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1 1 i 01987 Fort Worth Star-Telegram Monday Morning February 16 1987 C9 World Famous MAI le A "Ilit ineell wag 1987 Fort Worth Star-Telegram Monday Morning February 16 1987 C9 World Famous 1 C9 Cooperstein man announcing crew )r n' 1- 's: Wendell Barnhouse TVRADIO '4 The full-court frenzy of basketball there can be as many as 15- 20 passes during one possession makes it a breath-taking sport to broadcast "I think it comes naturally" Cooperstein says of his fast-talking style "I watched a lot of basketball growing up I did a lot of practicing in my basement" Like many New Yorkers Cooperstein's favorite announcer is Mary Albert "Far and away the best" Cooperstein said "It disappoints me he's doing so much TV He's at his best on radio That's where he really shines" The TCU assignment is Cooperstein's first full-time play-by-play job Last year's 31-game schedule was his first crack at game description He graduated from the University of Florida in 1981 His first job came in 1982 as one of the fast-talking score-a-second voices at "Sportsplione" a national sports score service "The infamous voice of Sports-phone" he says with a laugh Cooperstein has been at KRLD since the summer of 1984 and does the morning sports shows in addition to the TCU games Not surprisingly Cooperstein aspires to a job on the network level But he says he loves what he's doing now and vows to be patient He studies tapes of his 0114 1 i 'I 1 1 humor says Chuck is his most valuable Being able to laugh off the oc- casional goofs and gaffes keeps Cooperstein the play-by-play man for TCU basket ball on KRLD from treading narrow ledges on high buildings When the on the road the game solo equipment keeps commercials gives signals to the studio does his own he also does of describing the telling myself good I'm going to during the game" 27-year-old New York happens I can't let can't catch as many as I can perfect" 1 i between two fast-breaking full-court pressing the biggest challenge is missing a up a statistic at Baylor Feb 4 seated at court-side Frogs' bench The and most of the standing and blocking vision during a during the last Amazingly his near-blind matched what I TV sports reports bill News Services double-header baseball Lamar University game 12-3 before 10-5 in Fort won his first game in the opener Knox went the distance two earned runs and Brian Veilleux and their first homers four homers by Miller Neil Reynolds Follmer breezed to over the Frogs in second game Freshman earned the victory Cardinals (4-1) face Hardin-Simmons double-header on Worth 210 3 8 2 121 044 12 12 2 and Hammarstrum Knox (I-0) (0-1) Sarbaugh TCU Bona Williams Stone am la 12 0 000 4 1 Briscoe Vei leux (6) and (1-01 Briscoe (01) 213 1 toircitoir Team records TCU 13 UT-Arlington (8-0) finished off a the Mavericks (0-4) double-header 9-5 and 12c Field in Austin and 34 runs in the hit well another defense" LITA coach said "But we never together" Pat Varni had it He was 7 for 9 in the He had five singles two runs batted in Fowler and Jim broadcasts and tempers the compliments he's received for his TCU efforts with demanding self-criticism "I think I'm 40 percent of what I could be" he said "I could improve my descriptions keep track of fouls better staying away from judging the referees too harshly "Basketball particularly if you're doing it alone is the toughest (sport to do on the radio) You just go with the flow Some nights you're very good you can pick it up Other nights it doesn't work out that way" Those are the nights when that sense of humor comes in handy 0 Opening night blackout: With the hope of boosting attendance the Southwest Conference has decided not to televise the four first-round games of the men's basketball tournament March 6 The Raycom network the league's syndicator (Channel 11 is the local outlet) went along with the idea Raycom has exclusive rights to the tournament which means no other TV station or network can televise the first-round games If not for the exclusivity Home Sports Entertainment would have been interested in televising the two evening games 0 Home Sports Entertainment hopes to finalize its agreement to televise a game Rangers schedule as soon as Tuesday or Wednes day "We're pretty close" said HSE executive producer Jack Stanfield "We had hoped to get the deal done last week Now there are just some last-minute negotia that tied the score at seven after four innings Texas continued its offensive roll in the fifth Five hits produced three runs and UT took a 10-7 lead CATHY SEABAUGH TEXAS IP-12 UTA S111 UTA 101 030 5 7 1 Texas SOS SOS 7 3 Foster Mosley (6) and Gonzalez Tomey and Johnson (1-0) (0-1) Tex as Haney UTA Hodge HR Texas VTA Garner Second llama UTA 214 MO 8 0 Texas 141 232 12 17 2 Schuster Shoop (2) Mosier" (3) Carruthers (6) Hess 17) and Mrm Suggs Harden (2) Cantu (3) Tumev (6) and Patrick (2-0) (0-1) Texas Coolbaugh Kerlin Cisarlit (2) UTA Prager yarn) Newkirk UTA Hartman HR Patrick Cisarik Garner Att-3350 Team 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steal nine seconds An blind descriptior saw later during ports iii Ivi 0 Twin Star-Telegram TCU gained ad ball split against winning the first losing the seco Worth Lance Brown as a college coac TCU's Kerry II tance allowing t'i striking out five Mike Moore hit Lamar behin( 1 John Tirrell Bill nolds and Joel its third victory two days in the s( man Joey Alexan tory for the Car( The Frogs (1-3 mons in a 1 pm Monday in Fort' 1 ICU 12-5 LAMAR 3-10 1 Lamar OC ICU 1: Tidwell Hellwig (5) and Stone (1 Lamar Reynolds ROM vides Borchardt Willeux (1) Moore (1) game Lamar 0' TCU Alexander and Miller Cullen I idra irirtVrei(1)Pra7 Cauley (1) Miller 1)1 Lamar 41 Texas sweeps The Longhorns 1 weekend sweep by winning a dout 8 at Disch-Falk Fl Texas had 40 hi four games "One game we we'd play good Butch McBroom really got it all to UTA third base together batting four-game series two doubles and Rodne Test Continued season he comp cent of his passe in midseason b5 ney It Is difficult to last year's winn( reported late to 1 because of a co got very little pla le He started tt and finished th( 1 attempts What Testavei 1 of them is every At 8-foot-5 211 biggest O'Briei Timed at "bette: in the 40-yard da recent scouting apolis he also is Though his an Elway's it is I enough to thrc (mired in the NI "He can get it with ease" said 1 rector of playel the New Englan also drop it ov: 411 withl touch throw" A sense of tt Cooperstein commodity nk 1 i 48 '''r At iskur I Ctioperstein Hoped Frogs are Cooperstein calls He sets up his track of the subtle on-the-air engineer and statistics Oh yeah an excellent job game "I have to keep the chances are miss something said the it it bother me You them all I catch I'm far from A road game teams provides The nightmare play while chalking When TCU lost Cooperstein was near the coaching staff reserves were Cooperstein's key Baylor steal nine seconds description saw later during Frogs divide twin Star-Telegram TCU gained a split against winning the first losing the second Worth Lance Brown as a college coach TCU's Kerry allowing striking out five Mike Moore hit Lamar behind John Tirrell Billy and Joel its third victory two days in the Joey Alexander for the The Frogs (1-3) in a 1 pm Monday in Fort ICU 12-5 LAMAR 3-10 Lerner 000 ICU Tidwell He liwig (5) and Stone Lamar Reynolds Folimer vides Borchardt Ve influx (1) Moor Second limo Lamar 011 TCli Oil Alexander and Miller Cullen Alexander L4mar (1) Miller 111 Lamar 41 Texas sweeps The Longhorns weekend sweep of by winning a 8 at Disch-Falk Texas had 40 hits four games "One game we'd we'd play good Butch McBroom really got it all INA third baseman together batting four-game series two doubles and Rodney Continued season he completed of his passes in midseason by It is difficult to last year's winner reported late to because of a got very little He started and finished the attempts What Testaverde of them is At 8-foot-5 218 biggest O'Brien Timed at "better in the 40-yard recent scouting he also is Though his arm Elway's it is enough to throw in the NFL "He can get it with ease" said of player the New England also drop it over with touch on throw" tions to work out There are a lot of elements and we need to get them all clarified" Stanfield said HSE has made its offer and is waiting for the Rangers' reply HSE televised 57 home games last season The Rangers' concern is that televising home games dilutes attendance The team set an attendance record last season and has sold a record number of season tickets HSE has argued that televising home games helped spark interest in the team Delay game: Credit NBC with learning from history Two Sundays ago Notre Dame upset North Carolina but the network cut away quickly after the game and missed the post-game celebration Sunday even though the game ran 30 minutes longer than expected NBC stayed put after the Irish beat Duke in overtime The shots of coach Digger Phelps telling his players to thank the student section and the hug between point-guard warriors David Rivers and Tommy Amaker were worth the wait The length of the basketball game forced the start of the fight between Fort Worth's Gene Hatcher and Frankie Warren to be delayed 30 minutes 0 Credit this line to ABC boxing analyst Alex Wal lau during Saturday's Evander Holyfield-Henry Tillman World Boxing Association junior heavyweight title Tillman was getting hammered and Wallau one of the up-and-coming talents said: "He has the heart of a lion but not the chin" Tillman got knocked down four times be Decision is NCAA By BOB O'DONNELL Star-Telegram Writer CORONADO Calif The NCAA Infractions Committee's decision on the future of the SMU football program should be announced early next week a school official said