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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports v Hub sess  sunday february 21,1993 american Julie Paris Len races to a second place finish Friday in the women s super a at the . Alpine championships in Colorado. . Skiers thwart canadians by the los Angeles times Winter Park Colo. Two americans on emotional missions took testing out of another Canadian ski party Friday at the Subaru . Alpine championships. Picabo Street a free spirit who was suspended from the . Team in 1990 for general flakiness continued her hot Streak when she won the women s super giant slalom with a time of 1 23.15. Street who finished third in thursday downhill despite fighting a virus is obviously still Riding the High of her Silver medal performance in the combined at the recent world championships in Japan. The 21-year-old from Sun Valley Idaho has emerged As the rising Star of the . Team. But she has by no Means lost her Edge. Basically 1 Don t Jike people telling me what to do she said. She has however in recent month been Able to Button her lip Long enough to let her skis do the talking. Street was sent Home from the . Ski team s summer training program in 1990 and was told to get her act together. Ill always be a free spirit no one s Ever going to change that Street said. But she has seemingly found the dedication necessary to win. The Only shame of her Victory was that she denied a win for second place Fin Isher Julie Parisien who has scaled a few emotional mountains since her brother death in an automobile Accident right be fore Christmas. Parisien s finish in the super a not even her Best event Speaks of her intent to ski the rest of the season for her late brother Jean Paul. She started the dedication in Japan when he captured the Silver medal at the worlds. Street and Parisien prevented another sweep for canadians Cary Mullen an Lindsey Roberts who stole the men s and women s downhill titles from the . On thursday. Mullen followed up his downhill win with a Victory in the men s super a with a winning time of 1 14.56. For the second Day in a Row he Defeated american Tommy Moe the runner up again with a time of 1 15.25. Another Canadian roman torn too third. It was also another great Day for Rob erts who followed her win in the Down Hill with a third place finish in the super a remarkable in that she was seeded 47th on the course. Her dramatic run came at the expense of american Diann Roffe Stein Rotter who was bumped into fourth place. Wings skate to 3-3 tie with flames i by the associated press Detroit Paul Ysebaert s second goal of the night tied the game with 8 10 to play and the de troit red wings and Calgary flames skated to a 3-3 deadlock Friday night. The teams Are two of the hottest in the nil. Detroit is 5-1-4 in its last 10 games while the flames Are 6-1-3 in their last 10. Ysebaert had started the scoring at 2 54 of the first tapping Sergei Fedorov s rebound into a gaping net for his 24th goal. The team scored a goal in each of the three periods. The red wings out shot calgary18-7 in the third period but could t prevent overtime. Elsewhere Friday devils 3, sabres 3 East Rutherford . Claude  put in the re bound of Crnic Nicholls shot Early in the third period to give new Jersey a tie with Buffalo. The tie extended the devils unbeaten Streak to four 3-0-1 and it gave them a rare Point in a game i which they trailed after two Peri ods. New Jersey is 0-21-3 when trailing after two periods. The Only reason the devils did t win the game was the play of sabres goaltender Grant Fuhr who had 31 saves. He made at Leas six Good stops in the final 11 min utes of regulation and Good Stopson Bruce Driver and Alexei Kasa to nov in the overtime. Maple Leafs 4, lightning 1 Toronto Doug Golm outscored two goals and assisted on another leading Toronto to a Winover Tampa Bay for its fifth straight Victory. Gilmour scored his 23rd and24th goals and assisted on Dave Andreychuk s 36th of the  Borschevsky also scored for the Leafs who improved to 29-22-8, tying Idle Minnesota for third place in the Norris division. Gilmour fifth in nil scoring with 93 Points accumulated at least three Points in a game for the14th time this season. Message from an All pro tackle stay in school try Ken Murray the Baltimore Sun Baltimore if there is a message Rayfield Wright would give the 1992 Black College All Amert cans it is this stay in school. Get your degree. Then worry about the nil. It does t make any difference whether you go to Small school a Black school or a big school Wright said Friday night at the inner Harbor Marriott where a two night Celebration of Black College football began. If you Don t apply yourself if you Don t go to get an education you re going for the wrong  Wright is living proof it s the right thing to do. He was a talented High school basketball player in Griffin ga., 40 Miles South of Atlanta. He went to fort Valley a state College to pursue his passion on the Hardwood. He was Good enough to average double Fig ures in Points and rebounds Good enough to attract an offer from the Aba s Cincinnati royals his Junior year. But he was smart enough not to take it and run. Wright finished College and got his degree in Educa Tion. Along the Way he also played football Well enough to attract the attention of the then up and coming Dallas cowboys. He made the cowboys in 1967 and went on to enjoy a great nil career As an All pro offensive tackle. The postscript to his Story two years ago he tapped that education degree and turned it into a program to help delinquent kids in Phoenix. The non profit organization is called kids for  Wright says with in the year he will have the program in Baltimore with sex Detroit lion Dan White As its director. Baltimore Isone of four cities Wright is moving into. We hire retired professional athletes said Wright who said he has been going in to schools to help kids for the past 25 years. We critique their skills the Send them into the schools to Deal with kids who Are into gang violence drugs and alcohol. We want to work with the students As a role Model and Mentor and Friend which is the most important thing to u lot of kids who want to Deal in drugs and Al Cohol. We want them to understand the purpose is Roget them off drugs and keep them from dropping out of  Fate pulled Wright the basketball player into foot Ball at fort Valley. He had a Cousin who played foot Ball. One thing led to another and Wright soon was a two sport athlete on an athletic scholarship not just a basketball scholarship. He alternated Between free safety and end on de sense. He played tight end and tackle on offence. He also punted. So it should come As no Surprise then that Wright was Good enough to be named to the Sheridan Broad cast network s All time Black College football team honoured Friday night. It s a tremendous Honor Wright said. I m very excited about this Opportunity to see a lot of Guys. It s like a family reunion. It s a Blessing to me. It lets these Young athletes know there is Worth in what you do that there is recognition in what you  As Good As Wright was at fort Valley state he was even better during a distinguished 13-year career with the cowboys. He was a four time All pro pick and a six time pro bowl selection. He also played in five super bowls  
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