Birmingham Post-Herald from Birmingham, Alabama • 13

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Name of the game: no names Examples of NCAA improprieties in this arti-le were witnessed by the writer di 15 yean or verified by individuals I statute of limitations has cle were witnessed by the writer during the last Is involved expired First of two porta iBfflljSSfiSr assistant coach picked me tip at achooL He iving a new car He gave me the key and told me to im to the airport Wha we got there he said we me I laid What about the He aaid 'Keep it yours' 1 drove the car to school the next day Aa I was parking it my (high school) football coach walked by He asked where I got the car I told him He said Give involve institutions in and outside of the SEC An- requested by Individuals for them schools and the players i me those keys1 1 never saw the car again "I go to the school that tried to give car Not for that reason" 33 me the The man to 15 who was the enforcement staff has grown from one Investigators and five supervisors corrupting influence in intercollegiate athletics is those inflamed undeveloped alumni and boosters who have enlarged egos and retarded maturity who seem to get a kick out of bribing 18-year-olds to come play for weir institutions" said Byers who retired two years ago "After the game I walked across the field to say opposing team who was from When a fledgling National Collegiate Athletic Association faced the reality that some of its members were cheating it turned to Walter Byers and asked him to clean it up Byers was the first executive director and one of only two NCAA employees in 1951 The other was a secretary Among duties was to enforce the rules Nearly 40 years later the NCAA has a staff of 190 people and governs more than 1020 members with more than 270000 male and female athletes Cheating has inflated as well hello to a player on th (the state oflAlabama Please tara on the tara to CHEAT page B4 i' Magic fit definition of hero Bandits get Chinookered A Small crowd sees debut By Chet Fussmaa ftat-Harald Rapertar The curtain rose oo the ham home debut last i but everything else fell flat Playing to an announced crowd of 257 at State Fair Arena the new Continental Basketball Association team overcame an early 16-point deficit then stumbled in the final minute and fori 102-100 to the Tri-aty Chinook The Bandits but guard Anthony Houston on a shot through traffic with three seconds remaining As disturbing as the loss was more alarming to the winless Bandits was the surprisingly large number of empty sate The crowd appeared much smaller than the number announced "I wu disappointed in the way we but I was rally disap-in the crowd" said Bandits coach Mo McHone a home-court advantage If anything it was a home court Team officials had anticipated a crowd of at least 3000 but the small turnout may be a reason the Bandits came out flat said guard Jim Farmer who scored Just five prints disappointed myself and I was disappointed in the The Bandits won three of a possible seva points winning the second third and fourth quarters In the CBA three points are awarded for a victory ana one for winning each quarter The loss dropped the Bandits who opened the season with two road losses to 0-3 Tri-City (Wash) is 2-2 all on the road The Ion overshadowed another strong performance from former University of Alabama star Micabel Ansley who scored 38 points and grabbed 17 rebounds points are great but rather have wins" Ansley said I 1 i- I I -if' 4 i Banditslsummaryg TrtOty CHnock 102 BtrmirxyiBm Bendtts 100 STAR: Mfchael Ansley scored a season-fty 38 points and grabbed 17 rebounds KEY 8TAT: The Bandtts made only 28-of-38 tree throw NOTEiTNs wattie Bandts' home debut In Birmingham The team relocated from Pensacola Fla carter this year and opened the season with two road QUOTE: wu dsappokited in the way we played but I wu realy awapposnea si me crowd aaid Bandtts coach Mo Met tone NEXT! Atoany Patroons at Birmingham 7:05 pm Friday The Bandits after falling behind orly tied the game999 1 Skater Henry I tied the game 99-99 a a shot with 1:81 remaining But Calvin Duncan responded with a three-pointer that turned out to be the winning shot i After fra throw cut the lead to 102-100 the Bandits rebounded a missed shot ailed timeout and set upa play for fir-ward Chris Collier The play worked fine except Collier never got the ball wu wide open but nobody aw him" McHone said "But give difficult to get the bail to them credit they ms get the ball to Houston tried to weave his way through traffic but his shot misfired and time expired Forward Donald Royal led Tri-City with 80 points while Duiicgn added 23 hitting nineof-12 shots Center Jim Usevitch scored 11 add blocked seva shots Michael Cutright scared 18 for the Bandits who were plagued throughout the game by poor free-throw (26for 38) shooting torn to BANDITS page B3 Bearden No 6 on the Most 11 prints iO list avera rebounds and 15 bl shots last The Blazers are interested in several other players but it is unlikely they will sign anybody else today Brown averaged 24 points a ganje for St Lakewood High School last season "I will take four if we get the fokr we Alabama bead coaqh Sanderson aid yesterday od recruit-- that would be a good ing year for us "Right now four would put jit our limit But with many new players we have this year know if they will all want to! stay around However this is all wr expect to sign for right Post-Herald reporters Can' Estes Ray Melick and Richard Scott contributed to this report announcing publicly that he has tested HIV positive the precunor of the virulent AIDS virus Magic Johnson barton referred ton "a great by everyone from George Bush on down And tri i even invited Johnson to Join the National Commission on AIDS Certainly perforinance on the basketball court is legendary So are the countless hours and millions of dollars he has helped raise for charitable causes Like millions of Americans I feel badly for him and hope Johnson can