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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Orts december 14,1991 c Page 28barkley Sticks with Book Philadelphia a Charles Barkley said on thursday he wont fight the release of his new autobiography in which he trashes 76ers owner Harold Katz and claims his grandmother can score More Points in a game than minute Bol despite his complaints his co writer misquoted him. Barkley said he told his agent Glenn Guthrie to Call his publisher and Stop the Book a a outrageous from hitting the shelves next week. He said his co writer Roy s. Johnson of sports illustrated misquoted or misinterpreted remarks he made about Bol Center Charles Shackleford Armon Gilliam and other things. But on thursday night from his hotel room in Minneapolis Barkley said he had changed his mind. A the Book is coming out a Barkley said. A there Are going to be a couple of things wrong. The majority of the Book is Correct and i stick by  he said he Learned his publisher Simon amp Shuster of new York had already published 60,000 copies of the Book and a a there a nothing they can  Barkley added that he Hadnot read his 317-Page Book. He became angry when Reading several of his remarks from a a outrageous in the Philadelphia inquirer thursday. He said of the inaccuracies a a that a going to happen anytime you write a Book so i just have to Deal with the  at a 76ers practice earlier thursday Barkley vowed his agent would strip the Book from the  Job is to make the Book controversial to sell a lot of copies a Barkley said. A unfortunately that s not fair to  fails drug test retires Tampa Fla. Apr Dexter Manley once suspended for a year by the nil. For drug use will retire immediately from the Tampa Bay buccaneers after failing a drug test the former All pro defensive end said thursday. At an emotional news conference arranged by the team Manley said he had a suffered a setback a in his Battle against drugs. With tears streaming Down his face he said a i knew what was at stake. I used poor judgment. I m concentrating now on what is important in my life not the material things that football has Given me but to take care of my family and go  there was no indication what drug was involved. Manley accompanied by his attorney Bob Woolf and bucs general manager Phil Krueger read a Short statement. A nobody knows better than i do How difficult it is to try Day by Day week by week to draw upon one s deepest re serves and strengths to dig in and fight this insidious disease that had plagued me and so Many others a he said. Quot i recently have had a setback and the tact that it has happened even if Only once shows me that 1 am in trouble and that i must renew my Battle with this disease. Therefore it is with a heavy heart that i have come Here today to announce my immediate retirement from the nil. Asked if Manley could be reinstated at some future Date Joe Browne the leagues vice president of communications and development said a at this time i cannot foresee any circumstance under which Manley will Ever play again in the  Manley 32, was in his first season with the bucs after being Cut by Phoenix in August. He played four games with the Cardi Dexter Manley right Breaks Down after announcing he will retire from Tampa Bay As agent Bob Woolf looks on. Nals last year after being reinstated by commissioner Paul Tagliabue on nov. 19, 1990, following a one year suspension for violating the league s drug abuse policy. Manley has been tested for drugs three times a week since being reinstated. A a in be always been Able to play a he said when Tampa Bay claimed him and the bucs hoped he was right. Coach Richard Williamson needed a pass rusher and Manley always had been a Good one. The bucs reportedly signed Manley to a one year contract Worth $650,000 for his 11th nil season. When he was Cut by Phoenix Manley blamed the cardinals defensive system. They played a 3-4, and he was a 4-3 player a defensive end All his career. A suspended and kicked out of the league was definitely a Low Point but 1 could look in the Mirror and say 1 contributed to that a he said. A what really Hurt me most was being released by the Phoenix cardinals because i Felt i did everything right in a not a  Manley played at Oklahoma state then spent the next eight years with the Washington redskins. He was banned from the nil after testing positive for cocaine shortly after the redskins 37-24 loss to the raiders at los Angeles on oct. 29, 1989. It was his third violation of the a Fly a drug policy. In 1987, Manley entered the Hazelden foundation in Minnesota for treatment of drug abuse. He then tested positive for cocaine in july 1988 and received a 30-Day suspension from then commissioner Pete Rozelle. Manley a attorney Bob Woolf was always optimistic that his client would be allowed to play again one Day. Inside sports pro football on to tonight a Page 22 nets set Aba record for blocks a Page 25 Gretzky lifts Kings Over jets a Page 25 Illinois aide in line for top Job a Page 27 High seas Battle the Stan and stripes american a cup yacht is gently rammed by Dennis Conner standing on the Stern tried to Init so a a a tender Beneteau during challengers practice off san Diego Dees. Into was bl�w�tt�?�i5��ttenr military sports in Europe  
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