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Tyson No Role Model;
Kids Need Better Hero
My nephew Timmy is a sports fa
natic. Every time I travel home,
the 10-year-old dynamo bombards
me with questions about professional, col
lege and high school athletics.
Timmy’s a budding star. Asa starting
tight end, trophy-winning grappler and all
star pitcher in the Maryland peewee
leagues, this kid—like many others his age
—is already planning for the days when he
enters the limelight of the pro sports world.
That in itself
does not scare
me, but his he
roes do.
Lately,
Timmy’s taken
to boxing. He
likes the thrill,
the excitement
and the vio
lence of the
sport. That’s
fine,ifwe don’t
mind the next
generation
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spending its spare time watching huge men
beat the living hades out of each other. We
did the same thing, after all.
But Timmy’s newest figure of fortune is
Mike Tyson, and that makes me sick.
Tyson is not a hero. He is a rapist. A
convicted rapist. A convicted rapist who
spent time in prison.
Since he exited an Indiana prison in
April, Tyson has made headlines all over
the globe. His exploits have been rehashed.
His rise to fame has been retold. His career
prospects have been re-pondered.
But the import ofhis crime, it seems, has
been forgotten.
Sports Illustrated plastered its July 3
cover with this year’s most ridiculous pon
dering point: Should we mot for Mike Tyson?
Why is that even a question?
In 1991, Tyson invited Desiree Wash
ington on a late-night limousine tour of
Indianapolis. On the way, she agreed to
accompany him to his hotel room to ‘pick
up something.’ That’s when Washington
said no to sex, and Tyson ignored her.
Tyson had already been publicly ac
cused of brutal spouse abuse by actress
wife Robin Givens, and his attitude about
women in general has always been less
than savory. But people still defend him.
Tyson still denies the charge of rape,
meaning, to many, that he is just a rail
roaded superhero. No matter that the evi
dence convicted him.
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Tyson has served his time, meaning to
some he’s ready to re-enter society and the
ring. No matter that he’s never apologized.
Tyson has a ‘gift’—a clubber claw that
enables him to knock the consciousness
out of his opponents, meaning to many
that he should automatically be let back
into the limelight. No matter that impres
sionable children are watching.
But Tyson is not a victim, as his promot
ers and his supporters would have us be
lieve. His career possibilities are on a big
ger upswing no w than when his trial began
in 1992, and few boxing enthusiasts will
refuse to pay the SSO pay-per-view fee to
watch Tyson re-enter the ring August 19
against Peter McNeeley.
It’s all about morbid curiosity—Tyson
committed a violent crime, and people
have a fascination with watching violence
within a roped-in square. Tyson’s brutality
in the ring is legal, so enthusiasts have few
qualms about relishing it. But what the
public cannot afford to forget is the brutal
ity which took Tyson out of the roped-in
square and into a steel-barred cell.
Does Tyson deserve a second chance in
society? Sure. He’s served his time, and he
has earned his right to be a free man.
Does Tyson deserve a second chance in
the ring? Absolutely not. When he entered
the boxing ring as a public figure when
he earned the title of Heavyweight Cham
pion of the World —he forfeited his privi
leges as a regular Joe Schmoe. He became
rich, he became famous, he became a su
perstar, and he became a role model. When
he raped Washington, he forfeited his right
to be a superhero, just as his right to box
again should be repealed.
Tyson had a responsibility to his fans,
and he jabbed it in the nose.
Should we really expect anyone to mot
for a criminal? Scary as it seems, Timmy
does. His mother has explained the import
ofTyson’s crime, but how well does a child
understand rape? What Timmy —and all
of his friends and children all over the
world sees is an athlete with money,
with power and with fame attributes
which most children covet.
Timmy knows that Tyson committed a
crime, but he also knows that the fighter
will be allowed to re-enter a public forum
and earn several million dollars a year.
What, then, did Tyson lose but three years
of freedom? Who wouldn’t give up three
years to be a famous millionaire for infin
ity?
