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Sports News
| Sports Academy Honors Mormon Cowboy |
| The United States Sports Academy recently honored
its first rodeo cowboy. The late rodeo champion and Earl W. Bascom
was honored as a "rodeo pioneer" and his name has been inscribed on
the USSA's "Walk of Fame." Bascom's name now stands with other great
sportsmen like the basketball great Michael Jordan, boxing champion
Mohammed Ali and the Olympic champion Carl Lewis. |
| Mormon Baseball Great Joins Olympic Volunteers |
| Former Atlanta Braves baseball star Dale
Murphy was among the volunteers helping out at the 2002 Salt Lake
City Winter Olympic Games, working the green room at the medal plaza
collecting mementos from the Olympians to be auctioned for charity.
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution claims that Murphy is the
second-most famous Olympic volunteer, behind future NFL Hall of Famer
Steve Young. |
| Cramer, Young Footwork |
| Aleisha M. Cramer, '04, clad in a white USA
jersey, tentatively stepped onto the newly mown field. Yellow
uniforms were already darting across the field as the Brazilian
national team warmed up. Glancing into the stands, 16-year-old Cramer
searched the crowd for her family and friends who had come to see her
first game with the U.S. National Women's Soccer Team. Trying to
reduce the shaking of her legs to an imperceptible quiver, Cramer
assumed her position on the field and waited for the whistle to blow. |
| 18 Cougars Earn MWC All-Academic Honors |
| The Mountain West Conference announced
its All-Academic team for the 2001 football season. This year's squad
is comprised of 88 student-athletes, including 44 repeat qualifiers
which consists of 13 three-time honorees and 31 named for the second
consecutive year. BYU, along with Colorado State, had a
league-leading 18 All-Academic performers. |
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