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Quick Looks
Wednesday September 15,1999
HOROSCOPES
Aries: Today is a 6.
You're strong, enthusiastic and good looking. That's important to you, your friends and your sweetheart. You'll still have to make sure you have your facts straight, however. Sometimes all that exuberance can almost be a disadvantage. Chill out.
Taurus: Today is a 6.
If there's something you've meant to talk about with a child or a dear friend, why not give it another try now? Conditions are right. The whole truth might spill out. Just get the other person talking and sit back.
Gemini: Today is a 4.
Do you have a friend who's really straight with you, who just gives you the whole truth, no holds barred? Well, that friend might do that today, so watch out.
Cancer: Today is a 6.
The pace is definitely picking up at work, and there's a kind of frenzied quality about it. Moreover that's because there's no set
*you're that's because there's no set routine.*
*There too much creativity going on around here, but you don't have room to complain.*
*You're adding to it yourself.*
Leo: Today is a 6.
You could broker a deal between two other people, and you could wind up as the winner. Make sure they both get everything they need, and nobody will complain. It means you get to play a supporting role, however.
Virao: Today is a 5.
A flurry of activity is going on at your house. Are you letting the Brownie troop have an overnighter, or what? If so, watch out. It'll be easy for overexuberance to result in breakage, and you sure don't want that to happen.
Libra: Today is a 6.
Conditions are a little unstable today,but that should be all right with you.You've probably had enough stability to last you for a while. People who wouldn't budge are starting to think about compromise,so keep pushing for your agenda.
Scorpio: Today is a 7.
Sagittarius: Today is a 6.
If you're in business for yourself, this looks like a good time to take on a new client. If you're working for somebody else, you might want to take on more responsibility. Either way, your objective is to bring in a little more money, and you could be successful at that, so give it a go.
Your mood should start to improve, basically because you're getting stronger. It'll be easier to let criticism roll off your back and to see the funny side of most situations. That's your talent area, and today, it'll be much appreciated.
Capricorn: Today is a 7.
Aquarius: Today is a 6.
If you've got any secrets you don't want revealed to everybody, you'd better keep them to yourself. Today, it looks like you might have a compulsion to confess. That can be a healthy thing, in the right time and place. Make sure you get yourself over there before you start blabbing.
There's way too much laughing going on today. This is supposed to be serious business! How are you going to solve all the world's problems if your friends keep kidding around like that?
Pisces: Todav is a 5.
Keep watching the folks at the top of the ladder. That's where all the action is taking place The truth is being revealed. For some, that's wonderful. As for you? Keep a low profile.
--backs, Elvis Grbac spent his crunch time going 0-for-8.
DETROIT — If Barry Sanders decides to return to the NFL, it won't be with the Detroit Lions, according to his agent.
PRO FOOTBALL
Sanders still has desire to play, but not for Lions
David Ware said last night that Sanders hasn't indicated whether he would return, but said there is no way he would play for the Lions.
"I'd be hopeful, obviously, that in the right situation that he would consider it," Ware said. "I've just tried to put together something he might consider. He doesn't like to deal in hypotheticals."
Sanders, the No. 2 rusher on the NFL's career list who retired in July, has offered to repay $5.4 million of his signing bonus if the Lions release or trade him this season, Ware said. He said he made the offer to Detroit on Monday but that the team rejected it.
The 31-year-old Sanders definitely would return, if the Lions would accommodate him, a source close to the running back told ESPN for a story appearing yesterday on its Web site.
The Lions would not confirm whether Ware had contacted them on this matter.
Grbac to remain starter for Chiefs, coach says
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — While Troy Alkman and Jake Plummer were wripping their teams up and down the field during the NFL's opening weekend and pulling off stunning comebacks, Elvis Grbac spent his crunch time going 0-for-8.
Kansas City's third-year quarterback, who cone-ed on a 86-
yard scoring pass earlier in the
end half at Chicago Sunday, missed
But fans who might want backup Warren Moon to start in Sunday's home opener against Denver are going to be sorely disappointed.
his last eight passes in a 20-17 loss to a Bears team the Chiefs were favored to beat.
Head coach Gunther Cunningham can hardly understand why anyone would even question the abilities of the 6-foot-5 quarterback, who was benched last year for ineffectiveness and will quickly be booed if he should falter against the Broncos.
"Are you kidding?" Cunningham responded Monday when asked if Grbac still has his full confidence. "It's exactly what he's got. I just don't believe you judge people for one game, whether you're a quarterback, or a defensive back or whatever."
BIG 12 FOOTBALL
Two K-State players hurt in game against Temple
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State will be without starting fullback Johnno Lazetich and linebacker Jason Kazar for Saturday's game with Texas-El Paso, coach Bill Snyder said yesterday.
Lazetich, a junior transfer from
Oregon State,
suffered a mild
concussion in
Saturday's 44-0
win against
Temple and left
in the third quar
Note: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment purposes only.
Kazar left during the third quarter of the Temple game with a broken left arm and will be out two to three weeks.
ter. Snyder said he was uncertain when Lazetich would return.
Snyder said either senior Ryan Payne or junior college transfer Joe Hall would start for Lazetich. Neither has starting experience, but the 260-pound Hall has more experience overall, Snyder said.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Now everyone gets to see what only the Texas &M defense got to see in practice last year.
