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Show DAILY THE UTAH CHRONICLE SPORTS GQ&& tad New Doping Test Could Be Trouble For NBA Piavers ERIC WALDEN Utes Hit the Eoad for Best Score of Season Chronicie Asst. Sports Editor- - basam a ketball junkie. However, given the recent news that 12 NBA players failed a drug test, perhaps "junkie" constitutes a poor choice of words. As one who has been an ardent and staunch defender of the NBA and its 28 teams (even I can't seriously count the Clippers) to my unconvinced this colleagues, announcement is consequently quite upsetting to me. I really would have been quite content to see the NBAs headlines limited to rosters, Karl Malone needing his diaper changed, and Dennis Rodman and Mavericks' cosch Don Nelson finally consummating their inevitable marriage. I did not need news like I All-St- S000 ar BRANDON WiNN Chronicle Sports Editor home." Consider the Utes proven. "I guess we showed him," Deidra Graham said. The "him' Graham is talking about, by the way, is Marsden. "I think he was impressed," Theresa Wolf said. "Sometimes it's not everyone else you have to prove yourself to, it's your coach." Utah recorded only one fall the entire night (that coming when Kim Allan misr.ed her release move on bars) and easily defeated the Aggies. In fact, on the event which is supposed to eat up road teams the beam Utah proved hard to swallow. Utah's beam score of 49 350 is by far a season high on that event. In fact, the only flaw was when Deidra Graham performed her dismount and the floor mat slid across the floor, causing her to surf momentarily. The road to Nationals started in Logan. Realistically, the trip to Utah State means very little as far as national prominence goes. But to the Utes, it was hardly the road to nowhere. LOGAN Utah coach Greg Marsden challenged his team to prove it could post big numbers in an environment not as friendly as the Huntsman Center. The Spectrum in Logan is hardly a danger zone, but it was a start. The Utes responded to the challenge with a 5 victory over the Aggies whopping Monday night "You have to be a good road team because that's where regionals and Nationals are," Marsden told his team. "We need to prove we can put up the same kinds of scores on the road that we do at 197.075-193.17- She regained her balance and the judges forgave the ice capades routine and deducted no points. Other than that, the beam was spectacular for the Utes. "Wc finished balance beam off on the road, as well as we're capable of," Marsden said. "The main thing was that we were on the road, away from our own fans, and wc handled that and continued to improve." How much did the Utes improve? The 197.075 not only is a season high, it tied for ioth best in the Utah record books. And those books arc full of scores. "This was a big confidence booster," Wolf said. "Wc arc a good team with whoever out with injury. We're out to show what we're made of and we're see GYMNASTICS, page this. Fortunately, through exhaustive research and intrepid journalistic 'technique, I just happened to acquire a secret memo that, at the very least, has convinced me that NBA officials are just as concerned about this troublesome development as I am. These are the contents of that secret document: "Attention all NBA personnel: Completion of the following 'Common Sense Questionnaire' is required for further participation in events. After J2 players failed the marijuainaugural league-wid- e na test held during training camp last fall, in spite of being given months of prior notification as to the exact date of the test, trust me, yoineed this. Thank you for your compliintra-leag- league-sanction- ue ed ance, David Stern NBA Commissioner The Official NBA Drug Use Common Sense Questionnaire 1. League officials, team ovners, and Players' Association leaders agreed to a clause in the latest CBA for the allowance of marijuana testing. The acronym "CBA" stands for: Collective Bargaining a) Agreement b) Crappy Abilities Continental Basketc) ball Association (the league more conducive to the skill level of half of the NBAs players) A single positive mar2. ijuana test requires enrollment in a program. A second such positive test Ball-handli- i K " ft J . drug-counseli- see WALDEN, page 11 Deidra Graham, shown in earlier action, registered CHRONICLE SPORTS EDITOR a 9.875 on the beam and won the BRANDON WINN Monday night VVINNCHRONICLE.UTAH.EDU 581-704- versus Utah State. 1 10 |
