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Kings’
Webber suspended for one game and fined
NEW YORK (AP)
— Sacramento Kings forward Chris Webber was suspended Wednesday
for one game and fined $7,500 for deliberately throwing an elbow
to the head of Utah’s Jarron Collins last week.
Webber will
miss the Kings’ game Thursday against Seattle. He was called
for a flagrant foul for hitting Collins last Saturday, and the NBA
imposed the suspension.
On Tuesday,
Webber was picked as a reserve to the West All-Star team. Webber,
limited to just 20 games so far this season because of an injured
left ankle, is averaging 24.6 points per game.
Orlando
Pace sits out practice to heal knee injury
NEW ORLEANS
(AP) — St. Louis Rams All-Pro offensive tackle Orlando Pace
won’t practice until Friday due to a knee injury from the NFC
championship game.
Pace also will
wear a brace in the Super Bowl on Sunday.
“I’m
going to take a couple days off and rest the leg,” Pace said.
“I’ll be ready to go on Friday and I’ll definitely
be ready to go on Sunday.
“It’s
pretty precautionary, just to keep the swelling down.”
Pace strained
a ligament in his right knee in the first half of the Rams’
victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. He missed only a series, surprising
coaches by insisting on finishing the game.
On Wednesday,
Martz gave Pace the offensive game ball.
Pace, the first
overall pick of the 1997 draft, said it was never a question whether
he’d play the second half against the Eagles. He neutralized
Hugh Douglas before and after the injury.
“I really
couldn’t miss that game,” Pace said. “I’ve never
really been hurt in my career, so I don’t even know how to
handle this whole situation.
“I just
wanted to contribute.”
Pace was wearing
the brace at a news conference Wednesday.
“It’s
a huge brace,” he said. “But it’ll give me some stability.”
NFL
legend ‘Night Train’ Lane dies at 73
AUSTIN (AP)
— Dick “Night Train” Lane, who went from Army soldier
to record-setting rookie defensive back with the Los Angeles Rams
in 1952, has died of a heart attack. He was 73.
Lane, a member
of the Hall of Fame, died Tuesday night at the Five-Star Personal
Care assisted living facility.
A member of
the NFL’s All-Time Team for its first 75 years, Lane was an
aggressive tackler whose ferocious signature hit — a clothesline-type
move dubbed the “Night Train Necktie” — was banned
by the league as too dangerous.
He had 14 interceptions
in a 12-game season as a rookie, a mark that has stood for 50 years
despite the schedule increasing to 16 games. His 68 career interceptions
remain among the most in league history, and he returned them for
1,207 yards and five touchdowns.
Lane spent four
years in the Army after junior college, then played 14 years with
the Rams, Chicago Cardinals and Detroit Lions. He made the Pro Bowl
six times.
He was selected
the all-time NFL cornerback in 1969 and was inducted into the Hall
of Fame in 1974.
He didn’t
get the nickname “Night Train” until he was a pro. He
would stop by a teammate’s dorm room when the Buddy Morrow
song “Night Train” was playing on the phonograph.
Lane is survived
by two sons, Richard Lane of St. Louis, and Richard Walker of Detroit.
Funeral services were planned for Saturday.
Coslet
hired as Cowboys’ new offensive coordinator
IRVING (AP)
— Bruce Coslet has just what the Dallas Cowboys were looking
for: A vast knowledge of the West Coast offense.
Coslet, the
former Cincinnati Bengals and New York Jets head coach, was hired
Wednesday as the Cowboys’ new offensive coordinator. The announcement
ended a three-week search to replace Jack Reilly, who was reassigned
two days after Dallas finished 5-11 for the second straight season.
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