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Fans lose again: Teams reject their mail
It's said that professional sports are children's games played by men.
BY ED SCHUYLER JR.
It's becoming more and more apparent that the men who play and operate these games act like spoiled children.
The Associated Press
There have been numerous incidents of childish behavior in baseball this season. Fans have been attacked for heckling highpriced, thin-skinned players.
Why should fans be angry with the players and lords of baseball, the grinches who stole the 1994 pennant races and World Series? What do they expect — loyalty?
Now the NBA has sent the message to its fans: Don't act like fans without its permission.
It seems Sean Warsch, a sixth grader from Cooper City, Fla., sent a card to Harold Miner in car of the Miami Heat in February.
ary, complimenting the player, who has been traded to Cleveland, and asking for his autograph.
The youngster got the card back along with a written excuse from a public relations intern for the Heat.
It seems that after the clubs locked out the players, they were told to stop handling all matter relating to players. That included fan mail.
Lawyers, naturally, were involved in the decision.
"Teams were told to send all mail back because you can't distinguish between fan mail and what could be a player's personal business, unless you open the letters," NBA representative Jan Hubbard said.
The Orlando Magic has returned about 1,000 letters written to Shaquille O'Neal, according to the club.
Ostensibly, all of the mail was
from fans. But what if O'Neal's electric bill was among the letters? Would the NBA want to keep one of its biggest attractions in the dark?
The Chicago Bulls have returned hundreds of letters sent to Michael Jordan. Jordan, of course, is one of the bad guys in the eyes of the league — one of the players leading the movement to decryify the union, an action that shot down an apparent labor agreement.
What's Jordan ever done to sel. the NBA and its merchandise? Of course, during the lockout, the club owners and Commissioner David Stern continue to answer their fan mail.
Fan mail to the players could resume within a month. By the way, when the players do get fan mail, does it get answered?
A tentative agreement was reached Aug. 8. Now the players association, and its divided
membership, must decide whether to accept the six-yea deal or dissolve the union and try to get better terms through litigation.
The union will spend the next three weeks trying to sell thentative deal.
If agreement is reached, youn Warsch will have to remail hi compliment and autograpi request of Miner to the Cavalier in Cleveland.
By then, however, he could b-writing to quarterback Dan Marino.
"I still like basketball," he said. However, he added, "Right now I really, really like the Dolphin because everybody says they're going to go to the Super Bowl. can't wait for football."
Of course, the NFL owners and players will never do anything to jeopardize the Super Bowl.
Agassi wins with improved image
The Associated Press
MASON, Ohio — The old "image is everything" Andre Agassi might have stayed with his stylish black shoes in the 96-degree heat. He certainly would have entertained the crowd, and almost certainly would have lost.
A remade Agassi showed once again during the ATP Championship that image is out and winning is in.
They wouldn't,would they?
The crowd favorite and No. 1 player in the world put away his beloved black, took a no-nonsense attitude onto the scoring court and matched his career high for tournament wins Sunday.
Agassi's 7-5, 6-2 victory over two-time champion Michael Chang highlighted all the reasons he's turned into a much different player in the past two years.
has matched his career high by winning six tournaments this year and is 41-2 on hard courts. Agassi gives a lot of the credit to coach Brad Gilbert, who has changed his approach to the game.
"Strategy, utilizing my game, determination and really seizing opportunities," Agassi said, listing areas of improvement. "Brad's been good about
For starters, he's determined.
"To be honest, black shoes and socks don't get it done when it's 130 degrees."
Despite the heat and draining humidity, Agassi played just one bad set all week. Agassi had no letdowns Sunday during a one-hour, 34-minute match played on a sizzling court.
"I haven't played a match in over a year now where I haven't gone out there and jaid it all on the line and tried to win." Agassi said. "I've forced myself to play above what I felt I was playing that day for a year now, week after week."
Andre Agassi
Just about a year ago, Agassi won the U.S. Open and started a run that continued through the $1.8 million ATP Championship. He is 81-9 since the beginning of last year's Open,
it all together."
that. He's made a living off matches he never should have won."
Chang agreed.
"He's thinking a little bit better before the match and maybe a little bit better during the match," Chang said. "Brad always was known as a great thinking player, and Andre's never been known for that."
Agassi showed throughout the ATP Championship and particularly on Sunday that there are few holes in his game or his approach to it. He's even willing to dump the image if necessary: He went to white shoes and socks and a white bandana to cope with the heat.
"He's always had the talent, but I think Brad's taught him a new way of playing tennis. I think it's working out quite well. Andre's reaching a point in his career where he's reaching his best years in tennis. And at this point, he's putting
"To be honest, black shoes and socks don't get it done when it's 130 degrees," he said. "I made that adjustment."
He figured Chang would be a little tired from a long week — Chang's average match was 2 hours, 3 minutes long; Agassi's was 1 hour, 14 minutes. Agassi picked his spots against the No. 4 seed, made him run around as much as possible and never let Chang get a tochoel.
He broke Chang to go up 6-5 in the first set and served it out. Essentially, that was the match.
"Neither one of us could play with 100 percent intensity because the heat was just brutal out there," Agassi said. "Winning the first set was big, given the conditions."
"The first set was a pretty crucial stage in the match," Chang said, agreeing.
Chang had just one break point in the second set, but Agassi saved it with one of his nine aces. It wasn't long before he was receiving the winner's check for $254,000, pushing his year's earnings to $1.8 million. Chang got the $133,800 second prize.
U.S. golfers hook positions on Ryder Cup
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Brad Faxon and Jeff Maggert played their way onto the U.S. Ryder Cup team at the PG/ Championship, and on Monday team captain Lanny Waddkins chose Curtis Strange and Fred Couples to join them on the squad.
"I think they bring a lot of experi ence and talent to the team," Wad kins said.
Wadkins had said all along that he had been looking for experienced and accurate players to handle the Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., where the Ryder Cup would be held.
The big question with Couples has been a chronic bad back.
"I do feel good," Couples said of his health. "I feel it's a great honor to be chosen."
Faxon got on the team with one of the greatest rounds in major championship golf history, shooting a 63 and tying the lowest score ever in a major.
The round lifted him into fifth place in the PGA Championship and gave him enough points to move from 14th to 10th in the Ryder Cup standings.
The top 10 players on the point list automatically make the team that will face the European squad next month.
Maggert finished tied for third in the PGA with Ernie Els and moved from 12th to sixth place in the point standings.
The final standings in the two-year competition for the Ryder Cup team has U.S. Open champion Corey Pavin in first followed by Tom Lehman, Davis Love and Phil Mickelson. Jay Haas is fifth, followed by Maggert, Loren Roberts, Ben Crenshaw, Peter Jacobsen and Faxon.
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