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Monday February 14, 2000
HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday (Feb. 14). A brilliant conversationalist could convince you to settle down. Your dreams are glorious in February, but you could run into financial problems in March. Who needs money when you've got love? Find a new source of inspiration in April and apply elbow grease to get the structure you need in May. Play like a child in June and team up with a strong partner in August
Aries: Today is a 7.
Taurus: Today is a 7.
You are full of questions, but you're not getting all the right answers. You shouldn't give up. You may not have completely dominated your competition yet, but you are wearing them down. Persistence is a marvelous skill to acquire. Practice
Gemini: Today is a 7.
Other people are in the mood to talk. So ask leading questions of the people who know, and then take notes. You are naturally good at saving money but you could be better. Don't learn more because you have to; do it because it's so much fun!
You are amazingly intelligent right now. Not only are you curious and quick, but you also have patience and persistence. All of this is important if you're going to master a complicated subject. Get a friend to help, too, just for the fun of it.
Cancer: Today is a 6.
Dig through the papers and find all the good deals. The early bird gets the worm, right? Well, that goes for crustaceans, too. Think how miserable you'd be if you found a double coupon for your favorite item after it had already expired!
Leo: Today is a 6.
You could stumble into an interesting discussion. A friend of yours is an expert in something you'd like to know more about. Hang out around that person as much as possible now. You could pick up more valuable information than you would in a master's class!
A person who's pushing you hard could be right. There's plenty of work to be done, and you can learn to do it their way. Don't do it all for the same money, however. You're being trained, and the more well-trained you are, the more you're worth.
Libra: Today is an 8.
Scorpio: Today is a 6.
Capricorn: Today is a 7.
You are the lucky one, three out of three! You have a grand trine in air signs, and that's all good!
Use your magnificent talent with words to talk your sweetheart into doing what you want. It'll be easy!
Saaittarius: Today is a 6.
Aquarius: Today is a 7.
You should be able to find a good deal or two. If you try to buy something from a private party, you're sure to hear a long story about its history. If you tell them what you think it's worth, however, that's probably all you'll have to pay for it.
Go through your correspondence carefully. There' a way of making or saving money that you haven't stumbled onto yet. It's practically underfoot, so it could happen at any moment. If you go through a nearby stack of paperwork, you may find it.
You may run into a bit of a problem. Something you'd like to purchase for a loved one is simply too much money. A fix you've figured out for something at home could work, however. That doesn't cost you much at all. So, it all evens out in the long run.
You could run into a few conflicts today — and possibly even an argument or two. That's partially because you're doing things differently than before. You're not content with the status quo. You're growing, but sometimes that's awkward. Relax.
Pisces: Today is a 7.
You may discover things you didn't know about your home or family. If you're in escrow, this is good. Better you should find out now, than later. If you're not in escrow, you might be by the time the next few days are through. After that, you'll be in the mood to make big changes.
AUTO RACING
NASCAR
Jarrett takes first in Daytona warmup
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Already assured the pole, Dale Jarrett strengthened his position as the Daytona 500 favorite by winning the Bud Shootout yesterday.
utter overpowering 54 other drivers Saturday in winning the top qualifying spot for next Sunday's season-opening Winston Cup event, Jarrett showed the handling on his Robert Yates Racing Ford was as intimidating as its horsepower.
To get into the 25-lap, made-for-TV race for last year's pole winners, Jarrett had to win a 25-lap preliminary event for last year's second-round qualifying leaders.
Each of yesterday's races included a mandatory pit stop with a two-tire change, and Jarrett's five new crewmen — moving to the Yates team from Jeff Gordon's elite Rainbow Warriors — showed they were fast and flawless.
The pit stop in the qualifying race moved Jarrett past Ricky Craven into first place and he sped away to win by just over five seconds — nearly half a straightway on the 2 1/2-mile Daytona International Speedway oval.
FIGURE SKATING
Kwan wins nationals, despite young skaters
CLEVELAND — Instead of one Tara Lipinski to push Michelle Kwan, there were two.
Note: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment purposes only.
But Sasha Cohen and Sarah Hughes simply didn't have the clout with the judges to pull off what Lipinski did in the 1998 Olympics.
Skating cautiously and with little fire, Kwan, 19, still won her third straight U.S. Figure Skating Championships crown Saturday night.
"I don't think I would have won because Michelle is a world and Olympic skater and very well known," Cohen said. "She has a reputation which I don't have."
While the four-time champion skated tentatively and fell once in the free skate, her main competition — 15-year-old Cohen and 14-year-old Hughes — also had falls. But their performances weren't as uninspired as Kwan's.
"I really feel I have to up the ante," said Kwan. "It's, I think, my seventh nationals and I feel ancient next to these people."
They simply don't have the resumes quite yet. And Kwan, the Olympic silver medalist who has won more U.S. championships than the likes of Kristi Yamaguchi, Rosalynn Summers and Dorothy Hamill, certainly does.
She should thank some generous judges for helping her stave off the wave of young Americans.
Legendary coach dies after fighting illness
NFL
IRVING, Texas — Tom Landry, the Dallas Cowboys coach who led America's Team to five Super Bowls and paced the sidelines for three decades wearing a stone face, business suit and his famous fedora, died Saturday. He was 75.
Landry had been undergoing treatment since May for acute myelogenous leukemia. He died at Baylor University Medical Center about 6 p.m., surrounded by his family.
