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I AUSTIN (AP) — An alarming
number of women athletes at the
University of Texas at Austin have
ating disorders and the problem
as been especially acute among
icmbers of the nationally ranked
imming teams produced by for-
er UT Coach Richard Quick dur-
g the 1980s, a newspaper re-
orted.
During the past 18 months, one of
very 10 female athletes at UT has
en diagnosed as having a serious
ating disorder, the Austin Ameri-
an-Statesman reported.
Virtually all the cases have been
[raced to the sport’s pressure and
[raining methods of their coaches,
[he American-Statesman said in a se-
ies of stories compiled from univer
ity records and interviews.
I Two of the most common disor
ders are anorexia, where a person
tarves themselves, and bulimia, in
hich a person goes on an eating
inge and then gets rid of the food
hrough artificial means such as
forcing themselves to vomit and tak-
ng laxatives.
Another 20 to 30 percent of the
T women athletes had shown
ymptoms of an eating disorder and
from between 50 percent and 60
percent expressed tremendous con
cern about their weight, according to
a survey of female atliletes at UT.
Randa Ryan, an exercise physiol
ogist at UT, sounded the alarm in a
report during the 1987-88 school
year.
“If we knew for a fact that 10 per
cent of our athletes had spinal men
ingitis or AIDS, we’d be scared to
death. Well, eating disorders are
similar life-threatening illnesses,”
Ryan said.
Although the problem involves
athletes in a number of sports, the
eating disorders were most preva
lent on Quick’s swimming teams.
Quick, who led the Lady Long
horns to five NCAA championships
in six years, emphasized weight in
training and competition and in
sisted that the swimmers remain un
der maximum weight limits. Those
who failed to do so were required to
participate in special workouts.
Quick is currently the women’s
swimming coach at Stanford.
Current and former UT swim
mers said the pressure to meet
Quick’s guidelines was so intense
that many routinely fasted, induced
vomiting, used laxatives and diuret
ics, or exercised in addition to work
outs. They did not want to be rele
gated to the group they called “The
Fat Club.”
Tiffany Cohen, who won two
Olympic gold medals in 1984, said
her fear of reporting to workouts
overweight led her into the bulimic’s
cycle of binges and purges that fi
nally put her in the hospital for nine
weeks.
“It bothered me because I am a
perfectionist. Richard knew that and
he knew who (weight) really af
fected. He played on that; he played
on people’s neuroses. He really
bothered me,” said Cohen, who now
lives in El Toro, Calif.
s Many athletes described Quick as
being almost god-like, someone they
always wanted to please.
Cohen said Quick did not help
her face her problem.
“It was so hard for me to tell him.
He said, ‘You have to take care of it.’
That was it. He never brought it up
again. I still felt pressure. And he
would say to me, ‘Work on your
weight,’ ” she said.
Quick said he didn't recall when
he first learned of Cohen’s problem.
“I wasn’t aware of her problem while
she was swimming, until toward the
end. I can’t remember specifically,”
he said.
Another former UT swimmer,
Kim Rodenbaugh, a three-time all-
American, spent six months in coun
seling for her eating disorders.
Compounding Rodenbaugh’s fear
of falling from the forefront of
swimming were weight goals set
loosely in her sophomore year of
high school and enforced strongly
by Quick.
“I truly believe the coaches did
not understand. Richard would set
your goal weight. Is he qualified to
do that? He is not. He would choose
a weight he thought was the best and
usually your input didn’t matter a
lot.”
Quick said he didn’t know Roden
baugh had an eating disorder when
she swam.
“Athletes feel the pressures, if a
coach never said anything, for a per
son to be lean, because they are for
the most part highly motivated ath
letes,” Quick said.
ilers’ Pinkett still living by 6 the rule’
SAN MARCOS (AP) — Allen Pin-
tett still lives by “the rule.”
“I had a high school coach and
aarents who told me it wasn’t how
aig you were physically but how big
{'our heart was, so I’ve always fol
lowed that basic rule,” Pinkett said.
Pinkett, 5-9, 190, was no small
Dart of the Houston Oilers’ success
|ast season, his third in the NFL.
Although the former Notre Dame
runner proved he can play with the
)ros, he’ll never get rid of the
Psmall” and “short” jokes.
I There was the barb by an assistant
coach his rookie year that Pinkett
lever could stay above the 14th floor
it a hotel because he couldn’t reach
(he elevator button.
“I’ll be hearing those jokes as long
is I’m in the league and for the rest
of my life,” Pinkett said.
“I’ve heard since high school that
I was too small to play but I like to
prove the critics wrong.”
Pinkett took “the rule” with him to
Notre Dame, where he became the
storied school’s all-time leading
rusher with 4,131 yards. He aver
aged 4.6 yards per carry and scored
49 touchdowns.
Pinkett also finished sixth on the
Irish all-time receiving list with 73
catches for 774 yards and three
touchdowns.
