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Harding apologizes
At a Wednesday morning press conference, an obviously shaken g
Tonya Harding admitted knowing of her husband's and bodyguard's
involvement in the attack on rival skater Nancy Kerrigan. ?
She said, however, that she did not know of the involvement of the
two men until after the attack. Harding then apologized to Kerrigan and w:
to her fans that have stood by her through the entire incident. 9
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^oiiege oasKeiDaii near-upsets
Both the No. 2 and No. 3 teams in the nation escaped Wednesday a
from near disasters with last second dramatics at home. 8a
At Durham, N.C., the No. 2 Duke Blue Devils barely got past the sp
Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Marty Clark's tip-in with three seconds G;
left. Notre Dame entered the contest a 25-point underdog, but led most or
of the way until Clark's game-winner.
Grant Hill led Duke (14-1) with 21 points, while Monty Williams
scored a game-high 34 for the Irish (5-12). Pr
At Lawrence, Ks., the No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks avoided an upset when
Steve Woodberry hit a three-pointer with only 1.3 seconds left to lift the w'
Jayhawks over Big Eight rival Oklahoma State. re'
Woodberry led Kansas (>18-2) with 17 points on five of seven three- 'n
pointers. Brooks Thompson paced the Cowboys (13-6) with 23 points.
No. 19 Georgia Tech was not as fortunate, as they were upset by N.C.
State 84-78 in Raleigh. The Wolfpack (6-10) jumped out to a 17-point is'
lead only to watch the lead shrink to three late in the contest. But N.C. P?
State held on to win only their second ACC game of the season.
Georgia Tech, loser of three of their last four, have fallen to 11-6 in
overall and 2-4 in the conference. James Forrest scored 28 to lead the
Vpllow Jackets. 8U
St. Louis avenged their only setback of the season as they defeated
No. 22 Marquette Wednesday. The Billikens won easily behind Erwin 25
Claggett's 23 points and split their season series with the Warriors.
Marquette won the previous meeting last week. ,
No. 21 Maryland moved into a first-place tie in the ACC after downing m(
Clemson Wednesday. Duane Simpkins matched his career-high with 18 sta
points to lead the Terps (12-3, 5-1). Clemson (10-8, 1-5) was led by Kyle rel
Freeman who had 16 points. Mc
Freshman sensation Joe Smith, the conference's leading scorer, had only 30
14 points, eight below his season average.
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Shuler to Bengals? ?r
The Cincinnati Bengals appear to be interested in using their No. 1 so
draft pick on University of Tennessee quarterback Heath Shuler. re*
Bengals' head coach David Shula, offensive coordinator Bruce Coslet s'v
and quarterback coach Ken Anderson traveled to Knoxville Tuesday to
meet Shuler. Cincinnati may now be looking to trade quarterback David wa
Klingler. Klingler was the No. 1 pick in the 1992 draft. scc
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Possibility of Jordan playing baseball rises S
Chicago White Sox general manager Ron Schueler is apparently leaning
towards signing Michael Jordan to a contract. Schueler, a former
major league pitcher, threw curveballs to Jordan and said that he ?
thought Jordan adjusted well.
Jordan, who has been taking batting practice every day, has said that
he would be willing to spend a year in the minors if the White Sox
think he has the potential to eventually make the major leagues.
Graf, Sanchez to meet in Australian Open
Steffi Graf defeated Kimiko Date 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday to advance to the final of
the Australian Open. Graf disposed of Date in one hour and one minute.
Graf will meet Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in the final. Sanchez Vicario
beat Gabriela Sabatini 61, 6-2 in the semifihals. The match lasted only
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The men's semifinals include three Americans. Pete Sampras and Jim
Courier square off in one semi, while Sweden's Stefan Edberg will take
on the U.S.'s Todd Martin in the other match. It will be Martin's first
appearance in a Grand Sl;am semifinal.
Today's sports on TV
NBA Basketball: Golden State at Utah (TNT, 8 p.m.)
Tennis: Australian Open, women's final, at Melbourne, Australia
(ESPN 9 p.m.)
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ssistant Sports Editor had a game-high six assists. Rich
The USC men's basketball team aUo j'oi"ed Bostick and Watson in
is defeated Wednesday by the No. double-digit scoring with 10 points.
Kentucky Wildcats 79-67, in front Emmett Hal1 Played more than 30
a sellout crowd in Rupp Arena in m'nutes, but only scored points,
xington Ky However, he remained consistent in
The Gamecocks gave the Wildcats rebounding, grabbing nine boards,
surprising fight for much of the 'n Edition to Brassow and
me. USC (5-10) played impres- Prickett- ^ other Wildcats scored
vely in the first half. The m double di8itS: Rodrick Rhodes
tmecocks trailed Kentucky by only w'tb and ^onv Dclk with 12.
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minutes coming off the bench 15 ""rovers, with 11 of them comKentucky
head coach Rick Pitino ingthe "*""d half. At one point
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Indoor tennis tournament schedule
The Auburn, Lander and William & Mary men's tennis teams will con
Columbia for the USC Winter Indoor Invitational. Play begins at 8 a.i
Friday at the Indoor Facility.
Gamecock players will play at the following times:
8 a.m.
Jim.Panagopoulos vs. John Winter (William <5
John Steers vs. Joe Venezia (Auburn)
9:30 a.m.
Maxsy Jimenez vs. Enrique Rodriguez (Aubu
Ben Cook vs. Roberto Teofilo (Auburn)
11a.m.
Jorge Esqueda vs. Tommi Vilhunen (Lander)
Johan Wiig vs. Magnus Johansson (Auburn)
Jose Frontera vs. Brett Simpson (Lander)
1 p.m.
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Gamecocks shot better from the 16 second-chance points. Carolina
free-throw line than the Wildcats, only grabbed 10 offensive
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