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SPORTS BY BARRY COOPER Brace yourself, NBA fans. The an nual, unofficial NBA pre-draft rumor mill haa cranked up. Why, Just the other day, a fellow writer from Phoennix, hot in purauit of a.story, breathlessly called to inquire as to whether a brand-new team in Orlan do—the Magic—had been contacted about thia deal: Suna’ forward Armon Gilliam to Orlando for the Magic’a No. 1 pick <n the draft. Magic General Manager Pat Williams laughed at the suggestion. “It's all starting to happen now,” he said. “Between now and the draft, we're going to hear all kinds of stories.” w,th the playoffs in high gear and th«t attention of basketball junkies fix ed oa the soles of Air Jordans, NBA GMs are able to quietly go about plan ning for the draft later this month. All has been quiet, but some rumblings are starting to be heard. In Sacramento, the Kings now reported ly are leaning toward taking Duke’s Danny Perry with the No. 1 pick, and that likely will create a domino effect that will enable the Miami Heat, who desperately need a scorer, to take Michigan’s Glen Rice. The Kings had been saying that they’d take Rice, a potential 20-point scorer who could have fairly im mediate impact. But such statements by4he Kings, made on national TV by managing general partner Greg LukenbiU, were either (a) lies, or (b) smokescreens engineered by Luken bill and vice president Bill Russell. Welcome to the wonderfully wacky world of NBA draft skulduggery,' where a premium often is placed on deception. we count down the days to the draft on June 37, you can expect more curve balls and sucker punches from GMs. Teams will haver over their draft plans, oftentimes releas ing information only when it is In their best interest. For example, Charlotte Hornets’ vice president Carl Sheer, apparently In an effort to appease North Carolina Tar Heels fans, allowed It to be known that he had scheduled a meeting with UNC Coach Dean Smith to discuss forward J.R. Reid. By the way, it appears now that the Hornets, who sorely wanted Ferry but wound up with the No. 5 pick, will take Reid. In the day or two before the draft, the signals being sent out by teams will become dearer and the order for at least the first dozen or so selections will be set. Some teams will even assist others by candidly telling of who they’re planning to pick. But, as Williams says, “We reserve the right to change our minds.” That means teams won’t hesitate to toss one final changeup in hopes that the player they truly want will fall to their spot. Indications are now that the Kings had planned all along to take Ferry if they wound up with the top choice. He would provide a potential replace ment for forward Rodney McCray, whose skills are starting to decline. If the Kings grab Ferry, the Clip pers will take Sean Elliott—another blockbuster choicke for them. Un questionably, the Cippers are the most poorly run franchise in basket ball, but the benefit they’ve gotten from all their screwups has been one high No. 1 pick after another. And now they have a stunning roster of young talent, players potentially so good that not even the Clippers’ lax management will be able to keep the ;?v T ” '-wi _i_M_m Norfolk State Players Selected All-American > MONTGOMERY, Ala.-Norfolk State University’s Melvin Wearing and Christopher Mitchell were nam ed to the 1869 NCAA Division II All American team selected by the American Baseball Coaches Associa tion. The 19IW team was announced at the College World Series which began the final eight playoffs for the NCAA Division II baseball championship. . Wearing and Mitchell, both juniors, <led the NSU Spartans tot he NCAA regkmals this season, the second con secutive appearance for the Marty Miller-coached Spartans. Wearing, a first-team choice in the infield, and Mitchell, a second-team selection at second base, are NSU’s first All America selections since 1968 when Miller, who has been the head coach at NSU since 1973, was chosen. Wearing, a resident of West Haven, Conn., led the Spartans in batting for the second straight year. His .454 mark following a .497 batting average in ’88 included 17 homeruns and 64 RBIs this year. The 6’3”, 340-pound first baseman set a new standard in career homers with 34, 30 of them in the last two seasons. Wearing’s career RBIs also set a new NSU Mitchell, a 5*10”, 170-pounderr from Chariton, Va., hit .402 this year, including four homers and 40 RBIs. His all-around play, especially on defense, was a major factor in the Spartans’ outstanding year. During the North Atlantic Regionals, in Slip pery Rock, Pa., his play around se cond base drew raves from the