Newspapers / The Charlotte Post (Charlotte, … / July 20, 2006, edition 1 / Page 15
Part of The Charlotte Post (Charlotte, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
3C SPORTS/®J« CSarUjtIfi $oflt Thursday, July 20, 2006 Sting needs marketing push, WNBA president contends Continued from page 1C agement on the Sting that tha:«’s a lot that’s gone on with this move to the arena. There are many business ele ments that are requiring resources. I think the WNBA and the Sting in particular will be successful provided they have the right kind of resource focus.” Q: Why has the team strug gled as a business? No marketir^, no advertis ing, the attendance goes down for a variety of reasons, and I don’t think that has anything to do with the prod uct itself ...We firmly beHeve the WNBA will do well in Charlotte.” Q; Are you disappointed in the Sting given its place as an original fi'anchise? A; “Anytime you have somethir^ that produces less than what you would expect is disappointing, without a doubt. That said, I think Mioggsy brings a lot of energy, he has talented players. I think (forward) Tangela Smith being named to the All-Star team is another feather in this team’s cap.. Q: Eleven of the league’s 14 head coaches are men. What is the league’s stance on hir ing more women as head coaches? A: “Our position in general is we want the best available coaches who are available to work in our league. We have an open door policy if they are available women who are qualified to coach in the WNBA. But the way it is right now is the best women coaches are coaching in colle giate ball and there’s a stabil ity in college ball that the pro ranks don't offer, and there’s probably a pay scale as well. As the game continues to glow and develop and I think more coaches begin to devel op, I think you’ll see more female coaches in our le^ue. One thing we are looking at is some type of development progi'am to create some kind of encouragement and oppor tunities for women to train at the professional level.” Q: Chicago was added this year as the 14th team. TOU there be more expansion? A: ‘We are aggressively looldi^ at expansion across the country We are in multi ple talks right now with a variety of markets. These deals have a tendency to be a bit time-consuming to puU together ...but I can tell you several of them are progress- ir^ and we look forward to adding several in the next several years.” Q; Where do you see the WNBA in 10 years? A: “I think the real impact of the WNBA is palpable. When you look at the number of athletes - females - who are playing basketball, there’s ejqx)nential growth and what it allows us to do is pick finm the best possible pool of ath letic talent and you see the talent rise. When you look at players like Kathy Pondexter and Simone Augustus, you see an incremental, exponen tial leap in terms of what we have to look forward to. You have girls coming in finm junior hi^ school knowing the WNBA is there. What you’re seeing is a lot of tremendous growth.” TO.: I’m so misunderstood Continued from page 1C said he believes McNabb was jealous of the attention Owens was receiving in Philadelphia and that things boiled over when McNabb cursed at him in a huddle after a play Owens said he took it as more than something said in the heat of competition. WANTS ANOTHER NBA TITLE Mourning celebrates return to Heat with charity game By Michelle Spitzer THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI - More money couldn’t lure Alonzo Mourning away fix)m Miami. It was the fans who convinced him to delay retirement and play one more season with the Heat. The 36-year-old center said Sunday he declined high-paying offers fix)m other teams, including the San Antonio Spurs, to help the hfiami Heat defend their NBA championship. ‘T had received lucrative offers fi'om other teams and it was very difficult to turn those down,” he said before the start of his annual Zo’s Summer' Groove charity basketball game at the Heat’s home arena. ‘T’ve invested here in the community and I expect to spend the rest of my life here with my kids. I didn't feel it was worth leaving.” The game - which also featured Heat team mate Antoine Walker and other NBA playea's - is part of a weeklong series of events he orga nizes to benefit underprivileged