Tulane President Confirms Permanent Basketball Shutdown
Tulane University announces its 73-year basketball program is shut down amid an alleged point shaving scheme and cash payments to players. Coach Ned Fowler resigns after admitting paying players. assistants Richardson and Pfeifer also resign. Grand jury probes link drugs and bribery in three games. indictments target eight individuals including John Williams and Gary Kranz for sports bribery and related crimes.
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New Orleans
Tulane University
Eamon Kelly
Ned Fowler
Mike Richardson
Max Pfeifer
Kelly
Fowler
Tulane
Harry Connick
Williams
New York Times
Times- Picayune
States
Cyclone Netters Third at Gardner Invitational
Ottawa High placed third in a Forest Park invitational tennis event led by Don Simms and Barry Reynolds. DeSoto won with 41 points, Gardner 36, Baldwin 21, Lansing 16, Bonner Springs 6, as the Cyclones earned medals in all four divisions. Coach Ron Kimes praised underclassmen and noted Reynolds upset of Gardner’s Clint Van Trease. The squad heads to Gardner Invitationals next week.
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Rick Peterson
Ottawa High
Forest Park
Cyclones
DeSoto
Gardner
OHS
Ron Kimes
Baldwin
Lansing
Bonner Springs
Don Simms
OHL
Simms
Champian Martin Hess
Hess
Barry Reynolds
Clint van Trease
Reynolds
Ben Hadley
Mike Burrichter
Jon Winkler
Chris Stitt
Winkler
Stitt
Hadley-Burrichter
John Harnden
Dana Crump
Hogs Post Coaching Derby Draws National Interest
Illinois State coach Bob Donewald visited Fayetteville with UA Director Frank Broyles as Arkansas seeks a replacement for Eddie Sutton who resigned to Kentucky. Lamar’s Pat Foster, Tulsa’s Nolan Richardson, and Virginia Commonwealth’s J D Barnett figure in the tense pursuit as Donewald tours UA facilities.
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Arkansas
Frank Broyles
Eddie Sutton
Kentucky
Broyles
Pat Foster
Lamar
Chicago
Beaumont
Texas
Illinois State
Bob Donewald
Fayetteville
Donewald
Normal
Ill
Indiana
Bobby Knight
Hribe
Nolan Richardson
Tulsa
Richardson
Golden Hurricane
Virginia Commonwealth
J.D. Barnett
Barnett
Fish and Game Keeps Name Despite Proposed Change
Topeka Kansas AP reports the state Fish and Game Commission will retain its name. A House bill would rename the Game Protection Service to Wildlife Conservation Service but not alter the commission’s name. The commission is headquartered in Pratt. An AP error had claimed a name change to Game Protection Service.
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Topeka, Kan
The
State Fish and Game Commission
House
Commission
Game Protection
Service
Wildlife Conservation Service
Pratt
Associated Press
Game Protection Service
Ottawa High Track Team Preps for Blue Valley Invitational
Ottawa High will open its 1985 track season at the Blue Valley Invitational in Stanley, with the Cyclones traveling to face Blue Valley. The meet, moved from Ottawa Relays by weather, starts field events at 9 a.m. and prelims at 9:30 a.m. The distance medley relay finals follow at 10:45 a.m.
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Ottawa High
Tawa
Blue Valley
Area Thinclads Do Well At Iola Meet By Williamsburg Waverly
Iola area teams scored across two divisions at the Mike's Sporting Goods Invitational at Allen County Community College. Williamsburg and Waverly shared the 1A girls team title with 67 points, while Waverly and Williamsburg placed 2nd and 4th in the boys. Pomona swept 2A-3A girls third, Lyndon boys third in 2A-3A, and Humboldt led the 2A-3A boys with 92 points. Nancy Weigand led Williamsburg girls by winning the 1600 and 3200, with Kelli Magrath taking the high jump and helping a 1600 relay victory. Pomona's Cindy Scott and Roseann Scott earned key finishes, while Lyndon’s Ben Asbury claimed the 110 hurdles for the Tigers. The meet also noted various runners and relays across multiple events.
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IOLA
Allen County Community College
Williamsburg
Waverly
Pomona
Lyndon
Tigers
Nancy Weigand
Kelli Magrath
Panthers
Audra Shepard
Stacy Shaffer
Charlotte Gragg
Magrath
Gragg
Weigand
Lisa Cravens
PHS
Altooway Midway
Indians
Cindy Scott
Roseann Scott
R. Scott
C. Scott
Susan Hogge
Cheryl Leakey
Jayhawk Linn
Erie
Jeff Parker
Crest
Brad Basel
Duane Reichard
Brendon May
May
Darin Reichard
Ben Asbury
Asbury
Roger Summers
Billy Massey
Rod Sturdy
Summers
Richard Burns
John Culley
Humboldt
Uniontown
Susan Sloop
Herald
Osage City
Flinthills
Williamsburg and Waverly
Lebo
Hartford
St . Olpe
Chetopa
Leroy
Hamilton
Gridley
Madison Thayer
Elk Valley
Tracie Vietze
Stephanie Herring
Cravens
Herring
Nancy Wei
Raga
Shepard
Shaffer
Jayhawk-Linn
Altoona-Midway
Pleasanton
Central-Burden
Marmaton Valley
St. Paul and
West Elk
Rosearmn Scalt
Scott
A. Scott
Willamsburg
Madison
B. Basel
Darin Reichard May
D. Basel
Unitown
Main
Valley
Central Burden
St. Paul
Sie
Eric Jayhawk-Linn
Jeff
Somona
Homer
Burke Sink
Hoake
Sink
Altic. Leakey
Kent Eckenroed
Damon Fowler
Troy Dlugosh
Curt Altic
Altic
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John “Hot Rod” Williams
Gary Kranz
Southern Mississippi
Memphis State
Virginia Tech
Green Wave
Pfeifer
Sorrento
Metro
Bobby Thompson
David Dominique
New Iberia
Kranz
New Rochelle
N.Y
David “Buddah” Rothenberg
Wilton
Clyde Eads
Jon Johnson
Cyclone Netters
Harnden
Crump
Kimes
Wen Wilson
Harry King
Fish & Game
Brend May
David Bagel
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