MLB UPDATE
With no consensus for labor peace, baseball owners met yesterday about a proposed five-year contract that seemed
certain to be defeated, probably wiping out interleague play next season.
Opponents appeared to have the necessary eight votes to block approval. Owners were unsure if there would be further talks to try to gain more concessions.
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The contract calls for a luxury tax in 1997, 1998 and 1999 designed to slow payroll growth of high-revenue teams, and it would allow owners to start their new revenue-sharing plan, which would be retroactive to the 1996 season. The contract also would credit players with major league service for the 75 regular-season days wiped out by the 1994-95 strike.
NL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
TODD HOLLANDSWORTH won the National League Rookie of the Year award yesterday, a record fifth consecutive year in which a Los Angeles Dodgers player has won. The 23-year-old outfielder led all NL rookies in hits, doubles, home runs, RBI, stolen bases and few errors. Florida shortstop Edgar Renteria was second, and Pittsburgh catcher Jason Kendall was third.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7.1996
NFL UPDATE
There's nothing like facing a good blood rival to make a football player forget an ex cruciating loss. EMMITT SMITH welcomes Sunday's game against San Francisco. He thinks it will help the struggling Dallas Cowbirds forget last Sunday's 31-21 loss to Philadelphia.
"It gives us an opportunity to get back up"
game," Smith said. "If we were playing a team with a losing record, it would be hard to get up. In this case, we've been in the fire, and now we're jumping right back into it. We'll be able to forget the Eagles game quickly."
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UCLA fires basketball coach, alleges recruiting violation
LOS ANGELES—Jim Harrick, a campus hero 19 months ago when he coached UCLA to its first NCAA basketball championship in 20 years, was fired yesterday for an alleged recruiting violation and a false expense report.
Steve Lavin, a 32-year-old assistant, was named interim coach, and the school will look for Harrick's successor during the season.
The dismissal came two weeks before
the start of the season and one week before the fall signing period H
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UCLA chancellor Charles Young announced the dismissal in a news release, saying Harrick had been terminated for misstatements following a UCLA investigation.
Harrick coached at Pepperdine for nine years before succeeding Walt Hazzard as UCLA's coach in 1988. Harrick's record with the Bruins was 191-63.
A recruiting dinner on Oct. 11 was attended by five current players even though only three recruits were present, according to the University.
It is against NCAA rules for a school to provide a free meal or entertainment to a student who assists in recruiting a prospect during an official visit unless the current student is designated as the prospect's host.
On Oct. 15, Harris filed an expense report that misrepresented who attended the dinner, which is a breach of NCAA and UCLA policy, the school said. The report did not include the names of the extra players but did include the names of the guests. The investigation revealed that the guests did not eat dinner at the restaurant that night, the school said.
When questioned about the dinner by UCLA officials conducting the investigation, Harrick misrepresented significant facts more than once, the school said.
Boston College investigates accusations of gambling
Later, when confronted by university officials, Harrick admitted he had misled the school.
NEWTON, MASS. — Two Boston College football players bet against their team in an Oct. 26 loss to Syracuse, the local prosecutor said yesterday.
Middlesex County District Attorney Thomas Reilly said that there was no evidence of point-shaving but that an investigation was continuing. Syracuse beat Boston College 45-17.
Neither of the players was identified.
number of the players was identified. Reilly also said an unidentified number of Boston College players had bet on college, pro football and major league baseball games, including this year's World Series. Bets ranged from $25 to several hundred dollars and others that were much higher. Reilly said.
The Associated Press
Henning and the team's student captains confronted Eagles sophomores Kiernan Speight, Jermaine Monk, Jamall Anderson and Brandon King on Saturday. King has not played this season because of a broken foot.
NCAA rules forbid athletes from betting on intercollegiate or professional sporting events.
Rumors of point-shaving or game-fixing by Boston College players surfaced in recent weeks and intensified after Thursday's 20-13 loss to Pittsburgh, a game in which the Eagles were favored by 11 1/2 points.
