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Wednesday, February 9, 1994
Mike tal
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Why?
I just don't under- J
^ stand it. I think
Michael Jordan might
not even know why
he's doing it. For
some reason, the best
player ever to lace up B5
a pair of sneakers rp
now wants to put on 1011]
baseball cleats and -*
try to live out a child- Spc
hood fantasy...in front
of the watchful eyes of the whc
sporting world.
When Jordan retired from tl
NBA in the fall, he said he want<
k to escape the public eye, relax ai
play golf. Playing a 162-game se
son (or more in the White S(
case) during the span of sev<
months hardly sounds like "
A, R "
So, now that Chicago has sign*
MJ to a minor-league contract, I
will report to spring training aloi
with about every reporter on tl
planet and thousands of fans wl
will flock to Florida to catch
glimpse of their hero.
Jordan said he isn't and nevi
has been afraid to fail. Let's ho{
he means what he says.
Of course, if by some mirac
Jordan ends up actually bein
(gasp!) good, the U.S. governmei
had better start running some tes
on him to see what planet he'
really from.
Harding a disgrace.
I hope the U.S. Olympi
Committee does the proper thin
and decides to keep Tonya Hardin
from going to Lillehammei
Norway, for the figure skatin
competition. Harding represenl
everything people from around th
* world think of as the "ugl
American." The USOC should sus
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petition, if for no other
reason than for the
way she wears her
hair in that pony tail.
Fogler's Fortitude.
Gamecock basketn
, ball coach Eddie
f Oanion Fogler should be
Hbb? commended for some
irts Editor of the things he
HASN'T done this
>le season, like slit his wrists or hang
himself. The things his team have
tie done to him this year would proband
bly be considered crimes in other
id countries. USC has blown seconda
half leads numerous times and also
>x has come back from deficits only
jn to fall short in the end. The fact
R that Fogler doesn't at least have an
ulcer (to my knowledge he doesn't)
2d says something about him.
le
ig Prediction Corner.
le One more time, and if I get
10 THIS one wrong, I will quit giving
a picks forever.
Clemson 73, USC 65.
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)e Will Buddy be a good buddy?
Phoenix Cardinals owner Bill TP
le Bidwell fired coach Joe Bugel
g against the wishes of most Phoenix
it players and fans. So, the logical
ts thing for Bidwell to do would have
s been to hire a soft-spoken, low-key the
coach who is well liked by every- Fon
body. Instead, Bidwell hires the mar
most volatile coach this side of cou
c Mike Ditka. Buddy Ryan. Whether of":
g the Cardinals will accept Ryan sep;
g with open arms remains to be seen. B
r, The Cardinals are, of course, the a he
g team that usually wastes its No. 1 equ
:s pick on a player no one has ever sue!
e heard of. I sometimes wonder if wor
y some of their picks really exist. navi
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d like to dedicate this column to watcl
men and women of the Armed cock1
:es. It takes a special breed of hu- those
i to step in front of a bullet for this work
ntry, although it's the same type huggii
special" that gets you placed in a 1 ane'
irate school as a youth. Pa<^s :
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ut, I digress. My topic for today is wn
>t one in collegiate sports: gender ' ^'r
ity. I can't figure out why there is sPorts
i a large gap between men's and 1 m r
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nen's sports. Doctors in Scandi- j a ^
a have figured out a way to close
gap, I understand, but their methare
a little bit drastic. gen itod
(or Eddie Fogler, as he is fillip
id by some in these parts) forgive |
but women's athletics are simply oft
e fun to watch than men's. crotcl
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? his wad of chewing tobacco leyball teams,
lis right appendage. Some sports writers esf
:ourse, maybe if there was more joy women 's events. Bei
1 grabbing in women's sports, credibly underpayed tale
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David Mandrell/The Gamecock
'he Lady Gamecocks lost to the No. 2 Lady Volun>men's
sports
ttendance we can find it. And because fewer
gher. people take advantage of the VIP buf;ason
I pre- fet at women's games, there are more
athletics is chicken wings for the aspiring scribe.
2n away. In Gamecock basketball fans have a
ncreasethe good reason for preferring the
dismal at- women's team. The ladies win every
^caused, 1 once in a while. The last time the USC
he lack of men's team was better than the
?bing), the women's squad, the men cut down
epartment peach baskets at the end of the year,
lot of real- Also, there is a measure of suspense
ings. My at Lady Gamecock games. Christy
e has his Timmons, Nicki Bass and company
sters of the might miss a three-pointer. Emmett
ill and vol- Hall, Jamie Watson and company do
miss their three-pointers.
)ecially en- 1 do realize that my views may be
ing the in- controversial, but 1 really don't care,
nt that we So please excuse me while I scratch
I wherever an itch.
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