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Enough with 'I
Skategate.
Does anyone out there really believe that
Tonya Harding had absolutely nothing to do
with the attack on fellow skater Nancy
Kerrigan? Harding's ex-husband/boyfriend
and bodyguard have already been implicated,
and she still continues to play Ms. Innocent.
Yeah, and Ruby was just a concerned citizen
and extreme patriot when he shot Oswald.
Remember the "Texas Cheerleader
Incident." You know, the case where a moth
er in Nowhere, Texas, tried to have one of
her daughter's cheerleading rivals killed to
eliminate the competition. Considering that
HBO made a movie, oh, about three days
after that, how long will it be before we get
to see this version of "Ice Capades" on cable?
And honestly, aren't there many guys out
there who wouldn't have followed this event
if Kerrigan wasn't the hottest thing on ice
this side of Katarina Witt?
We're No. l...No We're Not.
See, North Carolina is No. 1 in college
basketball. Oh, hello Georgia Tech.
Well, then it's obviously Duke. It's not
when the Blue Devils lose to Wake Forest at
home.
Kansas? Kansas State 68, Kansas 64. Try
again, Toto.
That would leave UCLA in position to take
over the top spot. The Bruins host Arizona
Thursday night. Is there a trend developing
here?
Why can't any team hold the top spot? It's
simple. There are so many good players and
teams in the country that upsets are going to
happen night in and night out. Parity is still
the magic word. Don't be surprised if the
team that wins the National Championship
has at least five or six losses.
BThe Bigger They Are, The Harder They
Fall.
Remember back to the late 80s and early
90s when the biggest, baddest boys on the
NCAA hoops block were the UNLV Runnin"
Rebels. Welcome to 1994. Not only is Jerry
Tarkanian long gone, but apparently so is all
the talent.
Over the holidays, the Virginia Cavaliers
walked in to the Thomas and Mack Center
and spanked the Rebels before the home
folks. UNLV scored a record-low 39 points
in that contest. Attendance is down. The
crowd is beginning to boo their formerly
beloved Rebels.
And to make matters worse, the Rebels lost
their first home conference game in almost
six years Monday night to New Mexico
State. Somewhere, there are many members
of the NCAA infractions committee smiling.
It took more than a decade, but the commit
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Championship: Kansas City Chiefs 31,
Buffalo Bills 21.
Super Bowl: Chiefs 28, 49ers 27. Joe
Montana gets ring number Five, and everyone
finally has to admit that he is the greatest
quarterback of all time.
Rating the Recruiting.
New Gamecock football coach Brad Scott
has already begun to land some "blue-chip"
players. The player making people talk the
most is quarterback Anthony Wright, who
is rated by many scouts as a top QB prospect
coming out of West Craven High School in
Vanceboro, N.C.
Wright's athletic ability has many wondering
if Scott is going to implement the same
style of offense that he ran with Heisman trophy
winner Charlie Ward at Florida State.
According to other publications, there are
a lot of other talented scholastic players still
considering USC as one of their college
options.
Understatement of the Week.
"Our margin of error is very small" ?
Dallas Mavericks coach Quinn Buckner about
his team's 2-32 record.
Quinn, your team is just very, very bad.
You Want How Much Money?
Remember when Derrick Coleman turned
down about $13 billion (or something like
that) from the New Jersey Nets because he
thought he might want to test the free-agent
waters after the season?
Coleman might want to invest in a life
jacket. He's shooting at a 42 percent clip and
has sat out three Nets sames with back
spasms. The Nets have won all three of those
games.
Then Maybe the Bears Can Use Him.
Speaking of Michael Jordan...Does he really
think he can make a major league baseball
team? If MJ goes to spring training to try to
make the White Sox roster, he will embarrass
himself and major league baseball.
Yes, he's probably one of the greatest athletes
of our time, but hitting a 90 mph fastball
is probably the most difficult task in pro
sports. Jordan would be lucky to make the
Sox single-A team. Here's hoping he wakes
up and stays home.
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Current SEC standings
SEC Pet. All Pet.
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Aubun 1-3 .250 9-5 .643
Mississippi State Mml# m A-.250 .583
Arkansas 0-3 .000 9-6 .600
This veek's schedule
January 19 January 22
Tulant at Arkansas Alabama at South Carolina
DePail at Auburn Auburn at Arkansas
Louisville at Kentucky Vanderbilt at LSU
Vanderbilt at Ole Miss Tennessee at Mississippi State
Missi:sippi State at UAB
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Player of the Week
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USC ? Women's basketball
player Shannon Johnson was
named SEC Player of the Week for
the week ending Jan. 15. She posted
the conference's best singlegame
scoring performance of the
season with 38 points against LSU,
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lead the Gamecocks to victory.
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26.3 points, 8.3 rebounds, 6.6
assists, 3.6 steals and 1.3 blocks
during a three-game span in which
the Gamecocks recorded victories
against Western Carolina (114-56)
and LSU (90-82). Johnson registered
a double-double against each
team: 20 points and 11 assists
against Western Carolina and 38
points and 12 rebounds against
LSU.
The Hartsville native shot 47.5
percent from the field (29 of 61),
56.2 percent from the three-point
arc (nine of 16) and 70.6 percent
(12 of 17) from the charity stripe.
Against LSU, Johnson keyed"'a
29-11 USC run with 20 points wiih
the score 48-31 and 18:32 remaining
in the second half. This helped
bring the Gamecocks back to even
ground. She posted 10 points in the
final 5:11 to help USC pull away
and earn a victory. ~
David Mandrell/The Gamecock Johnson leads the GameCOCkS
the USC women's bas- this season in scoring, assists and
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USC 1-2 in Eastern Division of SEC
Current SEC standings
West SEC Pet. All Pet.
Mississippi State 4-0 1.000 10-2 .833 *
Arkansas 3-1 .750 12-1 .
LSU 2-2 .500 8-4 .667
Alabama 2-2 500 6-6 '!> .i
OleMiss 1-3 .250 7-6 .538 >
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Kentucky 3-1 .750 13-2 .867 |
Georgia 3-1 , J5Q
South Carolina 1-2 .333 4-8 .333
Vandcrbilt 1-3 8? SWmmmm.Tennessee
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This week's schedule
January 19 January 22
Alabama at LSU Florida at Alabama
Arkansas at Mississippi State South Carolina at Arkansas
Auburn at Ole Miss Auburn at Tennessee
Vandcrbilt at Georgia Ole Miss at Georgia ^
Tennessee at South Carolina Kentucky at Mississippi State'
January 23 LSU at North Carolina
Georgia at Texas , '"I
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