European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 10,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 23 comments watch watch for old notre Dame by Mark Bradley the Arlanta Roumal Constitution just the other Day i said to my pal Ernest f. Worrell. Quot you know. Ern. What this world needs More of is notre Dame football games on said Ernest Quot you re right. . There was that one notre Dame game in i978 that was t on to anywhere. I be never been so mad in my life. And Vern la vouch for me on if Sou re like Ernest and me. You can to get enough of two things a Atlanta braves baseball and notre Dame football. Lucky for us. The braves arc on Tbs most every night. But the poor overlooked fighting Irish. Why. They re never on. Of. Almost never. Of. So occasionally they re not on. Of. So there was that one game in 78ever thoughtful the Irish moved this week to present such a blatant oversight from recurring. They made a Deal with Abc to have All their Home games televised nationally is games a year Over five years. That s 30 whole games. I say Hooray. I also say it s not nearly enough. What. I ask. About the Road games is it possible we could miss one of those crucial tilts in 1994? say it ainu to so. I know what you re saying. You re saying. Quot hey or. Fresh fan. Don t fret overmuch. If every to exec in the land goes into or Airlock in "94 and one Irish game Falls through the cracks there s always Mutual radio. Mutual carries every notre Dame game has for not enough. I say. Is Credo if it s not on tit s not from sea to shining sea is so important. There s More involved Here than College athletics. There s National morale. Remember that notre Zainc game in 78 that Wasny to televised remember Jimmy Carter s Quot crisis of Confidence Quot speech delivered in the summer of 79? Tell me that was just coincidence. People Tell me that other schools can play some decent football too. Me. 1 Don t believe pm. It s like my pal Jerry Glanville says a if you re not watching my pal Jerry. _ notre Dame football you re just camping out. Or something like that. The Way 1 figure it Guys who play for other schools Don t deserve to be on to. If notre Dame football is the biggest happening in the history of Humankind. Ask anybody. Before there was notre Dame football ours was a sorry nation. Nobody had anything to look Forward to. To be proud of. Then Knute Rockne got up a team and the . Of a. Stepped boldly Forward. Every american had a smile on his her face because Knute and the boys were whipping up on Purdue. Take away notre Dame football and we re no better than Honduras. That s Why having every single minute of every single notre Dame football game broadcast those Guys were any Good they d have gone to notre Dame. To right thinking folks like Ernest and me. Notre Dame s the Only school that exists. Look at it this Way Abc has the rights to 63 Cha teams Abc has the rights to notre Dame. I figure Abc got a steal. If of have the Irish you done to need anything else. Of almost done to need an opponent. Which brings me to this remember those old notre Dame highlight shows Lindsey Nelson would skip Over 10 Boring minutes and say a we move to farther action in the third Dame has the Ball on the Michigan slate 45.&Quot Why not carry this to its logical extreme say notre Dame has to punt. I know it probably wont happen anytime this decade but just pretend. The Irish punt and the other team gels the Ball. Abc should just step in and say. A look we know you re not Gonna score against the mighty Irish so lets just skip ahead a few plays and give the Ball Back to notre Dame. That a the team we re pay ing to show. And if you done to like it. Go Start your own to i mean fair s fair. Jordan to air it out in All Star weekend Aba All Star game on of Tyson could work fast to bust Douglas by de Schuyler or. A Basing writer Tokyo a Mike Tyson never travels without tapes of Bruce Lee martial arts movies. Quot Bruce was just always so Cool when he the heavyweight Champion said while watching Quot enter the dragon Quot in his hotel suite. Sunday in the Tokyo dome. Tyson will Star Quot As the dragon in the Don King production of Quot enter the dragon s featuring James a Buster Quot Douglas. Quot i look for it to go Douglas said of the scheduled 12-round bout. He sees himself As the Winner. Most boxing people agree that it should be a Short fight but with Douglas being vanquished w Ith the dispatch of a villain in a Bruce Lee movie. In Tyson s previous appearance in Tokyo he needed 5 54 to beat Tony Tubbs on March 21. 