Uh, Jim?

SPORTING GOODS

So sexagenarian and heart problem victim Jim Calhoun "will take a medical leave of absence [from his coaching duties at UConn] beginning immediately." No word as to what the condition is, but an anxious state has been told that

Calhoun's issue is not cancer or cardiac-related ... He will not be hospitalized and will spend time at home.

Meanwhile, septuagenarian George Blaney (who was overwhelmed at a marginal Ivy League program forty years ago) will handle the coaching duties in St. Jim's stead.

This can't be good news for UConn, which recently gave the coach a five-year extension on a contract that was already worth $1.6 million a year.

As much as I usually ignore Jeff Jacobs, I think he's figured out this situation pretty accurately.