European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse I thursday november 29, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 21 spurs hand blazers 1st loss by the associated press Ortland Ore. A the Phoenix suns did tuesday it what they do in last seasons Aba play-11 win in Portland. Red while it Wasny to a playoff game it was a big Victory be suns. M Chambers scored 28 Points and Eddie Johnson 121 of his 25 in the second period As Phoenix built blew an 18-Point halftime Lead before ending the piously unbeaten Trail blazers 11-game winning he 123-109. Ive know we did no to capitalize on our opportunities Jere in the playoffs last year so we wanted to show elves we could win a said Kevin Johnson who hit Ikey free throws at the close of the third Roundup Jeff Komacek scored Kevin Johnson who had Only with 16. 17 Points Points for Phoenix and 3 in the first half finished Kevin Duckworth and Jerome Kersey had 21 each for Portland which played the entire second half without leading scorer Clyde Drexler who was ejected with 3 11 left in the first half after committing a flagrant foul and then receiving a technical 24 seconds later. Phoenix coach Cotton Fitzsimmons said his Bench and a solid first half made the difference. A we play any better than we did in the first half and i done to think Portland could play any better than it did in the third Quarter a Fitzsimmons said. A but i be happier with the Way our Bench the 21 second Quarter barrage by Eddie Johnson a Reserve helped the suns build a 73-55 halftime Lead. Chambers had 17 in the first period. It was the first game this season Between last years Western conference finalists. In the second game of last seasons playoff series the suns saw an 18-Point halftime Lead turn into a Portland Victory. This time Phoenix again blew an 18-Point halftime Lead but overcame Portland a third Quarter rally. Phoenix reserves outscored the Trail blazers 50-23. A you always miss a Good player a Fitzsimmons said of see Aba on Page 26 tar heels Romp Over Jacksonville Ston heralds Lisa Olson watches As her editor Bob sales Speaks to reporters tuesday. Reporter incident osts pats $72,500 jew York a the alleged sex harassment of reporter Lisa Olson Cost three players a total of $22,500 i the new England patriots $50,000. Seke Mowatt was fined $12,500 on essay while Michael Timpson and a Bert Perryman were each fined $5,000 i their roles in a locker room incident Loving Olson of the Boston Herald. A patriots were fined $25,000 because a a never vigorously sought the facts but what had happened a nil commoner Paul Tagu Abue wrote in a letter patriots owner Victor Kiam. N addition to the team Fine the Patri a were ordered to pay $25,000 for counting on How to deaf with the Media. Tagliabue levied the fines after receive Ivara Law a Nooi. Rag Laoue con Jed that a a serious incident occurred sept. 17 while is. Lisa Olson of the Pton Herald was interviewing Cor Back Maurice Hurst in the patriots joker room. The incident involved mis duct of certain patriots players that s degrading to is. the report in which 91 people were a viewed some More than once also id a Lisa Olson on three occasions presented the investigators with a Clear and consistent account of sexual harassment. The patriots pointed out to us that various accounts written by Olson or attributed to her by other reporters were exaggerated and not entirely consistent. A on the other hand it was obvious to us that players were extremely reluctant to speak frankly about their own activities Ana those of some of their teammates. Their accounts of the incident of sept. 17 were also often inconsistent with the accounts provided by others present in the locker room that Olson in a prepared statement thanked Tagliabue and Heymann for a the thorough and revealing a my satisfaction with the investigation and subsequent sanctions is surpassed Only by my wish the disgraceful incident had never occurred in the first place Olson said. A it was not my Choice to have this matter decided in a Public forum and it is unfortunate that Patriot management forced this to happen by not dealing with the guilty persons swiftly and decisively. Olson has been reassigned to the Boston celtics beat. Mowatt and Timpson Are still with the patriots but Perryman was released on nov. 6 and now plays for Dallas. By the associated press Chapel Hill . Fourth ranked North Carolinas 104-61 rout of Jacksonville tuesday night did no to make the usually cautious Dean Smith change his ways. A Overall we just done to know a the tar Heel coach said of his teams ability. A we played to the Home crowd. We re playing a Sun Belt conference team but Jacksonville is Down a bit. In a not too freshman Cliff Rozier scored 22 Points for the tar heels who were overpowering on defense As they handed Smith his 690th career Victory. The tar heels forced 29 turnovers by the dolphins 17 of them in the first half. It was that defensive pressure that helped North Carolina break from a 4-4 tie in the Early stages with an eight Point run in a 2vi-minute Span. Smith said North Carolina 2-0 tried to Wear Down Jacksonville 1-1. And Jacksonville coach Rich Haddad said the strategy worked. A i thought we did a decent Job in the first 10 minutes of the game a Haddad said. A but what happens when you play a team like Carolina is they just physically Wear you out and everything else kind of George Lynch and Rick Fox scored 19 Points each for North Carolina. Reggie Law led Jacksonville with 16 Points. Tim Burroughs had 15. In other games tuesday night no. 3 Arkansas 96, Mississippi Coll. 57 Pine Bluff Ark. A Todd Day an College basketball Oliver Miller sat out the first half As a disciplinary measure then keyed a 27-2 run that carried third ranked Arkansas Over Mississippi College. Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson said earlier that he was unsure How he would discipline Day and Miller for picking up technical fouls last week in a 12-Point loss to Arizona in the finals of the big Apple nit. Miller entered tuesday nights game with 16 30 left in the second half and Day followed 75 seconds later. At that Point Arkansas 4-1 led the division ii choctaws 1-2 42-41. Miller and Day sat Back Down with 4 46 remaining and Arkansas up 86-49. No. 6 Alabama 96, Wake Forest 95 Tuscaloosa Ala. A a steal by Gary Waites with 12 seconds remaining in overtime sealed no. 6 Alabama a Victory Over Wake Forest after the Crimson tide squandered a 17-Point Lead during regulation. Melvin Cheatum scored a career High 28 Points for Alabama 2-0. The tide went ahead when James Robinson made one of two free throws with 46 seconds to play in overtime. Wake Forest 2-1 then had a Chance to win the game but Waites stole the Ball from Roger Siler and Alabama ran out the clock. The Demon deacons had 24 turnovers in the game. Siler sent the game to oversee tar heels on Page 26 eagles fire Bicknell Newton mass. Apr Jack Bicknell who coached Boston College to four bowl games in his first six seasons but had losing records in his last four was fired tuesday after 10 years in the Job. No replacement was named for Bicknell who departs after a 4-7 season in which the eagles lost their last four games. His 10-year record is 59-55-1. The eagles went 5-6 in 1981, Bicknell a first season As coach but a freshman named Doug Flutie emerged As the starting quarterback. Over the next three seasons Flutie starred in Bicknell a passing oriented approach to offence. Boston College compiled records of 8 3-1,9-3 and 10-2 Over the next three seasons. The eagles lost the Tangerine bowl to Auburn 33-26 in 1982 and the Liberty bowl to notre Dame 19-18 in 1983. In 1984, Flutie a senior season they beat Houston 45-28 in the Cotton bowl and ended at 10-2. But the eagles and Bicknell weren to the same after Flutie capped his career by winning the Heisman trophy. The next season Boston College fell to 4-8. But in 1986, with quarterback Shawn Halloran and running Back Troy Strad Ford the eagles beat Georgia 27-24 in the Hall of Fame bowl. Boston College was 56 in 1987 and followed that with records of 3-8 and 2-9 the next two sports Central european time television hockey los Angeles at St. Louis 2 30 . Friday
