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Friday September 26,1997
HOROSCOPES
Today's bir thday (Sept. 26)
This year will be another great year. There will be some problems along the way, but nothing you can't overcome. Your birthday will be great after you hit a few parties tonight.
Aries: Today is 6.
You may have some moral issues with what is happening around you today. The situation is likely to change the moment you take a stand. If you accept people's weaknesses, you will begin to see their strengths.
Taurus: Today is a 7.
let your conscience be your guide today in all relationships. A frank remark heats up a social gathering and changes its character. Read a situation as it happens, not your script of what should have happened.
Gemini: Today is a 6.
Try one more time to get your point across, even if you think it's a waste of breath. Compromise on a few of the minor points if it helps you get your way.
Remain cheerful in the face of overwhelming odds.
Cancer: Today is a 7.
Leo: Today is a 6.
With only the slightest effort from you, the creative process takes root and flower immediately. Barriers between people in your life melt away as if they never existed. Your day is transformed into a work of exotic fiction.
You may have an easier day if you embrace change instead of battling it. Try not to ruin someone else's good time with judgmental remarks. Humor a young person even if you find his jokes profoundly annoying.
Virgo: Today is a 9.
Today you are at your most positive, and everyone notices. You suddenly realize that, without even trying, you have become the life of the party. The little things cease to matter when you are feeling magnanimous.
Libra: Today is a 7.
When it comes to passion and sensuality today, you and your partner may be out of sync. Avoid the urge to overspend as a gesture of affection. If you see nature taking its course, surrender peacefully.
Scorpio: Today is a 7.
Sagittarius: Today is a 6.
Your general ecstasy turns to cheerful determination today as you put your vision into action. Common sense reinforce cosmology. Expect a welcome change by the end of the day.
Capricorn: Today is an 8.
Expect another slow day, as though you are moving under water. Fighting against the current will only exhaust you. Lay your plans for a time when you will more active and alive.
Aquarius: Today is a 5.
Giving in to your opponent might make peace, but it will weaken your case. The voice of your conscience is loud and seemingly intent on ruining your day. Your friends may be in a much better mood than you are today.
Pisces: Today is a 6.
You surprise everyone, including yourself, when you throw caution to the wind. Your forward motion makes falling down impossible. As the Moon enters Sagittarius later in the day, you will be flooded with a feeling of loving acceptance.
Even though Pisces is a water sign, the Moon will make your fire burn brightly as it moves into Sagittarius. You become bolder and more expressive as the day wears on. Embark on a pilgrimage of some kind.
Sim finishes third in tennis tourney
Next she is going to Disney World
By Jason Franchuk
k sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
There's no time to be goofy
be the boy,
Christie Sim has matches to win at Disney World next week.
Sim was informed yesterday that she was added to the 64-player women's singles field at the National Clay Court Championships in Orlando, Fla. The matches will take place at the Walt Disney World complex.
The four-day tournament begins Thursday for Sim, who has been inserted into the main draw and will not have to participate in qualifying rounds. No opponent for Sim has been named vet.
Note: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment purposes only.
"It's not a lot of time to prepare for playing on clay," Sim said. "But I'm glad I don't have to go through qualifying rounds. You have to win three matches there just to get into the main draw."
Sim will replace Kansas' No. 1 singles player, Kylie Hunt. The fifth-year senior declined the invitation to the championships because she is still recuperating from surgery on her knee that scrapped her play in the 1996-97 season. Hunt, who also withdrew at the last minute from the team's first tournament last weekend at William and Mary, reached Round 16 in last year's championships.
Head coach Roland Thornqvist said Sim earned the chance to play. "The way she played this past
weekend, she could really have a great showing in Orlando. Her serve is coming along nicely and she already has a world class forehand working for her."
Sim, a senior, was ranked 90th in the women's preseason poll. She is playing the best tennis of her career after going 3-1 and finishing third in the William and Mary Invitational last weekend. Sim defeated three players ranked in the top 50. Her loss was against No. 3 Vanessa Webb of Duke.
Sim was one of the few highlights in the opening tournament, Thonqvist said. The coach was not impressed with the team's season debut, which included a flurry of fifth-place finishes in the tournament's three-flight format which involved two Kansas players in each flight.
"I don't think the kids went in with the attitudes they needed against that level of competition," Thornvist said. "I would rather see them play good tennis, but it just didn't happen a lot in our first tournament. The team took some licks, but we know what we need to work on."
