European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 04, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday january 4,1990 the stars and stripes Page 23 sports wire chargers clean House for Beathard As pm from wire reports san Diego chargers owner Alex Spanos tues Day confirm d a report that the club s entire scouting staff had been fired to Complete a front office housecleaning for Bobby Beathard the new general manager. The shakeup began with Steve Ortmayer s dismissal As director of football operations. Everybody that Steve hired is gone they re Al gone Spanos said in a Telephone interview from his business office in Stockton. Spanos also said that Beathard would be formally introduced As the chargers new general manager at a san Diego news conference later this week after designs his contract with the club. Basically it s a done Deal said Spanos. Beathard has been out of football for the past year working As a network sports commentator but he helped assemble the Talent for five super bowl team Sas a club executive with Washington and Miami. He has been a regular on the insiders segment of abcs nil live joining the pregame show soon after leaving Washington where he was general Man Ager for 10 years. During sunday s show Beathard said that he had reached a tentative agreement wit Spanos to become the chargers general manager. I need a Man that recognizes Talent. This Man has proven it in other areas in Washington and Miami. He s supposed to be the Best in the business. His re Cord Speaks for itself Spanos said. Giants Bavaro won t play East Rutherford. . New York giant tight end Mark Bavaro will not play again this season because of a knee injury that has sidelined him since october coach Bill Parcells said tuesday. Bavaro considered by Many As the top tight end in the league injured his left knee in the third Quarter against san Diego on oct. 22. The injury was considered strained ligament at first but doctors later found ligament damage in front and Back of the knee. Orange bowl Heads to ratings new York Abc s telecast of notre Dame Victory Over Colorado in the Orange bowl Drew More than twice As Many viewers As Abc s broadcast of Miami s Victory Over Alabama in the sugar bowl according to overnight ratings released tuesday. The Orange bowl got a 19.6 rating and a 29 share in the 23 major markets surveyed in the overnights no said. The sugar bowl got a 7.4 rating and a 12 share. Southern California s 17-10 Victory Over Michigan in the Rose bowl televised by Abc got the second highest rating of the Day a is. 1 with a 25 share. Ratings arc the percentage of televisions in the nation that arc tuned to the game while shares arc the percentage of televisions on at the time that arc tuned in. Spurrier hires 5 coaches Gainesville Fla. University of Florida foot Ball coach Steve Spurrier wednesday announced the hiring of five assistant coaches and said he was Hope Ful of adding former Gator quarterback John Reaves to the staff. John Reaves and i Are still talking Spurrier is a great Chance i m going to hire John Reaves who broke most of Spurrier s Florida pass ing records from 1969-71 and played for Spurrier with he Tampa Bay bandits of the United Stales football league from 1983-85, has been a Volunteer High school assistant coach in Florida. Jerry Anderson who played at Florida with in themed 60s was the Only pc Spurrier assistant coach retained. Anderson coached tight ends and special team last year and has coached linebackers in the past. Spurrier hired Jim Collins and Bob Sanders co defensive coordinators who had served under him at Duke. Spurrier also hired running Back coach Carl Franks and offensive line coach Rich my Geqrge from his Duke staff. Spurrier 44, the former Florida quarterback and 1966 Heisman trophy Winner said he willbe Florida s offensive coordinator. New Badger coach takes Over Madison. Wis. Barry Alvarez an assistant Fornore Dame the last three seasons took Over tuesday As head of Wisconsin s lowly football program immediately naming two assistants and vowing to hit the recruiting Trail. Our lop priority will be building a Wall around Wisconsin and keeping top players in the state Alva rez told a news conference on the Field of the new Dave Mcclain indoor practice facility. Alvarez 43. Who was the top assistant to fighting Irish coach Lou Holtz signed a five year contract Worth $110,000 a year. . Soccer team invites players new York Brent Goulut dropped from . National soccer team last fall was among the 28 players invited tuesday to report to the team s training amp when it regroups Friday to prepare for the world cup. Gulet is one of seven new players invited to the training Camp which runs through Jan. 18 at la Jolla. Calif. Two regulars on the . Team will be missing Hugo Perez who plays for red Star 93 of the French second division and Peter Vermis who plays for Fevo Lindam in the Netherlands. Rob Paterson the leading scorer in division i Las season with Evansville University was invited along with six players who were on the . National team last year goalkeeper Jurgin Sommer of Indiana University defender Troy Dayak of the University Ofsan Francisco midfielders Jeff Baicher of Santa Clara. Neil Coonc of Wake Forest and Chris Henderson of Cla and Forward Eric Wynalda of san Diego stale. Goulut. 25, has seven goals in 14 career appearance with the . Team Good for third on the All time scoring list behind Ricky Davis nine and Willie Roy eight. Goulut was dropped from the National squad last May after a scoring slump. Alabama s Curry interviews at Kentucky Tuscaloosa Ala. A Bill Curry whose three years As the Alabama football coach have been anything but a smooth ride was in Lexington wednes Day to meet with univer sity of Kentucky officials about the Job Given up by Jerry Claiborne. Coach Curry is in Lexington Mike Ellis spokesman for the University of Alabama than that i Don t know neither the Crimson tide athletic director hoolie Ingram nor the school president Roger Sayers were immediately available for comment. Curry Curry s visit to Kentucky came just two Days after Miami Defeated Alabama 33-25 in the sugar bowl. Curry led the Crimson tide to a 10-2 record this sea son and a share of the Southeastern conference title. He told the Huntsville times on tuesday night revisited briefly with Kentucky athletic director pm. Newton in new Orleans before the sugar bowl and we agreed to talk further about College football is Curry told the Lexington Herald Leader in a Tele phone interview tuesday. But with . S reputation and with my respect for Jerry Claiborne. And the school and for the Job that has been done on and off the Field we arc certainly Curry told the Tuscaloosa news the interviews to find a successor to Claiborne who retired last month at the end of eight seasons have a sense of but he said certainly remaining at Alabama is possibility. I just have to look at All the options and Sec what is Best Lor my family and Curry who previously coached at Georgia tech misquoted in today s Atlanta journal Constitution As say ing other schools which he declined to name have contacted him. He told the hunks Villa times that the Atlanta fal cons Job is not one he is considering. I Haven t been contacted by the Falcons he said. Curry said he was not using the Kentucky negotiations As a lever in any bid to extend or improve his Alabama contract. "1 certainly would not go up there As a ploy or try Touse it in any Way to Force anything at Alabama he said. 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