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Jordan
could return to season after surgery
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Michael Jordan will probably be able to play again this
season.
Whether
he can make it back in time to save the Washington Wizards’
drive for the playoffs is another matter.
Jordan
had surgery for the first time in his career Wednesday morning.
Team
physician Dr. Stephen Haas found and repaired torn cartilage in
the 39-year-old forward’s right knee, an injury Haas said was
the result of normal wear and tear for an athlete of Jordan’s
caliber.
Typically,
recovery time for such an operation is two to six weeks, and many
variables — age, severity of the tear, workout ethic —
can determine where a patient fits in that range. The Wizards will
have a better idea of Jordan’s time frame when he begins therapy
after a few days of rest.
If
Jordan’s falls in the middle of the range — four weeks
— he would miss 16 games, including the entire six-game road
trip in mid-March that could make or break the Wizards’ season.
He could join the road trip in progress if he misses two or three
weeks, while a six-week layoff wouldn’t bring him back until
the final week of the regular season.
University
of Arkansas to address coach’s remarks
LITTLE
ROCK, Ark. (AP) — University of Arkansas officials say Nolan
Richardson’s remarks against the media and critical fans will
be addressed but they didn’t say how.
The
Razorbacks basketball team left Fayetteville on Wednesday for a
game at Mississippi State, the first since Richardson claimed he
is treated differently by reporters and fans because he is black.
The
university’s administration said for a time Tuesday that chancellor
John White would discuss Richardson’s comments with the longtime
coach. It later said no meeting was scheduled.
Various
administrators expressed concern that talk of a meeting suggested
Richardson automatically will be disciplined. The school then issued
a statement with no specifics.
“The
university will work its way through this matter in the appropriate
way and in the appropriate time,” university spokesman Roger
Williams said.
Williams
and White’s administrative assistant, Gail Moore, said no meeting
was scheduled.
Officials
seek investigation of Russian skiers’ drug tests
TORONTO
(AP) — If at first you succeed, try, try again.
Canadian
Olympic officials who protested the pairs figure skating judging
to get a gold medal for Jamie Sale and David Pelletier now want
the International Olympic Committee to review drug tests in cross-country
skiing.
The
goal is for Canadian skier Beckie Scott, who won the bronze medal
in the women’s 10-K cross country combined event on Feb. 15.
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