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Friday March 16,2001
HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday (March 16).
Step out to the applause this year and gather wealth, too. The status you achieve is not a gift; it's been earned. The thing you dread most in March pays best in April. Heed Grandpa's advice to succeed in May, and get the answer through prayer in June. Proceed on that path through autumn. Step up to the plate in December. The home run you hit isn't just luck. Give special thanks in February.
Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7.
You and your team can forge ahead and win the prize, but don't minimize your doubts.
One of them is an area that needs more attention. Fix that problem before it happens and success is assured.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 5.
An older person is coming around to your way of thinking, but don't get smug. Keep watching for ways to save, and you could get a bonus.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 7. You've been learning a lot lately with the help of friends and your partner. You might get to take on more responsibility.Practice by looking at things from your boss's point of view.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 6.
You may be buried in work, but don't despair. This weekend is good for traveling and discussing commitments, and it might start as soon as tonight.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7.
Your sweetheart finds it hard to resist your charms and vice versa. However, you want to spend far more than you should. If you've got work lined up for this weekend, maybe you can
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 5.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 5.
You won't have to concentrate so much on work for the next few weeks, and you'll be able to spend more time with your mate. Get your place spruced up. This will be a good weekend to entertain.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7.
New skills could lead to new responsibilities.
Even if you were heading in that direction already, it could be startling when it happens.
You might make a few mistakes at first, but you'll get it right.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 5.
**Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 5.**
Playing by the old rules may not get you what you want. Stretch the rules, or invent new ones. Don't do anything illegal. Just cut through the red tape and increase your profits.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7.
S. guttarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today a 7.
You've been hiding in the books long enough. It's time for you to put what you've learned into action. This is the real test, so no more procrastinating.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6. A surprising development could change your preconceived notions. Things will be different in the future, so don't stay stuck in the past. Adapt.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7.
If you're so smart, why aren't you rich? You'l get the chance to do something wise that also increases your income. You may also get the chance to do something fun with friends. Find time for both.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6.
By facing something you were worried about, you're becoming stronger. Others believed in you already, but you were slow in catching up. Now you're starting to believe in yourself.
KANSAS BASEBALL
Michigan-filled weekend scheduled for Hawks
The "Hawks baseball team will be invaded by the Wolverine State this weekend. The Jayhawks will play Michigan at 4 p.m. tomorrow and at 11 a.m. Sunday at Hoglund Ballpark Kansas will then play Eastern Michigan at 4 pm. Sunday and 1 p.m. on Monday. The Jayhawks are 11-9 on the season.
— Shawn Linenberger
Notes: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment purposes only.
MLB
Red Sox pitcher Castillo hurts hand in game
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Boston pitcher Frank Castillo was knocked out of the game by a line drive off his throwing hand yesterday against Tampa Bay.
Castillo was struck by a fifth-inning liner off the bat of Jason Tyner. The right-hander tried to field the ball, but it glanced on his glove and hit him in the fleshy part of the outside of his hand.
"I put both my glove and my hand out there and it nicked the glove and hit my hand, but it feels good," said Castillo, who came out of the game after he was hit. He didn't think he was seriously hurt.
Castillo, 10-5 with a 3.59 ERA for Toronto last year, pitched four 2-3 innings in his fourth spring training start. He gave up one run, five hits and one walk, and struck out three. He has been one of the team's most consistent pitchers this spring.
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Bobby Bonilla hit a two-run homer against his former team, and John Mabry hit his major league-leading sixth homer of the spring as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 5-3.
Former Met helps St. Louis beat New York
Bonilla, who had two unhappy tours with the Mets, hit a second-inning drive to right off Kevin Appier, who allowed two runs and five hits in four innings. Bonilla was booed loudly each time he batted.
Mabry hit a two-run drive in the eighth off Armando Benitez for a 5-2 lead. Mark McGwire went 2-for-2 with a pair of singles.
Relaford hit his second home run of spring, a solo shot off Dave Veres in the ninth.
New York's Desi
Cardinals starter Andy Benes allowed two hits in four shutout inings...
Notes: Mets catcher Mike Piazza is close to returning from a bone bruise in a knee.
"He did all of his work today and did all of his agility running," Mets manager Bobby Valentine said. "If he doesn't feel it at all tomorrow, he may play the next day."
Mets outfielder Tusyoshi Shinjo slightly sprained his left ankle while making a throw during yesterday's game. He went 1-for-2 and raised his spring average to .385. The Mets assigned pitchers Pete Walker and Brett Hinchliffe to their minor league camp.
No. 1 seed Hingis loses to Belgium teen-ager
TENNIS
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Top-seeded Martina Hingis was upset yesterday in the semifinals of the Masters Series tournament, losing 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 to Kim Clijsters, a 17-year-old from Belgium.
Clijsters, who has won three times on the women's tour since turning pro in 1999, consistently drove low, hard groundstrokes down the lines against Hingis.
She hit 21 winners to Hingis' 10. Clisters will play the winner of yesterday evening's semifinal between
Hingis' loss ended her string of five consecutive finals, a span in which she won three times.
Serena and Venus Williams in tomorrow's championship match.
Clijsters was 47th in the world rankings in 1999 and has jumped to No. 19. Making the Indian Wells final will bump her up the ladder.
"That's one of the Top 10 players I see in the future, for sure," Hingis said. "She basically didn't really have a weakness today."
Clisters was thrilled to beat Hingis for the first time in their four matches.
tournament, my greatest victory," she said. "Afterwards, all the people are telling you that you beat No. 1 in the world."
"This is probably my greatest
Clisters was careful not to get too giddy.