beat the almost impossible odds he now frees But the nagging question remains: Is Marie Johnson the hero that -President and many in this country want to make him out to be? blyneiS! big word moat badly misused i English language Heroes are men ana women who partiepated on the streets of America the other day in Veterans Day celebrations Men and women with no arms or lea being pushed in wheelchairs stiu smiling still waving the flag of the red white andblue for which they fought A hero is a young kid like Ryan White an innocent victim of the AIDS virus Magic Johnson should not be called a hero simply because he has contracted AIDS and stepped forward to admit it To be an effective spokesman Johnson needs to adjust his message and hopefully he will Johnson has not talked of the error of his behavior Instead he has seemingly taken a cavalier attitude that he lost a numbers game while failing to practice safe sex Unfortunately this is a flawed message Before little kids looked up to Cy Young goes to Glavine 1 Regrettably he is not Hero is a' AMDCtatadPMi ATLANTA Tom Glavine who 20 games and led the Brava to the fim World Seriesin history won the National Cy Young Award yesterday The left-hander 25 became the youngest pitcher to win the award since Dwight Gooden of the New York Metsdid it at age 20 in 1985 excited It rally set In Glavine aid during a news conference at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium "In a couple of weeks it will probably hit me as to what happened" Glavine the NL's starter in the All-Star game was 20-11 with a 255 eamed-run average "I think I put up some pretty good he said Just nappy Johnson they looked up (even at Wilt Chamberlain we find that while we were craning our necks to applaud Chamberlain he was rattling box nckboards srlyrele View From Chamberlain said: I had to count my sexual encounters I would be closing in on 20000 different Before you break out the pocket calculator that averages out to 12 women perday since he reached puberty I guess you could say that not only was duunberlain the scoring leader on the court but of itaswelL t- Until Earvin Johnson When some media reports earlier to link Ji this week attempted to to tbe Los Angela gay community his agent Lon Rosen denied it UTfce reason nothing like this has ever surfaced is because one of the biggest ladies' men of our time tame trouble in today because he took it to extremes He Just hopes everyone he's had contact with is taking a test" certainly that is considerate now it? of USA Today perhaps the closest follower of the NBA in the business wrote: "At the same time as much as I'm shocked not shocked promiscuous bachelor lifestyle these last dozen I doubt he has ever heard the word left him brutally exposed Even in this day and age of AIDS an awful lot of us around the same every city The truth of the matter is Johnson is now suffering the consequences of his promiscuous behavior He ha not admitted his moral failings Instead on the Arsenio Hall show the other night he preached safe sex statingthat the youth of America need to "put on their -thinking cap and a cap down While this may sound hip it is not the right message There are grave consequenca of delivering such a message which puts youths in the dangerous position of exposure to the AIIX5 virus Please tan to FINEBAUM page B3 Tom Glavine 25 waa 20-11 some other people recognized it The only thing that could have made this year any better than thii would have been winning the World Series" Please tara to GLAVINE page B5 11 Karim Shamat-BuhaPost Herald Birmingham Bandits forward Michael Ansley (42) drives to the hoop againts Tri-City Chinook defender Donaa Royal during the Bandits7 homo opener last night at State Fair Arena Tide expects to sign three maybe four Brown rated among the top 80 players by The Sporting News joins forward Wade Kaiser of Vestevia Hills rated the top player in the state in the Birmingham "10 Most list and point guard Marvin Orange of Columbia SC one of the top print guard prospects in the South as jjlayers who have committed to Ala- A fourth player 6-foot-5 forward Shon Peck Love currently of Three Rivers (Mo) Junior College is expected to announce his intention to sip with the Tide today returning home to Tuscaloosa where he played for Central High School Auburn is still actively pursuing one of the nation's top prospects Mark Hutton a 8-8 forward from Barton County (Kan) Oommnnity College He is said to be leaning heavily toward Auburn but hai not announced his verbal commitment From staff reports TUSCALOOSA Wimp son expects today to sign the top player in the state one of the top point guard proapects in the South and a forward rated among the top 80 players in the country by The Sporting News And if everything goa well he will add the name of a former Central of Tuscaloosa star well Auburn could sign many three players today while UAB is counting a signing only one 6-8 225-pound forward Jeremy Bearden ofGardendale The Crimson Tide hu four scholarships to rive and expects to use them all today the first day of the early signing period for basketball Alabama picked up its third commitment yesterday when forward Anthony Brown of SI Petersburg Fla said he intended to sign with the Tide today Michael Dawes Barton County's sports information direction said Hutton is interested in signing his national letter of intent today Dawes said Hutton hu indicated Auburn is still at the top of his list with Kentucky still in the running Lance Weems a 8-8 print guard from Clay County High School and the third-rated player a the "10 Most list is expected to sign with Auburn today Auburn Is also expected to sign Rodney Dent a 8-10 center from Odessa (Texas) College Dent signed with the Tigers a year ago and wu expected to enroll this fall but complete his degree in time Dent hu one history clan to com- Kthis fall before he can join Au- Technically that maka him a recruit again but Odessa coach Dennis Helms hu said Dent will still sign with Auburn.