1990_12 The Daily Collegian December 1990

              Another fine mess
Darts Mc&oy/ The Daly C&ogtan
Fresno State guard Doug Harris reaches around a Southern Utah State player in FSU's 87-77 non-conf emce win Saturday.
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Zinkin leads FSU wrestlers to strong finish
By Bobby Todd
COLLEGIAN SPORTS WRITER
Harold Zinkin placed fifth at 126
pounds and Fresno State University
finished 15th as a team at last
weekend's Las Vegas Invitational
Wrestling ToumamenL
Zinkin beat Cal Sto.te Bakersrkld's
Ahmed El-Sokkary. ranked eighth In
the nation. 14-4. while teammate
John Pterro finished eighth In the 44
schoolevenL .-. ■ \
• "I was nervous." Zinkin said. This
tourney had 46 teams,.. It's like the
National*-"
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The Bulldogs, who are 2-0 in dual
meets this season with wins over UC
Davis. 46-0. and San Francisco State.
35-8.    will    face    three    nationally
"I was nervous. This
fjtourney had 46
teams...it's like the
Nationals."
—Harold Zinkin
ranked teams at home next week.
They face No. 15 Northwestern Dec.
12. No. 7 Minnesota and No. 2
Oklahoma State on Dec. 15 at the FSU
North Gym.
"Our 115th place] finish was great."
Zinkin said.
The Bulldogs have gotten a big lift
from JunkH\ Robbie Dicks, who has
pinned four of his first five opponents
he has laced this season. Dicks
recorded pins over Wyoming's Dave
Myers, who entered the Invitational
seeded eighth, and Brian Gear of
Edinboro. His fastest pin of the year
came in 22 seconds against Tim Isely
of San Francisco State.
Zinkin was especially happy with
his wins over his opponents in the
tournament v *
"1 had four Ail-Americans in my
weight." said Zinkin.  "In every one of
my wins the guy was ranked above me.
Guys that beat me my true freshman
year. I'm beating"
Sophomore - Lorenzo Neal. a
fullback on the FSU football team,
has joined the wrestling team and Is 2-
2 In tournament action. Neal will be
thrust into the heavyweight spot after
only two weeks of rest from the
football team.
Neal finished his high school career
at Lemoore with 147-8-1 mark as a
heavyweight and captured fourth,
second and first places finishes in the
state In three successive years. Neal
will see hSs first collegiate action next
Wednesday against Northwestern.
Johnson proves he's still the same old Magic
Legendary Laker guard has evolved from whiney rookie in 1979 to CEO of 'Magic Inc.' in 7990
Chris Bra nam
I finally figured out why I hate Magic
Johnson so much. He's so damned perfect.
Before I go on. let me clarify one thing: lam
a devout Golden State Warrior fan. (You can
stop laughing now.) I have watched that man
In the silly gold uniform with 32 on it single-
handily turning Warrior halftime leads into
Laker runaway wins too many times.
But even I have to admit it. Earvin "Magic"
Johnson was bom to be successful.
•    Last week's issue ofSports Illustrated
featured on its cover Magic with a cigar while
wearing a suit which cost more than my
annual salary. The feature article inside dealt
only with the off-couit Magic. Earvin
Johnson, the entrepeneur.
Look! There's Earvin with the CEO of
Capitol Records! And there he is with Janet
Jackson at the MTV Music Awards! But wait!
Earvin's just bought a Pepsicola bottling
plant!
Beside his basketball salary of three million
dollars, this man will gross over nine million    '•
dollars this year. Nine million dollars.       *•)•>
Donald Trump should call Earvin for a loan.
Earvin Johnson has talked about buying the
Lakers when he retires. At the rate he's going,
he could possibly be the first player-owner in
the history of sport.
Who would have imagined all of Earvin's
financial accomplishments when he first
came to the Lakers in 1979, He was a 19-year
old manchild who whined when he didn't get
his way. But his way was usually right
After the Lakers won the NBA
Championship in 1980. Magic's rookie season,
the story came out that Magic didn't get along
with then-Laker head coach Paul Westhead.
When Laker owner Jerry Buss caught wind of
this, his decision was swift. Goodbye. Paul
Westhead. '
Buss came to the right conclusion about who
was more Important for the Lake r
organization. He wasnt finished there. Buss
wanted to make sure Magic Johnson would
always be a Los Angeles Laker. So he signed
Magic to an unheard of 25-year. $25 million
dollar contract.
Through the mid-eighties. Johnson's NBA
Finals duels with Boston's Larry Bird became
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