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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."
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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.
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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<
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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
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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
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' 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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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The former USC women's basketball coach drop
ped her libel lawsuit appeal last week.
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