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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 2001
Page
17
Kody Lovers, 10, helps Indianapolis Colts players coaches and cheerleaders hand out American flags T shirts and posters to fans who donated money to victims of Tuesday s terrorist attacks outside the RCA Dome in Indianapolis.
Notre Dame basketball coach Muffet McGraw narrowly avoided United Airlines Flight 175, the plane later involved in the World Trade Center crash. She canceled her Tuesday trip to California a week earlier, opting to travel from Boston to Providence for a separate recruiting visit with assistant coach Kevin McGuff.
Alex Zanardi remained in serious but stable condition after doctors amputated both legs following a crash in the American Memorial 500 in Klettwitz Germany. Cardiothoracic experts say a follow up operation was planned as he faces hospitalization of about two weeks.
The Ryder Cup at The Belfry in England is postponed to September 2002 due to the September 11 attacks. European and PGA officials cite travel safety and shared sorrow as the reason while players like Tiger Woods and Curtis Strange express support and understanding.
Osceola senior Hildreth and Monroe transfer Birkenholtz rode bulls at a two day Iowa high school rodeo with 10 events. Birkenholtz scored 57 points in Sundays first bull riding section, both riders plan to try PRCA next summer. Derman, Arlington Nebraska ninth grader, traveled five hours with his mother to Iowa events.
Iowa rider Greg Hildreth and Nebraska’s Lance Oerman both said it’s fun to ride bulls as they posted the top two rides at the Iowa High School Rodeo Association event at the Linn County Fairgrounds. Each ride scored unofficially 69 points. More than 200 competitors from Iowa Nebraska and Missouri competed.
Trent Corey returned from a two year knee rehabilitation to win the Purdue Invitational in 24 minutes 42 seconds for 8000 meters. His victory helped Iowa place first with 26 points, 29 ahead of Illinois as the Hawkeyes opened the season.
The article notes baseball’s return with flags and patriotic mood as fans wonder if it will again captivate public attention. It quotes Doug Mientkiewicz and President Bush on the role of sport in healing, while Boston, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia venues reopen with renewed restraint and meaning.
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