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WWE statement on death of wrestler Chris Kanyon |
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WWE statement on death of wrestler Chris Kanyon
Pro wrestler Christopher Klucsaritis, who wrestled under the name Chris Kanyon, passed away over the weekend in New York, according to World Wrestling Entertainment.
Klucsaritis was under contract with WWE from March 2001 to February 2004, and won the United States Championship from Booker T during this time, in July of 2001.
On their Web site, the WWE posted a brief message regarding Klucsaritis' death, expressing the organization's "deepest condolences to Christopher Klucsaritis’ family and friends on his tragic passing." |
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Kiffin focused on making progress, not headlines in first spring at USC |
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Kiffin focused on making progress, not headlines in first spring at USC
By the time he opened his first -- and only -- spring practice at Tennessee, Lane Kiffin had launched 1,000 headlines. He had made himself Public Enemy No. 1 at the other 11 SEC schools, and he had made the Volunteers the story in college football without ever setting foot on the practice field.
Tuesday, Kiffin opened his first spring practice at USC. As has been the case since he took the job in January, he said nothing outrageous. They won't be plastering his post-practice comments on the bulletin board in Eugene or Berkeley or Palo Alto. In fact, he pretty much just ran down the injury report and said he needed to watch the film.
So what happened to the Lane Kiffin who made my job so easy in the early months of 2009? He took another job, and with it came different priorities.
"There's a specific plan for whatever job you take," Kiffin said . "You don't treat them all the same. Like I said when I got here, there's a specific plan for here. That's to coach football and recruit players. We don't really need to do anything else. ... We have a high level of interest from recruits around the country. We don't need to go out and gather that attention to help us in recruiting." |
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In the zone: 'Cuse's commitment to defense may be ticket to Final FourSyracuse's 2003 national championship team is primarily remembered for Carmelo Anthony's dominance in the paint and Gerry McNamara's torrid outside shooting. But as McNamara -- now a graduate assistant on the Orange staff -- is quick to point out, "the last play [to beat Kansas] was Hakim Warrick's block. And what did he do? He came over from the weak side to help."
McNamara's point, one reiterated by nearly every individual associated with the program, is that Jim Boeheim's best teams are defined by their defense -- specifically, the unique 2-3 zone preached by Syracuse's head coach of 34 years. From the earliest stages of the season, it's been apparent to those familiar with its intricacies that the 2010 Orange held the same level of kinship with the 2-3 as Boeheim's three teams that have played for the national title (1987, '96 and 2003). |
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