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Friday, September 22, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Runner denies drug charges Griffith-Joyner says allegations of steroid use are groundless
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Florence Griffith-Joyner, accused by Darrell Robinson of buying growth hormones from him, himself called the spinner "a compulsive, crazy, lying lunatic."
"I don't do drugs," Griffith-Joyer said. "I never have taken any drugs. I don't believe in them. It's a false accusation."
Robinson detailed his dealings with the 1988 Olympic star and other track and field athletes and coaches, as well as in the West German language Stern.
Robinson, the 1986 national champion in the 400 meters and the 1983 and 1985 runner-up, contended in the magazine article that Griffith-Joyner will get growth hormones for her last year because "I have connections."
Griffith-Joyner, accompanied by her husband Al Joyner, the 1984 Olympic triple jump champion, and business manager Gordon Baskin, flew from her California home to New York to face Robinson on NBC's Show. But Robinson failed to show, and Griffith fronted each other via a bookup from his Toronto home, and the rhetoric was bitter.
"How can you have the nerve... a lie?" Griffith-Joyner said more tightly.
"She says she didn't take them," Robinson said. "It's my word against hers."
"You admitted taking drugs, and why do you want to implicate other athletes?" Griffith-Joyner asked.
Robinson, who reportedly received at least $25,000 for the magazine story, which was published yesterday, and money for appearing on the show. So he was not doing it but for the money.
'Sick and tired'
"The money issue isn't an issue," he said. "I am sick and tired of hearing everyone saying they're clean."
Robinson said that Griffith-Joyner asked him to look into the cost of the hormones. He said that, when he told her it would cost "$2,000 for 10 cubic centimeters," she said, "That's crazy."
He quoted Griffith-Joyner as saying, "If you want to make a million, get in the job."
Robinson said that a few days later, Griffith-Joyner gave him a "wad of 20 hundred-dollar bills."
"I never gave him a dime for anything," Griffith-Joyner said. "Why meet him on Venice Boulevard? The only place I met him was on the track. I have never run into Darrell on the street."
"I don't know how he's going to back this up."
Not the first time
This was not the first time that drug accusations were made about Griffith-Joyner, who rocketed into international fame in 1988 after being a world-class runner for years but never a star.
At last year's Seoul Olympics, where she won gold medals in the 100- and 200-meter dashes and the 400-meter relay, along with a silver in the 1,600-meter relay, the accuser was Brazilian Joaquim Cruz, the 1984 Olympic 800-meter champion.
Later, she was accused by Lewis, a six-time Olympic gold medalist; Evelyn Ashford, a three-time gold medalist; and Pat Connolly, Ashford's former coach and new coach of Renalohe Nehemiah, ex-world record-holder in the 110-meter high hurdles.
"This is so horrendously wrong."
Baskin said. "When are they going to
stop hitting on this girl? This young lady has never used drugs. This man, from what they tell me, is a compulsive liar.
The situation started with Joaquim Cruz, and he proved to be a liar. It followed with Carl Lewis making subtle accusations, and he made a half-hearted apology. From there, it went to Evelyn Ashford and Pat Connolly making veiled comments before a Senate subcommittee, the Biden committee. And they made subtle apologies.
"When a person does as well as Florence in a quiet manner, they become targets for these kind of people. It culminates with this kind of viciousness."
Baskin said Robinson's article would "do damage, great damage," to the career of Griffith-Joyner, who retired from track in February and now is involved in many other pursuits, including acting, writing, designing clothes and making magazine and TV commercials.
He also said, "We will have our attorney pursue this. He will file a suit against Darrrell and against Stern, if it is within the realm of German law, where they do not have the protection of the first amendment, we would want new arguments to have it filed by a German attorney."
Possible suit
Robinson said he was introduced to Griffith-Joyner through Bob Kersee, her former coach and present brother-in-law. Robinson said Kersee told him he could get anabolic steroids for him.
"We will not back off when it
stander in this situation."
Bankin is right.
"What he said was ludicrous," Kersee said. "I categorically deny everything he said."
Kersee also said his attorneys planned to serve Robinson with a
Florence Griffith-Joyner
In the article, Robinson also said he was told to take anabolic steroids by Tom Tellez, coach of the Santa Monica Track Club, of which Lewis is a member.
lawsuit next week
Robinson said he was once in Tellez's office along with Lewis and sprinters Kirk Baptiste and Mark Hill and high hardier Cletus Clark.
According to Robinson, Tellez walked over to a filing cabinet and pulled out a plastic bag containing small blue pills that Robinson used in his steroids. Robinson said he was the only one who left the bag behind.
"As far as Darrell Robinson's statements about the are concerned, all I can say is that it appears Darrell Robinson is in grave need of psychiatric treatment," Lewis said in a statement. "The wild accusations levelled against me will not deter me in my fight to get drugs out of the sport. The fact that Darrell Robinson can make the statements he has made and receive attention and credibility just goes further to show that we need an independent agency randomly conducting drug tests. In only that manner can we keep track and field clean and above reproach."
