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SPORTS BRIEFS as FOOTBALL COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. ? Davarryl Williamson, a 27-yearold former football quarterback, stopped Kenneth Horsley in the third round to advance to the 201pound quarterfinals in the U.S. Amateur Championships. LONDON ?NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, in London on a promotional stop, reiterated his objection to the Seattle Seahawks' move to Los Angeles and said he believes it can be stopped. Tacrliflhue notad nwnprs o ~ " ? ) including Seahawks owner Ken Behring, passed a resolution last year giving the NFL control over the Los Angeles market. The commissioner also stressed the Seahawks' Kingdome lease expires in 2005. In announcing his intention to move his team earlier this month, Behring said the Kingdome is ^ seismically unsafe. ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. ? The Buffalo Bills will not offer a contract to Andre Reed before Friday, allowing the 32-year-old receiver to begin searching for a new team. Reed, who holds team records with 700 receptions and 9,841 yards, earned $1.5 million last season. BASEBALL NEW YORK ? In just the second salary arbitration case of the year, New York Yankees outfielder Bernie Williams asked for $3 million, more than seven kid nnlnwtt r\f (t? A A A AAA 1 o/-?4 times mo ocuaiy ui iaat season. Arbitrator Ralph Berger, expected to issue a decision today, listened to arguments from Williams and the Yankees, who offered $2,555,000. Williams, 27, hit .307 last season with 18 homers and 82 RBIs. Yankees reliever John Wetteland is scheduled for a hearing Wednesday, and it's not known if the team will make an attempt to sign him. New York did agree to an $800,000, one-year contract with pitcher Bob Wickman. Boston pitcher Heath Slocumb, acquired from Philadelphia last month, agreed to a $1.4 million, one-year contract. Slocumb, 5-6 with 32 saves last season when he made $200,000, asked for $1.69 million and was offered $1,025,000. PITTSBURGH ? Owners are expected to end the Pittsburgh Chapla JESUS ROCK CAFE KEEP CHRIST YOUR FOCUS! Come to the Baptist Student Union. THURSDAY, FEB. 15 at 7 p.m. TALENT NIGHT sponsored by StThomas Mass Sunday 1 Sat Ever I 1610 Greene Street Me | Rev. Mlchae SOCIATED PRESS Pirates' 18-month search for a new buyer when they vote today on Kevin McClatchy's $90 million buyout. Ten of the 14 NL owners and eight of the 14 AL owners must ratify the sale. Hie approval became almost certain when the ownership committee unanimously recommended ratification. TENNIS MONTE CARLO, Monaco ? Austria's Thomas Muster, master of the clay courts, overtook Andre Agassi to claim the No. 1 ranking on the ATP Tour. Muster is the 13th player to hold the top spot since the rankings began in 1973. However, the No. 1 ranking will be up for grabs again this week when Muster plays in Dubai, while Agassi and Pete Sampras play in San Jose, Calif. SAN JOSE, Calif. ? Top-seeded Andre Agassi, who twice complained about his opponent stalling between serves, breezed to a 6-2,6^2 victory over Stanford freshman Ryan Wolters in the Sybase Open. In other first-round matches, Jan Kroslak of Slovakia upset fourth-seeded MaliVai Washington 6-4,6-3 and Richey Reneberg beat eighth-seeded Hernan Gumy of Argentina 4-6,6-1,6-0. PARIS ?Jennifer Capriati returns to tennis today for only her second match in 21/2 years, facing Sabine Appelmans of Belgium in the first round of the Paris Open. Capriati, 19, is back after an exile that included arrests for dinnliffinrr on/1 m oriin on o UUVJJlil V1110 UliU XXI UX X J u uxxu possession, and tours in drug rehabilitation. She last played in November 1994, losing a first-round match to Anke Huber in Philadelphia. AWARDS NEW YORK?Cal Ripken Jr. and Rebecca Lobo each won two ESPY Awards, including top male and female athlete honors. Ripken, who broke Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games, won Showstopper of the Year and Male Athlete of the Year. The Baltimore shortstop's 2,131st straight game was the showstopper winner. Lobo, who led Connecticut to the NCAA basketball title, was selected Female Athlete of the Year and the best women's college player. Her undefeated Huskies were selected the top team. ins Comer palm campus wf ministry Worshf & Miner Sunday 5:30pm Body & Soul Dinner/Program: VALENTINE'S DAY LOVE BASHWednesday 5:30pm II Partnership Among Lutherans & Methodists | 728 Pickens St 799-7)63 More Catholic Center lam, 6pm; Mon-Thurs. 