By Tom King
Wisconsin Badgers
MADISON, WI (WSAU) â The Wisconsin Badger athletic community lost former menâs basketball coach John Powless on Thursday. Powless died at his home in Madison at the age of 88
He was Badger menâs basketball coach from 1969-1976 and compiled a record of 88-108 overall and 42-78 in the Big Ten. The best season was 1973-74 when the Badgers finished fourth in the conference.
After a stellar tennis career in college at Murray State, where he never lost a match, he continued the love for tennis after his basketball coaching career was over.
Powless opened the John Powless Tennis Center in Madiswon and also became one of the top senior tennis players in the world. He was inducted into the United States Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000. While coaching hoops at Wisconsin he was also the coach of the menâs tennis team for five years.
DAVID WAHLBERG
Wisconsin health officials have repeatedly declined to say how many residents have acquired COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated, even though theyâre tracking such âbreakthroughâ infections and federal officials have reported more than 7,000 cases nationally.
A new clinical study shows the Johnson and Johnson vaccine is about 66 percent effective against moderate to severe COVID-19.That also includes variants. It s the same number the company released earlier this year.Right now the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is on pause in the U.S. because of concerns over a possible link to rare cases of blood clots.Â
The U.S. total of 7,157 cases is among more than 87 million people who have received both doses of the Moderna or Pfizer injections or the single-dose Johnson & Johnson shot, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week. Thatâs about 0.008%.
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