oppos ing coaches and pro scouts as the Spartans turned five double plays in sparkling fashion, three of them in a tough 4-3, 11-inning loss to Ship P*^Th<Sr selection is something that we [the university] are certainly pro ud of,” Dick Price. NSU athletic director, said. “It is a tribute to the efforts of Marty Miller, who has worked tirelessly to bring Spartan baseball the measure of respect it now has nationally.” When informed of the selection of Wearing and Mitchell as baseball All Americans, Miller said proudly, “I’m happy to have two of the better players in the country receive All America recognition... It could not have happened to two more deserving players. They played well all season and conducted themselves as true All-Americans botn on and off the field.” “Melvin’s talents are well known because he’s played consistently well for two seasons, but Chris [Mitchell] proved that he’s among the best in the collegiate ranks, and his selection to the All-America team confirms it,” Miller added. “I think their selection is also an indication of the caliber of baseball program we now ha we here at Norfolk State and the recognition and esteem that our program now has among the baseball coaches in the country. “I’m disappointed that Wilkerson [Washington] was not chosen,” Miller said. “He certainly played well ! enough to earn the recognition. , However, in looking, at the pitchers ' selected, I believe that the number of innings pitched might have been a , factor in his omission.” Wilkerson pitched a total of 60 inn- ' ings and faced 340 batten. “All of the pitchers chosen pitched more inn ings,” Miller pointed out. “I am , reluctant to overpitch a player ; because I think It might not be wise in , the long run" ( The 1988 marriage rate was 9.7 ] per 1,000 population, down slightly | from 9,9 in 1987, according to a i report from the National Center for ] Health Statistics. 1 team from winning. Here’s another player to keep your eye on—Vlade Divae. That last name ia pronounced DEE-voah, and chances are you’ll have as much trou ble pronouncing Divac’s name aa he will have difficulty pronouncing say, "McDonald’s.” That’s because Divac doesn’t speak English—not a word. But he is the best player in Yugoslavia, and he’s 7'2”. He’s eligi ble for the draft and you can bet some team will snap him up in a hurry,, even if they have to draft a translator, too. ■ . .| CBS TV Offering "Dream Season” For Sports Fans Neal Pilson, president, CBS Sports, called 1990 the "Dream Season” in remarks to the 35th annual con ference of CBS Television Network Affiliates in Los Angeles June 4, noting that “Virtually every major ' sports event on American television will be seen and enjoyed only on CBS stations.” The acquisition of major league baseball to join the other major sports events on the network schedule plus the 1992 Winter Olympics at Albertville, France, "is an exciting and fulfilling reaffirmation of our network-affiliate partnership.” In 1990, he pointed out, the World Series, both league championship series, and the All-Star Game will move to CBS, joining “dramatic, visual and enduring sports proper ties” like the National Football League and the Super Bowl, the Na tional Basketball Association, the NCAA basketball championship, col lege football, the Masters and PGA 1 Tour golf, the U.S. Open Tennis J Championships, the World Figure Skating Championships and the i Daytona 500. 1 “During the last decade,” he add ed, “these events have retained their value—indeed, enhanced their lj value—during a period of eroding net- p work shares.” With the addition of v baseball, he said, CBS Sports has n achieved “the undisputed leadership role in sports television.” a Pilson thanked the affiliates “for c all the support and enthusiasm you p have extended in helping us reach v this milestone. No other network in ( the history of our medium has ever j presented to its affiliates, its adver- n Users and its viewers so complete and g so compelling a schedule of sports properties.” Hornets Take On Cheyney State In Wilmington Game n a--* » pttnn DOVER, Del.