Wednesday, July 23, 1986
Sports
University Daily Kansan
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Bias' teammates subpoenaed
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UPPER MARLBORO Md.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — Teammates of Len Bias who was subpoenaed by a county grand jury investigation at the courthouse on Dec. 15 by decryption in his death by cocaine appeared at the courthouse yesterday where the panel was meeting.
Keith Gatin, Jeff Baxter and Phil Nevin, all of whom shared the dormitory suite where Bias died on June 19, were expected to be questioned by the grand jury, which is being in secret on the case all week.
Baxter, when asked by a reporter, declined to say whether he appeared before the panel. Gattlin and Neal were present. Jefferson also were present yesterday at the Prince George County Courthouse.
All of the men were in the dorm room at Washington Hall, on the College Park campus of the University of Maryland, when Bias stopped breathing and her fecal matter became female and Bias, Christina Johnson, 24, also was expected to be questioned yesterday.
The investigative panel, which is expected to return indictments, will work through the week on the Bias case and will also consider the alleged use of illegal drugs by other Maryland athletes.
Arthur Marshall, the county's state attorney, said 75 witnesses have been subpoenaed to testify, and he is coach Charles "Leff" Driesell.
In Maryland, state law provides that people who testify before a grand jury in illegal-drug cases
are automatically protected from prosecution in the case.
Brian Tribble, a close friend of Brian and former Maryland junior varsity basketball player, is suspected by prosecutors of supplying the cocaine that killed Bias Marshall may be indicted. Marshall said.
The jury also will investigate reports that Driesell instructed players to dispose of evidence in the case, he said.
At a six-hour session on Monday, prosecutors and Maryland's chief coroner focused on events leading to Bias' death and the autopsy that determined "cocaine intoxication" in the killing of former friend died two days after being selected as the No. 1 draft choice of the Boston Celtics.
Bo named player of the week
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MEMPHIS. Tenn. — Be Jackson, whose sluggish baseball career has taken an upswing, was named Southern League player of the week, the president of the Memphis Chicks said Monday.
Jackson, a Heisman Trophy winner at Auburn, collected 11 hits in 26 times at bat in his eight outings with the team. He scored three triples and three home runs.
He scored seven runs and drove in 11 others for a. 423 batting average in that streak.
Jackson is hitting .211 for his 20 games as a professional, with 15 hits
in 71 times at bat. He has 32 strikeouts.
"When his average wasn't good, he was still doing the right things mechanically," said George Lapides, Chicks president.
"His timing was off which was to be expected because he hadn't played. Now he's played and he's getting his timing."
Jackson made headlines when he rejected a multi-million dollar offer from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football league to give baseball try.
Jackson, at 6 feet 1 inch, 220 pounds, was billed as a potential slugger; but he collected only two hits during his batting average then stood at 605.
He signed with the Kansas City Royals and was sent to the Chicks, a Class AA farm club in the Southern League.
Team officials said he needed time to develop as a baseball player, despite his abilities on the football field.
On July 17, Jackson hit a grand slam against the Greenville, S.C., Braves.
The ball traveled 554 feet, said Ted Tornow. a spokesman for the Chicks.
Jackson went 2-for-3 Sunday against the Knoxville, Tenn., Blue Jays as the Chicks picked up a 6-1 victory.
Czech hockey player defects
WASHINGTON — Michal Pivkova, after two years of clandestine meetings with a Washington Capitals official, defected from Czechoslovakia to play for the NHL. Capitals announced yesterday.
Pivonka, 20, was the Capital's third-round choice in the NIH trial. He argued. He won the State of States with his fiancée, Renata Nekvindova, also 20
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The State Department had no im- mediate
to the defection. Jack Butt, Capitals director of personnel and recruiting, said, "We haven't talked to them yet, but don't expect them to either."
Several seasons ago, an older Czech basketball star, Milan Novy, played for the Capitals, but with the team in a game and its sporting federation.
position on drug abuse and describing their method of educating athletes on the problem and screening them for use.
Asked how Czechoslovakia reacted
The Soviet bloc nation doesn't allow young players to come to the United States, but it does allow older players to as a reward. Button said.
Players from Czechoslovakia have defected in the past. Last year, Petr Kilma defected with his girlfriend in
The member schools set their own guidelines, but must have screened all athletes by Jan 1, 1988, and must be taken to be taken if drug tests are positive.
West Germany to join the Duttr's Red Wings. The most notable defectors in the early 1980s were the three Stastry brothers, Peter, Anton and Marian, who signed with the Quebec Nordicians.
"Drug abuse is a major social problem which demands the attention of all segments of society, in particular the education community," the policy states. "The magnitude of the problem compels this association to accept the responsibility to provide leadership in educating student athletes who may be using or may be under pressure to use drugs."
By May 31 each year, schools must file annual reports describing results of their drug education and screening. The NAIA staff, working with the Medical Aspects of Sports Committees, prepare a report and recommendations to the President's Council and the Executive Committee.
NAIA colleges have one year to adopt drug abuse policies
Pilvona, 6 feet 1 and 192 pounds, competed in the three World Juni. Championships. For the past two years, he has been playing for Dukla-Jihlava, an Army team in Czechoslovakia.
The NHL's Central Scouting Service rated Pivkona the No. 1 Czech-American player in the 2018 NHL season and Canadians in the 1994 NHL entry draft.
By Jan. 1, the 480 institutions that belong to the NAIA must submit a philosophy statement outlining their
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — College belonging to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics must adopt a drug-education and screening program for athletes by the university year, the NAIA announced yesterday.
Although the screening program is directed specifically at illegal drugs, the policy adopted at a meeting of the NAIA's Executive Committee and Council of Presidents last week also urges schools to inform athletes of the dangers of alcohol and tobacco and discourage their use.
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port, definitive actions designed to assist student athletes striving to cope with escalating substance-abuse problems in our society. These substance-abuses center on drug use, tobacco and smokeless tobacco."
The NAIA's Policy on Substance Abuse says the organization "is concerned about, and resolved to sup-
Tisdale's amateur status no longer questioned
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TULSA, Okla. — A breach-of-contract suit that raised questions about the amateur status of former Kirkland mayor Wayman Tidale has been dropped.
A similar suit against former Oklahoma football star George Hunter. Rhymer now plays for Nebraska in Minnesota, it is still pending in federal court.
Officers of Intersports Sports Management Corp, of Tulsa, on June 11 dropped the suit against Tisdale, his brother Weldon and Weldon Tisdale's management company. Progressive Management Associates
The suit was dropped with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled. No reason was given for the suit being dropped.
Intersouth claimed Wayman Tisdale, while still playing for Oklahoma, had agreed to let Intersouth represent him in professional contract negotiations. When Tisdale negotiated a new deal with the Indian Pacers, he was represented by Progressive Management Associates Inc.
If allegations that Thaddee entered an agreement with Interouth while still playing for Oklahoma were proven, the university could have been fined more than $50,000 by the NCAA and been forced to give up the 1985 Big Eight Conference basketball championship.
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Jim LaPoint, professor of physical education, gives some golfing pointers to Davian Harris, 9, of Winfield. LaPoint is in charge of the sixth annual Sports Skills and Fitness Camp at the University of Kansas. The camp is for six- to ten year-olds. They are taught skills in softball, racquetball, archery, soccer, swimming and golf.
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