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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The
Kansas City Chiefs and the agent for 1<
Joe Montana said the star quarter- I
back has no plans for knee surgery, k
contrary to a report saying an ex- v
tensive operation is scheduled for p
next week.
The Contra Costa Times of Wal- 1
nut Creek, Calif., said Wednesday
an operation to replace cartilage in I
Montana's left knee is tentatively set ?
for Tuesday. Chiefs spokesman Bob li
Moore and agent Tom Condon said p
no surgery is planned. f
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP)?Lloyd I
Daniels, who overcame drug prob- c
lems to play two seasons with the a
San Antonio Spurs, signed a 10-day
contract with the Los Angeles ^
Lakers.
Daniels, 27, was waived by I
Philadelphia on Nov. 12 after aver- v
aging 4.6 points in five games. He av- i
eraged 27.2 points in 33 games for ^
Fort Wayne in the CBA. c
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Aus- (
tralian Open champion Andre Agas- c
si beat Jeff Tarango 6-3,6-4 to ad- i
vance to the quarterfinals of the Comcast
U.S. Indoor. Top-ranked Pete I
Sampras beat Marcelo Fillipini 4-6,
6-4,7-5 in a first-round match. I
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STUTTGART, Germany (AP) ? \
Top-seeded Boris Becker beat Patrik i
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Cuehnen 6-3,6-3 in the first round
f the Eurocard Open.
Second-seeded Goran Ivanisevic
ost his first four games to Magnus
>arsson before retiring with a right
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lied to undergo surgery today to relair
torn cartilage.
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I BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) ? Buffalo
labres star Pat LaFontaine, sideined
for more than a year with knee
iroblems, is expected to miss at least
ive more games.
LaFontaine said he will be begin
iracticing March 6 and will be resvaluated
thai. He has been out since
November 1993 and underwent reonstructive
surgery on his right knee
i month later.
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I SAN DIEGO (AP) ? A day after
vinning the closest race in the Amerca's
Cup trials, Stars & Stripes beat
foung America by 1 minute, 33 seconds.
The victory was worth four points,
lulling Stars & Stripes into a first,i
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Citizen Cup lead with 21 points. Tueslay,
Stars & Stripes edged Young
America by three seconds.
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Out of Bounds
With only a few weeks left in college
basketball's regular season, ifs appro- th
priate to look back, analyze and predict ??
the coming month s hreworKs. tu
For the pure sports fan, college bas- Ni
ketball is the best thing going nowadays, be
Who can disagree with me? With to- W(
day's mindless bickering from owners,
players, fans and hot dog vendors alike, hi:
the coming days of March Madness will he
be a proverbial breath of fresh air for
everyone. ra
Undoubtedly, the best conference ini
this year (and in most years) is the ACC. ca
Despite the DooMes" Downfall and Clem- se
son's usual 3-10 conference mark, the be
ACC is as good as ever.
Virginia, which grabbed the top Spot cli
with its recent win over North Carolina as
in Charlottesville, is poised to make the ly
run like it did in "89, when the Cavs made A(
it to the final eight of the NCAAs, falling co
to eventual national champion Michigan, a i
In second place is North Carolina, ah
which has undoubtedly the best start- foi
ing five in the country. Super soph ha
Rasheed Wallace has more than lived
up to his pre-UNC billing, providing un- fif
believable poise in the clutch for the tej
Tarheels. be
Another sophomore by the name of B<
Jerry Stackhouse has rocked opponents w]
with his drives and thunderous dunks, pr
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one or two of his remaining years, he
could quite possibly be the next... HI let N.
you figure that one out. so
Dante Calibria, who is considered by be
some as the weak spot in the lineup, is W
a fearless player who isn't afraid to take pi:
the tough shot. he
Donald Williams, the player whose
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)oks forwi
point shooting abilities so astounded
in the *93 Final Four, is a virtual aunatic
behind the stripe when the clock
winding down. And don't forget Jeff
dnnis, whose leadership abilities and
11 handling are superb.
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an this, and you've got yourself a dam
od basketball team. The only thing
at will separate the Tarheels and a
ational Championship will be their
nch, which isn't near the caliber they
>uld like it to be.
If Pat Sullivan is able to rehab from
3 leg injury quick enough for the toury,
watch out.
