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^ Pep Talk
Bombs. Air attack. Blitz.
Defend.
These words and words like
them are used all the time to describe
the action in pro football
games. But in light of what's happening
right now in the Middle
East you probably didn't think about
football when you read those
i words.
Let us consider for a moment
the definition of an athlete. According
to Webster's Dictionary an
athlete is "a person trained in acHtritian
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stamina, etc."
All of our soldiers have been
through extensive training. Arguably,
the "strength" levels of
many of our soldiers match and/or
surpass those of many professional
athletes. (How many people would
feel confident charging up a hill
behind defensive lineman William
"The Refrigerator" Perry?)
The level of mental, physical,
and emotional stamina which is required
of soldiers involved in
'round-the-clock war fighting activities
is much more vital than the
stamina level needed to compete in
even championship football games.
Many Americans were shocked
on Monday when National Football
League commissioner Paul
Tagliabue stated that the NFL "had
no plans to cancel Sunday's
championship games."
Deservedly so, many long-time
pro football fans were outraged by
Tagliabue's sobering, seemingly
i unconcerned handling of the prospect
of war. His comments were
particularly lacking in sensitivity
towards the millions of fans who
have friends or close relatives
serving in the Middle East.
What is worse is that the NFL
was given a wonderful opportunity
to redeem itself to some of the
fans it offended.
Instead, they poured salt on an
already gaping wound.
"The league will have no further
elaboration on what we said last
Monday," commented NFL
spokesman Joe Browne in an official
statement on Thursday. "Like
the rest of the nation, we're closely
watching the news of the events."
Gee, thanks guys. I guess that
means you'll be watching CNN
until game time. It's a big sacrifice
but maybe you could even skip the
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know you don't want to miss anything
important!
Earlier in the season Tagliabue
decided to move next year's Super
Bowl from Phoenix bemuse an act
which would have made Martin
Luther King Jr.'s birthday a state
holiday in Arizona was narrowly
defeated in a state election. Because
Tagliabue is such a great admirer
of the late, great Dr. King, I
will borrow from King's now immortal
words.
To the NFL and Mr. Tagliablue
I would like to declare that I have
a dream too. (It's quite a simple
one actually.) My dream is that the
NFL would pay a little more attention
to the heroics and tragedies
that are being played out on the
desert battlefields of the Middle
East for the next few days and pay
a little less attention to those
which may unfold on the playing
fields in Buffalo and San Francisco
on Sunday.
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By PATRICK VILLEGAS
Assistant Sports Editor
With war beginning minutes before
the Metro Conference basketball
game between USC and Virginia
Tech Wednesday, much of the
pic-game acavny was lucusea on
the U.S. air strikes and bombing
raids rather than on hoops and
dunks.
Although none of the Gamecock
players were aware of the attack
on Iraq before the game, chatter
and questions among 11,328 fans,
coaches and media, the immediate
concern of war was apparent.
USC head coach George Felton
was watching the events unfolding
before tip-off.
"I'm watching CNN and there's
a war, and I tell you, it put's a lot
of things in perspective," Felton
said. "You're sitting there, and all
of the sudden there's missiles and
rockets, and there's a guy in a
hotel room seeing an oil field go
up in fire. It takes a lot out of
you."
Despite the events overseas, the
game was played as scheduled.
The Gamecocks, after struggling
USC womei
By JENNIFER BAUER
Staff Writer
The Lady Gamecocks beat
Clemson with a 75-62 win Wednesday
giving them their eighth
straight win.
"I was sure it would be a competitive
game. We had a much
improved team effort from our last
game against Clemson," said USC
head coach Nancy Wilson.
The last time the Lady Gamecocks
played Clemson (on December
8,1990), they lost 40-73.
USC had an 11 point lead at
9:00 in the first half. They maintained
that eleven point lead until
the 4:30 mark. Then the Tigers began
to chip away. They ended the
first half with a 35-32 lead.
Senior guard Karen Middleton
shot six 3-point shots throughout
the game and finished with a total
of 27 points.
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through the first half of Wednesday's
game and falling behind by
as many as 12 points, regained
complete composure in the second
half to dominate the Hokies,
83-67.
Barry Manning and Jo Jo English
paced the Gamecocks scoring
attack with 20 points each, and Joe
Knew iouna tne cnaniy line to nis
advantage, scoring 10 of his 18
points on the line, to help pull
away from Virgina Tech.
Manning tied his career high of
20 points, and the rest of the starting
five all finished the game in
double-digits.
At 12:30 in the first half, USC
fell behind 20-12 with the help of
the Hokie's top player, Anthony
Moses, who scored 15 points in
the first half and finished the game
with 29 points.
"Moses had a great first half and
did an outstanding job," Felton
said. "They got in a rhythm, and
that can happen."
After the disappointing start, a
17-6 Gamecock rally in the final
six minutes of the half was capped
off by Edmond Wilson's crowd
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In the second half Clemson was
ahead 40-39 but Middleton came
back with two 3-pointers, pulling
Carolina back in the lead.
"Middleton played a tremendous
game and without her the game
could nave turned out drtlerently.
She had some real key plays,"
Wilson said.
Sophomore center Marsha Williams
also contributed with eight
points in the first half and 12
points in the second half.
"The team did very well all around
both offensively and defensively,"
said Wilson.
Overall, Wilson said she was
very pleased with the progress of
the team and their attitude toward
the game.
The Lady Gamecocks will face
a Florida State team on Monday
night which,in the words of coach
Wilson, "are considered by some
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South Carolina continued to rol
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22 of their 47 second half point;
from the free throw line. At 8:1'
in the final half, USC took a 56-5!
lead on Rhett's two free throw:
and never relinquished th<
advantage.
"It was a hard fought game,
Felton said. "I compliment ou
team. We had to dig down dee]
and make some big plays."
The 22-ranked Gamecocks (13-:
overall and 3-1 in the Metro Con
ference) improved their home
court dominance over the Hokie!
(7-6 overall and 1-3 in the Metre
Conference) giving Virginia Tec!
a 3-12 record at Frank McGuire
Arena.
USC will play host to Florid
State and touted newcomer Dou
glas Edwards at 1 p.m. Saturday a
Carolina Coliseum.
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to be the number one team in the
conference."
Lest they look too far aheac
though, USC faces a tough chal
lenge tommorrow night as the)
travel to Blacksburg, VA to take
on the Lady Hokies of Virginia
Tech at 7:30 p.m. in Cassel
Coliseum.
The Lady Hokies attack feature:
junior guard Dayna Sonovick, th<
leading three-point shooter in the
Metro Conference. Also importan
In the Tech lineup should the game
come down to the wire is the
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freshman guard Sue Logsdon, whe
has capitalized on 91.5 percent ol
the free throws she has attempted
Logsdon is ranked sixth nationallj
and leads the Metro in free throw
shooting.
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