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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, February 16, 1994

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To february 16, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 31nba vets show its still their league by Chris Sheridan Minneapolis a the a bad a  sent an unmistakable message to b a younger Brethren at the All Star Isnit your league yet. On a weekend in which the league showcased its future the perennial Al stars took Over the show at the end. They shackled Shaquille of Neal and watched i Chat Jour and sold sidekick Scottie Pigpen play like Jordan. A the have a lot of life left in us a the in inks Patrick Ewing said. A a we re not hid vet and i think we did a pretty Good  _ Thev took special pleasure in stopping o Neal. The 21-year-old rapper Dunker scoring Leader was or. Mtg on Friday and saturday doing his re me and dance act on stare a Princess nightclub before a National to audience and a crowd who paid so5 per person to watch. On sunday the veterans beat him up. Quot you mean the Way they gang tackled him they really came at him a East coach Lenny Wilkens said. The 7-foot-l Center missed his first 10 shots before finishing 2-for-12. He also missed seven of 11 foul shots. Whenever he got the Ball two or three West players were right on him. A i think people were jumping out of the first rows of the stands covering him Quot West Center David Robinson said. It was a message from a group of older players who seem to be upset at the Fame of Neal has achieved despite being in the league for a i seasons. A the new coming in and the old going out a that Sall a Bunch of hype a Dominique Wilkins said a the Guys that have been in the league eight nine 10 years Are still going very  in the West locker room Clyde Drexler grabbed a final Bonscore and his eyes went right to of Neal a line. A you see what this Guy did a a smiling Drexler asked a Friend. He got put in his place. Among the nine first year All stars Kenny Anderson was 3-for-10 with four turnovers. Derrick Coleman was l-of-6, Mitch Richmond was 5-for-16. Latrell Sprewell was 3-Df-7 from the foul line John Starks had an Hairball. Meanwhile Pippen was everything Jordan once was. Every time he entered the game he dominated offensively. His shots whether they were 3-pointers, midair creations of breakaway dunks were the prettiest. His defense was Superb like when he took on the opposing Point guard at Hal court and picked him clean going in for an uncontested two Points. His pos game manner was Earnest and proud. Pippen scored 29 Points 10 Mote Points than anyone else. He made five 3-ppinters. He had 11 rebounds More than everyone except Hakeem Olajuwon 12. He played 31 minutes More than anyone else. He had four steals double what anyone else had. A he scored 10 of the first 12 Points for the East which beat the West 127-1 is. Pippen was the obvious and unanimous map. Quot it Wasny to a statement but maybe it was past due judgement a Pippen said. Quot with Michael on the club it overshadowed some of the Guys like Horace . And to some extent myself. Its time we were All recognized As  this was the first All Star game in eight years that did t feature Jordan. Quot i Wasny to surprised at All a by Scottie today a Grant said. �?o1 think Scottie had something to prove to a lot of people that he is a very Good basketball player. 1 think he proved it to  a overshadowed by Pippen was the tier Mormance of Mark Price who scored 20 Points on 8-of-10 shooting and had a team High five assists. Ewing also had a Strong game scoring 12 of his 20 Points in the fourth Quarter As the East held off a  the West Olajuwon and David Robinson each had 19 Points. John Stockton had 13 Points and 10 assists and made the West a Only 3-Pointer. Chaney suspended by Wayne Woolley Philadelphia a Temple uni huh John Chaney once shoved Massachusetts coach John Calipari during a i try contested game but he Wasny to disciplined by his school afterwards. But Chaney s Public threat to kill Cali a Pari after the owls 56-55 loss to the i a ranked minutemen sunday earned hit a one game suspension to be served during wednesday s game against St. Bona venture. In a statement announcing Chaney a suspension Temple president Peter Lia court said a coach Chaney should steer Clear of these emotional encounters after such an emotional game. No basketball game is a life or death  i was the first time Chaney has been disciplined in 12 years during which time in a has led the owls to nine Mcaa tournament appearances. Chaney burst into Calipari a pos game news conference and accused Calipari of vying to intimidate the officials in sunday s loss. Chaney then charged the podium where Calipari stood before three Massachusetts players moved quickly to restraint Chaney. A til kill you Tea z to Sav. Chaney was plainly a y of remember  he also said he void have his players confront Massachusetts players Wrhen the teams play it air. In Philadelphia on feb. 24. John Chaney. Will