DraftBoy
08-18-2010, 10:53 AM
http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20100813/UPDATES02/100813008/1006/SPORTS
Grambling defender Christian Anthony, the Southwestern Athletic Conference's preseason defensive player of the year, was hospitalized after suffering an apparent heart attack Thursday afternoon. He is listed in stable condition at Northern Louisiana Medical Center, university officials said.
Anthony suffered chest pains around 4:30 p.m. after practicing with the team from 8:30-11 a.m. GSU Director of Public Relations Vanessa Littleton said there was no indication that the incident was heat-related, and that Anthony showed no signs of distress when the team went to a meeting room to cool down and hydrate around 11:30 a.m.
Littleton could give no further details regarding Anthony's condition.
Grambling athletics director J. Lin Dawson, out of town in North Carolina, could provide no further details, but fellow players confirmed that Anthony had suffered a heart attack.
Grambling defender Christian Anthony, the Southwestern Athletic Conference's preseason defensive player of the year, was hospitalized after suffering an apparent heart attack Thursday afternoon. He is listed in stable condition at Northern Louisiana Medical Center, university officials said.
Anthony suffered chest pains around 4:30 p.m. after practicing with the team from 8:30-11 a.m. GSU Director of Public Relations Vanessa Littleton said there was no indication that the incident was heat-related, and that Anthony showed no signs of distress when the team went to a meeting room to cool down and hydrate around 11:30 a.m.
Littleton could give no further details regarding Anthony's condition.
Grambling athletics director J. Lin Dawson, out of town in North Carolina, could provide no further details, but fellow players confirmed that Anthony had suffered a heart attack.