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Craven, IS ASSOCIATED PRESS v Six races into the Winston Cup c season, there is a surprising new face c in the top five of the series standings. Ricky Craven, despite his rookie of the a year laurels of 1995, is not yet s 1 considered a realistic candidate for the t] series title. But there he is, fourth in ^ the standings, trailing leader Dale Jarrett by just 97 points. ii Craven, a 29-year-old from Maine, v is not awed bv his start, which has t< been highlighted by two career-best 1 thirds. "Our primary goal was to improve b over 1995," Craven said. "We were h 24th in the points.... Now we're maybe v a little ahead of schedule. We didn't v Sports Briefs Associatec BOXING WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ? ! Former WBC heavyweight champion i Oliver McCall was arrested and I charged with possession of marijuana, t McCall, 30, of Collinsville, Va., was stopped by Winston-Salem police at f about 6:50 p.m., where police found j a small bag of marijuana worth about 1 $10 in his car. McCall was released i on $500 bond. s c BASEBALL 1 CINCINNATI ?Cincinnati Reds reliever Johnny Ruffin spent a night in jail on misdemeanor traffic charges I before he posted bond and was 1 released. He pleaded innocent at his t arraignment in Hamilton County t Municipal Court. Ruffin, 24, was a passenger in a car s that was stopped at about 3 a.m. for t an apparent traffic violation, police ( said. Ruffin was charged with failing ] to wear a seat belt. f A computer check revealed Ruffin failed to appear in court last year on s Cincinnati charges of speeding and 1 not having a driver's license, so he was jailed. ( BASKETBALL DENVER ?Los Angeles point s guard Nick Van Exel shoved a referee t after being ejected in the fourth quarter < of the Lakers game against the f Nuggets. Ronnie Garretson, son of longtime ( NBA referee Darell Garretson, called sfiiHent msE GAMES I Auburn < Kentucky < Vanderbilt < Florida i Cli Procedi A limited numbe: available to the Body. The tickets Orders will be ta listed above, casl on this date. Stu< office on Rosew< purchase away ga in the fall by con acurrei ! f / 7?. J >95 Winst mi a pole or race last year. We came lose to winning a pole, but we didn't ome that close to winning a race. We want to be in the Busch Clash, nd we want to win a race. We've got ome great experience running with be teams we need to compete against d win a race." Craven was the top finishing rookie a 15 of 31 races last year, his first nth owner Larry Hedrick. He got ofll a a solid start this season, finishing 3th in the Daytona 500. "I think Daytona was the first sign, ut we didn't know whether or not tc ake it seriously," the driver said. "We rere every bit as good as we ran, then re continued to back it up. "Before the season began, we broke ! Press i technical on Van Exel after a timeout vith 3:23 left in the game. Van Exel irgued briefly near the scorer's table jefore Garretson called a second technical. Van Exel began walking away Tom the ref before he charged back md threw a punch that fell short, /an Exel then followed with his brearm, shoving Garretson onto the scorer's table. Van Exel continued to shout obscenities as he was restrained >y teammates. MILWAUKEE ? A Marquette University reserve basketball player ost a year of eligibility because he ested positive for marijuana during lie NCAA tournament. Zack McCall will keep his scholarship and practice with the earn next season. He could have his digibility restored by the NCAA Eligibility Committee for the 1997)8 season. McCall appeared in 30 games last season, averaging 3.4 points and 1.1 ebounds. NEW YORK ? Kevin Johnson )i tne rnoenix suns, wno averaged 21.5 points, 11 rebounds and 1.75 steals a game, is the NBA's player of lie week. Johnson led the Suns to a 1-1 record, shooting .544 from the ield. JLYMPICS LAUSANNE, Switzerland ? PID tic traimn 1ATE COST Dctober 5 $22.00 Dctober 12 $20.00 October 26 $20.00 November 16 $20.00 smson will be by Lot! ires will be published ir r of away football ticl