European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse A town commentary for army Crown Rob Staggenborg Donald Robinson believes in miracles but that a not to. Say anyone else does especially the Wiesbaden eagles. Robinson and his Kaiserslautern panthers moved one step closer to seeing that Miracle become a reality. The panthers bested the favored Eagle s 74-68 in wednesdays opening game of the army european basketball championships Best of three series. Now the panthers take their 1-0 advantage to Wiesbaden for a 1 . Meeting saturday. Should Robinsons men win they take an dec trophy Back to Rhineland Pfalz. If they lose sunday offers another try. The Odds like the panthers. So do i. Wiesbaden faces a 2-0 season or its out. Kaiserslautern can go .500 and win its first Europe wide title since 1985. Robinson likes that. A a we re not playing for sunday a Robinson the panthers coach and Point guard said after wednesdays shocker. A a we re going for it All saturday we re not going to lie Back and take it easy. If we lose then there a sunday. Saturday always comes before Sun Day and if ainu to no different this Wiesbaden Abs gym Isnit As Friendly ask towns Kleber gym. Wiesbaden a fans Are Rabid key shaking hecklers who Arentt used to seeing their beloved eagles at a disadvantage. The eagles have Lamar Oden the Best Center in Europe. Oden rejoins Troy Russell a civilian whom coach Luther Jefferson added to his squad when v corps issued an edict allowing civilians to play because of the desert shield storm deployment. Oden and Russell led Wiesbaden to the finals in 1989 before Troy the Joy sat out a season while getting out of. The army. V /. A. A Lamar ainu to going to beat us and Troy ainu to going to beat us. They need everybody on their team to play the games of their lives a Robinson said. A a we re going to make people believe in not one or two players does a team make. No one knows that better than one Donald Robinson. He has Sharp shooting guard Mark Bullock on the court plus Linzie Stovall George Bennett Greg Merritt and Tony Marsh a fresh out of the primary leadership development course. A you look at Wiesbaden and you look at us. get 20-plus Points from Oden 20-plus Points from Russell a Robinson said. A with a town you la have six seven maybe eight Guys who score 10 or 12 Points. Each week we had a different High scorer. Those 12 Points add a Wiesbaden also adds up with Oden and Russell and As Vincent Jackson Fitzgerald Miller and Leonard Johnson i he Eagle guards a a Howard Mack and Stan lev Rodgers a were atrocious wednesday hitting a combined of 7 from the Field. A we took their guards out. They hit anything. We forced them to take the 3-Point shot and it did t fall a Robinson said beaming like a proud father. Eagle Forward Eddie Tucker was scheduled to leave for a non commissioned officers course this week and May be lost for the rest of the series. Tucker rounds out Wiesbaden a defense with Good Board work and a decent shot. His shot will definitely be missed. Army basketball fans May recall lust years series when a town gave Baum older a Deputy Community commander fits by having a civilian Robinson playing for the panthers. Baum older threatened to Boycott the inaugural dec but gave in and played. The bears beat Kaiserslautern in the semifinals and went on to lose to Nurnberg in the dec finals. Baum older a fans Are the worst so a town should have no problem adjusting to Wiesbaden a Roar which Robinson Calls Light. A the fans done to bother us a he said. A a Wiesbaden a fans Are wild but Baum older is the place. Yeah the Hall of champions rocks when their fans get the last time the eagles were in the than usar eur finals in 1989, they took a 1-0 Lead Back to Wiesbaden but were swept at Home by Karlsruhe a another 21st Talcom Champion. Is destiny wearing a Black Panther posse to shirt a nobody believes in us but that Sok a Robinson said. A they said we Haven to played anybody and that Wiesbaden beat the Darmstadt the Baum hold ers the Stuttgart. We be played some Tough teams too. Pir Masens Wasny to an easy team to beat in the Talcom championships. Berlin was Tough in the dec semis. Bobby Goodin berlins Center can hit from just about anywhere on the floor. A a we be proved that we Are a Good basketball team without anyone noticing us. Thais of. Even if we lose this thing we would be the second Best team in All of Usa eur. A a but we done to plan on Robinson was in his office at Kleber gym. As his words trailed off a few fans strolled inside. A we got it now a one said slapping a High five to Robinson. A we still gotta win one More a Robinson was Quick to remind his Loyal fans. A it ainu to Over yet. No no no. We be got to beat them at their place. It wont be easy but Well do and win it. A. The Stara and stripes. Diilio a towns Donald Robinson covers Vincent Jackson. The Dye is cast for Abc s Blitz by Richard Sandomir the new York times we can thank Clairol for More than resuming the zip to Mark Spitz a hair color. Without the Dye meisters at Clairol we right not witness the quadra Genaria a Miner s first comeback race. Against Jom Jager saturday and his second Matt Biondi on april 27 on Abc s a wide world of will Clairol a backing of Spitz a return a Pur him to Success would Jim Palmer be been better off if jockey had put up Bucks As a comeback incentive we i never know. What we do know is that hardly anyone to voc the age of consent can sanely Root canstthe41-year-old tender of a personal a Pic fort Knox. Clairol will pay the Mhz Jagur Winner $20,00 and the Spitz Lundi Winner $35,000. But Why is Clairol pm snoring swimming to push its name. Is an official corporate sponsor c me . Olympic team. Last year awol enlisted Spitz along with Frank a Ner and Bob Seagren a two other fort something former a olympic Gold medallists a to endorse its option line of hair dyes. A when i got involved with Clairol eight months ago they wanted to be involved in a Competition a said Spitz. The match races did t develop fully until last december and Clairol leaped. And Abc wanted the races. Its the Type of event that fits neatly into the Eclectic a wide world format which on saturday will also feature the winners of the . Figure skating championships and the Blue grass stakes. A Spitz came up with the race the 50-meter Butterfly. Never mind that its a contrived length without any history and sanctioned by no one. Spitz is focusing solely on making the 1992 Barcelona summer olympics in the 100-meter Butterfly for which he set a then world record of 54.27 in Munich in 1972. Inside the Mission Viejo International. Sports Complex Abc wont scrimp. It will use six cameras including two handheld and one underwater to record tire quickie race. A i think people want to see Spitz race no matter what length it is a said Kim Belton a producer for Abc. Immediately preceding Spitz a redux there will be a live Chat with Chubby come Backer George Foreman and evander Holyfield. A a we re going to milk this As much As we can a said Belton. A cubs loves the masters. It should. Its average ratings for weekend coverage of the classic have risen from 6.8 in 1988, to 7.8 in 1989, and 8.4 in 199 1. For that kind of performance lbs chairman Larry Tisch should award his jacket to masters chairman Hord Hardin the Power of the masters will be tested against heavy Competition from no cd a counter programming of Aba games the lakers and blazers on saturday the spurs and suns on sunday. And then there a Spitz on Abc. Down at the Augusta National Golf club where lbs producer director Frank Chirkinian is overseeing his 32nd masters there Are no special plans regarding Nick Faldor a attempt to win his third consecutive Green jacket. A a we la follow him in he a in Contention a said Chirkinian. A a a what a wrong with sports Simon amp schuster in Howard cd sell a latest Jeremiah against the nil College sports drugs franchise shifts gambling and racism. Cosell alienated Abc sports col a Jagues Frank Gifford and Al Michaels in his last Book. To plays a minor role in the new Book but Howard a fangs Are still Sharp. Quoton cd so Tim Mcc Arver a unbearable. 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