2B Quick Looks Tuesday Tuesday February 22, 2000 HOROSCOPES Today's Birthday (Feb. 22). This should be a creative year for you. Learn how to make the most of your talents. Follow through on something you've always wanted to do in March. Launch a savings program in April. Accept the order and then learn how to make it in May. The more you practice, the better you'll get. Your work is cut out for you in August, and by October, you'll be ready to learn a new skill. Work hard and master your trade by December to get the big bucks. Start planning your next project in late January. Aries: Today is a 7. You sometimes feel like the Lone Ranger, but that's not the case now. You won't be able to do the job all by yourself. You're going to have to work with another person, and that could be a challenge. You, however, are great at challenges. Taurus: Today is a 6. You have a full plate. You have a lot of phone calls to make, letters to write and ideas to express. Don't be dismayed if the others don't understand your importance yet. It'll all come, in due time. Gemini: Today is a 7. You are lucky today, and you communicate well. That's something of a rarity since Mercury's retrograde. During this phase, most people have problems with communication. That's where you come in. Mercury is the sign of the messenger, remember! Cancer: Today is a 7. You'll experience some stress, confusion and perhaps even some consternation. An unexpected development takes you by surprise, and you're not the only one. Your hunch may help you lead the others through the confusion and into tranquility. Leo: Today is a 6. You get more attention than usual. This could lead to an advance in your career. This might mean you'll have to go back to school, but that's OK. You may have to memorize a whole new set of rules and regulations, too. Oh, goodie, right? Virao: Today is a 7. Work and serving others are major themes now. This is a good phase for making money. The bad news is nobody will tell you what to do. You have to come up with the ideas and to take the initiative on your own. Hmmm. Maybe that's good news, too Libra: Today is a 7. You're creative, popular and good with games. There are still big difficulties, but don't worry. Just be extra careful, that's all. Don't be afraid to let an expert check your papers before you hand them in. That's an old trick, but it could work. Scorpio: Today is a 7. Saittarius: Today is a 6. It's time to do some planning, which is good. That's one of your natural talents. Don't let anything get by you. Be responsible not only for what you're supposed to be doing, but for what everybody else is supposed to be doing, too. Do this, and your team will win. Capricorn: Today is a 7. Somebody in a position of authority thinks you're pretty cute. Consequently, this is not a bad time to ask for a raise or some other favor. It will be relatively easy to make a good impression. Provide something this other person needs, and you will. Instead of staying home tonight, go out. Being around a group of compatible characters could be good for you. You'll contribute a lot to the effort, and you may discover your tendencies for natural leadership are blossoming. Enjoy. Aquarius: Today is a 7. Today you're probably feeling more calm, less anxious and less stressed. Travel should be easier, too. You could make contact with an interesting for eigner, to your mutual benefit. So, stretch. Go beyond the edge as you previously knew it. Pisces: Today is a 6. Mercury has just gone retrograde in your sign. This can cause misunderstandings, so take care. It'll be in effect for a couple of weeks. Use this time to do filing and to finish up old projects, rather than start new ones, starting now. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Texas forward named Player of the Week DALLAS — Texas Tech senior forward Keitha Dickerson was named Big 12 Conference Player of the Week by a media panel yesterday for games from Feb. 14 to Sunday. Note: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment purposes only. Dickerson averaged 17.5 points and nine rebounds in leading Texas Tech to wins against Nebraska and No. 18 Oklahoma. She was 13 of 20f. from the field and 9-of-14 from the free-throw line, with eight assists and four steals. Dickerson had her 12th double-double of the season with 12 points and 15 rebounds in 40 minutes against Nebraska. She then scored a career-high 23 points in 34 minutes against Oklahoma. Colorado freshman forward Sabrina Scott was named Big 12 Rookie of the Week after averaging 15.5 points, eight rebounds and 3.5 blocks in two games. Scott hit 12 of 20 shots and was 3-of-4 from three-point range. She had a career-high 24 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in a win against Texas. BASEBALL Griffey welcomed to Cincinnati camp SARASOTA, Fla. — Ken Griffey Jr. could have done without the superstar treatment — the dugout news conference, the golf cart ride, the photo shoot on a balcony. His new team couldn't give him enough of it. The Cincinnati Reds formally welcomed Griffey to spring training yesterday, a day after he slipped unannounced into the clubhouse to unpack his belongings and report to his new team. That was more to his liking than the front-and-center treatment he got yesterday. About 150 reporters and photographers were on hand, following his every move. Griffey said he was nervous, felt out of place and wished he could have been treated like just one of the guys. "I just figured I'd sneak into the locker room without being noticed and go onto the field and that's it," Griffey said. "I didn't have any idea there would be this many people and cameras here." Match Play tournament to begin tomorrow GOLF CARLSBAD, Calif. — After a week at Sun Valley, Davis Love III traded in his snowboard for golf clubs yesterday to prepare for what he hopes will be a long week in the Match Play Championship. Love is among the 64 top players in the world who will register at La Costa Resort for the $5 million tournament. By tomorrow, he could be one of 32 players who check out. — in the world ranking who lost in the first round. That's what happened a year ago, when Love was among five of the top seven — and 12 of the top 20 "It felt a lot worse than missing a cut," he said. "You get all excited about the tournament, and the next thing you know you're going home." the next thing you know you're going home." As the Match Play proved last year, first-round matchups are no pushovers. The line between No. 1 and No. 64 is pretty thin, and it gets even thinner during 18 holes of match play. Last year, No. 24 Jeff Maggert took home the $1 million prize with a 38th-hole victory against Andrew Magee, the 50th seed. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR has heard the complaints and will head to the wind tunnel to test its cars. The decision comes with General Motors teams gripping and the Daytona 500 producing only four on-track passes for the lead in 200 laps. NASCAR Even before Dale Jarrett led a topfive sweep by Ford on Sunday, the Chevrolet and Pontiac teams contended that aerodynamics left them at a disadvantage. Kevin Triplette, NASCAR's operations director, said yesterday the sanctioning body was trying to reserve testing time at Lockheed's wind tunnel in Marietta, Ga. NASCAR will send cars for wind tunnel tests NASCAR measured horsepower on six cars after the race, then impounded three of them. Jarrett's Taurus, the Grand Prix of eight-place finisher Ward Burton and the Monte Carlo of 16th-place Mike Skinner will go to the wind tunnel. Denver Broncos tackle gets contract extension FOOTBALL DENVER — Denver Broncos left tackle Tony Jones won't be following in the footsteps of Shannon Sharpe, Neil Smith and Alfred Williams. He has finalized a seven-year contract extension worth $34.5 million. "I'm very thrilled." Jones said Saturday in an interview with the Denver Rocky Mountain News. "I'm glad to finish my career there, glad the organization put their trust in me to give me that kind of deal." Jones' future with the Browns was uncertain as the franchise wrestled with the salary cap. Sharpe signed with the Baltimore Ravens last week after failing to reach an agreement with Denver. The Broncos cut veteran defensive ends Williams and Smith to meet salary-cap requirements. Jones was due a $1.5 million roster bonus last week as part of his old contract, which was in its last year. The new agreement would give the Broncos some room under the salary cap, and Jones would get a signing bonus spread throughout the length of the new contract. Jones, 33, was acquired from Baltimore in 1997 and is entering his 13th year in the NFL. Runner sets record, finishes season early TRACK AND FIELD But Wilson Kipketer finished his indoor program early, and he's taking some time off before he concentrates on the Olympics in September. BIRMINGHAM, England — Not many track athletes celebrate a second world record in two weeks with wine, cognac and a cigar. The Kenya-born middle distance star, who runs for Denmark, shaved .29 seconds off the indoor world 1,000-meter mark he set at Stuttgart two weeks ago when he was clocked at 2 minutes, 14.96 seconds Sunday at the CGU Indoor Grand Prix meet at the National Indoor Arena. It was his last indoor race of the season. "I won't run at the European Indoo Championship because it's a very long season," he said. "I'm finished now. Two world records. I'm going to celebrate with a little wine, a cognac and a cigar." —The Associated Press Sports Calendar Baseball at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at noon in Corpus Christi, Texas. Men's basketball at Nebraska at 8:05 p.m. in Lincoln, Neb. Women's basketball at Missouri at 7 p.m. in Columbia, Mo. Crider remembers recruitment Men's tennis at National Indoors at Louisville, Ky. Track at Big 12 Indoor Championships at Ames, Iowa. Softball at OU invitational in Norman, Okla. Baseball vs. Creighton at 3 p.m. at Hoglund Ballpark Continued from page 1B Four television stations covered the event, and Crider's mom thanked the town for its support. The Horton city commission even proclaimed it "John Crider" day. "You've heard about my day, right," said Crider last week, as he shook his head and looked sheepish down at his shoes. "That kind of stuff, I don't really need. It's nice, but I just play basketball. I wasn't any different than anybody doing well in something else." But how much influence did his town and family have on Crider going to Kansas — a school already packed with talent and a system he didn't necessarily fit into? "I think they probably had a lot," Kirshner says. "I think a lot of people felt that had always been his dream and that's where he needed to go if he had that opportunity. Now it's a lot easier to sit back and say he had this opportunity or that one." This season, on Feb. 3, he had an up-close reminder of one of those opportunities when the Jayhawks faced the Iowa Hawkeyes in Iowa City, Iowa, which is coached by Steve Alford. Two years ago, Alford was at Southwest Missouri State where he had recruited Crider. — until he received the offer from Kansas. Crider said Alford had told him early in the spring of 1998 that he might be leaving Southwest Missouri State in the near future and that Crider could transfer with him wherever he went. That is just what Crider intended to do until he received the offer from "People always say it was my dream to play at Kansas," Crider says. "It kind of was, but I'd have gone someplace else. It wasn't KU or nothing. I just wanted to play D-I basketball. That was my dream." Alford wasn't Crider's only option. Oklahoma's Kelvin Sampson came to Horton in the spring of '88, and when he heard Crider didn't have an offer, faxed him one the next day. Then offers came from Tulsa, Kansas State, Missouri, Iowa State and a laundry-list of others. Utah coach Rick Majerus' recruiting trip to Horton was postponed when the Utes made the NCAA Final Four and eventually was canceled when Crider signed with Kansas. "The thing that we go back and look at is that there was so many Division I programs that felt he could be a player at that level," Kirschner says. "A couple of them thought he had the potential to be an NBA player." So why is a player who was thought to have so much potential relegated to the bench? "I don't think he's progressed enough to beat out Jeff Boschee or Kirk Hinrich or Kenny Gregory, who all play his position," said Kansas coach Roy Williams, who was quoted in Kansas City Sports and Fitness as saying Crider was a 'guard package without guard skills.' Williams said playing time wasn't the only thing Crider should consider. "If I was getting a quality education at Kansas on a scholarship, I would consider myself pretty lucky," he said. Evidently, Crider is taking Williams' advice. According to Kirschner, Dave, Crider's father, was pleased to hear his son talking about buckling down on his studies. But Crider said he had no plans of taking fate into his own hands and transferring to another school, although he admitted he has had second thoughts about his decision to come to Kansas. "I've thought, 'well what if I had gone somewhere else?'" Crider said. "But I can't live in the past. 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