University of South C will be limited to on< iken on April 18, 199< i only, and all tickets dents must mmp to tl ood Drive between 8; me tickets. The ticket ling to the ticket offic it Fall 1996 full-time 1 %%% "* *. j.v: % .. The Gamecock Kiel on Cup Rc ! "When I began the '96 season, I c ; swap paint with Rusty (Wallace) i , (Gordon). In some respects, I still : I'm only 38 races into my Winstor : the competition, the guys who ha Cup racing." Ricky Crave ? down the elements of Winston Cup P racing. You need to have a good mechanical program. You need to have the consistency and maintenance to | rim all day long. We've completed all but two laps in the six races. "The pit stops are critical," he continued. "You don't want to lose anything in the pits because it's so Jessica Foschi's battle to clear her name isn't over yet. Although the American Arbitration Association believes the 15-year-old swimmer was not at fault for a positive test for steroids, swimming's world governing body, FIN A, is launching its own investigation. Despite the AAA's ruling, FINA has the power to impose its own ban or whatever punishment it deems necessarv if it believes Fosnhi has broken its regulations. FOOTBALL ANN ARBOR, Mich. ?Michigan quarterback Brian Griese was suspended from the football team and appeared in court for arraignment on a felony charge stemming from a weekend incident in which he allegedly smashed a bar window. Athletic department spokesman Keith Molin said the matter is being treated as alcohol-related, which mandates indefinite suspension. Griese, the son of NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Griese, is barred from spring practices, which have already started. The charge of malicious destruction of property valued at more than $100 carries up to four years in prison and a $2,000 fine on conviction. Griese, a junior, told police he broke a window after getting locked out of the campus-area bar by its manager. I AIL :kets TIME i 1 p.m. i 2 p.m. CDT i o m rrvr L* j^/.XXX. V^X-/ X ' 1 p.m. ery i the Fall Lets will be made arolina Student A f . 4nk*r%<*m U :;V aiuutliu ;' 5. The price is as must be paid for le athletic ticket 30 and 5 p.m. to s may be claimed e and presenting tDcard. 1 ' V ^ ';';V ^ ^ ^ ' J . J ! j Thursday, April 11,1991 )okie of th lidn't feel like we were ready to ind Dale (Earnhardt) and Jeff don't. I still have a lot to learn, i Cup career, and I really respect ve earned their names in Winston n, 1995 Winston Cup Rookie of the Year hard to make it up on the race track. That part's really come around. "When I began the '96 season, I didn't feel like we were ready to swap paint with Rusty (Wallace) and Dale (Earnhardt) and Jeff (Gordon). In some respects, I still don't. I still have a lot to learn. I'm only 38 races into my Winston Cup career, and I really respect SUWANEE, Ga. ?The Atlanta Falcons agreed with four-year NFL lineman Shane Dronett on a two-year contract. Dronett, 6-foot-5 and 275 pounds, was a second-round draft choice in 1992 by the Denver Broncos. TENNIS AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. ? Topseeded Conchita Martinez routed Hungarian Andrea Temesvari 6-1, 6-3, while third-seeded Magdalena Maleeva was upset by Austrian Barbara Schett 6-1,6-3 in the second round of the Bausch and Lomb Championship. Other seeded winners were No. 7 Mary Pierce, who outlasted fellow Frenchwoman Sarah Pitkowski 6-3, d-f\ fw? and Nn 13 IVfprpHith Mrfirnth who beat Jana Kandarr of Germany 6-4,6-3. Sixth-seeded Lindsay Davnenport withdrew due to a sprained wrist. ESTORIL, Portugal ?Thomas Muster, the world's top-ranked tennis player, defeated Czech qualifier David Rikl 6-1, 7-5, but second-seeded Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia was sent to a quick exit by Italian Andrea Gaudenzi, 1-6, 6-3, 6-0 in the first round of the Estoril Open. In other first-round matches, Spain's Roberto Carretero defeated Marc Goellner of Germany, 6-4,6-2 and Italy's Stefano Pescosolido downed local hero Nuno Marques 6-3, 6-4. Australian Richard Frnmberv heat 1 1 1 Beta