ro
cocaine.
That wa ye terday. Today
the BA' im ge i seq ueaky
cle n that one of its player
ew York Knicks' star Patrick
Ewing, was pictured on the
cover of Bu ine Week maga
zine, ith a caption that read:
DID YOU K 0
this w k' favorite quote om
from Ben Sweetland: Succes
is journey. not a destina-
tion."
Did You Kno ... that
if you ever feel like writing
Cub n le der Fidel Ca ro you
might be ble to re ch him by
writing Radio Hav n Cub
P.O. Box 7026, Havana, Cuba.
"Thanks Pat.' ever mind
that it was the first time in the
56-year history of the pre i
gious publication that an athlete
had gr ced its cover. For the
BA, it was like being ushered
back into church after an
excommunication.
ewcomers like Ewing,
Michael Jordan 7-foot-7 anute
Bol, 5-7 Supd Webb and a ho t
of other h ve rejuvenated th
BA and now the leagu
doesn't ju t have a pul again,
it ha one that runs wildly.
Attendan i up TV revenues
are soaring and the sore subject
of race - the idea that hites
on't support a sport that i
75 percent Blac - has fmally
been put to rest. ow citie
are clamoring to get into the
leagu .
Things could hardly be bet-
ter although a � problem
linger. Despite what icon-
idered to be the most pro
gressive anti-dru policy in
sports, some BA players till
drug a videnced by
tints in rehabilitati n center
this ea n by Quintin Dail y
of the hi Bull alt r
Davi of the Phoenix un and
ich I y Ri hard on of the
ew Jer ey et.
In addition hile overall
five p rent
me lubs-
the tlanta Hawk
tilJ tru le to ut dra college
team in their mar et. An
the league, despit a rev lu -
ionary ala cap de igned to
pread the player talent, i
till handicapped by an over
helming lack of parity. Bos
ton, 1..0 Angeles and Philadel-
phia are the clas of the league
and few of the lesser clubs
have been able to significantly
narrow the gap through the
player draft.
oar
gain
13
h
evertheless po uves
cast a long shado over the fe
negatives. Pro ba etball ha
rebounced nicely, thanks not
only to the new infu ion of
talent, but to the maverick
dealings of the BA's 43-year
old commi . oner, David Stern.
orkin with almost boyi h
enthu . asm - a ermit The
Frog Phone adorn his de
Stem ha ended needle
squabbling between owner and
m re imp rtantl h
8 m re bu ine
ture.
h u d
littl
for the wner
Tr il Blazer
J hn S elstra. Seven ye r
go league marketing rneetin s
adjourned in n hour and e'd
go drin beer by the imming
pool. '
So it appear that the B
the league almost nobody want
ed to be as ociated ith four
years ago, uddenly
friend than it can
But as Stern aid,
for our popularity
had n here to
Co
eg
c
WOODRUF , S.C. - February i the
month for recruiting and no here are thin more inten
than in S uth arolina where highly regarded high s ho I
quarterback Tony Rice has re eived much hat mail. Th
nasty letters began arriving when Rice. S uth Carolina
high school football player f the year announced that
h would not attend either f the major S uth Carolina
hool Clem n or South C rolina. Ri e' c h illie
Varner aid the player re eived bout a dozen 1 tter .
'The letters that really g t to him ere the hate 1 tter ,
the vulgar un i ned tuff." Varner ide Rice i e pe ted
t ign with either rth r Iina r tre Dame.
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may
ing event.
y ar nd
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o VILLE enn. - H would you li e t be
a n tic et holder f r the niver ity of Tenne 's n w
25,000- eat palace? The place wa upp ed to be ready
for the S uthe stern Con eren e ba etball tournament
but won t and it may not be ready for next year' either.
The univer ity h s argued frequently with contractor B.B.
Ander en, who has blamed delays n the architect.
•••
DA YTO A BEACH, Fla. - 8ethune-Cookman College
football coach Larry little a former All-Pro guard for the
Miami Dolphins said he has no regrets over bein pa d
over for FL Hall of Fame induction thi ye r. Inducted
wa quarterb ck Fran T rkenton halfbac Do alker,
linebacker illie Lanier defen ive back en H u ton and
running back Paul Hornung. Little said, I reall a t
up t cau I didn't think I would m e it thi ye . I
hone tly didn't.' Sometimes it t e ye rs for player to
be inducted. Hornung was turned down for 14 ear
before being voted in thi year .
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