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Nfl And Notable Holdouts -Olympics Awarded To Beijing, Richard C. Crepeau Sep 1993

Nfl And Notable Holdouts -Olympics Awarded To Beijing, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The National Football League is heading into its fourth week and I haven't mentioned it yet. This is because Pete Roselle is no longer the Commissioner, and as a result the League has lost some of its majesty. Roselle always had the appearance and bearing of a deity, and this radiated to the League itself. With Pete gone, the NFL looks like just another bunch of mortals making big bucks off the boredom of the populace and the sweat of gladiators. The piety is no longer there.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 26 No. 04, September 15, 1993 Sep 1993

Central Florida Future, Vol. 26 No. 04, September 15, 1993

Central Florida Future

UCF football player arrested; Free parking (photo); Thief sought by UCF police; Dive club paddles through UCF 's unchartered waters; In Sports: Fighting Knight defeat Valdosta State in season opener; In Features: Downtown coffee house teams up with Enzian Theater.

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Mlb Realignment And Expansion, Richard C. Crepeau Sep 1993

Mlb Realignment And Expansion, Richard C. Crepeau

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The vote was 27-1 with only the Texas Rangers against the proposal. And so next season, if the players agree, there will be three divisions in each league in baseball. Realignment will have been achieved, and there will be another round of playoffs. Player approval is likely, as it was the Player's Association who suggested that it was time for realignment, rather than a second tier of playoffs involving second place teams.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 26 No. 03, September 8, 1993 Sep 1993

Central Florida Future, Vol. 26 No. 03, September 8, 1993

Central Florida Future

Two garages needed by '96; Hitt addresses financial aid, UCF's diversity, student union at luncheon; School teaches and cares for UCF tots; Fair on the Student Green... (photo); In Opinion: Is Pay Per View television worth the money? Life, Politics & Bubblegum; In Sports: Four-page football preview.

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U.S.Tennis Open - James Gordon Bennett Jr., Richard C. Crepeau Sep 1993

U.S.Tennis Open - James Gordon Bennett Jr., Richard C. Crepeau

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The 1993 U.S. Open comes to its conclusion this weekend in New York. When it opened nearly two weeks ago it looked like it would be most notable for the people who were not there.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 26 No. 02, September 1, 1993 Sep 1993

Central Florida Future, Vol. 26 No. 02, September 1, 1993

Central Florida Future

Building of Student Union to resume (with photo); Pegasus strikes UCF... (photo); UCF student shot at Subway; Greek Park remembers students; In Features: Party all night at a rave; In Sports: Volleyball and soccer previews.

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College Football Scandals: Auburn, Washington, Miami, Notre Dame, Minnesota, Richard C. Crepeau Sep 1993

College Football Scandals: Auburn, Washington, Miami, Notre Dame, Minnesota, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Last Saturday you could hear the chant that goes with the tomahawk chop on two networks, and if you were quick with the remote control you could even get them into sequence. The Atlanta Braves were on CBS, while over on ABC the Florida State Seminoles were putting on a clinic for Kansas to open the college football season. As always, Keith Jackson was there with his now familiar, nearly anesthetizing, call of the game. College football and Keith Jackson are nearly one.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 26 No. 01, August 25, 1993 Aug 1993

Central Florida Future, Vol. 26 No. 01, August 25, 1993

Central Florida Future

UCF's Future to move off campus; Business school reaches out to downtown; In Opinion: Night or day, talk shows serve as a forum for misfits; In Sports: Jenny and Trace discuss American League East.

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Genetics And Sport Performance: The Debate, Richard C. Crepeau Aug 1993

Genetics And Sport Performance: The Debate, Richard C. Crepeau

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The President of Florida State University, Dr. Dale Lick resigned last week after controversy surrounding his candidacy for the presidency of Michigan State University. That controversy stemmed from comments he had once made concerning the Black Athlete, in which he said that Black athletes were naturally superior to whites, as they were able to jump higher than whites, citing the evidence of basketball performance to demonstrate his point.

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University Of Tennessee Media Day, Richard C. Crepeau Aug 1993

University Of Tennessee Media Day, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

While on vacation in the mountains of North Carolina adjacent to the mountains of Tennessee, I had the great privilege to see reports on the local TV stations of media day at the University of Tennessee. The interest of the media was not directed at the president of the university, or the unveiling of some new piece of technology or super computer, but rather it was media day for Big Orange football. All the solemnity usually reserved for religious exercises or the reporting of international diplomacy was dragged out for this occasion. I was struck particularly by the seriousness of …

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Sport, Entertainment And Gender Equity, Richard C. Crepeau Aug 1993

Sport, Entertainment And Gender Equity, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Just over a week ago The Orlando Sentinel ran a series of three articles dealing with the issue of gender equity in intercollegiate athletics. For those not intimately involved with college athletics this is the hot topic currently rattling across campuses nationwide. Football coaches quake at the prospect of reduced scholarships and budgets, and curse the "extremists" from the women's movement who are threatening their opulent empires.

