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09.07.05: Pirates
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09.06.05: Conference
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09.03.05: ECU's
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09.02.05: Green
Wave football team in limbo about future ... Southern Miss
sets up ad hoc camp in Memphis ... Thursday night's college
football scoreboard |
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09.01.05: Pirate
QB's second shoulder surgery a success ... East Carolina
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08.31.05: Katrina
blows Tulane-USM game into November ... Frosh guards round
out ECU hoops roster |
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08.30.05: Pirates
set for reunions with Deacons, Seahawks |
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08.29.05: New
home offers lavish new perks for Louisville |
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08.28.05: Wooden
pulls out of Wooden Award ceremony |
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08.27.05: NCAA
issues 'heads up' on new spearing rule ... Huggins ouster
speeds up Cincy AD's departure |
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08.26.05: ECU's
Moore sole Carolinas player on Butkus list ... New BCS
voters panel already in for shakeup |
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08.25.05: Mayo's
destination has well-worn path to ECU ... NCAA adds extra
year to Gamecocks' probation |
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News Nuggets, 09.10.05
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Green Beret parachutist hurt in pre-game jump
RENO, NV — An Army parachutist who
recently returned from Iraq was injured in a hard landing in the middle of
the field at Mackay Stadium before the Washington State-Nevada football game
Friday night.
Chief Warrant Officer Dave Larson of
Hurst, TX, broke a hip and an arm. He was the second of three parachutists
who jumped from a helicopter in gusty winds during a pregame ceremony
honoring the military.
Larson, a Green Beret, was coming in
fast, then pulled up slowly near the top of the stands before the wind
appeared to drop out of the parachute and he fell about 60 feet and landed
on his side. Paramedics attended to him on the field for about 10 minutes
before he was taken to Washoe Medical Center in Reno.
Larson had made more than 2,000 jumps
in his career. His condition was not immediately known, but he was expected
to be hospitalized for two days, said Jamie Klund, Nevada sports information
director.
``It is somewhat serious, obviously,''
Klund said.
Washington State won the game 55-21.
NCAA rebuffs appeal on Tulsa player's eligibility
TULSA, OK — Tulsa safety Kedrick
Alexander, who was suspended last season after pleading guilty to a burglary
charge, will not be permitted to play this season after the NCAA denied an
appeal, the school said Friday.
Alexander missed Tulsa's season opener
against Minnesota on Sept. 1 because of the eligibility issue, and the
university said then it would appeal. Tulsa said Friday all of its appeals
have been denied, and it will not comment on the issue. The Golden Hurricane
play at Oklahoma on Saturday.
East Carolina will play at Tulsa, a
first-year member of Conference USA, on Nov. 12.
Alexander, a junior who led the team
with 121 tackles in 2003, was not enrolled at Tulsa last fall but did attend
classes this spring. The university was seeking a waiver of the NCAA's
progress-toward-degree rule, which requires student-athletes complete 12
hours of classes each semester toward earning their degree.
Alexander and defensive back Terrance
Thomas were sentenced in August 2004 to deferred sentences of two years'
unsupervised probation and 120 hours of community service after pleading
guilty to second-degree burglary.
Alexander and Thomas admitted breaking
into room belonging to a member of the track team and stealing a laptop
computer, a video game console and a credit card. The card was used to buy
gasoline.
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published by ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools; and reports from Associated Press and
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