Most 10-year olds would.
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Gambling Nets Terps’ QB 8-Game Suspension
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLLEGE PARK, Md. Maryland
quarterback Scott Milanovich has lost a
chance to win the Heisman Trophy and the
multimillion dollar NFL contract that usu
ally follows, all because of a handful ofbets
totaling S2OO.
Milanovich, the most prolific passer in
Terrapin history, has been suspended for
eight games by the NCAA for gambling on
college sports, according to sources. It is
the most severe penalty handed to a Divi
sion I athlete for such a violation.
The school has appealed the suspen
sion, one of five given to Maryland athletes
by the NCAA on Monday. The school also
will appeal the 20-game suspension of re
serve basketball guard Matt Raydo.
Four of the athletes have given the uni
versity permission to release their names.
The fifth, according to sources, is
Milanovich, but the school and NCAA
won’t confirm that.
The appeal process will be completed
within two weeks. For now, however,
Milanovich is left with shattered hopes.
“Let’sjust say he’s disillusioned,” Mary
land athletic director Debbie Yow said.
Milanovich has not commented pub
licly on the case, and calls to his parents’
Former Champ Becker Relinquishes Centre Court Dominance at Wimbledon
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WIMBLEDON, England Boris
Becker raised the silver tray over his head
and broke into a trot, waving to the cheer
ing crowd as he circled Centre Court.
It was his consolation lap.
With a valiant but futile effort, Becker
reluctantly succumbed to Pete Sampras’
swift serves Sunday in the final at
Wimbledon, 6-7 (7-5), 6-2,64,6-2.
Becker lost the battle but won the crowd.
During the postmatch ceremony, fans re
served their loudest ovation for the proud
German, and they insisted that he take a
jog around the court with his second-place
trophy. Even Sampras applauded.
“It was one of the nicer feelings I ever
had,” Becker said. “It made me feel like a
part of Wimbledon.”
Among active players, male or female,
he is Wimbledon’s most beloved former
champion. Ten years ago, Becker became
Mantle Warns Against Hard Drinking, Promotes Organ Donation
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS Looking thin and admit
ting he’s weak, Mickey Mantle turned seri
ous during his half-hour news conference
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home in Pennsylvania were not returned.
The NCAA said that had Milanovich
not cooperated with the university’s inves
tigation of campus gambling, he would
have been forced to miss the entire season.
Milanovich allegedly placed six bets
totaling S2OO during the fall of 1992,1993
and 1994. Yow said none of the athletes bet
on Maryland games or did anything to
alter the outcome of games involving the
Terrapins.
“liie most important issue for us is that
he had contact with a bookie and placed
bets with that bookie,” said Carrie Doyle,
the NCAA’s eligibility director. “When
you start placing bets with a bookie person
ally, you’ve crossed a line, and after you’ve
crossed that line the cases become serious
cases.
“This is organized gambling, and the
possibility of organized crime being in
volved is certainly a greater possibility when
you start betting with a bookie.”
If the appeal is denied, Milanovich
would miss 75 percent of the Terrapins’
games. In 17 prior cases, the NCAA did
not suspend a player for more than 25
percent ofhis team’s games.
“What a jump, from 25 percent to 75
percent. My God!” Yow said. “We don’t
the tournament’s first unseeded and young
est winner at age 17, and he added titles in
1986 and 1989.
But against Sampras, Becker acknowl
edged, he had no chance.
“He owns the Centre Court now,”
Becker said. “I used to own it a few years
back, but it belongs to him now."
Still, Becker lost like a champion. He hit
15 double faults and never once reached
break point against Sampras, but the red
headed German held his temper and joked
with the crowd, once covering his eyes
with his hand as he was about to receive
another unretumable serve. The Becker of
10 years ago might have reacted differently
to Sampras’ domination.
“I probably would have jumped the net
trying to beat die guy up personally, ” Becker
said. “Now I’m abit calmer, and I have my
emotions more under control.”