"We want Kyle to compete when there's no worries about her knee," he said. "We're not going to force anything."
The Jayhawk's next tournament is the Ohio State Invitational Oct. 10-13 in Columbus, Ohio. Hunt isn't expected to play.
Thorngvist and Sim will leave Monday or Tuesday for Orlando.
Sim hoped her game would be at the level it was at the opening tournament.
"I'm a streaky player," Sim said. "Everything just came together all at once in Virginia (at William and Mary), and I've been playing good tennis.
Soccer Wizard Preki deserves shot at Cup
Imagine, if you will, the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Team USA sends a baseball dream team
Kansas City player exhibits star qualities
But then you look at the outfield and see no Ken Griffey Jr.
which includes the likes of Cal Ripken, Albert Belle, Mark McGwire and Will Clark.
Brad Hallier
sports@kansan.com
Now, imagine next year's Winter Olympics in Japan. Team USA sends a hockey dream team, but goaltenders Mike Richter and Eddie Belfour are in backup roles also.
What? Oh,
don't worry,
Griffey is the
backup, because
he doesn't seem
to fit.
If this happened, would Griffey, Richter or Belfour play? Would Roger Clemens be on the Olympic team if he were a closer?
Probably not. Let's look at reality.
One of the United States' best soccer players is Preki. He is captain of the Kansas City Wizards and one of the most skilled players you'll ever see.
Preki has schooled the defending champion, D.C. United. He had one goal and one assist.
He has had two all-star appearances and was named to the AT&T 11 Best last year. So why doesn't he start for the U.S. National Team?
applied for citizenship to be eligible to play for the United States in hopes of fulfilling every soccer player's dream: playing in the World Cun.
In his first World Cup appearance - at home in Kansas City against Guatemala—Preki entered the game as a substitute late in the first half and lifted an uninspired team before intermission. The United States rallied for a 2-0 victory.
This is not a cry to start Preki—that should be a given. But compare Preki's attitude to many sports stars.
Preki told U.S. team coach Steve Sampson to play him. Sampson didn't like that attitude and placed Preki on the U.S. B-team.
Preki scored a goal and assisted on the other U.S. goal in a 2-2 draw in the World Cup qualifying game in Guatemala.
The Yugoslav native became a U.S. citizen in November 1996. He
But he did not play or even suit up; for any of the United States' five final-round qualifying gums? Why?
Typical of a star athlete, right!
Preki has since told Sampson that 'he didn't care how much he played;' he just wanted to play. He said it was his dream to play in the World Cup, and he would help the United States in any way.
Preki was rewarded in a crucial qualifying game vs. Costa Rica. With the score tied 0-0, Preki displayed some of the moves previously seen at Arrowhead Stadium.
Preki's attitude is admirable. It is hard to imagine a player like him accepting a role as a substitute, but he has. It is a shame that other star athletes would not accept this role.
If you are looking for role models, don't look at the Dallas Cowboys' roster. But look 40 miles east of Lawrence where a man with one name has accepted a role in sports that not many would.
Hallier is a Kansas City, Kan., junior in journalism.
SPORTS CALENDAR
Today
5 p.m. Kansas soccer vs. Tulsa at Target Field
Court Championships in Baltimore
All day Men's tennis in the National Clay
7. 05 p.m. Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox
Tomorrow
7 p.m. Kansas City Wizards vs.
Colorado Rapids at Arrowhead Stadium
Noon Kansas softball vs. Central
Nebraska State at Oklahoma Field
2 p.m. Kansas softball vs. Washburn at Layhawk Field
4 p.m. Men's and women's cross country at the Stanford University Invite in Palo Alto, Calif.
All day men's tennis in the National Clay Court Championships in Baltimore
6. 05 p.m. Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox
Sundav
Noon Kansas softball vs. Johnson County
Noon Kansas sorball vs. Johnson County Community College at Jayhawk Field
1 p.m. Kansas soccer vs. Colorado at SuperTarget Field
2 p.m. Kansas softball vs. Missouri at Jayhawk Field
All day Men's tennis in the National Clay Court Championships in Baltimore
1:05 p.m. Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox
7 p.m. Kansas City Wizards at Los Angeles Galaxy
TV TONIGHT
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SEPTEMBER 26, 1997
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BROADCAST STATIONS
KSMO 3 "Soul of the Game" *** (1996, Drama) Delroy Lindo.
