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Tuesday March 7,2000
HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday: Money's important this year, and how you spend it is important, too. Consider an old promise in March; then follow through on it in April. Abundance is yours in May if you follow strict rules and regulations. Common sense is your best guide in August. You're learning and growing all year to advance in status around December. With luck and good planning, a dream can come true around February.
To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day. O the most challenging.
Aries: Todav is a 7.
You're looking good. You're bold, brassy and assertive. You and your friends will be able to accomplish just about whatever you go after. If you can be gentle, too, you'll make a perfect score. Don't let your enthusiasm make you insensitive.
Taurus: Today is a 6.
Dig in your heels and make what you want clear. Don't let anybody else push you into doing something that's against your best interests. If you decide to do it, fine. If not, then politely decline. Know what you'd be getting into.
Gemini: Today is a 7.
Are you grounded? Your friends want you to come out and play, but responsibilities take precedence. You're smart, good looking and lucky. Make sure you do what you said you would, and you might even get to go play. Don't waste time arguing!
Cancer: Today is a 6.
You might be more sensitive than usual to criticism Unfortunately, somebody you know has a short fuse Don't get bullied around. The other person's agitation may have nothing to do with you. Be nice but don't take any guff.
Leo: Today is a 7.
Your situation has improved. It's still a good idea to be cautious with your money, but you should be getting used to that by now. Instead of feeling pinched, feel prosperous. Find a way to do something that will be a lot of fun — and within your budget.
Virgo: Today is a 6.
Scorpio: Today is a 7
Sagittarius: Today is a 7.
It's a good idea to go along with what a partner suggests. You may have to hustle to keep up, however. The action is fast and furious. The lesson you're learning is about being of service. So, don't do this for yourself. Do it for the other person.
If you and your partner put your heads together, and your money, too, you can get something you both want. It may be a stretch, but if it's an item you'll both enjoy, you won't mind. Doing without something else will be easy.
Libra: Today is a 7.
You're in the mood to get rowdy. Everybody loves being around you when you're like this. There's just one little thing to watch out for, however. Make sure you take safety precautions. "Trip and fall" will be the most common cause of injury.
Somebody who's near and dear needs your attention tonight. You're so busy that you hardly have time to take a lunch, but don't work any overtime. Get home as soon as you can to take care of somebody you love It shouldn't be a problem. You'll be pooped by then!
Capricorn : Today is a 6.
You might be ready to take action at home. You outgrown something or have you just lost all patience with it? You might even be able to upgrade to a better neighborhood. If you can, well, why not? Capricorn is the sign of upward mobility, you know.
Aquarius: Today is a 7.
You may be busy today. You have a lot of business to take care of, and you might not be sure how much money is available. You could plan better if you knew how much you could spend! Well, do the best you can with what you know you have.
Pisces: Today is a 6.
You may be a little nervous. If you think you've earned more than you're getting, speak up. An amazing aspect that could work in your favor is in effect now. It suggests that to get more, all you have to do is ask. Could it be that easy? Why not try?
KANSAS VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball team wins spring tournament
The Kansas volleyball team went 3-0, and won the Jayhawk Volleyball Spring Classic at the Horesei Athletics Center Saturday.
Kansas opened the tournament by beating Emporia State 35-21 and 35-19. The Jayhawks then beat Sport-2 Sport 35-18 and 35-26 before rounding out the day with a 35-33, 35-29 win against Missouri-Kansas City. The tournament featured an experimental scoring system in which the teams played rally scoring to 35, best two out of three.
"It was a good day for us," said Kansas coach Ray Bechard. "The spring season is a vital part of our preparation for the next season, and I think we are off to a good start."
Kansas returns to action with a scrimmage against the Nebraska Juniors club team Friday in Lawrence, then heads to UMKC to participate in a spring tournament on April 1.
— Kansas staff report
NBA
Detroit fires coach to get out of slump
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Trying to motivate a slumping club for a playoff run, the Detroit Pistons fired coach Alvin Gentry yesterday.
He will coach the Pistons for the first time tomorrow night at home against Denver.
Gentry, who succeeded Doug Collins a little more than two years ago, was replaced on an interim basis by assistant George Irvine. Irvine, a former head coach of the Indiana Pacers, inherits a team that is 28-30, fourth in the Central Division and seventh in the Eastern Conference.
