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Written by Nancy Mason on 25 August 2011
Pat Summitt at Pentagon with UT team in June 2008 (photo by Secretary of the Army Pete Geren for Public Domain via wikipedia commons)
Pat Summitt plans on coaching for a long time eventhough she was diagnosed recently with an early onset of dementia.
In a statement released by the University of Tennessee from Summitt on Tuesday, the Volunteers women’s basketball coach said that she visited with doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, after last season and was diagnosed with early onset dementia-Alzheimer’s type-over the summer months.
The 59-year-old Summitt says that she plans to rely on medication and mental exercises to manage the progressive condition that can destroy cognitive abilities over a period of time.
Summitt also said that her assistant coaches Holly Warlick, Dean Lockwood and Mickie DeMoss will be taking on more responsibilities with the team from this point forward.
A 2000 inductee to the National Basketball Hall of Fame, Summitt has a very impressive coaching record of 1,071 wins-199 losses, a winning percentage of 84.33 percent.
Info courtesy of the University of Tennessee athletics , Radio & TV news
Tags: Alzheimer's., Dean Lockwood., Holly Warlick., Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota., Mickie DeMoss., National Basketball Hall of Fame., Pat Summitt., University of Tennessee., Volunteers.
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Written by Stuart Mason on 17 June 2011
Isaiah Pead (courtesy of UC athletics credit to BH photography)
The University of Cincinnati football team’s game against the University of Tennessee Saturday, September 10, 2011 inside Neyland Stadium will be televised nationally by ESPN2 and kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET.
The Volunteers lead the series all-time at 4-1 with all five games taking place in Knoxville, Tennessee. This September marks the first matchup between the two schools since September 26, 1992. UC’s win in the series was a 35-0 win on November 16, 1904.
The Bearcats, led by second-year head coach Butch Jones, returns 18 starters from the 2010 team, including Columbus, Ohio native and Eastmoor Academy product Isaiah Pead at running back. he was a Second-Team All-BIG EAST honoree.
Others include First-Team All-BIG EAST quarterback Zach Collaros, Second-Team All-BIG EAST linebacker J.K. Schaffer and wide receiver D.J. Woods.
Info courtesy of the University of Cincinnati athletics
Tags: Bearcats., Big East., Butch Jones., Columbus Ohio., D.J. Woods., Eastmoor Academy., ESPN2., Isaiah Pead., J.K. Schaffer., Knoxville Tennessee., Neyland Stadium., UC., University Of Cincinnati., University of Tennessee., Volunteers., Zach Collaros.
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Written by Dan Hock on 15 July 2010
compiled from staff, wire and University of Michigan news.
The University of Michigan for years has called their stadium, Michigan Stadium, “The Big House”.
But as we sit here today, it is truly the “Big House”!
Michigan Stadium is the country’s largest stadium with 109,901 seats.
Michigan Stadium (file photo)
The stadium underwent a $226 million renovation during the off-season, adding 2,000 more seats to bypass Penn State’s Beaver Stadium’s capacity of 107,882.
The stadium has 81 suites.
Here’s a list of college football’s largest stadium’s rounding out the top five overall.
3) Neyland Stadium, University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee 102,495.
4) Ohio Stadium, Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio 102,329.
5) Bryant-Denny Stadium, University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama 101,000.
Tags: "The Big House"., Bryant-Denny stadium., Columbus Ohio., Knoxville Tennessee., Michigan Stadium., Neyland Stadium., Ohio Stadium., Ohio State University., Penn State Beaver Stadium., Tuscaloosa Alabama., University of Alabama., University of Michigan., University of Tennessee.
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