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3C SPORTS/IC])e Ctiatrlottt Thursday, April 22, 2004 Classic puls all-siars on big siage By Rory Sharrock SPECIAL TO THE POST The history of HBCU sports will add yet another chapter to its enduring lega cy when the top hoopsters gather to participate in the 2004 Black College All-Star Game. This athletic show case, which features male and female players, will con vene on April 24 at Morehouse in Atlanta. Forty-eight seniors from the CIAA, MEAC, SIAC and SWAC compete for bragging rights and the chance of a lifetime. Several pro scouts are scheduled to be in the building from the NBA, WNBA, NBDL and WBA, which is the host sponsor for the weekend. “There are so many talent ed athletes that are not get ting a fair chance because they’re not exposed,” said Leroy McMath, president and founder of the World Basketball Association. “We don’t want the fact that an athlete who attended a HBCU to be a reason that they don’t get an opportunity to play on the professional level. We want to make it ok to play for Historically Black Colleges.” Among the athletes on this year’s roster is CIAA Player of the Year Desmond Peoples of St. Augustine’s College. Peoples concluded his senior season ranked fifth in the conference in scoring with 20.2 and first in rebormding at 11.4. He also led his squad to a 19-9 record and a Western Division title. Players from six N.C. schools will travel to Atlanta including Joi Surratt (Johnson C. Smith), Anthony Greenup (Shaw), Jonathan Harris (Elizabeth City State), Kenny Haywood (Fayetteville State), David Young and Melvin Whitaker (N.C. Central). The ELAC contingent includes players of the year Ronald Roundtree and Tamikey Hindsman of Barber-Scotia. The CIAA, MEAC and EIAC will comprise the East squad, while the SIAC and SWAC will make up the West. Calling the plays from the sidelines for the men’s Eastern All-Stars is former NBA player and Hampton standout Rick Mahorn. Mahom was a standout all- CIAA player at Hampton and helped the Pistons cap ture consecutive titles in the late 1980s. Mahorn’s counterpart is NBA scout and World Basketball Associateion coach Harold Ellis, a Morehouse graduate who currently serves as a scout for the Atlanta Hawks. He will make his coaching debut for the WBA’s Rome Gladiators. Additional festivities include a slam-dunk compe tition, 3-potnt shootout and free-throw contest. During halftime fans will hear per formances by Nivea, Lil Scrappy and 4 Shades. The weekend closes out with the inaugural WBA draft taking place at the ESPN Zone in Buckhead. “The WBA is there to show our support and give ath letes an opportunity to play in our league. Their partici pation will give them that first hand experience as what to expect in pursuing a professional career in bas ketball,” said McMath. The women’s game is set to tip off at 5:30 p.m. followed by the men in the nightcap at 7:30 p.m. For information on the game and a schedule of events, log onto WWW. atlantablackcollegeall- stars.com. FORD’S USED TIRES New Tires Mon. - Fri. 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. • Sat. 8 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. • Brake Job Front $35.00 Back $45.00 3401 Tuckaseegee Rd. Charlotte. NC 28208 (704)393.1109 Oil Change-$21.88 Ford's Busy Bee Mini Mart 505 Beatties Ford Rd. Charlotte. NC 28216 {704)333-8448 1222 Central Ave. Chiu-lotte, NC 28204 (704)377-0870 yrwrrtWT JOHNSON C. oMITH University Surrounded with Success at ThinkPad U Presents the 7th Annual Jack S. Brayboy Memorial Golf Tournament Monday, May 3,2004 8:00 A.M. Registratlon/Opeii Range 9:00 A.M. Shot Gun Start Oldr Sycamore Golf Plantation 7500 Olde .Sycamore Drive Charlotte, NC 28227 704-573-1000 CIAA favorites continue winning ways Continued from page 1C Championships in Walnut, Calif., May 27-29. An auto matic berth is extended to teams qualifying at 45.50 seconds or better, but teams running 47.90 or better can also earn a place. JCSU recorded a time of 47.42. St. Aug’s Larry Marshall topped the first place Falcons with a repeat perfor mance in the 1500 and a runaway victory in the 5,000, taking top male track athlete. Livingstone’s Patrick Wright repeated as out standing field athlete by cap turing victories in the shot put and discus throw, and placing fifth in the javelin throw. There were two three-peat performances, with St. Augustine’s Adrian Findley winning the men’s 400 hur dles for the third straight time and Livingstone’s Jordan Vaden capturing his third consecutive win in the men’s 200 meters. • The CIAA champi onships was the first stop of the “farewell tour” for Livingstone track coach Clifton Huff, who is retiring to focus on his responsibihty as director of athletics. Huff, a Livingstone gradu ate, built the Blue Bears track program into a confer ence and national contender. During his tenure. Huff pro duced 35 NCAA All- Americans, 110 all-CIAA performers and 25 CIAA individual-event champions. Tyson returns to heavyweight mix By Tim Dahlberg THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Don King had so many heavyweight champions clustered around him early Sunday morning at Madison Square Garden that even he couldn’t keep