-xr Laerosse MGAA.chainnipiooislhSp u mum pouocy oasocauyj same ee roaoe 2 for Enow to oiet Hhem o'e'Ho'ospec'Sive see page (Htjp lath ular BM Friday, August 22, 1986 l.v 11,4,1 ay iVl TCD Football for Heels By SCOTT FOWLER Sports Editor ; Watching UNC football last "year was a lot like driving an old VW ' bug. It usually didn't run well and had a lot of trouble in the clutch. But this year promises to be different, says UNC coach Dick Crum and his players, who met the Monday after last season's Duke fiasco, a 23-2 1 loss in which the Tar Heels blew a 21-3 lead and then had to listen to Duke players clang the Victory Bell repeatedly on Kenan Field. At that Nov. 25 meeting, Crum told his players there would not be another season like the last two, in which the team has gone a combined 10-1 1-1. It's the first time UNC failed to have a winning season for two straight years since 1968-9, when Bill Dooley was coaching and a guy named Saulis Zemaitis was one of the captains. Crum also announced a stricter work schedule at the meeting, effective immediately. "He told us we were going to get after it right away," says linebacker Brett Rudolph, who tied for the team lead in tackles last season. That meant logging endless hours in the weightroom, turning out for 6 a.m. practices in the spring and suffering through the white heat of two-a-days in August. Players say it has paid off. "We're a lot better team," says reserve quarterback Mike Bowman. "WeVe been working awfully hard." UNC's offensive line this season averages about 285 pounds a man this season, led by Creighton Incor minias 300-lb. bulk and preseason All-ACC Hards' Barton, a measly 283. How did they get that way? "They've been eating like crazy," laughs starting quarterback Jona than Hall. That offensive line will be blocking Smith not in favor of shortening b-ball year By SCOTT FOWLER Sports Editor Dean Smith expounded on Jerry Falwell, shortened seasons, and investigative reporting Tuesday in an odd press conference held at the Ehringhaus cafeteria. The conference had been called because of various requests by writers to talk to Smith about his feelings on the University of Mary land basketball program and its recently announced plan to shorten its basketball season by at least three games. "1 can't speak for Maryland, nor will I try," Smith said. "Chancellor (John) Slaughter is an old classmate of mine, and I think he's doing what's best for the program." Smith said he was opposed to shortening UNC's season. "I person ally find it hard to change," he said. "We've never been away for more than four class days anyway, not including the NCAA tournament. It would almost all be solved if (the athletes) would go to class when ; they're on campus." Smith then went on to various subjects. His wife Dr. Linnea Smith has been involved in a campaign against Playboy magazine and the supposedly favorable stance it takes on drug use. "Drug education has begun in many cases in Playboy,? Smith said. "I'd like to be known as a liberal thinker. But I always wanted to agree with (Jerry) Falwell on one thing, even for different Academic woes to sideline Madden By JAMES SUROWIECKI Assistant Sports Editor When last year ended, UNC basketball coach Dean Smith thought he would be losing only the .four graduating seniors. But a new casualty, has been added to the list of last year's lettermen who won't be seen in the SAC during the 1986 1987 season. Sophomore Kevin Madden will not play for UNC this season for academic reasons. "I'd prefer not to say it was my decision, Smith said at a press 986: High hopes after 5-6 seasoui for a backfield led by William Humes, who Crum says is as good as Amos Lawrence or Kelvin Bryant when he's right. Humes also needs to hold onto the ball. Last season, for the first time in 13 years, UNC didn't have a back go over 1,000 yards. That was partly due to UNC's 1986 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE" Sept. 6 The Citadel Sept. 1 3 at Kansas Sept. 20 at Florida State Sept. 27 open date Oct. 4 Georgia Tech Oct 1 1 at Wake Forest Oct 10 W.C. Stato (Homscominn) Oct25atLSU I!ov, 1 Maryland Nov. 8 at Clemson PMbvri'5 Vlrrlhia Nov. 22 Duke r A" $ IP-'-.,-- mmmmmm wmm Dean Smith says he is not in favor reasons," he laughed. Sports pages have read much like court reports in recent weeks, what with Len Bias' death and various other drug-related problemsSmith said that was due as much to investigative reporting as athletes being more involved with drugs. "A Bias situation could happen at Carolina, Duke, State . . .," he said. "If it's on campus, it's available to the student-athlete. It doesn't have to be a big city." conference held Tuesday. "It was the university's decision and I think it was a wise one." Madden, having passed 27 hours his freshman year, was eligible by NCAA standards, but not by those of the university and was required to sit out a year. . Madden's stay at UNC has been an eventful one. Attention was focused on him at the start of last year when Smith said that one of the incoming freshmen had SAT scores which were far below the team's norm. Madden also had early : . : J V v "new, improved" passing attack, which worked on teams like Wake Forest but flopped with Georgia Tech. Then when it was time to go