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Quick Looks
Friday February 18,2000
HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday: You may feel like you can do it all year, but you would be wise to take on a strong partner. You be the brains behind the operation, especially in February. Accept a donation in March and inspire a bold move in April. Hide out and make plans in May so you can move quickly again in June. Reach an agreement or a settlement in August, and by October, you can take a break. Share your bounty with friends in December.
To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries: Today is a 7.
Amount you don't have as much money as you'd like, your problems are nothing compared to what one of your friends is going through. Be thankful, and then set priorities. You'll have to postpone one activity so you can do another.
Taurus: Today is a 7.
Don't let anybody rush you into anything. Don't le them push you, either. A couple of strong individuals keep trying to convince you. You're a pretty tough cookie yourself. No need to argue when you already know you're right.
Gemini: Today is an 8.
education is your major theme again today.
Actually, it's the major theme in your life. If you could know everything, you'd be delighted. If you're starting to feel like you don't know anything, that means you'll be taking new ground. Congratulations.
Cancer: Today is a 6.
You need to make a shrewd business decision. How much do you really have to buy and how much is superflous? That's the tough part. It's OK to get a few whistles and bells when that's what you're after. If you're not, though, cut them all out.
Leo: Today is a 5.
You'll be ready to take action soon. But first, think about what could happen if you did this. Then, what would happen if you did that, instead? There are so many variables, but there's so little time!
Virgo: Today is a 6.
You are busy again today. Transportation could be a problem, so don't travel any more than neces sary. If you're shipping something valuable, insure it. There will be delays, so go with the next more expensive rate. It'll be worth the extra money.
Libra: Today is an 8.
Scorpio: Today is a 6.
Your biggest problem is figuring out how to choose who to be with. You could do it based on their annual income or how good looking they are You could choose the person who has the best sense of humor.
Sagittarius: Today is a 7.
You are stubborn, decisive, slow and deliberative You may want to make some changes, but you're not going to do them without careful consideration. When the change does come, it may seem sudden or abrupt, but you'll be ready for it.
Capricorn: Today is a 6.
Things are moving slowly today. This could frustrate you. You have a little grand time in fire signs, however, so you can probably find a way to have everything work out fine. Your natural optimism will most likely burst through.
A lot of financial activity is going on right now. You could make an excellent purchase due to insider information. You don't want to spend any more than absolutely necessary, of course. First, better find out exactly how much that is.
Aquarius: Today is a 7.
If you and a mate are considering a big purchase think it over carefully. Once you decide what's best, talk everybody else into doing what you want. You'll have the facts and figures to back yourself up by then, of course. That's how you'll win.
Pisces: Today is a 6.
You're under pressure to finish a big job. Be careful and methodical so you don't make silly mistakes. You may make some mistakes anyway, but at least they won't be the silly ones. Just kidding. Actually, you may cut the mistakes down by paying attention
BASEBALL
Rose reinstatement bid may be denied soon
NEW YORK — Pete Rose's lawyer was jolted when commissioner Bud Selig made clear this week he was unlikely to reinstate baseball's career hit leader.
Rose: Agreed to a lifetime ban in August 1989
"We were very surprised and disappointed," S. Gary Spicer said yesterday, a day after Selig made his remarks on Rose to a group in Madison, Wis. "We do not have any idea why Bud Selig would issue this quote when we are adhering to the
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timeframe that was agreed upon at our meeting with Bob DuPuY.
Rose, who agreed to a lifetime ban in August 1989 following an investigation of his gambling, applied for reinstatement in September 1997, but Selig has not officially ruled on it.
DuPuy, Selig's top lawyer, met Jan. 27 with Spicer and Roger Makley, another Rose lawyer, and gave them 30 days to submit additional information.
"We have not been advised by anyone that we should not submit the materials," said Spicer, who intends to mail it next week. "We would expect a fairly quick response. I mean, the matter has been going on for 10 years."
Baseball officials said that because of pressure from Rose, Selig is likely to rule on the application and reject it.
Benitez, Mets agree
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Armando
Benitez woke up to a pleasant surprise yesterday; His agent and the New York Mets agreed to a $22 million, four-year contract.
instead of going through with an arbitration hearing in Tampa, agent Mike Powers and general manager Steve Phillips culminated weeks of talks.
Benitez, who made $2,037,500 last year, gets a $750,000 signing bonus payable over three years, $3.25 million this season,
$5,625,000 in each of the following two years and $6.75 million in 2003.
Benitez, a 27-year-old right-hander,
was 4-3 with 1.85 ERA and 22 saves
in 77 games for the Mets last year.
The committee also approved a rule prohibiting the offense, while making substitutions or simulated substitions, from rushing quickly to the line of scrimmage and snapping the ball before the defense can make necessary adjustments.
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has adopted football rule changes for the 2000 season designed to protect defensive players from potentially harmful blocks and prevent offenses from gaining an advantage with quick substitutions.
FOOTBALL
including the neutral zone and 10 vards beyond.
Previously, offensive players positioned more than seven yards in any direction from the middle offensive lineman at the snap, or in motion toward the ball at the snap, were prohibited from blocking below the waist toward the original position of the ball behind or within five yards beyond the neutral zone.
The first infraction will carry a 5- yard penalty. After that, each infraction will be penalized 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct.
The committee also eliminated the penalty for an illegal fair-catch signal. Now, the ball becomes dead on possession.
