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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, January 25, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 25, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Mcmahon controversy spices super bowl xxx a photo Jim Mcmahon with his acupuncturist. Hiroshi Shi Rinski briefs bears Abby Bruce 1.0wjttnew Orleans a it was As if the controversy Jim Mcmahon Hud been looking fur finally j Uunila him. The anti hero quarterback of the Chicago bears who already had slumped his Awn  imprint an this super bawl with his Ciul hcs his Cuitti minis find one wry sore behind got caught up thursday in turbulence partly not of his own doing. A local television sportscast or passing Slang in unfounded third hand Rumor As fact said Mcmahon  cast some disparaging remarks about the indies and gentlemen of the Crescent City. By the Lime the Rumor was shot Down death threats and bomb threats had been fielded by the Hilton hotel where the bears Are slaying and o handful of women unaware thai Mcmahon had denied saying those Nasty things had staged a Little protest. Each super bowl has found its own Niche in history one Way or another. Usually it has come from the game itself Gara  s laughable pass far Miami Lynn Swann acrobatics Jim o Brien s game winning held goal. Sometimes it has come from one character or another Brash Joe Namath and his guaranteed prediction boisterous John a Luszak and his predawn prowling of the French Quarter outspoken John Riggins and his is contest Winner picks new England by Dav Walczak stuff writer new Orleans when someone predicts new England Over Chicago in i he super bowl your first thought is. What s wrong with him you d better ask what s right1. What s right is that the prognostics Lor is Curtis Spence. You remember him. He s the Guy who picked 12 College games correctly and Llic exact number of Points in the Orange bowl to win the stars and stripes annual football contest. His picks earned him a trip fur two to sunday s super bowl Fea Turing the pfc Champion bears and the acc Champion  and his Friend Randall Winston needed most of thursday to travel from Frankfurt to new Orleans but pc acc wasted no time giving Bis views of super bowl  England. 24-is," he said. Spence s reasons for his Choice flowed a quickly As the Mississippi River. They the patriots can Slop the pass. All they ii have to do then is Slop Peyton. Miami had two Good receivers Mark duper and Mark Clayton. Chicago has Only one Willie fault. It s just going to boil Down to u passing  was less than impressed with Chi Cago s 46 defense which has held the bears opponents scoreless Frt their previous iwo games. You have to figure on the Chi talc they were playing in said Spence. I used Tobe stationed a fort Sheridan so i know what it s like up  native of Shelbyville tenn., won t have i he Opportunity of pulling for i Lucr of his n Al favourites the Sec ears ,1 and 4qtrs. I grew up with those teams said pc acc. Who has attended Only one pre Vious nil game Many years ago in at Lanta. They were always  Spence suffered an Early disappointment when he Learned that he won t be Able to display a Banner Reading hello soldiers i Europe. Rec Gic Ssan. Gic Ssan  the n Al has banned such  should have better results with the rest of his  want to go Down to Bourbon Street and the French Quarter and eat some of the Good food they have Here. Maybe i la take a riverboat ride in this a dream come True people recognized us in the plane and at the Airport Spence said. "1 still can t believe we Are  5&s Utrera do gut scotus altar j. Curtis Spence. Going with new England Mcmahon is this year s Riggins in Hii numinous Adidas ensembles his sunglasses his headband episodes Ami his to Hack with cur Thini Altitude he As the focal Point even before the notorious hears ind the Mion a minus new England patriots arrived  first in seemed he would have to share Aimer stage with William the refrigerator Perry Walter Swei Ness Nylon. Pan Oani Nial Hampton. Otis mad dog Wilson and i lie rest of the hears but Mcmahon will never be mistaken fur Roger slam Bach for Bob Griesc or any of the clean Cul Quarter backs tutored by american motherhood As Rule models for their children. He is More in the Mold of Ken Stabler. Bobby Layne or Sonny Jurgensen n player about  anything will be Bicic cd True or not. It is called having a reputation. Within hours of his arrival. Mcmahon grabbed the super bowl by the  Vilh his comments thai his Rump was sore and his complaints that the bears management would t allow his acupuncturist to accompany him an the team  Saga continued tuesday and wednesday with updates on his highness soreness the arrival of  acupuncture . Memahon s rapid improvement and his mooning a helicopter during a sae Mcmahon on Page 23 pars Fryar won t Start in super bowl by Dave  writer new Orleans Irving Tryar who suffered cuts on two fingers1 prior to i lie patriots acc championship Victory Over Miami will not shirt sunday according to new England s head coach . He said the speedy wide receiver will return punts if he can do in without dropping the  Fryer and Liis team mates practice Pum returns wednesday. Bears defensive tackle Dan Hamp ton said the patriots Are using their role of underdog to advantage. A lot of people feel for the underdog. The patriots arc trying to approach this game like they re second class citizens. They re gelling a lot of mileage out of  every super bowl has been a sellout including two that were played in the us purdome. Bui sunday s game won t set a Standard for attendance at the new or leans paying site. A concert by the Roll ing stones in 1981 attracted a crowd of 117,500. A capacity crowd for football atthe Suner dome is 76,791. The patriots still have Lime to make roster move and they hoped earlier in the see pats on Page 23 Kansas stifles frantic Missouri rally 81-77 from press dispatches Columbia to. Ron Kellogg dropped in two of his 27 Points on foul shots with eight seconds remaining help ing no. 7 Kansas Wilh land Missouri s furious finish to record an si-77 big eight conference Victory thursday night. Sophomore Forward Derrick cd Tilyous and senior Center Dan  Missouri s belated Budt the tigers after trailing by As Many As 13points, All but overcame a 73-62 deficit in the closing sin minutes. " Calvin Thompson scored off a Missouri turnover 10 give Kansas a 77-70 advantage College basketball preceding Missouri s Strong finish. Jeff Strong ignited the tigers charge with a three Point play. After Kellogg countered to make it 79-73, Chivous and Bingenheimer each scored from the Lane to bring Missouri to 79-77. The outcome solidified Kansas Confer ence Lead boosting the Jay Hawks to 4-0 in the big eight Ana 18-2 Overall Missouri dipped to 3-2 and 16-6. Kansas shoaling u torrid 75 percent through the opening 10 i nulls build a 34-26 Cushion with a Runof six Points. The Jay Hawks stretched their Lead id48-37 at Hajji inc and withstood a Missouri flurry Early in the final half widening their advantage 10 63-50 for their biggest Lead of the nigh with i 41 remaining. Kellogg s 27 Points included a Io-for-15 shooting performance from the floor heading Kansas Overall 57.6 shoaling percentage for the contest. The acrobatic Chivous scored 19 of his game High 31 paints to keep Missouri alive during the first 20 minutes. Danny Manning had 16 Points for Kansas with teammates Greg dealing Thompson and Archie Marshall  10, Strung had 20 for Missouri and Bingen he incr finished with 1 Points. Kentucky 74, Georgia 69 Lexington by guarded a vender led a balanced Kentucky scoring attack with is Points As the Hilt ranked wildcats dawned stubborn Georgia in South Caliern conference1 basketball. Kentucky improved to 15-2 Overall and 6-1 in conference play while Georgia fell to 10-6 and 3-4. Kentucky opened up a 55-31 Lead on guard Paul Andrews Baseline jumper with see Kansas on Page 36  
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