Note: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment purposes only.
"I think we've watched these
The Pistons have lost seven of 10 games and are on an 11-game road skid. Detroit repeatedly has blown leads, having led in the fourth quarter in 10 of its last 13 losses.
slumps, we've said
just give it more
time, just give it
more time," said
general manager
Rick Sund. "Well
Disabled golfer can ride in cart, court decides
GOLF
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court refused to overturn the Casey Martin golf cart decision yesterday, ruling that federal law allows the disabled golfer to ride between shots in PGA tournaments.
time is running out.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal magistrate's 1998 ruling that allowed Martin, who has a circulatory disorder that makes it painful for him to walk long distances, to become the first golfer to use a cart on in PGA events. He made his tour debut in the Bob Hope Classic in January.
The court rejected the PGA's argument that allowing Martin to use a cart would alter the fundamental nature of a golf tournament. The Americans with Disabilities Act requires accommodations for the disabled but does not require measures that would change the fundamental nature of goods or services.
"The central competition in shot-making would be unaffected by Martin's accommodation," said Judge William Canby in the 3-0 ruling.
Golfer says his career will be marred by DWI
ALBUQURUEQUE, N.M. — Notah
Begay III expects the seven days he
"This isn't the type of incident that's going to quickly be forgotten," Begay said after his release yesterday from the Bernalillo County Detention Center. "It will be written about leading into a story. It will always be a part of my career."
spent in jail for drunken driving to affect his PGA Tour career for years to come.
A tour rookie in 1999. Begay won two tournaments and earned more than $1 million. He was arrested Jan. 20 after his vehicle struck a parked car outside of an Albuquerque bar. Police said his blood-alcohol level was more than twice New Mexico's legal limit.
The 27-year-old graduate of Stanford pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated drunken driving and made public the fact he had a prior DWI conviction in Arizona five years ago.
As the only Native American on tour, Begay has attracted a large following of young Native-American fans. His popularity also has soared in New Mexico.
Since his arrest, Begay has repeatedly expressed remorse for letting down his fans and for contributing to a stereotype linking Native Americans and alcohol.
Two plead not guilty in laundering lawsuit
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two associates of indicted agent Tank Black pleaded not guilty to fraud and money laudering charges yesterday, setting the stage for a trial in May that could bring several NFL players to the witness stand.
NFL
In the federal indictment, the U.S. government accuses Alfred Twitty of paying former Florida players like Hilliard, Jacquez Green and Fred Taylor before their eligibility had expired as a way of assuring they would sign with Black come
graduation.
Once in the fold, Black and James Franklin schemed the players out of the money they earned from their NFL teams through a series of transactions that steered money through foreign bank accounts and bogus investments, the indictment says.
Twitty and Franklin were the last two of the five defendants to make initial court appearances for the trial scheduled for May 1. All five face prison sentences of up to 25 years if convicted.
Also indicted are Black and two more associates, Linda Wilson and Lisa Adams. All have pleaded not guilty.
Other NFL players listed in the indictment include Robert Brooks, Germane Crowell, Reggie McGrew, Johnny Rutledge and Jevon Kearse. Many could be called to testify should the case proceed to trial.
Franklin is the general counsel and chief operating officer for Black's agent business, based in Columbia, S.C.
Former Miami safety signs with the Bears
LAKE FOREST, III. — Safety Shawn Wooden, who played for the Miami Dolphins last season, signed a three-year, $3.6 million deal with the Chicago Bears yesterday.
Wooden, who receives a $1 million
signing bonus as part of the neck.
age, was the fourth-leading tackler for the Dolphins, starting six games and finishing with 75 stops.
The 5-foot-11, 205-pounder missed all but two games in 1988 after tearing ligaments in his left knee in the second game of the season.
Wooden, chosen by Miami out of Notre Dame in the sixth round of the 1996 draft, had a career-high 121 tackles in 1997.
Sports Calendar
Baseball vs. Southwest Missouri State at 3 p.m.at Houglund Ballpark
thurs.
Iowa's Fizer leads All-Big 12 picks
Women's Basketball Big 12 Tournament:
Kansas vs.
Baylor/Nebraska winner at Municiple Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.
Softball at the University of Missouri-Kansas City at 4 and 6 p.m.
Women's Tennis vs.
Missouri at 2 p.m.
