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Wednesday August 30,2000
HOROSCOPES
Today's birthday (Aug. 30)
This year, abundance can be yours if you're willing and able to work for it. You're smart enough to do a tough job in September. The money may not come in until around October. Make changes to your home in December and relax there with loved ones in January. The work's intense, but the money's good in February. Stush away a treasure later in April. You're in a good position to ask for a raise in June. Thank an old enemy for providing motivation next August.
To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 6.
You could get a tough assignment. At first, you may think you won't be able to carry it out. That's possible, but unlikely. You probably just don't want to do it. Once you get over that, the rest should be easy. Schedule romance for tonight.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8
Love and work seem mixed together now. Your sweetheart may have a list of chores for you. If this is the case, talk him or her into joining the fun. Doing chores together could be romantic — and a good excuse for dinner out.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 7
Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7
Something interesting seems to be going on at your house. Are you rearranging the furniture? Fix things up nice because tonight would be excellent for renewing an old friendship. Your place is the right location.
The information you're seeking is not far away. It could be in one of those books you bought that you've been meaning to read. You can live in the lap of luxury and, well, you should. All it takes is a little expertise. You'll have that once you do the homework.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6
This is an excellent day to sign up for a class. You may have talents you've never tapped. Choose something that will bring out your latent creativity. You've got the interest; now develop the skills.
Making the commitment's the hardest part.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) — Today is an 8
You should find a way to bring in more money soon. This might be possible simply by asking. If you can find more opportunity where you're working now, ask for some of it. If not, well, why are you wasting your time there?
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Today is a 7
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7
You may notice that you have more strength and confidence than you've had for the past few days.
This is good. It didn't come a moment too soon. Now, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get going!
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7
You and your friends are still a solid unit. You're working together to achieve a big goal, but you need time to take care of yourself, too. Steal a little quiet time for contemplation. Give your intuition a chance to get through to you.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 6 You've been under a lot of pressure, and that hasn't been fun. You may have your routine down pat, however. Luckily, the situation's changed again. You'll have more slack today, so spend it with good friends — commiserating.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8
Although you're interested in learning everything
and you have lots of good questions to ask, don't
let your mind wander aimlessly. Figure out what
you're trying to accomplish and focus on that goal.
You'll save a lot of time.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6
You're lucky, intelligent and vivacious. If you've stashed away money, you may have enough to finance an excursion with a friend. Don't spend your entire wad, of course. Just enough to keep yourself motivated.
risces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 You and your mate or partner should discuss ways to manage your money. You want to save for the future, and you want to buy something nice. If there's not much to go around, it's a challenge, but you can do it. Inspire each other.
NBA
Note: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment purposes only.
Pistons trade Laettner; Mills to Dallas Mavericks
DATRAS
MAVERICKS
DALLAS — Christian Laettner, who almost went to the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in a proposed four-team deal, instead was traded yesterday by the Detroit Pistons to Dallas.
Laetner and Terry Mills, another veteran forward, are going from Detroit to the Mavericks in exchange for forwards Cedric Bebalos and John Wallace, guard Eric Murdock and cash.
This deal is much less involved than the proposed megadeal earlier this month in which Laettner would have gone to the Lakers. That deal, which fell apart last week, also would have involved the SuperSonics and Knicks and included Patrick Ewing, Glen Rice and Vin Baker among at least 11 players.
Detroit reportedly killed what would have been the largest deal in NBA history and then reached an agreement yesterday with the Mavericks.
Laetner, a 6-foot-11 former first-draft pick from Duke, averaged 12.2 points and 6.7 rebounds as he started all 82 games last season for Detroit. In his seven NBA seasons, he has averaged 15.7 points and 7.6 rebounds.
"This is another piece to our puzzle," said Don Nelson, Mavericks general manager and head coach. "We felt that getting another big player was a priority this summer."
Laettten, who will split time with center Shawn Bradley and play forward in Dallas, was in the last year of his contract in Detroit.
"Christian is a proven contributor who can bring rebounding, scoring and depth to our front court," said Mark Cuban, Mavericks owner.
His contract is worth $6.7 million this season.
More TV viewers watched golf match than football
NEW YORK — Maybe ABC should consider putting Tiger Woods in the "Monday Night Football" booth.
PGA
Big audiences tune in to watch the world's best golfer, no matter the setting — and his match-play outing against Sergio Garcia pulled
Tiger Woods: draws in audience with "Battle at Biahorn"
in better ratings than comedian Dennis Miller has produced in his three NFL telecasts. ABC's broadcast of Garcia's 1-up victory against Woods in last night's live, prime time, made-for-TV "Battle at
in better rat-
Bighorn" garnered a national Nielsen rating of 7.6 with an 13 share.
That's an increase of 10 percent over the 6.9 rating and 12 share that ABC drew for last year's match-play contest between Woods and David Duval, who at the time was ranked No. 2 in the world. That "Showdown on Sherwood," which Woods won 2-and-1, was the first live network telecast of a golf event in prime time.
The Woods-Garcia exhibition drummed up better ratings than the 7.2 the network's "Monday Night Football" averaged for its three preseason games with Miller. Garcia got the nod because of the animated way he often plays,
such as in the 1999 PGA Championship when he ran across the fairway and leaped into the air as he chased a shot on the final day. He lost the PGA to Woods by one shot.
