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Sports
Bosworth’s book mentions Sprinters vow to break world mark
Aggies’ footbal! program
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By Anthony Wilson
Sports Editor
With his punk haircut, wrapa
round sunglasses, three earrings,
and off-the-wall comments, Seattle
Seahawks linebacker Brian Bos-
worth has become a media darling.
So much so, in fact, that he has es
chewed the typical posters football
superstars usually market and gone
straight to doing deodorant com
mercials and writing his autobiogra
phy.
In his book, “The Boz: Confes
sions of a Modern Anti-Hero,” Bos-
worth expounds on the life of a typ
ical University of Oklahoma football
player, which was quite untypical of
how a normal college student lives.
Bosworth gives details of his OU
career and recruitment which
prompts a couple of comments
about the Texas A&M football pro
gram.
About his recruitment out of Mac-
Arthur High School in Irving in
1983, Bosworth said, “Some places I
went were unreal. At (Texas) Tech I
showed up and they’ve got a limou
sine and a girl waiting for me. They
don’t say it, but it’s pretty obvious
you could have the girl right then
and there and you wouldn’t have to
feel bad about not calling her the
next day, if you know what I mean.
A lot of the hostesses I met might
just as well have worn a lapel button
that said: HI! I’M WHORING FOR
GOOD OL’ STATE U. But what the
hell. That’s Texas. . . .”
Bosworth then goes on to briefly
describe a visit to the Louisiana State
University campus before saying, “I
had a great time at A&rM. They set
me up with anything I wanted. The
guys there were terrific.”
“The Boz” goes on to say, “Even
tually, it all came down to A&M and
at
I had a great time
A&M. They set me up
with anything I wanted.
The guys there were ter
rific.
— Former OU linebacker
Brian Bosworth
Oklahoma, and I guess in the back
of my mind, I knew that was no con
test.”
Bosworth writes that he chose OU
because of the impressiveness of its
athletic facilities and partly because
of his hate for the University of
Texas. (“I don’t like Fred Akers. I
don’t like the city of Austin. And I
don’t like their color of orange. It re
minds me of puke.”)
While in Norman, Okla. Bosworth
enjoyed all of the the material luxu
ries afforded a Sooner football
player. He says that he had a $500-a-
month condo, a big-screen tele
vision, a Jeep and a Gorvette, and
$2,000 in his checking account at all
times.
He then writes, “I mean, if you
could’ve seen the athletic dorm
parking lot at OU, you’d have
thought there was a doctors’ conven
tion going on inside. And ours
wasn’t even as ritzy as SMU’s or
A&M’s or a lot of other schools. Most
college football coaches are like the
father of a girl who’s just come in
from a date. He’d rather not know
the details, so he doesn’t ask.”
In the book, Bosworth also out
lines some of the problems he wit
nessed while at OU:
• Players freebasing cocaine on
game day;
• An incident in which footballer
Buster Rhymes fired 150 rounds
from an Uzi machine gun at other
students from a dorm balcony;
• Open and common use of ster
oids;
• NCAA violations ranging from
extra recruiting visits, to cash pay
ments by alumnis, to bogus jobs.
Bosworth also writes, “If you,were
a star on the University of Oklahoma
football team, you could do just
about anything you wanted. You
had no rules.”
Bosworth’s autobiography goes
on sale the first week in September.
Oilers owner villain in Gretzky trade
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) —
Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pock-
lington was cast as the villain
Wednesday for dealing superstar
Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles
Kings, a trade which three former
Oilers doubted Gretzky sought.
Former teammate Paul Coffey
said he didn’t believe Gretzky re
quested the trade as he insisted dur
ing Tuesday’s news conference.
The 27-year-old superstar broke
into tears after telling reporters he
was leaving for the good of “Wayne
Gretzky, my new wife and our ex
pected child in the new year.”
Gretzky married actress Janet Jones
onjuly 16.
Coffey, now with the Pittsburgh
Penguins, said his best friend was
“just a piece of meat” traded for
hard cash by Oiler management.
“I think hockey was No. 1 with
Wayne,” the All-Star defenseman
said. “There’s no bloody way he
wanted to go there (Los Angeles).”
“He’s a small-town guy. I don’t
care if he married the Q ueen °f E n '
gland. I kind of wished he hadn’t
broken up (at the news conference),
and maybe he would have told us
what really happened. But he
doesn’t do anything to rock the
boat.”