Now he’s a big part of an Oilers
team picked to challenge for the
American Football Conference Cen
tral Division title.
And he’s currently a bigger part
of everyday preseason workouts on
the Southwest Texas State Univer
sity campus because starter Mike Ro-
zier is a contract holdout.
“It’s different because it’s so quiet;
we miss all of his screaming and yel
ling obscenities at us,” Pinkett said of
the vocal Rozier.
But there is another, more impor
tant, benefit for Pinkett and second-
year running back Lorenzo White.
“It also means more repetitions
for Lorenzo (White) and me, and
I’m a true believer that reps make
you improve,” Pinkett said.
Improvement was a key word for
Pinkett’s performance last season.
He rushed 512 yards on 122 carries
and caught 12 passes for 114 yards.
He played in all 16 regular-season
games and started two games. He
was second ,on the team in rushing
behind Rozier.
Pinkett, who had two three-touch-
down games and was the Oilers’
leading rusher in three games, now
anticipates more passes going to the
running backs under new quar
terbacks coach Kevin Gilbride.
“One thing we’re looking to do is
have the opportunities to catch more
passes and spread the ball around
more,” Pinkett said.
“We’re trying to utilize more of
our weapons. With the arsenal we
have, we can attack teams in a lot of
different ways.”
Pinkett caught 35 passes his
rookie season in 1986, when he was
utilized mostly as a receiver in the
shot gun formation.
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of the Year candidate
ARLINGTON (AP) —Two
years ago, Kevin Brown was a
puzzling case. There was much
promise, but very little produc
tion.
Today, however, the Texas
Rangers’ right-hander is one of
the toughest pitchers in the
American League and a serious
Rookie of the Year candidate.
The Brown of two years ago
was a stubborn perfectionist. Flis
E itches lit the radar gun in the
>w to mid 90s. But he was ob
sessed with mechanics while
downplaying the basics such as
keeping pitches inside and chal
lenge batters.
“He had to be reduced to pro
toplasm before he would try any
thing different,” said Rangers
pitching coach Tom House.
“Then, he came to us and asked
what he could do to improve him
self. Once he believed we could
deliver information that could
help him, he’s never looked
back.”
Brown, the Rangers’ selection
in the first round of the June
1986 free agent draft, pitched
Class A A Tulsa to a victory in the
Drillers’ 1987 opener but from
that point his season rapidly dete
riorated. He went 1-4 with a 7.29
ERA in eight starts at Tulsa.
Figuring a change of scene
might be beneficial, the Rangers
promoted Brown to Class AAA
Oklahoma City. American Asso
ciation hitters feasted on his
pitches and after five starts,
Brown was 0-5 with a 10.73 ERA.
In July he was assigned to Class
A (Port) Charlotte and while his
ERA was a respectable 2.72, he
went 0-2 in six outings.
By then. Brown was a physical
and psychological wreck. His
back gave him so much pain that
he had trouble sleeping
“It was so bad that I’d roll over
in the middle of the night scream
ing when it would catch on me,”
Brown said. “I was on a ton of
muscle relaxers so I couldn’t even
get out of bed.”
The Rangers sent Brown home
to McIntyre, Ga., for the rest of
the 1987 season where he took
the first steps toward healing his
back and, more importantly, his
psyche.
Brown was still struggling at
the start of 1988, going 2-7 in his
first 10 starts at Tulsa. Then, the
picture came tightly into focus.
He finished 10-3, then made a
September cameo with the Rang
ers, compiling a 1-1 mark with a
4.24 ERA.
Now, fast-forward to 1989.
The same Brown has American
League hitters shaking their
heads as they return to the du-
gout after failing to hit his wicked
sinker.
Nolan Ryan remains the Rang
ers’ most reliable starter. And the
24-year-old Brown is right be
hind with a 10-6 record and a
2.90 ERA.
“He’s got the best stuff of any
pitcher in the league,” said Twins
manager Tom Kelly.
“I like him a lot,” said Yankees
manager Dallas Green. “He will
be one of the fine young pitchers
in this league for a long time to
come. He’s got a good delivery
and comes right at you.”
The Rangers have not had a
Rookie of the Year of any kind
since Pat Putnam was The Sport
ing News’ top rookie in 1979.
Mike Hargrove was the Rangers’
last Baseball Writers’ Association
of America Rookie of the Year in
1973.
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American League pitchers who
must be considered strong candi
dates for the top rookie award.
Others include Kansas City’s
Tom “Flash” Gordon; Balti
more’s Gregg Olson; and Califor
nia’s Jim Abbott.
House believes Brown will fin
ish the season with better stats,
creating a dilemma for the voters.
“Jim Abbott is going to be a
sentimental favorite as long as he
plays, and rightfully so,” House
said. “He’s overcome things most
athletes have never even had to
think about.
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