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SPORTS LOOK
Baseball
CHICAGO (AP) ? Gene Lamont,
who managed the Chicago White Sox
to a first-place finish in the AL Central
before the strike, signed a oneyear
contract. Lamont, 47, was named |
AL Manager of the Year in 1993.
CINCINNATI (AP) - Cincinnati
manager Davey Johnson has been
given permission to speak with the
Baltimore Orioles about their manaciner
vacancy. '
The Orioles have made Oakland
manager Tony La Russa the top can- |
didate to replace Johnny Oates. La
Russa's contract expires next month, i
Johnson played for Baltimore from
1966 to 1972. i
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Buffalo
goalie Dominik Hasek agreed to a
three-year, $8 million contract extension
that includes another $3 mil- |
lion in incentives.
Hasek won the Vezina Trophy
last season as top goalie, leading the
NHL in save percentage and goals i
against.
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IRVING, Texas (AP) ? NFL commissioner
Paul Tagliabue emphatically
approved Deion Sanders' contract,
saying the San Francisco 49ers
met every salary-cap obligation.
Also, the NFL completed plans 1
for stocking the expansion of the Car- i
olina Panthers and Jacksonville i
Jaguars. They will be allowed to pick i
from a pool of six players from each
of the 28 teams and get one extra .
draft pick per round in the next two i
years, giving them a total of 14 to ]
seven for each of the existing teams.
'! NBA
NEW YORK (AP)?Charlie Ward,
the Heisman Trophy winner passed 1
up in the NFL draft, signed a five- i
year contract with the New York i
Knicks, who took him in the first <
round of the NBA draft last June, i
Ward, 6-foot-2 and 190 pounds, 1
joins Greg Anthony, Doc Rivers and
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point guard Ward averaged 8.2 points
at Florida State, had 396 assists and
was the school's all-time leader with
236 steals.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ? Mark
Eaton, the 7-foot4 center of the Utah
Jazz, retired, ending an 11-year ca
reer in the NBA. Eaton won the NBAs
shot-blocking title four times and Defensive
Player of the Year twice.
Tennis
PALERMO, Sicily (AP) ? Jordi
Arrese upset Carlos Costa at the
$300,000 Sicilian Open.
Arrese outlasted the third-seeded
Costa 6-4,4-6,7-6 (7-3) to earn a
spot in the quarterfinals against sixthseeded
Alex Corretja.
Also, second-seeded Thomas
Muster and No. 8 Gilbert Schaller
advanced.
I BASEL, Switzerland (AP) ?
Michael Stich, the top seed and defending
champion, beat Magnus Larsson
6-1,7-6 (7-4) in the first round
of the $800,000 Swiss Indoors tennis
tournament.
Second-seeded Stefan Edberg,
No. 4 Wayne Ferreira, No. 5 Marc
Rosset and No. 7 Arnaud Boetsch advanced.
USC Volleyball
The South Carolina volleyball
team opens its SEC home competition
tonight against Alabama. A bicycle
will be given away compliments
of The Cycle Center.
At Sunday's match against
Auburn, the first 100 fans will receive
a free spirit towel. All home
matches for USC are held at the Sol
Blatt P.E. Center.
USC Basketball
Senior forward Andy Bostick suffered
a sprained left ankle Monday
and will be out for an unspecified period
of time. The ankle will be in a
cast for two weeks, and he will be reevaluated
then to determine rehabilitation
time.
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The South Carolina men's and ^
women's tennis teams earned rankings ^
among the nation's top 25 teams in the ^
Rolex Collegiate Tennis Poll released I
Sept. 27.
The men's team is tied for 15th in ^
the poll after posting records of 19-8 over- 11
all and 5-7 in the SEC last season. The ?
Lady Gamecocks are rated 21st after
compiling a 19-7 record overall and 7-6
within the conference. s
Gamecock Mazsy Jimenez was rat- n
ed 25th in singles and 15th in doubles P
with partner Jim Panagopoulos. Jimenez 11
is an All-America candidate this season d
after posting a 22-10 overall record, in- b
eluding wins over six nationally ranked A
players.
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national rankings. Junior Heather Greene c;
earned a ranking of 38th. Greene won b
21 of 25 double matches last spring at a
the No. 2 singles position. She was also d
named All-SEC after recording a 25-8 f(
record overall and 13-3 in conference
play. si
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Samecocks are now 6-2.
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4th in singles and 20th in doubles with
JSC returning Ail-American Victoria
)avies. Bulat, a native of Mosina, Poland,
as been ranked as high as 17th in the
TF Junior World Rankings.
Bulat also won seven Polish National
unior titles. She went 4-0 this summer
l doubles en route to leading her home
ountry to a runner-up nnisn at tne
lasablanca Cup.
Davies returns for her senior seaon
after reaching the NCAA Semifials
last spring with Helen Crook. Davies
osted an overall 31-9 doubles record
1 1993-94 and is the defending SEC
oubles champion. Davies became onf
the second Lady Gamecock to earn
Jl-SEC honors last season.
The women's team begins fall cometition
today, hosting the eight-team
ady Gamecock Fall Classic at the Maxy
Gregg Tennis Center. Singles play
egins Friday and Saturday mornings
18:30 a.m. and runs until 6 p.m. Sunay's
singles and doubles finals are set
>r 10:30 a.m.
The Gamecocks return four of six
;arters from last season's team, which
arrowly missed a berth in the 20-team
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day to improve their record to 6-2. J113^ m ^ half to put the
The Gamecocks, ranked No. 5, won Ga?f?C^P 5'?;Ce^ Marshall
their first regular season match un- and Jeff Wilson also had goals for
der lights at the Graveyard under the
leadership of senior Rob Smith. Smith .C held a tremendous advanhad
two assists in the game and scored ^>e *n sh?ts on goal. The Gamecocks
a goal 50:23 into the game. took 59 shots to the Flying Fleets' four.
With his two assists, Smith passed Jamie Starr made two stops for South
current assistant coach Doug Allison Carolina. Erskine goalkeeper made
for first place on the school's all-time sev??: .
assist list with 33. Smith assisted on USC committed nine fouls while
goals by Billy Baumhofif and Kristinn Erskine committed 17. The GameLarusson
cocks had 16 cornerkicks, while the
Erskine dropped to 3-4 for the ^leet ^adnoneyear.The
win was the sixth consecu- ^he Gamecocks travel to Tampa,
tive victory for South Carolina. Se- ^la Sunday to take on South Florinior
Chris Faklaris put Carolina on da-USC "' ^with the Bulls for first
the board 22:59 in the match. It was placeum the Metr? Conference. The
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and it moved him into second place Oct. ? aSainst Appalachian State.
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Sports Information
The South Carolina women's tennis team enter this year ranked No.
21. The team finished last season with a record of 19-7. They host
this weekend's Lady Gamecock Fall Classic.
NCAA Tournament last spring. Sophie 30 singles wins, while Abella posted a
Ljucovic, Muriel Abella and Tracy Pul- 24-10 record overall at No. 4 singles,
liam will be competing this weekend in The men's team will be competing at
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led last year's squad with son, Miss, this weekend.
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