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WORTHYS ATTEND LUNCHEON AT NCM - James Worthy (r) of the
Los Angeles Lakers, sad Us wile, Angela (c) were honored guests at a
recent tancheoo given by W. /. Kennedy til (1), president and CEO of
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. The luncheon was one of
a series being hosted by NCM to expose black celebrities to the rich
history of the company and to explore future opportunities that could be
mutually beneficial.
Coeefl Suggests Cosby
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. .Radnor, Pa. - Howard Cosell said '
that “Monday Night Football” needs
“a stas” and he suggested Bill Cosby
as the logical choice for the assign
ment.
Cosell said the telecasts most be
able to draw a wide audience of
women as well as men and that
Coeby has that ability. “He’d really
shake things up, make people take
notice. A former coQege-fbotball
player and an avid sports enthu
siast, he knows what he’s talking
about. What’s more, he’s a brilliant
communicator, and bis performing
skills are above reproach,” he said
in TV Galde magazine (Oc
tober S issue).
’ This is die second, of two ex
cerpts of Cosell’S book, “I Never
Played the Game,” (William
Morrow k Company, Inc.) that the
magazine is publishing. Cosell is co
author of the book with Peter
Bon ventre.
Cosell said Joe Namath might be a
good choice for the Monday night
game telecasts because he is bright,
charming and articulate, and full of
personally. ‘.‘Namath can help the
package if he is wise enough not to
concentrate upon analysis. Three
men in the booth analyzing one
single game can drive a prime-time
audience to : the nearest
videocassette,” he writes.
The sports broadcaster feels his
absence from the Monday night
games has had a negative effect.
“Without me, the nature of the
telecasts was entirely altered. I had
commanded attention. I had
palpable impact on the show, giving
it a sense of moment, and now it
seemed no different from an
ordinary Sunday afternoon telecast.
,*!f ttat sound* like ego, what can I
say? I’m telling It like it is,” he said.
Cosell said it was right for Roone
Are!edge, who heads ABC News and
Sports, to pursue Brent Musburger
of CBS, “He’s glib, knowledgeable
and quick on his feet I’ve certainly
had my res^^^a^^abw^^jim,
better than (Frank) Gifford, (Jim)
y and A1 Michaels. He’s be a
ABC,” CoeeU said.
believe* John Madden
has reached the peak of his
popularity. "He’s beginning to turn
off a lot of viewers who aren’t avid
sports fans, and he’s not remotely
qualified to restore the luster of
‘Monday Night Football.’ To call
him a prime-time performer is to
know nothing about television,”
Cosell said.
Reading Month Forum
the reason is that they don’t read,”
she said. “Reading expands their
knowledge and it provides them with
better options.”
"And finally,” she said, “they get
to know that many black people
have written things and then they
get to know their self-pwareness.”
“Kunjufu, who authored the book,
“The Conspiracy to Destroy Black
Boys,” captivated the audience with
a high-powered speech on educa
tion, black boys and motivation.
“There’s a difference between
being trained and being educated,”
said the Illinois State University
grad. “They train you for Jobs. But
when you’re educated, you can have
a career and we must inspire out
children to do that.
“Our children know that six times
three is 18, but they don’t know when
to use it,” he said. "H you want to
educate a child you always give the
need first. They want to find out the
relevancy of the Issue.”
Kunjufu said that at birth, there
are more black males than black
females. However, at age 18, there
are more females because more
men are In Jail. 1 ;
“There Is not a conspiracy
against black men, it is against the
black boy," he explained “The best
way to destroy a black man is to
destroy him as a boy?’
Kunjufu said that by the fourth
grads Mack males are at the top of
class, but after that their
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Fleck To Coordinate Charlotte Observer
The 1986 Charlotte Observer Ma
rathon and its 10,000-meter com
panion race will be held Saturday,
January 4, according to race co
ordinator Do Fleck.
"We’re keeping our tratfitional
time of the year," she said. The two
races, -which averaged 5,000 total
competitors during the first eight
years, are held the first non-holiday
Saturday of the year.
Charlotte, one of the first major
races of the year, offers a number of
benefits for competitors:
-A purse of $18,000 (TAC de
velopment funds) equally divided
between men and women in both
races: $2,000 for first; $1,000,
second; $500, third; $400, fourth; and
$250, fifth. Masters prizes (10K and
marathon, men and women) are
$200 for fifst; $100, second; $50,
third.
