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NU basketball player
sidelined while court
decides whether he plays
By Stewart Mandel
The Daily Northwestern
Northwestern University
EVANSTON, Ill.-While the
majority of Northwestern University
students spent their last day before
classes either lounging around their
rooms or enjoying the weather, sopho
more Nick Knapp woke up early to
catch the el train and head downtown
to sit in a Chicago courtroom.
The trip has become a famil
iar one during Knapp’s yearlong battle
to play basketball for the Wildcats.
On Sept. 24, Knapp sat
through three hours of legal jargon
and medical terminology, of doctors’
testimonials and counsel’s objections,
all revolving around the single ques
tion of whether the 6-foot-5-inch
guard who suffered cardiac arrest
while playing basketball two years ago
should be allowed to return to the
court.
When it was all said and
done, U.S. District Judge James B.
Zagel came to much the same con
clusion he has twice before: “Though
the risk to Knapp is unquantifiable...it
is not substantial [enough] to preclude
Knapp from playing basketball,”
He also decided NU was not
obligated to provide a courtside
defibrillator at games and practices
for possible resuscitation of Knapp,
who already has a defibrillator in his
abdomen.
“This marks the end of chap
ter two and three, depending on
whether or not they [NU’s lawyers]
appeal,” said Knapp’s attorney, Rob
ert A. Chapman, after the hearing. NU
did file an appeal on Sept. 26.
By Zagel’s injunction,
Knapp would have been able to re
turn to the hardwood. But Knapp’s
legal battle is not yet over. On Oct. 2,
the 7th U.S. Court of Appeals in Chi
cago barred Knapp from beginning
practice with NU’s basketball team
until it considers the school’s appeal.
Coach Ricky Byrdsong’s Wildcats
officially began practice Oct. 15.
Chapman said the decision is
not a big setback because the 19-year-
old has been keeping in shape. Knapp
said it hurts him mentally more than
physically.
“I was really hoping to be
able to start conditioning,” Knapp
said. “It really hurts from the point of
not being a part of the camaraderie
that comes from being a member of
the team. I’ll be able to do the condi
tioning on my own time, but I’ll have
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Sports from across the country
UCLA coach fired
LOS ANGELES-The Uni
versity of Califomia-Los Angeles fired
its men’s basketball coach', Jim
Harrick, after he violated an NCAA
recruiting rule and then lied about it.
A UCLA inquiry began Oct.
15, when an athletic department offi
cial reviewing expense reports became
suspicious at the high cost of a dinner
Harrick held for recruits. It turned out
that Harrick had invited two more
current basketball players than al
lowed under NCAA rules, UCLA
said.
“We might have responded
less severely if that had been the only
violation,” UCLA Chancellor Charles
E. Young said. “But the situation was
exacerbated by other actions that fol
lowed.”
The UCLA expense report
signed by Harrick falsely identified
those who attended the dinner by
switching the names of the two play
ers with two individuals not there.
When questioned, Harrick repeatedly
lied about the dinner and encouraged
another current basketball player to
lie also, the university said.
Harrick admitted that he
misled the university when confronted
with the results of the UCLA inquiry.
The firing comes less than a
month after a separate PAC-10 inquiry
into the sale of Harrick’s Chevy Blazer
to the sister of a highly touted recruit.
The NCAA found no violations be
cause the car had been sold at fair-
market value.
In his eight years at UCLA,
Harrick’s team made the NCAA’s
post-season tournament each season
and won the national championship in
1995. “We are grateful to Coach
Harrick for his many contributions to
our basketball program,” Young said.
“But we cannot allow a winning
record to cause us to overlook such
an ethical breach.”
Four student ath
letes die in car crash
WEATHERFORD, Okla.-
Four Southwestern Oklahoma State
University student-athletes were killed
Oct. 27 when their car slid out of con
trol during a blinding thunderstorm.
Just hours before his death,
senior football captain Alvin Milton,
22, had caught a game-winaing touch
down pa.ss in a 19-15 victory over East
Central University.
Also killed were Edward
Gulley, 22; Telly Gatewood, 19; and
Cornelious Chiles, 20. The three men
were members of Southwestern Okla
homa State’s basketball team.
Grieving friends and family,
along with members of the campus
community, held a memorial service
for the four students in the school’s
gymnasium.
“This is the most devastat
ing thing to happen at the school since
I’ve been here,” basketball coach
George Hauser said. “It has taken a
toll on everyone for the simple reason
they were really good kids.”
The football and basketball
teams will dedicate their seasons to the
four men.
Aggie alum goes
after Longhorn
playbook
Seven years after he gradu
ated from Texas A&M University,
Michael Kelley still can’t get the ri
valry with the University of Texas our
of his mind.
And unlike most of his fel
low Aggie alums, who are content to
cheer on their team during weekends
and trade good-natured barbs with
Longhorn co-workers during the
week, Kelley wanted to help out his
alma mater in a practical way.
He wanted the Texas foot
ball playbook.
But Kelley isn’t planning
some sinister late-night ransacking of
a dorm room to get his hands on the
prize. Instead, he has filed a request
to UT president Robert Berdahl un
der the Texas Public Information Act.
“I’m a football fan, and 1
think a team’s playbook would make
for an interesting read,” said Kelley,
28. “I admit that has something to do
with it, but to tell you the truth. I’m
also interested in finding out the ex
tent of the Public Information Act.”
