Word: tarkanian
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Long Beach had all the trappings of a professional team--and not only because mega-cheater Jerry Tarkanian used to coach there. The starters ranged from 6'5" to 6'9". The reserves were even bigger. They wore snazzy flourescent green-and-black warm-ups. They had a nationally ranked cheerleading squad. They had a seven-woman song-and-dance troupe performing a routine to MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" during time-outs. You don't see that kind of thing at Briggs Cage...
...49ers did manage to squeak out an 81-77 overtime win. To watch them celebrate, you'd think the finger-pointing, junk-talking Long Beach hoopsters had knocked off Tarkanian's UNLV squad, a big west rival...
After 13 years of legal overtime, the contest that began in 1977 between the NCAA and basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, over recruiting violations ended last week in a draw. In an unprecedented reversal, the NCAA lifted the ban it had imposed on the Runnin' Rebels, which would have prohibited the 1990 collegiate champions from defending their title this spring. In exchange, UNLV agreed to forfeit live-TV appearances next season and sit out 1992 postseason games...
...purpose of the compromise was to avoid punishing today's players too severely for 1977 violations. "I am pleased for the kids and fans that we will be allowed to compete," cheered Tarkanian. "Let's put these matters behind us." Not quite. Although the 1977 dispute is closed, the school faces another NCAA investigation into its recruitment of Lloyd Daniels, a former prep star who was arrested on drug charges...
Students of White House culture have begun to notice a peculiar strain of what might be called the Las Vegas syndrome. First, UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian turned up in the Oval Office for a Bush handshake. Then Siegfried and Roy, the lion tamers and Strip headliners, also appeared in the President's office. Finally, during a Bush campaign stopover in Rochester, Minn., who should pop out of nowhere to sing the national anthem but Mr. Las Vegas himself, Wayne Newton. The odd sightings can all be traced to Sigmund Rogich, the President's events coordinator, who grew up dirt...