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THE YORK DISPATCH THURSDAY MAY 9 2002 03 HIGHLIGHTS NBA locked in his own little world LOCAL By BOB RYAN The Boston Globe You think this Larry Brown-Alien Iverson contretemps is a simple Old White Guy vs Young Black Guy thing? Nope It be any different if coach were Lenny Wilkens Paul Silas SPARTANS FALL TO The York College baseball team pounded 14 hits but left 14 runners on base in an 8-6 non-conference loss to Franldin Marshall which never trailed cracked 11 hits Northeastern High graduate Ashley Swope went 5-for-5 for York College Matt Day Bob Ancharski and Tom Bender collected two hits each Bender drove in three runs The Spartans committed three errors which resulted in three unearned runs for the Diplomats I SQUIRETTES PERFECT IN WIN: Detone Catholic hit seven 4 home runs and scored 14 runs before York Tech came to bat in YA1AA softball action yesterday Bridget Corey and Megan Corey combined on a three-inning perfect game for Delone and Amy Betti Boyer hit two home runs and a double for the Squirettes who wound up with a 29-0 win -SMITH PITCHES CONRADS TO WIN: Chad Smith -earned a perfect game into the sixth inning until Scott Buckius hit a homer for Columbia in last Susquehanna League game Micah Workinger hit two doubles for Conrads which went on to win the game 6-1 WRIGHTSVILLE TOPS TOWNSHIP: Steve Kline Jim Gohn 1 and Jim Mehley had doubles for Wrightsville in a 6-2 Susquehanna League over York Township Mike Wokulich led York Township with a homer -double and two RBIs IWALTIMYER HAS HOT BAT: Bryan Waltimyer 'Ted the Bobcats in non-league game going 3-for-3 including two triples and four RBIs in a 15-6 baseball win over Columbia Jon horn and Nate Fry had two hits for Northeastern Josh Wagner had a double for Columbia YAIAA TENNIS TEAMS SEEDED: Three YAIAA teams have (seeded positions for the District 3 Doubles Tennis Tournament Play is scheduled to begin at 9 am Saturday at Manheim Township High THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Philadelphia guard Allen Iverson right drives past Bos- Erick Strickland during last playoff game School Ben Sherman and Matt Smith of York Suburban drew the highest 'seed No 2 in Class AA Sherman and Smith are the YAIAA champions 1 Ryan Fickes and Francisco DeFina of Red Lion are seeded third in AAA and Brandon Kessler and Andrew Lease of West York are the No AaCOoHoH faQpn irt A A GREYHOUNDS ROLL TO WIN: York Country Day captured of the five singles matches to clinch a 5-2 tennis win over Carson Long John Woodbury Jon Eisenhart Bodie Beattie and Kevin Kuhn earned singles points Woodbury and Austin Daughton teamed up to take the No 1 doubles match BASKETBALL significant basketball establishment figure a man who has his way of doing things and who is thoroughly respected by his peer group Brown has attempted for five years to help Iverson improve to show him how to harness his extraordinary talent for the betterment of the team Five years! How much time do you need? How many hundreds of conversations do you suppose those two have had? Or is it thousands? How many times do you think Larry has explained to Allen that there is a time to do this and a time to do that and this is how you involve your teammates and here is the best way to use your speed and quickness and this is the responsibility you have as the best player and so on? The two have had dueling press conferences over the past three days and I am embarrassed for Larry Brown who should be above this First Larry said Allen would have to change if the relationship were to continue referring to problems as He specifically mentioned the need for Iverson to practice and practice properly Then Iverson said what he said about practice (see above) Brown responded yesterday by saying that is just a young kid reaching out for On the subject of practice Brown joked that think Allen has said the word more than he has actually Doing it his way: After five years Larry Brown has not gotten through to Allen Iverson The latter can profess his allegiance to the coach all he wants but his persistently defiant actions demonstrate that he will remain the one in charge He says he wants to win a championship but it will be done his way and only his way As long as Allen Iverson remains locked in his tight little world he will remain uncoachable Larry Brown has no hope of winning this confrontation Perhaps the Sixers should fire him and hire Master Bob Ryan is a Globe columnist His e-mail address is ryan(at)globecom MICHIGAN GUARD FACES CHARGES: Sophomore guard 'Bernard Robinson Jr second-leading scorer last season has been charged with misdemeanor