Lewis started his career as an assistant with the Cougars in 1953 and took over the program in 1956. He compiled a 592-279 record that included five trips to the Final Four. MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2015 Although the Cougars’ team that featured Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler might have been Lewis’ best-known bunch, the event most synonymous with his career was the 1968 stunning upset of UCLA known as “the Game of the Century....
With his green jacket upstairs in the locker room for Masters champions, Scott made only one bad swing that cost him two shots in a round of 3-under 69. It was the lowest opening score by a defending champion in 13 years, and it left Scott one shot behind leader Bill Haas on an otherwise demanding day. "It was really how you hope to come out and play at any major, and especially the Masters," Scott said....
Former Cowboys quarterback turned TV analyst (and PGA Tour wannabe) Tony Romo opened as a 10,000-1 shot at at Westgate’s SuperBook in Las Vegas (via ESPN.com) to win this week’s AT&T Byron Nelson at Dallas’ Trinity Forest Golf Club, where he’s a member. Oddsmakers at Caesars Entertainment sportsbook are a bit more optimistic, putting Romo’s odds at 2,000-1. This week’s stop marks Romo’s third PGA Tour event. He missed the cut in the first two, and he’ll be facing much stiffer competition in Dallas....
Is some sort of Haitian Stress Syndrome at work? In the first month of Operation Restore Democracy, U.S. forces suffered more suicides than battle casualties. It wasn’t clear that any of the three suicides was due primarily to service in Haiti. Col. Barry Willey, a spokesman for the U.S. command, called them ““separate and isolated’’ events, even though two occurred in the same 600-man battalion of the 10th Division. But the bare statistic – three suicides among the 16,000 Americans currently in Haiti – was alarming....
The Blancos are faced with selection crisis ahead of the second leg of their semi-final fixture against Bavarians after Dani Carvajal suffered an injury in their 2-1 win at the Allianz Arena last Wednesday. With Nacho still recovering from injury, the Morocco international and Theo Hernandez are favourites to fill the right-back role when Madrid host Jupp Heynckes’ side on Tuesday. But Valdano who guided the Santiago Bernabeu outfit to league glory in the 1994-95 season believes experience might count against the duo if played in such a crucial stage of the competition....
The Harris Health System in Houston reported Tuesday that one out of four patients in its two hospitals tested positive for COVID-19, prompting administrators to begin preparing tents for a surge of overflowing patients. In Austin, five hospitals reported hitting 90 percent capacity rates and two hospitals said they have zero available ICU beds. Half of Texas’ 22 trauma service areas said they have 10 or fewer ICU beds available as of Sunday as nearly 10,000 COVID-19 patients have flooded into the state’s ICUs....
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR fans old and new will tell you that Alan Kulwicki represented the best of “old school” tradition while embracing the concept of progress and hard work. His NASCAR Cup championship career was simultaneously heralded by those watching his work and especially appreciated by the people competing against him in the garage. It was an unusual dichotomy of respect and awe. And while tragedy claimed his life in an April 1993 plane accident the weekend of the Bristol, Tenn....
Hawley and Marshall both voted in favor of objecting to Biden’s Electoral College wins in Arizona and Pennsylvania on January 6, hours after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol building as Congress met to certify the election results. The violence incident resulted in five deaths and many more injuries. The actions of Hawley and Marshall were too much for Hallmark, which asked both senators to return donations that its political action committee (PAC) had given them....
Data released by market research firm IRI and the National Confectioners Association on Thursday revealed that Halloween 2020 candy sales are up 13 percent more than what they were around this time last year, and sales for Halloween chocolates are up 25 percent. According to the report, candy sales typically only increase by a few points from year to year—the firms have never recorded more than a single-digit jump between any two years....
