BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana assistant Bill Lynch will replace football coach Terry Hoeppner, who is undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments after two brain surgeries in 18 months.
Hoeppner, 59, is on his third medical leave from the team. His latest absence began in mid-March.
Neither Hoeppner nor Indiana had disclosed the nature of his illness. When asked Friday if Hoeppner has cancer, athletic director Rick Greenspan said, 'I won't say that, but I think it's apparent by the definition.'
Lynch, who is offensive coordinator and assistant head coach, filled in for Hoeppner during his absences.
IN OTHER COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
East Carolina and South Carolina will play a five-game series beginning in 2011, officials said Friday.
tennis
roddick moves on, nadal stunned
LONDON [bar] French Open champion Rafael Nadal lost in the Queen's Club grass-court quarterfinals Friday, falling 7-5, 7-6 (0) to 106th-ranked Nicolas Mahut.
Mahut will face Arnaud Clement, who defeated Ivo Karlovic 7-5, 6-4 in another quarterfinal.
Second-seeded Andy Roddick advanced to the semifinals after defeating Marin Cilic 6-4, 7-6 (5). The American, who is aiming for his fourth title at Queen's, will face Dmitry Tursunov, who rallied from 2-4 in the final set to upset third-seeded Fernando Gonzalez 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4.
IN OTHER TENNIS NEWS
James Blake lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany.
Jelena Jankovic rallied to defeat Maria Kirilenko 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the third round of the DFS Classic in Birmingham, England.
Meghann Shaughnessy and Edina Gallovits will meet in the final of the Barcelona KIA Open in Spain.
pro football
49ers cornerback will miss season
SANTA CLARA, Calif. [bar] San Francisco 49ers cornerback B.J. Tucker will miss the season after tearing his pectoral muscle during offseason workouts.
An MRI exam revealed the injury, which will require surgery and at least four months of rehabilitation, coach Mike Nolan said.
The two-year veteran made his first NFL start last season and was a candidate for a backup job again this fall.
complaints halt raiders workouts
alameda, Calif. [bar] The Oakland Raiders canceled the final week of their offseason training program Friday after complaints from the NFL players' union about the intensity of the practices.
In a brief statement, coach Lane Kiffin said the players' union believes the Raiders' offseason program violated league rules on practice standards. The Raiders won't hold next week's scheduled offseason activities, which were expected to be mostly weightlifting sessions.
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Michael Lewis, a kick returner, and defensive end Willie Whitehead were cut by the New Orleans Saints.
cycling
basso doping ban two-year maximum
ROME [bar] Ivan Basso, who has won two Tour de France races, received a maximum two-year doping penalty from the Italian cycling federation.
Basso became the first high-profile rider suspended for the recent scandals rocking cycling.
Last month, Basso acknowledged involvement in the Spanish blood-doping probe, known as Operation Puerto.
baseball
d-backs' johnson won't pitch vs. o's
BALTIMORE [bar] Randy Johnson will miss his scheduled start today for the Arizona Diamondbacks because of lower back pain.
Johnson experienced tightness in his back while playing catch, Arizona manager Bob Melvin said. The lefthander was to have an MRI to assess the damage.
Melvin said the MRI was precautionary and that he hoped Johnson would be able to take his next turn in the rotation after missing his start against the Orioles.
hockey
BRUINS fire lewis after one season
BOSTON [bar] Dave Lewis is out as the Boston Bruins' coach after one season.
General manager Peter Chiarelli announced that Lewis will be relieved as head coach and reassigned to another position in the organization. Associate coach Marc Habscheid also will be reassigned.
Lewis was 35-41-6 in his lone season on the Bruins' bench. He also was the head coach in Detroit from 2002-04.
in other news
Carlos Delfino, a guard, was traded from the Detroit Pistons to the Toronto Raptors for second-round draft picks in 2009 and 2010.
Peter Fowler shot a 4-under-par 67 for a share of the second-round lead in the European PGA's Saint-Omer Open with Marcus Higley and Carl Suneson.
Marion Jones, absent from the track scene since her February marriage in North Carolina, apparently will not compete in the 2007 season.
'I'm almost sure she isn't,' coach Steve Riddick told The Associated Press on Friday.
Meseret Defar of Ethiopia broke her own women's world record in the 5,000 meters by finishing in 14 minutes, 16.63 seconds in Oslo, Norway.
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