Cia h of th . Legend
Aids-related
charities
Will ben fit
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Julius Erving, Kareem
Abdul Jabbar and DJ
Group, presenter of the Feb.
28 "Clash of the Legends"
one-on-one basketball chal­
lenge, will donate part of
the proceeds from the pay­
per-view cable television
event to AIDS-related
charities.
With each purchase of
the event by a cable sub­
criber, 50 cents will be
donated .. Half will go to the
- American Foundation for
AIDS Research, the
nation's lead�ng non-profit
organization dedicated to
AIDS research, education
and public policy. Since
1985, AMPAR has
provided more tha $39
million to more than 620 of
these projects.
The other half of the con­
tributions will go to the
MagicJohnsOn Foundation,
a charity recently estab­
lished by Magic Joh on to
ist in th,.e banle against
the HIV virus.
The "Clash of the
Legends," pitting Erving
against Abdul Jabb r in the
Twelv juror
JJQ)IAMAPOllS (AI') _ A mostly
• bite, mOldy male jury ea1led
'last Wednesday for the trial of former
I heavyweight boxing cbamp Mike
� Tyson on cbargeS of raping a Blae
�beautypaaeantoon�bml
The jurors range from ages 21 to
\ 55, with mo t in their 301. Four are
: women, three &Ie Black.· Most are
• married blue-collar WOrBlI
: Race bad bc:oome a source of dis-
. : pUle in the trial, th the defense com­
� plaining that the jury pool did not
I represent the r cial make-up of
, Marion County, whi� is 21 percent
\.; I
mai n event, will be
televised live on pay-per­
view cable television from
Trump Taj Mahal in Atlan­
tic City, NJ, at 9pm (ET)/
6pm(PT), with a replay im­
mediately followlng.
In addition to the fea­
tured duel, four other NBA
at
in
Jordan takes' control of his name, fame
The Black boxer came to court last
Wednesd y ith his arm around
Camille E ald, a woman be con­
ide his surrogate mother.
Tyson's teal mother died ben he
a child.
Tyson lived in Ewald' home at
Ca kill, .Y., after he w released
from refoIID school t aF 13 and
came under the Ing 0 the 1 te
boxing teacher Cu D' Amato.
Tyson' accuser, an 18-year-old MI
BJ America cont tant, told police
he et Ty n at a pageant re
on July 18.
She'd eat ith him
ef� t of
.- .
Kar m Abdul Jabb r
legends to be announced
later will compete in a one­
on-one tournament format.
Games will be played on
a half 'court, with three­
point line and a 12-second
shot clock. Veteran NBA
feferee Earl Strom ill of­
ficiate the game.
y
nr
ial
ho 1 room, and early the next mom­
ing be restraiDed her on the bed and
raped r,
The boxer, who been accused
often of CoDdling omen,· .
c:cuser consented to
. "The woman kno hat hap-
peDed. I kno hat happened. I'm
1DD�"" be .d.
If convicted, D could be
tcDcCd to 63 in P .
of p time for the Citizen,
the qUestion· "Will Tyson tified
in his own behalfl"