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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, August 26, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 26. 1986 the stars and stripes Page s3 University might suspend Driesell Baltimore a University of Maryland officials arc considering a plan to suspend basketball coach Charles o. Lefty 1 Driesel if he is indicted in connexion Wilh inc death of his former All american Len Bias according to published reports. The Job Ihnn would be Given to an assistant coach the Baltimore Sun reported sources As saying in it sunday editions. Driesell testified last week before inc Prince George i county grand jury investigating Bias co Caine related death on june 19, but Driesell refused to comment on his testimony. Prosecutor Arthur a. Marshall or. Said before the grand jury proceedings began thai he wanted to ques leu Cage coach Hopes to sign 7-1 soviet for tigers Baton Rouge la up1 Loui Siana stale basketball coach Dale drown plans to travel to Moscow thursday to try to Mecl with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to seek permission to sign 7 fool Center Arvida Sabonis. Sabonis 21, has two years of College eligibility remaining Brown said and the Mcaa has ruled that he could enrol at leu without fulfilling All the academic requirements. Lie would enrol us a partial Quali Fier leu athletic director Bob Brod head said. He s never had the Opportunity to take the act in Moscow because they Don t have it Over there. He would take the Tat Here on a National testing Date in  leu s registration deadline for the fall semester ii sept. 2."secretaryjueneral Gorbachev said on Jan. I that this will be a year of direction for the United slates and the soviet Union a year devoted to peace and har Mony Brown  the Secretary general was sincere and i believe he was. Here is a living Opportunity to prove  said he would also propose to Gorbachev that As Many As 250 soviet and american youngsters Exchange countries for a summer basketball Camp. If we can t work this simple Exchange out How can we work out nuclear disarmament Brown said. The Ball ii in the soviet  embassy officials ii washing ton met last week with Brown Bui gave no indication whether Sabonis would be allowed to join i Henigen. Cycling champs repeat lion Driesell about what he told members of the Mary land basketball team at a meeting held just hours after Bias died. Al the Lime Marshall said he would consider recommending the indictment of Dricsoll on obstruction of Justice charges if he old his players to remove any evidence or to refuse to cooperate with police handling the investigation. Driesell has denied that he gave any such advice. While University officials have supported Dricsoll publicly and privately they Are expected to ask him to step Down if he is indicted until inc charges against him Are resolved the Sun reported adding that one of his assistants Ron Bradley or Oliver turned probably would fill the head coaching Job the grand jury already has resumed indictments lodging drug related charges against Brian Tribble Terry Long and David Gregg Ihrck friends who herewith Bias when he died of cocaine intoxication june 19. Long and Gregg both played basketball for Mary land. The three were Wilh Bias in his Dorthory room when he collapsed. He died two hours later at a Hospi Tal. Marshall has said other indictments probably will be returned for perjury and obstruction of Justice. The grand jury which is scheduled to reconvene tuesday also is investigating drug use by athletes at the College Park Campus As Well As academic problems in the sports program. O s Murray reported asking to be traded Oriole Eddie mum season a Jemmy hampered by injuries Washington a first base Man Eddie Murray who has More runs batted in Over the past seven years than any other major leaguer has asked inc Baltimore orioles to Trade him Accord ing to a published report. Murray made his request at a meeting with orioles general manager Hank pet ers Friday the Washington Post reported in monday s editions sources told in Post the announcement came As a Shock to management. Both Peters and Murray refused com ment but neither would deny that Mur Ray had asked to be traded. There la be no Public statements on anything regarding Eddie Peters told the Post. He s still a member of the Baltimore  Baltimore manager Earl Weaver said he was unaware of Murray s request. The team s response to the request re Mains unclear the newspaper reported. Sources close to the learn told the Post Murray definitely won t be traded before season s end if then. A source High in the front office told the newspaper Murray s five Vear 112.7 Mil lion contract which begins next season makes him almost impossible to Trade. Newspaper sources close to Murray have said he is upset with the Way his medical problems including an injured ankle have been handled this season. He heard some things like How s Tinault Longo win Boulder race Boulder