miss one game Chaney shoved Calipari during the game at Amherst mass., in 1990 near the end of regulation in a triple overtime game while the two coaches were trying to talk to the officials. The Victory sunday lifted Massachusetts 19-4, 10-0 three places in the National rankings to no. 10. Temple 17-4, 10-3 fell to no. 13 from no. 8. _ Atlantic 10 commissioner Ron Berto Vitch announced monday that the league was investigating the incident. He declined further comment except to say that he planned to a talk to every one  he declined to specify a time limit for the investigation other than to say it would be concluded a in a timely  in a statement released by Temple s athletic department monday Chancy extended his apology a to everyone for yesterdays unfortunate incident following the basketball game. To the Atlantic 10 conference the University of Massachusetts the teams those persons who were present and those who witnessed the incident  Liacouras statement acknowledged Chaney a apology but added Quot even his sincere apology he agrees is insufficient in these circumstances a in his statement Liacouras invited a Massachusetts president Michael Hooker to the feb. 24 game. Calipari also declined to discuss specifics of the incident. A i just done to feel i should comment a he said. A whatever the league office decides to do even if they decide to take no action is Fine with me. A a in a just totally embarrassed it happened. If anything i wished it did no to  suit Stem sin Lubbock Texas a scuffling Between collegiate athletes and fans has branched from the basketball court to a Legal court. Two Texas tech supporters filed a lawsuit monday accusing Texas a amp a coach Tony Barone sr., his son and two other players of a Wanton wilful and malicious attacks during a Post game Melee feb. 5 in Lubbock. The plaintiffs asked for punitive damages of $1,375 million and actual damages Between $500 and $100,000. Barone declined to comment. But last week after the Southwest conference censured him the coach blamed the circumstances. A i stand by my actions a Barone said in a statement. �?o1 understand Why the Confer once office Felt if necessary to Cal Uati my actions and i can live with  his co defendants Are Tony Barone jr., Joe Wilbert and John Michael Jungers. The plaintiffs Are Charles Ewing or. And Mary Catherine Ewing Mother of 16-year-old Christopher Ewing. Kyle 10, incurs the Wrath of Bobby Bloomington ind. A Kyle .i.iit. Lumeh Bob Knight s famous temper to into  about it. And some big rhe in your old boy can a i ins Jund thud in he was thrown out r Indiana s basketball practice by the a Peru tums Slit confrontation with the he one coach resulted from a or Tiit nil lathe made to him before a a tic a. Last dts Ember. Kyie s Granola  Good or the Promise last a a a. A b Sot. V at a re eat i l far. And he d a c a onus us to Oak Kyle to Assem Hal. To see an in game and meet s lunar r a Kerin Hahn of a a said.  just the Way Hei not t mow u  any idea of a. A. F. I i after the death of Kyles father an electric company w order who was accidentally electrocuted the elder Hahn wrote to Knight and explained what happened. Three weeks later he got a Call from Knight who told him to arrange the visit with the 1u basketball office. On sat Urdaz. Hahn and Kyle along with another son and two other grandsons drove up to Bloomington. A they walked Down a Tunnel to the Assembly Hall court and came to a sign that read a practice  a i Wasny to sure who it meant but i did t think it applied to us because we were invited Quot said Hahn. As the group went onto the court Knight saw them turned and said a would Vou mind a a Hahn recalled. He tried to explain that the basketball office had told them to come to the practice but Knight responded a i done to care if Jesus Christ told you to come Here. You re going to have to get out of my  a Short time later Knight had a team manager bring them Back. A the Shook hands with us and said he did no to realize who we were. He talked to us a Little longer and then we started out the Tunnel a Hahn said. Then Knight yelled a they Kyle you wait for me a while the rest of the group went to the lobby Knight took Kyle by the hand and showed him through the locker room and his office. A i did no to know what to say a Kyle re called. "1 really  say anything. He just said he hoped i had a Good Day there and that he was glad i could come. And then he had a manager show me All around while he went to take a Nap a Kyle was Given some 1u souvenirs and a seat behind the  Bench and Knight spoke to him again after the 93-91 Victory Over Iowa. �?o1 can to Tell you  meant to us to have him take some time out of what he was doing to talk to us and have us up there a the elder Hahn said. He said even getting kicked out of practice was something special. Quot As we All think it Over now a he said a maybe the greatest thing that happened to us All Day might be that we incurred the world famous Wrath of Bobby   
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