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Acclaimed high school basketball coach Morgan Wootten had a life-saving liver transplant and his doctor said he might be able to coach next season. The 5-hour operation on the DeMatha (Md.) High School coach went as planned, said Dr. James Burdick, director of the kidney transplant program at Johns Hopkins Hospital… . IndyCar driver Scott Brayton wasn’t covered by life insurance when he died May 17 while practicing for the Indianapolis 500. Brayton, 36, of Coldwater, Mich., had extensive medical insurance to cover injuries he suffered while racing but no coverage in the event he lost his life, the Indianapolis Star reported.