European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 a the stars and stripes Friday november 30,1990commentaryolson won but won t gloat Lisa Olson wanted to be a byline not a household name. When she left Law school after a year her parents were not amused. They wanted their daughter to have a profession not a a sports beat with a newspaper. But she enjoyed writing about the biggest sports events which at the Boston Herald and everywhere else Means mostly menus teams. Olson 26, enjoyed the Sharp humor in the clubhouse. She could Deal with the occasional complaint about something she wrote and she Learned to a stand around the Corner a unless she was specifically interviewing somebody a i never Felt comfortable standing around the Middle of the clubhouse a she said. On sept. 17, while Olson was interviewing a new England player a few patriots turned her from a reporter into a subject by parading naked in front of her and making sexual taunts. This ugly scene is reconstructed by a special counsel Philip Heymann of Harvard Law school in a report issued tuesday by the National football league. The gestures and the language might make for nervous laughter if performed by Eddie Murphy or Andrew Dice Clay fully dressed in a theater but would get men arrested if done on the Street. Performed in a clubhouse they caused Zeke to Watt to be fined $12,500 and two other players Michael Timpson and Robert Perryman to be fined $5,000 each. The club itself has been fined $50,000 for not taking the incident seriously. Perhaps the league should have suspended Mowatt. Olson said tuesday however a i done to want to ruin anybody a life. Maybe it is enough that Mowatt has been branded for doing what he  Vecsey and Victor Kiam the owner of the patriots has been chided by Paul Tagliabue the commissioner for making a statements about is. Olson that were factually inaccurate and derogatory a a description that just might haunt Kiam and his Remington company. A i really done to want to talk about it a Olson said of the decision a because i done to want to sound like in a gloating or looking for  what is important is that Tagliabue reminded players and coaches and fans yes fans that a female reporters Are to have an equal Opportunity to cover nil teams and behaviour such As that described in the report is not acceptable and cannot be  what happened in the patriots clubhouse opened the Way for More mischief. A few Days after the Olson incident Sam Wyche coach of the Cincinnati bengals deliberately barred a female reporter. Wyche was fined a weeks pay of his $475,000 salary and has been going around Ever since saying he was just concerned about modesty. The poor Lummox. The whole modesty Issue could be solved with a $5 Towel $3 if bought in bulk the real Issue is sexual Power How men feel about women. Even some reputable colleges have fallen into the modesty trap by barring women or if necessary All reporters from the clubhouse. While a great number of fans have been agonizing about the horrors of journalists actually intruding on the dressing area of athletes the leagues and most athletes have been going about their business and so has Lisa Olson. A people have been wonderful a she said tuesday a i had somebody from the Aba Call me to say if i had any problems to let them know. A some of the Bruins including the Tough Guys you know the goons came up to me and said a hang in there. Good Luck. I can to believe they did that to you. A the celtics told their players not to bring it up to me but you could just see Kevin Mchale who a got a great sense of humor wanting to say something. A i was interviewing Brian Shaw and i asked him How he expected the fans to be a Olson added referring to that celtics return from a year in Italy. A Brian said a hey you know How it feels to be  then he got All nervous and said a i did no to say that. It was off the  but it was of. It was  Olson was booed by Many new England fans As if she were responsible for Mowatt and his pals behaving that Way. She Felt better tuesday but she  dwell on it. A a in be had a lot of second thoughts a she said. A this is the Only thing i Ever wanted to do. I done to have a Normal social life for somebody my age. I ask myself Why i want to cover people who do something like that. A but i have to remember that 90 percent of them Are not vicious. It would be silly to do something rash. I have to give it  Olson will make her own decision but for every other woman coming along the National football league has served notice female reporters belong in the clubhouse behaviour like Zeke Mowatt a does not. The new York time rookies Are helping Cunningham Fly by Dave Goldberg a football writer the Philadelphia eagles Are finally starting to Back up buddy Ryan a bluster. Not necessarily because of the biggest bluster ers a defensive Guys like Andre Waters and Jerome Brown. But because Ryan redid his wide receiving corps and gave playing time to a Little known second year running Back named Heath Sherman. In Case anyone Hadnot noticed the eagles were playing Well before sundays 3113 win Over the giants that stopped new Yorkus 10-game unbeaten Streak. It was the fifth straight Victory for Philadelphia left the eagles at 7-4 and put them in excellent position for a Home wild card game. Yes the defense scored one of the touchdowns. Yes Randall Cunningham scrambled for 66 Yards. But Sherman rushed for 70 Yards and Rookie receivers Fred Barnett and Calvin Williams caught touchdown passes. Barnett a third round pick from Arkansas state beat Everson Walls for a 49-yarder, the longest against the giants this season. Williams a fifth Rounder from Purdue caught a 6-yarder that deflected off Barnett. They Are three of the reasons Cunningham is quietly having his Best season �?13 to passes in the last six games and 607 Rushing Yards. Because someone has to cover them they free up Keith Byars eight catches for 128 Yards sunday and Keith Jackson. And they Are the products of a Ryan Gamble. He Cut Cris Carter who caught 11 touchdown passes last season and began 1990 with three Rookie wide receivers plus Mike Quick coming off two knee rookies Calvin Williams and Fred Barnett 86 caught to passes from Randall Cunningham in the rout of the giants sunday. Operations. Quick is Back on injured Reserve but the rookies Are blossoming As Cunningham gains Confidence in them. A i think it started to come around the fifth week a Williams said. A Randall saw we were working and that we were open certain times when Keith Byars was covered. We told him a ran Dall you be got to Start seeing the Field better and if you do Well have four or five Guys who can Hurt the other team a Sherman has provided Philadelphia with the Rushing game it has needed for so Long. In victories Over new England and Washington Sherman became the first Philadelphia running Back since Wilbert Montgomery in 1981 to have two straight 100-Yard games. He has 491 Overall. That a still second to Cunningham but its enough to keep defences More honest than they were when the entire offence was Cunningham scrambling or throwing to Byars or Jackson