Later that day, athletic director Chet Gladuch announced that the school would investigate the rumors with the goal of clearing the program's name.
John McBride, an attorney for the four Boston College sophomores, said only two of his clients admitted they had gambled.
"They told the authorities at Boston College that they never bet on BC games," McBride said. "But they also told the authorities that they did bet on other games."
Comeback comes up short
Volleyball team can't recover against K-State
By Adam Herschman Kansan sportswriter
After losing the first game to Kansas State, the Jayhawks duge deep to win game two.
But it wasn't enough to defeat the 20thranked Wildcats last night at Allen Field House.
"We played really well in the beginning," Kansas State volleyball coach Jim Moore said. "We thought it was going to be easy."
Down 3-6 to the Wildcats in the second game, Kansas received a push from outside hitter Mary Beth Albrecht's consecutive aces, which tied the score at 6-6.
After Kansas State regained the lead 6-7, Kansas scored seven consecutive points, leading 13-7. The Jayhawks went on to win the game 15-11 and tied the game score at 1-1.
"Karen's (Schonewise) a fighter, and that team's always going to fight," Moore said. "They're always such a scrappy, tough team to beat that we're going to have to make sure we play real well all the time to beat them."
However, the Jayhawks didn't have enough after the comeback victory in game two, and the Wildcats won the next two games, defeating Kansas (7-15, 15-10, 4-15, 5-15).
"I think they're just refusing to be beat," Kansas volleyball coach Karen Schonewise said. "They are outworking people. They are not making a lot of mistakes; they're just doing a lot of things well."
Kansas State won its third conference match in a row and improved to 21-5 overall and 9-4
The loss was the Jayhawks' fifth straight against Big 12 Conference opponents, and it dropped the team's record to 9-18 overall and 3-10 in the conference.
"They're always such a scrappy, tough team to beat that we're going to have to make sure we play real well all the time to beat them."
JIM MOORE Kansas State volleyball coach
in the conference.
Kansas sophomore outside hitter Moira Donovan led Kansas with 16 kills and was second on the team with nine digs. Junior right side hitter Kendra Kahler was second on the team with eight kills. Junior middle blocker and team co-captain Maggie Mohrfeld had a team-leading 10 digs.
The Wildcats were led by freshman Kim Zschau's 14 kills and a team-tying nine digs.
Schonewise said Kansas was waiting for external motivations, such as big plays. Kansas played well in the second game because good things happened right in a row, and when they happened the team's intensity level remained high.
The Jayhawks will play Oklahoma at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 8 in Norman, Okla.
"We're waiting for a huge block or a big kick or a great dig to get us moving," she said. "We're not just starting on our own right now."
Kansas junior defensive specialist Stephanie Blackwell said the team played in spurs.
"I would just like to see us play consistently and intensely," Blackwell said. "A lot of it is our fault. Coach said we had 12 net violations in this game; that's almost a whole game. We just need to eliminate those things and stay intense."
Kansas setter Laura Rohde and middle blocker Amanda Reves block a shot. The Jayhawk women's volleyball team lost to K-State last night at Allen Field House.
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Jayhawks control bowl game destiny
By Dan Gelston Kansan sportswriter
More than bragging rights are at stake when Kansas plays Kansas State on Saturday.
The Jayhawks' bowl hopes are hanging in the balance.
Six Division I-4 victories and a winning record are needed to qualify for a bowl game. The Jayhawks are 4-4 with games remaining against the Wildcats (7-1), Texas (4-4) and Missouri (3-5).
Kansas went 10-2 last season and beat UCLA in the Aloha Bowl. The Jayhawks never have gone to bowl games in consecutive seasons.
Junior nose tackle Brett McGraw said that going to a bowl game was very important to him.
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"This is why you come to play ball," he said. "You've got to reap the rewards. It doesn't matter where it is — a game game's a bowl game. We had a lot of fun last year, and we want to go back."
I unmemtly think we can go," Kansas junior quarterback Matt Johner said. "If we play like a team and try to avoid the little mistakes that have hurt us, we can win our last three games."
