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The Tampa Tribune, Tuesday, December 11, 1990 5-C, Study: teroid use in colleges higher than expected mants on what's going on," Yesalis said. "It lets you project your behavior on others without endangering yourself. The literature does say that people who use drugs see more use around them." The director of the NCAA's drug testing program said the self-reporting study probably did not detect all use and that college sports' largest governing body gave credence to the Yesalis report "Perceptions are very important in this area," said Frank Uryasz, the NCAA's director of sports sciences. "Athletes tell us if they were sure the guy across the line wasn't using steroids, they wouldn't. "They still believe they're com peting against dirty athletes." The more recent study was conducted at five institutions across the country that were guaranteed anonymity.

The researchers were from Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, UCLA, Vanderbilt and West Virginia. The study projected steroid use at 29.3 percent for football teams, 20.6 percent among men's track and field teams and 16.3 percent for women's track and field. More athletes also perceived steroid use to be increasing in college athletic programs, Yesalis said. Rick Albrecht a research assistant at Michigan State's office of medical education, cautioned that Yesalis' questions differed from those in the 1989 NCAA steroid study conducted by Michigan The NCAA study asked about steroid use in the last year. Yesalis' asked about steroid use at any time: "I think he's correct in assuming that we have a bottom boundary: here and that actual use is some-: what higher but how much higher.

That's the $64,000 question," Albrecht said. I For Uryasz, though, it doesn't matter what the specific numbers are. "I'm not sure it's important to-get at the number," Uryasz said. "If there's any use, there's a problem. I don't care if its 1 percent, 5 percent or 50 percent." searchers have believed that with self-reporting, there's an underreporting of use," Yesalis said.

"This represents an upper bound, and for the first time there are boundaries and somewhere in between is reality," Yesalis said. Even though the five schools that agreed to participate in the study were estimating use among its opponents, Yesalis said the athletes said a lot about their own programs. Previous studies have shown that a significant amount of steroid use is tied to the perception that his opponents are using them in other words "I only use them because he uses them." "It's like going to expert infor 1 1 v. Philly 'bigman' Wallace big comparisons By KELLY P. KISSEL of The Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa.

Steroid use among college athletes is higher than previously estimated, and perhaps as high as 29 percent among football players, according to researchers who asked universities to estimate use among opponents. A professor in Penn State's college of health and human development said Monday his study sets an "upper limit" of actual anabolic steroid use among college athletes, whereas an NCAA study done last year set the lower limit. "The mean overall projected rate of use of anabolic steroids Collector closing in on top catch By GEORGE WOODS of The Dallas Morning News DALLAS Not all the facts are in. The tip came only recently. But it's a lead on a big-time "case," the kind William Hughes relishes.

What he's pursuing is absolutely arresting for sports memorabilia collectors: an unopened case of 1952 Topps baseball wax packs. "I'm told it's being held as collateral by a bank. The (owner) wants $750,000 for it. My buddy is checking into it," said Hughes, president of Executive Investments, a Los Angeles-area collectibles house. If it happens, Hughes can add another major find to his growing list.

Recently, he obtained more than 80 1932 U.S. Caramel cards of mint and near-mint quality through a contact in New York for $80,000. Hughes' contact acquired the cards from the employee of the Boston-based company who brought them home with him in 1932. "The cards were just put away. They were in fantastic condition," Hughes said.

"They were kept so well that there was no aging." Hughes himself is a rarity. Sports memorabilia certainly has gone big-business, but Executive Investments even the name suggests corporate at its utmost. "Quite a few people are into older stuff, but on a much smaller scale," said Hughes, adding that "you probably can count on your two hands" the number of people who deal in millions of dollars, as Hughes has in his nine years in collectibles. Lelands, a collectibles house in New York, and New Jersey's Alan Rosen, better known as "Mr. Mint," certainly would be among those counted.

Lelands, for example, has a one-of-a-kind U.S. Caramel card that's worth $100,000. Rosen found in '86 what Hughes is investigating right now a '52 Topps case. Uncovering these items, Hughes said, isn't done by going on some grand expedition. "We do advertise nationwide that we are looking for older, high-priced memorabilia, but some people just call out of the blue," said Hughes, whose company deals in non-sports as well as sports, including autographs and artwork.

