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Basketball of LARRY WILLIAMS Asst. Sports Editor th In today's sports world, there are a ^ myriad of problems that weren't neces sarily the problems they were 10 or 20 ?] years ago. In professional football, you have journalists and fans alike screaming for i; the restructuring of the NFL playoffs to . end the dominance of the NFC over the m AFC. (Whoever agrees with this, shame ^ on you; the '70s weren't that long ago.) In professional hockey, you had (and to still have) owners and players alike about to screw up a sport with the most rising ^ popularity among fans. In Major League Baseball ~ oh, sorry, I refuse to acknowledge that aspect w of sports until all is resolved in the MLB (Major League Brat league.) Oh, Mr. ^ Clinton, nice try. That brings us to the NBA. I could ^ care less -- and I'm sure a few of you agree with me - if the NBA dropped off Jl1l?6 IJ Ast, .... / / theT7 -7^/ CPN-E-Mr ys I More bright >f~-~7. needed fr< ?* *, Join t Cinematic 0 Commii 1 Mondays s &j! in th r/nfS, Russell f Room 2 ) . This program paid for, in part,1 Boo Signing and reac Tuesda 1 University E [C Th? Qam the '90s dull in coi ie face of the earth. Well maybe Fm be- ning the show, shooti ig a little bit too harsh. Excuse me. ing a masterful no-lc [aybeifitjustsliddowntoa differ- Parish, tit continent like, say, Then there were ti ntarctica. lege nemeses, the twc Long ago, in a land far away, the on the professional a BA was once an impoverished sport, they hook up. Who ct an interest was low, games were un- and-forth duels in th iteresung, and there was no 1JN1. ihis the mystique-laden as the late 70s, and teams such as the It was these game ortland Trailblazers led by Bill Wal- that propelled the h in were winning NBA titles. that it eqjoys now. Th Enter Magic Johnson. Enter Larry If s FANtastic" were] ird. When these two were drafted by screens for nothing, le Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston A few players w] eltics, respectively, instant electricity their primes toward as generated throughout the league, tainly didn't hurt th The two developed instantly, pro- names as Michael Jor ding a spark for their teams that would Scottie Pippen, Clyd< st a decade. On the West Coast, it was mars and Kail Malonc ihnson leading the break, dishing the the NBA playoffs a tl ill off to James Worthy or Kareem Ab il Jabar for the easy dunk. juvjl af" On the East Coast, it was Bird run- glvfll SCI "TTT"?Kaplan helps yoi GRE studies anc ySbi-, kockyT confidence so yc i / JHorror/ .' higher score. A-l-I-C I 7^ 1 ?? El I f P ::.:x ideas are 1 3m you! z. |lf:' ^ he .0^ % yn "T~T+\t : Arts Hr. tee iv - - expe it 2pm louse f/ifS, 135. *1^ I r a with student activity fees. n ling: Amittai F. Aviram Ed Madden -Faculty members fro USC English Departm y, February 14, 1995 2:30 - 2:00 pm lookstore, Russell House >?cock Frid<y> F?bm?ry 10, mparison to star; ng a three or toss- The Detroit Pistons stole the 10k pass to Robert from the Boston Celtics and stake claim against the Lakers in the 1 tie NBA finals. Col- nals. In one of the most memora ) finally hooked up ries ever, the Pistons took the fi rena. And boy did Lakers to the decisive seventh in forget the back- where the yellow and purple wor le glitzy Forum or second in a row. Boston Garden? After the next two years of E s and atmospheres dominance, it was Michael Jordan' JBA to the status as he led the Bulls to three straigh e words "The NBA titles. During this time and shor n't all over the TV fore and thereafter, the NBA lost i ter. bo were entering With the shocking retirement o . the late '80s cer- ic Johnson,the sports world lool ings, either. Such in silence. Then came Bird Then T1 dan, Isiah Thomas, Then, as if you forgot, Michael J 2 Drexler, Joe Du- quit basketball in the peak of his < ; combined to make (And for you Bulls fans, sorry, h bing of beauty. coming back.) ires... Last chance for Apri Classes start on February 1' T-7^ i 256-0673 j focus your highOf SCC J build your If R R I 111 >u can get a IV H I L H I %0r.,M,:':^ .* :* 9m. .:.%#.95$ j&kW?-9m%0>:M WS' 9 : FREE FRIDAY NIGHT JAM WITH KING COTTON BEttlNNlNQ AT 1:30 A.M. 107 Greene St 250-1203 S POINTS Hj To inherit his family^ fortune, Billy is going back to school... A m I Bill en* I ^ comedy innESpiununii 11 UMDmDHU IPG 13f^RIWTS STRONGLY CAUTIOHED ? WHHIMTII |?? Wtwial?y ?!?MPii??t?HHrCWI?w?>^wMU BY I III I OPENS | AT A 1995 s and legends of the i torch If you will, compare the stars of yes- being partial. d their teryear with today's stars. Sure, today's I can't reme 988 fi- talent is just about up there in overall er (Maxwell) r ble se- talent. Sure, fans still go to the games, ers to clock a f tvored and sure, the NBA playoffs still draw a bothered by hi game, crowd. Whafs the difference? Pardon mi 1 their 1) There is no Magic-Jabbar combi- school of sport nation tViora la nn RlrrLlVdWiala-ParlaVi a nlavarKa fni XXMfXVXX} W1V1 V XW XXV X/iX V* XUVXXUXV A UX XUXX U |/XUJ W WV XV/J Detroit trio, and there is no, I repeat, no Micheal were David St s torn, Jordan in today's basketball world. Shaq pen would b< t NBA and Penny Hardaway are in the same Maxwell woulc tly be- solar system, and Grant Hill is amaz- ketball League its lus- ing, but none can provide the same im- The NBA is pact as the stars of years past. lesson if it does f Mag- 2) Players ?uch as Scottie Pippen, If things do ted on Derrick Coleman, and Vernon Maxwell mansion that t lomas. are spoiled brats. Sure, they're extremely Jordans, and tl ordan talented, but I can't remember the last crumbling dow career, time a player (Pippen) threw a chair But who cares, e ain't across the floor (endangering fans in the care less, process) because he thought the ref was I! Lingerie Sale Strip-og 1th owgar Egg ~n~ KB5 Mj opice BH 1 MAKE H I LOVE YO H WHIPS HANDCUFFS SI | HEARTS and other BOP | ARMY/NAVY SI U 1621 MAIN STREET 2 dam Sandler y Madls about an overwhelming underacl HEra iNM MShi IH SANDIER lit Mil' BRADLEYWHITFORDI N "MEN EDM inSlPH lESfl! 1! , JEWIEf "T3PERI Di IDEDEI11 MUM SftNDLEB T MMDS '""'EiDA DAVIS ?gi B if| FRIDAY, FEBRUARY i THEATRE NEAR Y( 9 past mber the last time a playan up 12 rows of bleachan in the nose for "being s yelling at me." a for being from the old s thinking, but shouldn't reed to follow rules? 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