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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 28, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 27 Robinson named Aba Rookie of the year from wire reports new York a David Robinson who led the san Antonio spurs to the greatest single season improvement in Aba history today was unanimously named the leagues Rookie of the year. Robinson who averaged 24,3 Points 12 rebounds and 3.9 blocks per game was the first unanimous selection since Ralph Sampson in 1984. The 7-foot-1 Center received All 92 votes from a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters. Robinson the Annapolis graduate whose Aba career was delayed two years by a Navy commitment led the spurs to the Midwest division title with a 56-26 record a a 35-game improvement Over the previous season and the most victories Ever by a san Antonio team. He finished 10th in the league in scoring second in rebounding behind Akeem Olajuwon and third in blocked shots. Robinson also led All rookies with a .531 Field goal percentage. Quot in a sure people Are surprised in be done As much so fast a Robinson said. A but it counts More that the team also has played Well. I think any player would Tell you that individual accomplishments help your ego. But if you done twin it makes for a very very Long  san Antonio coach Larry Brown said the spurs Are Quot David steam. He is the heart and soul a Brown said. A a in a not sure he realizes that yet because everything has happened so  a the spurs who beat Denver 119-103 thursday night in their playoff opener made Robinson the no. 1 pick in the 1987 draft. But he spent the next two years stationed at a submarine base in Georgia. Robinson said the basketball Layoff May actually have helped rather than Hurt him. Quot i Learned to be patient not to fight things and keep my stress level Down a he said. A a it a helped me greatly this season. In a Mellow and i refuse to let things bother  named army Cage coach West Point  a Tom Miller the basketball coach at Colorado for the last four years was named coach at army today. Miller who played basketball under coach Bobby Knight at West Point coached Colorado to victories Over Missouri and Oklahoma state to get the buffaloes into the finals of the big eight tournament this year. He succeeds Les Wothke who compiled a 92-135 record during his eight years at army. Miller was the head coach at Cornell for six seasons compiling winning records in his final three years a feat no one at Cornell had accomplished in More than two decades. Tom Miller in Millers final three seasons at Cornell the big red twice tied for second place in the Ivy league standings. His six year record at Cornell was 71-85. A we believe Tom will do for army basketball what Jim Young has done for army football a athletic director Carl Ullrich said in announcing his appointment. Miller inherits an army team that returns 12 letter Roen from last years 10-19 team. The cadets tied for fourth in the metro Atlantic athletic conference North division and upset St. Peters in the opening found of the conference playoffs before losing to holy Cross in the quarterfinals. A two year Letterman at army Miller played on three of knights teams and later was an assistant coach under Knight at Indiana. Nations ring. Ic3t s he played for Al army a Cal 10 Nior or a r ? tournaments and in Millers senior year the cadets set a school record for the most victories in a single season with 22 idler served five years with the . Army a infantry and a borne divisions. He left the service in 1975 As a  Union ties Canada Bern Switzerland a team Canada let in a goal three minutes from the end to slip into a 3-3 draw against the soviet Union at the world hockey championships thursday night while Sweden captured its first european title in 28 years. Canada looked on the Way to its seventh consecutive preliminary round win when the defending Champion soviet Union Dominator of the tournament for the past three decades with 21 titles struck for a late goal at 17-07 of the third period through Center Sergei Federov. He slammed in the Leveller As Canadian goalie Kirk Mclean dived out of the Box for the unsuccessful attempted save. Canada which won the preliminary round stands at six wins and a draw while the soviets have five wins with two draws.5 Wyoming Grinders charged Laramie Wyo. A five members of Wyoming a football team were arrested thursday and charged with taking indecent immoral or immodest liberties with a minor according to Albany county and University officials. Deputy county attorney Tom Barb said the five who were not identified because of the nature of the felony charges were arrested after a two week investigation into an incident that allegedly occurred april 7 in a University