Running for a Cause. On Sunday, twelve players and two coaches from the Stevens Institute of Technology women???s basketball team participated in the Tunnel to Towers 5K Run/Walk in honor of Stephen Siller, a firefighter who lost his life saving others on September 11, 2001. The 3.1-mile course follows the path Siller took through Brooklyn???s Battery Tunnel to get to the towers. More than a win or loss on the basketball court, the members of this team will never forget their participation in this event. That???s the way it should be.

Scoring Machine. Western Connecticut State sophomore Catherine Nathans scored a pair of goals to lead the Colonials to a 3-1 victory over Worcester State last night. Nathans has 13 goals through the team???s first eight games of the fall and has catapulted undefeated Western Connecticut to eighth in the regional soccer rankings.

So Long, Byron Nelson. The golfing legend died yesterday at the age of 94. We always hear names like Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, but it was the likes of Byron Nelson and Sam Snead who first put golf on the map.

On this date in 1985, Kalamazoo men???s soccer standout Marc Tirikian scored an NCAA record 10 goals in a win over Olivet.

A Running Legend Passes. Former BYU track and field coach Clarence Robison died on Monday at the age of 83. Robison, who coached the Cougars from 1949-88, was a member of the 1948 Olympic team. He led BYU to a share of the 1970 national championship.