KNOXVILLE, Tenn.
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told their favorite personal anecdotes about former Lady Volunteers
basketball coach Pat Summitt at a candlelight vigil.The vigil took place
at Pat Summitt Plaza, which includes a bronze statue of Summitt and has
served as a meeting place for mourners since she died Tuesday morning
at age 64.Fans took turns describing their personal connections to
Summitt that showed examples of her determination, her empathy and her
sense of humor. They sang Rocky Top near the end of the vigil.I have a
feeling that right now shes making angels do laps, said Nora Lou Wilson
of Knoxville.The dozens of floral arrangements that were at the foot of
Summitts statue Tuesday night had doubled in size by the start of
Wednesdays vigil.An orange scarf had been placed around her neck. Signs
on the concrete wall behind the statue featured hundreds of signatures. A
wood carving of the state of Tennessee stood behind the statue and
included the message, Now go lead your team in heaven.Alicia Manning,
who played for the Tennessee womens basketball team from 2008 to 12 and
was part of Summitts last team, said she expected the floral
arrangements to continue increasing up until the July 14 ceremony at
Thompson-Boling Arena celebrating Summitts life.From now until then its
going to keep getting bigger, Manning said. Obviously by then its going
to be insane, which it should be. She deserves that.The most emotional
story at the vigil came from Becky Evans of Knoxville, who described an
encounter her family had with Summitt while her father -- an avid
Tennessee fan -- was undergoing quadruple-bypass surgery. Summitt, who
was at the hospital because of an injured player, overheard Evans and
her mom talking about how much their father would love to meet the
coach.Evans said Summitt stayed with her and her mom for three hours.
When Evans father was out of surgery, Summitt went into his hospital
room, spent half an hour visiting him and later thanked him for being a
Tennessee fan.I just came tonight to honor a great lady of character,
Evans said as she looked back at the statue. [I was] 17 years old and
scared that your dad was going to die and not knowing, and all
alone.This lady took it upon herself to care for two East Tennessee
girls and share her love. I just wanted to honor her tonight and tell
her, Thank you, Pat. Thank you for caring about us, and thank you for
caring about my dad.Some fans used the vigil as an opportunity to
promote bringing back the Lady Volunteers nickname for all Tennessee
sports and collect signatures to petition that cause. Some speakers
campaigned for that while giving their testimonials.In a move that took
effect in July 2015, all Tennessee womens sports teams other than the
basketball squad started being called the Volunteers rather than the
Lady Vols.School officials said the basketball team could continue
calling itself the Lady Vols because of the championship legacy
established by Summitt.School officials announced in February that the
other womens sports teams would wear a commemorative patch on their
uniform in 2016-17 to honor the Lady Vols legacy, a move that came after
legislators introduced a bill that would have required Tennessee to
call all its womens sports teams the Lady Vols. The legislative measure
was then withdrawn from consideration.
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B.C., who admitted that he cut back on his training sessions over the
last few days to conserve energy as the long ATP season finishes next
week at the Paris Masters.
Paul Roos is upbeat Melbourne wont be going through the motions
during his final month as an AFL coach.Roos will coach the Demons for
five more games before handing the reins over to assistant Simon
Goodwin.The 53-year-old has already achieved plenty in his three years
at the club but remains desperate to make further improvements in
2016.Last weeks one-goal loss to West Coast in Perth has filled Roos
with belief that his players share the same mindset, despite the carrot
of finals being taken away.Going over there after a six-day break,
against a really good team that is fighting for a position in the top
eight. Theyre always the danger games, Roos said.As is every game in the
last four or five weeks. Because you dont know the mindset of the
players.Weve got a great opportunity for five weeks to get real
improvement ... really deliver a brand of footy that we can sustain next
year, the year after and the year after that.Roos said he would work
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certainly youre keeping an eye on all the players and making sure theyre
not dropping off in any area, he said.Melbourne host Gold Coast on
Sunday, when defender Tom McDonald will play his 100th game and match up
on potent Suns forward Tom Lynch.Thats going to be a pivotal battle and
one were hoping to win because Lynch has been terrific for them, Roos
said.Tom is used to playing on the best players in the competition and
generally does pretty well.Roos has ruled out the prospect of coaching a
third club and is yet to agree on a role with the Demons for 2017.The
man who helped break Sydneys 72-year premiership drought in 2005 noted
he was unlikely to become very sentimental about the impending end of
his coaching career.You get stuck in the weekly routine and dont think
too far ahead, Roos said.
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