back to the running basics, no star See FOOTBALL page 2 v mm DTHDan Charlson of reducing UNC's schedule UNC has had a voluntary drug testing program with its basketball team for several years, and Smith said everyone has volunteered to be tested. The UNC Athletic Council is considering a new drug testing program now. Smith said he wasn't opposed to mandatory drug testing. "If you accept a scholarship, you're going to represent the univer sity, and some things may be required that don't seem right," he said. problems fulfilling Smith's require ment that all his players run the mile in 5:45 before they can play in a game. Once the season got underway, though, Madden showed flashes of brilliance, and seemed to grow into his role as an explosive small forward. By mid-season, he was getting substantial playing time, and for the year averaged 4.9 points and 1 .8 rebounds a game, while shooting See MADDEN page 6 if r, - " ' iPf' ' i X - v f . III J I Mi This William Humes fumble against Clemson was a microcosm of UNC's disappointing 1985 season Late-night stakeout: behind the scenes at the Bias coverage The death of Len Bias has been replayed and recounted in thou sands of columns and news stories in the past two months. The story has gripped the nation and pro pelled the national fight against drug abuse. As an intern for The Washington Post this summer, I was involved in the coverage of what has become one of the more wide-reaching stories of the decade. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at how a major newspaper covers a major story. It was 2 a.m., June 20th, on the Maryland campus in College Park. Twenty, hours earlier, Bias had died of cocaine intoxication. Ed and I were on a stakeout of the dorm room where Bias had collapsed in the presence of two other Terrapin basketball players, David Gregg and Terry Long, and a mutual friend, Brian Tribble. If it sounds exciting and rather "Dragnet-ish," it wasn't. We had been there since 1 1 that morning, corraling Maryland play ers as they walked by to try and put the pieces of Bias' death together. A few would talk; most wouldn't. The players' grief was genuine, as was their suspicion of reporters in general. Less than eight hours after Bias' death, a local television sta tion had reported that cocaine was involved. What had been labeled a pure tragedy suddenly gained a darker, more insidious meaning. Keith Gatlin, a guard for the Maryland basketball team, walked up. "Keith, can you talk to us for a minute?" Ed asked. Gatlin slowed down briefly, issued a few "no com ments," and exited. We called the editors at our newspaper and were sent home. The last edition had just gone to press, so there was no need to stay. More than a dozen reporters had worked on the story throughout the day and night. There were some grisly aspects to the job. Someone had to call Bias' parents and Mary land's coach. Lefty Driesell. Both have been hounded incessantly since, with reporters camping out at their homes, questioning them at memorial services, etc. The next two days Ed and I tried to get more player reaction with Scott Fowler The Far Sideline mixed results. We would pick up bits of information occasionally and call it in to the editors, who would add it to one of the Bias sto ries. Meanwhile, some of the .more seasoned sportswriters were calling . every source they could think of, and every media outlet within 1 00 miles was trying to reconstruct the fatal night. That wasn't easy. As the story grew, so did the number of people who claimed to have seen Bias that night. If you believed everything, he had been to bars, liquor stores, home at his dorm, shooting baskets at an outside goal, hung around with several girls, gotten three speeding tickets all within about six hours. As gruesome as it may sound, Bias could not have died at a more opportune time for the media's sake. He had been the second pick of the NBA draft only the day before, and reporters had been hav ing a field day imagining Bias and Larry Bird on the same team. Of course, that didn't happen. Bias' family, which had prayed for him to be picked by the Celtics, now faced camera crews daily in their driveway. And it kept building. Post repor ter Bill Brubaker wrote that Bias hadn't passed any of his classes dur ing the spring semester, and sud denly Maryland academics were under fire, as a former athletic Tommy John, field hockey ....... p.3 Men's soccer..1 .....p.3 Proposition 48, volleyball.... .....p.4 Women's soccer, X-country ....p.5 Lacrosse retrospective p.6 DTH Charles Ledford I Len Bias counselor said the basketball play ers missed 35 to 40 percent of their classes. The coverage has had some effect. Maryland Chancellor John Slaughter recently decided to shorten the Terrapin academic sea son by three games and reschedule four more in the spring semester as a result of the continuing pressure from alumni and the media. Although that may be a cosmetic move that will only postpone Maryland's problems, it should keep the wolves pacified temporarily. Meanwhile, Bias' death has reached its two-month anniversary. Only 10 more months until it beg ins all over again with "Len Bias -One Year After the Tragedy" head lines. Ugh. par7 mum

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