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Nfl Hall Of Fame Inductees, Richard C. Crepeau Aug 1993

Nfl Hall Of Fame Inductees, Richard C. Crepeau

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In addition to Reggie Jackson's entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame last weekend, the National Football League Hall of Fame had its induction ceremonies at Canton, Ohio, on Saturday. Five new members were inducted: Walter Payton, Dan Fouts, Larry Little, Bill Walsh and Chuck Noll. By any measure an impressive group.

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Reginald Martinez Jackson, Richard C. Crepeau Jul 1993

Reginald Martinez Jackson, Richard C. Crepeau

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He has been called, Mr. October, The Ultimate Hot Dog, Reg-aroo, a shoo-in for the Ego Hall of Fame, and Regg-ie, Regg-ie. But my favorite has always been the self-proclaimed, "Straw that Stirs the Drink." Reginald Martinez Jackson. Born May 18, 1946, in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, could stir the drink like few in the History of Baseball.

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Magic Fire Goukas And Sentinel Misses The Story - Ben Chapman Obit, Richard C. Crepeau Jul 1993

Magic Fire Goukas And Sentinel Misses The Story - Ben Chapman Obit, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

After a few weeks to digest and contemplate the events surrounding the Orlando Magic, the picture remains partly cloudy. The one thing we know for sure is that the local newspaper completely and totally failed. The Orlando Sentinel has two reporters assigned full time to cover the Orlando Magic, and several of their other reporters and columnists pride themselves on being well connected into the local sports scene. It is interesting then that it was ESPN in Hartford, Connecticut, rather than the local paper which broke the story that Matt Goukas was pushed or jumped up the stairs at One …

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In Memoriam: Roy Campanella, Richard C. Crepeau Jun 1993

In Memoriam: Roy Campanella, Richard C. Crepeau

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It's funny what sticks in your memory. The odd moment, the inconsequential incident, somehow become equal to the moments of high drama. We all know this quirk of the mind.

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Chicago Bulls Three-Peat, Richard C. Crepeau Jun 1993

Chicago Bulls Three-Peat, Richard C. Crepeau

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June 20, 1993 will be remembered in sport history as the day that the Chicago Bulls defeated the Phoenix Suns in the American West Arena to win the 1992-93 NBA Championship and a Three-peat. It is only the third time in NBA history a team has won the championship three years in a row.

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Compassionate Capitalism, Richard C. Crepeau May 1993

Compassionate Capitalism, Richard C. Crepeau

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Compassionate Capitalism. Nice phrase isn't it. It is a phrase used in a recent book title: Compassionate Capitalism: Helping Others Help Themselves. It is also used in the name of a new Foundation: the Compassionate Capitalism Foundation, a nonprofit group based in Muskegon, Michigan. The book and the foundation are the creations of Rich DeVos, he's the boss, of the Orlando Magic.

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Sporting Heroes As Role Models, Richard C. Crepeau May 1993

Sporting Heroes As Role Models, Richard C. Crepeau

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Charles Barkley has been in our face now for several weeks with a commercial for one of those tiresome shoe companies in which he announces: "I am not a role model. I am not paid to be a role model... parents should be role models...I am paid to wreak havoc on a basketball court. Just because I can dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids."

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The Ncaa And The Myth Of Amateurism, Richard C. Crepeau May 1993

The Ncaa And The Myth Of Amateurism, Richard C. Crepeau

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Just over a week ago Dick Schultz resigned as the Executive Director of the NCAA, a position he has held since 1987. Schultz has been called a leader in the reform of Intercollegiate Athletics and has changed the public image of the NCAA. His resignation was prompted by the fact that the NCAA had found rules violations in the University of Virginia athletic program during the Dick Schultz years as Athletic Director there. Virginia has been placed on two years probation.

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Gretzky, Lemieux, And The Nhl Playoffs, Richard C. Crepeau May 1993

Gretzky, Lemieux, And The Nhl Playoffs, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It's playoff time. In the National Hockey League and the National Basketball Association the second season, the real season, is underway. Every game now has an increased significance, and when you get to the final game of a series there is nothing else like it in sport. When both teams face elimination the level of play is raised to extraordinary heights.

