BRIEFLY.Byline: 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 guard Afflalo sidelined 6-8 weeks by foot injury UCLA junior guard Arron Afflalo, the team leader in scoring last season, will be out of action for the next six to eight weeks because of a stress reaction in his left foot. Afflalo has his foot in a walking boot and he will not participate in the Say No Pro City summer basketball league. He was experiencing pain in his foot and an MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. revealed the injury. ``Arron will do everything necessary to rehab and protect (his left foot),'' Howland said. ``He is being treated and monitored by our sports medicine sports medicine, branch of medicine concerned with physical fitness and with the treatment and prevention of injuries and other disorders related to sports. Knee, leg, back, and shoulder injuries; stiffness and pain in joints; tendinitis; "tennis elbow"; and staff and we expect a full recovery.'' Afflalo, who averaged 15.8 points per game last season, is expected to be ready when UCLA begins practice in mid-October. -- Brian Dohn FOOTBALL: Seattle Seahawks right tackle Sean Locklear has reached an agreement with prosecutors that on a charge of assaulting his girlfriend last January. Locklear will perform community service for the next two years. Duke quarterback Zack Asack was suspended for the season for plagiarism Using ideas, plots, text and other intellectual property developed by someone else while claiming it is your original work. , while coach Ted Roof dismissed three other players for breaking team rules, the school said. Asack, a sophomore, will be eligible to return to Duke next summer. Ryan Owens, a high school player in Henderson, Ky., collapsed and died after a practice. Owens, a 16-year-old junior at Henderson High, died at Henderson Methodist Hospital about an hour after collapsing following the practice. The cause of death hasn't been determined. GOLF: J.D. Archibald of Simi Valley defeated Michael Ballo of Springdale, Conn., 2 and 1 in the first round of match play at the U.S. Junior Amateur at Rancho Santa Fe. BOXING: Former heavyweight champion James ``Buster'' Douglas faces a misdemeanor complicity charge for allowing his brother to apply for a motorcycle license using his identification. William Douglas III was charged with a misdemeanor count of falsification falsification /fal·si·fi·ca·tion/ (fawl?si-fi-ka´shun) lying. retrospective falsification unconscious distortion of past experiences to conform to present emotional needs. , according to Franklin County (Ohio) Municipal Court records. PASSINGS: A funeral mass for sports journalist Bud Furillo is scheduled for Our Lady of Lourdes The apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes began when Bernadette Soubirous, a 14-year old peasant girl from Lourdes, when questioned by her mother, admitted that she had seen a "lady" in the cave of Massabielle, about a mile from the town, on 11 February, 1858, while she was gathering Catholic Church in Tujunga on Monday at 1 p.m. Furillo, whose newspaper and broadcasting career in Southern California spanned more than 50 years, died earlier this week at an assisted living as·sist·ed living n. A living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially older people with disabilities, reside in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication. home in Ojai. He was 80. His family has asked that, in lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Bud Furillo Fund at 1129 Maricopa Highway, PMB PMB Private Message Board PMB Print Measurement Bureau PMB Performance Measurement Baseline PMB Private Mail Box (non-USPS) PMB Plant and Microbial Biology PMB Private Mailbox PMB Physics in Medicine and Biology No. 109, Ojai 93023. The fund will provide scholarships in sports journalism. |
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