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"gamecock ?si>@ragg? ' EacIAVD r VrS VI By JIM CORBETT Foster's first game back in Asst Sports Editor uniform will be Jan. 2 " 7 against Iowa. Sophomore Cel. * Jimmy Tnnicrht's rnntpst whirh Foster, who was suspended can ^ seen on WIS starting j by USC Head Basketball at 9:00 pm, will be the first of ; Coach Bill Foster in (October, 13 Carolina basketball P has resumed practicing with games on television. Other's the squad according to slated for broadcast by Coach Foster. ESPN, RayCom-TV, CBSFoster, a 6-9 native of TV and ACC-TV during the g Greenville, was originally year include Saturday's I suspenueu iu wurn uui matchup with Clemson at some personal problems" Littlejohn Coliseum and the and was slated to rejoin the Florida St. game on Dec. 22, team on Nov 1. Coach ajso broadcast by RayComFoster extended the TV. suspension until Jan. 1 Foster started 26 of USC's because of a lack of im- 27 games last year and was provement. Foster has since t0pS on the squad, and 20th shown improvement in the nationally, in rebounding areas needed to rejoin the with 11.0 rebounds per game, team Coach Foster said. TT ac for ii7 o o qIca t hn 13 "This is the best I've seen Gamecocks' second leading I of him." Coach Foster said, scorer behind Zam [ ' "This (Foster's behavior) Frederick with 14.2 points !| has been a lot more of what per game. ? he was like last year with Foster helped the South us" capture the silver medal in l| "He's improved a lot in the the National Sports Festival areas that were a big con- in Syracuse, N.Y. during the cern >? summer. One of the most Foster, who missed the highly regarded players in | two came triD to Hawaii the state as a junior at Wade ; last week and worked out Hampton High hcnool m under supervision during Greenville, Foster sat out his that time, will not ac- sen,or feas?" because of company the team to personal problems Philadelphia to face Temple Foster enrolled at at the Palestra tonight Carolina in the fall of 1979 Coach Foster said. Jimmy but and , enrolled in the spring of 1980. Condemnation ABC's report on the NCAA investigation into the Clemson football program that was aired at halftime of the Pitt-Penn St. game on Nov. 28 has been roundly criticized by Clemson officials and other state dignitaries. Representative Eon Cobb has gone as far as drafting a resolution which condemns ABC and asks for an apology to the entire state from ABC for their airing of a negative report about Clemson just as the Tigers were on the verge of ? becoming the top-ranked football team in the nation. Wait a minute. Condemnations, apologies, even word that Clemson Ainienc uirector Bin Mci^eiian tnreatenea to pun tne Clemson-North Carolina game from national television if * interviews with Clemson's two chief accusers (eventually I aired the 28th) were broadcast during the Tigers-Tar Heel game? 1 Why? ( The main point of the recent condemnation of ABC is < timing. Clemson fans seem to think ABC planned to discredit < Clemson at their finest football moment. But no one knew i who would win the battle of Pennsylvania. If Pitt won, Clemson would have to wait until New Year's night for a shot ) at Number One. < < Another charge circulating around is that ABC ran the report to divert viewers away from the NBC-telecast-Orange Bowl-matchup between Clemson and Nebraska and to the Pitt-Georgia Sugar Bowl game to be televised by ABC at the same time. Bull. First of all, if Pitt beat Penn St. ABC wouldn't have a thing to worry about. The top-ranked Panthers against the second rated Bulldogs would be the game to watch New Year's night. If the Sugar Bowl didn't turn out to be a battle for the national championship, they would still get their viewers, especially if Clemson were to fall behind. Some people will try to watch both games at once. Secondly, ABC has to be "a nice guy" to everyone if they want to renew their NCAA television contract and keep loyal fans happy. Ninety percent of the things anyone on ABC telecasts sav are oositive. devoted to happy, upbeat stories about the nation's best collegiate football stars and schools. esumes Pr EBLlii I ^SlU , Considerationi liin Corbetl CThaT Asst. Sports Editor ^ntrib HWli*i IUMI IIIIMBHagMBMWreaMBBjBB&MMBBBgHMMBHtaHttBMB income Only rarely, like in the case of recruiting violations and in band. E nvestigations already in progress, will anything not com- It jus )limentary be said on ABC. When you think about it, ABC could have made Clemson INSP ook a lot worse. And the NCAA could be more severe with ^lpmsnn hv Hpalino with thpm lilro thpv HiH u/ith Miami Fin md put them on probation during the season. But maybe ^lemson's potential claim to number one has something to do squad i .vith that. March McClellan's threat to ABC is censorship in its crudest form. paraly Fortunately, journalists don't exist to promote or discredit Indii organizations, school or people. Just to report what's going dianap on. Like the Clemson investigation. ovatioi y r ii _ if __ l_ _ _l a. -l_ ml. _ m a a a OOrlOhf ii me uming is Daa, lougn. rne Tigers must iaKe meir r~ lumps like Miami, Fla., SMU, and the PAC 10 schools did. I ev? e* wonder how McClellan would feel if he was on the opposite M , side of the coin and would have to lose out on a big TV payoff because of a move like that ? .! ,11?? athleti ALOHA ALSO MEANS GOODBYE Com accide away f The men's and women's basketball teams and the football must b squad traveled to Hawaii for five games last week and it seemed like they took the whole Carolina athletic department in th with them. It seemed like anyone who had anything to do with being 1 I ISC snorts took off for Honolulu ? 1 ?? year-tii Except the band. people feel as Aside from the team's themselves and the cheerleaders, no ^ imtliAA UtllUC . HBfrawm Haagmi ; w1 Jimmy Foster reaches *or a re^ounc^ 'n 'ast , :l ^ jHB| year's Furman contest. tS The sophomore center W |P| *- has returned .to 1 practice with the Ji CBHhMRPIH varsity squad but is still ?n SUS^enS'?n unt'' V #>>?:. ^J| 'ft',: - -^y:- ' ! & :?&&& j *tu " '" 3& >X*:.-. ' , Inspiration >n campus serves to incite the crowd with their per^ ce and generally represent the university well during 1 and basketball seasons. Granted, it would have cost *>" "? "! *?ll onn nine mnmKopc tn Hawaii for fl ww>k lllll lu dCiiuaii uvnrpiuo iiiviiimv&o tv ? , even as high as $1,000 per person, but remember, j a was on ABC-TV twice this year. gave the athletic department, which makes annual utions to the University and made a substantial loan Jniversity earlier this semester, around $500,000 extra . Maybe even enough extra income to pay for the Jut they didn't go. t doesn't seem fair. IRATION ma's Landon Turner was a key member of the Hoosier that captured the NCAA basketball championship last . During the winter he was in an automobile crash that zea mm irom me cnesi aown. ma's opening game with Miami of Ohio in In- j olis, Ind. brought the expected warm and emotional i from the IU fans and Turner's teammates an<J ;s. But Turner, designated team captain for the yeai%> more than mere applause from those around him. le pre-season Big Ten basketball press conference in iber, Indiana Coach Bobby Knight spent half his time I uhnilt Tlirnpr tho ftthor Half ahnnt nhaotinrt in , , I.U.. WWWUV V-"V-UUH6 ... *,V.?v,b~ cs. meriting on visits to Turner's hospital bedside after the nt Knight said, "each time the person seems to go eeling pretty good. If he could do that for someone, he e doing well." is time of holiday giving and receiving, of loving an&i ! oved, all of us should take an example from the 21d man in the wheelchair. If we can make only half the we meet in our daily, relatively problem-free world | good as Landon Turner makes people feel this world a better place.