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The Death Of Jim Valvano, Richard C. Crepeau May 1993

The Death Of Jim Valvano, Richard C. Crepeau

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Normally the Catholic Church requires a certain passage of time, as well as evidence of the performance of three miracles, before anyone is presented for canonization to sainthood. Apparently ESPN's standards are not quite that high, as the network canonized Jim Valvano last week following his death. Although Valvano had at least one miracle to his credit, the winning of the 1983 NCAA basketball championship with the miracle shot against Houston as time ran out, it still seems unlikely that he is the stuff out of which saints are made.

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The Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom, Richard C. Crepeau Apr 1993

The Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom, Richard C. Crepeau

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Over a year and one-half ago a classic American drama unfolded in Channelview, Texas, where Wanda Holloway, 37, was tried for attempted murder. The charge was that Wanda tried to hire a hit man to kill Verna Heath whose daughter Amber was pushing Shanna Holloway, Wanda's little girl, to defeat in the school cheerleading competition. This was a story that touched the hearts of all Americans.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 25 No. 57, April 22, 1993 Apr 1993

Central Florida Future, Vol. 25 No. 57, April 22, 1993

Central Florida Future

Students, sex and AIDS: 'It will never happen to me': AIDS continues to spread among young heterosexuals; Theater remembers Papa Don; HASA raises funds to save student's life; Opinion: Future passes into the hands of a new generation; Features: Is album jacket art pushing the boundaries of good taste?; Sports: "Columnists, Jenny and Trace, call a truce... yeah right!

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Baseball's Jeremiad, Richard C. Crepeau Apr 1993

Baseball's Jeremiad, Richard C. Crepeau

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Over the past two years baseball writers and commentators have pronounced the death or serious illness of the national pastime. The chorus of complaints has become deafening. To those who know their history this is not a surprise. This sort of jeremiad has marked nearly every decade in baseball history.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 25 No. 56, April 20, 1993 Apr 1993

Central Florida Future, Vol. 25 No. 56, April 20, 1993

Central Florida Future

Pell Grants cut for fall as Congress revises; UCF Men's basketball coach announces his resignation (with photo of coach Joe Dean); Attorney in the Gregory K case: System foils to protect children; Opinion: Cut the cheese and pass the Mad Dog - Brian's wine review; Features: Get Toxic Shock for free - just in time for Earth Day; Sports: Diamond Knights battle Panthers for 10 innings, skin them.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 25 No. 55, April 15, 1993 Apr 1993

Central Florida Future, Vol. 25 No. 55, April 15, 1993

Central Florida Future

Saturn awards students and clubs in ceremony: Pi Sigma Epsilon-Delta Delta wins annual Saturn award (with photo); AASU, Zeta promote Black Awareness; Bookbag fashion gives way to back pain; Future plans to make many changes; Opinion: Columnist insists UCF's Division I move is wasteful; Features: Take a trip to the next world, the world of virtual reality; Sports: The Fighting Knights are on the move to the big leagues.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 25 No. 54, April 13, 1993 Apr 1993

Central Florida Future, Vol. 25 No. 54, April 13, 1993

Central Florida Future

Marriott revises its student meal plan; Montage [photo, drawings by Doug Klem in the UCF Gallery]; UCF clubs hand together to assist Orlando student; Athletic demands not met; Opinion: Dave Barry: Tax time means new math time for U.S.; Features: Two concerts reviewed… one great, one a real sleeper; Sports: Diamond Knights climb in TAAC, grab two from Hatters.

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Fantasy League Baseball, Richard C. Crepeau Apr 1993

Fantasy League Baseball, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

I have a confession to make. I vowed I would never do it. It was just too twisted, too much of a perversion of a sacred American institution. But I did it, and I have been doing it for several years

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 25 No. 53, April 8, 1993 Apr 1993

Central Florida Future, Vol. 25 No. 53, April 8, 1993

Central Florida Future

Summer schedule recalled: Some at UCF complain that cover quote was insensitive; Athletics overhauled in proposed move; Police discover money-making scam; Opinion: Are there some at UCF who want their feelings hurt?; Features: '93 UCF Orlando Shakespeare Fest offers two comedies; Sports: UCF's Waterski Team Wins Big Championship.

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March Madness Final In New Orleans - Unlv And Academic Corruption, Richard C. Crepeau Apr 1993

March Madness Final In New Orleans - Unlv And Academic Corruption, Richard C. Crepeau

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College Basketball has ended another long and lucrative season with the Final Four in New Orleans. March madness has finally ended in April. For the second time Dean Smith's North Carolina team has won a national championship in the Superdome.

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