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UMass' Camby announces he will enter the NBA draft
College player of the year may return to school if picked by unliked team
Marcus Camby had his choice and took the latter yesterday, passing up his senior season and a chance at an NCAA championship to make himself eligible for the NBA draft and the riches available to him there.
AMHERT, Mass. — The University of Massachusetts athletic department has a brochure it sends to alumni asking them for money. "UMass Athletics," it reads, "better than a million buck."
The Associated Press
"I feel I'm ready to begin my life-long dream of playing in the NBA," Camby said in a packed news conference at the Mullins Center. "I will never leave UMass in my heart. A big part of me will always be here."
The 6-foot-11 Camby is expected to be one of the top three picks in the June 28 draft — perhaps even No. 1 overall, depending on what other NCAA underclassmen join him in the draft.
Also yesterday, high school senior Kobe Bryant announced he's skipping college altogether to enter the NBA draft. The 6-6 forward, national player of the year according to several publications, is expected to be among the top 10 prospects.
The top pick can make $9.1 million over three years under the NBA's rookie salary cap.
Asked if that made the NBA too tempting to pass up, Camby said, "Next year I'd still be the No. 1 pick with that same three years and $$1 million out there. So it doesn't make much difference."
But he also cited a desire to provide for his family. "I know my mother deserves better than what she
Still, Camby said he would leave the door open to return to college if he changes his mind or if he's drafted by a team he doesn't like. As long as he doesn't hire an agent, his eligibility remains intact.
has right now," he said. "So I took that into consideration also."
"None of the teams that are going to draft me are good teams right now," he said. "But I would love to be part of a team that's going to be successful."
But coach John Calipari put the chances of his star center returning at one in a million. "The chances of that are slim and none," he said, while commending Camby for leaving his options open.
"For Marcus Camby, he's making the right decision," Calipari said.
After an unexplained collapse at midseason that sidelined him for several games, Camby was given medical clearance to play and finished the season without further physical problems. He led the Minutemen to their first trip to the NCAA Final Four, averaging 20 points, eight rebounds and four blocked shots to earn every major player of the year award.
In three years with Camby, UMass posted a 92-14 record, including a 9-0 record in the Atlantic 10 tournament and an 8-3 mark in the NCAAs. With him, UMass was considered a potential title contender; without him, they are still favored to win a sixth consecutive conference title.
UMass,ranked No.1 for most of the season, lost to eventual champion Kentucky 81-74 in the tournament semifinals as Camby scored 25 points with eight rebounds and six blocked shots.
Despite his collegiate accomplishments, Camby is considered too skinny to play center in the NBA and is more likely suited for power forward.
"Length is strength," he said. "I'm not going to try and gain 40 pounds and play center. That's not my natural position."
Cardinals get Ozzie Smith back
Shortstop gets roster spot opened by injury to infielder Gary Gaetti
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — Gary Gaetti's bad break got Ozzie Smith back on the St. Louis Cardinals' roster.
Gaetti was placed on the 15-day disabled list yesterday with a broken little toe suffered in a household accident. That cleared the way for Smith, 41, the oldest shortstop in the major leagues, to return from a hamstring injury that has sideline him for nearly three weeks.
Smith began the year on the disabled list and has made only one start, in the Cardinals' home opener April 8, before re-injuring the hamstring. Yesterday he was on the bench behind Royce Clayton.
"He's active, and we'll work him in there," manager Tony La Russa said.
Gaetti, 37, was hurt when he dropped a steel grate on his toe while working in his flooded basement. He was 10-for-25 in a seven-game hitting streak that raised his average to .280 and has three home runs and five RBI.
"The thing probably weighed a couple hundred pounds," La Russa said. "After treatment (Sunday) it felt better, but he came in today and it was really swollen and really sore."
The injury creates an opening for David Bell, in his second season. Bell, 23, is the only natural third baseman on the roster for now, with backup catcher Danny Sheaffer behind him. La Russa said the team will survive until Gaetti gets back.
where along the line in some of these games, somebody will have to play out of position," La Russa said.
"What might happen is some-
Bell was batting .184 with one home run and one RBI in 38 at bats. Last season he batted .250 with two home runs and 19 RBI in 39 games after being called up from the minor leagues in August, and he said it's been difficult adjusting to a bench role for the first time in his life.