Hughes indicated he expects more tips like the one he received on the '52 case. Indeed, there likely are other treasures to be found. Earlier this year, boxes of 1961 and '62 Topps baseball wax packs were found in pristine condition in a Ben Franklin store in Mississippi. "There's a lot more out there," Hughes said. "Some people may not be aware of what they have.

And it's possible there is stuff out there that isn't even cataloged." By GWEN KNAPP of Knlght-Ridder Newspapers PHILADELPHIA Technically, it's two words: Big man. An adjective and a noun. But in the game of basketball, they condense the phrase say "bigman" and expand its meaning. It's power. It's glamour.

It's Wilt the Stilt and Akeem the Dream. It's why Sam Bowie no nickname, just a generic bigman was picked before Air Jordan in the 1984 NBA draft For a while, Rasheed Wallace didn't appreciate all of this. He was just a tall kid back then, with no prospect of becoming a bigman, and he was hearing far too many questions about the weather up there. So his mother, Jackie, a statuesque woman who had endured her share of teasing in high school, told him: "Look at it this way, Rasheed. These people have to look up to you, whether they want to or not" That helped.

Mother knew best. But she didn't know it all. She didn't know that within a few years, her baby the one who looked about 4 months old the minute he was born would be a 6-foot 10-inch high school sophomore with every promise of becoming a 7-footer. She didn't know that at age 16 he would have a turnaround jumper so sweet that grown men would rhapsodize about it or that he would be using those long arms to block shots like a young Patrick Ewing. In short, she didn't know that her tall kid would become a phenom in Philly hoops.

Neither, in the beginning, did his basketball coaches. Bill Ellerbee of Simon Gratz High met his young center about two years ago, at a city recreation center. "I remember, he was like Bam-bi," Ellerbee said. "He had those long legs, and he couldn't quite get them together. But he always had that knack for blocking shots." By the time Ellerbee saw him, Wallace already had spent about a year under the tutelage of Tennis Young, the coach at Gustine Lake Recreation Center.

As a gangly 13-year-old, Young said, "he couldn't really do anything. He was just used to shooting around. It was like starting from scratch." United Press International photograph the highly criticized Grand Slam Cup, which begins today. event may include women across all sports surveyed was 14.7 percent for male athletes and 5.9 percent of females," said Charles Yesalis, a professor who studied steroid use with researchers from five other schools. Yesalis said the study illustrates a problem that is bigger than was estimated earlier.

A 1989 NCAA study based on self-reporting estimated steroid use at less than 5 percent. But a researcher for the 1989 study pointed out that it asked only about steroid use in the past year. The new study was more open-ended, asking if there was ever any steroid use. "For years, a number of re 1 Stefan Edberg heads the field for Controversial A Tribune Wire Report MUNICH, Germany It has been criticized and snubbed by leading players, but organizers of the Grand Slam Cup, the richest tennis tournament in history, are already considering expanding the event to include women. The Grand Slam Cup, which starts today in Munich's Olympic Hall, is offering a $6 million purse, with $2 million for the winner in the 16-man field.

First-round losers will collect $100,000, more than many tournaments pay to the winner. The purse has been described by Boris Becker as "perverse." Becker, John McEnroe and Mats Wilander are skipping the inaugural event although they were eligible. Andre Agassi is also absent. The American, ranked fourth in the world, first signed to play, but later announced he would pull out. Facing a fine and a suspension, Agassi reversed his decision again and said he would play.

But Agassi injured his rib during the Davis Cup final between the U.S. and Australia 10 days ago and pulled out again. This time he has a legitimate excuse, but breaking the contract the first time could still cost the flamboyant 20-year-old a hefty fine. Despite the criticism and controversy, the Grand Slam Cup has attracted eight top-10 players. From lliClillUiC Family! i Site Survey.

CuhPrlc. Rd.1 f. drawim Prep Basketball Before long, though, Bambi was 1 playing to rave reviews. I "I don't want to compare him to Eugene Banks or Wilt because that puts too much pres-; sure on the kid," said Tom Konchal-; ski, publisher of the HSBI Report; one of the country's most established recruiting newsletters. "But if he works hard and doesn't let all' the attention go to his head, he! could be the player of the '90s in' the City of Brotherly Love." All over Philadelphia and in Atlanta and Las Vegas, where Gratz played in holiday tournaments people started asking about "that freshman." Moore and McKie were the big names, but Wallace was the bigman.

