By ANTHO C RTER P IGE from TM City un TMWFL? D ad/ TheUSFL? Dead/ Th Ar na Football League? In a wheelchair/ TheWLAF? Comato et So what are th chance that the new Profe ion I, Spring Football League (PSFL) will go belly up just all the other pring leagu ? "I don't want to answer that and get into controversy. I'mjustlooking to pI y," id Kevin Singleton, the very much alive linebacker fro the Albuquerque, N.M. team of the PSFL. which will play in the West Division along with teams from Portland, Ore.; Salt Lake City, Utah: Las Vegas, Nev.; and Little Rock, Ark. The Ea t Divi ion will consist of franchi e in Bo ton, Mass.; Columbia, S.C.; Tampa Bay and Mi ml, F1 .: Moun d. Th P ident nd founder of the I gu i 3-ye t-old Vincent et of Bellmore, .Y. The commi - ioner nd CEO i former televi ion executive Rex ("We will return all phone call I") rdner. The ch ir- man of th le . Judge Peter B. Spivak, former pre ident of the Michigan Panthers of th USFL, nd the league' director of football operatio i former ew York Jets and New Je ey General he d co ch W It Mich Is. The league will hold its player draft in January 1992 with its 16- game chedule to begin on February 29. Each franchise co 1$ $250,000, with the verage player alary $45,000 and the team roster size at 45 players. The league own the team, 0 a tronomical player alarie will be nonexistent. There is no television Contract but the league hopes for � regional TV con�ct and 20,000 fans per game to urvive. .- Kevin Singleton of the PSFL'sAlbuqureque, N.M., franchise points to his new home (Lobo Field) on the. map, conferen to SFI..., th only tin m pi yer in tt n nee Lorenzo H rnpton, th fonner Mi mi Dol­ phin runnin b k. Th hook for th PSFL i not televi ion contract but the region I d wand tyin th te m up with regional pi aye uch H mpton, who ttended th University of Florida nd will play for th Mi mi franc hi e. "People have to remember thi i tart-up le gue," id Judge Spivak. But not to people like Singleton. Thi is a continuation of hi dream, which h been id track­ ed by illn Singleton, who played with hi identical twin, Chri , was an AlI­ PAC 10 lin backer at the University of Arizona, where he led the team in tackle. But when in Kevin' enior year he was diagno ed as having leukemia, that not onl y put hi career on hold. "I didn't know that leukemia at­ tacked people my age and kids," aid the handsome 24-year-Old who was born in Omaha, Neb. and lived for a while in Parsippany, NJ., and now resides in Tucson, Ariz. "I feel nor­ mal. I 10 t a lot because of all the chemicals that was put in my body. "You name it, I had it, including chemotherapy. I wouldn't wish that on my enemy," he aid with an un­ smiling face. BUT THE 6-foot 2, 235-pound linebacker who runs the 40 in 4.6 seconds is grateful for this oppor­ tuni ty, and is especiall y grateful to his brother, Chris, the No. 1 draft pick for the surprising New England Patriots. It was Chris who gave Kevin a bone-marrow transplant in . January t990 0 he could continue to live. "I've given myself the OK to play again," Singleton said. Yes, the doc­ tors have given the psychology graduate the OK to play again. "I 'missed feeling the crowds .... It's the ultimate rush." See PSFL, 8-4 DON"�'�L lK-Mumford 19b cboolCo cb Robert Lyncb re tbeDetroitPublic cboolLe gue . trophy in triumphy fter b his Mustan beat Ketterin HJgh 22-12. The celebration w premature. Officials yanked the trophy nd title fter it wa learned the Mumford Mustang had fielded an ineligible player. BELOW: The te m lined up to exchange congratulatory wishes following the hard fought game. Pboto by Maurice Harr • Charles Barkley hates to lose, ven when' he's got a perfect excuse. By DAVID GINSBURG AP Sport. Wrlt"r : LANDOVER. Md. (AP) - Charles Barkley hates to lose, even when �e's got a perfect excuse for doing o. .. Barkley took it upon himself to iift the Philadelphia 7 rs out of their season-opening ski uesday night. fie had 33 points and 19 rebounds, then passed to Hersey Hawkins for the game-winning basket. in a 107- 106 victory over the previously un­ beaten Washington Bullets. : The 76ers, playing without tdanute Bol and Charles Shacklefor� because of. injuries, dropped th�lr rirst two games. They also lost Mitchell Wiggins to a hamstring in­ jury