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Thursday, November 16, 2006
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Wladimir Klitschko, right, punches Calvin Brock of Charlotte during the fourth round of their bout Saturday at Madison
Square Garden in New York. Klitschko scored a seventh-round knockout to retain his IBF and IBO heavyweight titles.
Brock puts up good fight, but
reigning champion too much
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left. The big right immedi
ately followed and Brock fell
face-down to the canvas.
He got up at eight, but was
wobbly and referee Wayne
Kelly stopped it at 2:10.
“I knew it was over there,”
Klitschko said. “It was easy
to hit him with the right
hand there.”
Klitschko, in his first
defense of the crown he won
from Chris Byrd in April,
was cut over tiie left eye in
the sixth. Wary of the cut
getting worse, he unloaded
several massive punches
late in the sixth and through
the seventh rounds.
Did he feel any urgency
because of the cut?
“Yes,” the champion said.
“But I was leading at that
time.”
The native of Kazakhstan,
who represents Ukraine,
improved to 47-3 with his
42nd knockout. Brock, a
2000 U.S. Olympian, lost for
the first time in 30 bouts.
“I saw the punch coming,
but I couldn’t react fast
enough,” Brock said. “He had
a better jab tdian I thought
he did. He was very strong.”
Klitschko’s brother, Vitali,
now retired, once held the
WBC crown and was consid
ered the better of the two
fighters. But Wladimir
showed Saturday why he
generally is looked upon as
the best of the four heavy
weight champions. .
He certainly thrilled the
Madison Square Garden
crowd of 14,260 that often
chanted his name by leveling
the game Brock with the
classic left-right combina
tion.
Until then, Klitschko was
ahead on all three judges’
cards, but he was getting a
stiff challenge fi-om Brock -
even though Brock came into
the fight with unimpressive
credentials despite never
having lost as a professional.
Although he looked ner
vous and was awkward in
the first two rounds. Brock
began landing some body
shots and avoiding
Klitschko’s jabs for awhile.
But it was temporary, and
the 30-year-old Klitschko
took charge again in the fifth
round. Afer he was cut in
the sixth, Klitschko became
more aggressive, and Brock
couldn’t cope, even as many
fans chanted ‘U-S-A! U-S-
A!”
Klitschko climbed the
ropes in each comer after the
win and saluted the fans.
After he left the ring, his
smiling brother motioned
former champion Lennox
Lewis, who was working for
HBO, to come into the ring.
Lewis shook his head and
said, “I’m too fat.”
Wladimir Klitschko then
got serious about his future.
“I want to fight any title-
holder, anyone who has a
belt,” he said.
Aggies out to avoid dubious place
in history book at Rivalry Classic
By Herbert L. White
hefb.wOife@fhechortoffeposf.com
N.C. A&T is. on the verge of history the
Aggies would rather not make.
A&T {0-10)is a loss away from the first win
less football season in school history. AH that
stands in the way is MEAC arch rival S.C.
State at the Nationwide Rivalry Classic
Saturday at Memorial Stadium. 'Hie Aggies
have a 21-20-2 lead in the series, which dates
back to 1924, but S.C. State has won eight of
the last 11 games, including a 43-27 victory.
‘We want to win,” said A&T first-year coach
Lee Fobbs. “We know where everyone is pick
ing us, but we’re not going to let that be an
excuse for us not going out and giving our best
effort. “
UMES star drafted by NBDL
By Bonitta Best
THE TRIANGLE TRIBUNE
Tim Parham has a tattoo on
his arm with the NBA logo
and the words “The Dream”
scripted underneath it. Since
he was a little boy, the former
University of Maryland
Eastern Shore basketball
standout has wanted to play
in the NBA. Thday, that
dream is one step closer.
After exhausting his colle
giate eligibility, Parham had
that pro goal in mind. He
entered the NBA draft after
his junior year at UMES only
to puU his name out and
return for his senior season.
He had hoped to be drafted
after his senior year but was
n’t.
He turned down several
offers from overseas teams to
follow his goal of playing in
the NBA. Instead, he made
the Chicago Bulls Summer
League roster and worked
out for the Golden State
Warriors. Now he has a
chance to make the team.
The Bakersfield Jam of the
National Basketball
Developmental League, the
NBDL for short, drafted
Parham in the fifth round
with the 59th overall pick. In
the NBDL, teams are affiliat
ed ' with the NBA and
Bakersfield just happens to
have an affiliate with the
Warriors.
‘When I went to work out
with the Warriors, they told
me how impressed they were
with my work ethic. The
coaching staff saw me arrive
early, stay late and do extra
work. I think they could tell
how much I want this,”
Parham said.
Parham was a standout at
UMES, earning second-team
All-MEAC honors in his
senior season and leading the
conference in rebounding and
double doubles. Overall
Parham stands fifth in the
MEAC all-time for rebounds
in a game (19.) He also holds
the seventh and ninth sports.
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A&T will need to play its best game of the
season in order to compete. The Aggies have
scored 95 points all season, while giving up a
whopping 434. A&T averages 210.3 yards per
game, while opponents average 435.8.
The Bulldogs (6-4, 5-2), who are third in the
MEAC, will look to finish on a positive note.
S.C. State’s biggest win. of the season was
against two-time league champion Hampton
(10-1, 7-1) but losses to Delaware State and
Bethune-Cookman will keep the Bulldogs out
of the Division I-AA playoffs.
Tickets start at $20 and are on sale at S.C.
State and A&Ts ticket offices, wwv.ticketmas-
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Tailgate passes are $25 at the schools’ ticket
offices.
opportunity,” Parham said. “I
leave this week and get start
ed in training camp, I can’t
believe my dream is this
much closer to coming true.”
FAMU coach tabbed for
Hula Bowl staff
Florida A&M head football
coach Rubin Carter has been
selected to coach in the Hula
Bowl All-Star Game on Jan.
14 at Aloha Stadium.
Carter, in his second season
at FAMU, will work with the
West All-Stars, most likely
tutoring the defensive line. It
will be a return to familiar
ground for Carter, who
earned MVP honors at the
Hula Bowl in 1975 as a defen
sive lineman following a stel
lar collegiate career at the
University of Mieuni.
Prior to coming to FAMU a
year ago, the Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., native fash
ioned an 18-year coaching
resume, which included stops
on both the professional and
collegiate levels.
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