SAN ANTONIO — Welterweight contender Oscar Diaz had surgery for bleeding on the brain and was in a coma after collapsing between rounds of a nationally televised bout in his hometown.
Diaz, 25, was taking a beating from Delvin Rodriguez on Wednesday night when he collapsed on his stool before the 11th round.
Diaz was in a coma and not breathing on his own after the surgery, promoter Ron Katz said.
“My understanding is they had to remove on the left side a part of his cranium to get the swelling down,” said Katz, who added Diaz’s vital signs, including blood pressure and temperature, were good.
“It’s touch-and-go,” Katz said.
Wambach undergoes surgery
SAN DIEGO — U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach had surgery to repair a broken left leg that will keep her out of the Olympics.The team’s leading scorer had a titanium rod inserted in her lower left leg. She can begin full weight-bearing activities on the leg in five to six weeks.
Forward Lauren Cheney, 20, replaced Wambach on the team, which begins defense of the gold medal Aug. 6 against Norway.
• Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, marking his return from a foot injury, scored 11 points in 12 minutes of play for the Chinese national team in a 96-72 Olympic warmup victory over a Serbian squad.
• Laura Wilkinson and her diving partner Jessica Livingston have asked an arbitrator to overturn a decision not to have them compete in synchronized platform at the Beijing Olympics. A hearing is set for today in Los Angeles.
Vikings quiet
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings said they would not comment on allegations by the Green Bay Packers that they made inappropriate contact with quarterback Brett Favre before or during his effort to un-retire.
• Cleveland Browns wide receiver Joe Jurevicius likely will miss the start of the regular season because of his recent knee surgery.
Footnotes.
Florida receiver Percy Harvin is “ahead of schedule” in his return from heel surgery. Coach Urban Meyer said Harvin should be ready to go when the Gators begin fall practice next month.
• LSU offensive lineman Jarvis Jones was kicked off the Tigers’ football squad for an unspecified violation of team rules.
• Oklahoma women’s basketball coach Sherri Coale said Jenna Plumley has been suspended from the team indefinitely after the starting guard’s arrest for petty larceny.
• Sherman “Jocko” Maxwell, the pioneering black sportscaster who chronicled Negro League baseball players before the racial barrier fell, died after battling pneumonia Wednesday in West Chester, Pa. He was 100.
• Guillermo Barros Schelotto scored a goal and assisted on two others for the Columbus Crew in a 3-3 draw with the Kansas City Wizards.
• Tina Thompson scored 25 points off the bench, helping the Houston Comets snap a three- game WNBA losing streak with a 96-88 victory over the Minnesota Lynx. In other games, the Phoenix Mercury held off the Los Angeles Sparks 99-92, while the New York Liberty beat the Washington Mystics 77-56. The Associated Press
