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Quick Looks
Tuesday November 16, 1999
HOROSCOPES
Aries: Today is a 5.
Complete a big project today to leave some time for contemplation. Go over what worked and what didn't work and put in the correction. You will have a better final presentation. Romance will work better if you keep it low-key, too. Easy does it.
Taurus: Today is a 6.
You may feel stuck this morning, but conditions open up as the day goes on. It's not your fault. In fact, you don't have to do much of anything. Don't struggle when it's not working and don't take too much credit when it does. Don't try to be the one in control today. Relax and enjoy the ride.
Gemini: Today is a 5.
Sit down and sort things out this morning. Write notes; do some long-range planning. You'll get some good advice later, especially if you look for it Ask questions, either intelligent or stupid ones. Either will work. You will get some useful information.
Cancer: Today is a 6.
The puzzle pieces don't fit together at first, but later on they do. Tomorrow should be pretty good, so don't take your frustrations seriously. Sit back and adapt. The situation could turn in your favor all by itself.
Leo: Today is a 5.
You may have to go along with what somebody else wants, whether you agree or not. There's been altogether too much of this lately! Go ahead and compromise. It's kind of difficult, but necessary. Compromising now will help you out later. Be a good sport about it.
Virgo: Today is a 6.
You'll be busy, and you'll need to concentrate on purpose. Stay focused on your goals even though it may not seem like much fun. Others may goof off, and you'd like to do the same. Don't let yourself have that luxury until the tough stuff's done. Later, you can.
Libra: Today is a 6.
Scorpio: Today is a 6.
Sagittarius: Today is a 6.
You'll run into problems early, unfortunately. A mess might need to be cleaned up, too. You're not the only one having a bad hair day. There is an end in sight, however. By tonight, you'll laugh about it — together, hopefully.
Capricorn: Today is a 5.
You need to study as much as possible early in the day. There may be a test later on tonight. You may have to use what you've learned recently, so pay attention to your surroundings. Be prepared, to save yourself both time and trouble.
Aauarius: Today is a 4.
Your worries are about to fade. You know anxiety is pointless, but sometimes you get caught up in it anyway. As you calm down and accept what is, you'll see more ways to change it, as usual. Think clearly and look for ways to improve.
You've had a difficult few days. You may have been right, but that doesn't matter if the other person outranks you. If you can relax, you may find it's easier to get your major points across. Might as well.
Pisces: Today is a 7.
You're getting stronger, more decisive and more creative. Visualize what you want to make happen. Pretend it's already come true. The more vivid your pictures, the more apt they are to materialize. That goes for the frightening stuff, too, so make those things disappear. Work to accomplish what you want and eliminate what you don't.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Two Cornhuskers win Big 12 weekly awards
DALLAS — Two Nebraska Cornhuskers were named Big 12 Conference Players of the Week after helping their team beat Kansas State Saturday.
Quarterback Eric Crouch received offensive recognition and rover Mike Brown was named the league's stand-out defensive player after the Huskers dominated the Wildcats 41-15.
Oklahoma State kick returner Terance Richardson was named the outstanding specialty player in the weekly media balloting.
Crouch had his best one-game
rushing total with 158 yards on 27 carries. He had touchdowns of 30 and 18 yards. Crouch also was 8-of-17 passing for 69 yards. On the defensive side.
of the ball, Brown registered six tackles, forced a fumble, recovered another fumble and intercepted a pass. He helped the Nebraska defense limit Kansas State to 92 rushing yards and 142 passing yards.
Richardson set up two touchdowns in Oklahoma State's 45-13 comeback win against Kansas. He had a 60-yard punt return during the game. The play highlighted a day when he gained 160 yards on six returns.
BATON ROUGE, La. — Gerry DiNardo, whose team has lost eight straight games and is winless in the conference, was fired yesterday as LSU's football coach.
LSU football coach fired in fourth season
Note: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment purposes only.
Assistant Hal Hunter will coach the team for the final game against Arkansas on Nov. 28.
LSU chancellor Mark Emmert said
DiNardo will be paid for the final four years of his contract.
DiNardo met with school officials yesterday, two days after a 20-7 loss to Houston. The Tigers have had two straight losing seasons.
"We've concluded that a change of leadership is necessary," Emmert said at a news conference.
BASEBALL
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Miles Prentice, whose $75 million bid to buy the Kansas City Royals was rejected last week by major league owners, is refusing to quit.
Prentice keeps offer for Royals on the table
The New lawyer, with 1.1 members of his investor group standing.
behind him, announced Monday he is keeping his offer on the table while the team seeks other possible owners.
am NOT removing from the table am proposal," Prentice said. "As the board pursues its various alternatives, it can do so with the assurance that there is still a viable proposal on the table."
"I want you and this community to know that I
The Royals' board approved Prentice's bid a year ago. But commissioner Bud Selig's office on Nov. 10 informed team president Mike Herman that the group would not be approved and asked the Royals "to pursue additional alternatives."