And everybody loves a bigman. Especially college coaches. "They (coaches) talk about him a lot," Young said. "And they talk about him as if they don't have a prayer of getting him." Wallace still has 2V years before the big time really beckons. Until then, he has to work on two things developing a power game and not overdeveloping his ego.

At 195 pounds, Wallace lacks the bulk of a bona fide center. And because he has a soft touch on the jumper, he rarely takes command of the low post. As for the ego, Mom is asserting herself there. She, has watched him make television appearances there was a brief interview on local television and a back-to-school TV special with the Philadelphia 76ers' Rick Mahorn and she knows that kids at school ask him, semi-serious-ly, to set aside tickets for them when he's in the NBA. More than anything, Jackie Wallace wants to make sure her son does not become a commodity in the recruiting meat market.

Over the summer, at Ellerbee's suggestion, she read "Raw Recruits," the recently published account of college basketball's seamy side. The revelations, she says, left her slightly paranoid, but she feels more prepared for the inevitable clamor two years from now. In the meantime, she will try to ground her son's dreams in reality GOLF Play was halted because of darkness and three players in the field of 121 still had to play the 18th hole. Brecher, of Montreal, was the only player who broke 70 over the course. The 54-hole tournament which has a $32,500 purse, resumes this morning at 8.

The winner will earn $5,000. in Sun Dome card for the World Wrestling Federation, producers of the show tonight at the Sun Dome on the campus of the University of South Florida. The show will be taped for a future "Saturday Night's Main Event" national telecast, Brisco said. Another featured match pits The Ultimate Warrior in a heavyweight title defense against Randy "Macho King" Savage. Matches start at 7:30.

EXHIBITION Tommy HO 14, 7:30 PM Send Ordyrt To: Tennli Ticfiots, U. of Tampa Athlatlca Campus Box 1, 401 W. Kannody Tampa 33606 or call 13) 233-240. I Canadian leads Florida Women's Open Grand Slam Cup ends on Dec. 16.

Before Agassi sought to be re-admitted into the tournament, the ITF said it would fine him $25,000 and possibly ban him from one or more Grand Slam events next year. Agassi did not endear himself to the ITF by dismissing the Grand Slam Cup as little more than an extravagant exhibition. He also said the ITF was "deceiving people" offering so much money to make fans believe the tournament was a significant event. The occasion where Agassi chose to make the disparaging remarks also will not help his case. He was speaking during the ATP World Championships last month in Frankfurt, which he went on to win.

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has been opposed to the Grand Slam Cup, fearing thai it was interfering with its own season-ending showcase tournament the World Championships. It also believes that two such big events within a short time in Germany are too much. The ATP event is committed to Frankfurt for three years, while the Grand Slam Cup has a five-year contract with Munich. Gilbert, who replaced Agassi, said it would be nice if the two tournaments could be combined. ATF has proposed talks on a merger but the ITF apparently has not replied yet.

HULK HOGAN vs. EARTHQUAKE" Witt) JIMMY MAjrT" BIG BOSS MAN" BOBBY HEENAIM" mmm 41 Tennis the top 10, only Agassi and Becker, the No. 2 in the world, are missing. The field is led by top-ranked Stefan Edberg and No. 3 Ivan Lendl.

Also playing are U.S Open champ Pete Sampras, French Open winner Andres Gomez of Ecuador, Goran Ivanisevic of Yugoslavia, Jonas Svensson of Sweden, Thomas Muster of Austria, David Wheaton, Yannick Noah and Henri Leconte of France, Brad Gilbert, Aaron Krick-stein, Michael Chang and Kevin Curren, Christian Bergstroem of Sweden and Andrei Cherkasov of the Soviet Union. Asked if organizers planned to expand the event to include women, tournament director Bill Dennis said: "Clearly, yes. This has already been intensively discussed between the ITF, the women's association WITA and us." The Grand Slam Cup is being organized by the International Tennis Federation in conjunction with the directors of the four Grand Slam events the Australian, French and U.S. Opens, and Wimbledon. Grand Slam Committee administrator Bill Babcock said the ITF could still decide to punish Agassi for his original withdrawal and for the statements he made.

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