European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday january 1986 the stars and stripes pegu 17 sports super bowl scoop inside Wilt lie super bowl just hours away you need analysis to bolster your exper Tise titbits o keep you in touch. To times in Case you re watch ing. Rosters to follow the action. You la Lind All that in the stars and stripes special Section. Super bowl h6, in the Middle of today s edition. Wade Phillips out of running for saints Job new Orleans a interim coach Wade Phillip is out of the running for the head coaching Job with die nil s new Orleans saints. Saints owner Tom Benson announced wednesday he was no longer considering filling the permanent Jab with Phillips who took Over the team for the last four games of the season after his father bum Phillip left. In a Brief statement Benson said he and new general manager Jim Finks Are continuing discussions with other candidates. No names were Given. Phillips Laid he was saddened but not surprised. I told or. Benson earlier that if i was t in the running for the Job to let me know Phillips said. And that s what he did. He and or. Finks called me Down this morning and told me a lot of the people did t feel like i was a candidate anyway a viable one. But some of he people on the inside Felt i the announcement came a officials of the nil crowded into new Orleans for sunday s super bowl. Phillips and his assistants the statement said Are free to seek employment with other Phillips said it s a lot like losing a game. Even though you realize that the other team has a great quarterback or they re a great team coaches always feel like they re going to since the Sean ended he said he s been proceeding As if he were going to be the coach Nel year evaluating personnel pre paring for this Spring s draft. Now he said his first task is to find another Job. I Don t have another year on my can i rect. The rest of the coaches do he said. "1 bad some feelers earlier but obviously i wanted to wait to see what happened Mcmahon s wish granted bears Fly in acupuncturist by Bruce Lowitt new Orleans a Hiroshi Shimshi gave Jim Mcmahon his Long awaited shot in the Rump and the rest of the Chicago bears a shot in Iris Arm. Mcmahon the controversial Quarter Back who had complained Long and loud about the bears unwillingness to Supply him with his favorite acupuncturist got his wish wednesday. Shiri Arii the Trainer for the japanese National track team arrived in this super bowl City and administered a Needle treat ment in Mcmaho ii s sore left buttock. Shi Riashi said he flew Here at the request of his mend former world class sprinter Willie Gault now a wide receiver for the bears. "1 no Here for him and to make his bears feel better so they can win the super bowl Shiraishi said. My treatment is special totally Oriental. 1 am so Happy la get after the treatment Mcluhan participated in a two hour workout As the bears continued preparation for sunday s against new England. The main thing i was impressed with was All of his movement coach Mike Dilke said after Mcmahon took Nom of the snaps in the bears first two offensive series. He was 200 percent better today. I m really optimistic now. Frankly i was not very optimistic of tar yesterday s Tuc Sdiey i practice. It was b pleasant Surprise for at 11 p.m., Cost Mcmahon was seen walking jauntily at the head of it Parade of fans and celebrants Down the Middle of Bourbon str Cal. He showed no sign of Dis Comfort As he moved through the famed French Quarter slopping occasionally to Chat with people. Then saying curfew gotta go he headed it a brisk Pace toward the bears hotel. At nearby Tulane University the Patri ots went Hough a 2 a hour practice wide receiver Irving Fryar who suffered a Cut right Little Finger in a Domestic mis understanding with his wife and missed the acc championship Gumc against Miami took Purl catching several passes and Fielding punts a catenary in which he led the nil asked if he saw any difference in Fryar s performance because of the plastic splint he wore coach Raymond Berry re plied i did t see any difference except that he has a bigger Mcmahon had been undergoing whirl Pool rub Down and Jound stimulation treatments under the direction of Fred Clito the bears Trainer but was t satisfied. There s Only so much he can do. That lakes Lime and we Don t have time Mcmahon said. He wanted Shiria Lii. Finally the Bear relented. Celtics