Huggins’ fall blamed on medication
July 30, 2010
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP)—West Virginia University says basketball coach BobHuggins’ rib-breaking fall occurred because medication taken on an empty stomachleft him lightheaded.
President James Clements and Athletic Director Oliver Luck told theCharleston Daily Mail that Huggins stood too quickly, tripped and fell into atable in his Las Vegas hotel room last week.
WVU spokeswoman Becky Lofstead on Friday confirmed the report. She wouldn’tsay what the medication was.
Huggins broke seven ribs and was hospitalized for several days.
Last summer, Huggins got two black eyes when he walked into a door in themiddle of the night.
In 2008, he was checking phone messages on an airport tarmac when he trippedon a cone, fell and hit his head.
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