Qualifier upsets Kuerten; Williams. Davenport roll
NEW YORK — Qualifier Wayne Arthurs pulled off the first big upset of the U.S. Open yesterday when he knocked off second-seeded Gustavo Kuerten 4-6, 6-3, 7-4 (6), 7-6 (1).
TENNIS
Kuerten became only the second No. 2 seed to lose in the first round of the U.S. Open since 1956, when the present system of seedings started. The only other time it happened was in 1994 when second-seeded Goran Ivanisevic was ousted in his opener. Ivanisevic lost another first-round match on Tuesday.
Arthurs pounded out 26 aces, the final one a 1.34 m-blazer on match point.
Kuerten was the second seeded player to tumble out of the tournament on the second day. Earlier, No. 16 Julie Halard-Decugis fell to Miriam Remans 6-3, 6-4.
Defending champion Serena Williams and 1998 women's champion Lindsay Davenport had no problems at all in their opening matches. Williams beat Tina Pisnik of Slovenia 6-3, 6-2, and Davenport crushed Gala Leon Garcia of Spain 6-0, 6-1.
Other seeded players to win yesterday included No. 4 Mary Pierce and No. 10 Anke Huber in the women's singles, and No. 7 Thomas Enqist and No. 14 Nicolas Kiefer in men's play.
PARK CITY, Utah — Former giant slam world champion Sandra Van
Ert and X Games halfpipe medalist Tommy Czeschni headline the 2001 U.S. snowboard team that was announced yesterday.
OLYMPICS
Coach Peter Foley is looking to improve on the 60-plus podium finishes the team posted last season as it heads into a world championship year and the final warm-up sessions before the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
U.S. Olympic snowboard team members selected
Team selection was based on results from both domestic and international events.
OLYMPIC GAMES
SYDNEY, Australia — More than a third of the 75,000 tickets sanctioned from the failed Premium Ticket plan for Olympics sold out within hours of going on sale yesterday.
Olympic tickets sell out; 30.000 sold in first batch
The first batch of 30,000 seats,
originally earmarked as Premium
Tickets, was sold out by the after
noon.
Organizers scrapped the Premium Ticket packages last year after complaints that the program put tickets in the hands of bigwigs, instead of the general public.
The remaining Premium Tickets, including those for the track and field finals, will be sold in stages.
Sydney organizers estimated that about 1.25 million general tickets remain unsold with about two weeks remaining before the opening ceremony, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. said.
Two big innings lead to Royals' win
Volleyball vs. Western Michigan at 1.0 a.m.
and Eastern Kentucky at 5 p.m. at Purdue Tournament.
Soccer at St. Louis,
5 p.m.
Football at Southern Methodist, 6 p.m.
Volleyball at Purdue,
7 p.m.
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Blake Stein is starting to resemble a big-time starting pitcher.
Stein allowed five hits in six 2-3 innings, and the Kansas City Royals used two big innings to beat the Minnesota Twins 7-3 last night.
Mike Sweeney had a two-run double in a four-run third inning against J.C. Romero (2-4).
and Jermaine Dye added a two-run double in a three-run fifth.
Sweeney's hit extended his hitting streak to 15 games and tied him with George Brett for the fourth most RBI in a season for
Kansas City with 118.
Stein (5-3) cruised through the first six innings, giving up only three hits and not facing more than four batters in an inning. But he gave up solo home runs to Matt Lawton and Corey Koskie in the seventh before being relieved by Kris Wilson.
The Twins took the lead in the second inning when Koskie singled with two outs, stole second and scored on Torii Hunter's RBI single.
Kansas City took the lead with four runs in the third. Hector Ortiz led off with a walk, and Wilson Delgado followed with a single. Rey Sanchez was hit by a pitch, loading the bases.
Sweeney then doubled to right field. Ortiz and Delgado scored on the hit, and Sanchez came across when Lawton's throw from right field got away from second baseman Jay Canizaro for an error.
The Royals extended the lead in the fifth, Sanchez led off with a single, and Sweeney followed with a walk. The Twins brought in reliever Jack Cressend, who promptly gave up a two-run double to Dye. After Quinn struck out, Joe Randa singled in Dye, giving the Royals a 7-1 lead.
The game was played in front of 11,931 fans, a season-low for the Royals.
Royals notes:
Royals second baseman Jeff Reboulet was scratched because of a bad back. He was replaced by newly acquired Wilson Delgado.
Royals centerfielder Carlos Beltran, who has been on the disabled list since July 5 because of a bruised bone above his right knee, was in Kansas
City on Tuesday for an MRI. He was scheduled to report to Triale A Omaha today.
■ Kyle Snyder, the Royals' No. 1 pick in the 1999 draft, has been sidelined for the season because of a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow. He is scheduled for "Tommy John surgery," Sept. 7 and is expected to be out for approximately a year.
The Twins have hit 101 home runs in 132 games. They did not hit their 100th home run in 1999 until the 152nd game. The Royals have allowed 202 home runs, the most in the majors, and tying the club record set last season.
Randa's RBI in the fifth inning gave him 85 for the season, one more than his previous career high set last year.
Edited by Erin McDaniel
BOX SCORE
Minnesota 010-000-200-3
Kansas City 004-030-00x-7
$\Delta E$ -Lawton (4), PD -Minneapolis 1. LOB-
Mines 2. Kansas City 6. BD -Damon
(34), MJSweeney (26), Dye (29). HR -Lawton
(11), Koskie (8), SB -Cguzman (23), Koskie
(5). CS -Jones (3), S -Damon
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