After hitting a forehand return wide on
Tuesday, almost always to give the warn
ing that people shouldn’t five the lifestyle
he did and expect to get away with it.
“You talk about a role model, this is a
role model: Don’tbe like me,’’saidMande,
whose 40 years of hard drinking in part led
to his being near death and needing anew
liveronJuneß. “God gave me the ability to
play baseball, and I wasted it. I’m going to
spend the rest of my life trying to make up.
I want to start giving something back.”
Mande said he was serious about mak
ing a difference in helping promote organ
donations. He’s vowed to do whatever he
can to help the program at Baylor Univer
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argue that he should be punished. We
recommended two games. It’s just that the
punishment does not fit the misdeed.”
This was supposed to be a banner year
for Milanovich. He contemplated skipping
the season to enter the NFL draft after his
junior year, but after the league’s evalua
tion committee determined he would have
been picked between the third and seventh
rounds, he decided to return to school.
He ranks No. 1 at Maryland in career
pass completions (525), completion per
centage (.661), pass efficiency (142.40) and
touchdown passes (47). Operating Coach
Mark Dufiher’s run-and-shoot offense, he
was expected to set school marks in career
passing yards, attempts and total offense.
He also ranks first in career punting aver
age (42.8 yards).
The other three football players
Jermaine Lewis, Jaron Hairston and Farad
Hall will miss one regularly scheduled
football game.
Each placed two bets on college football
or basketball games using parlay cards,
sheets that list 30 to 40 games. The total
amount bet ranged from $lO to $25.
Raydo was given his 20-game suspen
sion for making nine to 12 bets on college
football games during the fall of 1994.
match point, Becker greeted his opponent
at the net with a hearty handshake, made a
thumbs-up sign to Sampras and told him,
“You’re the champion.”
Sampras, the winner of three consecu
tive Wimbledon titles, didn’t resent the
more enthusiastic crowd support for
Becker.
“Boris is a great champion,” Sampras
said. “He has played here a number of
years, and you know he was more or less
the underdog. I knew going into the match
that the crowd was probably going to be on
his side a little bit, but I think they wanted
to see good tennis.”
The match was competitive only for the
first set, when Becker escaped the lone
break point and won the tie-breaker.
Then Becker buckled. The path to his
seventh Wimbledon final included victo
ries over Cedric Pioline and Andre Agassi
in the tournament’s two most compelling
sity Medical Center, site ofTuesday’snews
conference and the hospital that treated
him from May 28 to June 28.
Organ banks around the country say
Mantle’s case has already made a differ
ence. The Southwest Organ Bank, which
found the liver for Mantle, has seen re
quests for donor cards go from 10-12 per
week to more than 700.
Doctors say Mantle’s recovery is going
smoothly, and they’re still confident about
the 60 percent chance they’ve given him to
live five more years.
“Everything is going as well as you
could expect,” Goldstein said.
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Sources say SCOTT MILANOVICH
placed S2OO in bets from 1991-94.
Some of those bets were also made through
a bookie, which led to his harsh sentence.
He, too, would have been suspended for a
lull season had he not cooperated in the
investigation, the NCAA said.
men’s matches, but the arduous fortnight
took a toll.
“After the first set I kind oflost power in
my whole game,” Beckersaid. “Afterthat,
I didn’t have a chance to win anymore.”
As Sampras took control, the crowd
squirmed, Becker’s family in particular.
His sister closed her eyes before each point,
unable to watch; his wife buried her face in
her hands; his mother simply looked sad.
A title for Becker would have been only
a little less surprising than the one he won
at age 17. But despite being labeled the
“old lion” by British tabloids, he still har
bors hopes of winning another champion
ship in his favorite tournament.
“I may have a beard which looks like a
lion a little bit,” Becker said. “But at 271
don’t necessarily feel that old yet. ...I feel
like I’m very important to tennis, and if
you’re still under 30, it doesn’t matter
whether you’re 29 or 21.”
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