Section A·Page 14
The University Daily Kansan
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Wednesday, May 2, 2001
SPORTSCALENDAR
baseball vs. Park University. 6 p.m.
Baseball at Kansas State. 4 p.m.
Track at Husker Invitational. All day.
SAT.
Softball vs.
Nebraska. 1 p.m.
Baseball vs.K-State
7 p.m.
Baseball vs. K-
State. 2 p.m.
Softball at
Missouri. 2 p.m.
INTRAMURALS
Recreation services is accepting entries for the two-club golf tournament — which begins at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Alvamar's Orchards Executive Golf Course, 3000 W. 15th St. — through 7 p.m. today at 208 Robinson Center. The cost is $9 per person.
Tourny deadlines today for golf, design
Participants are allowed two standard golf clubs of their choice to tackle a course made up of two par-four and seven par three holes. Winners of the best-score, longest drive and closest-to-the-hole contests receive intramural championship T-shirts.
Today is also the last day to submit entries for the intramural championship T shirt design contest. Specific design guidelines are available through recreation services. All of next year's intramural champions receive a t-shirt displaying the winning design.
MONTREAL — Dave Hilton Jr., convicted in March of sexually assaulting two young sisters, was stripped of his WBC super middleweight title on yesterday.
BOXING
Boxer's title revoked after sex conviction
World Boxing council general secretary Mario Latravee said in a statement that the decision to take away the title was "motivated by the nonavailability for Mr. Hilton to defend his championship" and by a WBC rule barring boxers convicted of crimes from being rated by the fight-sanctioning body.
Hilton, 37, who won the title on Dec. 15 from South African Dingaan Thobela, is to appear in court for sen
tencing on Wednesday, May 9.
Paul Skolnik, Hilton's lawyer, has appealed the conviction, saying Judge Rolande Matte made several mistakes during the boxer's trial, which ended with the conviction March 16.
Hilton, who faces up to 14 years in prison, was charged with nine sex-related counts after his arrest. The abuse began when the girls were each 12 and lasted from 1995 to 1998.
The WBC ruled that Eric Lucas of Montreal and Glenn Catley of Britain, ranked first and second, respectively, would fight for the vacant title.
MIAMI — Right-handed Chuck Smith and A.J. Burnett, who have been sidelined with injuries since spring training, will rejoin the Florida Martins' rotation this weekend.
Marlins' lineup gains two sidelined pitchers
MLB
Smith will start Saturday against the Milwaukee Brewers, and Burnett will start Sunday, manager John Boles said.
Vladimir Nunez will move to the bulpen to open one spot in the rotation. Rookie Jason Grilli, who was scheduled to start yesterday against the St. Louis Cardinals, will likely be sent to Triple-A Calgary. No roster move is planned until Saturday.
Smith, who has been on a rehabilitation assignment in Calgary, sprained his right shoulder March 24. Last year, as a 30-year-old rookie, he went 6-6 with a 3.23 ERA.
Burnett, whose rehabilitation stint was with Single-A Brevard County, was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his right foot in late February. Burnett, 24, went 3-7 last year with a 4.79 ERA. He is touted as a potential
star but has been on the disabled list four times since 1997.
NFL
Broncos sign fullback to three-year contract
DENVER — Fullback Howard Griffith, a key to Denver's rushing attack for four seasons, agreed to a three-year, $4.3 million contract with the Broncos.
He is to receive a $300,000 signi-
gning bonus with incentives worth
$600,000 during three years.
Davis ran for 2,008 yards in 1998 and averaged six yards per carry during the playoffs as the Broncos won their second straight Super Bowl.
Griffith is considered one of Denver's most valuable assets. He is the lead blocker for running backs Terrell Davis, Olandis Gary and Mike Anderson.
After Davis tore knee ligaments four games into the 1999 season. Gary ran for a rookie record 1,159 yards. Anderson broke that record with 1,487 yards last year while Davis and were sidelined by injuries.
Nuggets coach gets another year to rebuild
NBA
DENVER — Dan issel will get at least another year to rebuild the Denver Nuggets.
After meeting with team owner Stan Kroenke, Issel was allowed to keep his dual position as Denver's coach and president of basketball operations.
