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Sports the gamecock Wednesday, December 6,1989 IIP^jwS Kjlgf H^U. l^Br S V s5i Ml SJM A ?*?- ^ P^MP * Master rebounder Beth Hunt fights for a rebound in a match this past season. Hun was named the Tournament MVP in the Contel Fastbreak Fest thi past weekend in DeKalb, 111. Hunt scored 33 points and grabbed 1 rebounds in the championship game as USC defeated Northern Illi nois 87-84 in overtime. ^ jL 1 i .;fP W Your blood ied ^eb^y'sbaby" V ?:. Thank you for giving. Again and again. GIVE BLOOD, PLEASE RodCroM nf a f / / It brings out the be Happy9-LoCidays *jjg in all of us." /yy-uzM i x ^ | - y 631 Harden St. jS, * J^V LADIES $15 wash, cut R *T?e / i? A N GENTLEMEN ^ $10 wash, cut apartment & style 5 min. from USC reg. $13 Flexible lease term exp. 12-27-89 1 s\ n o 11 _ i,Z(KJ oeuroum$10 OFF m apts. available ALL HOLIDAY SPECIALS CHEMICAL ~eAnPdTn,S SERVICES W. Columbia 794-2948 exp. 12-27-89 RIVERBE ] Site for sta By BRANT LONG Assistant Sports Editor Mark Richardson, son of restaurant entrepreneur Jerry Richardson, announced Monday thai Dec. 15 would be the date that the site for the stadium of a possible NFL expansion team tithe Carolinas will be determined. Richardson, whose father has been trying tc attract an NFL team to the Carolinas since late - - 1* !1__ 1987, joined a partnersnip wnn nis laumy am other prominent business officials in Septembei 1989. He owns Richardson Sports in Charlotte. "We've spent the last three weeks evaluating all of the information we've had and gathering additional information," Richardson said "We're still doing that on a daily basis. We'v< got about a week and a half left, and we're stil shooting for that deadline, and I think we'll b able to make that announcement on that day." The four sites in contention for th< 65,000-seat complex are uptown Charlotte York County, S.C. (near Carowinds), across th street from Charlotte Motor Speedway and be tween Gastonia and King's Mountain in Gasto County, N.C. Richardson said there are many factors th; have to be weighed before determining the fin; location of the stadium on Dec. 15. "There are a lot of different issues, and we'v had to take a look at all of them," Richardso said. "There's the issue of how the traffic gel in and out That's a major factor to us. We nee to have the ability to get the fans in and out." According to Richardson, the NFL has guideline that says a stadium parking lot neec to be cleared within one hour after a game. R chardson and his associates are looking inl what kind of projects will have to be done i him foui SPORTS BRIEFS hind Jan I : I 1984. s Shame sets record Bay re< J for pass receptions Scsh" Former USC star wide receiver ^owton Sterling Sharpe has broken the Green Bay Packer record for pass receptions in a season, according J * to the National Football League to ac franchise. Sharpe caught eight passes for Steph; 169 yards in a 17-16 Packer win of the 1 over Tampa Bay Sunday, surpass- leyball ing Don Hutson's season record !989 G' for receptions set in 1942. Sharpe District has 77 catches on the season, three men's more than Hutson's 74. by the ( Sharpe, now in his second year, Directo has 12 receiving touchdowns this Thursda season and 1,252 reception yards. Pflug Sharpe's 12 touchdowns tie him 3.6 GP> for third on the season list, five be- every m hind Hutson's 17. Sharpe's 1,252 led the receiving yards currently places categor tVklX wn rail 1 WHERE CAN YOU CHECKS CA 945 SUMTER S 799-1596 (Next to Lizard's Tt * USC ID & Drivers Licer ^ We can also transf " prescriptions from THINK YOU'RE PREGNANT? S FIND OUT NOW. A confidential pregnancy test tak only minutes! Planned Parentho( S provides counseling, complete exams, low-cost birth control and i _ i _ ; aDoruon services. jpp Planned Parenthoo Caring, Convenient, Confidentia I4H 256-4908 I |"vgH off Forest Drive | n d i idium being "We need to sell this as a Carot linas franchise. We need the peoj pie from Greenville and Spartan1 burg, Columbia and Florence to } feel that this is their franchise." 