Romp Over lakers in 1st meeting since finals from press dispatches Boston Dennis Johnson scored 22 Points and Larry Bird 21 wednesday night As the Boston celtics rolled Loa 110 95 Victory Over the los Angeles lakers in the first meeting of the two Powers since last year s championship series. The celtics still smarting from a six game loss to the lakers in the Aba finals last june led All the Way except far a few seconds in the opening period in hiking their Home record to 18-1, Johnson and Bird got plenty of offensive help As Robert Parish contributed 16 Points Kevin Mchale 12 and Bill Walton and Danny Aings 11 each. Walton acquired mainly As a backup for Parish at Center also had eight re Bounds and seven blocked shots in limited action. A Mem Abdan Jabbar was High for the lakers with 17 Points. In other n a action tiers 118, Sam Iii Philadelphia Charles Barkley scored 29 paints and grabbed 14 rebounds As Philadelphia built a 15-Poinl Lead in the Aba round up third period and held off a late Phoenix rally to beat the suns. Numb 137, nets 124 Denver Aba scoring Leader Alex English hit for 4 Points the sixth time this season he has surpassed the 40-Point Mark and Calvin Nail added a season High 30 to cad Denver Over new Jersey. Hawks 1.11, warriors 100 Atlanta Dominique Wilkins scored 25 Points and Randy wit Man added 23 to Power Atlanta Over Golden state. Pistons 1d7, Cavaliers 104 Richfield Ohio Kelly Tripucka scored 24 Points including a three Point play that broke a 102-102 tic with 26 seconds left As Detroit beat Cleveland. Clippers 131, Mavericks 118 Dallas Marques Johnson scored 22 Points and Kurt Nimphius added 21 to Lead a balanced los Angeles attack As the clippers Defeated Dallas. Wilb the All hype and the comments i hear people assume it s a put on said of Mcmahon s injury prior to wednesday s workout. It s ran a put on. He s hurting right now. The degree of the Hurt nobody knows but him because it s his body. But he s in a lot of pain. Hell get acupuncture treatment for the remainder of the week and hopefully that will help him or at least Speed the recovery. We be had other people treated b acupuncture it s nothing new Pilka said. He s treated other people. He s not part of our staff but he has helped mama lion s rear end was bruised when los Angeles rams linebacker Jim Collins applied his helmet to it during the not title Gume. It s still sore Mcmahon said of his Rump. It s gulling better there s no ques Tion Boul that. But in s still not where i want it lobe i think the closer we get to Gumc time and the adrenalin starts Puiri Xinji a lot of the pain will disappear. I in sure i m prob ably going to h Ive some novocain before the game. I Don t expect it to affect my game. I played 2h quarters last week Jan. 12 with it. It s just sore. I be Gal to Deal with that i m not going to miss this Gume. There s no question about lira up phyfe Boston s Dill Walton. 8 rebounds. 7 blocks Florida presses on shuts Down leu 74-65 by the associated press. Gainesville Fra. A ranked Florida knew it would sink or swim with a pressing defense because coach Norm Sloan had decided there was no Way the Gator would lose passively to 4th ranked Louisiana state. Lose they did not stunning the tigers 74-65 wednesday night in a Southeastern conference basketball game that gave Sloan his sloth career Victory. College basketball we Gal a lot of help out of our full court defense Sloan said. They got some easy baskets but you have to accept that when you play the press a Florida s press Hurt us we took to ii poorly said leu coach Dale Brown. He said the tigers also missed High scoring Forward Nikita Wusza who is out of the lineup for academic reasons. Andrew Molen who led the 9-6 gators with 17 Points scored five of hem in the decisive ib-6 run in the closing minutes. John Williams scored 20 Points for leu which fell to 16-3. The tigers Are 4. 3 in the Southeastern conference As arc the gators St. John s 5ft, Nordlum 47 new York St. Johns with Wal Ter Berry leading the Way Wilh 17 Points beat Ford turn for the 16th straight time. The redmen won their fourth straight game to raise their record o i s-2. Syracuse 9s, Providence 73 Syracuse. . Providence made some adjustments but stopping Rafael Addison was not one of them. Addison hit first inc shots from the floor and finished Wilh a season High 29 Points As the orangemen routed their big East Confer ence foe