After going 35-47 in 1999-2000, the Nuggets went 40-42 in itsel's second season. It was the first time since 1994-95 that Denver won 40
games, but the Nuggets finished 1.1th in the Western Conference and failed to make the playoffs for the sixth straight year.
Israel has two years left on his contract and implied that the Nuggets might hire a general manager to help relieve him of some responsibilities. Vice president of basketball operations Denny McGowan resigned last week.
"We will hire at least one more basketball person," Issel said.
At least three of Denver's four assistant coaches also will return. The fourth, John Lucas, has been given permission to interview for the head coaching job with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Flames' interim coach promoted to coach
CALGARY, Alberta — Greg Gilbert,
the Calgary Flames' intimcoach,
was promoted to head coach yesterday.
He signed for two years plus an option year. Gilbert became interim coach after Don Hay was fired in March.
NHL
Gilbert, the assistant coach under Hay, had said he would only consider the head job if it did not detract from his family situation.
Gilbert, who signed a three-year deal with the Flames as an assistant last fall, was a former AHL Coach of the Year and won a Stanley Cup as a player with the New York Islanders.
In his brief tenure as Flames head coach, he conducted tough practices and benched disgruntled forward Valeri Bure. In 14 games as coach, Gilbert had a record of 4-2, but he appeared to make a favorable impression with team officials.
The Associated Press
Earnhardt Jr. says dad's belt was broken during accident
The Associated Press
CONCORD, N.C. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. believes the seat belt in his father's car was broken during his fatal accident, brushing aside claims by a rescue worker that the belt was intact when emergency crews arrived at the car.
"I believe that the belt broke, and I will always believe that," Earnhardt Jr. said yesterday. "I'm not discarding anyone's statement as fiction, but there always are going to be two sides. I believe the belt broke."
Tommy Propst, an Orange County firefighter and emergency medical technician who was one of the first on the scene, told the Orlando Sentinel last weekend that the belt was in one piece when he got to the car, and he struggled to pull open the buckle before finally releasing it.
Dale Earnhardt was killed in an accident on the final turn of the Daytona 500. Five days after the Feb. 18 crash, NASCAR officials said they discovered a broken seat belt in Earnhardt's crumpled car. After interviewing rescuers on the scene, NASCAR determined it had not been cut.
Earnhardt Jr. supports NASCAR as it continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding Earnhardt's death.
Propt also said no one from NASCAR had interviewed him.
NASCAR is conducting an independent review into the accident, and one of the focuses is on the broken seat belt. NASCAR president Mike Helton has declined to discuss the investigation, saying he would address it when the review is completed in August.
"I have total confidence in NASCAR and Mike Helton," Earnhardt Jr. said. "I know in my heart what happened, and I feel comfortable with that. I'm not waiting for an answer — I know what the answer is, and I'm fine with it. I sleep good at night."
Earnhardt Jr. refused to discuss what he thinks happened. He did say his conclusions have not come from NASCAR because he has not been kept informed on the progress of the investigation.
Earnhardt was in third place, one spot behind his son, leading a second pack of cars when his Chevrolet slid down the track and made contact with Sterling Marlin's car. The hit sent Earnhardt's car shooting up the banking and into the wall at 190 mph.
An independent medical examiner who studied the autopsy photos said Earnhardt likely died when his head whipped violently forward during the collision.
That theory contradicted that of the speedway physician, who said he thought Earnhardt was killed when his chin hit the steering wheel — which would not have happened had the seat belt not been broken.
Meanwhile, Earnhardt Jr. has started to come to terms with his father's death, and his recent success on the track has helped. After finishing second at Daytona, Earnhardt Jr. struggled until the past four weeks.
He's finished 11th or higher in the last four races, and his third-place finish last weekend lifted him to 10th place in the standings.
"I get sad less often when I think about him," he said. "I think about more pleasant memories when I think about him then when I did a few weeks ago."
One of those memories is of his father joining him in Victory Lane after Earnhardt Jr. won The Winston last May. He said he'll forever view that as the greatest moment of his career.
My father coming to Victory Lane and not having an airplane to rush and get on, so he stuck around and we threw beer on each other and jumped around and hollered and just made fools of ourselves," he said. "I don't think I'll ever get that close to that feeling I had that night again."
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