Baseball gave no reason for the rejection, and Prentice declined to speculate as to why.
leagues, beating out Houston's Mike Hampton yesterday in the National League vote.
NEW YORK — Randy Johnson became only the second pitcher to win Cy Young Awards in both
Randy Johnson wins NL Cy Young award
The Big Unit, a 6-foot 10-left-hander for the Arizona Diamondbacks, led the league in ERA and led the major leagues in strikeouts.
He received 20 first-place votes, 11 seconds and one third for 134 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Johnson: Nearly
broke Nelson Ryan's
record for strikeouts
in a season
"I'd like to think this award isn't solely based on wins and losses," said Johnson, 17-9 with a 2.48 ERA. "There was a lot more to the season I had than wins and losses. Quite honestly, I feel still this was the best year I had in my career."
Johnson, who led the NL in complete games with 12, had 364 strikeouts in 271 2/3 innings. He finished 19 strikeouts short of the strikeout record set by Nolan Ryan in 1973, winding up with the fourth-highest single-season total.
Olympic committee defends drug agency
SYDNEY, Australia — The International Olympic Committee insisted yesterday that its new drug agency would operate independently and that the United States was misguided in fearing a conflict of interest.
OLYMPICS
Barry McCaffrey, the White House's chief drug adviser, contended the new World Anti-Doping Agency was too closely linked to
the IOC. The agency is run by IOC vice president Dick Pound and is temporarily based in Lausanne.
Switzerland, the headquarters of the IOC. "It looks to us as though it will be dominated by the
IOC," McCaffrey said on the opening day of an international "Drugs in Sports" summit, "That, to us, is unacceptable."
PRO FOOTBALL
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This situation is getting a little too familiar for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Chiefs are frustrated with close road losses
They've played five road games this season. Four times, they've spent the following Monday rehashing a close loss.
"Right now, everybody's feeling bad because we've had two straight losses on the road," said wide receiver Joe Horn, who caught a 50-yard touchdown pass from Elvis Grbac in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 17-10 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
What makes the defeats especially tough for the Chiefs (5-4) to take is how close they've come to winning — or at least to forcing overtime.
Their other losses came by scores of 20-17 at Chicago, 21-14 at San Diego and 25-17 at Indianapolis. They came within 13 yards of tying Sunday's game before Tampa Bay linebacker Hardy Nickerson picked off Grbc's pass in the end zone with 17 seconds left.
- The Associated Press
Sports Calendar
Baltic basketball team to play Kansas
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against Club Gija, and the Jayhawks saw some combinations with which they were not familiar.
Against Club Riga, Washington will move closer to finding the starting lineup for the regular-season opener Saturday at Houston.
Junior forward Jaclyn Johnson will start at center in place of sophomore Kristin Geoffroy, who scored no points and grabbed four rebounds in 14 minutes as a starter against Club Gija.
Senior guard Suzi Raymatt missed practice Monday because of an intestinal flu, and if she is unable to play tonight, junior forward Brooke Reves will start.
"We have a lot of options in our starting lineup." Reves said. "We
have a lot deeper squad that we have in the past. The starting lineup isn't set in stone, and we have a lot of people that we can rotate in. It doesn't matter which group starts because we have a lot of strong people that can get us started."
Kansas also will have a chance to get a better look at the triple-post offense against Club Riga's man defense.
The Jayhawks had been practicing their new offense against a man defense and had trouble running the triple post against Club Gija's zone defense.
"We should have a chance for a new look and a chance to try some of our offensive options," Washington said. "If we stay patient, we should get a lot of good looks. It will be a good tuneup for Houston."
Kansas is the last in Club Riga's seven-city tour, during which they have won only two games.
In its first game against Minnesota, Club Riga won 68-64 before losing to Creighton 89-67, Missouri 93-60, Southwest Mississippi State 78-58 and Wichita State 61-58. Club Riga beat Washburn last night 70-64.
Reves said she expected the team to look much better against Club Riga than it did in its previous exhibition.
"The they play man, so our offense will be more effective because we have worked hard on our man offense," Reves said. "We have all of the factors in the equation, and now we just need to come together. This will give us a better opportunity to run what we have been working on and click as a team."
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Kicker gives Kansas verbal commitment
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clout than the other.
And at 1 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Stadium, both teams will look at each other through the mirror — and then do battle on the football field.
Kansas football notes:
Chris Tyrrell, ranked by
MoKan recruiting service as one of the top kickers in the nation, has given Kansas a non-binding oral commitment.
Tyrrell, a 6-foot, 215-pound combination kicker/punter from Liberty, Mo., High School, said Kansas was the perfect fit for him.
"I'm going to commit to KU," Tyrrell told MoKan. "I've gone to a few of their games this year, and it's close to home. I really like their campus, and I think it's a good place for me. I think their program is up-and-coming, and they have a good coaching staff."
— Edited by Chris Hopkins
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