Clyde Turner

It is the irony of this glamorous sports town that greatness is often too tired to look pretty. Clyde Turner is like this. Greatness lives in a lower middle-class neighborhood, has 100,000 miles on its car, twice that many on its shoes. Greatness works three jobs, chasing kids in the morning, watching them run in the afternoon, coddling them at night. Greatness makes so little money as a coach, it actually pays for the privilege.

A nationally acclaimed track coach from Pasadena was found guilty Thursday of molesting a 15-year-old track team member at the coach's apartment last year. After deliberating two days, a jury convicted Clyde Ezra Turner, 44, on two felony counts--committing a lewd act upon a child and showing pornography to a minor with intent to arouse. The jury deadlocked on two counts involving a second alleged victim.

A judge Wednesday ordered John Muir High School track coach Clyde Turner, who has been charged with molesting two male athletes, to stay away from that school, a middle school and track meets. Turner, 43, appeared in Pasadena Municipal Court, but his preliminary hearing on three felony counts and a misdemeanor was postponed to June 8. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

A judge Wednesday ordered John Muir High School track coach Clyde Turner, who has been charged with molesting two male athletes, to stay away from that school, a middle school and track meets. Turner, 43, appeared in Pasadena Municipal Court, but his preliminary hearing on three felony counts and a misdemeanor was postponed to June 8. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

A nationally acclaimed track coach from Pasadena was found guilty Thursday of molesting a 15-year-old track team member at the coach's apartment last year. After deliberating two days, a jury convicted Clyde Ezra Turner, 44, on two felony counts--committing a lewd act upon a child and showing pornography to a minor with intent to arouse. The jury deadlocked on two counts involving a second alleged victim.

No one could blame the Pasadena Muir High boys' track and field team for being distracted on an afternoon when its coach was arraigned on charges that he annoyed or molested two male students. But Muir managed to squeak by with its closest dual-meet victory in decades, defeating rival Crescenta Valley, 69-58, on Thursday to win the Pacific League title and preserve a remarkable streak. The Mustangs have won 167 dual meets dating to 1978.

Several other young men have told detectives they were sexually abused as teenagers by Clyde Ezra Turner, the renowned high school track coach arrested this week on suspicion of molesting a 15-year-old boy, Pasadena police said Wednesday. "We've had several phone calls--some of them relating experiences from a long time ago--allegations similar to the original incident," said Pasadena Police Lt. Keith Jones.

As prosecutors prepared child molestation charges against Clyde Ezra Turner, the renowned track coach at Pasadena's John Muir High School, parents of a number of current and former students contacted police Tuesday about other potential victims. Pasadena Police Lt. Keith Jones said detectives were seeking out students in an attempt to learn more about the man who led track athletes from Pasadena's tough northwest neighborhoods to four state championships in a decade.

Circus Circus Enterprises Inc. named Clyde T. Turner as president and chief financial officer after the surprise resignation of Glenn W. Schaeffer. Turner was formerly executive vice president and chief financial officer of Mirage Resorts Inc. Circus Circus shares tumbled Friday as investors reacted warily to the departure of Schaeffer, the company's president.

Prosecutors will be able to present witnesses who say they were victims of a Pasadena high school track coach facing a trial on charges of molesting two teenagers, a judge ruled Friday. Pasadena Municipal Judge Mary Thornton House ruled that although former Muir High School coach Clyde Turner was never charged with molesting the witnesses, they can testify against him under a state law enacted three years ago. House ruled on the motion by Deputy Dist. Atty.

No one could blame the Pasadena Muir High boys' track and field team for being distracted on an afternoon when its coach was arraigned on charges that he annoyed or molested two male students. But Muir managed to squeak by with its closest dual-meet victory in decades, defeating rival Crescenta Valley, 69-58, on Thursday to win the Pacific League title and preserve a remarkable streak. The Mustangs have won 167 dual meets dating to 1978.

Several other young men have told detectives they were sexually abused as teenagers by Clyde Ezra Turner, the renowned high school track coach arrested this week on suspicion of molesting a 15-year-old boy, Pasadena police said Wednesday. "We've had several phone calls--some of them relating experiences from a long time ago--allegations similar to the original incident," said Pasadena Police Lt. Keith Jones.

As prosecutors prepared child molestation charges against Clyde Ezra Turner, the renowned track coach at Pasadena's John Muir High School, parents of a number of current and former students contacted police Tuesday about other potential victims. Pasadena Police Lt. Keith Jones said detectives were seeking out students in an attempt to learn more about the man who led track athletes from Pasadena's tough northwest neighborhoods to four state championships in a decade.

It is the irony of this glamorous sports town that greatness is often too tired to look pretty. Clyde Turner is like this. Greatness lives in a lower middle-class neighborhood, has 100,000 miles on its car, twice that many on its shoes. Greatness works three jobs, chasing kids in the morning, watching them run in the afternoon, coddling them at night. Greatness makes so little money as a coach, it actually pays for the privilege.

Circus Circus Enterprises Inc. named Clyde T. Turner as president and chief financial officer after the surprise resignation of Glenn W. Schaeffer. Turner was formerly executive vice president and chief financial officer of Mirage Resorts Inc. Circus Circus shares tumbled Friday as investors reacted warily to the departure of Schaeffer, the company's president.

Golden Nugget officials are scrapping plans for a second resort in Atlantic City because of disappointing growth rates in the New Jersey resort. Clyde Turner, Golden Nugget chief financial officer, said the resort will not proceed with the construction of a $300-million hotel-casino in the Marina area of Atlantic City. As a result, Turner said the Golden Nugget has written off as a loss the $15 million it has already spent on the project, exclusive of the purchase price of the land.