New rules, penalties will begin next season
The Football Rules Committee expanded the definition of an illegal block to include any high-low block by two offensive players when the initial contact clearly occurs beyond the neutral zone. Previously, such a block could have been considered legal if the contacts were simultaneous. Another rule change involved the enclosed block block.
Now, the ban, which carries a 15-yard penalty, applies to offensive players in motion in any direction,
Woods fails on course earns high TV ratings
GOLF
NEW YORK — Tiger Woods' failed attempt to win his seventh straight PGA Tour event got higher ratings than any U.S. Open or British Open in the last 15 years.
Final-real coverage of the Buick Invitational on Sunday received an 8.0 rating and 1.8 share, Nielsen Media Research said yesterday, topping the NBA All Star game (6.9/12) on NBC later Sunday night. It was the highest rating for golf other than the PGA Championship and the Masters since the final round of the Bob Hope Classic received an 8.3 in 1985.
Woods: Propelled high ratings in Buck Invitational
The rating was up 27 percent from last year, which got a 6.3/15 as Woods won. Saturday's rating of 4.0/10 was up 38 percent from last
year's third round, which received a 2.9/8.
The rating is the percentage of TV households in the United States tuned to a program, and each point represents 1,008,000 homes. The share is the percentage watching a broadcast among those TVs on at the time.
OLYMPICS IOC official dissatisfied with sponsor relations
SYDNEY, Australia — As Sydney Olympic organizers made another round of budget cuts, a top International Olympic Committee official criticized them yesterday for having a dysfunctional relationship with sponsors.
The Sydney organizers trimmed another $22.8 million from the budget and dropped UPS, a major sponsor, as the Olympic ticket distributor in Australia.
Dick Pound, an IOC vice president who negotiates its key TV and marketing deals, accused Sydney organizers of bad-mouthing the most successful marketing program in Olympic history.
"Is there anything about the word 'success' you don't understand?" Pound said. "You can't undermine your private sector and sponsors like this."
Sydney's original projection for local sponsorship was $207 million, but organizers have raised $460 million. Pound chided organizers for treating sponsorship dollars as a "milk cow that could be returned to again, again and again."
Pound said local sponsorships had generated more than $300 million. The budget for the Olympics, which open Sept. 15, is $1.6 billion.
The Associated Press
Sports Calendar
Softball 0U Invitational at Norman, Okla. Women's swimming Big 12 Championships in College Station, Texas Men's tennis vs. Harvard in Boston
Track Pre-Conference Invitational at 5 p.m. at Anschutz Sports Pavilion
Team's defense can be 'unstoppable'
Baseball at Southwest Missouri State at 1 p.m. in Springfield, Mo. Men's tennis vs. Columbia in New York Women's basketball vs. Kansas State at 3 p.m. Women's golf vs. Indiana in Tampa, Fla.
Baseball at Southwest Missouri State at 11 a.m. in Springfield, Mo. Men's basketball vs. Oklahoma at 12:30 p.m. in Allen Fieldhouse
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is their perimeter defense. KState has been shooting the ball well from three-point range recently.
Wildcats junior April Sailors has shot seven-for-11 from beyond the arc in her last two games — a 62-54 victory at Colorado on Wednesday and a 69-63 upset of Iowa State on Sunday. Kansas' defensive rotation — switching defenders to cover open players
— again will be critical in defending the Wildcats tomorrow.
"We have a real strong team
defense right now." Reves said. "When we can all get on the same page and work together as a team we're pretty much unstoppable."
Kansas junior forward Jaclyn Johnson will need to bounce back from her two-point, four-rebound performance at Iowa State. Johnson will be opposite K-State's 6-6 center Olga Firsola, who scored 11 points and tied a team record with seven blocked shots in the Wildcats' win at Colorado.
of defending the K-State post players.
"It's going to be a fight," said Reves,
or defending the K-State play positions.
if K-State makes a run at Kansas tomorrow, the Jayhawks composure might be the deciding factor. Wednesday night's game showed how the 'Hawks have progressed since suffering a turnover 76-56 defeat at Texas Tech.
"The experience we had at Texas Tech has really helped us in the long run," said coach Marian Washington. "We have to find ways of keeping our composure, and this team did an excellent job of doing just that."
Women athletes are inspirations, too
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game just because it was something to do on a school night — it was obvious that many knew the Kansas players' names and were familiar with the game.
Kaitlin Chipman, one of the many 10-year-olds who attended the game with the Olathe Parks and Recreation 10 & Under girls basketball team, was wide-eyed when she told me that Kansas forward Lynn Pride was her favorite player. Her teammates and friends surrounding her in the bleachers during half-time smiled at me with gapped-tooth smiles and nodded their heads enthusiastically when
asked if they wanted to be college basketball players.
I left them to immerse themselves in the second half and to watch a Kansas roster full of players they aspired to be like someday.
Kansas guard Jennifer Jackson laughed when asked if she ever noticed the young female entourage screaming shrilly and supporting the team.
"It's nice to see so many little girls who look up to you," she said.
"The fact that these girls get to see games like this is a good step to the development of the game."
Jackson said that she did not always notice the girls while she
played but that she appreciated the crowd of them waiting for autographs as she and her teammates left the locker room afterwards.
This Saturday, I will watch the team take on Kansas State University. Unlike last week, I will not be reluctant if my seat is directly in front of a bunch of wild young women. Instead, I will be eager to watch their silly antics as they interact with the game.
And I will be glad that so many girls can find role models at Allen Fieldhouse.
O'Toole is a Wichita junior in journalism and English.
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