The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 75

I Sports Section Business page 6F Observer June 9 1990 Krzyzewski: I'm At Duke And 4 appY CHARLES CHANDLER Raleigh Bureau Other NBA teams who to pick up negotiating with basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski Boston Celtics left off need not Friday that he is committed and college basketball for the future announced Friday morning had withdrawn his name from for the Celtics' coaching was the team's top choice to Jimmy Rodgers said in an interview in his focused more energized I'm at Duke I'm committed I'm very very happy" Krzyzewski said he thinks the choice to remain in college basketball is permanent and that he will have no interest in other NBA jobs "If anything else opened up I don't even want to talk to anybody I don't like playing games with people I don't want to waste anybody's time about that "But when you say that to me it doesn't sound right It sounds like 'Well all you guys out there shouldn't be calling' me' I mean if I got a call I'd be happy to answer it but I would not be interested in office that a week of deliberation about the Boston job did more than allow him to determine he wanted to stay at Duke He said he also satisfied and put to rest a curiosity about coaching in the NBA that he's had for several years "I've wondered would I want to go in that direction" Krzyzewski said of the NBA "Because it (Boston) was a class organization a great opportunity people that I knew I probably took a step I needed to take and found out that what I'm doing is eiactly what I want to be doing "It feels good to know that I feel more it If got a call I guess that's the way I'd like to put it" Krzyzewski met with Celtics vice president Dave Gavitt Monday then with Gavitt and Boston President Red Auerbach Wednesday He said he knew nothing about a reported rift between the two which both denied Friday Krzyzewski said he appreciated Boston's interest in him but that decided his true love is teaching and developing relationships with college players "We tend to get caught up too much in material goals like you have to win a championship or you have to be in the NBA or they're offering you amount of dollars" he said "That's the worst way to be motivated because you end up missing the people development "The things I get the most out of in coaching is my relationship with (Duke players) Christian Laettner and Bobby Hurley And I'm looking forward to coaching (incoming freshman) Grant Hill "Having (former player) Quin Snyder around this past week has really helped me He's been such a good friend in addition to having played for me It made See KRZYZEWSKI Page 5F He Plays Softball :1 i 1 i Ron Green i Inc Chart Saturday Ki By( DURH) would lik( Duke bask where the try He sai to Duke foreseeabl( Krzyzev that he IL considerat job He 11 replace Jir Krzyzev 077 1 Hell Som was ju Why duct Soutt Other lug Gamecock don't they We Dykstra but he 300's car And ius is still nets draft'? wiggle in isn't it? 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The only way you a word in is with cue How long is Tommy Lasorda going to last on that diet before he goes berserk in a pizza joint? Do we really think the NFL is going to stop at a 17-week season now that it has found it can get an extra week of TV by giving each team a week off? Do we really mind if the season is extended? Can anybody beat the Detroit Pistons when they decide to play some serious defense? Other than Portland I mean Why do so many women wear caps and visors pulled so far down over their eyes they have to lean back to see? Is there anyone present who doesn't think that either Curtis Strange or Nick Faldo will win the US Open next week at Medinah? OK OK maybe Mark Calcavecchia? Greg Norman? How about Lanny Wadkins for your dark horse? Is Haagen-Daz rum-raisin the best ice cream in the whole wide world? In the universe? But Breyers' black cherry is close isn't it? Wouldn't you love to go to a pig-pickin'? How about to the beach? Wouldn't you like to be driving down one of those twisting little mountain roads that leads to nowhere? Or would you rather I just shut up and let you work in peace? Would you believe me if I told you the Atlanta Braves will finish above 500 this season? No I didn't think so Would you ever speak to me again if I told you I like liver? Where did you ever get the idea that Dale Earnhardt won't win the NASCAR Winston Cup points championship this season? Do you really care who wins the World Cup? (That's soccer) Could the Charlotte Knights struggling on their own turf be getting too uptight in front of the home fans? Who gave Roy Firestone his job anyway? You gotta