Men's Basketball Big 12 Tournament: Kansas vs. Kansas State at 2:20 p.m.at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo.
Baseball at Texas at p.m. in Austin.
Track and Field NCAA Championships in Fayetteville, Ark.
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Marcus Fizer, whose forceful presence led Iowa State to its first conference championship in 55 years, heads a parade of unanimous selections for The Associated Press All-Big 12 basketball team. In an unprecedented show of unanimity, a panel of sportswriters and sportcasters who cover the Big 12 on a regular basis also named Oklahoma State's Desmond Mason, Oklahoma's Eduardo Najera and Texas 7-footer Chris Mihm to every first-team ballot.
For the first team spot, Iowa State point guard Jamaal Tinsley, who ranked in the top three in the Big 12 Conference in both steals and assists, outpelled Colorado guard Jaquay Walls.
Mason, 6-foot-6, and Najera, 6-8, are the only seniors on the first team. Fizer, 6-8, Mihm and Tinsley, a 6-3 junior college transfer, are juniors.
Fizer — leaner, quicker and smarter than he was as a pudgy sophomore who averaged 18 points — topped the Big 12 with a 22.8-point scoring average.
"He is a man among boys," said Colorado coach Ricardo, Patron
Fizer is barreling into the postseason as one of the hottest players in the nation, averaging 32.6 points over the last five games by shooting 61-of-106 (.375) from the field. In four of his last five games, he has gone over 30 points.
"He's a different guy," said Iowa State coach Larry Eustachy. "He's more mature. He lets the game come to him. He dictates the game. The game dictated him last year."
Fizer and Tinsley were the key players in one of the biggest stories in basketball this season. With Tinsley providing what Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson termed the finest point guard play in the conference, the Cyclones went from 15-15 a year ago to a school-record 26-4. In preseason polls, they were not picked higher than sixth.
In league games, the Cyclones went 14-2 in capturing their first conference title since winning the Big Six in 1945.
The top vote-getters on the second team were Texas forward Gabe Muoneke and Walls, whose 42 points in an overtime victory against Iowa State set a Big 12 record.
They are joined by Missouri point guard Keyon Dooling, Nebraska center Kimani Ffriend and Texas Tech guard Rayford Young.
ALL-BIG 12
FIRST TEAM
Marcus Fizer, Iowa St., Jr., 6-8,
255. Arcadia, La.
Eduardo Najera, Oklahoma, Sr.
5-8, 240, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Lewesmond Mason, Oklahoma
Texas...6-6, 207 Waxahachie,
Texas
Hunua, Mexico.
Chris Mihm, Texas, Jr., 7-0,
262 Austin, Texas.
Jamaal Tinsley, Iowa St., Jr., 6-3,
175, Brooklyn, N.Y.
SECOND TEAM
3, 180, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Gabe Maueneke, Texas, Sr., 6-7,
250, Houston.
Keyon Dooling, Missouri, Soph,
Laudederade, Fla.
Kimani Friederich, Texas, Jr.
6-11, 220, Kingston, Jamaica.
Rayford Young, Texas Tech,
Sr., 5-11, 155, Pampa, Texas.
Jaqauy Walls, Colorado, Sr., 6.3, 180, Brooklyn, N.Y.
THIRD TEAM
Brian Montonati, Oklahoma St,
Sr., 6-9, 230, Muskegon, Mich.
Ivan Wagner, Texas, Sr., 6-1,
195. San Antonio
Kenny Gregory, Kansas, Jr., 6-
5. 205, Columbus, Ohio.
Michael Riseau, Iowa St., Sr., 6-1,
175, Teaneck, N.J.
Bernard King, Texas A&M,
Fresh., 6-3, 178, Gibbsland, La.
HONORABLE MENTION
Nick Collison, Drew Gooden,
Kansas; Jamahl Moseley,
Colorado; Cortez Groves, Tony
Kitt, Kansas St.; J.R. Raymond,
Oklahoma; Tevis Stukes, Baylor;
Rarem Kush, Missouri.
Marlboro $19.99/Carton
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Surgeon General's Warning: Quitting smoking now greatly reduces serious risks to your health
KU Pre-Nursing Club Meeting
6 p.m. March 8 Pioneer Room, Burge Union
*People interested in becoming officers for next year need to attend
March of Dimes Information