Tuesday, February 3, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 8
HOROSCOPES
Today's birthday (Feb. 3)
Sit back and take it easy this week. Don't let all the little problems bother you. Just go with the flow, and your week will go fast.
Aries: Today is a 9.
Today you are the winner of The Great American Beauty Contest, revered by the masses wherever you live. Take this affirmation and do something exciting. No one will question you at this stage of the game.
Taurus: Today is a 7.
Gemini: Today is a 7.
As you launch your elaborate courtship ritual, remember that love is a funny thing. It is easy to miss small but important pieces of reality while you follow your own script. Leave an opening for a graceful exit just in case.
Even if you are not the big star today, take pride in your role as helper. Some things will be impossible without your input. Everyone contributes a little and gets a lot in return.
Cancer: Todav is a 6.
Today's emphasis should be strictly business. If you can keep everything on track without ruffling any feathers, so much the better. This is not the time to be someone's surrogate therapist.
This is a good day to die and be reborn as someone different. You are open to whatever the universe has to offer. Romance, travel and self-discovery are today's favored activities.
Virgo: Today is a 5.
If you deal with others today, expect to make small sacrifices for the common good. Your tolerance for stress may be extremely low. Quit early if possible and try to get some extra sleep.
Libra: Today is a 4.
You find yourself going to extremes today. From this end of your sagging branch, you must either jump to the next tree or fall to the ground. Any relationship that lasts through this is sure to be strong.
Scorpio: Today is a 6.
You may experience a little sunburn from the heat of the moment. Something important is overlooked during a mad rush for closure. Move slowly and coolly to ensure a happy ending for everyone.
Sagittarius: Today is an 8.
Today you are the lovemaster, knowing all and telling nothing. Others may find you smug and flighty, but you feel too good to care. If you worked as hard as you play, you would be dangerous.
Capricorn: Today is a 9.
Strange bedfellows are trapped in the burning bed You may not have chosen your companions for today's ordeal, but you seem to be stuck with them until it is finished. Old prejudice temporarily is suspended.
Aquarius: Todav is an 8.
You think that criminal behavior would not be out of the question today. Before you break any laws, exam ine alternative ways of getting what you need. Consider also the consequences of your intended crime.
Pisces; Today is a 3.
When making new friends today, there is a crowd. There is electricity in the tight focus of person-to-person communication. Lust or some other form of self-interest may be at the heart of the matter. But for now, who cares?
Big 12 players too young to play at Kansas' level
Note: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment purposes only.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — There is Kansas. Then
*here is everybody else.*
The Associated Press
The general feeling about Big 12 basketball this year is that, overall, it is a weak conference ___
Nearly half the league is playing.500 in conference games.
There are so many talented, young players in the Big 12 Conference who need developing that the conference is probably a year or so away from national prominence.
"Kansas is on a different level," Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton said
Stewart: Sees differences within the Big 12 Conference
Monday of the third-ranked Jayhawks. "I'm not sure there's a lot of difference among these other basketball teams. I just think you will continue
to see a logjam in the middle. Oklahoma has broken away a little. I think it's just (a matter of) who plays well on that particular night."
Kansas is on top of the league at 8-1. Oklahoma is behind at 7-2, but the Sooners have been weakened by injuries that may take a toll through the second half of the schedule.
At 4-4, are Oklahoma State, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado and Texas Tech.
Baylor is 5-4 after getting beat on its home court Sunday by Texas Tech.
Sutton: Says Kansas is running away with the conference.
Kansas State is 4-5, with the inability to win on the road.
There have been the oddball games, such as Missouri's 55-point loss at Kansas State and the Jayhawks' rout of Baylor.
"I'm seeing a separation taking place in the leagues," Missouri coach Norm Stewart said during the Big 12's weekly conference call with the coaches. "The top team or two in the league seem to be getting stronger. I see that separa-
tion. We're still capable of winning games. I'm seeing a lot of scores where you know it's a rout. There's been a great difference in the scoring. I think maybe that has to do with youth, and youth on the road."
Every team seems to have a high-quality player without a supporting cast. Except Kansas.
But most coaches have seen improvement in their younger players as the season has gone along.
"I would say the league is on an upswing," said Kansas State coach Tom Asbury, whose team is being carried right now by the superlative play of Manny Dies.
"I think a lot of teams are better than they were a month ago or a month and a half ago." Asbury
said. "There are a lot of really fine freshmen or sophomores. I think the conference will be significantly stronger next year."
Oklahoma has stayed within reach of Kansas despite the rash of injuries. Eduardo Najera is out with a stress fracture in a foot. Ryan Humphrey sprained an ankle early in the first half against Texas A&M, and Eric Martin went out soon after with a recurring back problem.
Asbury; Thinks the Big 12 Conference is getting better.
"The good thing (about Humphrey) is he's not on crutches," said Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma coach. "If I see one more set of crutches this year, I'm going to get sick."
