SportsSeptember 30, 2002
Area sports digest 9/30/02
Baseball ***Interim manager Bruce Kimm was fired by the Chicago Cubs on Sunday before their final game of the season, a 7-3 win over Pittsburgh. Kimm replaced Don Baylor on July 6, managing the Cubs to a 32-45 record with one game left. Chicago won 9 of it first 13 games under Kimm but couldn't keep it up...
Baseball
Interim manager Bruce Kimm was fired by the Chicago Cubs on Sunday before their final game of the season, a 7-3 win over Pittsburgh.
Kimm replaced Don Baylor on July 6, managing the Cubs to a 32-45 record with one game left. Chicago won 9 of it first 13 games under Kimm but couldn't keep it up.
Chicago was 34-49 under Baylor this season, and lost one game managed by bench coach Rene Lachemann.
Colleges
For the first time in 21 years, Nebraska is not ranked in The Associated Press college football poll.
The Cornhuskers (3-2) fell out of the Top 25 on Sunday after a 36-14 loss to Iowa State -- ending a run of 348 consecutive polls.
Nebraska moved into the AP rankings Oct. 5, 1981, and remained among college football's top teams week after week after week until a second straight loss knocked it out.
During the streak, Nebraska won two AP national championships (in 1994 and 1995) and was ranked No. 1 in 52 polls. The Huskers were 49-31-1 against ranked teams, with four of those losses coming in the team's last seven games dating to last season.
Bob Huggins' condition improved Sunday, a day after the Cincinnati men's basketball coach suffered a heart attack at Pittsburgh International Airport during a recruiting trip.
Tom Hathaway, the university's assistant athletic director, said the 49-year-old Huggins was in serious but stable condition at Medical Center in Beaver, about 20 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.
"He continues to make progress and the doctors are happy with the type of progress he's made this afternoon," Hathaway said.
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Motorsports
NASCAR is taking steps to keep drivers with concussions off the track, after Dale Earnhardt Jr. revealed he drove in several races while unable to fully concentrate or communicate with his crew chief.
From now on, NASCAR president Mike Helton said Sunday, doctors at infield care centers may require a driver to undergo a CT scan if they suspect the driver has a concussion.
If the CT scan reveals a concussion, Helton said, a driver will not be allowed to compete until he obtains a medical release.
Soccer
Southeast Missouri State University's women suffered a 2-1 loss to Creighton Sunday in Omaha, Neb.
The Otahkians (6-3-1) got their only goal on a first-half penalty kick by freshman Lisa Schweppe.
Southeast begins Ohio Valley Conference play Friday night, hosting Eastern Illinois.
Tennis
Serena Williams won her sixth title in seven tournaments Sunday, beating Anastasia Myskina of Russia 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the $585,000 Sparkassen Cup in Leipzig, Germany.
The top-ranked American won for the 36th time in 37 matches, a run that includes Grand Slam titles at the French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open. She collected $97,000 for the 19th title of her career.
--From wire reports
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