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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1996
Page
8
A landmark figure is elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame for guiding Old Dominion to consecutive national titles. She broke barriers by becoming the first woman to play in a men’s professional league. See story on this page.
NEW YORK AP Massachusetts State College remained No 1 for the seventh straight week after a 78 74 overtime victory over Xavier of Ohio The Minutemen 21 0 collected 58 first place votes and 1641 points from the media panel Kentucky 18 1 had seven first place votes and 1586 points Kansas ranked third with Connecticut Cincinnati Villanova and Utah trailing in the top seven.
Sirming ham Ala Ac South Carolina's Shannon Johnson was named Southeastern Conference player of the week Monday. Johnson scored 50 points to lift South Carolina 78 77 over Appalachian State in overtime. His 50 points rank as the second-highest individual game total in SEC history.
AP reports Jennifer Capriati will resume professional tennis at the Paris Open Feb 13-18 with a wild card. It marks her first tournament since November 1994 after she left tour following early U.S. Open 1998 loss, then attending school and a 1994 marijuana possession arrest incident.
Calendar lists February 6 events in multiple South Carolina venues including Ridge Spring Monetta 6 p.m. and Aiken 6:30 p.m. with several games like Orangeburg Wikinson at North Augusta 8:30 p.m. and Brookland Cayce at Midlands Valley at 7 p.m. The Hampton at Liver Sill game starts 6:30 p.m. Also noted are February 7 USC Aiken women and men basketball at Francis Marion 5:30 p.m. and 7:90 p.m. plus Central Piedmont CC at Aiken Tech at 7:30 p.m.
ESPN2 carries Rhode Island at LaSalle at 5 p.m. followed by Providence at Connecticut at 7 30 p.m. Indiana visits Minnesota at 8 p.m. on ESPN. TNT airs the Bulls at Suns later. Maryland at North Carolina appears on ESPN2 later.
NBC Sports president Dick Ebersol outlined a bold plan to televise five Olympiads starting in 1998 with 500 to 600 hours at the Summer Games and 400 to 450 hours at the Winter Games. NBC will add channels and a weekly Olympic show, aiming for extensive coverage of obscure events alongside gymnastics. Atlanta 1996 will be the last traditional telecast, with up to four extra hours added for the 1996 Games and a push to 10 years as the network of the Olympics.
Nancy Lieberman-Cline joins inductees George Gervin David Thompson Gail Goodrich and others as a Hall of Fame honoree in Springfield Mass Lieberman-Cline helped redefine women's basketball and was the youngest Olympic silver medalist in 1976 at age 17 Her career included two seasons with the Springfield Fame and a notable scoring rivalry between Gervin and Thompson peaked with 73 and 63 point performances in 1978.
Kim Taviel looms as a potential final star for Aiken High School girls basketball at Frank McGuire Arena as they chase the Class AAAA state title. A senior guard for the 162 Lady Hornets, she broke tibia and fibula in September while playing volleyball for USC Aiken, feared she was finished, but rehab and a December return put her back on court.
In Anaheim Calif officials push to lure the NFL Seahawks to relocate to Orange County while President Clinton shows support with a Save the Seahawks T-shirt. City and regional leaders discuss a football facility and stadium plans as Los Angeles and Anaheim vie for the team.
National signing day prompts thoughts on the hype around high school athletes signing letters of intent. The column argues most recruits are unproven at the college level and questions the accuracy of recruiting gurus. It highlights several players and notes the role of heart and work ethic beyond 40yard times.
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