BRIEFLY.UCLA's Shipp out 8-12 weeks 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 forward Josh Shipp Josh Shipp (born 23 January in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American motivational speaker and author focusing on youth and college-aged audiences. He is noted as being one of the youngest speakers ever accepted into the National Speakers Association. underwent successful arthroscopic right hip surgery Wednesday and will be out for about 8-12 weeks. Shipp had an outpatient procedure performed by Dr. Carlos A. Gaunche, the Shipp family's physician, who said there was no arthritis or a degenerative condition in his hip in a statement released by UCLA. Josh Shipp's brother, Joe, who played at Cal, had an unrelated hip surgery about a year ago. Shipp, a sophomore forward, is one of four returning starters. He averaged 9.3 points and 5.2 rebounds in 27.9 minutes for the Bruins. - Jill Painter --Washington Wizards rookie Andray Blatche Andray Blatche (born August 22, 1986 in Syracuse, New York) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the Washington Wizards. Andray attended the South Kent Preparatory School in South Kent, Connecticut. will miss training camp while he recovers from gunshot wounds suffered in an attempted carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger . --Charlotte Bobcats forward-center Melvin Ely Melvin Anderson Ely (born May 2, 1978 in Harvey, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Hornets of the NBA. A 6'10", 255 lbs, forward-center from Fresno State, Ely was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round (12th overall and two other people were robbed and shot early Wednesday morning outside a Charlotte, N.C., nightclub. The report said no one was injured, and four armed suspects fled in a white Cadillac. SOCCER: Raul scored his record 50th goal in the UEFA UEFA Union of European Football Associations UEFA n abbr (= Union of European Football Associations) → U.E.F.A. Champions League, heading home David Beckham's cross Wednesday night to help struggling Real Madrid beat Olympiakos 2-1. In other group-stage games, Inter Milan (1-0 over Rangers) and Lyon (1-0 over Rosenborg) improved to 2-0, PSV Eindhoven - featuring American DaMarcus Beasley - lost 3-0 to Fenerbahce, Slovakia's Artmedia Bratislava rallied from a two-goal deficit to win 3-2 at Porto, and English rivals Liverpool and Chelsea played a 0-0 tie. --Santos scored three times in the final 13 minutes - two by Rodrigo Ruiz and the 88th-minute winner by Elgabry Rangel - to beat visiting Cruz Azul 3-2 in the Mexican Premier Division, the Cementeros' second loss in 10 Apertura games. Monterrey pulled within two points of Cruz Azul in Group C, beating Dorados 3-1 on Jesus Arellano's hat trick. Club America topped Toluca 1-0 on Kleber's fifth goal of the season, extending its league unbeaten streak to 27 games. COLLEGE: The North Dakota Fighting Sioux The North Dakota Fighting Sioux is the name of the athletic teams of the University of North Dakota (UND) which is located in the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota, in the United States. The name is often shortened to simply The Sioux. will remain on the list of college nicknames the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association doesn't want used in postseason play. The university's appeal was rejected by an NCAA review committee because it did not have the support of the three federally recognized Sioux tribes of North Dakota, the association said Wednesday. North Dakota President Charles Kupchella said he would appeal the decision to the NCAA's executive committee, and said the school also is considering a lawsuit against the NCAA. FOOTBALL: Wide receiver Chancellor Young, a prep star at O'Dea High of Seattle, is transferring from Duke and has received a scholarship to join the Washington football program, coach Tyrone Willingham said Wednesday. Young BOXING: American Lamon Brewster stopped German challenger Luan Krasniqi in the ninth round of a bruising defense of the lightly regarded WBO WBO World Boxing Organization WBO Western Buddhist Order WBO Wehrbeschwerdeordnung WBO World Bamboo Organization (formerly International Bamboo Association) WBO Won by One (Malibu, California; a cappella group) heavyweight title in Hamburg, Germany. - Daily News Staff and Wire Services |
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