Kelley, a state legislative as
sistant who is currently taking gradu
ate clfisses at UT’s LBJ School of
Public Affairs, says the university
should open all its records to the pub
lic on the basis of the public money it
receives. As he sees it, the UT
playbook is just like any other public
document.
“We can find out how much
professors and administrators make
because they are paid with tax dol
lars,” Kelley said. “What’s the differ
ence between the athletic
depariiment’s records and the
administation’s records?”
Not much, said Amber
Connell, spokesperson for UT, but
Kelley's request isn’t for a printout of
the football staff’s payrpll. Instead, it’s
for information that most teams pro
tect under lock and key because of the
compet itive advantage it could pro
vide the opposition.
“I would think that the infor
mation he is asking for has less to do
with an examination of his tax dollars
and more to do with a football rivalry.
He probably wants to see how far he
can strc'tch the system,” she said.
Connell said she can’t re
member any prior requests for the
team’s playbook, but she’s sure people
have tried. “I woud bet there are
plenty of Aggies who would do plenty
to get their hands on that,” she said.
Sports Overview
Information courtesy of Sports Information Director Matt Eviston
Men’s Soccer
Methodist’s six-year run of
being invited to the NCAA-III Na
tional Tournament ended this month
when the Monarchs were not an
nounced among the South Region
field.
Greensboro (11-4-3), DIAC
runner-up to outright conference
champion Methodist (13-3-1), was
announced as the top seed.
Earlier in the season, the
Monarchs lost road games to Mary
Washington (1-0) and Maryville (3-2
OT) while tying host Greensboro (0-
0 OT) Nov. 6. Methodist’s only other
loss was a 3-2 setback to Division I
Campbell. Monarch victories include
a 2-1 win over Richard Stockton (13-
2-2), the Metro region’s number-one
seed.
Paul Smith was named the
DIAC Player of the Year. Smith,
Bjorgvin Fridriksson, Erik Lawton,
Jim Pearce, and Mike Walters were
all named to the First Team All-DIAC.
Karl McKenna, Dylan Hanlon and
Halldor Steingrimsson were selected
to the second team All-DIAC.
Football
The Monarchs finished with
their first winning season, posting a
6-4 record.
Methodist traveled to
Maryville Nov. 2, and overcame a 21-
3 halftime deficit to beat Maryville 31-
24. DeCarlos West ran nine yards for
the game-winning touchdown with 14
seconds remaining. The victory also
marked a first-ever win at Maryville
in four tries and new program mile
stones for most road wins in a season
(three) and longest winning streak
(four).
On Nov. 9, the Monarchs
were unable to overcome a 17-0 half-
time deficit, and dropped their final
home game to Hampden-Sydney 17-
14. The loss was Methodist’s first in
six weeks as the Tigers snapped the
Monarch’s program-best four-game
winning streak. Ranked 29th in the
nation (NCAA-III individual statis
tics) in passing efficiency, sophomore
qnarterback Brian Turner threw for
226 yards, a touchdown and only one
interception. Sophomore linebacker
Chad Smith piled up a career-high 18
tackles.
The Monarchs ended their
season at Frostburg State Nov. 16.
Methodist ended up falling to nation
ally-ranked Frostburg 38-17 after be
ing unable to hang on to a 14-7 half-
time lead. The loss was Methodist’s
only defeat decided by more than
seven points in the 1996 season.
Women’s Soccer
The Lady Monarchs finished
their season with a record of 9-4-3,
with a 3-1 DIAC record and as DIAC
runner-up. Casey Nuckols, Kathleen
Greene, Candace Croal, Alvy Styles,
and Jennifer Maurer were all selected
for First Team All-DIAC, while Trisha
Clinton and Meegan Kloosterman
were chosen for the second team.
Methodist recorded a 2-1
week to finish the regular season, los
ing 3-1 at North Carolina Wesleyan
Oct. 30, before winning the Emory
Classic Nov. 2. Despite playing with
out three starters, the Lady Monarchs
blanked host Emory 1-0 and beating
Centre 2-0 Nov. 3. Emory was ranked
15th nationally going into the contest.
Volleyball
The Lady Monarchs finished
the season 4-22, and 1-11 in the
DIAC.
They lost at Ferrum 3-0 Oct.
31 and 3-1 in their home finale against
Christopher Newport Nov. 1. Julie
Barnes tallied eight kills and 26 as
sists for Methodist against CNU.
They lost at Averett 3-0 and
to Greensboro 3-0 in the DIAC
Tournament’s opening round Nov. 8.
After posting an 0-26 mark in 1995,
the Lady Monarchs improved to a
much more competitive level in 1996,
winning four matches. Their victories
included a 3-0 drubbing of DIAC foe
Shenandoah to kick off Methodist’s
homecoming festivities.
Men’s Golf
The Monarchs (304/296;
600) finished third in the 17-team field
at the Francis Marion Collegiate Nov.
16-17 behind USC-Aiken (302/288;
590) and Elon (297/295;592). Meth
odist finished ahead of local teams
UNC-Pembroke (14th, 332/325;657)
and Fayetteville State (336/324;660).
The Monarchs were paced by Bryan
Wright (3rd, 74/72; 146) and Mike
Adamson (9th, 78/72; 150).
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