Bethel Johnson, a promising wide receiver from Corsicana, Texas was a redshirt last season and spent his days on the scout team imitating players from opposing teams.
He did his job well.
Receiver shines in role in Aggie season opener
He did his job well.
"One week, I was Michael Bishop
Johnson no longer has to pretend to be other players from the Big 12 Conference. He debated as himself for the Aggies Sept. 4 against Louisiana Tech and caught four passes for 106 yards and one touchdown.
(Kansas State) and another time Ricky Williams," Johnson said. Which Williams? "I was both of
them," he said, referring to the running backs from Texas and Texas Tech by the same name.
Hall of Fame boxer dies after car accident at 66
HOUSTON — Cleveland "Big Cat" Williams, a boxer who was shot by police but recovered to fight Muhammad Ali for the title in 1966, died after being struck by a car. He was 66.
BOXING
Williams died Friday at Ben Taub hospital. No charges were filed against the driver, who hit the ailing Williams as he crossed the street after a dialysis treatment.
Williams' medical troubles began in 1965, when he was shot in the stomach by a Texas state trooper after arguing during a traffic stop.
Williams was born in Griffin, Ga., and raised in Houston. He was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in Commerce, Calif., in 1997.
The shooting left Williams with lifelong kidney trouble, but it didn't stop him from challenging Ali in the Houston Astrodome only a year and a half later.
A memorial service will be held Friday in Houston, with burial on Saturday.
PRO BASKETBALL
Three-month trial recess forced by Hurricane Floyd
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Hurricane Floyd prompted a judge to declare a mistrial yesterday in the lawsuit accusing Charlotte Hornets owner Gehirn Shinn
ing a woman.
Judge Costa M. Pleiciones initially delayed proceedings for several hours, then declared a mistrial and set the retrial for Dec. 6. He also used both.
sides to try to reach a settlement before then.
Lawyers for Shinn and Leslie Price, the woman suing him, immediately went into the judge's chambers and were not available to discuss whether a settlement was possible.
Price says Shinn lured her to his suburban Tega Cay home in September 1997 and forced her to give him oral sex. Shinn has denied the allegations and has sued Price for slander in a North Carolina court.
If the case returns for trial, Pleicones will have to rule on several pretrial questions. That includes whether testimony will be allowed from a former Hornets cheerleader who has said Shinn coerced her into a two-year sexual relationship or from a man who says he had a sexual relationship with Price at the same time as the alleged assault by Shinn.
The Associated Press
'Hawks wary of Wichita State
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where the ball's going to go so we've been working on different runs and trying to move for each other rather than react."
In addition to field movement, Francis has moved around some positions. This week he moved sophomore Natalie Hoogveld from defender back to her natural position of forward to utilize her quickness. Taking defense Hoogveld's position will be senior Lindsey Loeffler.
Some key members of the squad are expected to be back in action this week as well. Junior Meghann Haven, who ranks second in career assists, practiced Monday following her knee injury against Missouri. Francis also expects sophomore Meghreen Walker to be ready to play Friday.
Junior transfer Hilla Rantala will not play Friday as she continues to recover from her ankle injury suffered in the season opener against Colorado. Rantala has been running in practice, and according to Francis, is now able to sprint.
"She's made huge strides since last week," Francis said. "She's working hard and the trainers are doing a good job trying to get her back."
—Edited by Julia Nicholson
Area boxer dies after fight at age 24
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo.
Supermiddleweight Randie Carver died yesterday, two days after losing consciousness in a North American Boxing Federation fight at Harrah's North Kansas City Casino.
Carver, 24, who had been in critical condition since undergoing emergency brain surgery late Sunday, went down in a 12-round bout with Kabary Salem of Brooklyn. N.Y. Family and friends had huddled at North Kansas City Hospital as Carver was kept on life support until he died yesterday morning.
"We are pretty shaken, of course," said Sharon White, Carver's aunt who has been acting as a family representative since the incident. "This is something we've been dealing with since Sunday. What we'd like to do now is go home and get ourselves together."
Salem's manager, Scott Massoud, was stunned by the news.
"Oh my god. I'm speechless," said Massoud from Brooklyn. "My thoughts and wishes go out to him and his family. God, what a loss."
Carver, who was repeatedly headbutted in the early rounds of Sunday's fight, fell sluggishly to the canvas in the 10th round after taking an overhand right and a straight left from Salem. He tried on four occasions to get up, but could not even get up on his knees.
After referee Ross Strada ruled a knockout, Carver's eyes appeared to go back in his head, and he lost consciousness. He was rushed to the hospital after paramedics treated him for
about 20 minutes in the ring. Carver did not appear to ever regain consciousness.
Carver's supporters were upset by the head butts. Strada said he warned Salem twice but ruled the head butts accidental.
A. D. "Spider" Bymum, a Dallas-based legal adviser to the NABF, said the federation would review tapes of the fight and aid any investigation.
Carver was a kid who grew up the hard way, and he wanted to help kids grow up right said Steven St. John, a close friend of Carver who sometimes worked in his corner during fights.
"As great a boxer as he was, he was an even greater person," he said.
Harrah's has announced that a boxing card scheduled for Oct. 3 has been canceled out of respect for Carver.