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-SH * THE GAMECOCK Sports August 8, 1984 ? Page 7 " B B - B fl I I tx-women s ^Kf-. L iSr Pam Parsons From Staff Reports Anthony Nelson, 24 years old and 1 birth, lived out a dream this summer. The USC student took leave from his the Navy to participate in the eighth anni pionships for the United States Asso Athletes ? and won a gold medal in thi When he won the event, which ini discus, 100-meter dash, 1500-meter rur long jump. Nelson said he could hardly 441 want to say I was elated," he said, quite get across how 1 felt. 1 was really e> tie relieved. "Going into the championships, I tho but I jammed my knee before the event do mv best." 1 ^?SBEh^^ ^^BBpfei3j?:i^j^?j! r^Ki^ijSi.-^f^d^^i tJ&Jc ' BS'-r^*?-.y-^i ; j i ' - ? ?, < Photo by Ray Gn A different perspective This USC student realizes the 5-meter high at the P.E. Center's natatorium is much highi and more dangerous ? than it looks. DasKetoaii co By Ray Gronberg Ex-USC women's basketball coach Pam Parsons and lormer player I ina Buck nave abandoned their libel"suit against Sports Illustrated magazine. Their decision follows the trial verdict in May that held that Parsons was not libeled when the magazine called her a lesbian and said she was sexually involved with Buck, r 1 1 one 01 ner piayers. U.S. District Judge Clyde Hamilton was notified July 31 that Parsons would not appeal the jury verdict, and that Buck was dropping her separate lawsuit. "Both have decided that they do not want I to pursue it any longer," explained Lewis Cromer, local attorney representing Parsons inrl R11/ ? 1/ uiiu liuv rv CROMER SAID Parsons had suffered physical and emotional distress because of the trial, and that both her and Buck wished to put the matter behind them, a "Of course, (my clients) are just glad it's I over," said William Pope, attorney for Time, Inc., which owns Sports Illustrated. While the rr ^azme is now free of legal entanglements resulting from the case, Parsons and Buck are not. I- Judge Hamilton asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to launch a perjury in takes gold in s[ Nelson also won a silver ar egally blind since long competition. The five-foot, five-inch, 1 summer job with power lifting after jeceivin jal national chain- 319-1/2 lbs. in the "dead lit ciation for Blind He also bench pressed 21 e pentathalon. lifted 295 lbs. in the "squat.' eludes the javlin, the shot put, sending the 16i anH fhp rnnninp Nekon also comneted believe it. specifically for blind athlete" "but that doesn't is played in a basketball-sizi ;cited. . . and a lit- Although the ball has a b< Nelson said the best athlete ught I could do it, ching their opponents off gu and wasn't able to state of South Carolina, pla The gold medal was Nelsc p...: : Iowimminy, wweii available at Blai n.. i l Ioy jus?[iii ruiuy USC's Blatt Physical Education Center is "second to none" when it comes to offering facilities to the university community. So said P.E. Center director Richard Ferriter, who added, "I've been all over the country and our facilities are as good as you'll find anywhere." Ferriter said in an average week the center attracts 5,000 students and faculty. He said the facility's biggest weakness is the limited space available. Citing the weight room as an example, he ^ w?arc 'jrin rh#? rr?r?m was pxnanded. p|;3aiu lvtv/ ^v?ia inv ? w... ? ?*-i ? but is still too small for the demand. "INADEQUATE SPACE is what hurts us most," he said. "When people know it's going to be crowded, it tends to discourage them from using the facilities." in addition tn individual recreation, the I building houses p.e. classes, the Intramural Sports Department and varsity athletics. The natatorium, which Ferriter said is considered one of the top five in the nation, is home for the Metro champion USC swim teams. USC's volleyball team also competes in the center, while other varsity Gamecock squads >ic? tho HniMino fnr nrartirp. U.JV iliv ^ A CURRENT validated I.D. card must be | 1 presented before entering the building, which \ , offers a variety of activities. ? With the I.D., sports equipment may be | checked out without charge at the equipment Wm issue window on the main floor. Lockers may be rented on a daily, semestei or yearly basis. Semester and annual fees in elude the the use of a locker, lock, swimsuit dive gym clothing,* towel and daily laundry servic< Br ? for the gym clothing and towels. Since the center's construction in 1971, j acn arops iidi vestigation, saying at the end of the trial it was "obvious that someone, or some ones ho have lied." ba to AN FBI spokesman said information gathered in the four-state investigation Ls would be turned over *o U.S. Attorney jo Dargan McMaster to prepare for a possible indictment. It is not known when the