Summitt continues to hold a position as head coach emeritus of the Tennessee women's basketball team.
Summitt’s family released a statement late Sunday morning regarding her condition, acknowledging "the past few days have been difficult for Pat … The bells of Ayres Hall at the University of Tennessee played the “Tennessee Waltz” at 8 p.m. in honor of eight national women’s basketball titles.
Meanwhile, Summitt’s former assistants and players leave their marks on professional and collegiate basketball as veteran players, coaches, and analysts. Summitt stepped down as Tennessee's coach in 2012, one year after announcing her diagnosis of early onset dementia, Alzheimer's type. Bill Haslam said in his statement. The team made the reservation last week shortly after the dedication of the beautiful new downtown lodging option. She cut back on public appearances in recent years. With more than 1.3 million new registered voters since 2016, a key swing state is up for grabs – and filling a Supreme Court seat is a motivator to likely voters. He said ‘Look, you should go to one of her practices because she knows how to coach.’, “She really put women’s basketball out there, in other words, what she did with recruiting, accomplishments and championships really set the foundation for where women’s basketball is in our country right now.”. Scientists have found a glowing aurora surrounding the famous comet Chury. She wasn’t a female coach. A look inside the case against Todd Mullis, a Iowa farmer accused of killing his wife with a farm tool. Other evidence also shows that the one shot fired by Taylor's boyfriend may not have hit an officer. Now, women’s games appear on national media platforms (though the climb for equal recognition remains far from over). How do I vote in my state in the 2020 election?
She went 1,098-208 with eight national titles.
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“I’d always felt a tremendous responsibility to give back to the game; I could never repay what it had given me and meant to me. As of late Saturday, Summitt, 64, had not been moved from the retirement center where she has been living since late January, the source said. Amid reports of Summitt's failing health, her family issued a statement asking for prayers and saying that the 64-year-old Summitt is surrounded by the people who mean the most to her. A farmer's wife is found in a shed on their Iowa farm with a corn rake lodged in her back. KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Pat Summitt's family said Sunday that the last few days have been difficult for the former Tennessee women's basketball coach as her Alzheimer's disease progresses. Pelosi warns House could be forced to decide presidential election, 5 takeaways from the NYT report on Trump's tax returns, Video in Breonna Taylor case may show police policy violation, Why a private section of the border wall is allegedly failing, Watch live: Trump gives update on coronavirus testing strategy, Boy's death led to detection of brain-eating amoeba in water, Evacuations and power cuts as wildfires char California's wine county, Hip-hop producer has a dark premonition on day of his murder, Female coaches and referee just made NFL history, Battleground Tracker: Latest polls, state of the race and more, 5 things to know about CBS News' 2020 Battleground Tracker, CBS News coverage of voting rights issues.