5 Mark Richardson 1 ???????? r order to meet the guideline. "We've tried to assess what's the best for the ; fans' convenience," he said, "not the fans in l any one area, but for fans across the Carolinas . as a whole, what's going to be the easiest for all ^ of our fans ? not just one group of fans." 1 Richardson emphasizes that a team in the s Carolinas would be a regional team, not just a Charlotte team. i "We need to sell this as a Carolinas franch'? ise," Richardson said. "We need the people e from Greenville and Spartanburg, Columbia and Florence to feel that this is their franchise." n Richardson also said that NFL teams such as New England, Seattle and Denver are teams it that sell themselves regionally, d Richardson said some advantages to building the stadium in York County would be the abile ity to make the NFL team a true "Carolinas" n team. ts "The main advantage is that it allows us to d tie in the Carolinas concept that we are trying to market.. . .the franchise is going to be affila iated with Charlotte ? that's going to be the Is metropolitan market ? and tying in the stadium i- in South Carolina would probably give us a betto ter marketing angle to take it to everybody in in the Carolinas." th, but only 109 yards be- hitting percentage, s< les Lofton's 1,361 yards in block assists, total I blocks per game. i has also tied the Green She has earned nume :ord for most 100-yard such as being named I a a season with six, a re- and 1989 All-Metro holds with Hutson, Bill Teams and the 1988 A] and Lofton. gion Team. She was the Metro Conference I , , Week for the week of ( *haupt named ademic team Swimming st tnie Pflughaupt, a member takes fifth pi 5-15 Lady Gamecock vol- Jhe JJSC men's icam, was nall"-u -O the SqUa(j concluded their rE Academic AlPAmcrica schedule this pa 3 University Division Wo- finishing flfth in T ^ollcyball Team as chosen Uona]j a mcct fea[ari| -ollege Sports Information ^ t swim ? rs of America this past ^ meet> with six y* peting, was won by i haupt, a senior, maintains a Tennessee while the ^ in marketing. Starting in Texas Longhorns, the P latch in 1989 for USC, she team in the nation Lady Gamecocks in five second, ies this season including USC's top finishes rT3H i im a GET YOUR ENGINEE SHED? Y0UR1 Train to a be most comprehe est Qualified d< I 1-yr paid gradi graduate scho( T- competitive wit after 5 years. licket) Minimum qua ise Required -BSor msv er your backgroun home. ? Be26yrs. ?? ! Call For more info or )d also 5 tst ^ i m 2 E 1 i II considered, Richardson is still unsure about when the NFL will decide if and when they will expand, partly because of the recent change of the NFL commissioner. Former commisioner Pete Rozelle wanted a collective bargaining agreement, and in two years, two new teams would be playing. Richardson now thinks a new collective bargaining agreement will be negotiated in the next few months, and the NFL would possibly begin expansion in March or the spring of 1990. It would then take six to nine months to decide who the first expansion team would be. 'That would mean this time next year ? late 1990 ? we should find out whether we're going to be taken in the first wave of expansion," he said. "If we're taken in 1990, we'll probably begin playing in the fall of 1992. That's our timetable that we're working under, that is not the timetable set by the NFL." A temporary facility might be used if the or ganization nas a year ana a nair to two years before it begins play. The stadium cannot begin construction until the Carolinas learns if it will have a franchise. It will take about 24 to 30 months to build a playing facility. Other cities vying for a franchise are Baltimore, Oakland and St. Louis, which have all had a franchise before, and Memphis, Jacksonville and the Carolinas. "When you look at all the numbers, you understand exactly how strong the Carolinas market is and how much the Carolinas have to offer the NFL," Richardson said. "I'm getting to the point now that I think it's going to be hard for the NFL to say no to the Carolinas." 3I0 blocks, Mark Smith in the 200-yard blocks and breaststroke and the Gamecocks' 400 and 800 freestyle relay teams, rous honors Smith finished eighth in the 200 to the 1988 breaststroke with a time of 2:10.5. Conference In the 400 free relay, the GameLl-South Re- cocks used the team of Rick also named Havekost, Peter Cadwell, Brent 5layer of the Blackman and Tom DeJarnette and 3ct. 17. the team of Brian Benda, Jeff Dolm Prion Wonnofin onH TrvlH x anil) uiiu 11 xiuiiiiuiiii uuu i wu 1 UCld Lan? t0 P*ace eighth and 10th * respectively. ace In the 88 freestyle relay, Dennis swimming Mehan, Blackman, Hannafin and fall swim- Cadwell swam the Gamecocks to tst weekend their best finish in the three-day exas Invita- meet, placing seventh, ng some of USC's men's and women's earns. swim teams will now concentrate teams com- on final exams and the holidays sixth-ranked before returning to action against host team, Metro foe Virginia Tech on Jan. 6. to. 1 ranked The double dual meet will be held , finished at the Carolina Natatorium in the Sol Blatt P.E. Center starting at belonged to noon. Admission is free. MMT MCKEN AIIT WWIb EXCUSES DON7 SAVE LIVES. BLOOD DOES. 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