-Bonuses of $1,000 to men and
women overall winners in both races
who establish new course records.
-Mile splits and 20 aid stations.
-Ideal temperature with highs
averaging 51 degrees F.
Craig Virgin
.Runner clinic exhibitor
-Challenging asphalt course that
is neither too flat nor too hilly;
primarily through residential neigh
borhoods.
-Finish line that guides compe
titors inside the Charlotte Conven
tion Center.
-Hot end cold fluids for finish
ers, and, for the first time in 1906,
lunch for marathoners.
—Complete next-day order or
finished published in The Charlotte
Observer.
—Live television coverage of
Charlotte's ABC affiliate, WSOC
TV, of start and finish of both races
with two-hour wrapup show 4-6 p m
on race day.
-Runners Expo January 3-4 with
vendors and exhibitors; and
January 3 runners clinic featuring
Dr. George Sheehan, Ruth Wysocki
and Craig Virgin. Piedmont Air
lines will be giving away during the
Expo two round trips to San Fran
cisco. The 1965 Expo, in which
exhibitors were allowed to sell mer
chandise for the first time, 25
vendors exhibited. Plans are to
double that number for 1986
--Optional spaghetti dinner on eve
of races at the Runners Expo site.
This has become a social event for
in-town as well as visiting runners
and their families.
Johnson C. Smith Battles N.C. A&T
In Greensboro Saturday Afternoon
By James Cuthbertson
Post Sports Writer
Johnson C. Smith and North
Carolina A&T have been going at it
non-stop for years.
They began playing in 1926 with
the Aggies beating the Bulls, 26-0.
In 1930. it was an 0-0 tie. The
Aggies won in 1931, 1932, 1934, and
1935, before Smith pulled off a big
upset in 1939 with an 18-12 win.
The Bulls won, 20-0, in 1940,10-0 in
1941, 23-6 in 1942.
The Aggies were back on top,
42-15, in 1948, and 6-2 in 1946. The
Bulls won, 7-6, in 1944.
Then the two teams stopped play
ing each other.
In 1964 the series resumed with a
46-27 Aggie win.
The Aggies won in 1965, 1966, 1968,
1969, and 1971.
The game in 1967 was a 6-6 tie and
the Bulls managed a 24-20 win in
1970. "
Since 1971 the Aggies have won 11
and lost one and have a 10-game
winning streak going into Saturday’s
non-conference encounter with
18,000-seat Aggie Stadium on the
campus in Greensboro at 1:30 p.m.
Last year, the Aggies ambushed
the Bulls as tailback Juan Jack
son and fullback Robert Shivers
scored second quarter touchdowns
in the game at Memorial Stadium.
More than 11,000 were on hand for
Horace Small
.Gains first-victory
the game.
Jackson, a junior from Wilson is
back for the Aggies.
The Aggies return 20 starters for
coach Mo Forte.
Quarterback Alan Hooker is the
leader of the offense. Tailback
Stoney Polite is a mainstay also.
The Golden Bulls enter the game
with their first win, a 24-21 decision
at Bowie State, to make their overall
record 1-3.
One of their top players is 6'4”,
220-jjounder Bjlly Banks.
Coca-Cola Signs Jordan
Coca-Cola USA announces that
Michael Jordan, star guard for the
Chicago Bulls, has signed an agree
ment to become a commercial
spokesman for the company.
Jordan, last year’s National Bas
ketball AssociationYKBA) -Rookie of
the Year, will appear in television,
radio and print advertisements for
Coca-Cola. He also will make public
appearances, to include coaching
clinics and promotional activities,
for Coca-Cola USA and its bottlers.
“Anyone who has ever watched
basketball knows the thrill and ex
citement that Michael Jordan brings
to the game,” said Ray Thomas,
vice president, Bottler Operations
Department, Coca-Cola USA.
“We are confident that Michael
will generate the same kind of
excitment for Coca-Cola,” he said.
A native of Wilmington, N.C.,
Jordan is widely recognized as one
of the most complete, multi-talented
players in the NBA. His electri
fying moves and extraordinary
jumping ability gained him wide
spread popularity in his first pro
fessional season.