Lewis responds
Indians topple Angels after 17-inning game
The Associated Press
CLEVELAND — Brook Jacoby hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 17th inning to score pinch runner Tommy Hinoz and give the Cleveland Indians a 5-4 victory against the Angels last night, dropping California 3% games out of first place in the American League West.
The loss, in the league's longest game this season, combined with Oakland's 2-1 victory at Minnesota, cost the Angels a game in the stand-alone game and snapped a six-game losing streak in the five-hour, 26-minute game.
Pete O'Brien led off the 17th against Rich Monteleone, 2-2, with a line drive triple into the right-field corner. O'Brien probably would have flanked, but right fielder Claudell Washington fell while chasing the ball.
Hinzo pinch ran for O'Brien, and Jacoby followed with a fly ball to medium right telfel. Hinzo beat was slightly up the third-base line, was slightly up the third-base line.
Scott Bailes, 5-9, won the game with 2/2 3/2 scoreless innings of relief.
A's 2.Twins 1
MINNEAPOLIS — Mark McGwire broke a career-long Metrodome slump with a home run and a double as the Oakland Athletics increased West lead to three games by beating the Minnesota Twins 2-1 last night.
entered the game in an 11-for-58 slump, hit a three-run homer yesterday that led Chicago past Philadelphia 9-1.
Chicago, which had 17 hits, and Greg Maddux, 18-12, pitched a six-hitter to equal his victory total last season. Maddux struck out six and walked two in his seventh complete game.
Eight Cubs starters had two hits.
Philadelphia, which won 9-8 on
Wednesday, has allowed 35 hits in
two games.
ST. LOUIS - Sid Fernandez pitched a two-hitter and contributed to the offense with his first career home run and two singles, as the New York Mets defeated St. Louis 6-1 last night, dropping the Cardinals four games behind Chicago in the National League East.
Bob Welch, Rick Honeycutt and Dennis Eckersley combined on a six-hitter. Welch, 17-8, had six hits by the Twins, but retired 14 of the first 16 battens. Eckersley pitched the ninth for his 31st save.
Mets 6. Cardinals 1
Fernandez, 12-5, struck out 13 and walked none, winning for the eighth time in 11 decisions as he stopped the nineials' four-game winning streak.
The third-place Mets, winning for the second time in six games, remained 5% games behind the first-place Cubs.
Cubs 9. Phillies 1
Hurricane Hugo controls the ball in Atlantic Coast Conference
CHICAGO — Andre Dawson, who
The Associated Press
A decision on whether to postpone the Georgia Tech-South Carolina game will be made today, said King Dixon, South Carolina athletic director.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Hurricane Hugo could force South Carolina to postpone its football game with Georgia Tech from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon, and the Maryland-Clemson game also could be affected, game officials said yesterday.
"We are taking it hour by hour to see what the storm is going to do," Dixon said yesterday.
School officials are checking hourly with the National Weather Service to keep track of the powerful hurricane, Dixon said.
"Of course, we'd like to play the game as scheduled. But we have to look at two particular areas. No. 1 is safety. We have to have power and lights.
"Second, if substantial wind would prevail, we would not want to have people in the stadium, particularly in the upper tiers . . . We're watching it very closely."
The Gamecocks (1-1-1) are scheduled to meet the Yellow Jackets (0-2) at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Williams-Brice Stadium, which seats 72,400.
Georgia Tech is scheduled to fly to Columbia at 12:45 p.m. today, Dixon said.
Other alternatives
season doesn't end until Dec. 2, which means the game could not be played until at least Dec. 9.
Dixon said officials considered other alternatives, which included playing the game at the end of the season. But Georgia Tech's
"That's three weeks after our last game so the would not really be feasible." Dixon said.
The game could not be played on either team's open date because the other team is playing on those days.
Homer Rice, Georgia Tech athletic director said that university officials were keeping an eye on the storm and that they were talking with South Carolina.
"If it rains, we play," Risee said. "We're sitting on whether we can fly or bus in. If the storm is severe, we'd have to reconsider. We'd date. Fostpping a day is one of the options."
Another worry for Dixon is traffic. About
100 state highway patrolmen usually handle traffic at gamecock home games, but many troopers are being sent to the coast to help with the hurricane. Dixon said he hoped that campus police, along with county and city police, could help fill the void.
Same problem for Clemson
Clemson is in a similar situation. The seventh-ranked Tigers' game with Maryland is expected to begin as scheduled at 12:08 p.m. tomorrow, but troopers will probably not be on hand to handle the traffic.
"We're pulling very heavily from the upstate to go to the coast," Maj. Alon Morris said. "We've got to do it. The hurricane is more important than football."
Morris said that even if the hurricane
"We will still be in there trying to assist people and protecting their property," he said. "So Saturday and Sunday will be very busy days for us, if the hurricane hits. We're not promising them any men. The hurricane is our No. 1 priority."
passed through the state by tomorrow, troopers wouldn't be able to help with traffic at the two games.
Van Hilderbrand, Clemson assistant athletic director, said officials hoped that police from local and county police departments could be brought in to help handle the estimated 80,000 fans expected to watch the game. The university also has an emergency schedule against the Terrapins. (1.2)
"We're just trying to work out a plan," Hilderbrand said. "It looks like there'll be a skeleton crew out there."
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