—For the first time in 41 years, Delaware State will play a football game in the city of Wilm ington. The Hornets will compete against Cheyney State (Pa.) Univer sity on Sept. 2 at 2 p.m. at Wilm ington, Del.’s Baynard Stadium in the first-ever “Wilmington Classic.” In 1948, Delaware State College played Howard at Wilmington’s former Blue Rock Stadium. The game, being made possible due to the cooperation of the Wilmington Parks and Recreation Department, is hoped to become an annual event in Delaware’s largest city. Wilmington Mayor Dan Frawley says the classic could feature different teams coming in to play Delaware State each year. J DelState President William B. DeLauder stated that he would like 1 for the Wilmington Classic to become * an. annual occurrence. He feels that this sporting event would be a great recruitment device in the Wilmington I area for Delaware State. p This year’s contest will feature old F rivals who have not met on the foot- 1 ball field since 1956 when Delaware e State defeated Cheyney 27-0. in the 1 overall series Delaware State holds a fj H edge with Cheyney’s only win c :oming in 1951. The contest will also I mark the first college football game s lo be played in Wilmington since c Maryland State played South q Carolina State in 1975. Basketball Standouts Recognized At Banquet •% • -1-41-•• -A i/vvuu, i/ci.—uao»cwaii oiair louts Barbara Burgess and Tom a, 5a vis were recently named as the pj Delaware State College female and lt nale athletes of the year, respective- cj y. The awards were the result of Mlloting by DSC bead coaches in all y, ;ports and were announced during he college's annual Athletic Awards a] banquet. st This marks the second straight ^ rear that Burgess has won the D ■oveted award. Burgess, a senior, vas also named to the Black College T ports Eastern Athletic Conference le quad for the third straight year after iveraging 17.1 points and S.4 re- 8( rounds per game during the 1988-89 1( leason. She was also named to the h dEAC's All-Tournament Team after ending the Lady Hornets to two f SLAM DUNK—Earvin “Manic” Johnson slam dunks Iwtwoon Phoenix defenders Tom Chambers, left, and Mark Hg West, right, in route to clinching the NBA Western Conference chamoion*hin Wildlif. Pro/ «c# North Carolinians who opt for city fe won’t have to give up the rural leasure of fishing under the N.C. ’ildlife Resources Commission’s ew urban fishing program. In a pilot project to look at costs nd benefits of urban fishing, the ommission and the Greensboro arks and Recreation Department ill open Oka T. Hester Lake in freensboro on June 10 for fishing. Isheries biologists will stock chan el catfish in the 12-acre lake on June and will continue stocking 1,500 liannel catfish monthly through eptembr. The fish stocked will be tout 10 inches long and weigh about le-half pound—a catchable size. A fishing contest for children and lults is scheduled for June 10 from 10 a.m. Prizes will be awarded in >th categories for the largest fish iught. A grand opening ceremony ill be held with the Greensboro arks and Recreation Department id local dignitaries following the intest. The grand opening was dur g National Fishing Week, June 5-11. tiring this time each year, states id environmental agencies place tecial emphasis on the fun and holesomeness of the sport of fishing. “This project is important to the ate because North Carolina is scorning more urbanized,’’ said red Harris, chief of the immission’s Boating and Inland isheries Division. “It provides thing experiences for people who Hornet Players Make Redskins Draft List DOVER, Del.—Four former )elaware State College football >layers have been invited to National •'ootball League camps this spring. Hie Washington Redskins thought snough of ex-Hornet defensive end ,ybrant Robinson to make him their ifth-round selection in the most re cent NFL draft of college talent, lobinson, a two-time AU-MEAC election, finished his DelState areer with 812 total tackles and 2S luarterback sacks. Robinson’s ex-linemate Robert ostseason victories anu a tirst-ever ppearance in the conference cham ionship game. She scored more than 700 points during her four-year ireer. Tom Davis, the MEAC player of the ear, averaged 25.2 points and 9.9 re winds per game last season. He was Iso named All-MEAC (first team), elected to the All-American Team by le Black College Sports Information irec tors’ Association, and named to te Extra Point Club’s All-American earn. He set a Delaware State Col sge single-season scoring mark by ouring in 706 points during the eason. Included in that figure were 0 games of 30 or more points, ighlighted by a 50-point effort gainst Brooklyn College and a 7-point game against Florida A4M. Pres bury could also wear a Kedskins uniform this fall. The Skins signed the former MEAC defensive player of the year to a free agent contract the day after the draft. During Ins career at Delaware State, Presbury recorded 234 total tackles and 31 quarterback sacks. He was also a two-time All MEAC first team selection. The New York Jets believe former Hornet running back Reggie Barnes could one day be a part of their future. The Jets recently signed DelState’s No. 2 all-time rusher to a free agent contract. Barnes