Princeton football coach Ron Rogerson died Sunday after suffering a heart attack while jogging Saturday in Wolfeboro, N.H. Mr. Rogerson, 44, was on vacation with his family and collapsed while running on an outdoor track at Kingswood Regional High School. Mr. Rogerson was about to begin his third year at Princeton. Before coming to Princeton in December, 1984, Mr. Rogerson coached at Maine, where he was 19-23-1. He was 7-13 at Princeton.
Mr. Rogerson began his college coaching career in 1967 as end coach at Colorado State. In 1971 he moved to Delaware, where he spent 10 years as defensive end coach, defensive backfield coach and offensive line coach. He is survived by his wife, Ann; four sons; his mother; and a sister.
Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny McLain says he has changed, so when he walks out of an Alabama prison he plans to be a different person. ”I`ve been playing the organ at Sunday morning mass . . . and now they`re going to have to find somebody to take my job. I`m going home!” McLain said in an interview with the Detroit News from the Federal Correctional Institute at Talladega, Ala.
In 1985, he was sentenced to 23 years for racketeering, extortion conspiracy and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Friday threw out all the convictions against the former Cy Young Award winner, citing improper conduct by the judge and prosecutor in his trial. The ruling entitles him to a new trial.
McLain`s wife, Sharon, said she had to turn to her parents for help in supporting their children. Her father is Cub broadcaster Lou Boudreau. ”We`ve come from a $250,000 house to a townhouse,” she said. ”We lived kind of a great life, and then slowly and surely–kaboom. I don`t know what any of us would have done if the decision had gone the other way.”
If McLain gets out on bond, friends may not recognize him. McLain, 44, has lost 10 inches of waistline and honed his tennis game, according to his wife. McLain has lost between 50 and 60 pounds.
”He said he would have to buy all new clothes,” his wife said.
Rocky Lockridge won the International Boxing Federation super featherweight title, pounding champion Barry Michael into submission at the end of the eighth round in Windsor, England. Michael (48-9-3) was forced to retire exhausted and with a huge swelling over his right eye. ”I have a ruptured eardrum,” Michael said before he left the ring. ”It was all one-way traffic towards the end.” ”I knew I could wear him down with an accumulation of punches,” said Lockridge (41-5). The bout, at Blazer`s nightclub, was delayed for 30 minutes when a bomb threat forced the evacuation of the fighters and the 800 spectators.
Mark Allen, the 1986 Triathlete of the Year, won the Vancouver International in 1 hour 54 minutes and 21 seconds. Mike Pigg, the leader in the U.S. Triathalon Series, was second in 1:55:41. Scott Molina was third in 1:58:07. Karen Rainey won the women`s division in 2:10:07.
Pietro Mennea, who has held the world 200-meter record of 19.72 seconds since 1979, has confirmed he is coming out of retirement and would run in an international meet Monday in Grosseto, Italy.
Services are scheduled Tuesday in Ames, Ia., for L.C. ”Cap” Timm, former Iowa State baseball coach who died Saturday of kidney failure. He was 78. Mr. Timm coached the Cyclones from 1937 until retiring in 1974.
Adilson ”Maguila” Rodrigues won a 10-round split decision over former World Boxing Association heavyweight champion James ”Bonecrusher” Smith in San Paulo, Brazil. Judge Delcio Gava scored it 98-97 and Paulo Laguno 98-96 for Rodrigues. Alexandre Dib had it 100-91 for Smith. Rodrigues is the Brazilian and South American champion.
