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Marius Petravicius goes up for the dunk against Nike Elite
earlier this month, photo by travis lynn
Men’s basketball
to play tonight
The USC men’s basketball
team will hit the court tonight
to play its second exhibition
game this year against BC
Albacomp (Hungary)
following the women’s game.
The Gamecocks are 1-0 in
preseason play after downing
Nike Elite 90-81. Albacomp is
0-4 on their preseason tour
this year.
On Friday, Carolina will hit
the road to Maui. From
Monday to Wednesday, the
Gamecocks will compete in
the Maui Invitational against
top-notch programs like the
Duke Blue Devils.
Game time tonight will be
about 7:45 p.m.
Women’s basketball
takes on Austria
The USC women’s
basketball team will be on the
Almond
Flair taught us all
how to cheat to win
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measures. He’d “accidentally”
knock out the referee or have
him distracted by one of the Four
Horsemen. Then, with the
referee out of the picture, Flair
would take advantage and
pummel his opponent with
chairs, belts or whatever was
close and illegal. Hey, some
might call it dirty; I call it smart.
Once Flair gained control of a
match, his opponent was done.
Flair would break out the knife
edge chops and cut his man dawn
to size before finishing him with
the figure-four leg lock.
Most of Flair’s adversaries
were beat before they even got in
the ring. That’s because Flair
could talk trash like no other. He
was so funny that, even as a bad
guy, he’d have the crowd in his
back pocket.
And then he would “walk that
aisle, stylin’ and profilin’” (to
I
“2001,” ironically), and the fans
would go nuts. Then Flair, with
all that blond hair, would look
his opponent right in the eye and
let out a “Whoooooo” that would
echo through the arena because
the fans loved to imitate it. No
wrestler had a better gimmick
than that “Whoooooo!”
For what seemed like a
thousand years, Flair repeated
this same formula and always
came out ahead. Sometimes he’d
catch a beatdown. Hell, he
double-crossed just about
everybody out there. But 10
times out of 10, Flair would get
his revenge. Some wrestlers
shined briefly and then subsided
when they got old! Not Flair.
Flair was in his 50s and still was
the most popular.
With his class, it’s no wonder
Flair got all the ladies. He would
come to the ring with a hottie on
each arm, give them each a kiss
and then proceed to stomp in
Sting’s face. It doesn’t get much
cooler than that.
Even in his last years as a
wrestler, when he was wrinkly
and fat, Flair attracted the most
attention. He said it best himself:
“I’m Space Mountain, baby! It
might be the oldest ride, but it’s
still got the longest line.
Whoooooo!”
If there’s any old man out
there who deserves the utmost
respect, it’s Flair.
He made wrestling what it is
today. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin
and The Rock should be kissing
his boots.
He might need to rethink his
choice of football team, but after all
the man has done for sports
entertainment, I can overlook that.
Whoooooo!
Shoutouts
Big Mac, thanks for the
memories.... Jose Canseco, now
it’s your turn.... I hate Clemson.
... Bud Selig, don’t take away the
Twins. Nix the Expos, but don’t
touch a former World Champion.
... You heard it here first:
Kentucky wins the national
championship in men’s
basketball.... I hate Clemson....
MJ, take a day off already....
Coach Strong, ignore the
Vanderbilt job. It’s a career
killer. ... I hate Clemson.
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SPORTS BRIEFS
court for the first time this
season as they play an
exhibition game against Remus
Austria Powerbasket tonight at
5:30. Admission is free.
The Lady Gamecocks will
open their 2000:2001 season on
Friday when they play host to
the Furman Paladins. USC is
19-8 all-time in regular-season
openers and have an
impressive 9-1 record over the
Lady Paladins. On 2 p.m.
Sunday, Carolina will hit the
court again to take on
Louisiana-Lafayette. This is
the first-ever meeting between
the teams.
Equestrian rides
strong over weekend
The USC equestrian team
won Hunt Seat and placed
second in Western for the
third time in three
competitions this past
weekend at Georgia. In the
Hunt Seat competition, Berry
College placed third and
Clemson came in sixth.
Auburn won the Western
competition.
“I’m very pleased with the
way our team performed
overall, and I am especially
pleased with the younger team
members,” USC senior Kelly
Caine said.
Junior Sarah-Ki Tomasi got
first place in Open Over
Fences, while Lisa Boykin and
Alexis Pospischil each ranked
first in their respective classes
of the Novice Over Fences. In
addition to winning Novice
Equitation, Lisa Wilson was
named High Point Rider. It
was the third time this
semester that a USC rider has
won the High Point title.
Women’s tennis
concludes season
At the 2001 SEC Fall
Coaches’ Championships in
Stone Mountain, Ga., this past
weekend, the USC women’s
tennis team proved successful
as they concluded their
season. Two players claiming
championships, while the
team won ten matches
Saturday and three of five
Sunday.
Gamecock senior Katarina
Markovski beat LSU’s
Amanda Mang 6-3,6-2 on
Sunday to win the B Draw
main championship.
Markovski went a perfect 5-0
in singles action over the
weekend.
Freshman Audrey George
also came up big on Sunday,
who beat Christian
Kincannon of Arkansas 6-1,6-0
to win the C Draw Round
Robin Championship.
The Gamecocks return to
action in January to start
their team action when they
open up on the 25 against BYU
at home.
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