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Carolina Owner Has Heart Transplant

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The Associated Press

Published: February 3, 2009

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson was recovering Monday after a heart transplant.

The team issued a statement that said the 72-year-old Richardson underwent the overnight five-hour procedure at Carolinas Medical Center. He had been on a heart transplant list since December.

Team officials said Richardson was resting comfortably Monday morning in the hospital's post-operative cardiovascular recovery unit.

Mark Stiegel, one of the doctors who performed the surgery, said "the donor heart was working well." The normal recovery time is 3-6 months, the team said.

Richardson was told he needed the transplant during a hospital stay related to the installation of a pacemaker.

RAMS: Sylvester Croom, who resigned under pressure as coach at Mississippi State, is St. Louis' new running backs coach.

Coach Steve Spagnuolo announced the hiring Monday, along with four others - Tom McMahon as special teams coordinator, Rock Gullickson as strength and conditioning coach, Brendan Daly as defensive line coach and Matt House for defensive quality control.

TITANS: Nancy Neville Adams, who co-owned the Tennessee Titans with her husband Bud Adams, has died. She was 84.

The Titans announced that she died Sunday night in Houston but did not release the cause.
Nancy Adams was also the vice chair of the Titans board. She continued to live in Houston after the Oilers relocated to Nashville and became the Titans.

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