children. Mourning aimounced late Saturday at his cliarity gala that he would return to the Heat nect season. It wiU be his 14th in tlie NBA - not including a year he missed because of kidney disease that necessitated a transplant in December 2003. He got a standir^ ovation Srmday fix)m the 15,000 fans at AmeiicanAirlines Arena when he repeated his decision to return to Miami and promised another championship run. “Zo coming back for another year makes N.C. A&T eliminates men’s tennis By Herbert L. White herb.wh(fe@thechariofteposf.com A budget squeeze at N.C. A&T has claimed the men’s tennis program. Athletics department offi cials announced the decision to drop the sport .effective immediately, but current scholarships win be honored for the 2006-07 academic year. Players won’t be charged a year of ehgibil- Todd ity and can transfer imme diately to any other sdiool. “This was an extremely dif ficult decision; no athletics director aijoys eliminating a sport,” A&T Athletics Director Dee Tbdd said. “The department will investigate the possibility of adding men’s golf in tiie near future.” With men’s tennis gone, A&T has 15 varsity sports, one more than the NCAA requires for Division I status. • • Marjdand-Eastem Shore alumni want to bring football back. Hawks for Football, a gi'oup made up of UMES alumni and former student-athletes, is tryir^ to raise money and awareaiess to reinstate foot ball, which was cancelled in 1979. The organization is planning a “Legends Banquet” to honor past coadies and 32 alumni who pureued careers as profes sional football players, includir^ former NFL stand outs Art Shell, Emerson Boozer, Johnny Sample, Earl Christy, Charles Stakes and James Duncan. ♦ The Florida A&M-S.C. State, football game sched uled for Oct. 14 in Tallahassee, Fla., won’t be nationally televised after aU. FAMU officials decided not to move the game to Oct. 12 as part of ESPNlTs MEAC television package. The con test win remain FAMU’s Sports HaU of Fame Game, which includes induction of the dass of 2006. • Florida AfelvTs Chris Hargett earned a pair of SPORTS OF NOTE Gliders sprint to AAU meet A pair of Charlotte Gliders sprinters are riding momen tum going into the AAU national track and field championships. Isaac Johnson and sister Varonica Johnson have regional championships going into the national meet July 31-Aug. 5 in Hampton, Va. Isaac won the boys’ 8- under 100-, 200 and 400 meters in the regional cham pionship in Knoxville, Tfenn.. He posted a docking of 14.46 seconds in the 100; 30.05 in the 200 and 1 minute, 10.59 in the 400. Varonica Johnson was first in the 13-year-old girls’ 100 (12.64 seconds) and '200 (26.12). She finished third in the 400 with a time of 1 minute, 1.78 seconds. GOLF: Jason Mosley won the A group championship at the Linkman’s Golf Club tournament at Wlage Greens Golf Club in Inman, S.C. Mosley shot a two-romd total of 140, beating Chris Hamilton in a playoff Cory McEwen finished third at “When I tried to address that after the game, he blew me off,” Owens said. “So, that let me know it’s more than just being competitive. It was more than that.” Owens is scheduled to report to his first training camp with Dallas Cowboys at the end of next week. everyone smile,” said Heat teammate Dwyane Wade, who arrived to watch the game wearing a soft cast on his ri^t wrist. “I need to put my wrist to rest a httle bit, so any time I’m not playing Fve got to keep this on. Doctors’ orders,” said Wade, who sprained the wrist before the All-Star break this season. Mourning averaged 7.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.66 blocks in an average of 20 minutes last season, making 20 starts as ShaquiUe ONeal’s backup and ranking third in the NBA in blocks per game. “I tiiink it’s only fitting I retire in a Heat jer sey,” Mourning said. ‘T just felt I would have let so many people down. This is home for me. I love Miami, I love the fans.” With Mourning’s decision to return, aU aght primary members of the Heat’s playoff rotation will hkely be back next season. Ail five stai'tei's - O’Neal, Dwyane Wade, Walker, Jason Wiliams and Udonis Haslem - are set to return, along with sixth man James Posey (who exercised a $6.4 million option to stay in. Miami at least one more season) and guard Gary Payton, who