2B • THE UNIVERSITYDAILYKANSAN
SPORTS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2002
HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday (Dec. 6).
Is it time to make a few changes in the way you're doing your work? Upgrade? New technology? More money coming in? All this, and more, is available if you're smart. Be practical and persistent, too, and do the homework.
Aries (March 21-April 19). Today is a 7. Show that you have good manners and know how to be respectful. A person who wants to order you around may have some good ideas. Be nice, and soon you can go play with your friends.
Taurus (April 20-May 20). Today is a 7. It might be smart to spend a little more than you'd planned on spending. You saved up so you'd have it when you needed it, and that could be now.
Gemini (May 21-June 21). Today is a 6. You can get your meaning across, even if the other side doesn't want to listen. If you have the facts to back up what you're saying; you'll eventually convince them.
Cancer (June 22-July 22). Today is a 7.
Are you being lazy if you ask for help?
Probably not. You wouldn't admit that
you couldn't do it all by yourself unless
you really couldn't. Meanwhile, to keep
costs down, make a trade with a friend
for what you need.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 7.
Leo (July 25 Aug 22) today is a 7.
You're starting to feel overwhelmed, but
you can outrun that feeling for another
day. By then, you'll have found the help
you need.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Today is a 7. Think you could check yourself out early, just for the fun of it? Take a break tonight, because it's gonna be a busy weekend.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22). Today is a 6. You might have to make a mess before you can get the results you're after, but that's how the game is played. Explain that to sideline critics.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21). Today is a 7.
As you seek the answer to one question,
you may stumble over the answer to
another. So don't get tunnel vision, OK?
Scan.
Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec.21). Today is a7. A silly argument could waste valuable time. To win at this game, you and your partner need to reach a quick compromise and remember shared goals.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Today is an 8. You're not completely in the clear yet, but you should feel more in control of the situation. Because, of course, you are.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). Today is a 7. Friends are a source of emotional support and good advice. You can share your feelings with these people and relax, sometimes without saying a word. Sound good? Set it up.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Today is a 6. Don't take anything for granted. Somebody who's usually there for you could be delayed. And don't ignore a person who's nagging you.
Tell us your news. Call the Kansan at 864-4810.
Jayhawks prepare to face Aggies in conference meet
Swimming and Diving
By JeremyKrashin
jkrashin@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
After a strong showing at the Nike Cup in Chapel Hill, N.C., the Kansas swimming and diving team is ready to start Big 12 Conference competition.
Texas A&M will open the Jayhawks' conference schedule at noon Saturday. The Aggies are ranked No. 22, and according to Kansas coach Clark Campbell, deserve that national ranking, as well as the designation as one of the best teams in the Big 12 and the country.
Campbell said now that the conference season was here, his team is ready and excited to open against a tough opponent.
"I think it will be a very exciting meet," he said. "I think we are going to be in it the whole way through."
"They have excellent athletes and are well-coached," he said of the Aggies. "At the Nike Cup, we made a huge step and this will be our first test afterwards."
Campbell said he knew it would be difficult to defeat the Aggies, but he knows that his team can compete with nationally ranked competition.
"This going to be like a heavyweight boxing
match — it will be a back and forth meet, not just won or lost by who is winning the races, but in the trenches with who gets third and fourth place." Campbell said. "It's going to be a battle down to sixth places every heat."
The team has a lot of confidence, in part because of the performance of Amy Gruber and Kristen Johnson at the Nike Cup.
Gruber qualified for the NCAA Championships in Auburn, and Johnson made a B-cut, which means she will have to get faster to get an invitation, but she is close to reaching a qualifying mark. Campbell said, she will be even faster at the Big 12 Championships
"Both Gruber and Kristen Johnson, they are the poster children for summer commitment," he said. "They both went to the national championships this past summer in August, and had a great summer of training and racing. They used that to launch themselves into a great collegiate season."
Campbell said it was everyone's goal for this race and the rest of the season to continue improving from the Nike Cup times.
"If we can get to that level in the next six to eight weeks, that will get us ready for the Big 12 championships," he said.
Volleyball CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1B
Edited by Christina Neff
Specialist of the Year. She finished her career as the all-time Kansas leader in service aces (151). She is also seventh in career games played (411) and career digs (970).
Sophomore middle blocker Ashley Michaels was added to the honorable mention All-Big 12 team, the first Kansas sophomore ever to be awarded this honor. She was also named to the first team Academic All-Big 12.