them straight. They were nameless champi ons with alphabet titles, unlike the interested spectator sitting only a few feet away. Mike Tyson has no gaudy green belts to wrap around his waist. He hasn’t fought in more than a year, and his skills are deteriorating. But in a heavyweight division starved for a star, he’s the biggest one around. And that had King salivating at the prospect of reunit ing with his former champion. ‘You can change the globe, baby,” King told Tyson. “Let’s do it again and see if we can reclaim the glory of yesteryear.” Tyson wasn’t quite ready to bite, presum ably because his lawyers believe he wiU win far more from King in the $100 mUhon law suit he filed against the promoter for alleged ly stealing money than he will ever earn from King in the ring. That Tyson is being courted so brazenly, though, says a lot about the state of a heavy weight division whose cupboard appears nearly bare after Lermox Lewis’ retirement. Just minutes before King made his latest pitch for Tyson, he watched as IBF champion Chris Byrd and Andrew Golota fought to a draw in an interesting yet not very satisfying bout. Just before that, John Ruiz and Fres Oquendo engaged in a WBA heavyweight title fight so ugly that Ruiz’s sudden ending of it in the 11th round was greeted mostly by reUef, not cheers. The heavyweight division is fractured, and fighters with crovms wear them uneasily. There’s Byrd, who is slick but undersized and lacking in power. He and Golota had the 15,195 fans at the Garden on their feet, though primarily because Ruiz-Oquendo was so bad that their fight looked like Ali-Frazier III all over again. Then there is Ruiz, who might be the most unappealing heavyweight champion ever inside the ring, though he’s a nice enough guy outside it. He and Oquendo chnched, held and posed before Ruiz finally landed a series of punches that prompted the referee to put a merciful end to a terrible fight. There is still some hope for the division. Next Saturday, Vitah Klitschko can make a claim for a title of his ovm when he and Corrie Sanders fight in Los Angeles for the crown vacated by Lewis. Volkswagen combines luxury, toughness in the V8 Touareg Winfred B. Cross Test Drive Volkswagen wants every one to know it is not just a manufacturer of bargain basement cars. Yes, this is the company that builds Jetta and Beetles, but it’s also the company associated with Audi and Porsche and also owns Bentley and Lamborghini. So what’s the need for Volkswagen to build a vehi cle like the Tbuareg (pro nounced ‘Tbur-regg’), a luxu ry SUV? Some would say none considering there is a fine thing called a Porsche Cheyenne. But that Porsche. It’s become apparent that each division of a car company must sell some sort of truck or face extinction. Well, the Tbuareg isn’t just any kind of truck - it’s a great one. Volkswagen has successfully combined the best of both genres - the lux ury of a high performance sedan and the toughness of a go-hither truck. The Tbuareg’s exterior bor rows a bit from the high-dol- lar Phaeton sedan. It’s ele gantly understated without being bland. The huge wheel well openings are filled with 17-inch wheels on the six- cylinder model, or 18” if you choose the V8. If you must floss, 19” wheels are optional on the V8 model. The interior is a thing of beauty, with plenty of wood leather and chrome. The front seats are big and comfy with multiple power adjust ments. The rear seat will accommodate three people.* Thankfully, Volkswagen resisted the temptation of adding a third seat. The Vehicle isn’t big enough for such and it isn’t missed. There is 31 cubic feet of stor age space vfith the seats up. Lower them and the space increases to a cavernous 71 cubic feet. The optional air suspen sions allows this vehicle to ride hke a luxury sedan, a sports sedan or a truck. It will also raise the vehicle’s ride height by almost four inches. This allows you to trek through some rough ter rain or even deep snow with ease. My time writh both the V6 and V8 models were well spent. The 220 hp V6 was OK, but the 310 hp V8 would be my choice. The 302 pounds-feet of torque makes this thing a beast. This is an expensive beast. My iuUy dressed V8 Tbuareg was $48,955. The V6 was 43,965. Both included the air suspension, navigation sys tem, killer stereo, sunroof and six-speed transmission. I think a rear seat DVD sys tem would be icing on the cake but none is available. Killing some of the goodies makes both a bit more affordable but why bother? The fuU-tilt versions are as good as the SUV category gets. His teams has been CIAA rurmer-ups 15 times and has placed among the confer ence’s top three 21 times. At the NCAA Division II National Championships, his teams have placed in the top 25 five times. “I know people think that I am too young to retire,” he said. “I feel that I need to focus more on the overall development of our athletic programs. I have a very sup portive president and administration. Now is the best time to try to rebuild and return our athletic pro grams to the prominence we had in the late ‘90s.” Assistant coach Adrian Ferguson will succeed Huff. 1 Not Afraid Of The Rough. 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