in the second loss, at home against the Orlando Magic, and were in danger of falling to 0-3 for the first lime since 1972 until Barkley took .charge. ' • "I didn't want to lose," he said. '''1 was in there working hard. We're not world-beaters, so we've got to who's injured, either. play hard every game if we're going "That's no excuse," he said. to win." And it doesn't matter' "We've got guys here who can play, No slave here Charles Barkley has done it again, created a controversy. Because he speaks his own mind and acts as free as he wants to be, Barkley is a rarity on the plantation of pro ball. This time, Barkley said the 760rs would keep center Dave Hoppen because of fan pressure to keep a white on the team. The statement outraged Sixers fans and owner Harold Katz. "Charles does not speak for this ,tea�," Katz said. "He does not speak for the players. He does not speak for the coaches. And he doesn't speak for this owner. I speak for myself." . Barkley responded: "I think he'd rather me be a robot so I can Just play and he'll be able to make money. I made an honest statement and people got upset." �. . . Barkley's honesty-whether or not you agree With him-IS refreshing, especially in town like Detroit where fans have to suffer the slave mentality of the robots Barkely refuses to become. Fans know the kind the stars who seldom sayan hing, but who, when they do speak up, 'the back down in the fac of pressure. Like !siah Thomas and Dennis Rodman Ii few years ack when they evaluated -correct} or not- B d. so they've got to play." "WE'RE TRYING TO get as many wins as we can, and when the guys come back we can go from there," said Hawkins, who scored 22. Down by four points with time running out, the 76ers used a three­ point play by Armon Gilliam and a layup by Hawkins with 5.7 sesonds left to beat the upstart Bullets, who were trying to go 3-0 for the first time since they began defense of their only NBA title at the outset of the 1978 eason. The Bullets, who went 0-8 in the preseason, are similar to the 760rs in that they are also mi ing some key people. Bernard King is out follow­ ing knee urgery, top draft pick La- Bradford Smith has an ankle praio' and John Williams is 45 pounds short of his recommended playing weight and on the suspended Ii t. Youth Basketball· . League begins season Evander Holyfield can lose undisputed champions ip "They're playing well," Bark!ey said. "They've got a good little team' there, and when Bernard comes back they'll be tough i'n the low post." Harvey Grant's three-point play with 1:25 left gave Washington a 106-102 lead. But after Armon Gilliam's three-point play with 33.5 seconds left and the Bullets' 24- second violation, Hawkins scored on bounce pass from Barkley. "When you've got two guys on you, someone' going to be open," said Barkley, who handed the ball to a heckler after the game ended. By DANNY COOKS Co" •• pond"nt The Northside Youth Basketball League started its 1991-92 season Friday afternoon, October 25th. Begun in 1989 by Victor Hillman, of the Safehouse (a drug rehab clinic of Mount Zion Church) the league started out with five teams featuring boys and four teams consisting of girls. "So many kids want to participate this year until there was no space for all of them to play," Hillman told the Michigan Ci tizen. . James Palmore, Youth Program Coordinator of Kalamazoo's Recreation, Leisure, and Cultural Services Division, stepped in and co- onsored the league. Now, more PERVIS ELLISON'S 22-foot jumper at the buzzer fell. off the rim, and Washington was knocked out of a first-place tie in the Atlantic Division with the equally surprising Magic, who host the Bullets tonight. Michael Adams had 33 points and 15 assists for Washington and Ledell Eackles scored 22 points. Ellison had' 16 points and a team-high nine rebounds. , 'I can't fa ul t the effort. We made some critical mistakes, but those things happen," Washington coach Wes Unseld said. NEW YORK (AP) - Evander Holyfield can lose the undisputed heavyweight championship Nov. 23 at Atlanta, but Francesco Damiani "It was a tough one, but we 've can't win it. got all season," Eackles said. "We Bob Lee, president of the Inter­ did make our run, which was a posi - national Boxing Federation, said tive because we were