Michael earned the Kansas single-match record with a .917 hitting efficiency, getting 11 kills in 12 attempts in the Aug. 31 match at Creighton. She finished with the Kansas single season record of a .363 hitting efficiency, sixth in
the Big 12 this season.
Freshman Iosiane Lima is the second Kansas player ever to be named to the first team All-Big 12. She is the first Kansas freshman to receive this honor. Lima finished the season with 327 kills, the most by a freshman in a single season.
Bechard said the team would have somemotivation and anger that they were not selected for the tournament. He said these motives would drive his players to work hard in the offseason.
"We hope that the momentum we left this season can maintain itself and reappear next fall when everything settles and we have a chance to look back this season," he said. "I know we'll have a lot of great moments. We look forward to a bright future."
Edited by Andrew Vaupel
Free for All
Whoever said that Roy Williams was the worst coach, you are going to burn in hell for all eternity. If you haven't noticed, he does have the highest winning percentage in America.
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Why was the Free for All on Kirk Hinrich not in the Sports section? Just wondering, thanks.
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You know what should really piss people off in Kansas?
Not only that, the "Midwest Sports Report" only does St. Louis sports, but that they also cover Mizzou. Now I go to KU and I love KU, but give Mizzou some credit.
They're a good team, too.
Why is it that when the Kansas men's basketball team loses a game, they still get the entire front page of the sports section of the Kansan, whereas when the women's team is having a wonderful winning streak, they don't get squat. Come on, Kansan, get with it.
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Uh, yeah, I read in the newspaper last week that the men's ultimate frisbee team won the national tournament last week. That's nationals, I just want to say that it's crap that they get less than a tiny little article.
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When are people gonna start realizing that the problem is not the players, but the coach? I don't know what's been a bigger disaster with KU basketball over the last decade, giving Eric Chenowith a scholarship, or Roy Williams not taking the head coaching job at North Carolina.
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Yes, this is to the Dick Viteau wannabe trying to trash on Wayne Simien. Tell me why he led reboundings three games in a row and made the all-tournament team in New York City. I don't think any other KJ Jayhawks did that. Oh, by they way, who do you work for, where do you play? Um, nowhere.
I never thought I'd ever be saying this, but our hoops squad needs Chenowith.
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Yeah, I just read the article that doubted the KU basketball team, stating that the 2-2 record was the worst start since the '87-'88 season. Hmmm, what else happened in the '87-'88 season? Oh yeah, we won the Final Four.
Jeff Graves, I've got the biscuits for your gravy, baby.
POLL
kansan.com What do you think contributed
to Kansas' two losses in the Preseason NIT?
- Lack of teamwork
- Poor coaching
- Injuries
- Overconfidence
- Overall poor performances
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OBITUARY
'Monday Night Football,' 'Nightline' founder dies
Arledge died Thursday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, said Jeffrey Schneider, an ABC News spokesman. He died from complications caused by cancer.
NEW YORK — Roope Arledge, a pioneering television executive at ABC News and Sports responsible for creating shows from Monday Night Football to Nightline, died Thursday, an ABC News spokesman said. He was 71.
Although he retired in 1998, Arledge's far-reaching influence can still be seen on television all the time: when a slow-motion replay is shown at a sporting event, whent Peter Jennings reads the news or when a sportscaster criticizes a player.
"Roone changed the face of television sports coverage with Wide World of Sports in the early 1960s and the production of the Olympic games," said longtime broadcaster Jim McKay.
Arledge was single-handedly credited with bringing modern production techniques to sports coverage, then building ABC News into a power during the 1980s. For a decade, he was president of the sports and news divisions at ABC.
The 36-time Emmy winner was cited as one of the 100 most important Americans of the 20th century by Life magazine in 1990.
In 1961, Arledge created ABC's Wide World of Sports, one of the most popular sports series ever, and coined its tag line — "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat."
He was the first to demand that networks, not sports leagues, approve announcers—a philosophy that led to his hire of Howard Cosell,the abrasive New Yorker who was probably the most famous sportscaster ever.
This Week in Kansas Athletics
TODAY
Women's basketball: Holiday Inn Jayhawk Classic in Allen Fieldhouse
Western Illinois vs. Western Michigan, 5:05 p.m.
Kansas vs. Texas Southern
7:05 p.m.
TOMORROW
Women's basketball: Holiday Inn Javhawk Classic
Jayhawk Classic
■ Consolation Game 2:05 p.m.
■ Championship Game 4:05 p.m.
**Men's Basketball** at Oregon, 2:30 p.m. Broadcast on CBS.
**Swimming** vs. Texas A&M, noon in Robinson Natatorium
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