sexual assault police said A warrant for arrest has been authorized by the Washtenaw County prosecu-r-tor Diane Brown a spokeswoman for Dept of Public Safety at the Univer-i-jsity of Michigan said Officials are making arrangements with lawyer so he can turn himself in for arraignment Brown said she does not know when that will happen as Robinson is out of town Robinson of Washington DC is accused of fondling another student in a residence hall -stairwell on April 20 A warrant charging him with three counts of fourth-r degree criminal sexual conduct was authorized April 25 TENNIS be there I know supposed to lead by example I know that I know important but talking about practice How the hell can I make my teammates better by I have read and re-read that several times now and it still amazes me that Allen Iverson could have been in the NBA for six years and be so astonishingly capable of missing the point Has he not heard that most truly great players thrive on practice work hard in practice and flat-out need practice? Has Allen Iverson heard of Michael Jordan? Michael zeal for practice was legendary Or does he dismiss him as an irrelevant old has-been who actually owns a coat and tie? Three coaches: Since getting out of high school Allen Iverson has had three coaches John Thompson Johnny Davis and Larry Brown Davis was already in a precarious position and had no choice but to indulge the mercurial franchisesaving rookie He never had the slightest chance of influencing Iverson But the other two are certified pillars of the basketball establishment each a primary worshipper at the shrine of the sainted Dean Smith You would think that men of this stature one tall and black the other short and white would be able to impart some wisdom to Allen Iverson But John Thompson change Allen Iverson and Larry Brown either We sometimes forget that Allen Iverson played for John Thompson Whether he was able to him in any real sense is debatable Iverson was an out-of-control player in his first Georgetown game and he was pretty much the same out-ofcontrol player when UMass guards Carmelo Travieso and Edgar Padilla destroyed Iverson and backcourt mate Victor Page in the 1996 Eastern Regional final 60-some games later John Thompson is an enormously dignified man who is the embodiment of the American capitalistic dream He knows what fork to use and which corporate button to push There is no question thatftie has exerted great influence over the lives of many Georgetown players but Allen Iverson is surely not one of them Iverson might just as well have worn an AAU uniform for two 1 years while living at home for all the Thompson and Georgetown that have worn off on him Rocky relationship: coach for the last five years has been Larry Brown Again we are talking about a Alvin Gentry Nate McMillan Isiah Thomas Byron Scott or any other African- American authority figure in the National Basketball Association These men begin to relate to Iverson any more than Larry Brown can These men of color would find themselves equally exasperated as Larry Brown trying to reason with Allen Iverson because according to Allen Iverson only Allen Iverson knows best for Allen Iverson Ask Allen Iverson what matters most to him in this world and my guess is that he would say and he Comment mean it I just happen to think the truth Whether Allen Iverson knows it or not what matters most to him it seems to me is his loyalty to what I can only refer to as the Code of the This involves the complete rejection of any remote conformity to what he perceives as the Establishment way of thinking Nothing alters Allen anti-Establishment mind-set Allen is going to do everything his way and only his way Allen is dedicated to It Real whether that means putting out an obscenity-laden rap album dressing for every occasion in his chosen hip-hop manner or very much to the point either skipping or walking through practice In Allen mind there appear to be only two approaches to every situation his way or the chump way Consider hrs Tuesday rant on the subject of practice supposed to be the franchise he said talking about practice Not a game talking about practice How silly is that? I know supposed to use THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUBURN HILLS Mich The Boston Celtics showed more to their team than just Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker Pierce led five Celtics in double figures with 22 points in an 85-77 victory over Detroit last night that evened the Eastern Conference semifinals and was their first road win of the playoffs tough to said Eric Williams who scored 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting can put five guys out there who can shoot the 3 and if they try to take that away from us we can attack the inside We play from the inside out and how teams win championships got two All-Stars like Antoine Walker and Paul Pierce you can do lot of different Game 3 in the best-of-seven series is tomorrow night in Boston TOP SEEDS FALL IN ROME: Andre Agassi Andy Roddick and James Blake became the first trio of Americans in the round of 16 at the Italian Open since 1995 To advance even further they have to face the top two players and the defending champion who all lost In second-round action Blake beat Andrea Gaudenzi 3-6 6-4 6-1 Roddick overcame Andrei Pavel 1-6 6-4 6-3 and Agassi breezed past Michel Kra-tochvil 6-0 6-1 in 43 minutes fastest match on the ATP Tour this year also the quickest victory for Agassi since he beat Wayne Ferreira 6-1 6-0 in Washington DC in 1998 also in 43 minutes Other top players had a much rougher time on the red clay at this Tennis Masters Series 'event a major tuneup for the French Open No 1 Lleyton Hewitt No 2 Gustavo Kuerten a three-time winner of the French Open and 2001 Italian Open champ Juan Carlos Ferrero were eliminated in the second round Fourth-seeded Yevgeny Kafelnikov also was upset eliminated by Wayne Ferreira 6-4 4-6 6-2 Hewitt tost to Carlos Moya 6-3 6-2 and the frustration was evident in the second set Hewitt was penalized a point when he tossed a ball at the chair umpire after a tong argument over a disputed call CAPRIATI ADVANCES IN BERLIN: Jennifer Capriati wants to 'forget about the Fed Cup and the rankings and concentrate on the German Open The top-seeded Capriati advanced to the third round of the German Open beating American Meilen Tu 6-4 6-3 In others second-round matches fourth-seeded Serena Williams defeated Barbara Schett 6-3 6-3 Third-seeded Kim Clijsters fought off four match points before losing 5-7 6-4 7-5 to Anna Smashnova BASEBALL full arsenal in series it tmm time matching up with several Celtics outside inside and off the dribble combine their SENATORS BLANK BAYSOX: Terrmel Sledge had a homer and drove in two runs to lead the Harrisburg Senators to a 10-0 thrashing of the Baysox in Eastern League action home run off Mike Paradis (1-4) in the top of the third got the Harrisburg rout started Jeff Bailey had a home run of his own to lead off the fourth inning giving Harrisburg a 2-0 lead Senators' starter Ron Chiavacci (1-4) allowed five hits in seven innings while striking out five and walking five It was his first win on the season TELEVISION COSTAS STAYING WITH NBC: Bob Costas will be NBC voice of the Olympics through 2006 The announcer and netwoik have agreed to a four-year deal that is expected to be announced next week a TV industry source told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity The agreement is worth more than $1 million a year the source said current deal with NBC expires in June FOOTBALL NOTRE DAME PLAYERS APPEAL: Three Notre Dame football players and a former player are fighting the decision to expel them after they were accused of raping a female student The men met a Tuesday deadline to file appeals to university president Rev Edward Malloy their attorneys said No timetable for a decision has been set University spokesman Dennis Moore said he could not comment on the case because of confidentiality laws St Joseph County Prosecutor Christopher Toth said he will make a decision by May 15 on whether to file charges NASCAR At a glance CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) Wednesday May 8 Boston 85 Detroit 77 senes tied 1-1 Thursday May 9 New Jeisey at Charlotte 7 pm New Jersey leads senes 2-0 Sacramento at Dallas 9:30 senes tied 1-1 Friday May 10 Detroit at Boston 7 pm LA Lakers at San Antonio 930 pm senes tied 1-1 Walker scored 15 points for the Celtics while Rodney Rogers had 13 and Kenny Anderson 11 would definitely hate to play us because we provide so many problems Pierce said The Pistons had a hard you 3-point ability with their post ability and their one-on-one ability a hard team to Detroit coach Rick Carlisle said Boston coach Jim believes especially true because Pierce and Walker are focused on the right things think either guy cares as much about scoring as they do about said Jerry Stackhouse led Detroit with 25 points Boston held Detroit to 329 percent shooting its worst performance of the season and outrebounded the Pistons 53-35 outworked us and outplayed Carlisle said Cliff Robinson was held to Oriental Massage Exit 19A Parking Entrance In Rear 3 Blocks West of 1-83 l)OS Market Street York PA 17403 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