Sports
Chris Jefferies scored 23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead No. 24 Fresno State past UC Riverside, 75-68, Friday night in the first round of the McCaffrey Classic at Fresno.
Dec. 1, 2001
Books
THE ADVENTURES OF AMOS ‘N’ ANDY: A Social History of an American Phenomenon by Melvin Patrick Ely (The Free Press: $22.95; 322 pp.).
Aug. 4, 1991
Clippers
The Seattle SuperSonics, tonight’s opponent for the Clippers, began to revamp their roster when they traded Gary Payton to the Milwaukee Bucks for Ray Allen six weeks ago.
April 4, 2003
California
Celebrity lawyer Melvin Belli testified that he had sexual relations with his former client, Eli Lilly heir Elena Yee Lutz, but never billed her for them, according to tapes of testimony in a case in which Belli is seeking legal fees from Lutz.
April 17, 1986
Tezale Archie scored with six-tenths of a second left to give Pepperdine a 70-68 victory over Fresno State on Tuesday night at Fresno.
Nov. 24, 1999
Rookie Melvin Ely has shown glimpses in the last few weeks of what next season might be like, when the Clippers might have lost center Michael Olowokandi to free agency and could have turned to Ely to play the post.
Feb. 22, 2003
The Clippers on Wednesday signed Melvin Ely, the second of their two first-round draft picks, to a standard rookie contract of three seasons plus a team option on a fourth.
Sept. 5, 2002
Chris Wilcox and Melvin Ely of the Clippers are promising young power forwards, among the first dozen players taken in the 2002 NBA draft.
Nov. 6, 2003
World & Nation
Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom From the 1790s Through the Civil War, Melvin Patrick Ely, Alfred A. Knopf: 644 pp., $35
Sept. 12, 2004
Pro basketball: Almost-traded Wilcox and Ely welcomed with Baylor insisting ‘we’re happy to have them.’
July 9, 2002