interceptions, will forgo his final season of eligibility and enter the NFL Draft. -- A student hit in the face by Tennessee defensive tackle Tony McDaniel during a pickup basketball game filed an $800,000 civil lawsuit against the player. BASEBALL: Paul Lindblad, a middle reliever who pitched in the World Series for the New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. and Oakland, has died after a long bout with Alzheimer's disease at a nursing home in Arlington, Tex. He was 64. -- Pitcher Brandon Webb and the Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to a four-year contract. -- Former Dodgers second baseman Davey Lopes will be the Washington Nationals' first-base coach for manager Frank Robinson. HORSE RACING: Corey Nakatani drove Seminole Native through a narrow opening along the rail and held off Karn to win the $50,000 Warwick by a neck at Santa Anita. |
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