Colo. Up repeating their performances of last year Jeannie Longo and Bernard Tinault of the red Zinger team won i hair respective Divi Sions of the Coors International bicycle classic on sunday. Longo said she is very proud that iwo French cyclists won America s big Gest suge race. She and Tinault Are two of the world s Best Tinault of Yfim a a five time Winner of the tour de France and Longo of or Snobie  world Road race Champion. Longo came in second in the final stage of the classic the North Boulder Park circuit race the men s North Boulder race was won by Rod Kirfel of the 7-Elevcn team. Neither the 26-year-old Kiefel from wheat Ridge Colo., nor second place finisher Roy Knickman of the Levia team and Adrie Van Der Pool of Holland pro were threats to the top men s stand Ings. Susan Ehlers of the Centurion team won the women s circuit race finishing the 34 Miles in 1 hour 23 minutes 24 seconds a time that pushed her irom fourth Overall into the runner up Posi Tion. Longo s Lime was 1 24.54, and third place finisher the Enzenhauer of West Germany had a Lime of 1 24.59. Kiefel s unofficial time on the 61-mile Loop was 2 hours 20 minutes and 19 seconds. Knickman s unofficial time was 2 21.44, and Van Der poet s 2 21.s7, neither Tinault nor his red Zinger teammate. Classic runner up Greg Lemond finished in ii lop 10 sunday. Levi s Phil Anderson wanted to make up a few seconds to take second place Overall from Lemond but said his team mates were feeling the effects of 1,000miles and two weeks of racing so he gave up. Unofficial results showed Andy Hampsten of Boulder Riding for Levis finishing the classic fourth Overall be Hind Anderson followed by Jaanus Kuum of Schwinn Lcy hot Lemond and tsp a and their red Zinger teammates stayed in the pack with Anderson and Lemond said Laler he had the flu Lemond and Tinault bickered for much of the classic. Lemond said that s because both wanted to win but he decided about Halfway into it that he would work to help Tinault win. From the Start of the race 1 Felt just the Way the other riders were racing to Ward me it was going to be difficult for me to win Lemond said. Kiefel broke away with about 17 Miles to go in the 37-Lap race. Knickman 21, of Boulder and Van Der Poel of Hoogerheide the Netherlands left the pack about a minute behind them. Tinault and Lemond stayed in the pack. Our team definitely was going for Victory today Kuefel said. He said if he d been caught teammate Davis Phin nay would have been  for the Field  think today our team was in a win win situation Kirfel said. In the women s race Ehlers of Rich Ardson Texas broke away in the fourth of the 20 laps building a Lead of More than a minute. Her second place Overall finish was i minute and 37 seconds be Hind Longo Ehlers knocked Inga Ben edict of the 7-eleven team into third place Overall 1 53 behind the Leader. Your vacation a player told the Post you Don t know How much that Burns him up and he believed it was coming from management the player said. This season the 30-year-old Murray was placed on inc disabled list for the first time in his 10-year career. He had pulled a hamstring then reinsured it while testing the leg s strength on a gybe  he told the club he was ready to get Back on the Field he was instructed to wait an additional 48 hours. Murray who before this season be came the orioles first Ever Captain also has been booed at least twice at memorial stadium this season. According to his friends on the team he s also upset by comments callers to nightly spoils talk shows in Baltimore have made about whether he should be traded. I think he just feels he has to play somewhere else for fans Here to appreciate How Good he was a Baltimore teammate  said the team has been unhappy with his continued refusal to speak to reporters. And comments from orioles owner Edward Bunnell Williams who told reporters wednesday he thought Murray was having a bad year and that he intends to Veak with him about the need for an of season conditioning pro Gram have made the situation worse the newspaper , in his i oth season entered 1985 with a .298 career average and 258 homers. Pats Weathers Breaks leg nose in Auto Accident Easton mass. Up new England patriots running Back Robert Weathers suffered a Frac tured left leg and broken nose Early sunday when his Auto Mobile skidded out of control and crashed into a tree police said. The patriots said it was no known How Long Weathers would be lost to the defending acc champions. Weathers 25, a resident of near by Mansfield was alone in his car when the car skidded on wet pave ment and hit a tree at about 1 40 a.m., a police spokesman said. The 6-foot-2, 222-Pound weath ers a fifth year running Baek from Arizona slate was a second round new England draft Choice in 1982. In four regular seasons with the patriots he rushed for 673 Yard son 138 carries scored three touch Downs and caught 28 passes for 254 Yards  
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