12:15pm Confession 2-3pm or by appt. Newman Club ling Prayer 6:45pm etings: Tues. 7pm :l F. McCafferty, Chaplain IREE GREAT MEDIA GROUPS! The Gamecock Khill Major leag ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO ?Ryne Sandberg doesn't see problems in the bullpen. A potential power shortage? Don't bother him with such a trivial matter. Ifs time for spring training and all the positive thoughts that accompany baseball's annual rite of renewal. And for Sandberg, the past and present second baseman for the Chicago Cubs, there never has been a renewal quite like this. "Offensively, defensively and with the young pitchers we have coming back, I think all the pieces are in place," said Sandberg, who is set to join Chicago pitchers and catchers in Mesa, Ariz., Wednesday. "I like what I've seen this winter." The Cubs were scheduled to officially open their camp to pitchers and catchers on Thursday, along with Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis and San Francisco. Friday, pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report for Colorado and Pittsburgh, with Atlanta, Cincinnati and Florida a day later. San Diego batterymates report next Tuesday, with Montreal and coming in last on Pirates deal ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH ? Kevin McClatchy's $90 million purchase of the Pittsburgh Pirates was unanimously approved Tuesday by major league owners, ending an 18-month ordeal that threatened the franchise's very existence. McClatchy, who at 33 will be the majors' youngest owner, was a decided longshot after he was given only two weeks to assemble an ownership group last fall. Cable TV franchise owner John Rigas' deal had collapsed, and the only prospective buyers were promising to move the team. But the Sacramento, Calif., newspaper heir, despite being a virtual unknown in Pittsburgh, relied on a dogged persistence to raise $70 million in cash from nearly a score of investors, many of them top corporate executives. "Kevin isn't from Pittsburgh, but what he did is straight out of Pittsburgh," Sen. Rick Santorum, RPa., said. "It wasn't always pretty and there wasn't a lot of glamour, but no matter whether the deal was up or down or sideways, he kept at it. He got it done." McClatchy also had the unswerving support of National League president Len Coleman, who was intent on preventing the first major league BRmanRsv $2,500 Enlistment Tuition Assistance Student Loan Rep; $10,000 $197.90 Per Monti $107.88 Minimum The South Carolina An can give you all this an weekend job! Best of al to school at the same ti For more information Office: 7' Pager: l-80< IF ONLY THEY CAME WITH INSTRUCTIONS. + American Red Cross oHhfcJ Wednesday, February 14 ye teams c Thursday, Feb. 22. I In the American League, Thursday t was the first official day of pitchers J and catchers for Seattle, while r Baltimore and Texas were one day <J later. On Saturday, Cleveland pitchers ( and catchers were set to report, followed t on Sunday by California, Detroit, Minnesota and Oakland. r On Monday, it was Boston, Kansas s City and Milwaukee. Toronto pitchers i and catchers are due in next Tuesday. I Most teams have asked their full squads e to report several days later. The final, c r n i* . i j r r% t i n i ruii-reporcing aare 01 aaturaay, r eD. \ 24 belongs to the Montreal Expos, t The main thing Cubs management did in the off-season was sit back and t watch Sandberg, a 10-time All-Star I and nine-time Gold Glove winner, sign t on the dotted line. " "I'm not going to make any s predictions," general manager Ed p Lynch said. "But I do think the return p of Ryne Sandberg makes us a better team." r The 36-year-old Sandberg, who \ retired two months into the 1994 season c because he was unhappy with the I direction of both the team and his r personal life, un-retired Oct. 31. 1 approved b] franchise shift since 1972. j "We were of the single mind to keep ] this storied franchise in Pittsburgh, j this franchise of Wagner, Stargell and ] Clemente," Coleman said. "Kevin 1 Mrfllflfphv is a dvnamir Ipnder whn was tested throughout this process, i but proved every time he could keep this together." McClatchy inherits $70 million in debt and the majors' worst drawing i team from the current ownership, which put the team up for sale in August 1994. He promises to boost attendance significantly, and points to nearby Cleveland as a blueprint for the turnaround of a struggling franchise. "A few years ago, the Indians had the worst attendance in baseball, and everybody was saying Cleveland was i a football town, not a baseball town, just like they're saying about Pittsburgh," McClatchy said. "But I guarantee you well make this a baseball town. McClatchy senses Pittsburgh is ready to embrace baseball again following three tumultuous years filled with the departure of star players such as Barry Bonds and a fan-enraging labor dispute. "Pittsburgh has had some tough years with the strike and the dismantling of the franchise, but we're : Bonus lyment Program up to i Montgomery G.I. Bill l Monthly Paycheck ny National Guard d more. Not bad for a I you can serve and go me. call SSG L.C. Green 76-1616 1-712-1537 A healthy heart is a stroi So do your part To keep your heart As healthy as can be. Campus Recreation has To help you start living By offering you aerobics classes free. In addition there will t For the participants who i So before it's all said & dc You will have won... Maybe some pri A