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Show Sunday, October aim's Hurley Calif. SACRAMENTO, escape ries that included five broken ribs, collapsed lungs, a severed windpipe and a fractured shoulder blade. But it has taken the camaraderie of teammates, and the joy of playing, to regain his emotional health. "Basketball has always been a way for me to express myself and kind of put things in my life to the side and feel free," he said at the start of training camp. "And that's why I love basketball so much." Hurley was driving home after a loss to the Clippers last December when a station wagon broadsided his vehicle on a country road near Arco Arena in Sacramento. Hurley, 23, wasn't wearing a seat belt, and was thrown 20 feet from his vehicle, landing in a filled drainage ditch. He struggled to hold onto life during eight hours of surgery. He was unable to play basketball until April. Within two months, he was playing in summer leagues in New Jersey and Utah. Now, he's trying to win a starting spot in the NBA. Hurley led the Kings with 21 points and five assists in Sacramento's first preseason game, but missed most of the second game with a blistered foot. He played 33 minutes against the Clippers in the Kings' third exhibition game. Last Tuesday night, in his The gruesome injuries (AP) have healed, leaving only pink scars on his chest and back. He no longer has flashbacks to the accident, making him confident enough to stop seeing a sports psychologist. But there still are nights when Bobby Hurley can't escape the memories of that terrible December day on which he was left fighting for his life. Hurley's car crash occurred last Dec. 12, after his Sacra- mento Kings played the Los Angeles Clippers. Last weekend, the Kings were playing the Clippers in a preseason game in Davis, about 10 miles west of Sacramento. "I was more concerned about getting back and forth to the game than about the game itself," he said. "A friend drove me. I made sure I didn't have to deal with that pres- sure." Once in the game, Hurley displayed the talent that led the Kings to make him the seventh overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft. He had 18 points, seven assists and five rebounds, and hit both of his shots. It is on the basketball court, the cocoon that always has sheltered him from the outside world, that Hurley is truly rehabilitating from the crash. He has recovered from inju - Page.CT THE DAILY HERALD. Provo, Utah, 30 1994 first Arco Arena game since the accident, Hurley ran the Sacramento offense well for 19 minutes against Denver and showed the great court presence that made him the NCAA career assists leader at Duke. On one play, he dribbled around Nuggets point guard with a Mahmoud Abdul-Raspin move, drove into the lane and threw a k pass to Trevor Wilson for a layup. He had seven points and seven assists in the game, and hit a on shot. He is this preseason with the closer line, compared with shooting from behind the arc in 19 games last season. uf no-loo- ShrJyw, Hurley is playing with a confidence that shocks teammates who remember visiting him in the hospital, when he weighed just 140 pounds. He's back to 160 pounds now, five below his normal playing weight. Aft! "I think right now he looks the same way he did last year at this time," said Kings guard Randy Brown. "We didn't even expect to have him on our roster this year. It's kind of a miracle that he's with us. " The reckless driving case against Daniel Wieland, the motorist who nearly killed Hurley, ended in a hung jury this month and may be retried. AP Photo Sacramento guard Bobby Hurley drives for a layup in an exhibition game against Denver last week.' Announcer resigns over 'EIEIO' - Pitt PITTSBURGH (AP) ' Ireland has been replaced by Bill DiFabio, who is also the Steelers' public address announcer. Pitt hasn't decided if Ireland will be retained as its men's and women's basketball public address announcer. "EIEIO." He also said the plate stadium's smoking ban included football public address announcer Don Ireland resigned after the university apologized for jokes he made at the expense of rival West Virginia. During the West Virginia-Pit- t game Oct. 15, Ireland made several fictitious announcements over the public address system poking fun at the Mountaineers. Ireland said there was a tractor corncob pipes. After receiving complaints, Pitt athletic director Oval Jaynes apologized to West Virginia University officials. Ireland resigned after being reprimanded by assistant athletic director Larry Eldridge. "I certainly never thought a few blips and quips would have this effect," Ireland said. 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