Steve Davis

When a plane crashed into a neighborhood in South Bend, Ind., on Sunday, it took the lives of two men, one of whom was former  University of Oklahoma star quarterback Steve Davis, officials said Monday morning. Davis, 60, and Wesley Caves, 58, were both on a Hawker Beechcraft jet headed out of Tulsa, Okla., when the plane apparently suffered electrical problems. The plane, which had four passengers, briefly touched down in South Bend, took off again and then crashed into a neighborhood just southeast of South Bend Regional Airport, ultimately landing in a home, local media reported.

Former University of Oklahoma quarterback Steve Davis, who was the starting quarterback for the 1974 and 1975 national championship teams, was one of two people killed when a small aircraft smashed into a house in South Bend, Ind., on Sunday. Davis, 60, and Wesley Caves, 58, died in the crash. Davis started every game for the Sooners from 1973 to 1975 and finished with a 32-1-1 record. His coach at Oklahoma, Barry Switzer, sent out the following tweet on Monday: "I'm saddened by the loss of Steve Davis.

The Dodgers acquired left-handed pitcher Steve Davis from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for two minor leaguers, infielder Manny Francois and outfielder Joe Kesselmark. Davis has been assigned to the Dodgers' triple-A club at Albuquerque, N.M.

Blair Kerkhoff of the Kansas City Star reports that after the Lakers played an exhibition game against the Washington Wizards in Kemper Arena on Wednesday, Laker Coach Phil Jackson was asked to compare Wilt Chamberlain to Michael Jordan. Jackson played against Chamberlain for seven years and coached Jordan through his six championship seasons. "Wilt changed the game, the rules, but he didn't inspire fans or bring them to basketball the way Michael did," Jackson said.

Blair Kerkhoff of the Kansas City Star reports that after the Lakers played an exhibition game against the Washington Wizards in Kemper Arena on Wednesday, Laker Coach Phil Jackson was asked to compare Wilt Chamberlain to Michael Jordan. Jackson played against Chamberlain for seven years and coached Jordan through his six championship seasons. "Wilt changed the game, the rules, but he didn't inspire fans or bring them to basketball the way Michael did," Jackson said.

No sooner did the FBI file on Frank Sinatra come to light than Inland Valley Daily Bulletin columnist David Allen dug into the past of actor Robin Williams. Well, the actual shoveling was done by CMC, the alumni magazine for Claremont McKenna College, which was known as Claremont Men's College when Williams was a student there. Nothing too shocking unless you count the time Williams misrepresented himself during a soccer game.

Laughing as they killed, two youths clad in dark ski masks and long black coats fired handguns at will and blithely tossed pipe bombs into a crowd of their terrified classmates Tuesday inside a suburban high school southwest of Denver, littering halls with as many as 23 bodies and wounding at least 25 others.

A late winter forest fire that broke out Sunday near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was still raging northwest of the Tennessee park Monday, damaging or destroying 65 structures, most of them rental cabins. "We're still working the fire," Perrin Anderson, an information officer for Sevier County, Tenn., told the Los Angeles Times on Monday.  He said the fire was contained, but not yet controlled. The normal forest fire season in eastern Tennessee is spring and summer, when dry conditions are most prevalent, Anderson said.  But even in late winter, he said, there is some undergrowth and forest debris that can burn if ignited.

Seven worst career interception ratios per attempts by All-American quarterbacks from 1970-2002: Steve Davis, Oklahoma...1 for every 12 attempts John Sciarra, UCLA...1 for every 14 Jack Mildren, Oklahoma...1 for every 14 Joe Theismann, Notre Dame...1 for every 15 Lynn Dickey, Kansas State...1 for every 15 Todd Blackledge, Penn State...1 for every 16 Dan Marino, Pittsburgh...1 for every 16 Source: World Features Syndicate

The Green Hornet, a storied Shelby Mustang prototype that many pony car enthusiasts assumed was destroyed decades ago, will come up for auction early next year. The Barrett-Jackson auction house will sell the car at its Scottsdale auction on Jan. 19. The Shelby “represents a rolling history of what Ford and Shelby American, the auto-design firm owned by Carroll Shelby, were producing in the heyday of the American muscle-car era and is considered one of the most innovative and unique vehicles of its time,” said Craig Jackson, chief executive  of Barrett-Jackson and the current owner of the car. It is expected to sell for about $2 million.

No sooner did the FBI file on Frank Sinatra come to light than Inland Valley Daily Bulletin columnist David Allen dug into the past of actor Robin Williams. Well, the actual shoveling was done by CMC, the alumni magazine for Claremont McKenna College, which was known as Claremont Men's College when Williams was a student there. Nothing too shocking unless you count the time Williams misrepresented himself during a soccer game.

The Dodgers acquired left-handed pitcher Steve Davis from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for two minor leaguers, infielder Manny Francois and outfielder Joe Kesselmark. Davis has been assigned to the Dodgers' triple-A club at Albuquerque, N.M.

State Sen. Bill Morrow (R-Oceanside) today will discuss electric industry deregulation at a town hall meeting. Also on the panel are California Public Utilities Commissioner Carl Wood, Chris Tooker of the California Energy Commission, San Diego Gas & Electric vice president of distribution services Steve Davis and Ray Thompson, Republican policy consultant for energy, utilities and communications in Sacramento. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m.