In third place is the Maryland Terpins,
who, at 21-5, are surely a legitLate
contender for Seattle. Joe Smith
n do eveiything, and if they get a two
ed in the tournament, the Terps will
more than dangerous.
Wake Forest, which has "quietly"
mbed to a No. 10 national ranking, is
solid a team as there is, and being on11/2
games out of first place in the
X, it has a legitimate shot to win the
nference. The Deacons, who win with
suffocating defense, have crucial games
Lead against Virginia and UNC. Think
r a minute that Dick Vitale will be on
ind for those two?
In Georgia Tech, which stands at
th place in the conference, you have a
am that in any other conference would
s near the top. With do-it-all Travis
jst and "The Natural" John Barry,
ho can overlook the Jackets? They'll
obably check in the NCAAs with a sevl
or eight seed.
So with the exception of Florida State,
C. State, perennial powerhouse Clemn
and Duke, there you have it. The
st darned conference in college b-ball.
ait a minute! Clemson's not in last
ace? Bring out the John Deeres, we're
ivin' us a party!
As for the SEC, this looks to be an
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above-average year for the football-dom- se
inated conference. Usual powerhouses Bi
Kentucky and Arkansas will be joined on
by upstarts Mississippi State and Al- it
abama to try to match last year's fea- su
ture of two teams in the Final Four.
Don't hold your breath, though, be- j u
cause history won't repeat itself.
Arkansas, well... Whoever can figure fri
the Razorbacks out, write to The Game- ^
cock sports department to give us a clue.
Kentuckv looks awesome, though it re- tv,
lies on streaks and momentum. That'll g]
be hard for the Wildcats to do in the
NCAAs, because one down game and
they're back on a Delta headed to yj
Lexington.
Bama looks strong and could be a ^
surprise. Irmo graduate Marvin Orange je
is a tough, strong leader. ^
Mississippi State, which is still starved rg
for respect, won't go far. Its nonconference
schedule, filled with the Tennessee
Valley Forge Community College State's ^
of the world, will kill the team in the
end. As
for the Florida Gators, the juiy is 0
still out on the Cinderella-team of'94. er
They haven't been near consistent this
year, and I still think that moron De- f1
clerq is a crappy player. *
What's wrong with-the Big 10? Inev- ?*
er thought Fd see the day when Indiana
and Michigan were "on the bubble." The a
Hoosiers, who have'to be making Bob- * to
by Knight contemplate retirement more 8*
and more every day, are in the defini- w
tive rebuilding stage. As for the Wolver- in
ines, a proven scorer would help their m
cause a lot. pt
The only team from the Big Ten that E
I see doing any damage is Michigan State.
which is led by all-everything 3hawn al
Respert. The problem is, Respert is just ai
about all the Spartans have, and in the s?
tournament, that isn't gonna quite cut it. 'ei
Out on the West Coast is UCLA, fo
which has a great shot at being a No. 1 k<
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ed. Led by the (JBannon brothers, the
uins could make it. In my eyes, the
ily thing stopping them is an early exat
the hands of some overlooked team
ch as Stetson or Drexel.
As for UMass and UConn, there's
st something there that tells me
lammit, Larry, No!" Playing away
Dm home isn't exactly these teams spell
ties.
Both journeyed to Kansas to play
e Jayhawks in Lawrence. Both were
LASTED and went home with their
ils between their legs.
If one of these teams gets stuck in a
estern or Southern bracket, I don't see
em going far. Not to mention the fact
at the sixth-ranked Minutemen's thirdading
scorer, senior guard Mike
illiams, has been suspended for the
st of the season for a "breach of unlecified
rules."
So, in a small, condensed nutshell,
ere you have it IfFve overlooked about
) of your favorite teams, sony. I asked
r eight pages, but somehow the high
powers wouldn't go for it.
The coming month looks to be an exting
one (as always) for college basitball,
but one more thing. In the wake
this strike thing, what do we do?
Do we: A) write to the owners, acising
them of highway robbeiy; B) write
the players, telling them that they're
eedy fools who are already richer than
e'll ever be; C) protest by not attendg
any of the games with the replaceent
players; D) go to the games to sup>rt
our poor food and beer vendors; or
) none of the above.
If you ask me, Td say "E," none of the
jove. But if I had my choice, I would,
id I would encourage you to do the
ime: F) Go on my own strike. Screw
m all, jump in your recliners, eat greasy
od and epjoy a real sport - college bas
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