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BOSTON (AP) ? The Boston
Celtics, preparing to retire Reggie
Lewis' number Wednesday night,
again face allegations their late captain
used cocaine.
Derrick Lewis told The Wall Street
Journal he and Reggie Lewis used
cocaine in a Maryland hotel before a
game. Reggie Lewis collapsed five
days later, April 29,1993, during a
game against Charlotte and died in
August 1993 after collapsing shooting
baskets.
The two were high school friends
ana teammates at iNortneastern university
in the mid-1980s. Derrick
Lewis said the two did a lot of "heavy
partying, mostly with marijuana"
and that "I want to set the record
straight."
Suggestions of drug use arose two
weeks ago in a Journal report exploring
Lewis' death. The newspaper
said Lewis refused to take a drug
test and questioned whether concerns
about finances and publicity may
have prompted the Celtics to ignore
drugs as an explanation.
Saturday, The Boston Globe reported
that Lewis may have failed a
cocaine test while he prepared to play
in the 1987 NCAA Tournament.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Dennis
Kodman apologized to the ban Antonio
Spurs for separating his right
shoulder Sunday in a motorcycling
accident.
Rodman, the NBA rebounding
leader, sustained a third-degree separation
that could sideline him for a
month. He was put on the injured
list Sunday.
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Baseball officials canceled what was
left of the Baltimore Orioles' spring
training schedule, citing the club's
refusal to play teams that field replacement
players.
Pan American Games
MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (AP)
? Wilson Minucci and Rolando Ferrerra
each scored 18 points as Brazil
beat the United States 101-98 to drop
the CBA squad to 0-2 in the Pan
American Games.
The U.S. women's softball team
routed Netherlands Antilles 10-0 and
beat Canada 2-0 to increase its winning
streak to 101 games. Susia Parra
of Phoenix pitched a two-hitter
with 15 strikeouts in the first game,
and Lori Harrigan of Anaheim, Calif.,
had a three-hitter in the second game.
NHL
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) ? Hartford
signed junior center Jeff O'Neill
to a four-year contract worth $3.5
million, including a $1.6 million signing
bonus.
O'Neill, selected fifth overall in
the 1994 draft, has 43 goals and 81
assists in 57 games for Guelph in the
Ontario Hockey League this season.
NEW YORK (AP)?Philadelphia's
Eric Lindros, who had four goals and
three assists in three victories last
week, was selected the NHL player
of the week.
Boxing
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) Fonner
world champion James Toney
stopped Karl Willis in the eighth
round of their light heavyweight bout.
Toney, coming off two straight losses,
improved to 45-2-2.
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Hey, sports fans! I don't know about
you guys, but Arkansas and UCLA gave
me a scare Sunday in the NCAA Tourney.
If those teams had lost, I might as
well have thrown my brackets away, because
that would have been half my Final
Four out the window.
Speaking of the tournament, as if
there was anything else to talk about
this time of year, there were some huge
upsets that might cost me from getting
my investment back. (Oh, I'm not talking
about gambling because thafs illegal
in this state. Which reminds me of
the time I was in one of those bingo
palacea..wdl, thafs another stay anyway.)
The downfall of Villanova and Oklahoma
gave me second-round losses
that will haunt me in the long run, but
if my Final Four teams survive, I should
be alright. The four ACC teams are still
alive and could all make the finals, but
it is very unlikely. Oh where is "the most
powerful conference in the country," aka
Jordan stays
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DEEKFTELD, 111. ? Michael Jordan
called the hype surrounding his return
embarrassing. He said he's only human
and shouldn't be treated like a god.
He's not naive, though, and knows
the second coming of Michael Jordan is
an event of worldwide interest, if not of
biblical proportions.
"I think the whole world has an eye
on me," he said Monday, the day after
his thrilling return to pro basketball.
"Hopefully, that eye is kind of closing
and will blink a little bit from now on."
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the Big Ten? At home...watching the real
teams play.
