SporTech Twitter Updates for 2009-01-23

Last summer, a high school football player in Louisville, Kentucky collapsed during summer football practice and died a short time later from heat stroke after his body temperature reached 107 degrees. It is alleged that the coaches withheld water and continued to run the players at practice ...

Sad day for Heat fans?Zo walks away from the game. You will be missed Zo!! http://bit.ly/Qk7D

Is Alonzo Mourning a Hall of Famer? It's a tougher question than you think. His career averages are: 17.1 PPG, 8.5 REBS, 2.8 BLKS. That's pretty average. But before Mourning was diagnosed with kidney disease in 2000, his career averages were over 20 points, 10 Boards, 3 Blks. From 1992-2001, Mourning made six all star teams in 8 years. He won two defensive player of the year...

The Orlando Magic almost avoided the "hangover loss" as they furiously tried to make up lost ground in the fourth quarter but fell short, and lost to the Miami Heat Saturday night 103-97. The Magic looked like zombies in the third, but would get back in sync in the final 12 minutes of play. However a huge steal by rookie guard Mario Chalmers with 5 seconds left would be...

Alonzo Mourning played 15 years in the NBA, starting with the Charlotte Hornets, a stint with the New Jersey Nets for two seasons, and the rest of his career with the Miami Heat. Ironically the former Georgetown star, never played for the franchise that team's nick name best personified him, the Warriors. The Associated Press reported Thursday that the veteran announced his...

After 15 seasons, Alonzo Mourning put his basketball up on the shelf and decided to retire ...

Alonzo Mourning has decided to retire rather than mount another NBA comeback at age 38.The seven-time All-Star center said Thursday he won't return from a devastating leg injury Dec. 19, 2007the fourth anniversary of his lifesaving kidney transplant. He had been working out at the Miami Heat complex and said he's running and jumping again, but he feared another leg injury if he returned.