Wayman Tisdale, a three-time all-American at Oklahoma who played 12 seasons in the NBA, died after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 44.

Tisdale died yesterday morning at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, hospital spokeswoman Joy McGill said.

After three years at Oklahoma, Tisdale played in the NBA with the Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns. The 6-foot-9 forward, with a soft left-handed touch on the court and a wide smile off it, averaged 15.3 points for his career. He was on the U.S. team that won the gold medal in the 1984 Olympics.

After basketball, he became an award-winning jazz musician.

“Wayman Tisdale is one of the best people I have ever had the privilege of knowing,” Oklahoma Coach Jeff Capel said in a statement. “He had an incredible gift of making the people who came in contact with him feel incredibly special.”

Tisdale learned he had a cancerous cyst below his right knee after breaking his leg in a fall at his home in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2007. He said then he was fortunate to have discovered the cancer early. His leg was amputated last August. . . .

The Philadelphia 76ers interviewed former Wizards coach Eddie Jordan for their head coaching job. Jordan met with team president Ed Stefanski yesterday. It was Philadelphia’s first interview with a candidate since Tony DiLeo stepped down as coach on Monday and returned to his job as a vice president and assistant general manager. Jordan, who was fired by the Wizards in November, also interviewed with Sacramento this week.

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Chinese new year 2009 falls on 26th of January, 2009. The Chinese New Year is celebrated as the symbol of spring’s celebration. In fact in China the Chinese New Year is still called the Spring festival. It is celebrated after the fall harvest and before the spring planting season. The date of the Chinese New Year is always changing and is dependant on the Chinese calendar. Emperor Huangdi in the year 2637 B.C.E invented the Chinese calendar.

The Chinese calendar is a combined solar/lunar calendar and is somewhat similar to the Chinese calendar. For the purpose of determining the dates of the Chinese New Year some astronomical calculations need to be taken care of. Firstly, we need to determine the dates for the new moon. The new moon is the black moon that is when the moon is in conjunction with the sun.
The date of the new moon is taken as the first day of the new month. Secondly those dates are determined when the sun’s longitude is the multiple of 30 degrees. These dates are termed as Principal terms and are used for determining the number of each month.

The Principle term 1 takes place when the sun’s longitude is 330 degrees, the 2nd Principle term occurs when the sun’s longitude is about 0 degrees. The principle term 3 takes place when the sun’s longitude is 30 degrees, the principle term 11 occurs when the sun’s longitude is 270 degrees and the principle term 12 occurs when the sun’s longitude is 300 degrees.

The current 60-year cycle in the Chinese calendar started on 2nd February 1984. Given below are some dates for the past Chinese New Year and the future Chinese New Year.

4698      Dragon    February 5, 2000

4699      Snake      January 24, 2001

4700    Horse      February 12, 2002

4701    Sheep/Ram      February 1, 2003

4702    Monkey      January 22, 2004

4703    Rooster       February 9, 2005

4704    Dog        January 29, 2006

4705    Boar      february 18, 2007

4706    Rat        February 7, 2008

4707   Ox         January 26, 2009

4708    Tiger       February 10, 2010

4709    Hare/Rabbit      February 3, 2011

4710     Dragon       January 23, 2012

4711      Snake        February 10, 2013

4712     Horse       January 31, 2014

4713     Ram/Sheep        February 19, 2015

4714     Monkey         February 9, 2016

4715     Rooster      January 28, 2017

4716     Dog        February 16, 2018

4717     Boar      February 5, 2019

4718      Rat       January 25, 2020

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WE WILL NOT GO DOWN (Song for Gaza)
(Composed by Michael Heart)
Copyright 2009

A blinding flash of white light
Lit up the sky over Gaza tonight
People running for cover
Not knowing whether they’re dead or alive

They came with their tanks and their planes
With ravaging fiery flames
And nothing remains
Just a voice rising up in the smoky haze

We will not go down
In the night, without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down
In Gaza tonight

Women and children alike
Murdered and massacred night after night
While the so-called leaders of countries afar
Debated on who’s wrong or right

But their powerless words were in vain
And the bombs fell down like acid rain
But through the tears and the blood and the pain
You can still hear that voice through the smoky haze

We will not go down
In the night, without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down
In Gaza tonight

Holders Manchester United FC will take on FC Internazionale Milano in the first knockout round of the UEFA Champions League following today’s draw in Nyon.

Mourinho return
Sir Alex Ferguson will renew acquaintances with José Mourinho who famously led FC Porto to victory against United at this stage in 2004 en route to winning the trophy. In other stand-out ties nine-times champions Real Madrid CF were paired with five-times winners Liverpool FC, and 2008 losing finalists Chelsea FC tackle a Juventus side coached by former Blues manager Claudio Ranieri.

Sporting face Bayern
Sporting Clube de Portugal, in the knockout stages for first time, take on four-time winners FC Bayern München, while Porto will meet Club Atlético de Madrid in an all-Iberian duel. French champions Olympique Lyonnais, in the knockout phase for the sixth successive season, face a two-legged tie against FC Barcelona while Arsenal FC take on AS Roma and Villarreal CF play Panathinaikos FC. Clck here for the fixtures.

Fascinating ties
Matches will be played over two legs on 24/25 February and 10/11 March. In the ceremony staged at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, the eight winners of the group-stage pools were paired with teams that finished second. No clubs from the same association could be pitted together, while sides that met in the group stage were also kept apart. The draw for the remaining rounds will be made on 20 March, with this season’s final taking place in Rome on 27 May.

2008/09 UEFA Champions League
First knockout round – to be played 24/25 February and 10/11 March
Team named first at home in first leg

• Chelsea FC (ENG) v Juventus (ITA)
• Villarreal CF (ESP) v Panathinaikos FC (GRE)
• Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) v FC Bayern München (GER)
• Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) v FC Porto (POR)
• Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) v FC Barcelona (ESP)
• Real Madrid CF (ESP) v Liverpool FC (ENG)
• Arsenal FC (ENG) v AS Roma (ITA)
• FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) v Manchester United FC (ENG)