BRIEFLY.Byline: Staff and Wire Reports CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge expands candidate pool in athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic search Rick Mazzuto, the athletic director at Longwood University History Longwood University is one of the oldest universities in the United States and is one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States. It was founded on March 5, 1839, as the Farmville Female Seminary Association. in Farmville, Va., has been added to the group of three finalists for the vacant athletic director position at Cal State Northridge. Mazzuto, who will be on campus Wednesday for interviews, replaces former candidate Bruce Van De Velde van de Velde: see Velde, van de. , the former AD at Iowa State, who pulled his name out of the search process July 11. The other two finalists are interim AD Janet Lucas, who will interview and participate in an open forum this afternoon from 1-2 p.m. in University Hall, and William Weidner, the deputy AD at Central Florida
Central Florida is the central region of the United States state of Florida, on the East Coast. , who was on campus for interviews last week. --Ramona Shelburne FOOTBALL: Running back Ricky Williams Errick Lynne Williams, Jr. (born May 21, 1977 in San Diego, California) is an American and Canadian football running back whose NFL rights are held by the Miami Dolphins, but is currently suspended by the league for using marijuana. underwent surgery on his broken left forearm, and the CFL's Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts are a Canadian Football League team based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1873, they are one of the oldest extant professional sports teams in North America. The Argonauts have won the Grey Cup championship a record fifteen times, most recently in 2004. expect him to be sidelined at least four weeks. BASKETBALL: The Toronto Raptors signed free-agent forward Jorge Garbajosa to a multiyear contract. Guard John Salmons signed a multiyear contract with the Sacramento Kings after four seasons with Philadelphia. The Kings also signed two rookie free agents who excelled on their summer league team: Guard Pooh Jeter and center Justin Williams. COLLEGES: Slippery Rock University must reinstate women's swimming and water polo, which it had cut for budgetary reasons, because the school is not complying with Title IX, which requires equal opportunities for female athletes. HORSE RACING: Jockey Paul O'Neill will be investigated by the sport's governing body after television replays showed him head-butting his horse, City Affair. The Horseracing Regulatory Authority made the decision to hold an inquiry after reviewing TV footage from the incident at the Stratford races on Sunday. City Affair was being unruly in the parade ring, ultimately throwing O'Neill. The jockey got to his feet and grabbed the reins, pulling the horse to him, before lowering the butt of his helmet into it. City Affair went on to finish fourth in the two-mile event. O'Neill was given a caution by stewards for his use of the whip in the race. SOCCER: The Brazilian soccer confederation hired former captain Dunga as coach of the national team. Dunga, captain of Brazil's 1994 World Cup-winning team, replaces Carlos Alberto Parreira Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira (born February 27, 1943, in Rio de Janeiro) is a football manager currently head South Africa national football team. He coached Brazil to victory in the 1994 FIFA World Cup and is now the coach of the South Africa national football team, ready to , who quit after Brazil was eliminated by France in the quarterfinals of this year's World Cup. |
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