MADRID, Spain — Seve Ballesteros is improving after last week’s surgery on his cancerous brain tumor.
The La Paz hospital said Wednesday the 51-year-old golfing great remains in intensive care and has also undergone a tracheotomy.
The hospital added Ballesteros’ condition was “evolving favorably.” He underwent a 6 1/2-hour operation Friday on the brain tumor.
• Golfer John Daly was taken into custody Sunday morning by Winston-Salem, N.C., police after he was found drunk outside an area Hooters restaurant.
Police said officers went to the restaurant on a medical call. When they arrived, Daly was being treated by emergency workers after losing consciousness.
While at the restaurant, police said Daly “appeared extremely intoxicated and uncooperative,” refused repeatedly to be taken to the hospital and was asked to leave the restaurant by several workers.
• Anthony Kim has joined the European tour, the latest of a half-dozen U.S. tour players who have decided to take up joint membership in Europe for the 2009 season.
Former player sues CU.
RyAnne Ridge, a former member of the University of Colorado women’s basketball team, filed a lawsuit against the school and its Board of Regents over a scholarship she says she was promised but never received.
In a lawsuit filed in Denver District Court, Ridge and her father allege coach Kathy McConnell-Miller verbally promised Ridge a scholarship that prompted Ridge to transfer from Tulsa.
The lawsuit also said McConnell-Miller contacted Ridge while Ridge was playing at Tulsa, a recruiting violation CU self-reported to the NCAA in June. Patrick O’Rourke, CU’s chief litigation counsel, declined to comment on why Ridge didn’t receive a scholarship.
Houston receiver undergoes surgery
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Houston receiver Patrick Edwards said he holds no animosity toward Marshall, a day after he ran into a service cart and broke his leg in a game against the Thundering Herd.
The freshman was going after a pass at full speed in the third quarter Tuesday when his right shin hit a cart in the back of the end zone.
His mother, Patricia Edwards, told Houston television station KRIV she is considering legal action against Marshall.
• Duke running back Re’quan Boyette is out for the season with a knee injury.
• Louisville wide receiver Scott Long is out for the season after injuring his right knee in practice.
Footnotes.
Diego Maradona will become Argentina’s soccer coach next week, leaving the team in the hands of a national icon whose achievements on the field have been undercut by a long history of erratic behavior and drug abuse.
• New York Mets pitcher Ambiorix Burgos was released from jail following a car crash that killed two women in the Dominican Republic. A judge ordered him to pay $57,000 and appear every two weeks before a magistrate until a court date is set.
• The Chicago White Sox will allow outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. to explore free agency, according to .
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