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CBS, SEC might strike deal
SEC athletics directors met yesterday in Birmingham, Ala., an
rumors of a possible contract with CBS to televise the conf
ence's football and basketball games.
CBS Sports President Neal Pilson said "conversations are goi
nn " hut he wasn't oreoared to comment further on the reooi
CBS recently lost its NFL broadcasting rights.
SEC teams are part of the 64-member College Football As:
ciation, which has a contract with ABC-TV through 1995. If t
SEC were to bolt for CBS, it could lead the way for other ?
ferences or individual schools to negotiate their own deals. T
CFA is composed of all the major conferences except the Big
and Pacific 10.
CBS apparently wants to package the SEC and the Big E
conferences for a possible $25 million to $30 million. With i
Big 10 and Pac-10 under contract to ABC, the SEC/Big East pa
age could leave conferences such as the Southwest, Atlantic Co
and Big Eight without any television deals by 1996.
Blue Devils, Tar Heels set to battle
The newest No. 1 team in college basketball is the Duke B1
Devils. Their first task of staying at the top is a tough one as tl
travel the 10 or so miles down highway 15-501 to challen
the No. 2 UNC Tar Heels Thursday. Duke (15-1) leads the A<
with only one conference loss. UNC (17-3) has lost at Geor
Tech and Virginia in conference play.
The upset bug continued Monday as No. 25 Missouri rac
past No. 4 Kansas 79-67 in Columbia, Mo. The Tigers (15-2,
0 Big Eight) were paced by Melvin Booker's 16 points a
now lead the conference by two games. The Jayhawks (19-3,
2 Big Eight) were led by Steve Woodberry's 19 points.
Richland NE's Davis arrested
Richland Northeast High School basketball star Nicky Da
was arrested on armed robbery charges Saturday night. Da
allegedly held a BB pistol to the back of a man's head. Davis a
a cohort were apparently to be paid $50 each by Clarence Jose
II for robbing a man of his Rolex watch.
Richland NE is ranked ninth in this week's USA TODAY Su|
25 high school basketball rankings.
Baseball signings
The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms Monday with th
baseman Robin Ventura on a four-year, $20,575 million contn
Ventura, who hit .262 with 22 home runs and 94 RBIs this p
season and won his third consecutive Gold Glove, now has inc
tives in his contract for MVP and Gold Glove awards.
The white Sox now have $50 million invested in the corn
of their infield. They signed first baseman Frank Thomas t
four-year, $29 million contract extension Oct. 26.
Designated hitter-outfielder Bo Jackson won't be returning
the White Sox, however.
On Monday, Jackson signed a one-year contract wort
possible $2 million with incentives to play with the Califor
Angels.
The Atlanta Braves agreed to terms Monday with pitcher K
Mercker, and the St. Louis Cardinals signed veteran pitcher F
Sutcliffe to a minor-league contract and invited him to spr
training.
Today's sports on TV
College Basketball: Maryland at Virginia (ESPN, 7 p.m.)
Loyola (III.) at DePaul (WGN. 8 p.m.)
St. John's at Villanova (ESPN, 9 p.m.)
NBA Basketball: Orlando at Atlanta (TBS, 7:35 p.m.)
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Arena at 8:05 tonight to take on the t'ie SEC. 1
5{> men's basketball team. rebounds;
he The game will be televised by Jeffer- ranks 24th
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omen for the Gamecocks (5-11, 2-5), ues on his c
who have lost all six previous tele- 'sh his care
vised games this season. The Tigers Emmett 1
(9-7, 3-4) lead the overall series, having ty- He's no
351 won two of the three meetings. 'n rebound
he Leading the Tigers this season are Wiley with
ck- Jamie Brandon, Clarence Ceasar and his past fou
ast Ronnie Henderson. Brandon, a senior more than :
forward, leads LSU in scoring with 17.3 Hall is a
a game and is tied with Ceasar, a junior 1-3 blocks
forward, in rebounding with 6.3 a game. and Hall in <
Ceasar is averaging 13 5 points and forward Anc
uc 3-5 steals per game. the team in
lcy Henderson, a freshman guard, is aver- game. Bost
ge aging 24 minutes a game but is sec- scoring.
CC ond on the team in scoring with 16.6 Junior p
gia points per game. He is LSU's best continued
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the Tigers are forcing 21.4 turnovers per Gamecocks
game. LSU has turned those turnovers percent frc
into 251 points, for an average of 15.7 team. USC
points per game. The Tigers are also its shots fr
good at turning the ball over them- fourth in t
vis selves, which they have done 264 times better agair
vis this season. 70.5 percer
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player Shannon Johnson was C
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tct. Week for the week of Jan. .. "CtefjTH C
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ers this season, averaged 34 *" 1
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blocks in two games. She shot f' 6. V f \
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ling with Auburn's Aubrey is held by Edmond W
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5.2 a game. Rich is also has shown potential.
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are shooting more than 65 After tonight's ?
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is hitting 68.8 percent of , , ,
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he SEC. USC is shooting are in the SEC- with 1
isc SEC foes, connecting on on'7 non-conference
it of its shots. USC will face Ole
stick, Emmett Hall, Donnie Saturday in Oxford,
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lessee State University, including 30 points in the
econd half, breaking the previous school record
?f 41 points set by Katrina Anderson in 1978.
The performance is the fifth-best all-time
:ffort in SEC history and the most since 1987,
vhen Georgia's Katrina McClain posted 43 points.
Friday against Georgia, she posted 21 of her 26
>oints in the second half to lead the Gamecocks
n scoring.
The Hartsville native leads the Gamecocks in
coring, averaging 24.7 a game, steals (52) and
issists (97). She leads the SEC in scoring and ranks
!0th in rebounding (6.5), 10th in field goal perentage
(47.1), fifth in three-point percentage (39 ),
12th in free throw percentage (67.7), fifth in assists
5.1) and fourth in steals (2.7). Nationally, Johnon
is ranked seventh in scoring.
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Women athletes tc
From Staff Reports rie iN
USC will honor 15 outstanding tor
women athletes at the beginning of ^igh
tonight's men's basketball game against ria,)c
LSU othe
The awards presentation is one of the ^.(
events USC will sponsor to celebrate j ^
National Girls and Women in Sports Day s
at the university. Two athletes from each ness
women's team will be honored.
Along with the presentation, the |eve|
women's teams will have a display on yj
the concourse level of the Coliseum on ?on
the Greene Street side. The display will pr0j
be available for viewing as the doors an(j
open for the women's game against Fur- brin
man as well as throughout the men's The
game. Girl
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Carolina serves two purposes," said Lau- datii
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