in- to vestigation will be completed. at Parsons' $75 million lawsuit resulted from a Sports Illustrated article, published after i i to/-. i-i ner dismissal oy usv? on it mis. inc dmuc k* said her program "was corrupt from top to th bottom." Charging that Parsons recruited players sc "with sex in mind," the article said she was cl fired for having a lesbian relationship with te one of her players. n Kccrumng violations, uiug uuu?c emu strife also characterized the USC women's n basketball program due to Parsons' actions, c; according to the magazine. t< P WITNLSSES TESTIFIED at this sum- - " mer's t;ia! that Parsons and Buck were sexuallv involved. s? Carolina basketball player Brantley s< Southers testified she saw Parsons and Buck 1 French kissing and embracing at the coach's a home in December 1981. a lorts chamDionsli id a bronze medal in the week- peting in the US/ and bronze medz 63-pounder took the silver in pentathalon, wre: g a perfect score for raising His record won t." tional Physically I he with tVpp weipht*; and New York. "Ne: ' He won the bronze medal for team." lb., solid steel ball 9.5 meters. Meanwhile, he in a team event designed tually no time of i. Called "goal ball," the game As treasurer sd court. USABA, he wil :11 inside so players can find it, visually impairec s learn to spin it silently, cat- "I have alwaj ard. His team, representing the ribbons from ji teed fourth. games also let rr >n's first in seven years of com- like doing new tl ihtlifting among m tt Physical Educat three-stage plan has been in effect to further the building's facilities. COMPLETED IN 1975, the second phase added two gyms and the swimming pool to the center, and Ferriter said the building is now ready for its third and final phase. "It's still at the discussion level," he said. "But we hope to have it completed within five years." . Construction plans for the third phase include more gyms and racketball courts, an I niMI MT' ' JWfc/ f^B W J 1 -^jfl ;.' < ' f *MBB|WWiriY1.|-f^^-ft*' 'ilWi Pumping iron L_LQ_Q *??1 --A- ^ -j- ? ^ - ^ ? ? ! ? A -. _ ?A??l-? &M >U^ U#>??/\U ; Udb siuaeni croon dbiiisiui suams uii hid ucntn i room is one of several recreational facilities in the cor * and racquetbafl courts, dance studios and classrobrfi: ei appeal Southers added Parsons often mentioned inosexuality and said to her, "You probly wouldn't like it at first, but you'd learn like it." On the last day of testimony, Babette De ly, a professed lesbian and former disc ckey at the Puss 'n Boots lesbian bar in Salt ike City appeared before the court testify that she had seen Parsons and Buck the bar frequently. DE LAY said the two danced together in a lysically intimate manner and introduced icmselves as lovers. Her appearance formed the basis of Par>ns' appeal. The former coach's lawyer aimed that allowing De Lay's surprise ;stimony was an improper exception to the nr\uominr? t nnccnc anH PviHntiPP JIV.l 5UVVI 111115 *? 111 IV^.IVO 14I1V4 v > ivtvuvv. Both parties in any trial must ordinarily be otified of the witnesses the other intends to all. But Hamilton allowed De Lay's istimony, saying the law permits witnesses reviously unknown to either side to step for'ard in the course of a trial. L7C Lay J> ICMlUIUIiy , CJCCVJI unig iu *? I WIIIV.I , ealed the jury verdict, which labelled ParDns as a lesbian and required her to pay "ime Inc.'s court costs. The costs will total at bout $28,000 before attorneys' fees are dded. r ups tor blind VBA games. But he has "over 20" silver lis for a variety of events, including the stling, track and field and weight lifting, hirrt an alternate spot in the 1984 InternaDisabled Games played this summer in <t year," he said, "1 want to be on the ha? alreadv hponn trainine. takine vir f after his recent triumph. of the South Carolina chapter of the II also spend time seeking sponsors for 1 athletes like himself. rs loved sports," he said. "Still have my inior and senior high. But the USABA le travel and meet people. . . and I really tiings." - " B -1 lANIf 1 Atllfltino idiiy abiiviucd ion Center indoor tennis court and running track and more activity rooms. Although not part of the third phase, construction of a "Fit Trail" is now underway behind the outdoor basketball and tennis courts. Ferriter said the trail should be completed by the fall semester. A reservation should be made to secure a squash, handball, racquetball or tennis court. Reservations or further information about the Blatt center made be obtained by calling 777-3186. Wr Jap j|^|j||^ 1 BE J^^^^sr^|^g^BBiP|L. BBtsI: ii^iiM' 1'1 111 '"|,'i, '' ~ ' , , Wk * ^pjhl press in the Blatt P.E. Center weight room. Th? nplex, which also includes the natatorium, squash , 1 The former USC women's basketball coach drop ped her libel lawsuit appeal last week. USC student