Sports
- Billy Lewis, the school鈥檚 first African-American varsity basketball player, passed away in his Sarasota, Fla., home on June 14. He was 72.
- Former CU linebacker聽Alfred Williams, the school鈥檚 all-time leader in sacks, will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame on Dec. 7, becoming just the fifth Buff to earn the honor.
- Rodney Billups, younger brother of former CU standout聽Chauncey Billups, was named director of basketball operations.
- In June CU officials announced the university鈥檚 move to the Pacific-10 Conference, joining such schools as Stanford, UC Berkeley and UCLA.
- Tom Zeiler teaches the popular 鈥淎merican History Through Baseball鈥 course as well as classes on diplomacy, globalization and others.