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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, January 5, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and St Lopes sunday. January by iyar of a Uwon slams his Points through Bat incr Lii Tail i tits l run  Becu i he  in c,.lcar  the no i  i air i three sir us in in . In i a i stf.i-. N w re inc   a  Hou ii k  the Best . He Cuver. Miichi a the  Lunil Jiwon of 1m surname from his Natue nigerian dialect. Laju to n  s he la to name trans us a to Al ways being on  the nicknames change bul Olajuwon s game Dies t he  Anlu the Aoud b fib j ils a defence Reb Riund then passing off and racing the length of the court to follow through Wanh j Ilam Dunk. Olajuwon remains a menace around the opponent s goal. Rejecting shots and alter ing trajectories. And Olajuwon is getting better. In his Roosje season with the rockets. Olajuwon was runner up la Chicago s Michael Jordan for Rookie of the year. He ranked fourth in the Aba with 1.9 rebounds  with an average of 2.tf blocked shows and the Riih a 20.6 scoring average this , Olajuwon a Iri Ijes 24.7 Points fourth in the league. He is fifth in to voc for. M a. �.i,u- pc i u s join. � n i ther i intr  i in Way a ni.1 in ill be .1 frees  c Khz  he s it that ability to ii lion ill the Iii Ortii Onmi jilt he pm Jet d with us. He Ila a i i pain. He s Ju-,1 the  of Plajer that pre i. Sun docs 1 icum w  Al Iun s do re East through in the chiming Minu not j rect pick noir Picc Nix that was t decided until the closing seconds in be Scheil to baskets and Maue a face  with one Rte inuit to Piaf. There arc a us of plasters thai v ant the bal in the clutch bul they Don s go get  filch Slid. Bui there ire others that ill kill their of n teammates to get the  thai of us on. He s just started to become More aware of what s going on and not Tisi run Ning up and Doun the court teammate Robert Reid said. Ola Jiwon the Aba player of the month for november continued his As Sault with 27 Points and n rebounds against Utah s Mark Eaton Usi season s defensive Plajer of the year. He s by far the bus offensive rebound Hiu rv-1"-- � v l " i l  Nim Ivah i a i. H Viu re n l ires i.11 hit it weren t of i i  i i the went us  Ulitt he Jim s  i. It Iuchi   the v  in Leiis. \ us cinch i rank a i 0ruikiescas,m. Hilling nil 61.9 percent .11 the line i Psi Psi Van. The i season after working in the off Selvin. Laju on is been Liitt Irig above 71 per Ecol the 7-footer Aho has Improto a in an other area controlling his Imper. A technical foul against Olajuwon in the deciding playoff game against Lelih Lasi season helped turned the momentum in favor of the Jyz Olajuwon was ejected in the first Gann this season against Philadelphia. But a has kept his remarks to himself Mctier than he did last of Tori. He declined one Subj to n a i speak to the referees in one of the four nigerian dialects he up cars fluently to pc Wirtl Technics fouls. List thes would t know what i m Sav  he said. The Book on Louis Champion but Stiver b. Fein Baltimore inti Chris  had a vague notion in Cullef thai his name might one Day appear in magazines and newspapers. He thought dreams would be More appropriate he admits that his Dill Rita Al scooping up ground balk Piso Tinc and throwing to first base would get him there. He no or exp cried his default in print would be because of something he wrote car Yainh not anything he Drolc about Jne Louis. His thesis grader at Yale Jase him a a plus on his senior essays in inc Bosch. Calling Ine wring Loo  it he converted what had been deemed an above average thesis into what is being called an exceptional Biog Raphy. And Champion Joe Louis Blac i hero in White  published  month b Scribner did what his Fielding could not. It Gol his name in print to Vic at. The Hislord of Joseph Louis Bino As More than the Story of a or his 1938 in turn Man so meting. Mead s Boot is a study or prejudice when he was t writing the Book he was travelling to Pittsburgh to interview former Boxer Billy Conn to like so Many other fighters lost to Louis to Washington to talk with Shirley Povich Washington Post column is who had covered Louis to Ann Arbor mich., to peruse the nine volumes of script woks that Louis managers accumulated and thai Are on file at the University of Michigan. What he found in the news accounts said Mead Stas & Man who was forced to tailor his training to fight not Only opponents in the ring but also prejudices outside of it. What he also found he said was that Louis slowly and surely wore Down the prejudices and lifted the esteem and Pride of a Teclu. A lol of the Book said Mead is about the emotional response among Blacks to Louis bul Whin you Sec exam pics of that in the flesh it s really mov  rockets 7-Footcr Akeem Olajuwon. Have Rasori Confidence now the play s the thing for nil films by Barry  Al a girls writer if of remember the film the Fortune ," Hen of can understand the  facet by a cameraman standing on the sidelines at a pro football Jumic. Phil Tucket recalls the movie in which cameraman Jack  is run Over by a Burly running Back then sues for millions. Tuckett has lived the Lemmon part. A win in 170 ill War memorial sodium in ," recalls Tuckett no vice president of operations for nil films. It was my first game and i had no  in photography. The Bills Juii Sterbal a Dennis Shaw threw a pass right toward me. I remember thinking finally i a oud git a Good shot. I opened up wide and Kermit Alexander of the rams and Haven Moses were com  Tuckett s first great shot almost turned into his last hot us a Comers main. I Jusi for cite. It ill seemed to happen in slow motion to me. The players Gol bigger and bigger and they filled to in Frame. They knocked the Nuto shift on Anil i Hitu a Complete shot of in self As 1 went head Over he a. Vonc a see the sky and he stand i and the crowd Hettic  today to Keit is i of of nil films most accomplished Pius tar Stitik employees. Aside from shoos in pm. He edit. Tics i crisis and direct. Nil films which ii under the auspices of National football league properties has 110 full time employees. U has devel oped from a five person operation a Rien founded by de Sabol in 1964. Into an organization that produces about As much footage As anyone in the business. Each sunday nil films dispatch at least two camera crcv.4 to each game. There arc 5 full Lime shearing camera men and Tuckett oversees a group of 45 freelancers from whom he chooses the rest of the shooters each weekend. Once the games end the footage is ship Ped to mount Laurel . A suburb of  the end of the season no. Films handles All 28 of the team highlight movies  
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