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I m: P or h a n d O bserver • F ebruary 7,1996
GERVIN, THOMPSON, GOODRICH NAMED TO HALL
Form er college and pro stars
G eorge Gervin, David T hom p
son and G ail G o o drich were
among six former players elected
M onday to the B asketball Hall of
Fame.
Also elected were former Euro
pean star Kresimir Cosic, who died
last May at the age of 46, women’s
star Nancy Lieberman-Cline and early
National Basketball Association star
George Yardley.
E nshrinem ent cerem onies at
the Basketball Hall of Fame will
be May 6.
Gervin, who played in the Ameri
can Basketball Association and the
NBA, wasa 12-,ime All-Star and one
of only three players in NBA history
to win four or more scoring titles. His
career scoring average of 26.2 points
a game is the sixth highest in NBA
history.
Gervin is one of only seven play
ers in NBA history to score more
than 2,000 points in six consecutive
seasons and he is one of only four
players in league history to score in
double figures in 400 or more games.
Gervin had a 63-point single-game
performance in 1978 and is one of
only 15 players in NBA history to
surpass 60 points in a regular-season
game.
Thompson was a three-time All-
America at North Carolina State and
wasnamedCollege Basketball Player
of the Year twice. Thompson was
named the Most Valuable Player of
the 1974 NCAA Championship tour
nament and his No. 44 jersey is the
only one ever retired at North Caro
lina State.
Thompson was the ABA Rookie
of the Year and Most Valuable Player
in the All-Star game, played in four
NBA All-Star games and was named
the game’s MVP in 1979, becoming
the only player to win the award in
both leagues.
Thompson averaged 22.1 points
agame and his 73-point performance
against Detroit in April 1978 is the
third highest in NBA history. His No.
33 jersey also has been retired by the
Denver Nuggets.
Goodrich helped lead UCLA to
two NCAA championships and led
his conference in scoring as the Bru
ins went 30-0 in 1964. He went on to
The Seattle Seahawks are look
ing to move to Southern California
and play football in the Rose Bowl
next year.
NFL owners will discuss the
situation at their regular meeting
Thursday and Friday. Superior
CourtJudge Dale Ramermannwill
hear arguments on whether to is
sue an injunction to stop the move
on Feb. 16.
Benson Stays
Atop PIL
Grant Hill of the Detroit Pis
tons has edged Michael Jordan of
the Chicago Bulls as the top NBA
All-Star vote-getter, marking his
second consecutive year as the
No. 1 fan favorite.
Hill is joined by two Bulls,
Jordan and Scottie Pippen, and
two members of the Orlando
Magic, Shaquille O ’Neal and
Anfernee Hardaway, on the start
ing Eastern Conference squad in
next month’s All-Star Game in
San Antonio.
Center Hakeem Olajuwon and
guard Clyde Drexler from the two-
time defending champion Hous
ton Rockets are joined on the
Western Conf erence starting team
by the Phoenix Suns’ Charles
the former Yugoslavia.
He was a member of the silver '
medal team in 1968 and the gold
medal team in 1980 and starred for
two World Championship G old'
Medal teams.
Lieberman played on two Pan
American gold medal winning teams
and played for the U.S. team that won
the silver medal at the 1976 Olym
pics. Lieberman was a three-time
All-America at Old Dominion and
led the school to back-to-back na
tional championships in 1979 and
1980.
BOYZ II MEH, BRANDY
STAR IN YOUTH GAIA
Hill Leads
All-Star
Balloting
Seahawks
Flying South
play 14 seasons in the NBA, where
he was selected to the All-Star team
five times.
Yardley played seven seasons in
the NBA and in 1957-58 became the
first player to score 2,000 points in a
season. He was named to the NBA
All-Star team six times and averaged
19.2 points for his career.
Cosic, who died last May from
lymphoma, starred at Brigham Young
but made his reputation on the inter
national scene. After leading B YU in
scoring in his final two years, he went
on to play on four Olympic teams for
Grant Hill
The Benson Boys and girls bas
B arkley and the S eattle
ketball teams stay atop the PIL
SuperSonics’ Shawn Kemp at for
standings this week with impres
ward and the Dallas Mavericks’
sive wins over Grant.
Jason Kidd at guard.
The No. 1-ranked boys got 18 |
points from Vernon Cropper and I
17 from Mark Tomas as the |
Techmen remained unbeaten ir
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The NBA All-Star Youth Celebra
tion this weekend will showcase top
musicians and television stars
The National Basketball Associa
tion recently announced that multi
platinum recording artists Boyz II
Men and singing sensation Brandy
will headline the 1996 NBA All-Star
Youth Celebration at noon (EST) on
Saturday, Feb. 10, 1996.
The one-hour special will be
broadcast simultaneously on NBC,
TNT, Nickelodeon and BET in the
United States and YTV in Canada
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nio.
The “Celebration” is a tribute to
20,000 students from nearly 100 San
Antonio and South Texas middle
schools who have demonstrated im
provements in the areas of academ
ics, behavior and citizenship. They
will be entertained by today’s hottest
film, television and music celebri
ties, as well as NBA stars, who are
donating their time to support the
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Ahmad Rashad and Willow Bay, co
hosts of “NBA Inside Stuff." The
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and Wanya Morris of Boyz II Men,
singing their top ten smash single
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NBA players making appearances
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ward Grant Hill, Golden State War
riors forward Joe Smith, Philadel
phia 76ers guard Jerry Stackhouse,
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All the stars were out to see
Magic Johnson and the Lakers
break the 17-game winning streak
o f the C hicago B ulls as
“Showtime” was alive again in LA.
But Magic scored 15 points and
the Lakers lost 84-99 Friday night.
Sunday the Bulls walked into
McNichols Arena with a 41-3
record and walked away with the
forth longest winning streak halt
ed in the hands of the 19-26 Den
ver Nuggets.
The Nuggets withstood a 31-
point come-back from the Bulls to
win 105-99 with Michael Jordan
scoring 22 in the third quarter and
39 for the game. The loss was
Chicago’s firs, since a 103-97 de
feat Dec. 26, and broke their nine
game road victory streak.
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that team any credit at all.”
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