"He will always rank as one of the all-time great coaches and as an architect of one of the most successful teams in sports history," he said. "He will be remembered for many special reasons, including his
Landry, who coached the Cowboys for their first 29 years, won two Super Bowls with star quarterback Roger Staubach. His 270 victories are more than any 'NFL coach except
Don Shula and George Halas.
Commissioner Paul Taglilabue said Landry represented the NFL at its best.
Don Shula and George Halas.
record as a coach, the innovations he brought to our game, and the personal integrity he displayed."
Landry considered those innovations his greatest contribution. His legacy continued through the coaches he produced, including Atlanta's Dan Reeves and former New Orleans coach Mike Ditka.
OLYMPICS
Olympic officials prepare for games
OLYMPIC GAMES
SYDNEY, Australia — With six months until the Sydney Olympics, the IOC likes what it sees.
"Everything is in place to have an excellent games," International Olympic Committee executive Jacques Rogge said yesterday. "For the first time, everything is ready six months before the games. This is a record."
The commission also said 200 to 400 athletes would be subjected to random out-of-competition drug tests starting Sept. 2, two weeks before
the opening ceremony.
Rogge said the Olympics would generate an extra 1.8 million passenger trips a day as athletes, media and spectators moved between venues.
"It's a major challenge," he said, adding organizers could overcome such obstacles with proper discipline.
The organizers still need to recruit 60,000 professional staff, including caterers and cleaners, plus 40,000 volunteers.
World Cup ski race ends in unusual tie
Strobli and Franz covered the bumpy Karl Schranz course in 1 minute, 20.72 seconds, .26 seconds faster than their compatriot Maier in third place.
SKIING
ST, ANTON, Austria — Austrians Fritz Strobl and Werner Franz had identical times to win an icy and treacherous super-G yesterday, beating World Cup leader Hermann Maier and completing his disappointing weekend.
This was only the second super-G in World Cup history that ended in a tie by the winners.
Starting second and third, Strobl and Franz profited from starting earlier than Maier as weather conditions seemed to deteriorate during his race. Maier started eighth.
"I made too many mistakes," said Maier, who fell in a super-G Saturday. Maier had won three of five super-Gs this season.
With his overwhelming overall lead in the standings — 426 points more than his nearest rival, Kjetil Andre Aamdot of Norway — Maier is virtually assured of recapturing the overall title he first won in 1998.
Sports Calendar
Baseball vs. Rockhurst at 3 p.m. at Hoglund Ballpark
Mickelson ends Woods' PGA streak
Men's basketball vs. Iowa State at 8:05 p.m.
Softball at Triangle Classic in Chapel Hill, N.C., vs. Boston University
The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — The Streak ended in style.
Tiger Woods defied the odds once again by erasing a seven-stroke lead in just seven holes. Just as quickly, he fell victim to his own mistakes and a sudden revival by Phil Mickelson.
The longest PGA Tour winning streak in 52 years stopped yesterday in the Buick Invitational, where Mickelson won for the first time in 18 months and left Byron Nelson's record run of 11 straight victories as the standard.
"At least I made it interesting for Phil." Woods said.
In a final round packed with as much drama as a major championship, Mickelson recovered from two double bogeys with back-to-back birdies that finally gave him a lead too large even for Woods to overcome.
Mickelson closed with a 2-under 70 for a four-stroke victory against Woods and Shigeki Maruyama, the 14th of his career. He finished at 18-under 270 and earned a career-high $540,000.
"I have a lot of confidence after this week," Mickelson said. "I tackled the best in the world, and I won."
And so, the guy who started The Streak finally ended it six months later.
This time. Woods was seven
Mickelson was the first victim in a streak that began with Woods' one-stroke victory in the NEC Invitational in August.
This time, strokes down with 12 holes to play. Six holes later, Woods pointed at the cup as his ball fell to the bottom for a 5-foot birdie on the 13th hole that gave him a share of the lead at 15 under.
Shocked at his sudden collapse on a course where he grew up, Mickelson finally answered. After pushing his tee shot under a eucalyptus tree and having to lay up, he hit a 116 yard wedge to 2 feet for birdie to regain the lead.
Woods: Erased seven-stroke lead in seven holes
And then Woods finally blinked.
With only a 9-iron in his hand, he was 25 feet right of his target, above the hole on No. 14, blew his putt 6 feet by and missed it coming back — a three-putt bogey, after taking only 15 putts on his first 13 holes.
Mickelson, watching from the fairway as Woods made his first bogey in 44 holes, dropped a wedge into 6 feet for birdie and a three-
stroke lead.
Woods bogeyed the next hole from the bunker, a smile crept across his face.
"It means I came in second." Woods said, who joins Ben Hogan in 1948 with six-tournament winning streaks.
And it means Nelson, who set his remarkable record in 1945, can rest easy — for now.
It was a heart-pumping end to a streak that captured the imagination of the entire tour. And it did nothing to diminish the fact that Woods' dominance of his generation may be greater than any other player's in golf history.
"It's disappointing I didn't win." Woods said. "I just wasn't hitting it good enough to give myself a viable chance down the stretch, and it finally caught up with me. To even be under par was kind of a miracle."
Mickelson, who was tied for 134th in final-round scoring last year and only two weeks ago blew a final-round lead in Phoenix with a 40, showed the kind of courage that may help him win his first major championship down the road.
Don't be surprised if Woods is there waiting for him. While the streak is done, Woods still has not finished worse than seventh in a stroke-play tournament since April.
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