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BASEBALL
DUNEDIN, Fla. ? With megor league
umpires locked out by owners because
of a contract dispute, American League
umpire supervisor Marty Springstead
said amateur crews have been lined
up to call spring training games.
Springstead said minor league umpires
will not be asked to work while
owners and big league umpires are
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Florida for an inspection of Dunedin
Stadium, where the Toronto Blue Jays
want to play regular-season games if
replacements are used.
LAKELAND, Fla. ? Detroit Tigers
president John McHale Jr. said manager
Sparky Anderson likely will have
his job back when the strike ends, provided
the settlement comes early in
the season. Anderson was placed on
an unpaid leave of absence Friday after
he balked at managing replacement
players.
PITTSBURGH ? A northern Virginia
group seeking an expansion team has
inquired about buying the Pittsburgh
Pirates, almost certainly with the intention
of moving them to Washington.
Bart Fisher, the president of Capil
Baseball, met last week in New
ark with Wertheim Schroeder, the
lvestment banking firm brokering
he Pirates' sale. The firm also is neotiating
with John J. Rigas, the City
f Pittsburgh's preferred buyer.
}SKETBALL
3 VEGAS ? UNLV coach Tim Gririch,
hospitalized last month for
mptoms relating to exhaustion, has
en told to stay away from the team.
UNLV trainer Jerry Koloskie said
Grgurich, who has not coached the
Rebels since early January, made a
mistake returning to practice before
completing the six weeks of rest preicribed
by his doctor.
FABRIANO, Italy ? Leaking carbon
monoxide caused the death of former
Cleveland State forward Sam Mitchell,
a preliminary autopsy report said.
Mitchell, 24, did not travel with
Fabriano-Turboair to Naples on Sunday,
and his body was found Monday
in his apartment by his coach.
NEW YORK ? Phoenix forward
Charles Barkley, who averaged 36
points and 12 rebounds in three games
last week, was selected the NBA player
of the week.
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Staff Reports
The USC Softball team traveled to
Statesboro, Ga., Wednesday afternoon,
sweeping a doubleheader from host Georgia
Southern. Pitcher Trinity Johnson
pitched a perfect game in the first game.
Johnson won her third game in as
many tries this season, with a 4-0 victory.
She pitched to the requred 21 batr
ters, with nine strikeouts. Chanda Lee
helped the Lady Gamecocks cause with
two hits, two stolen bases and two runs
scored.
In the second game, Darlene Gareis,
2-1, picked up her second win of the season,
with a 2-1 victory. Gareis had twe
TENNIS
PHILADELPHIA ? Second-seeded
Andre Agassi, in his first match since
winning the Australian Open, beat
qualifier Jan Apell 6-4,6-2 in the first
round of the U.S. Indoor.
FOOTBALL
MTTW vnroc _ Npw York Giants kidc
er Brad Daluiso, who finished last season
by making 11 straight field goals,
re-signed with the team.
The New York Times said today
that Daluiso agreed to a three-year
deal worth between $1.5 million and
$1.7 million with a signing bonus of
$350,000.
BOXING
INDIANAPOLIS ? State prison officials
say Mike Tyson is still scheduled
for release next month from the Indiana
Youth Center, despite a report the
former heavyweight champion could
be let go this week.
Boxing promoter Don King was
quoted in the New York Times as saying
Tyson had signed release papers
and could be freed today. Tyson, serving
a six-year sentence for a 1992 rape
conviction, will be released March 25.
YACHT RACING
SAN DIEGO ? Dennis Conner's Stars
& Stripes beat Young America by three
seconds in the closest finish in the
America's Cup trials.
Young America had won five
straight races, including two over Stars
& Stripes. The victoiy allowed Conner
to cut Young America's lead in the Citizen
Cup standings to 21-17. America3
is third with seven points.
HOCKEY
BOSTON ? Swedish left wing Mats
Naslund, who last played in the NHL
with Montreal in 1990, signed a oneyear
contract with the Boston Bruins.