dormitory. Barb said the incident allegedly involved an 18-Ycar-old girl and added she reported the incident on april 8. Wyoming a supreme court has ruled that anyone under the age of 19 is considered a minor he added. University police reported thursday that the five were being held in the Albany county jail pending the posting of $ 10,000 Bonds. The five will make their initial appearance in Albany county court on Friday Barb said.. Hoop tryouts get vegas flair Colorado Springs Colo. A four starters from National Champion univ were among 66 players invited on thursday to the National menus basketball team trials by Usa basketball. The 12 players selected from the trials to be held May 17-22 at the olympic training Center will represent the United states in both the Goodwill games and the world championships this summer. The team will be coached by Mike Krzyzewski whose Duke team lost 103-73 to univ in the Mcaa championship game. Anderson Hunt Greg Anthony Stacey Augmon and Larry Johnson started for the running rebels the first team to score 100 Points in the championship game. Dukes Bobby Hurley and Christian Lattner were invited As were Lee Mayberry and Todd Day of Arkansas and Kenny Anderson and Dennis Scott of Georgia tech meaning 10 players who participated in this years final four will be at the trials. Also invited was Danny ferry who played for Krzyzewski at Duke and spurned the los Angeles clippers for an italian team. The Cleveland Cavaliers now hold his Aba  is with e. Tennessee St. Johnson City Tenn. A Alan la Force was named head coach of East Tennessee state University s men s basketball program on thursday. La Force the associate head coach at East Tennessee state Lor the past five years succeeds Les Robinson no took the head coaching position Al North Carolina state on monday. Holyfield to fight Mcdonagh Atlantic City . A evander Holyfield awaiting a possible shot at the heavyweight championship against Buster Douglas will fight Seamus me Donagh for the wac Continental americas title on june 1 at Trump Plaza hotel and Casino. Holyfield 27, is 23-0 with 19 knockouts. The Irish born Mcdonagh a St. Johns University student fighting out of new York is 19-1-1 with 14 knockouts he is ranked no. 10 by the  blows match Point loses Monte Carlo Monaco a Boris Becker wasted a match Point in the second set and lost Friday to Spain a Emilio Sanchez in the quarterfinals of the i million Dollar Monte Carlo open. Sanchez the no. 7 seed ousted second seeded Becker 4 6, 7-5, 7-6 7-3. The three Lime Wimbledon Champion from West Germany joined no. 1 seed Stefan Edburg of Sweden on the sidelines. Edburg lost against Juan Aguilera on thursday. In other quarterfinals. Henri Leconte of France knocked off a seeded player Lor the third time in the tournament Topping no. 14 Horst smolt of Austria 62, 6-7 3-76-4, and Andrei Chesnokov of the soviet Union whipped Marc Rosset of Switzerland 6-3, 6-2. Acc scr had a match Point in the ninth game of the second set and sent a forehand Long. Then he served for the match leading 5-4, but Sanchez started a run of three straight games to Lake the set 7-5. The third set went to a tiebreaker after the players traded Early service Breaks. Sanchez relying on Good backhand passing shots won the tiebreak 7-3.rohan s Back at Columbia new York a Jack Rohan who retired As columbian a basketball coach in 1974, was rehired Friday after the first two choices turned Down the Job. Rohan 58, coached the team from 196 to 1974 and in 1968 led Columbia to its Only Ivy league basketball championship. Columbia was 4-22 last season and finished last in the Ivy league. Coach Wally Halas quit under pressure from alumni following the  gets 2 years drug treatment Cincinnati a former world Junior welterweight Champion Aaron Pryor was ordered Friday to undergo two years of drug treatment and rehabilitation. Hamilton county municipal court judge Mark p. Painter approved a motion by Pryor a attorney Hebert Haas that Pryor be Given treatment for drug dependency in lieu of conviction of a drug paraphernalia charge. Pryor 33, was arrested sept. 4 after Cincinnati police found a Metal pipe used or smoking cocaine when his vehicle was  out of French open Paris a Helena Sutkova the czechoslovak no. Women a player withdrew Friday from this year s French open because of a leg injury. The tournament starting May 28 in Paris features All the other world top 20 women players except no. 2 Martina Navratilova. �?~6 00 6 30 7 00 7 10 7 35 6 00 6 25 6 50 9 15 9 40 10 10 11 05 11 35 12 00 12 30 1 00 .2 40 3 10 4 00 superstition an to saturdays programs ass evening news can sports tonight just Tor kids cartoons . The real ghost busters Maul and the new archives Garfield a friends. 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