After completing an outstanding
college basketball career at the
University of North Carolina, he was
the top draft pick for the Chicago
Bulls in 1984.
At North Carolina, Jordan was a
consensus All-American and was
named college player of the year in
1983 and 1984. He also was the
leading scorer in the Atlantic Coast
Conference (ACC) in 1983 and 1984.
As a freshman, Jordan was se
lected ACC Rookie of the Year and
scored the winning basket when the
Tar Heels won the 1982 national
championship.
WHERE THEY PLAY
Saturday. October S
Bethune-Cookman at Delaware St
J.C. Smith at N.C. AST
S.C. State at Alcorn
Bowie State at Hampton
EMtaheSi City at Virginia State
Norfolk State at Fayetteville State
_ at Gerdner-Wekb
C. Central at WhMton-Selaoi St
Union at St. Paul's
Uptown Games
Registration for the second ses
sion of fall term riasern at the
Uptown YWCA will begin on October
7.
Cl a sew ranging from infant swim
to aerobics will start October 14. Call
333-7543 far more information.
Topping off his amateur career,
Jordan co-captained the United
States basketball team that won the
gold medal at the 1984 Summer
Olympics in Los Angeles.
“In addition to all his basketball
talent, Michael is a delightful and
impressive young man who is be
coming popular with sports fans
throughout the world,” Thomas
said.
“We’re looking forward to work
ing with him to further enhance the
image of the world’s leading soft
drink, Coca-Cola.”
Banks, a Myers Park graduate,
came to JCSU because he wanted to
play in the CIAA.
His best game came his junior
year when he had nine tackles
against North Carolina Central.
Against Bowie as a sophomore, he
has two interceptions, one for a
touchdown of 35 yards at Bowie
State.
Against Hampton in the opening
game, he had 15 tackles.
Banks believes that one advan
tage that he has for a big man is that
he is quick and can stay with the
running backs.
His one wish?
‘‘I would like to win the rest of our
games and advance to the CIAA
championship,” he said. “If we win
the rest of our games and beat the
right teams we can go.”
Joe Crosby is the defensive coach
who has helped him by giving him
the incentive to go out every
Saturday and play real hard so that
the opposition will have respect for
the defense.
The sponsor - The Charlotte CMC
server, a member at the Knight*
Rider newspaper grodp l£
eludes the Miami Herald, the *
Philadelphia Inquirer aad the ~
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bones about keeping the race out ot
the Boston-New York-Chicago caMB
gory. m,
“We don’t pay appearance»
money,” Fleck said.
“We were lucky in the 10K in 1988
when Sprint, the photo developing
firm, paid Crete Waitz to compete
and make personal appearances for
Sprint. Our race director, Gary
Church of American Athletics,
helped get Grete and Sprint to
gether. If other corporations wish to
do that, we’re glad to accommodate
them."
Because of Charlotte’s no-appear
ance-money policy, pickings have
been surprisingly easy for winners.
In addition to her unannounced fee
from Sprint, Waitz walked away
with *3,000 last Januart - *2,000 for
winning the women’s 10K against a
stiff wind in 32:46.0, and *1,000 for
establishing a new women’s 10K
record.
in me women s marathon, the 1984
race - when Charlotte offered
prize money for the first time - was a
boon for winner Dianne Rappaport,
who earned $2,000 for a 3:03:54 0
race. The record of 2:47:08.4 was
established by Nancy Mieszczak in
1981.
The 1984 prize fund resulted in
men's records for both the 10K and
the marathon.
In the 10K, Sosthenes Bitok and
John Treacy showed, with Bitok
winning in 28:26.1 to Treacy’s
28:28.3. In the win of 1985, Bitok won
again, but couldn’t break his record.
His Charlotte appearancs have re
sulted in winnings of $5,000
In the 1984 marathon, Don
Norman hardly broke a sweat with
his record 2:17:10.3. Like Bitok that
year, he, too, added $3,000 to his TAC
funds account.
With marathon entries hovering
between 900 and 1,000 annually, and
10K entries of between 4,000 and
5,000. is Charlotte going to join the
“drop-the-marathon" bandwagon?
For registration forms, write The
Charlotte Observer Marathon, P. O.
Box 30294, Charlotte, N.C 28230
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