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HOUSTON?Vemon Maxwell, the nesc
suspended guard of the Houston Rock- behr
ets, has filed a federal lawsuit, claim- Detr
ing the fan he punched slandered poin
him.
Maxwell mea tne suit in nous- ten
ton, contending Steve George and
his brother, Nick George, slandered PAE
him by "maliciously accusing him of yeai
a crime, namely assault." rani
Maxwell was suspended for 10 Mali
games and fined $20,000 for going her ]
into the stands to punch Steve George over
of Atlanta on Feb. 6 in Portland, er.
Maxwell said George shouted racial ?
and sexual insults about his family, ceivi
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NEW YORK?Baseball's expansion der 1
committee talked about the possi- St. J
bility of adding two teams to one J
league instead of adding one team to B
each to the American and National matt
leagues. Jarr
No formal decisions were made
during a conference call that lasted MIL
about one hour, and the committee Micl
will hold another conference call next niko1
Wednesday. to th
Committee chairman John Har- Timi
rington said adding one team to each 7 Ja:
league would necessitate interleague Con
play in order to be able to schedule roun
a game for each team eveiy day. Currently
there are 14 teams in each OKI
league. Bren
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BOSTON ? Mike Easier, who did play
not wa$t to work with replacement es al
players who make more money than I
he does, was dropped as hitting in- Whil
structor of the Boston Red Sox. and
General manager Dan Duquette advt
said the team made the move after
Easier indicated he wouldn't work AUT
without a raise in the salaiy he signed
for three months ago. DAT
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place in NHL career points among
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round of qualifying for Sunday's
tona 500 with a speed of 193.494.
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trip captured the No. 1 position
Saturday's Goody's 300 with a
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ROBBIE MEEK Staff Writer
The USC Men's Basketball team 1
a nail-biter Wednesday night, 80-78
SEC foe Auburn. The game was plaj
in front of a crowd of 6,387 rowdy h
in Frank McGuire Arena.
The Auburn Tigers came into t
game 12-8 overall and 5-6 in the c<
ference. The Tigers have beaten si
ranked teams as No. 4 Arkansas. 1
23 Florida, and No. 21 Mississippi St
during the course of this season.
The Gamecocks entered 3-8 in 1
conference and 7-13 overall.
"They've got a very nice team," s
Coach Eddie Fogler. "Auburn is for
al, they're very good."
The Gamecocks opened the game
a 8-0 run. The run included two tn
by Carey Rich and Andy Bostick,
spectively.
After a Melvin Watson trey, w
14:23 in the half, Carolina had a 1
lead. The Gamecocks were seven of
from three-point land, in the first h
Auburn then went on a 9-3 run, i
at the 9:46 mark, USC held a 21-19 le
Hie run included two Tiger treys. Aubi
was 6-15 from the three-point line
the first half.
The two teams then exchanged fc
kets until the 3:19 mark when the Gaj
cocks went on a 10-2 scoring streal
end the half.
The first half ended with Carol
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percent from the floor and the Tig
shot 48 percent.
The Gamecocks and Tigers came
of the locker room exchanging bask
With 16:53 left Peter Van Elswyk see
on a layup to give USC a 45-39 k
Then the game went downhill
the Gamecocks. Auburn went on a
USC softball
Staff Reports
The USC softball traveled to Furma
University and split the first two game
of the season.
The Lady Gamecocks were defeate
in the first game, 3-1. The losing pitcl
er was Darlene Gareis. She threw si
innings, with five hits, three runs, tv
walks and three strikeouts.
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;he Weems sparked the Tigers with his forth
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"I shot a lot better," said Weems.
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ly. I really got my confidence back last
re- game when I made a big three. I think
I really found it tonight."
In the next 12 minutes Auburn held
eys
re_ a lead of 10 or more three different times.
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alf. come back. The comeback began with
md a Bostick layup. Bostick finished with
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jn "Bostick was really good here tonight,"
said Fogler. He was all over the place
iaSr for us. Thaf s one of his better efforts."
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back despite a 10-1 run.
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point line. The Tigers shot 52 percent
out from the floor and 44 percent from the
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for Vanderbilt Saturday at 7:30 pm. in the
12- Frank McGuire Arena.
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