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THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2002
HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday(Aug. 22). Your strongest competitor is also your guru this year. Sometimes you may not get along, but you'll sure learn a lot about each other. If you're related or doing business together, this is good for the relationship. If you're enemies,this will help you win.
Aries (March 21-April 19). Today is an 9. You get to be the referee. Point out the rules of the game to the warring factions. Try not to play favorites. Be fair, or you'll end up with a big mess
Taurus (April 20-May 20). Today is a 6. Let them sling mud at each other. You can stay off to the side, safely out of the way. Don't offer your opinion until asked. And don't giggle.
Gemini (May 21-June 21). Today is an 8. If somebody you know gets into a tiff, advise them to be patient. A seemingly insurmountable obstacle dissolves by tomorrow.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) Today is a 5. You're a naturally skilled businessperson, but you're even better when you study. Do the research now so that you can start playing sooner like tomorrow.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 7. Caution is still advised, and you should also call in an assistant. Find somebody who's better at fixing things than you are someone who also shares your objective.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 5. If you're getting tired of the stress, that's perfectly normal It won't go on forever. Line up someone who can help.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22). Today is an 8. A pleasant revelation makes your love even stronger. For the bestlong-term investment, choose the one who respects you over one who would dominate
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21). Today is a 5. You're outnumbered, but you'll get away if you pit one side against the other. To really win, convince both sides to work for you, or to work toward an even bigger common goal.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Today is an 8.
Just when you have it all worked out, something
is bound to change. Luckily, you're adaptable.
Enjoy yourself, but don't take things for granted.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan.19) Today is a 6. Continue to focus on finances for just a little while longer. You'll soon become bored and start looking for a new game. Meanwhile, gather whatever you can.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Today is a 9. The countdown is just about over. You should be reporting new scenery soon. Heed every warning, but don't let any of them stop you.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 6. If you do everything you promised, you'll be amazed at how much more power you acquire. Restructuring will bring changes. You are being watched. Let everybody know that you keep your word.
Utah seniors play in Canada with Kansas' Keith Langford
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah men's basketball seniors Britton Johnsen and Tim Frost were selected to take a summer vacation to Canada to play for the NIT All-Stars late last month.
By Rory Brunner
The Daily Utah Chronicle via U-Wire
The University of Utah
The two were a part of a unit that toured Canada for six games against club and national teams. The NIT All-Stars were winners in five of the contests.
He was in double figures in scoring three times during the tour.
Johnsen averaged 8.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.
Frost, a Portland transfer who sat out last season due to NCAA eligibility rules, put up 5.7 points and
4. 8 rebounds per game and shot 75 percent from the free-throw stripe. The 6-foot-10 center scored 14 points and added 12 rebounds in the team's final game.
The two played along side the Big East Conference co-Player of the Year, Pittsburgh guard Brandin Knight.
The team was coached by George Bucci, the coach who led the New Jersey Nets to the 1976 ABA Championship.
Also starring on the team were Kansas' Keith Langford, St John's Marcus Hatten, South Carolina's Rolando Howell and South Florida's Will McDonald, among others. However, Frost and Johnson were the only teammates selected to the NIT All-Star roster.
Garden City transfer brings hope to Alabama football
By Magen Hughes
The Crimson White via U Wre
The University of Alabama
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Although it may not be that easy for Alabama to replace last season's leading tackler, there is a new face who hopes to continue delivering the same style of opponent-crushing blows current NFL rookie Saleem Rasheed doled out last year, and his name is Derrick Pope.
Pope is a junior college transfer from Garden City Community College [Kansas] and has had a long road to Tuscaloosa, but he says he's ready.
"I love pressure." Pope said. "That's what makes me perform. If this was going to be handed to me, I probably wouldn't work as hard as I am working now."
Pope, the nephew of assistant head coach Kenith Pope, had never played linebacker in high school. Pope originally committed to Michigan, changed his mind and wanted to play for TCU but did not have the grades. The TCU coaching staff (including his uncle and current Alabama head coach Dennis Franchione, who were coaching there at the time) suggested attending Garden City to get his grades up, but by the time he had enrolled, Alabama was facing serious NCAA infractions.