Naslund, 35, agreed to terms last
week for a reported $200,000 with an
option for 1995-96. He had 243 goals
and 369 assists in eight seasons with
the Canadiens.
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Aubonnet won the men's downhill, and
Russia's Irina Lobatcheva and Ilia
Averbouch took the ice dance title in
the Winter University Games.
m sweeps,
;ame perfect
strikeouts, pitching five innings. Pitcher
Kim Sheridan came in in the sixth
inning, pitching two innings of relief and
picking up the save.
Catcher Tina Plew had a home run,
with a walk and two runs scored in the
second victory.
USC moves to 5-1, while Georgia
Southern falls to 1-5.
The Lady Gamecocks play host to
Georgia State at 1 p.m. Sat., Feb. 25 at
Lady Gamecock field, before traveling
to Atlanta to play against Georgia Tech
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The last home game for USCs women kef<
basketball players Christi Timmons and ? r
Jenny Randall was an ex- (
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the whole team. The
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Coastal Carolina were no *ur
match for the Lady Gamecocks
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and were defeated 89-53 TIMMONS on1
Wednesday at the Caroli- son
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"Everyone was excited about tfte '
game," Heather Godfrey said. ^
Timmons finished with 18 points coc'
and is 11 points shy of 1000 career points.
Randall scored eight points and grabbed s?n
seven rebounds in her last game at Frank
McGuire Arena.
"It was a veiy good game for our se- *7e
niors," said Coach Nancy Wilson. "We t"e
needed a chance to relax and experience
scoring opportunities in several differ- . e
ent ways." tir(
Shannon Johnson passed another
milestone against Coastal Carolina. The P01
junior from Hartsville, S.C., scored 27 j"or
points in the contest and passed the *e(
1,500 point mark. Johnson also dished
out seven assists and snagged seven re- 8
bounds. an.(
"I just wanted to have fun and play P01
hard. I'm not worried about personal
achievements,. Although, it is nice,"
Johnson said. P01
Freshman guard Heather Godfrey ?^'
was recruited to take Timmons' place an<
next season. Godfrey hit four of six threepoint
attempts and finished with 12 oar
points. She missed both attempts from Prc
inside the arch, however. Godfrey is currently
seventh in the SEC in three-point
shooting percentage, hitting 39.6 percent
of her three-point attempts.
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Staff Reports
Karrie Miller, a South Carolina native
who spent the past three years developing
the state's first Division I
women's soccer program as Charleston
Southern's head coach, has been named
assistant coach for USC Women s Soccer's
team. Head Coach Sue Kelly made
the announcement Wednesday. us
A pioneer for women's soccer in this m
state, Miller came to Charleston South- ?5
ern in 1992, a year before starting the .
program there. She guided the Bucs to ln
an amazing 12-5-1 record in the pro- wc
gram's first year, earning Big South Con- ^
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"We're excited to have someone of
Karrie Miller's caliber join our program," WJ
Kelly said. "Everything she brings to the ^
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USC forced 13 turnovers in the fin
f that led to fast break points. Th
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novers in the game. Johnson le
ith Carolina with six steals.
"My teammates put a lot of pressrn
;hem which forced turnovers," Johi
said.
USC outran Coastal Carolina, ar
;he second half wore on, they wei
ible to keep up with the Lady Gam
Its.
"We felt we could run on them," Job
said. "We ran them down and tire
m out, we really did have fun."
From the outset USC was able to s
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paint.
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s them down some."
Coastal Carolina was limited to I
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USC. Wilson said USC wanted
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points. Tameka Tender scored a tea
;h 24 points for Coastal. Ali Colgro
d Jackie Busch each added sevf
nts for the 10-14 Chanticleers.
Cindy Kelly pulled down a game hij
rebounds for USC and added s
nts in 19 minutes of play. South Ce
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South Carolina plays Vandeibilt Si
lay in Nashville at 2 p.m. USC w
id to the SEC Tournament March
"We want to have fun, play and fig
rd (at the SEC Tournament) in ti
it round," Johnson said.
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her own Karrie Miller Soccer Camp the
past two years.
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