WDAF *Visitor* (In Stereo) **Millennium (In Stereo) (PA)** News **Mike Hammer Private Eye**
WCAF *Visitor* (In Stereo) **Millennium (In Stereo) (PA)** News **Mike Hammer Private Eye**
KCTV 5 Fam. Mat. Meego **Gregory** Step by Step Nash Bridges "Payback" **News** Late Show (In Stereo) **Seinfeld**
KSO6 4 Forecasters Pattern-Living News Plus High School Football: Lawrence vs. SM West.
KCPT 6 Wash. Week. Week-Review McLaughlin Wall St. Week Antiques Roadshow **Business Rpt. Follow Money Great Performances**
KSNT 8 Dateline (In Stereo) "Just Cause" *** (1995, Drama) Sean Conrey** News Tonight Show (In Stereo) Late Night
KMBC 6 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch You Wish Teen Angel **2020** News Roseanne Grace Under M'A'SH
KTUW 1 Wash. Week Wall St. Week McLaughlin Healthweek Utah: The Struggle for Statehood Business Rpt. Charlie Rose (In Stereo)
WIBW 1 Fam. Mat. Meego **Gregory** Step by Step Nash Bridges "Payback" **News Late Show (In Stereo) Late Late
KTKA 6 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch You Wish Teen Angel **2020** News Seinfeld Married.. Nightline
CABLE STATIONS
ADE 1 Biography: Dutch Schultz America's Castles (R) Grand Tour Law & Order Biography: Dutch Schultz
CHBC 1 Equal Time Hardiball Rivera Live News With Brian Williams Charles Grodin Rivera Live (R)
CNN 1 Prime News Burden-Proof Larry King Live World Today Sports Illus Moneyline Novel showbiz
COM 6 (6:00) "Hurained Honeymon!" McLaughlin Harley Jane Kozak Dream On Dream On "Hurained Honeymon!"
COURT 1 Prime Time Justice Cochran & Company Trial Story Abuse Prime Time Justice (R) Cochran & Company (R)
CPAN 2 Prime Time Public Affairs Prime Time Public Affairs (R)
DISC 2 Wild Discovery: Lion Queen News Wonder Fangs! "Troubled Waters" (R) Wild Discovery: Lion Queen News Wonder
ESPN 6 (6:30) Major League Baseball: Teams to Be Announced, (Live) Major League Baseball: Teams to Be Announced, (Live)
HIST 5 In Search of History "Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil" (1952) Two German brothers work for different Nazi divisions In Search of History (R)
LIFE 3 Unsolved Mysteries "Complex of Fear" (1993, Suspense) Hart Boehner Homicide: Life on the Street Mysteries Wire (R)
MTV 3 Beavis-Butt, Beavis-Butt Countdown to the 10 Spot Beavis-Butt. Apt. 2F (R) Oddville, MTY Loveoline (R) Beavis-Butt.
SCFI 3 "The Sentinel" *** (1977, Horror) Cristina Raines Friday the 13th: The Series Night Stalker "Sentinel" *** (1977)
TLC 3 Quest (R) Paleoworld Good Rockin' Tonie (R) Plugging In (R) Quest (R) Paleoworld Good Rockin' Tonie (R)
TNT 2 Flowers in the Attic" *** (1987, Horror) Victoria Tennant "In the Company of Darkness" *** (1993) Helen Hunt "When Stranger"
USA 2 Walker Texas Ranger "Death Becomes Her" *** (1992, Comedy) Meryl Streep. "Body Wars" *** (1992, Comedy) Bill Calvert (In Stereo)
VH1 5 Stones Pop-Up Video Rolling Stones: Live at the Max (R) Stones "Gimme Shelter" *** (1970, Musical)
WGN 2 Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at St Louis Cardinals. (In Stereo) News *Gimme Shelter* In the Heat of the Night
WTBS 6 (6:35) Major League Baseball: Atlanta Braves at New York Mets. (Live) "The Great Outdoors" *** (1988, Comedy) Dan Akryody.
PREMIUM STATIONS
HBO 2 "The Cable Guy" *** (1996) Jim Carney. Edge "Below Uplonia" *** (1997) Justin Thuerow. R" Chris Rock Real Sex 18 (In Stereo)
MAX 3 "Gunfighter's Moon" Lennard Hancock Man About "The Terminator" *** (1984) Arnold Schwarzenegger. R" "Secret Games 3" *** (1995)
SHOW 2 "Moll Flanders" *** (1996, Drama) Robin Wright. "PG-13" Stargate SG-1 Hunger (R) *Fthe Fan* *** (1996) Robert De Niro. N