rushed for 1,336 yards last season and 3,282 during his career, making him the third all-time leading rusher in Mid Eastern Athletic Conference history. An All-MEAC first team selection last season, Barnes averaged 5.9 yards per carry during his four-year career. The New York Giants are in terested in former DelState punter/placekicker David Parkinson. They’ve invited the Hornets’ all-time field-goal leader to their mini-camp for rookies and free agents. Parkin son booted 40 field goals during his career, which encded with 254 total points, the second-highest figure in MEAC history. He also averaged 40.7 yards per punt in his senior year. Half of college students who drop out of school to many without having completed college return at some later point. ■ .rMm- • don’t have the opportunities or means to fish elsewhere or for those who don’t want to drive a long distance to find a pond or lake.” The urban fishing program will especially benefit children, senior citizens and handicapped citizens. The Hester Lake project features three piers, one of which is accessible to the handicapped. The urban pro ject was designed primarily to pro vide better bank fishing. - ‘‘This demonstration project will show what can be done, and if it’s suc cessful, we’ll take it to other cities such as Raleigh and Charlotte,” Har ris said. The Hester Hark lake is managed for fishing by the City of Greensboro through an agreement with the com mission. In addition to the Hester Cake open ing, the Wildlife Commission will hold open house at its Pisgah Forest, Arm strong, Table Kock and Fayetteville fish hatcheries A CATCH clinic was held June 10 at the Fayetteville hat chery. Children ages 8- IS learned how to identify fish and cast, and will fish in hatchery ponds. Commission biologists also will stock the Swannanoa River east of Asheville with trout for a special fishinv dav on June 10. Sedentary Lifestyle Aida Heart Disease BY BENJAMIN REED AND ROBERT G. MCMURRAY, Ph.D. The American Heart Association has estimated that one out of every five Americans will suffer some form of cardiovascular disease during his or her lifetime. One factor related to cardiovascular disease risk is a sedentary lifestyle. Partly due to this association, many Americans are now participating in exercise pro grams. Unfortunately, it’s sometimes confusing as to which form of exer cise is most beneficial. Many clubs and organizations direct theirmembers to weightlifting van anaerooic activity; wnue simultaneously minimizing aerobic exercise such as walking, swimming, jogging, or cycling. Weightlifting is the most efficient way to increase muscular strength, size, endurance and tone. However, repeated ex perimentation has shown that weightlifting has minimal effect on modifying the cardiovascular risk factors such as elevated blood cholesterol and blood pressure In ad dition, weightlifting generally has less impact than aerobic exercise on weight loss. Conversely, aerobic exercise, when performed regularly, can result in significant improvement in many of the cardiovascular disease risk fac tors. As little as 20-30 minutes of aerobic activity performed three times a week can lower blood pressure and body weight, as well as raise HDL cholesterol level, the form of cholesterol that is protective against heart disease Aerobic at j vi ty can actually increase the an. ; of blood and oxygen available to heart. Unfortunately, the benefits den from each type of exercise (aerobic or anaerobic) are specific to the type of training. That is to say that although the gains of aerobic activity are beneficial, those engaging in purely aerobic exercises are not like ly to realize much strength improve ment. Likewise, those individuals performing only anaerobic activity, which will benefit the muscles will not be significantly benefitting the heart and lungs. So what form of exercise is best’’ It appears that the best overall exercise program consists of aerobic activity performed at least three times a week for 20-30 minutes supplemented by weight training at least twice a week. Moderate stretching during warmup and cooldown of each exer cise session will also contribute to well-being. This type of program will result in significant improvements in heart and lung function and reduce heart disease risk factors, while simultaneously increasing strength and muscle tone Alternating bet ween aerobic and anaerobic ac tivities will also reduce the^tisk of over-use injuries If you lire in terested in starting such a program, contact the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Health for more information.
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