6 USU assistants join Weatherbie
Seven new assistant coaches have joined the Navy football program, head coach Charlie Weatherbie said.
Six of the coaches worked with Weatherbie at Utah State. Weatherbie was head coach at the school until two weeks ago when he was tapped by Navy to replace George Chaump who was fired Dec. 4 - the day after Navy lost 22-20 to archrival Army.
The coaches are Dick Bumpas, defensive coordinator and defensive line coach; Brent Guy, linebackers coach; Gary Patterson, safeties; Gene McKeehan, centers and guards; Scott Criner, tight ends and offensive tackles; and Scott Runyan, wide receivers.
The new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach is Paul Johnson from the University of Hawaii.
Schmidt makes Hall
NEW YORK - Mike Schmidt, perhaps the greatest third baseman in history, was the
overwhelming and only choice for the Hall of Fame.
Schmidt, whose 548 home runs rank seventh on the career list, was named on 444 of the 460 ballots by the Baseball Writers Association of America in his first year of eligibility. His 96.52 percentage was the fourth-highest ever.
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U. skiers finish 3rd
After three days of trying, things finally came together for the University of Utah Ski Team. But it was a little too late as the Utes finished third in their own invitational meet.
Barkley now regrets his `spitting image'
NEW YORK - Spitting in a little girl's face made Charles Barkley wise up.
The pro basketball star says he took a look at himself after accidentally hitting the girl while aiming at a heckler during a 1991 game.
"What does that say about me that I let a basketball game - a game! - get to me so much that I want to spit on any other human being?" the Phoenix Suns forward said in the February issue of Vanity Fair. "After that I started to be a better person."