In 1 AT! 1 Phi Delta 1 Chil 1 Lambda 1 Delta U] 1 1 1 KaPPa> 1 Sigma 1 Delta Tat 1 Sigma 1 1 I I e Year tur the competition, the guys who have earned their names in Winston Cup racing." Craven also believes timing makes a big difference and that his was just right when he came from the Busch Grand National series to NASCAR's top stock car division. "I think the window of opportunity presented itself at the beginning of94 and the beginning of95," Craven said. "You saw several drivers compete for rookie of the year in '94 and several more in '95. Only a couple of us survived. Now I think that window has closed a little bit." Now he wants to be sure he gets the most out of the rare opportunity he has been given. MT.R own their strik ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK ? Baseball owners lost more than $700 million during the 1994 and 1995 seasons, according to financial data obtained by The Associated Press. The 28 teams had an operating loss of $376 million in 1994, when the players' strike wiped out the final 52 days of the regular season, the playoffs and the World Series. The teams lost $326 million last year accQrding to preliminary estimates compiled by the commissioner's office. Baseball's 232-day strike, the longest ever ui u.o. pro spuns, appears to nave cost owners more than $900 million in revenue and cost players about $350 million in pay. Teams combined for an operating profit of $36 million in 1993, the last year before the strike, the industry's eighth consecutive profitable year. Losses the last two years dwarfed those in 1981, when a 50-day strike canceled a large part of the season. Owners sustained a $105 million loss that year, not including $47 million in strike insurance payments. Owners did not have insurance during the latest strike. As a result of the strike and a edae IAE ATO eta Pi ATQ 3 i Theta I rh; Pci 5si Delta Upsilon Chi 1 Delta Upsilon psilon Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Phi Epsili Mpha Kappa Alpha Chi 1 Delta Sigma Nu Nu TKE TKE NOW EDGE-G has more fricti protect you frc For a closer, sm 11 ns heads "I know we're for real" Craven said. "I know how committed these guys are. We went to Atlanta and had a top10 car. We had a tough day in the pits and finished 12th. "We had the next weekend off, and the guys chose to ? they weren't forced to, chose to ? practice every day from Atlanta to Darlington. We left Atlanta with 22-, 23-, 24-second pit stops. We came to Darlington and had 18- and 19-second stops. . "It's just a great testimonial to the commitment of this Larry Hedrick Motorsports team," Craven said. Tve made that same commitment... That type of focus is going to help us become a good NASCAR Winston Cup team." iers count L, iWOOV^O decrease in national TV money, operating revenue dropped 35 percent in 1994 from a record $1.87 billion to $1.21 billion. Revenue rebounded 12 percent to $1.36 billion last season, according to the preliminary estimates. Average attendance per game dropped 20 percent, and the strike cut the regular season from 162 games for each team to 144. Oneratin? exnenses. however, did not fall by nearly as much. They dropped 14 percent from $1.83 billion in 1993 to $1.58 billion in 1994, then rose 6 percent to $1.68 billion in 1995. The statements on losses were compiled by the commissioner's office and obtained by the AP from sources on the condition they not be identified. Players lost about $243 miHion in 1994 due to the strike: $229.7 million in salary and approximately $13 million more in performance bonuses. In 1995, they lost about $90 million in salary because the season was shortened 11.1 percent. Before the strike, owners were anticipating revenue of $1.7 billion in 1994, and $1.8 billion in 1995 would have been a reasonable estimate. 1 pampas l^ccraation ATQ TKE an TKE University of South Carolina W1 M ~m v ^ W j^H HHHMRion formula on-reducing lubricants than ever to >m nicks and cuts better than foams. lajir ici w ictvc, itijuii if i if ic f ih.k ui ume. ULTIMATE .LOSENESS. ULTIMATE COMFORT. THAT'S THE EDGE.