Turiaf Out of Surgery: Former Gonzaga forward Ronny Turiaf underwent successful open heart surgery at Stanford Medical Center to repair an enlarged aortic valve. Turiaf, the 2005 West Coast Conference Player of the Year, was selected 37th overall in last month’s NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers, who discovered the condition during a team physical. The surgery took six hours, and Turiaf will be in the hospital for approximately one week, followed by at least six months of rehabilitation. [7/27/05]
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The Seven C’s of Leadership
Former college basketball coach Mike Jarvis is back with a new book, The Seven C's of Leadership.
"Every one of us has leadership within us and this book offers fascinating principals that work in any setting—from the locker room to the executive board room. In The Seven C's of Leadership, Coach Jarvis lays out the essential ingredients of leadership."
-Jay Wright, NCAA Championship Men’s Basketball Coach, Villanova University
"At a time in America when we are witnessing an epidemic of opioid addictions and deaths, along with suicides, we need Coach Jarvis' Seven C's of Leadership – grounded in the power of Christ alone where we should all make our stand.”
-Lietenant Colonel Allen B. West (U.S. Army, Retired), Bronze Star recipient, and Member 112th U.S. Congress
"The Seven C's of Leadership is a slam dunk! Coach Jarvis has always been an outstanding leader because he has the ability to decipher what true leadership really means.”
-Dale Brown, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, LSU, 1972-1997, Member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame, and Shaquille O’Neal’s college coach