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Section BFormer Wolfpack star apologizes to Coach ValvanoEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Charles Shackleford denied ever shaving points at North Carolina State, but admitted Saturday that he made a major mistake accepting a loan from an agent while in school.The statements were the first directly from Shackleford since an ABC News report earlier this week implicated the current New Jersey Nets forward and three other players in the scheme to fixWolfpack games in the 1987-88season.However, Shackleford shed no light on the controversy, other than denying the report, and he already had done that earlier this week through his agent, Sal DiFazio. He answered no questions after reading his brief statement and did not discuss his arrest in Orange, N.J., Thursday for possession of a small amount of marijuana.DiFazio, of Bridgewater, N.J., also refused to answer questions relating to the investigation, saying Shackleford had hired another attorney to represent himin that matter, Matthew Boylanof Roseland, N.J.Boylan was not in his officeSaturday. ;■ '-/V-^Shackleford, a Kinston native who played three seasons at North Carolina State, said he asked for the news conference so he would have a chance to comment on the reports. He also apologized to N.C. State coach Jim Valvano, who has come under fire during a state investigation of the point-shavingallegations.Valvano credited Shackleford for being “man enough to admit ... he already said that he didSunday, March 4, 1990atShackleford $5,000 to $6,000take the money.”“I think that is at least an appropriate action and certainly I’m very pleased to hear that he denies any wrongdoing,” Valvano said at an impromptu gathering outside Reynolds Coliseum following Saturday’s practice. “The most hopeful statement is that he said he didn’t do it ... I would like to believe that that’s the truth and again hopefully that will come out.” The news conference lasted 15 minutes and Shackleford said very little about the investigation.“I never shaved points at North Carolina State,” saidShackleford, hunched over a microphone and staring directly at his statement. “I did take money from an agent. I was young and poor. I was offered money and I took it. I borrowed the money from another person because I thought that was my only way out. What I did waswrong. I know that now.”Shackleford accepted about $65,000 from two men and paid both of them back in 1988,DiFazio said.One of the men was Robert Kramer of Denvillc, N.J., reportedly the mastermind of the point-shaving scheme. He loanedwhen he was at North Carolina State and an additional $14,000 to $15,000 after the player left school after his junior year in 1988. jDiFazio said he was introduced to Shackleford by Kramer, but he added that happened only a week or two after he himself had met Kramer.Shackleford paid back that loan on Nov. 29, 1988. He alsoSee SHACKLEFORD /B4NC State: Point-shaving is mostfeared scandal in all sports/B4
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