1988. The Only other heavyweight title bout in Japan lasted 2 00. With George Foreman knocking out Joe a King roman on sept. I. 1973. The fight is scheduled to Start at 12 30 . The dome is set up for 63.000 fans but there will be no television blackout in Tokyo. It will be televised live to the United slates by Hob beginning at 10 30 . Est saturday. Tyson has not been particularly Sharp in training for his first fight since he stopped Carl Quot the truth Quot Williams in 93 seconds last july 21. Sunday s bout will be his fourth since the Tubbs match. He knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds and slopped Frank Bruno in the fifth round. While ring rust could hamper Tyson in the Early rounds As it did in his Victory Over Bruno last feb. 25. The Champion appears to have too much strength Power and hand Speed for Douglas. Mike Tyson awaiting Amnuay s bout. Future fight in Berlin Douglas claims he will play Tyson s game. Quot the main thing is hitting with Power Quot the challenger from Columbus. Ohio. Said. Quot if he takes the punishment its going 12 rounds. If he can tits a going Quot i m not a predictor of rounds Quot Tyson said a but there a no Way i can Tyson is already signed to defend against Evandor Holyfield on june 18 at Atlantic City n.j., and King is talking about fights against Greg Page and Tim Witherspoon also a former Champion. King confirmed reports that negotiations were being held for Tyson to take part in a a Freedom fight at the Berlin Wall. King did not disclose possible opponents Lor the proposed Berlin fight or when it might be held. By St even wine Miami apr Michael Jordan Winner of two All Star slam Dunk titles will shoot for three saturday night. Not three titles but three Points. The acrobatic Jordan decided to skip the slam Dunk contest Ana enter the 3-Point shootout for the first time. The two events will be part of All Star weekend at Miami Arena. Quot i made the decision for the Good of the team and the Chicago bulls Star said. Quot its very exhausting being out there and dunking and competing. It lakes its toll and in a Jordan going to try to save something for the second half of the Jordan s concern with the slam Dunk Competition was t so much the height of the rim As the height of fan expectations. He has discovered that Michael Jordan is a Tough act to follow. Quot i d like to compete again at some Point whenever some of the expectations Start to Cool out a Little he said. Jordan the lop All Star vote Getlir the past four years will Start for the East in sundays game. The other event this weekend will be the legends classic on saturday. When Jordan started hitting Long Range shots this season As never before he began to consider entering the 3-Point contest. Quot saturday is probably the most exciting Day. And i wanted to gel involved somehow Quot he said. Quot being that in a shooting threes a lot better this year that was a Good option for going into the bulls game thursday night at Denver Jordan had made 54 of television a 8 45 . Sunday. Radio a 9 . Sunday. 139 3-Point shots for 39 percent. In a game against Golden state last month he hit 7 of 12. Prior to this season. Jordan s totals for his five year career were 58 of 287 for 20 percent. Even without the 3-Pointer in ins Arsenal Jordan has led the Aba in scoring the past three seasons. He leads this season with a 33-Point average. "1 really had t been concentrating on shooting threes As much in the past he said. Quot now that teams Are giving me this. I be made a concentrated Effort to try to make some of them. It keeps the defense off balance. They really done to know what in a going to Jordan s Competition saturday will include the acc Lime Champion Larry Bird of Boston and Jon Sundvold of Miami who led the league in 3-Poinl shooting last season. A Larry is probably the favorite and whoever else is in it is probably the underdog Quot Jordan said. Quot in a a Little nervous because its not what i m known for. Its a Little out of character but yet it s something that i have Confidence the air Jordan show reached los Angeles wednesday night. The bulls lost to the lakers 121-103. Jordan scored 32 Points but was 0 for 1 in 3-Point land. The loss Lefi Chicago five games behind Detroit in the Central division. The slam Dunk contest w ill include defending Champion Kenny Quot sky Quot Walker of new York and Dominique Wilkins of Atlanta who signed up wednesday. Jordan s teammate with the bulls Scottie pippin will also compete. Quot i gave him some pointers Quot Jordan said. A the s an exceptional athlete. I pick him As a dark horse. A
