UNDATED (AP) - Several former NFL head coaches landed assistant
coaching jobs for next season. Ex-Oakland coach Tom Cable is the
new offensive coordinator in Seattle, St. Louis hired ex-Denver
coach Josh McDaniels as offensive coordinator and former San
Francisco head coach Mike Singletary is linebackers coach and
assistant head coach under Leslie Frazier with the Vikings.
MIAMI (AP) - The star-laden Miami Heat are on a four-game losing
streak. Atlanta delivered the latest loss, 93-89 in overtime, last
night, despite 34 points and 10 rebounds by Miami's LeBron James.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Andrej Meszaros (AWN'-dray MEHT'-zahr-ohsh)
scored 1:07 into overtime to bail out the Flyers after they blew a
third period lead and give Philadelphia a 3-2 win over the
Washington Capitals. The victory gives the Flyers 65 points, tied
with Vancouver for most in the NHL.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki
(wohz-nee-AK'-ee) advanced to the third round of the Australian
Open with an emphatic 6-1, 6-love win over American Vania King in a
58-minute match. Venus Williams, the fourth seed, fought off an
apparent muscle pull at the end of her first set to beat Sandra
Zahlavova (zah-lah-VOH'-vuh), 6-7, 6-love, 6-4 to reach the third
round.
PROVO, Utah (AP) - BYU guard Jimmer Fredette (freh-DEHT'), the
nation's leading scorer in Division I basketball, scored 21 points
in leading the ninth-ranked Cougars to their 18th victory in 19
games, 83-67 over TCU. Fredette was just 6-of-16 from the field and
was held below his 26-point per-game scoring average.
