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DAILY TRIVIA
What pro golfer won the British
Open in his only appearance?
See scoreboard for answer.
Sexual abuse story shocks pro hockey community
■ NnL. uecision
of coming
forward leads to
conviction of
junior hockey
league coach
/ ne Associated Press
CALGARY, Alberta — Revelations about the sex
ual abuse endured for years by hockey player Shel
don Kennedy have torn down the walls that have
long insulated life in the NHL, a sports psycholo
gist says.
Cal Botterill, a psychologist for the Calgary
Flames, said the worlds of junior and pro hockey
won’t be the same after Kennedy, 27, a winger with
the Boston Bruins, revealed he was molested by his
coach while a junior player.
Kennedy said he was assaulted more than 300
times by former coach Graham James while playing
for the Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hock
ey League.
“In sport, we’ve long been insulated from some
of these realities, and now we have to face them,”
Botterill said. “The whole subculture of hockey has
this macho image and we clearly thought we were
immune to this sort of problem.
“The whole hockey community’s going to be sen
sitized to the risks that we didn’t think were there
before.”
Kennedy told his story last weekend after James
pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual abuse and
was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in jail.
Kennedy went public despite a court-ordered
publication ban that prohibits identification of
James's two victims. Media outlets defied the order
Monday and published Kennedy’s story.
“I just feel that the position I am in, having this
happen to me, I just feel there are doors opening for
me to take this thing and try to help and make this a
huge issue,” Kennedy said in the interview.
“The biggest thing for me, the biggest crime that
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Div. Ill school
ends 117-game
losing streak
■ HOOPS: Rutgers-Camden wins first
game in nearly five years
The Associated Press
CAMDEN, N.J. — Rutgers-Camden broke
its NCAA-record 117-game losing streak
Tuesday night with a 77-72 victory over
Bloomfield College.
The Division III Pioneers last won on Jan.
18, 1992, when they defeated Ramapo Col
lege 74-73 at home.
The Pioneers (1-9) could have won a
game in the 1994-95 season on a technicali
ty after the New Jersey Athletic Conference
ruled that Rowan College used an ineligible
player and would have to forfeit its 85-56
win.
Instead of taking the handout, then-coach
Wilbur “Pony” Wilson decided to keep
Camden’s record winless, because he didn’t
want a “gift.”
“I’d rather beat a team on the court,” Wil
son said after the NJAC’s judgment. “It was
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NBA
Toronto .80
L.A. Clippers .87
New York.102
Dallas .72
New Jersey .90
San Antonio.74
Orlando .109
Philadelphia.88
Sacramento.96
Denver.109
Atlanta .105
Phoenix.103
Detroit .76
Milwaukee.86
Indiana.95
Cleveland.90
Seattle .94
Miami.85
Minnesota.95
Houston.104
NHL
N.Y. Islanders .3
Pittsburgh .5
Philadelphia.7
Boston .3
St. Louis.2
Edmonton .5
Calgary.4
Toronto.3
San Jose.1
Buffalo .1
Los Angeles.6
Vancouver.2
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Miss. State.61
(3) Kentucky.90
Marquette .67
(4) Iowa State.64
(10) Duke.82
(5) Clemson.86
Ohio at Dayton .98
(12) Xavier.91
Syracuse .83
(23) Boston Col.94
DAILY TRIVIA ANSWER
Legendary golfer Ben Hogan won the
British Open in 1953.
Oregon Football
MARK McTYRE/Emerald
Junior Kenny Wheaton became the first player in Oregon football history to enter the draft as an underclassman.
Wheaton to forego final year
PERSONAL
■ CAREER
GAMES: 35
■ CAREER
INTERCEPTIONS:
11 (Three for
touchdowns)
■ CAREER
TACKLES: 205
■ DREAM MAKER: Oregon junior cornerback
Kenny Wheaton will take his talents to the
professional level
By Chris Hansen
Sports Reporter
Oregon cornerback Kenny Wheaton announced on
Tuesday that he will forego his senior year of eligibili
ty to enter this spring’s NFL draft.
In front of a packed conference room that included
Oregon athletic director Bill Moos and some current
coaches and players, Wheaton stated that it has been
his dream to play in the NFL and he didn’t want to
risk the chance of a major injury if he were to play an
other year at Oregon.
“It has been a dream of mine for years,” Wheaton
said. “And I am at a point now where it is just an
arm’s length away and I am reaching out for my
dream. I don’t think I should take the chance of an in
jury and not reach my dream. I don’t think I would be
able to live with myself if I came back and got injured
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Cornerback s decision to leave early a smart one
While the decision may not
have been easy, it was the
right decision for
Wheaton.
Just like any other kid who grew up
with a football in one hand and a basket
ball in the other, Wheaton has dreamt
about playing in the big leagues.
So when the chance came up for the
junior comerback to enter the NFL draft,
he nabbed it.
And who can blame him?
“It has been a dream of mine for years
and I am at a point now where it is just
an arm’s length away, and I am reaching
for my dream,”
Wheaton said.
After freshmen and
sophomore seasons
during which he had
nine interceptions and
132 tackles, Wheaton
was frustrated during
his junior season.
He had two intercep
OPINION
tions during the first game of the 1996
season (one returned for a touchdown).
But following that game, teams repeated
ly ignored Wheaton’s side of the field, in
stead opting to look to alternate re
ceivers.
Without getting any balls thrown his
way, how could Wheaton prove his
worth to NFL scouts; and probably more
importantly, how could he keep his
teammates’ respect.
“[That] played a big part to be honest
with you,” Wheaton said. “Being at cor
ner and having only one ball thrown at
you a game, it was frustrating.
“There were times where 1 was so frus
trated that I started to get lazy. And my
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