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Tuesday August 29,2000
HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday (Aua. 29).
You have the wit and the charm. All you need is a big prize worth fighting for, and watch out, world! How about your boss's job? Set your goals in September. Get more money in October. Study tactics in November, and discover the truth in December. Rattle a few cages in February, and pay back old debts in April. By June you should be ready to take on new responsibilities. This leads to a new opportunity by next August.
To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day. O the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19). Today is a 5. The details are important, especially when you are caring for other people. Put your needs aside for a while. Whatever others require is more important now. You'll have more time for what you originally wanted to do later.
Taurus (April 20-May 20). Today is an 8. Conditions are excellent for love but not too great for money. You and somebody you care about could argue about money. If the other person has a good argument, be persuaded. Get good reasons and maybe a payback commitment.
Gemini (May 21-June 21). Today is a 5. Your home is probably full of family, which should be fun; however, somebody you know and love only wants to do things the same old way. Argue your position, and you may cause a few cracks in that stone wall before morning.
Cancer (June 22-July 22), Today is an 8.
You're always pretty smart, but today you almost have a photographic memory, so use it. Read up on a topic that will help in the future. Don't waste this rare phenomenon on fluff, study the facts and figures
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). Today is a 5.
You might balance your checkbook down to the las penny. Everybody should have this wonderful experience in their lifetime. If you've never done it before, all the more reason to give it a try now when conditions are perfect.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Today is a 9.
You're awesome. You're confident and good enough to back it up. Share your expertise with others. An agenda, manual or how-to book that you write would be an excellent teaching aid. Then you won't have to do everything by yourself anymore.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Today is a 4.
You may be a little worried. If you have some time to think, you should figure it out. The problem may be that you have to do something again. That's the only way it will be excellent, instead of just good enough.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Today is an 8.
If you play by the rules today, your team could win
the big prize. You'll put on the best performance or
have the best presentation. Sometimes people lose
the game on a technicality. Today, having the
details down pat will give you the winning edge.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Today is a 5.
Although you're a freewheelering spirit, that's not a good image to project. Instead, be neat, clean and wrinkle-free. Spit-polish those boots and snap to attention. The impression you leave now could make a big difference later.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Today is a 9.
You're in the mood to try something different.
Could you get a job that would be more fun if you had more education? Of course you could. That's a no-brainer. Your supplies of brains and imagination are excellent now, so use them.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Today is a 5.
Your investment could grow through the addition of somebody else's contribution. It's called priming the pump. The trick is to know where to put the money. The more you stash away now, the more you'll have later.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). Today is a 6. Listen. Take notes. This may not be much fun, especially if your instructor is using a nagging, critical tone. You might learn something you can use, however. If you appear to get it the first time, your mate won't have to tell you over and over.
KANSAS GOLF
Notes: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment purposes only.
Golf team will hold meeting for walk-ons
The Kansas women's golf team is holding a walk-on meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Dolph Simons Room in the Wagonn Student Athlete Center.
Anyone interested in the golf team can attend. For questions, call (785) 864-4122.
Kansan staff reports
BIG 12 FOOTBALL
Ankle injury sidelines Wildcat kick returner
MANHATTAN — Kansas State kick return star David Allen will miss Saturday's Louisiana Tech game, and possibly more, because of an ankle injury he suffered in the season opener last weekend.
K-State coach Bill Snyder said on Sunday that the bone was not broken and that Allen's ankle
was in a cast for "precautionary measures."
Allen was injured Saturday as No. 8 Kansas State defeated Iowa, 27-7, in the Eddie Robinson Classic in Kansas City, Mo. He was tackled while returning a punt in the second half and was helped off the field.
Earlier in the game, an illegal block call nullified an 86-yard punt return for a touchdown that would have been the eighth of Alien's career, an NCAA record.
Allen also rushed for 65 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries.
He started the season 172 yards shy of breaking the NCAA record for punt return yardage.
Sanchez-Vicario, Hingis win first-round matches
U.S. OPEN
NEW YORK — Veteran Arantxa Sanchez-Vicaro fought back the upset bid of Joanne Kruger and
survived her first-round match at the U.S. Open yesterday when her South African opponent couldn't hold serve in the third-set tie break.
The ninth-seeded Spaniard, playing the opening match in the year's final Grand Slam tournament, edged Kruger 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
In other early women's matches, No. 15 Jennifer Capriati, seeded at the U.S. Open for the first time since 1993, defeated Emmanuel Gagliardi of Switzerland 6-4, 6-0. Nathalie Tauziat, seeded eighth, outlasted Ludmila Cervanova 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Top-seeded Martina Hingis, who won the U.S., Open title in 1997,zipped past Alina Jidkova of Russia 6.3, 6.1 in 57 minutes.
Houston celebrates fourth championship
WNBA
HOUSTON — The Houston Comets completed another championship run by beating the New York Liberty, 79-73, in overtime Saturday for their fourth WNBA championship in a row, remaining the only champions in the league's
The only NBA team to win at least four in a row was the Boston Celtics, whose run of eight championships
in a row ended in 1966. The last major sport's pro team to win four in a row was the NHL's New York Islanders, from 1980-83.
Woods' landslide win is eighth of the year
PROFESSIONAL GOLF
AKRON, Ohio — Tiger Woods cruised to another landslide victory, this time by 11 strokes in the NEC Invitational.
