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Massa recovering from head surgery
Published on Tuesday, Aug 04, 2009
Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, recovering from a life-threatening crash sustained nine days earlier in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, arrived home in Brazil on Monday.
Massa waved to photographers just before being admitted to the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo, where he is expected to stay for at least two days to undergo further exams.
''Thanks,'' he said briefly. ''I can't talk, I still have to recover.''
Massa arrived Monday evening on a private jet accompanied by his wife Raffaela, who is six months' pregnant with their first child, and family doctor Dino Altmann. He was transported to the hospital from the airport on a helicopter.
Before leaving the AEK military hospital where he was being treated in Budapest, Massa spoke publicly for the first time after the high-speed accident that prompted surgery on multiple skull fractures. The crash occurred after he was hit in the helmet by a loose part from another car on July 25.
''Many things have happened over the last days and I want to get back to a normal life,'' Massa said in an interview on Ferrari's Web site. ''I want to get back into the best possible condition — doing things you do every day.''
More auto racing: Piquet fired
• Nelson Piquet Jr. says he has been fired from Renault and blamed team principal Flavio Briatore for his failure to achieve significant results in Formula 1. Piquet says he's disappointed with Renault's decision, but at the same time was relieved to put an end to ''the worst period of my career.''
Football: Big raise for Meyer
• Florida coach Urban Meyer has two national championships in the last three years and the same number of raises. Meyer signed a six-year contract worth $4 million annually, up from $3.25 million, after leading the Gators to the national title in January. The new deal makes Meyer the highest-paid coach in the Southeastern Conference.
• Florida State cannot use a law firm as a go-between to keep documents on an academic cheating scandal secret, media lawyers wrote in an appeal to have the papers released publicly. An appellate court in 1990 ruled against a similar move by St. Petersburg and the Chicago White Sox to hide an agreement for moving the team to Florida, lawyers said in court papers.
• The Motor City Bowl and Little Caesars Pizza are in discussions to rename the postseason college football game.
• Delaware officials are trying to delay a decision that might stop a sports betting lottery from kicking off in September, an attorney said in court papers Monday. Several major professional sports leagues and the NCAA have asked a judge to keep Delaware from starting the lottery while the sides argue over whether the betting plan is against federal law.
Horse racing: Quality Road sets record
• Quality Road, the early favorite to win the Kentucky Derby before being sidelined by a hoof injury, set a track record in winning the $150,000 Amsterdam Stakes for 3-year-olds by 21/4 lengths at Saratoga Race Course. The final time of 1:13.45 eclipsed a course record for the distance, previously 1:14.40 held by Topsider since 1979.
• The International Equestrian Federation banned its president's husband — Dubai's Sheik Mohammed — from riding in endurance races for six months after his horse twice failed doping tests. Sheik Mohammed accepted the suspension based on his horse Tahhan's positive tests for a hypertension drug and the steroid stanozolol, equestrian's governing body said.
Other: NBA fines Cavs
The NBA has fined three teams an undisclosed amount for leaking details of their schedules before the league released them. The Cleveland Cavaliers, Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves were penalized, an official with knowledge of the decisions told the Associated Press. The official requested anonymity because the fines weren't publicly announced.
• Two Republican lawmakers, Sen. John McCain and Rep. Peter King, are urging President Barack Obama to issue a posthumous pardon for boxer Jack Johnson, the black heavyweight champion who was imprisoned because of his romantic ties with a white woman.
• A trio of Nevada Supreme Court justices focused on whether O.J. Simpson and a former golfing buddy received a fair trial in a gunpoint hotel room heist and whether the case was so unique that the two men should be freed from prison while their appeals are considered.
• A bankruptcy judge has moved the local auction of the Phoenix Coyotes from Wednesday to Sept. 10. Judge Redfield T. Baum also is considering combining the auction for local bidders with offers to move the team out of town. Baum granted the delay at the NHL's request so local bidders would have more time to finalize their offers.
• The agent for Vancouver Canucks forward Alex Burrows says his client in under investigation for an altercation that took place in a summer league hockey game. Canadian television network RDS reported a complaint was filed July 21, stating Burrows hit goalie Koray Celik in the face with his stick during a game in suburban Kirkland, Quebec.
Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, recovering from a life-threatening crash sustained nine days earlier in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, arrived home in Brazil on Monday.
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