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UNDER THE BANNER What's Going On In and Around Black College Sports
 O'NEAL, THORPE GO LOW: Former Jackson State
golfing standout Tim O'Neal continued
his success on the BUY.COM Tour with a tie for 13th at the
Greater Cleveland Open last week. O'Neal posted scores of 66-71-72-70
for a 72-hole total of nine-under par 279 and took home $6,847.23
for his efforts, the third biggest payday in this his first year on
the Tour. That take raises his total to $39,400 in ten events this
year, good for 34th on the BUY.COM's 2001 Money List. O'Neal, the
only African-American on the BUY.COM Tour, the
professional circuit just below the PGA Tour, was featured on
ESPN's "Outside the Lines" last week on a segment about
African-Americans and golf. He will remain in Ohio this week
to compete in the Tour's Dayton Open, which will be held at
The Golf Club at Yankee Trace, in Centerville, Ohio. The
other professional golfer with black college roots,
Jim Thorpe, who attended Morgan
State, also had a successful week on the PGA Senior Tour. Thorpe fired successive 68s over
three rounds to finish fourth in the Instinet Classic in
Princeton, N.J., his sixth top ten finish in 18 events. He took
home $90,000 this weekend, thrusting him up one place to
eighth on the year's Money List at $766,906. Thorpe is headed
to Boston this week for the Fleet Boston Classic at the
Nashawtuc Country Club in Concord.
HUNTER LOSES BROTHER: Tommie Hunter of Raymond, Mississippi, brother of Milwaukee Bucks and former Jackson State guard Lindsey Hunter, was killed June 16 in a one-car accident in Bolton. Hunter, 19, was a Jackson State basketball signee who head coach Andy Stoglin said was going to be a great player. Markeece McGinty of Provine, a JSU football signee and a passenger in the vehicle, was treated and released at Central Mississippi Medical Center. Tommie Hunter was the second child born to Lindsey and Armenta Owens Hunter in Jackson on December 28, 1981. He attended Murrah and Raymond High School and had just started at Jackson State. He was described by relatives as a quiet child who never bothered anybody and was always full of life. He loved the game of basketball and looked forward to playing at Jackson State next year. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. June 19 at the Raymond High School Gym with burial in Hill of Zion Church Cemetery.
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