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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 2002
Page
20
Brenda Oldfield of Minnesota accepts coach of the year honors in San Antonio with Cedar Rapids native noted. Sue Bird of Connecticut is named player of the year as teams prepare for Final Four preview events in Texas.
Stan Heath was hired in Fayetteville as the Razorbacks new head coach succeeding Nolan Richardson. Heath led Kent State to the final eight in the NCAA tournament and replaces the coach who won Arkansas its only NCAA title. Richardson was dismissed after 16 seasons. Tony Akins of Georgia Tech won the long-distance portion of the Slam Dunk and Three-Point Championships ahead of Dan Dickau and Steve Logan. Brandon Dean and Rolan Roberts shared the dunk title.
Springfield native Kevin Gamble was hired as the University of Illinois at Springfield's first men's basketball coach on Wednesday. A member of Iowa's 30 5 team in 1986 87 he played 11 NBA seasons mainly with the Boston Celtics and earlier helped Lanphier High win the 1983 Illinois Class AA title.
Major league baseball will pause for a minute of silence at 9 11 p m at every team first night game this season to honor the Sept 11 events. God Bless America will be sung during the seventh inning stretch at all games until further notice.
Duke faces Oklahoma at 6 p.m. and Connecticut meets Tennessee at 8 p.m. on ESPN. Staff wire reports present the schedule and matchups for the women's Final Four.
Dave Williams, 33, serves as athletic trainer, physical therapist, and strength coach for the Cedar Rapids Rough Riders. He designs rehab plans, leads injections, and creates season programs while earning a PhD in rehabilitation science at the University of Iowa.
Cedar Rapids hosts Sioux Falls at 7 05 tonight and Rochester at 7 05 Saturday at Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. RoughRiders lead East Division with 69 68 over Green Bay. Sioux Falls 30 73 in West. Rochester 14 37 5 with 33 points has lost 10 straight at Waterloo. Tickets about 900 tonight 800 Saturday.
The piece contrasts Cael Sanderson’s unmatched 159 0 college record with limited national celebrity. It notes his national exposure on SportsCenter and FOX Sports Net, cites Sports Illustrated ranking, and praises wrestling dedication beyond mainstream fame. It also mentions related great feats and figures in college sports.
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