Sunday "We've targeted somewhere between the 23rd and the 25th (of February) for a joint press conference in Dallas" SMU faculty representative Dr Lonnie Kliever said "We'll be announcing whatever sanctions next week" David Berst director of enforcement for the NCAA said the SMU case had top priority among the four heard by the infractions committee between Friday and Sunday He said the NCAA wanted it resolved "as quickly as possible" "I would anticipate it (the announcement) being the first of the week" Berst said "I don't believe we can move fast enough to do anything this week" Berst said an announcement on possible sanctions against Texas Tech's footbil program probably won't be made for two weeks Tech officials met with the committee at the Hotel del Coronado for three hours and 45 minutes Sunday morning about alleged recruiting violations said to have taken place between 1982434 SMU's hearing Friday afternoon lasted four hours It concerned allegations that major rules violations continued in the football program after the school was placed on three-year probation in August 1985 SMU could become the first school to receive the "death penalty" meaning it could have its football program suspended for up to two years Kliever said he and Berst discussed a possible announcement date several days before and immediately after SMU's hearing "After the hearing David indicated that the beginning of next week you've got to be sure he's ready to play" said Dan Reeves coach of the Denver Broncos "With John there was a lot of pressure But he was memorizing things instead of understanding them and there's a difference He wasn't comfortable In retrospect I think we rushed him" Testaverde compares well to Marino physically say some scouts "He has more speed than Marino and he has his quickness in the pocket" said Tony Razzano director of college scouting for the San Francisco 49ers "He has the quick arm like Marino and he's very very strong" Testaverde is considered a better athlete than Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar who started ahead of him at Miami "A much better athlete" Steinberg said "He's quicker and has a stronger arm Kosar has a strong arm but not a quick release But with Kosar you're talking about a genius a guy with total knowledge of the game" About the only criticism of Testaverde is that he has trouble reading defenses ad that stems from his bowl-game performances in the past two seasons In a 35-7 loss to Tennes fore Holyfield got the victory when the fight was stopped in the seventh round CBS's Chris Economaki hosted coverage of Sunday's Daytona 500 despite a broken vertebra in his upper back He suffered the injury when he slipped on the ice in front of his New Jersey home 0 Opening night blackout: With the hope of boosting attendance the Southwest Conference has decided not to televise the four first-round games of the men's basketball tournament March 6 The Raycom network the league's syndicator (Channel 11 is the local outlet) went along with the idea Raycom has exclusive rights to the tournament which means no other TV station or network can televise the first-round games If not for the exclusivity Home Sports Entertainment would have been interested in televising the two evening games Wendell Barnbouse's column appears Monday and Friday in the Star-Telegram Allen cited by Sun Belt Associated Press TAMPA Fla Virginia Commonwealth's Bruce Allen who sparked his team to victories over Jacksonville and Old Dominion last week was named the Sun Belt Conference player of the week Sunday Allen a 5-11 senior guard scored a season-high 20 points and had six assists against Jacksonville The Newark Ohio native came back with a 17-point six-assist performance against Old Dominion Allen is averaging 131 points and 44 assists per game on SMU priority would be the optimum time" Kliever said "He thought it could be 'done by then "He indicated it was a complicated case to report" Kliever said school officials want the case resolved quickly so they can begin interviewing candidates for the athletic director's position left empty when Bob Hitch resigned in December Kliever said the school will not begin interviewing until it knows the fate of the football program Berst said the infractions committee hoped to complete all deliberations and determine all penalties Monday He said a rough draft then would be made of the SMU decision and copies returned to the six committee members for perusal and further consultation Berst said he would fly to Dallas for the decision's announcement "When a case is sufficiently complicated we think we should be there in person" Berst said Texas Tech officials appeared grim as they left the meeting room Sunday They said little to reporters Asked if he was discouraged by how the hearing went Tech athletic director Jones said: "Never having been in one of these I don't know how to answer