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SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) — Making rare appearances
at high altitude, star sprinters Ben Johnson and Carl
Lewis have vowed to smash the world records in the
men’s 100 and 200 meters sprints Thursday in this Al
pine resort.
The Sestriere track, 6,726 feet above sea level, is the
highest in Europe, and competitors feel that will be a
big help in their bids for world records.
Johnson, the Canadian world champion, said he ex
pects to run the 100 meters in 9.80 seconds, or under
his world record time of 9.83. He won the Canadian
championships in 9.90 at sea level on Saturday.
Lewis, who leads a strong American field in the 200,
said he could do better than 19.70, which would crack
the nine-year-old world record of 19.72, held by Pietro
Mennea of Italy.
Johnson and Lewis will not race against each other.
The two head a field of top-level athletes who,
through a combination of peak condition and the alti
tude, could smash the world records in several olW
events. The women’s sprints, the men’s and women'
400 meters, the 110 hurdles and the long jump®
most prominently mentioned.
Lewis and Johnson again ref used to run againstead
other in the same race, and might not until the
Olympics.
“I have no problem,” Johnson said. “It’s Lewistt!
doesn’t want to race against me.”
The two had been expected to compete in twoevei
before Seoul and one after, with a reported $1 mil
put up by a sponsor, but Johnson was injured in||
and the duel was off .
The field in the 100 also features Americans Deni
Mitchell, second at the Olympic trials with a wind-aidti]
9.86, and Joe DeLoach, fif th.
In the 200, Lewis faces the gold and silver medaliiti
at the 1987 World Championships, American Cahis
Smith and Gilles Queneherve of France.
Kicking game priority
for Razorback football
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) —
Sure, the offensive line is a priority
at the University of Arkansas. And
replacing two outstanding lineback
ers is a must. But, up there on the
same level, is field goal kicking.
In fact, says Coach Ken Hatfield,
field goal accuracy may be No. 1.
Hatfield is quick to recall that the
misses cost the Razorbacks three
possible Cotton Bowl trips in the
past four years.
“For us to have a great year, we
have to be outstanding — not just
good, but outstanding — in the field
goal department,” Hatfield said.
“We need to make at least 90 percent
of our field goals from makable
range. It’s that monumental.”
Kendall Trainor made 10 of 13 as
a sophomore and won the Holiday
Bowl with a last-second kick, but
managed only 13 of 20 last year
while doubling as the punter.
This year, Allen Meacham wall
punt.
“Maybe I’m dumb enough or
smart enough to have learned my
lesson,” Hatfield said. “I’ve been
through that twice now with Greg
Horne and Kendall. Greg whs a
much better punter and that’s all he
did his last year and it helped him
get an NFL contract.”
Another plus is the return of
snapper Richey Miller — a former
walk-on who earned a scholarship —
and holder Jimmy Simpson.
The offensive line never worked
together during the spring, but
there is plenty of experience.
“We’ve got to get them working
together in a hurry,” Hatfield said.
“We’ve got some good ability, 1 feel
good about that, but it’s always a
question until they do it. Until you
have a proven line playing together,
you never know'.
“You can take one skill position
guy — a running back — and hand
him the ball and he looks good or a
receiver and tell him to go catch and
he does. But you can’t stick one of
fensive lineman in there. They’ve
got to know what the othergfl
doing and where the play is
and that takes a lot of dullrei
without much credit for it."
The offensive line starts
Freddie Childress, whohasti
dow'n from 367 to about 315.
“For us to be good, Freddit
got to be good and he’s gout
good in the fourth quarter/Hail
said. “He has great skill. He)
awesome blocker when he wants!
Jim Mabry is the only othei
turning starter in the offensive
but Mark Henry, Todd Gifford
bert Crawford, Todd Jones,
Apolskis, Darren Worrell
Dw ay ne Spann have ability.
And, Hatfield says, “Wefiatt
much talent and depth at the
positions as we have hadinthe
\ ears I’ve been here.”
At linebacker, two-year suit
Rickev Williams and Erik Whi
are gone. LaSalle Harper is the
returning linebacker who hasph
much and he should be morea
f ot table after a year of springfi
tice. Also missing is noseguardl
(Iherico and his ability to rundov
play f rom behind.
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