Sports in brief: Georgia Tech pitcher overdosed on heroin
A medical examiner’s report shows a heroin overdose caused the death of Georgia Tech pitcher Michael Hutts.
The Fulton County (Ga.) Medical Examiner’s office released the report Friday. The report offers the final word on what killed the 21-year-old who was found dead in his Atlanta apartment on April 11.
Police suspected an accidental drug overdose from the beginning. Hutts’ roommate, Ryan Tinkoff, told police Hutts had injected heroin in the past and believed he may have used heroin the night of April 10.
But investigators have been sifting through the medical evidence.
Basketball
UConn’s Calhoun beats cancer again
Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun had some moments of fear, but never thought about retiring after being diagnosed for a second time with skin cancer.
“All I thought was, ‘How do we defeat this?’ ” Calhoun said Friday.
The 66-year-old Hall of Fame coach said doctors determined last month that a lump in the upper right side of his neck near the jaw line was squamous cell cancer, a type of skin cancer.
He had surgery May 6 to remove the lump, several dozen surrounding lymph nodes and part of his salivary gland. Subsequent tests indicated all the cancer had been removed. Calhoun will begin six weeks of precautionary radiation treatments June 24.
Miscellany
Letter about shooting surfaces
A letter purportedly written by a “person of interest” in the fatal shooting of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams says he fired shots into Williams’ limousine when he was killed on New Year’s Day 2007.
The Rocky Mountain News said it obtained the letter, which carries the signature of Willie D. Clark. Denver police have said Clark worked for an alleged gang leader who owned the SUV believed to have been used in the shooting.
No one has been arrested or charged in Williams’ slaying.
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