Thursday's games in the Southeast
bracket look to be real yawners. Kentucky
should roll over an undermanned
Arizona State team. North CarolinaGeorgetown
has a nice matchup of
Rasheed Wallace and Othella Harrington,
but when he's shooting well, freshman
phenom Allen Iverson tends to ignore
Harrington in the paint, and that
could cost the Hoyas.
These games should set up a meeting
between the Wildcats and the Tar
Heels Saturday. Both teams have outstanding
starting fives, but UNCs depth
is still questionable. Look for Pitino's
team to stay away from Wallace and Jerry
Stackhouse and keep the ball on the
perimeter and bomb the 3. Kentucky
has the team to blow out the Tar Heels.
The West bracket, in which I haven't
missed a game yet in one of my illegal
pools, has two great games on tap for
Thursday. UCLA battles Errick Dampier
and Mississippi State in the early
game, with Maryland-Connecticut following.
The Bruins are too athletic for the
Bulldogs, and Dampier can't carry the
team by himself. The same can be said
optimistic after
the attention will have on the Chicago
Bulls.
Tm trying to get us settled so that
we can get back to playing basketball
and so that my teammates are not exposed
to something that they don't feel
comfortable with," he said. "I think that
was the most embarrassing part. Some
of those guys were exposed to something
that they really didn't ask for, and it put
them in a veiy difficult position."
Incredibly, though he is the world's
most famous athlete, Jordan thinks he
can sneak up on the rest of the NBA.
Thafs one of mv sfratecnes " he said
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and Maryland both have looked a little
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UCLA will continue its path to Seattle
by beating the Huskies Saturday. Ed
CBannon will continue his dominance
and stake his claim for tournament MVP
as the Bruins dominate the Huskies.
The Midwest early semifinal game
Friday will pit upstart Memphis against
overtime-loving Arkansas. What is wrong
with the Hogs? They need to keep Coriiss
Williamson in the game to be effective,
and he has fouled out of the past three.
Even considering all of this, they are still
too strong for the Tigers.
The late game will have Kansas or
Virginia squaring off Sunday against
the Hogs. As I have said before, Kansas
is a shaky No. 1 seed, and the Wahoos
play the roll of giant killer well. UVA's
Junior Burrough should take Cro-Magnon
man Greg Ostertag back to the stone
age.
Sundays regional final should be a
very competitive game between the Cavaliers
and the Razorbacks. The
Williamson-Burrough battle should be
fun to watch, but the Hogs are too talented.
They just need to keep from playslow
start in
might take an adjustment period.
"I said, 'Well, it kind of gives us a
psychological edge this year.' To come
back now, it kind of takes some teams
by surprise."
The first game of his comeback even
surprised Jordan.
He hadn't played in an NBA game
since June 20,1993, when he led the
Bulls to a third consecutive championship.
So he never thought he'd play
43 minutes Sunday in Chicago's 103-96
overtime loss at Indiana.
"The competitive side of me wanted
to be in there. But physically, I was a
little weak," Jordan said after Monday's
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have done with their other tournameni
opponents.
Friday's East semifinals also wil
have a surprise team in the mix. For th<
second straight year, Tulsa has mad<
some huge waves in the tournament
but it will hit a brick wall in the Min
utemen of UMass. UMass has playec
very well and should get ready for a rur
at the title.
Wake Forest also has played well
which can be attributed to the re-emer
gence of Tim Duncan. Oklahoma State
has gotten as far as I expected it to, bui
Big Country will have trouble with the
quicker Duncan. Childress will contin
ue to lead the Deacons as they beat the
Cowboys and set up a game with UMass
UMass and Wake match up very well
but the OSU game will take a lot out o:
the Deacons. UMass can earn its ticket
to the finals with a solid game over Wake
I hope everyone is enjoying the tourney
as much as I am. If you think yoi
have seen sehie good basketball already
hold on, because the best is yet to come
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gajnes, I'll adjust.''
', Jordan rmsSed 21 of 28 shots, but did
have l9 pdihts, six rebounds, six assists
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