Woods took on a world-class field with a 3-under 67 to finish at 259. It was his lowest 72-hole score as a
It was the third time this year Woods has successfully defended a title. He earned $1 million, giving him more money in the past two years than everyone but Davis Love Ill on the career money list.
Woods won for the fifth time in his last seven tournaments, and for the eighth time this year on the PGA Tour.
professional, and it broke the Firestone record of 262 set 10 years ago by Jose Maria Olazabal.
Miami player impatient; wants to switch teams
NBA
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Upset at being the only unsigned Olympian and growing more impatient, Tim Hardaway now says there's a 50-50 chance he'll leave the Miami Heat and play elsewhere next season.
The Indiana Pacers wasted no time
yesterday seeing if Hardaway was bluffing, placing a call to his agent. Hardaway, an unrestricted free agent, is seeking a three-year contract from the Heat. But he
says he will consider signing a one-year deal with Indiana for the mid-level salary cap exception of $2.5 million.
The Heat can pay him much more, but Miami president Pat Riley and Hardaway's agent, Henry Thomas, have made little progress toward an agreement. With three months having passed since the Heat was eliminated from the playoffs, Hardaway has lost his patience.
Donnie Walsh, president of the Pacers, placed a call to Thomas after hearing of Hardaway's dissatisfaction. Indiana plans to move Jalen Rose to the point-guard position after losing Mark Jackson to Toronto on the free-agent market, but the opportunity to sign Hardaway could alter those plans
Hardaway also said he would consider signing with the Chicago Bulls, who have enough cap room to outbid the Pacers. Hardaway is from Chicago and played for Bulls coach Tim Floyd at Texas-EL Paso.
OLYMPICS
Committee approves drua testing for EPO
OLYMPIC GAMES
ing program in Olympic history won final approval yester day.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The centerpiece of the biggest anti-dop
OLYMPIC GAMES The International Olympic Committee approved tests for the banned drug erythropoietin, or EPO, to be conducted at the Sydney Games next month.
The move is considered a breakthrough in the fight against one of the most powerful and abused performance enhancers in sports.
A combined urine and blood test for EPO was backed earlier this month by the IOC medical commission and outside scientific experts. But final authorization was required by the IOC's legal commission and executive board.
10C medical commission chairman Prince Alexandre de Merode said at least 400 EPO tests would be conducted from Sept.2, the day the athletes' village opens in Sydney, until the close of the games on Sunday, Oct.1.
A total of 3,200 drug tests — including 2,000 standard in-competition urine tests and 400 out-of-competition controls — will be carried out before and during the games, the IOC said. Urine samples taken as part of the EPO procedure also will be used to test for substances such as anabolic steroids.
Also yesterday, the IOC's executive board trimmed a preliminary field of 10 candidates for the 2008 Summer Games to five finalists — front-runner Beijing; Paris; Toronto; Osaka, Japan; and Istanbul, Turkey.
The 2008 host city will be chosen by the IOC at its session in Moscow in July 2001.
The Associated Press
Sports Calendar
AP releases college football rankings
Volleyball vs. Western Michigan at 10 a.m. and vs. Eastern Kentucky at 5 p.m. at Horesi Family Athletic Center
Soccer at Saint Louis at 5 p.m.
Football at Southern Methodist University at 6 p.m.
The Associated Press
Penn State lost more than the Kickoff Classic during the weekend: The Nittany Lions are out of the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the first time since the end of the 1992 season.
Soundly beaten by USC 29-5 on Sunday, Penn State saw its streak of being ranked in 119 consecutive polls end yesterday with the release of the AP's first regular season ratings.
The Nittany Lions, who had the fourth-longest run of consecutive rankings behind Nebraska, Florida State and Florida,
The last time the Lions were unranked was in the final poll of the 1992 season, when they finished 7-5 after a loss to Stanford in the Blockbuster Bowl.
Nebraska and Florida State remained 1-2 in this week's poll
as the top 11 were unchanged from the preseason poll.
Alabama, which opens its season Saturday at UCLA, was third with three first-place votes and 1,577
The Cornhuskers, who open their season Saturday against San Jose State, collected 35 first-place votes and, 1,728 points from the 71 sports writers and broadcasters on the panel. The Minesolns, 29-3 winners against BYU in the Pigskin Classic, had 30 first-place votes and, 1,723 points
points, followed by No. 4
Wisconsin and No. 5 Miami.
The Badgers, who had one first-place vote, and the Hurricanes open their seasons Thursday night. Wisconsin plays Western Michigan, while Miami goes against McNeese State.
Michigan was No. 6, followed by No. 7 Texas (two first-place votes), No. 8 Kansas State, No. 9 Florida and No. 10 Georgia. KState and with a 27-7 win
Virginia Tech, which had its
Illinois was No. 21
No. 22 Southern
Mississippi. No. 23
Colorado. No. 24
Michigan State and
No. 25 Texas & M.
The Aggies, the only new team in the poll, open at Notre Dame on Saturday.
Nebraska's streak of consecutive poll appearances is up to 310, followed by Florida State's 184 and Florida's 178.
against Iowa in the Eddie Robinson Classic.
In the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll, the top five are Nebraska, Florida State, Alabama, Michigan and Wisconsin.
No. 11, followed by No. 12 USC (up three spots). No. 13 Tennessee. No. 14 Washington, No. 15 Purdue, No. 16 Ohio State, No. 17 Clemson, No. 18 Mississippi, No. 19 Oklahoma and No. 20 TCU.
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