"If our injury situation resolves itself, I think we'll be OK down the stretch," Sampson said. "We're 7-2 right now, but we've got a lot of kids out. But we've got a lot of basketball to play. We've got to hold on. They are all quality teams out there, all well coached, they all have a star player."
Federal hearing begins in lawsuit against PGA
The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore.—Casey Martin limped to court yesterday seeking to play on the professional golf tour the only way he can — using a cart.
Martin, afflicted with a rare circulatory disorder that makes walking long distances painful, already has generated an outpouring of support with his Nike "I Can" TV ad and a Capitol Hill news conference last week where he won the backing of former presidential candidate Bob Dole.
"From a public opinion standpoint, it's a loser." PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said before heading into court. "This is a very unfortunate system we find ourselves in, having to litigate whether a fellow we think a great deal of can play the game."
Martin, who is using the Americans with Disabilities Act as the basis of his lawsuit, is seeking to ride a cart instead of walk. The tour contends that walking is a fundamental part of the game and that allowing Martin to ride a cart creates an unleverage playing field.
Finchem said if there were a way to accommodate Martin without giving him an advantage, he would, but "you can't write different rules and make everything the same."
A federal magistrate began hearing three to 10 days worth of testimony yesterday, with a lineup of witnesses expected to include Martin, his orthopedic surgeon, his father and his soft coaches.
One of the first witnesses for the PGA Tour will be Ken Venturi, who walked to victory in the 1964 U.S. Open despite almost collapsing from heat exhaustion. Videotaped testimony from golfing greats Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus also will be shown. Mindful of the support for Martin, PGA Tour lawyer William Maledon has said he would not contest that Martin is disabled.
"In no way, shape or form is the PGA Tour going to in any way attack Casey Martin," Maledon said. "The real issue here is whether the PGA Tour can establish the rules for its competitions."
Martin, 25, was born with Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome. He does not have the vein that runs along the bone in his lower right leg. Instead, blood flows back to his heart through a jumble of veins near the surface. The condition makes walking painful for him and ultimately could lead to amputation.
Last week, Martin won the first round in the legal battle, when U.S. Magistrate Thomas Coffin denied the PGA Tour's motion for summary judgment
Coffin ruled the PGA Tour is a commercial enterprise, not a private club that would be exempt from the act. He also found that golf courses used for tournaments by the PGA Tour are places of public accommodation under the act, even inside the ropes that exclude spectators.
Osborne admired, missed in Nebraska
Fans and players send retiring coach out in grand style
The Associated Press
LINCOLN, Neb. — More than 31 years after Tom Osborne's first 18-hour day as a Nebraska assistant, the big man behind Big Red is no longer coaching the Cornhuskers.
Tomorrow marks the end of the recruiting period and the day Osborne set for his official departure. However, Osborne has finished his active coaching work, and school officials do not even know whether he will be at a news conference tomorrow to discuss recruiting. He remains on the University's payroll through the end of the academic year, but he already is missed.
"Tom Osborne is one of the good guys in coaching and in any profession," Florida State coach Bobby
Bowden said after Osborne announced his retirement. "He's an icon in Nebraska and in this nation."
In Nebraska, where football is similar to religion and Osborne is like a high priest, the past two months have witnessed a flood of tributes.
Fans flocked to shopping malls to sign giant thank you cards. Newspapers printed special sections about the Osborne years and his third national title in four seasons.
A freeway billboard advertisement reads, "Legends aren't born. They're Osborne."
A fast-food restaurant in suburban Omaha, Neb., even has Osborne's face painted on the window.
Osborne, who turns 61 Feb. 23, cited health concerns and a desire to be with his family as reasons for retiring.
The Cornhuskers sent their coach out in style. A 42-17 defeat of Tennessee in the Orange Bowl helped Nebraska split the national title with Michigan.
"I wanted to make sure that Coach Osborne went out as a champion."
Osborne: Reires
a Nebraska
coach tomorrow.
said former runnin back Ahman Green, the game's most valuable player.
University regents voted to designate the playing surface at Memorial Stadium as Tom Osborne Field, and Gov. Ben Nelson proclaimed January as "Tom Osborne Month."
"Fifteen years ago, they named a road after me, and the first time I drove on it I got a ticket," Osborne said after meeting with the governor. "I suppose later this month my taxes will go up."
Osborne resisted the attention but thanked fans for their loyalty. While he did not want the field named after him, he is likely to attend every game next season.
When asked about his retirement,
Osborne described 16- to 18-hour
days and seven-day work weeks that lasted for six months.
The payoff was a career record of 255-49-3. Osborne reached victory No. 250 during his 302nd game, 18 fewer games than Penn State's Joe Paterno needed.
Norfolk Daily News sportswriter Bill Canham, 21, was not born when Osborne became Nebraska's coach. A native of the tiny town of Endicott, Neb., Canham said he could identify Osborne before he knew who Big Bird was.
"He stood for honesty, honor, hard work, sacrifice and, most of all, success," Canham wrote in a column that echoed how many Nebraskans view Osborne. "He always respected his opponent as well as his own staff and players. As tall as he was, in my eyes he was the eighth wonder of the world."
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