SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Friday. October 7.1994 3B Nebraska quarterback doubtful for season The Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska quarterback Tomnie Frazier had surgery today to tie off a vein with a smaller bloodclot that doctors suspect was contributing to a recurring bloodclot in his right leg. Dr. Deepak Gangahar, a cardiovascular surgeon, said the surgery went well. But Frazier probably still will be sidelined the rest of the season, said Dr. Lonnie Albers, Nebraska director of athletic medicine. "It is the reoccurrence of the clot and the need to be on blood thinners for a longer period of time that will keep Frazier from contact sports for what appears to be the rest of the season," Albers said. Playing contact sports while on blood thinners would be dangerous because of the risk of internal bleeding if hit, he said. With Frazier expected to be out for the season, No. 2 Nebraska has turned to preparations for its Big Eight Conference opener against Oklahoma State. Coach Tom Osborne said Nebraska, 5-0. planned to do well, with or without Frazier. "When you lose a player like that it's not good, but we're planning on having a great football team," he said. "I hope everybody will pick it up a notch." Gangahar said Wednesday that Frazier, a 20-year-old junior from Bradenton, Fla., should remain in the hospital for a week to 10 days for surgery to correct the problem. Frazier should not have physical contact for the next three to six months. Gangahar said. "He's a brave man, a strong man, and he's taking it very well," Gangahar said of Frazier. "His health is his prime importance right now." Osborne admitted that the doctor was probably right but said he wasn't ready to give up yet. "The doctors have indicated he won't play, but you never say never in athletics," he said. "The main concern now is down the road. We want to get him healthy." Frazier underwent surgery to tie off a surface vein that had a smaller bloodclot, Gangahar said. That smaller vein, he said, likely rubbed against the larger inner vein, causing the second bloodclot in two weeks. Jury doesn't convict driver in Bobby Hurley accident The Associated Press STOCKTON, Calif. — Bobby Hurley lost his battle in court against the motorist who nearly killed him. He now faces an even tougher battle on the basketball court. Three days after ajury deadlocked in the case of a man charged in December with reckless driving in the accident that severely injured Hurley, the Sacramento Kings point guard had his mind on basketball. "I'm pretty anxious about starting camp," Hurley said in a conference call a few hours before he started of training camp. "It's something I've been working toward for months. I'd just like to really put this last year behind me. It was a very difficult year for me. I worked very hard to get to where I'm at now." Hurley was driving home from a Kings' loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Dec. 12 when a station wagon driven by Daniel Wieland broadsid- ed Hurley's vehicle on a country road near Arco Arena. Hurley, 23, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown 20 feet from his vehicle and landed in a filled drainage ditch. He had five broken ribs, collapsed lungs, a severed windpipe, a fractured shoulder blade and other injuries. His recovery was painfully slow, requiring the help of a sports psychologist and a physical therapist. With his dad yelling encouragement, he began playing again in April. He worked his way back into shape in summer leagues in New Jersey and Utah. One of the most painful parts of his rehabilitation was testifying against Wieland. Hurley and other witnesses said Wieland was driving without headlights, a claim denied by Wieland. His attorney said Hurley failed to make a full stop and rolled into Wieland's path. The hung jury means there could be a retrial. ANALYSIS Why basketball won't get stuck at ground zero By Jim Litke The Associated Press At first, it may have seemed like a slip of the tongue for a man extending an armful an olive branches. There was NBA commissioner David Stern the other day at his charming, disarming best. Guaranteeing, over and over again, that there would be no lockout, that the league would open its doors on time, and that its owners would make peace with its players, later, if need be, rather than sooner. But then, in an almost too-casual aside, he slipped in this curious reference to nuclear war: "Both sides know that, using nuclear weapons talk, we have mutually destructive capacity," Stern said. "We know what a strike is, we know what a lockout is." "But because of the relationship that has existed between us and our players, those particular weapons have never been called into action. That's not to say the parties don't understand their ability to use them. "But we haven't it, he added," and "we The performance was vintage Stem. Behind him, resting on a tripod, was a spiffy chart reminding all the world of the NBA's phenomenal growth over the past decade, an accomplishment in which he dutifully credited the owners and players with sharing. Stretching ahead of them was more of the same, Stern reminded his audience with a winning smile. And all the owners and players would had to do to lay claim to this glorious and wildly profitable future, and avoid a meltdown was iron out a few niggling details. NBA players are not warlike to begin with. But after Stern was done, even the most militant among them would have a hard time drumming up support for the nuclear option. Contrast this "Don't-worry-Be-Happy" start to negotiations with the rancor that has preceded baseball's labor discussions and the hawkish talk that led to hockey's current impasse. 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