Judgment Calls

[Thumb Up]To Mike Williams, an Eskimo competitor in this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, for dedicating his entry to the cause of sobriety for Eskimos and other Native Americans, who as a group have been damaged by alcoholism.

[Thumb Down]To the University of Missouri, whose officials humiliated Gabby Richards, a wheelchair-bound sportswriter for the Oklahoma State student paper. Threatened with arrest, she was removed from her assigned seat in press row just before a basketball game, ostensibly because of a fire code violation.

[Thumb Down]To Tribune Entertainment, distributors of Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story, for the tasteless design used in promoting (lie TV movie about the basketball star who died of heart failure. The design features the wave of an electrocardiogram ending in a flat line.