Pope eventually decided to follow his uncle Kenith, Franchione and his Garden City teammate Ahmad Childress to Alabama. In fact, it wasn't until his two year stint at Garden City that the linebacker position ever crossed his mind. But the move was beneficial, to his team and himself. Last season he logged 105 tackles and seven sacks and earned first-team junior college All-American accolades.
"The last [presseason] practice, I had to make some plays to make the team, and I hit three fullbacks and gave all three of them concussions." Pope said. "It's natural now. I've forgotten about running back. I'm
trving to better myself at linebacker.
"The reason I help them up is so they know who hit them."
While Pope's abilities have not gone unnoticed by players or coaches, phenom freshman Freddie Roach was temporarily slotted as Rasheed's replacement and has not given up his spot yet to the juco transfer.
Roach and Pope engage in friendly competition on and off the field as teammates as well as roommates.
"It was great living together." Roach said. "We joked around a lot and for the most part we were really tired. It's not competition to me. I look at it as both of us getting better and the team getting better."
Junior rover Brooks Daniels and junior strong side linebacker Cornelius Wortham are returning veterans ready to take the field and fill the gaping hole in the defense that Rasheed left behind when he moved on to the San Francisco 49ers.
"Cornelius Wortham and Brooks Daniels are back," Franchione said. "Brooks Daniels is on track to break the Alabama all-time tackle record. The question everyone wants to know is who is going to replace Saleem. Freddie Roach is first in line to do that. Derrick Pope is another guy we have high hopes for. So I think we have a pretty solid chance to be good right there."
Another newcomer who may be able to add relief to the linebacker position is freshman rover Mark Anderson from Tulsa. Anderson played on both sides of the ball in high school, and had five tackles and one broken-up pass in last week's scrimmage.
But the coaching staff is reluctant to replace Roach as the intended starter.
"Freddie is very comfortable at his position." Franchione said. "Derrick is slowly getting more comfortable in his. I think he has done very well so far. But Freddie is there. Mark Anderson is also playing very well, along with DeMeco Ryans and Jason Rawls."
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Donor gives $1 million to Washburn stadium project
TOPEKA — An anonymous donor has given $1 million to help build a new football stadium at Washburn University, president Jerry Farley said.
The donation brings the stadium's fund-raising campaign close enough to its goal to proceed with the work, Parley announced Sunday at the annual Ichabod Club kickoff.
Farley declined to say anything more about the donor, except that the money came from an individual, not a corporation.
The new stadium is expected to cost $4.35 million. The Washburn Board of Regents is expected to approve a bid for construction at its September meeting. Construction would then begin after the leachbods' last home game on Nov. 2 and be ready for the start of the 2005 football season.
Farley said the donor will be allowed to make a recommendation for a name for the stadium, but the name will be selected by the regents.
The campaign also received a $500,000 gift last year from Bernie Bianchino, an Overland Park businessman who played football at Washburn. The university will put up another $2 million.
The most noticeable feature of the new stadium will be a three-story structure on the west side. The top floor will house a media box, with eight suites on the middle floor and a concourse with theater seating on the lower level.
The fund-raising campaign hopes to ultimately raise $6 million, with some money going to improve other athletic programs at the school.
The current stadium was built in 1928 and has had only minor renovations since then.
Fort Hays football players fall ill
HAYS — An unidentified illness has sent three Fort Hays State football players to the hospital and sickened 19 of their teammates and two coaches.
The players began to suffer from flulike symptoms last weekend. The sick players are receiving medical treatment, and the entire football team is under close medical supervision.
All three hospitalized players were listed in fair condition Wednesday; said Dr. Randw Cook of Hays Medical Center.
He said the hospitalized athletes were being treated for a non-typical form of pneumonia. The cause of the pneumonia was not yet known.
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