Show In InField L Left LeftField e c 4 I Field By Corey Bullock Sports Editor You have probably all ready heard about the Harlem Globetrotters losing their first game in over 24 years but it deserves another mention If you haven't heard here are the gory details The Globetrotters known for their trickery and magical way of entertaining audiences around the world with their zany way of playing basketball had not lost a basketball game in over 24 years which by the way is longer than I have been alive Granted most of the time they played against their long time foe and traveling partners the Washington Generals but every once in awhile they would hold a game against some one else It was just such a team that handed them their first defeat in games It was a team comprised comprised comprised com com- of professionals led by Kareem Jabbar Abdul-Jabbar no not the UCLA running back The original who was for 16 from the field for 34 points and helped guide his team to a 91 85 victory of the Trotters in Vienna Austria The Globetrotters played straight up and didn't use any of their tricks maybe they would have helped By Bythe Bythe Bythe the way I wonder how Kareem would look in a Jazz uniform He doesn't have anything better to do co For every incredible winning streak there is an incredible losing streak This weeks week's incredible losing streak goes to Prairie View AM Prairie PrairieView PrairieView PrairieView View is a division AA 1 school one division below major college from Texas and they have not won a game in 50 tries That would calculate to four years without a win To add injury to insult Michael Porter a junior running back at Prairie Prairie Prairie rie View has not won a game in the past 6 years He never won a game in high school or c college He is 56 0 in the past six years The USA Today reports that if or when the Panthers win their first game there is talk of shutting down the school for a day and having a party There are more labor contracts and problems a brewing No they're not in the NFL Major League Baseball or even the No they are in the world of professional soc soc- Diego Maradona of Argentina has announced the creation of a union for international soccer players to protect their rights and privileges For those of you who dont don't know who Diego Maradona is let me refresh refresh refresh re re- re- re fresh your memory He is the great player for Argentina Argentina Argentina Argen Argen- tina who lead them to a World Cup Championship in 1982 He is also the same player who was suspended from the 1994 World Cup Championship Championship Championship Champi Champi- for the illegal use of performance performance performance mance or in other words drugs which is not the first time that he has been caught with drugs The union meetings will probably be to discuss important stuff like contracts contracts con con- tracts salary caps and cocaine prices Now if I am a professional soccer player I dont don't think I want Daryl Strawberry as the head of my union Talk about walking lightly and carrying a big stick Florida Marlins Marlins Marlins Mar Mar- lins outfielder Gary went 5 at the plate with four RBI in a game last week and he felt pretty good about the way he was swinging the bat He felt so good that he followed up that 5 performance with a 4 effort with two home runs and a high career-high seven RBI That's what I call carrying carrying carrying car car- a big stick |