Saturday, January 6, 2007
Kay Yow, the North Carolina State women's basketball coach, said yesterday she is considering a return to the court after treatment for breast cancer.
The 64-year-old Yow, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, said recent blood tests showed a decline in cancer cells since she began chemotherapy in November.
"These tests will be very important in determining when I might be able to return to the court," Yow said in a statement posted on the school's Web site. "It is a possibility."
This is Yow's 32nd season as coach of the Wolfpack. Stephanie Glance has been serving as interim coach, leading the team to an 11-4 record.
Yow, sister of Maryland Athletic Director Debbie Yow, first learned she had breast cancer in 1987, the year before she coached the United States to a gold medal in the Seoul Olympics. The cancer returned in 2004. . . .
Georgia Tech guard Lewis Clinch was suspended for the rest of the season after violating school policy, costing the Yellow Jackets their third-leading scorer heading into the bulk of the ACC schedule.
Clinch, a sophomore, was averaging 13.2 points per game, shooting 53.2 percent from the field and 47.6 percent from three-point range.
· TENNIS: Dinara Safina took advantage of Martina Hingis's double fault in the last game to take a 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 win in the Australian Women's Hardcourt final.
The top-seeded Hingis, who used this tournament last year as her comeback event and lost in the semifinals, double-faulted at 0-30 in the 12th game to set up match point. Safina won the match on the next point. . . .
Jelena Jankovic won the ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, beating Vera Zvonareva, 7-6 (9-7), 5-7, 6-3. . . .
Maria Sharapova rallied to beat Russian countrywoman Elena Dementieva, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, and advance to the final of the Champions Challenge in Hong Kong.
Sharapova will face Kim Clijsters, a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 winner over Patty Schnyder, in tomorrow's final. . . .
Andy Murray capitalized on Nikolay Davydenko's injury, upsetting the top-seeded Russian, 7-5, 6-2, and advancing to the Qatar Open final in Doha.
Murray will face Ivan Ljubicic, a 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) winner over Robin Soderling, in today's final. . . .
Xavier Malisse overcame a jittery second set to defeat Fabrice Santoro, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0, and set up a semifinal match against Rafael Nadal at the Chennai Open in India.
Nadal beat Davide Sanguinetti, 6-3, 6-2, in another quarterfinal match.
Carlos Moya clinched five straight tiebreaker points to overcome Ivo Karlovic, 6-4, 7-6 (7-6). Moya will face Stefan Koubek, a 6-1, 6-2 winner over Julien Benneteau.
· AUTO RACING: Former NASCAR champion Benny Parsons remained in intensive care at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte after entering the hospital nearly two weeks ago because of complications stemming from lung cancer.
The 1973 Winston Cup champion found out he had cancer in his left lung in July and said in October that he had beaten it. But in November, he was unable to attend a ceremony to accept the Myers Brothers Award for contributions to the sport.
· BASEBALL: Outfielder Roger Cedeño agreed to a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles after a 1 1/2 -season layoff. Cedeño has a .273 career average with five teams.
-- From News Services
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