intends to play a 17th season and second with Miami Mourning hopes to coax coach Pat Riley, who has not yet annormced whether he would be coming back, to return as well. ‘We’ve got enoi^h voices to weigh on that decision. As soon as he gets back (fimn vaca tion), we’ve got to work on him,” he said. medals at the North American, Central American and Caribbean imder-23 track and field champi onships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Hargett, the 2006 MEAC champion .in the 100 and 200 meters and 400 relay took gold with Tbam USA’s 400 meter squad and a bronze in the 100. Hai^tt, who is the third Rattler to compete in national and international meets in as many years, ran the third leg in the 400 relay which won the gold with a time of 39.38 seconds. • Morgan State will host more than 7,000 athletes finm around the country for the USA National Junior Olympics track and field championships July 25. MSU is the fiirst historical- ly-black school to host the meet, which crowns champi ons fit)m age 7 to 18. Some of this year’s winnere wiU be selected to compete in the International Association of Athletics Federation’s World Youth Championships next month. 145. HoUie Perry won the B group title with a score of 158. Neal Wlson was second. HONOR: Adonis “Sporty” Jeralds has been named a recipient of the VanderZwaag Distinguished Alumni Award by the University of Massachusetts sport man agement program. Jeralds, a consultant to Charlotte Bobcats Arena management, was cited for professional excellence and achievement in the sports industry Sports reporting you can put your hands on tlCIje Cljarlotte JPosit Save on gas! W Vacation “at home” in Nmth Carolina From Manteo to Murphy, from Cambash to High Hampton, scores of fascinating places to go, things to study, do anfl see...all within an easy one-day drive, or less. For free inWmation about specific resorts, attractions or destinadatisicdhtact the N.C, Department of Tourism . /-.y 1-800-VISIT NC www.visitnc.com GRAND OPENING! CARQUEST iGRAN APERWRA! Saturday, July 22nd Sabado, 22 de Julio AUTO PARTS 3125 Driftwood Dr., Charlotte 704-531-9130 Store Hours: M-F: 7:30 am - 6:00 pm Sat: 7:30 am - 5:00pm Horas is Tiertda; L-V 7:30 am - 6:00 pm Sab: 7:30 am - 5:00pm Truckload Motor Oil Sale! Venta de camionada de aceite de Motor CARQUEST 10W30or5W30 CQO CQ620 or CQ630 On Display - lOam • 4pm: The #5 Keilogs/CAROUES Chevy Nextei Cup Car El Carro de Carrera #5 Kelloga'CARQUEST Chevy I iowe’s Motor : Speedway Pace Car ■ Oexfo Gu(a de Lovne’s I Motor Speedway See The CARQUEST ‘57 Chevy! See the actual '57 Chevy to oe given away in our national sweepstakes! Register while® '■ See CAfiOUfS'eo sweepstakes details. iVeael Ghe\^ del '57 actual aregalar como premio en nuestro Concurso Naclon® , REfilSTIR 2006 de CARQUEST! inserfbase en la \T0«flN!^ Tienda para ganar! Vea CARQUSST.cofn para los delailes del concuiso LIVE Radio Remote! IWSOC 103.71 10am . Noon REGISTER TO WIN: Registreuse para GANAR: Pi Saturday Only! 1 case limit. No rainchecks, limited quantities. Additional discounts or coupons may not be used in conjunction with oil special. * IPod 30 GB! ' ' iPod Nanos!' * iTunes $15 Music Cards ' Ta'iieta de Musica de $15 psB iTunes' * Local Sporting event tickets; NFL, Minor League Baseball' Boletos a Eventos D^ortivos locales: NFL, Beisbo! de Uga Menor" * Gift Certificates to area retail stores' Certificados de Rsgalos para Tiandas locales * Many other giveawsysl IMuchos regalos mAsl • Musi te present (o win (Deberi ester presents pi * Heed not be present to win /Ho necesila ester pi para ganar) FREE - GRATIS 1 Solo Sabado! Limite 1 caja. No hay vales, Cantidades Limitadas. Descuentos adicionaies o cupones no se pueden usar en conjunto con la venta especial de aceite. Hot Dogs - Hamburgers • Burritos Perros Calientes - Hamburgesas - Buixitos (10 am ■ 2 pm) Hats ' Mini Frisbees ' Nerf Footballs ‘ Popcorn' Snowcones Gorras ‘ Mini Frisbees ' Pelotas de Football Nerf' Palomitas the maiz Free Gallon of Windshield Washer Fluid with any $10 purchase ANT #CQWWS Un Qal6n de Lfquido de Limpiabrisas con cualquier compra de S10
The Charlotte Post (Charlotte, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 20, 2006, edition 1
15
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75