Hingls, who finished 2000 ranked No.1 for the third time in four years, was the Indian Wells champion in 1998 and a finalist last year, losing the title match to Lindsay Davenport.
Clisters had lost to Hingis in straight sets in their previous three meetings, including a 6-4, 6-4 defeat at Sydney earlier this year.
Clijsters made a splash at the 1999 U.S. Open, when she was — at 16 years and two months — the youngest player in the draw. She reached the third round before she lost to Serena Williams after leading 5-3 in the third set. Williams went on to win the championship.
In the men's draw, fourth-seeded Andre Gassi outlasted Nicolas Kiefer 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; and Patrick Rafter beat defending champion Alex Corretja 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
NFL
Chiefs sign free-agent to fill center position
KANASS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs signed center Casey Wiegmann, an unrestricted free agent from the Chicago Bears, to a sixyear contract, the team announced yesterday.
Terms of the deal were not immedi- ately available.
The 6-foot,3,285-pound Wiegmann started 24 of 49 games in four seasons with the Bears, including 10 of their 16 games in 2000.
"I'd like to believe we've just signed a young Tim Grunhard, someone who has a great passion for the game, a leadership flair about him that could carry on the tradition on how that position should be played," Chiefs head coach Dick Vernell said.
Grunhard, Kansas City's center for the past 11 seasons, is a free agent and considered likely to retire.
Broncos begin to fill spots on offensive line
DENVER — Offensive lineman Ethan Brooks signed a three-year, $1.7 million contract with the Denver Broncos yesterday.
The two sides agreed to terms last week. With incentives, the contract could be worth up to $3.1 million.
Brooks can play both sides of the line and could help fill Denver's vacancy at left tackle. The Broncos released starter Tony Jones last month.
Denver also has to find a replacement for left guard Mark Scherlehner, who plans to retire. Right tackle Matt Lepis is a restricted free agent and tackle Trey Teague is recovering from knee surgery.
Brooks, a former NCAA Division III defensive player of the year at Williams College, has played for Atlanta, St. Louis and the Cardinals.
The Associated Press
Sports Calendar
Softball in KU Invitational
vs. Loyola-Chicago. 3 p.m.
Men's basketball vs. Cal-
State Northridge at
NCAA Tournament in
Dayton, Ohio. 6:40 p.m.
Swimming and diving at
women's NCAA
Championships in Long
Island, N.Y.
**Women's tennis** at Oklahoma. 10 a.m.
**Softball** in KU
Invitational vs. Western Michigan. 1:30 p.m.; vs. Tulsa. 3:45 p.m.
**Baseball** vs. Michigan. 4 p.m.
Softball in KU
Invitational. 9 a.m. or
11:15 a.m. vs. TBD;
1:30 or 3:45 p.m. vs.
TBD.
Women's tennis
Oklahoma State. 10 a.m.
Baseball vs. Michigan.
11 a.m.; vs. Eastern
Michigan. 4 p.m.
Family tries to block Earnhardt photos
The Associated Press
Teresa Earnhardt said before the meeting that releasing the photos of the NASCAR great would cause "permanent distress" to the family without public benefit.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A meeting between Dale Earnhardt's widow and the Orlando Sentinel over her efforts to block the newspaper from seeing her husband's autopsy photos ended yesterday with no resolution.
She left the meeting without commenting, and lawyers for both sides are barred from discussing details. Talks are scheduled to resume today in the office of mediator John Upchurch.
Attorneys for Earnhardt, the Sentinel and a Web site owner met in an effort to reach a settlement in their dispute over the photos. Sentinel publisher Kathy Waltz and Editor Tim Franklin also attended the meeting, which was ordered by Circuit Judge Joseph Will in hopes that the issue could be resolved without his ruling.
Under Florida's unusually broad "sunshine" laws, autopsy photos are ordinarily public record, but Will had blocked their release while the two sides negotiate.
Earnhardt was killed in a crash Feb. 18 at the Daytona 500.
The Sentinel had filed a request to have an independent authority
look at the photos as part of its investigation into NASCAR safety. The newspaper said it didn't plan to publish the photos. But another party has entered the case, a Web site that hasn't ruled out publishing them.
"We are disheartened by the growing number of media and individuals including a Web site that have joined the Orlando Sentinel in its quest to gain access to the autopsy photos of Dale." Teresa Earnhardt said in a statement. "We are convinced that if access is granted it is inevitable that the images will soon appear elsewhere, including on the Internet, and cause permanent distress to my family and to Dale's legacy with no real public benefit."
If no agreement can be reached, the judge will hear the case again on Monday.
NASCAR fans have criticized the newspaper, and some even sent death threats. But just one fan was in sight outside the courthouse as the meeting began.
The Sentinel has asked that Will's injunction be dissolved, and a site called Websitecity.com also is seeking access to the photos.
When asked Tuesday by the judge why he wanted access to the
"We are disheartened by the growing number of media and individuals including a Web site that have joined the Orlando Sentinel in its quest to gain access to the autopsy photos of Dale." Teresa Earnhardt Dale Earnhardt's wife
photos, Websitecity.com owner Michael Uribe said, "Whatever's legal." He didn't elaborate. Uribe was also at yesterday's meeting.
The Earnhardt family has cited the case of designer Gianni Versace, who was murdered outside his Miami Beach mansion in 1997. His relatives won a court order permanently sealing his autosys photos.
A bill that would require a judge to approve any requests by the public to see autopsy photos won unanimous approval Tuesday from the state Senate Criminal Justice Committee.
The bill requires another committee's approval before a floor vote; a similar House bill also is pending.
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