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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, March 7, 2001
Request for photos causes stir
Paper wants copies of pictures from Earnhardt's autopsy
The Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Sentinel's request for the autopsy photos of Dale Earnhardt has brought a torrent of angry calls and e-mail from race fans and prompted an effort by lawmakers to prevent the release of such pictures in future cases.
In the past two days, Sentinel Editor Tim Franklin has taken about 3,000 of the almost 7,000 emails and calls.
"Some of the e-mails have been quite ugly, but I understand it's
an emotional issue,"
Franklin said. "While we feel sorry for the Earnhardt family and what they're go ing through, there's a big issue here a b o u t N A S C R A S F A Y, and
Earnhardt: Debate surrounds his autopsy photos
we're simply trying to provide more information about how Dale Earnhardt died."
Franklin has said repeatedly the newspaper had no intention of publishing the photos but wanted to view them so a head trauma expert could make an
independent determination of the cause of death. The Sentinel ran a series last month that showed three NASCAR drivers who died last year suffered fractures at the base of the skull.
"He's the fourth driver in nine months to die," Franklin said. "This isn't a fight that we seek or asked for, but we believe that there are big issues at stake here as far as NASCAR safety. There's also a big principle at stake, access to state records."
Three Republican lawmakers are drafting legislation that would prohibit the release of any autopsy photographs. Such photos would be treated as private medical records.
Earnhardt was killed in a crash Feb. 18 at the Daytona 500. The race car driver's widow, Teresa, sued Volusia County four days later to stop
release of the medical examiner's photos. The next day, a Sentinel reporter made a public records request for the pictures.
Judge Joseph Will issued a temporary injunction against the photos' release, saying they have no "bona fide newsworthiness" and could cause the family "additional anguish and grief." A hearing is set for tomorrow.
Barbara Petersen, executive director of the First Amendment Foundation in Tallahassee, said the restrictions contemplated by lawmakers would be a big mistake. She said the public records law provided for oversight regarding medical examiners who could feel political pressure to render a particular cause of death.
"A total ban is clearly unconstitutional." Petersen said.
Louisville set to speak with Pitino
The Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich said yesterday Rick Pitino was his top choice to be the Cardinals' next coach and they would discuss the job this weekend.
Denny Crum, who coached Louisville to two NCAA championships, announced his retirement last Friday, ending a 30-year Hall of Fame career. Speculation about Pitino — former coach of Kentucky
and the Boston Celtics — began almost immediately.
Jurich said he did not try to contact Pitino until Sunday, when he called Brent Rice, a Lexington attorney and a mutual friend. Jurich said he and Pitino had not spoken at all.
"I will be meeting with Rick this weekend down in Florida," Jurich said at a news conference. "I expressed to Brent that I would like the opportunity to sit down with Rick and Rick has obliged."
ESPN Radio he was interested in the Louisville job. He took the reins of a Kentucky program strapped with NCAA probation in 1989 and turned it into an NCAA champion seven years later. He left the program after the following season to run the Celtics, but resigned in January after three unsuccessful seasons.
Pitino said earlier in the day on
Pitino would have another rebuilding project in Louisville. The Cardinals were one of the top teams in 1980s, but have steadily declined in the past four seasons, going 62-61
overall with an 0-2 record in the NCAA tournament.
"What I've tried to focus on is who would be the best fit and who would do the best job and who I would enjoy working with," Jurich said. "I feel at this point, Coach Pitino is really who I want to focus on. I want to go down and spend as much time as I possibly can selling the amenities of this program.
"It a program I feel is one of the top five jobs in America and I want the opportunity to tell him." Jurich said.
Selanne's Sharks debut will have to wait
The Associated Press
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Teemu Selanne will have to wait up to two weeks to make his debut for the San Jose Sharks because he needs arthroscopic surgery to remove
Knee injury keeping right wing off ice
loose cartilage from his left knee.
loose car image in his left knee.
Selanne, obtained by the Sharks from the Anaheim Mighty Ducks on Monday, was set for surgery late yesterday. The right wing missed two games last week because of soreness and minor swelling in the knee.
Sharks' director of pro development.
"We are comfortable with Teemu having this done and expect him to join the team in the next two weeks,"said Doug Wilson, the
Sharks director of pro development. Selanne, obtained in a trade that sent goalie Steve Shields, wing Jeff Friesen and a conditional draft pick to the Mighty Ducks, had hoped to play for the Sharks today at Florida.
Selanne, the NHL's leading goal-scorer two seasons ago and a seventime All-Star, had 26 goals and 59 points for the Ducks this season.
"There was a reason we had a complete physical exam performed before finalizing the trade." Wilson said. "He could play right now, but we are moving ahead with the long-
A big problem for the Sharks' offense has been its power plays. San Jose ranks 23rd in the NHL, converting only 14.4 percent of its power-play opportunities. Ten of Selanne's 26 goals this season have come on power plays.
NCAA committee in tricky situation
Cowboys' tragedy raises sentiment
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY Mo.
Big 12 commissioner Kevin Weiberg, a first-year member of the panel, lost a nephew in the Jan. 27 tragedy that claimed 10 members of the Cowboys' basketball traveling party, including two players.
Bill Hancock, the NCAA tournament director, lost a son.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. Memories and emotions from the Oklahoma State plane crash will be with the NCAA selection committee this week.
Everyone will be as considerate as they possibly can be to the feelings of the two men. But at some point in the room where the committee is cloistered, the Cowboys will be considered for one of 34 at large bids to the NCAA tournament.
That's when things could get tricky, and sentiment—or trying to avoid sentimentality—could come up. There is no precedent for this situation in tournament history, and the NCAA has always maintained that sentiment is never involved.
"We haven't talked about it, and I don't know how to answer that," said committee chairman Mike Tranhese.
But Tranghese said the issue would be raised by the committee.
"I'm very, very sensitive personally to that kind of tragedy," he said. "I honestly don't know what the answer is."
With a 19-8 record going into the Big 12 tournament starting tomorrow, the Cowboys are probably a bubble team — no cinch for a bid unless they win the Big 12's automatic entry.
"They're human beings," Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson said of the selectors. "It can't help
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but be a factor. Those are husbands and fathers and human beings in that room, and I do think it will be a factor."
Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton, who has been praised for the courage he and his team have shown, said he would not want any unfair advantage.
"I don't think any of us would want the committee to do something they wouldn't do for someone else," he said. "They always injures, and certainly emotionally we've been injured. So from that standpoint I would hope they would look at it.
"But the one thing we've got going in our favor is we have won 10 conference games in a very strong league. That, more than anything, probably helps us."
Dave Bliss, Baylor's coach, said the heartbreak the Oklahoma State family had been through was much different than a broken bone or a torn-up knee.
"The committee has a very difficult time dealing with physical injuries," he said. "The situation concerning emotional injury is uncharted.
"What I think they ought to consider is that Eddie Sutton is one of the premiere coaches and always has a premiere program. And this year he has done as good a job of coaching as anybody given all that has occurred. I choose to think they have earned (a bid)."
Texas Tech coach James Dickey would show at least a slight favoritism, just this once.
"When you look at the tragedy they've endured, and the burden (Sutton) has had to carry on his shoulders, it's been remarkable the job he has done," Dickey said.
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