Americans Abroad: Wood injured again Wood joined Hamburg from Union Berlin on a four-year deal last summer, but he’s been linked to a move to the Premier League while enjoying a breakout season in the Bundesliga. “We are in talks with Bobby,” Hamburg sporting director Jens Todt told Sport Bild. “We are interested in keeping him for a longer time, and adjusting his contract accordingly.” Todt added: “We are working on tying him to the club as long as possible”...
The 6-7 wing is only 17 years old, but he just enrolled at Kansas on Wednesday after practicing with the Ukraine senior national team and later making the cut to join the team in FIBA World Cup play. When he met the American media on Wednesday, he offered a quick tutorial on pronouncing his name. You may want to listen to this a few times. Head coach Bill Self may be yelling his name pretty frequently as Mykhailiuk adjusts to the new style of play and the collegiate emphasis on the weight room....
College dropout Jeff (Josh Hamilton) is the mind of the group, condemning America as a ““caldron of spiritual oatmeal.’’ Buff (Steve Zahn) is its no-mind, a ““postmodern idiot savant’’ who zooms around on his Rollerblades and flexes his mini-Arnold muscles. Tim (Tim Guinee) is an air-force vet, an alcoholic who spews racist venom and seems like the kind of guy who commits sudden massacres in places like 7-Elevens. Bee-Bee (Wendy Hoopes) is a rehabbing druggie whose spirit is wrung out like a rag doll in a trash can....
Park told Hannity about her experiences in North Korea, which is a dictatorship currently ruled by Kim Jong Un and led by his family since the 1940s. She compared American colleges to the regime. She said that studying at New York’s Columbia University reminded her of education in North Korea and criticized professors for blaming problems on “white men.” “I fell in love with this country, this is such a wonderful country,” Park said....
79% give their pets holiday or birthday gifts 69% sign letters or cards from themselves and their pets 57% would want their pet as their only companion if stranded on a desert island 55% consider themselves mom or dad to their pets 49% of dog owners and 45% of cat owners prepare special food for their furry friends 33% talk to pets on the phone or through the answering machine...
“I got a call about a month ago, and they just told me that that was it,” Generals’ GM John Ferrari said of the moment the Globetrotters broke the news to him. NBC Sports wrote that the call came in July. “I turned to my wife and just said to her, in disbelief, ‘It’s over.’” MORE: Rare photos of Wilt Chamberlain in Ebony | Mo’ne Davis joins Globetrotters Now instead of paying Ferrari to build teams to get beaten by the Globetrotters, the most entertaining basketball show on the planet will organize its own opponents....
Harrop enjoyed a dream United debut last month when he scored at Old Trafford in a 2-0 Premier League victory over Crystal Palace. But the attacking midfielder has now opted to drop to the Championship with Preston, signing a four-year-contract on Friday after the clubs agreed “a significant undisclosed compensation agreement”. Which defensive midfielder should Man Utd sign? Harrop confirmed United did offer him a new contract, but the desire for regular game-time prompted him to move on from Jose Mourinho’s side....
When told by Virgin Radio host Chris Evans in the U.K. that he must have good lawyers to have written so explicitly about the Sussexes, Tom Bower, author of Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors responded: “I do have very good lawyers, and more importantly, I make sure what I write is the truth.” Bower’s book has received a large amount of publicity in Britain ahead of its July 21 release after it was serialized by broadsheet newspaper The Times....
The four-day trip will include two visits to organizations in Britain, marking the couple’s first return to the country since the Platinum Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II in June. A spokesperson for the couple confirmed on Monday that: “Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are delighted to visit with several charities close to their hearts in early September.” The couple’s visit to Europe will take place from September 5 to 8 and include stays in the U....
The Sun said that on May 19, 2022—the Sussexes’ wedding anniversary— a trespasser on the grounds of the couple’s Montecito estate was reported to the Santa Barbara Police Department. A second incident was reportedly called in on May 31, shortly before Harry and Meghan flew with their two children to the U.K. for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. According to The Sun, both incidents were logged with the police department as “trespasser,” “property crimes” and “suspicious circumstances....
