Cincinnati’s Huggins Suffers Heart Attack

Cincinnati basketball Coach Bob Huggins had a heart attack Saturday at Pittsburgh International Airport during a recruiting trip, a hospital spokesman said.

Huggins, 49, was in serious but stable condition at Medical Center, Beaver, about 24 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, hospital spokesman Scott Monit said.

Huggins had chest pains at the airport and was taken to a nearby hospital before being transferred to the Medical Center, where he had surgery to implant a stent to keep his once-clogged artery open.

Boxing

Flamboyant Jorge Paez (74-14-5, 50 knockouts) beat Juan Angel Macias (27-18-2) when the referee stopped the bout in the eighth round of the lightweight fight scheduled for 10 rounds at the Pond of Anaheim.

Paez, 36, fought in a lavender skirt with green, yellow and pink polka dots, matching shoes, and “I love ugly” written on his waist.

Golf

About a dozen of the roughly 300 members at Augusta National Golf Club, which plays host to the Masters, plan to seek an internal compromise to end a conflict with women’s groups critical of the club’s all-male membership, the New York Times reported in today’s editions.

The members said they were concerned club Chairman Hootie Johnson had not taken the right approach. They said they would seek to have Augusta National admit at least one female member within the next six months or so.

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Loren Roberts shot a three-under-par 67 for a 13-under 197 and a one-stroke lead over four players in the Texas Open at San Antonio.

Tennis

Serena Williams moved within a victory of her sixth title in seven tournaments by beating Justine Henin, 6-4, 6-2, in the Sparkassen Cup semifinals at Leipzig, Germany. In the final today, Williams will play Anastasia Myskina, who defeated two-time defending champion Kim Clijsters, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3).

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Top-seeded Marcelo Rios lost to third-seeded Jose Acasuso, 6-4, 6-4, and Fernando Gonzalez defeated Bohdan Ulihrach, 6-1, 6-2, in the semifinals of the Sicilian International at Palermo.

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Second-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero defeated Jerome Golmard, 6-4, 6-1, and third-seeded Carlos Moya defeated Jonas Bjorkman, 6-4, 7-6 (1), in the semifinals of the Salem Open at Hong Kong.

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Svetlana Kuznetsova upset second-seeded Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, 7-5, 6-4, and eighth-seeded Conchita Martinez beat American qualifier Sarah Taylor, 6-0, 6-3, in the semifinals of the Wismilak International at Bali, Indonesia.

Miscellany

Jesse Smith scored five goals and No. 7-ranked Pepperdine defeated top-ranked Stanford, 10-7, in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation men’s water polo match at Malibu.... Jeff Larson scored the go-ahead goal with 1:05 to play in the second overtime and No. 5-ranked USC beat No. 3 UCLA, 10-8, in a MPSF match at USC. Jaraj Zatovic had four goals for USC and Ted Peck scored four for the Bruins.

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A record $5,685,000 was raised at a dinner for the Andre Agassi Foundation, which benefits underprivileged children in Las Vegas.

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The Dallas Mavericks re-signed free-agent forward Eduardo Najera. Terms were not announced.

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The U.S. beach paddle tennis championships will be held today at Venice Beach. The men’s finals are at noon.