think God's got a great sense of humor don't you after he dished out my golf game? Murph's through isn't he? So's Larry Bird after one more year? Maybe two? Does anyone you know ever mention the Texas Rangers unless Nolan Ryan is pitching? Doyaknow doyaknow doyaknow anyone who doesn't love Mars Blackmon commercials? Don't you miss Secretariat? Can you name me three Phoenix Cardinal football players? Why? Can "Days of Thunder" be as good as they say it will be? Can't be That's radii' Why is Isiah (Thomas) pronounced Isaiah? (Did I spell that right?) You will forgive me if 1 don't show up to give Pete Rose 18 bucks for his autograph won't you? Isn't it a forgone conclusion that Danny Ford will be coaching again somewhere within a year? Everybody has a trade they think the Hornets should make don't they? Are wide neckties really coming back? You're kidding me aren't you? Would you rather be in rush hour traffic on 1-77 around Charlotte or in jail? Any more questions? Isn't it about time we knocked olT for the day? ROBERT LAHSERStall for the Pharr Yarns teams The look on Dean West's face reflects the years of playing softball determination that has carried him through 29 plant leagues and over-40 Scores Shocker 'A i'sl l' --''4 4Ii 4 -4 't ii i''' "i' 444 s'44 1A 44 :4 444 4: 1 Ni 4 "i 'r' 41 ii -rg )' 'it': :4 1 1: '4 4 r' i'' A 4 7 44: i 1( 9-- i 4iob4 4V A :7: 4': '414 i 'k 62 r' i' 4: I 4 iki s'''e I Ktto 10A 4Nwoolk 4-404k40144 1: 4 41 4 41k4tkvA I LiLe414kiaalig44iii By Si PRICE Knight-Ridder Newspapers It was 7:25 pm local time when Biyik went screaming across this home hands tugging at his jersey the same minute that he sank to his Instantly he and everyone else in Meazza knew it was the moment of minutes gone in the 1990 World Cup leaped high Friday and headed in the defending champion Argentina in one in Cup history its fourth Cup game the team from shut down superstar Diego Maradona in tradition and then held on with in the final two minutes to shock day of my life" said Omam Biyik of Cameroon was here we couldn't let contributed to the ambiance of football to our hotel in Varese and I hope of champagne waiting for us Maradona Ile did not show his Agassi Gomez In Final Observer News Services PARIS It was a bumpy wet and windblown trip but Andre Agassi's joyride has landed him safely in the French Open final Agassi opened fast and closed with a burst to defeat Jonas Svensson 6-1 6-4 3-6 6-3 Friday to reach his first Grand Slam championship match Ills opponent Sunday (9 am NBC WCNC-TV channel 36 in Charlotte) will be another first-time finalist fourth-seeded Andres Gomez who beat beat No 7 Thomas Muster 7-5 6-1 7-5 Agassi the third seed can become the second American in 35 years to win the clay-court classic Michael Chang was the surprise winner last year the first American champion since Tony Trabert in 1955 Agassi 20 who beat Chang in the quarterfinals said he won't settle for anything less than the title "Come this Sunday whoever is on the other side of the net and that happens to be Andres is going to be in for a long afternoon because I want it really bad" he said "I didn't stay in Paris for two weeks to come in second place" he said Agassi didn't play his best tennis of the tournament against the See AGASSI Page SF Close But San Francisco's Matt Williams slides in safely as Atlanta Braves catcher Greg Olson waits on the throw The play was CAMEROON Page 5F Cup al a glance Next Page close but the Giants won 23-8 Other National League games were high scoring as well Roundup Page 4F Favored Rudd Top Qualifier On Road Course by Waddell Wilson that he joined this year "This will boost everybody up and now we need to follow through with a race win" said Rudd who earned his second No I start of 1990 and easily exceeded the 90041 pole speed Rusty Wallace set last year "1 knew we were favored and 1 agreed we should run well But qualifying isn't easy here See RUDD Nest Page 1 1 Cup Series event where he finished the inaugural 300-kilometer race in 1910 first The green flag is scheduled at 3 pm on the 252-mile road course (FSPN live) Although becoming known as perhaps the circuit's best road-racing driver its only the second No I start on such speedways out of I I career poles for Rudd 33 a Lake Norman resident And Rudd clearly was delighted to score for the Hendrick Motorsports team led By l'OM IIIGGINS Paff Writer SONONIA Calif Ricky Rudd equaled his and almost everyone's expectations Friday by rolling to the pole for the Banquet 300 at Sears Point International Raceway an I I turn road course Rudd raced his Charlotte-based Chevrolet around the track at 90954 mph and will start Sunday's 187-mile 74-lap NASCAR Winston 1.