"As the year goes on and if I go back to that role, hopefully I'll handle it a little better," Bell said. "But when you get one at bat here and there, you really want to make the most of it, and that's just not the way you do it."
Another infielder, second baseman Luis Alicea, wasn't hurt seriously when he was hit by a Greg Maddux pitch Saturday night. Alicea was in the lineup yesterday.
Veteran Chiefs want revenge for last year
Successful season for Chiefs turns out to be disappointing
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mark Collins changed his mind about his future as soon as the pain of Kansas City's playoff loss to Indianapolis stopped throbbing.
For Collins and most of his teammates, that took all winter.
"It hurt. It hurt real deep," said the veteran defensive back, who has now reversed his plan, announced within a day of the loss, to retire. "It lasted until about a week ago."
As painful as that 10-7 setback to the underdog Colts was for fans, it was probably even worse for players and coaches, as long-lasting as any disappointment they ever knew.
"I'm still not over it," receivers coach Al Saunders said Saturday as the Chiefs went through minicamp, their first formal gathering since their Super Bowl dreams were dashed Jan. 7 in front of a shocked Arrowhead Stadium crowd.
"It was probably the most disappointing experience I've ever had in professional football," Saunders said.
"Everybody still talks about it," said tackle Joe Phillips. "It was devastating."
Many Chiefs did not even feel like watching the Super Bowl.
"The wound was still too fresh," said guard Dave Sott.
They had not sustained a significant injury all year and their league best, team-record 13-3 mark gave them a first-round bye and home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
It wasn't that losing to the wildcard Colts was such an embarrassment. But every little thing to that point in a Cinderella season had broken so perfectly in their favor.
They would get to play every game at home, where they hadn't lost since 1994.
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But then Steve Bono threw three interceptions, Lin Elliott missed three field goals and the season came crashing to a bitter, painful end.
Szott's spouse reacted in a similar way.
"I was frustrated and very angry," Phillips said. "After about two days, Cindy asked me why didn't I get out of the house and find something to do. She'd had enough of me. It was so frustrating because we all knew that might have been our best shot ever at the Super Bowl."
"Usually my wife can't wait for the season to get over so we can spend time together," said Szott. "But two days afterward, she asked me, 'What's your problem? Maybe you should go back to work.' It gnawed at me for a long time."
Running back Greg Hill hid out with a pair of canine companions.
"I it really left a bitter taste," said running back Greg Hill. "I locked myself up at home with my two rottweilers and just shut out the world. I was hard to get hold of for a while."
"The expectations had risen so high for us and for the whole city," Phillips said. "Then all of a sudden, bam! It's over. We had squandered our great opportunity. It was tough to deal with. It still is."
The day after the loss, a disappointed Collins told an impromptu news conference while cleaning out his locker that he would not be back for an 11th season.
"That was not the only reason I'd decided to retire, but I felt bad for myself and for the guys who put the hard work in, and I really felt bad for the fans who supported us," he said.
"Every time I left the house, I found myself apologizing to the fans."
It wasn't until he helped out teammate Martin Bayless at a football camp a couple of weeks ago that Collins firmly made up his mind to come back.
"We're still hungry," Collins said. "We'll be back this year with a vengeance."
Emmitt 'scholar' Smith
The Associated Press
"I told her that I was coming out of school to begin my NFL career," Smith said. "I also told her that I would be back in Florida every off-season until my degree was finished. I was serious about that commitment."
Recycle
IRVING, Texas — Emmitt Smith made his mother, Mary, a promise six years ago. He keeps that promise on Saturday when he graduates from the University of Florida.
It bears repeating!
Smith will earn a bachelor of science degree in public relations from the College of Health and Human Performances.
The Cowboys' 1900 first-round pick and six-time Pro Bowl star, who has three Super Bowl rings, said:
word. There was no doubt in my mind that I would be back in Gainesville every offseason to finish my degree. It was important to my family and it was super important to me.
"I've always been a man of my
Emmitt Smith
"I had people tell me things like, 'You've got enough money for the rest of your life. Who needs school?' I'd respond by telling them that I need school. We all do. A solid education is critical.
Smith left Florida after his junior season. He returned each offseason to complete his studies.
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