That means two spaces are open for four teams — Kansas, Texas, Baylor (4-4), and Texas A&M (4-5).
Should Kansas finish 7-4 or 6-5, it most likely would qualify for the Alamo Bowl, which takes the Big 12 team with the fourth-best record; the Aloha Bowl, which takes the team with the fifth-best record; or the Copper Bowl, which takes the team with the sixth-best record.
Despite Kansas's tough schedule, players are optimistic that a bowl bid is attainable.
Six bowl berths were created for the new Big 12 Conference. Only Nebraska (7-1), Colorado (7-1), and K-State have the six victories needed. Texas Tech has five victories.
The Jayhawks entered the season with the nation's second-toughest schedule behind conference foe Oklahoma.
But senior quarterback Ben Rutz said that was no excuse for the Jawhaws' performance.
"I think it's been disappointing." Rutz said. "Everybody kind of had high expectations for us. It hasn't turned out the way we wanted it to."
Kansas senior running back June Henley is tackled by an Iowa State player. The Jayhawks will play Kansas State on Saturday. Kansas needs six victories for a bowl game bid.
Last year, seven Big 12 schools from the former Big Eight and Southwest Conferences played in bowl games. Baylor was left out of a bowl game despite a 7-4 record.
Senior wide receiver Isaac Byrd said a competitive conference was expected.
"We all knew this was going to be one of the best conferences in college football," he said. "But at the same time, we thought we were going to be good enough where we wouldn't have to worry about making a bowl game with three games left in the year. But the good thing is, there's still time left for us to do something about it. A bowl bid is within our reach, and we intend to grab it."
Kansas may get the present on recruit's birthday
Kansas finally may add the next piece to its basketball recruiting puzzle tomorrow, but it will have to fight some hometown pressure.
By Evan Blackwell Kansan sportswriter
Maurice Evans, a 6-foot-6 forward from Wichita Collegelegiate High School, will announce his decision at a press conference at 3:15 p.m. tomorrow, Evans' birthday.
He will choose from the Jayhawks, Wichita State and Oklahoma State. He had been linked to Nebraska because his cousin DeAngelo Evans plays football for the Cornushkers.
Evans visited Kansas on Oct. 18 at Late Night With Roy Williams, and he has visited the other schools since then. Some recruiting analysts think the decision will come down to the Jayhawks or hometown Wichita State.
Evans' high school coach, Mitch Fiegel, said he was relieved that the process was almost finished.
"I'll be nice to get it out of the way," Fiegel said. "Then again, I guess it's a nice problem to have."
Kansas may get a commitment from another birthday boy next week. Kenny Gregory, a 6-5 guard from Columbus, Ohio, also may make his announcement on his birthday, Nov. 16. Gregory is expected to choose between
- Tony Harris, a 6-0 point guard from Memphis, Tenn., will visit Kansas Nov. 16 for the Texas football game. Harris and Khalil El-Amin, a 5-10 guard from Minneapolis, Minn., still are the Jayhawks' top two point guard choices.
- Kansas and Ohio State. He reportedly has eliminated Clemson and Cincinnati.
- Ryan Humphrey, a 6-7 forward from Tulsa, Okla., will visit Kansas this weekend for the football game against Kansas State. The top-10 power forward is a two-sport star in basketball and football, and he may be looking to play both in college.
Gregory's high school coach, Dave Feyh, said that Gregory could notify the coaches tomorrow but that he may wait until the 16th for his announcement.
"He has said that, but I don't know how much that means," Feyh said. "Right now, I'm baffled."
Reports that Earl Watson, a 6-1 guard from Washington High School in Kansas City, Kan., was reconsidering his commitment to UCLA may be taking a different twist with the firing of UCLA coach Jim Harrick yesterday for possible recruiting violations.
Watson supposedly had been entertaining thoughts of staying in the area, possibly at Kansas. Jeff Fellenzer of Ultimate Hoops magazine in Los Angeles said Watson still was committed to UCLA.
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