European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                W anal berth. To Jacksonville by Ron word Jacksonville Fla. Apr the Scole  spent Yean As College foot balls Home to the worlds largest outdoor cocktail party now will be celebrating with the big boys. 1 the nil on tuesday awarded the football frenzied fans of Longshot Jacksonville with the 30th expansion team a the Jacksonville jaguars a up staging two former nil cities. St. Louis and Baltimore As Well As Memphis. The decision also came after a tumultuous summer in which the City a longtime push for a franchise almost fell apart. Quot just knew a said Sara Nichols a Volunteer for the Jaguar Booster club. A i bought a car tag in the summer that says jaguars. I just knew a fans chanting a a whoop there it is a and Quot jaguars jaguars a gathered at the see pages 32 arid 33 for More on the nil Jacksonville Landing an oceanfront restaurant shopping area to celebrate the announcement As strangers High five and hugged one another. Quot its not a Miracle. Its a Well earned Victory for our Community said Wayne Weaver the teams principal owner and the managing general partner of touchdown Jacksonville ltd., the group seeking an nil team for several years. A a we Are going to be a great new partner for the nil a Weaver added holding up a jaguars Jersey. Calling Jacksonville Quot a hotbed of football interest a nil commissioner Paul Tagliabue said Quot there was the feeling that the Southeast is the fastest growing part of the country and even with a team in Charlotte is  _ Jacksonville fans certainly have trained for the big leagues. Attendance has been Strong for several nil preseason games and the City has supported teams in the United states football league and the world football league. The Jacksonville bulls led the Surl in attendance. And since 1933, the Cit has been the the Georgia Florida Home to touted As the cocktail party. World s largest game outdoor the new Jacksonville jaguars helmet was on display in the Florida City tuesday. Laimbeer ends Long Aba career Auburn Hills Mich. A Bill Laimbeer retired wednesday from the Detroit pistons saying his body can to take the a bad a punishment anymore and he has lost his competitive Edge. Quot it was a very difficult decision yet it was pretty easy Laimbeer said at a news conference. Quot i feel a lot of sadness and apprehension but the main thing i really feel is  Laimbeer whose flying elbows and body often angered Otner Aba players and earned him huge fines called it quits at age 36. Laimbeer also known for his competitiveness and determination to play even with pain told reporters he wanted to Stop punishing his body while he can still walk a Golf course. And he said the competitive fire that helped him Lead the team to consecutive Aba championships has died out. Quot its just gone now Quot he said. �?o1 had a lot of fun Over the years. I no longer have the desire and Don t want to do  Laimbeer said he had thought seriously of retiring before this season but decided to try one More season in order to help set the direction for a rebuilding club. The 6-foot-u Center has been the leagues most reviled player for the past decade dreaded by opponents for the Odd combination of Long  and Black and Blue. Rebounding he brought to the game. He averaged double figures in scoring for. Nine straight seasons beginning in 1982-83, and he led the Aba in rebounding in 1985-86. He was a Leader on the pistons Quot bad boy championship teams in 1989 and �?T90. Last year he became the 19th player in the stars and stripes december 2,1993 Page 36 14-0 league history to reach 10,000 Points and 10,000 rebounds in a career. Laimbeer has been one of the leagues most durable performers never missing More than two games in a season until he sat out three due to a Back injury last year. More Back problems haunted him this year. Before missing tuesday s game Laim Beer had started five in a Row. He averaged v 12,7 Points in his last six games playing Well in spite of reports that be had wanted to quit after getting into a fight with Isiah Thomas at a nov. 16 practice. A product of notre Dame Laimbeer was chosen by Cleveland in the third round of the 1979 draft then spent the 1979-80 season playing in Italy before joining the Cavaliers for most of two seasons. Cleveland traded him to Detroit in february 1982, Houston a the unbeaten Houston rockets now look to turn the Streak into the record. The rockets won their 14th straight game 102-91 Over the Milwaukee Bucks on tuesday night. Quot you like these kinds of challenges and the idea of being in the spotlight a Otis Thorpe said. Quot that a what you play the game for.�?�. The Triumph pulled Houston to within one of tying the 45-year Aba Mark of 15 wins in a Row to Start a season set in 1948 by the old Washington capitols. The rockets will try to equal the record thursday night at new York against the kicks 9-2. Quot its going to be real physical a rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich said. Quot its  . Here is one time All see Page 29 and 31 _ for More on the Aba things come into place. Its Good for basketball. We re the underdog in this  Milwaukee with the a bad a second worst record at 2-12, was the decided underdog i a12-Point Houston but Houston a defense which is yet to allow 100 Points in a game this season took charge in the second half As the rockets built As much As a 14-Point Lead in the third Quarter thanks primarily to a 17-3 run in which Vernon Maxwell scored 11 straight  we just had to Start playing defense and get our fast break going a Maxwell said. Quot it took a while to do  the Bucks shot just 36 percent. They pulled to within three Points Wilh Jabout 10 minutes to go but Houston Hela them to just four Points during a 5 23 Span in the final Quarter. Quot their defense was the difference a Bucks coach Mike Dunleavy said. Quot their big Man inside demanded a lot of coverage everybody who saw this game would think it was close. We were in the game but we shot Only 36 percent. If you can to get your Field goal percentage Over 35 or 36 percent you re not going to win Many games. Quot when you get a Good defensive team they have the capabilities of putting together a Streak like this a the big Man inside was Hakeem olajur1 won who led Houston with 20 Points and 12 rebounds plus five blocked shots and six assists. Maxwell added 19 Points. For the Bucks Anthony Avent had 17 Points. 0 �?�246850 504