that" Infractions committee chairman 'Frank Remington declined comment Tech was represented at the hearing by Jones president Lauro Cavazos faculty representative Robert Sweazy and counsel Pat Campbell The allegations against Tech include cash inducements illegal gifts and free meals The offenses allegedly occurred during the coaching tenure of Jerry Moore who was fired in 1985 after compiling a 1637- 2 record in five seasons Four of Moore's assistants were named in the allegations None of the coaches involved is still Lit the school legs see in last year's Sugar Bowl and a 14- 10 loss to Penn State in this year's Fiesta Bowl Testaverde had eight Interceptions and one touchdown pass while completing 534 percent of his passes It is a criticism NFL personnel people say they're not taking seriously "Was Marino a Phi Beta Kappa?" said Jack Faulkner director of football operations for the Los Angeles Rams "Geez and all he's done is throw for about six million yards" Said Young: "People say those things about every prospect With (Atlanta offensive lineman Bill) Fralic it was that he needed to work on his pass blocking That's because he didn't do much of it in college Hell Testaverde is a young quarterback Of course he's going to have some trouble with defenses What you're Judging though is potential and the potential is there with him "They used to say that Johnny Unitas threw into coverage Well he'd throw into coverage and complete It They used to say Bobby Layne didn't throw a tight spiral All he did was throw the ball end-over-end into the Hall of Fame" is ce ap-tar- ed ch ing tes)ut on he ost lor lly his ire Leh to ng nd h's on -58 of he ee ed Its )se he alf Id he ne to 1 Pt 0 3 10 24 2 Ts 1-0 1 21 It 2 way P13' a' 0 4 10 10 1 4 0 6 8 3 lie: cal is ce re as to op- tar- ed ms ch an- g- an- aal aid ng id- ble es- mt on he he II" ost tor Ily :03 his ire eI- lel- in to ng nd b's on 8 -5 of he Id- m- all 'ee ed ts Ise he alf let alf no id be ne to er I Rs 3 10 24 7 se 1-0 21 1112 way pii a 4 10 10 2- 0 14 a (To ri bill: CM Star-TolerantRON JENKINS TCU shortstop Fred Benavides throws to first for an easy out in the first game of a doubleheader Testaverde has NFL world by the arm Hartman hit the ball real well for us" Mc Broom said The Longhorns had four of the day's five home two from right fielder Kevin Garner his second and third of the season Sophomore outfielder Craig Newkirk from Galveston Ball had three triples a single and five RBI in four at-bats Texas' Dale Ray (1-0) won the first game Steve Foster (0-1) was loser giving up nine earned runs The opener was tied at 5 after five innings until Texas turned two hits into four runs in the sixth thanks partially to one of Garner's home rims The Mavericks held a 7-5 lead after three innings in the second game Newkirk ignited a threehit Texas run What kind of impact Testaverde can have as a rookie is another thing altogether Tampa Bay which finished 2-14 last year has the first pick in this year's draft If the Bucs do not trade it Testaverde likely will be playing behind an offensive line that allowed 56 sacks in 1986 "I don't think anyone can have an immediate impact" said Gil Brandt personnel director for the Dallas Cowboys "Dan Marino is the first quarterback in the history of the NFLIto be voted as a starter in the Pro Bowl his rookie year but he went to an established team (Miami rNIL Year Att 1982 12 1984 11 1985 334 1986 328 Totals 724 Year 1982 12 1984 34 1985 352 1988 328 Totals 724 ZESTAVERDBASSTANISTICSOISIONSOMININISSIONOM Comp Pct Yards Avg Long ID Int 5 417 79 158 25 1 0 21176 3a: a 27 4 201 617 2842 141 56 28 14 439 606 6343 144 88 48 30 AttComp Pct Yards Avg Long ID Int 5 417 79 158 25 1 0 17 500 184 108 19 0 1 216 814 3238 150 88 21 15 201 617 2842 141 56 28 14 439 606 6343 144 88 48 30 from Page 1 only 455 percent and was replaced veteran Bill Kenney say anything about Chuck Long He the Detroit Lions contract dispute and playing time as a rookie the final two games year with 40 pass has over all five everything pounds he is the award winner than 48" seconds dash by Young at the combine in Indianapolis the fastest doesn't rate with considered strong every pass required 65 yards downfield Dick Steinberg director development for patriots "He can the linebackers the mid-range Dolphins) under the right circumstances" Marino led the American Football Conference in passing as a rookie in 1981 In his second season he set league records for touchdown passes (48) yards (5084) and completions (382) But the Dolphins were a Super Bowl team the year before and the year after he arrived Elway by comparison was the first player chosen in '83 and struggled as a rookie He completed only 475 percent of his passes and threw twice as many interceptions as touciulown passes The Broncos were 2-7 the year before he arrived "My experience with John is that -rs ctizo 323331 2 MSS 10 DAYS 13 DOLLARS WE.