Emerald
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TUESDAY
r«t»uary 13. 1996
Ripken, Lobo win
top ESPY Awards
NEW YORK (API — Cal
Kip ken |r And Rotinni lobo
each won two (--SPY Awards
on Monday night. Including
top male and female athlete
honor*
Ripken, who broke Lou
Gehrig's record for consecu
live games played, won the
Showstopper of the Year
award as well a* Male Athlete
of the Year Ripken's 2,131st
straight game was the show
stopper winner.
Lobo. who led Connecticut
to the NCAA championship
and the ESPY outstanding
team award, was selected
Female Athlete of the Year
and the bent women's college
basketball player.
Meanwhile. Michael Ionian
won the conudwtck award
Individual sports winners
were Hakeem Olajuwon (pro
basketball). Brett Favre (pro
football). Creg Maddux (pro
baseball), Eric l.tndros (pro
h(K'.key). Eddie George (col
lege football). Ed O'Bannon
(college basketball), Corey
Pavin (men's golf). Annika
Sorenstam (women's golf).
Pete Sampras (men s tennis)
and Steffi Graf (women's ten
nis).
Plays of the year awards
were Atlanta Braves catcher
Javier lannex's pick off play in
the World Series: Back-to
back buzaer-beaters by Scot
lie Pippen and Walter Bond:
Pittsburgh quarterbei k
Kordell Stewart s scramble
and touchdown pass vs
(llevebuni. Ptltsbuigh’s Tomas
Sands!tom scores from the
seat of his pants (hockey):
Nebraska quarterback Tom
mie FWier* touchdown run
in the Fiesta Bowl: and UCLA
guard Tyus Ednoy's game
winning drive in the NCAA
Timmsmem vs Missouri
The Most Outrageous
Moment of the Year went to
Mike Pantaxis' jump from the
stand* on Monday Night Foot
ball, Chicago vs Creen Bay,
while the Outstanding Per
formance by a Sports Person
ality in Entertainment was
given to George Seifert doe*
the bosaa nova. Visa com
mercial.
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■ CROSS COUNTRY Mane Davis earned a
place m this year's Work! Championships
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True freshman running sensation Marie Davis
•‘hied another tuiiiiiuilly prestigious notch to her
bwll at the tumor World tryout* our the weekend by
qualifying tor the urn Junior (iuu t Uuintry World
( Jutmpionships
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\*m on* ol sit runners in the country to qualify on the
4,0110 motor course The World (Tumi plomhips will
1st held in Capetown. South Alrita, on Man h 23
I w»« really nervous going into it,“ said Davis,
who was the only Oregon turtkipant in tire 20 and
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mu* effort*. which include an
appearam ;* at the lunioi ( itnt
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for track."
Morrison’s Las Vegas tests confirmed by promoter
■ FIGHTER: The boxer will
undergo further blood
tests tn Oklahoma
TULSA, Oil* (All Tommy
Mumonn't up Mti iitwit boxtng
career runt hed it* low point
Monday with the mmmiKMMml
that the powerful heavyweight
had tested positive for the virus
that causes AIDS
Morrison's promoter. Tony
Holden, confirmed that a test
administered in Las Vega* last
week came hack HIV positive
"He's taken it like a champ."
Holden said. "He knows he's
had a promiscuous lifestyle in
the past Ha's taking tl better
than his learn I of handlers) “
Morrison. 27, did not attend
the news conference. He
remained in isolation at his
home in the northeastern Okla
homa town of (ay. where he was
providing blood samples to
paramedics so further tests
could be run
He issued a statement asking
people to pray for children
affected by the disease because
"1 fee! it would be selfish to ask
you to say a prayer for tn* "
"I understand that there are
(ntvipSn nm* «tnmi about tm.“ he
said m the statement "I am
fin# "
Holden said results r*f the lat
est test* «f« imp**led within -l»
hnur>. He said Morrison still
held out hope that • retest
would show the original test
false, but that the fighter has
already talked about getting
involved in AIDS awareness
activities
If it ta true. I don't see us ever
fighting again or ever wanting
to," Hidden said "But right now
we're not concerned about that "
Morrison had cited religious
reason* when he initially
refused to take a test for the
virus in the days before his
scheduled fight Saturday night
against Arthur Weathers in Las
Vegas Ha left a doctor's office
but returned the oast day to sub
mit a blood sample
Holden said Monday ha had
told Morrison not to sign any
thing before contacting him or
his attorney because of a new
agreement with promoter Don
King
The Nevada Athletic Commit
•ion suspended him fur medical
rnssons only hours before the fight
Morrison's trainer. Tom Vir
Boxing fights hard to eradicate
sport's health-related dangers
■ BOXING: Arizona
Washington and Oregon
also do HIV testing
l-AS VEGAS (AH - loiiior
Park* was only doy» from
fighting Gntnlil Mt.< JntUn (or
tho Wfit: middlowoight title
in thin boxing t onitol whan
ho abruptly pullod out of tho
Month l«MM fight with whot
ho told woo o bod ohouidor
A low doy* earlier. tho No
11 tintwmlnr ha*! tried to imm
off to Nevada hoting author
tile* a blond twit (or the AIDS
virus taken by a ftivnd who
***» wearing a necklet e with
Park*' hldfire' nickname
Nevada official* wouldn't
bit*. They refuted the te*t,
and Park* he* never fought
again
"He tied someone take a tmt
fur him in South C lartilin* and
Turn to BOXING Pape 10
get*. Mid he loin the fighter the
new* of hi* suspension Saturday
afternoon in the crowded ceaino
at the Mt.M Grand hotel
Mormon wai to have
received *50.000 to fight Wealh
«r*. the fir*t step in a package of
fights under promoter Don King
that was to have led to a poasi
ble $4 million payday against
Mike Tyson later this year
Morrison is 4S-3-1 in a seven
year career with 39 knockout*.
Hu carom ha* boon markiul by
daunting setbacks, but h«
always Mamad to work his way
back.
A promising start to his carom
suffered in mi whan, weary
and taataring. Morrison was
knocked out by Kay Man or in lha
fifth round Two >«ar» Ut»r. Mor
risen won tha World Hosing
Organisation championship with
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