start to livinj , 1996 >pen traini Recently remarried and still possessing he physique of a professional athlete, Sandberg has been working out for nore than two months with trainer k)hn Fierro and former Cubs infielder }hris Speier at the team's spring raining complex. "Obviously, this hasn't been a lormal off-season for me," Sandberg laid. "I want to get off to a fast start, n spring training and in the season." de said he has been inspired by an jven more celebrated Chicago sports :omeback ? that of Michael Jordan, vho has led the Bulls to professional >asketball's best record. "He wished me luck and told me 0 just have fun and enjoy the game, de's really shown his enjoyment by he way he's playing," Sandberg said. Like Michael, it was good for me to lit out a while and get a different jerspective. Now I can go back, be a >art of it and appreciate it more." Sandberg will be the most-watched nan in spring training for the Cubs, vho begin workouts Thursday and >pen camp for all players March 19. But his progress won't be the only mpartant issue for a team that finished r3-71 last season and surprisingly 1 Major Leaj sjoing in the right direction now," McClatchy said, pulling on a No. 1 jersey given him by manager Jim Leyland. "The Pirates have one of the best traditions in baseball, and I'm honored to be the caretaker oT that tradition. Fm not afraid of hard work." He'll find plenty in Pittsburgh, which drew more than 2 million in 1990 and 1991 before becoming the only team in the majors not to draw 1 million last season. The Pirates also led the majors with 86 losses, and they still don't have the money to compete for big-name free agents. McClatchy plans to keep the team afloat with careful spending, increased attendance and TV revenues and $18.5 million in city-backed loans and lease concessions until a new, baseball-only stadium is built. McClatchy's stadium lease allows him to move the team after three more seasons if funding for the new stadium isn't secured. The ballpark also must be completed within five years. "The next step is to build the ballpark that will make the Pirates a permanent fixture in Pittsburgh," said Mayor Tom Murphy, who initially embraced McClatchy's group last fall. Murphy recently attended a conference with the mayors of Cleveland and Houston, longtime Pittsburgh ? flPR' SAVE SA1 V cVatenUn&'s/ STYLIST All haircuts must go!!! Specializ highlighting etc. Offering Pul ] Senscience and G Styles for Mer 803-79S USC Campus ai ng heart the key f healthily J \ But V > \ Bea )e prizes & fun^^ ;vill come. )ne zes but more importantly I healthily! 15 ng camps stayed in the hunt for a playoff spot until the final weekend. A big question: How will the team fere without shortstop Shawon Dunston and bullpen ace Randy Myers? The Cubs, who paid big bucks to resign Sammy Sosa, Mark Grace and Jaime Navarro, decided to ease the burden on their payroll by letting Dunston and Myers leave as free agents. Sandberg's double-play partner will be Rey Sanchez, a former shortstop who played second base during Sandberg's retirement. And the Cubs hope one of three scrap-heap bullpen rvirlninc TV?ncr .Tnnoc Rnh FYitiKIp nr rv"ur" Duane Ward ? can do a decent imitation of Myers. There's also a new third base platoon in Dave Magadan and Leo Gomez. Neither has much power, a common thread on a team that features Sosa as its lone home-run threat. Despite the perceived problems, the Cubs go into spring training feeling like true contenders for the first time in years. "We almost got into the playoffs last season, and I'm sure we're better now," outfielder Luis Gonzalez said. *ue owners football rivals whose cities are losing NFL franchises. "They don't have the same happy ending to their story that we have," Murphy said. "We went against the grain and kept our team, and we did it in a reasonable way." McClatchy will be the Pirates' managing general partner and chief executive officer and will head a fiveman board of directors. Other board members will be beer distributor Frank Fuhrer, North Carolina businessman Donald Beaver, utilities executive Ken Pollock and G. Ogden Nutting, a Wheeling, W.Va. newspaper publisher who will hold McClatch/s other seat. McClatchy can't wait to get to spring training to see his new team, but said it is more important first to start selling tickets. He will meet soon with corporate executives and small businessmen in an effort to increase attendance by a half-million to 1.4 million this season. "I think we can do it, and I'm not intimidated by the challenge," McClatchy said. "I'm not afraid of challenges." McClatchy becomes only the Pirates' third owner in 45 years. Columbus real estate developer John W. Galbreath owned the Pirates from 1951 until 1985. when the current nuhlic-nrivate consortium bought them. ITT i&ar Altcnrtivc 24 ^en/Ueton/ St. otumAia/, eST^ PE SAVE &xfilasiafi/ V /ERSTOCK :ing in cuts perms coloring Vlitchell Redken Biolage roldwell Products 1 and Women )-3643 : Cornell Arms V : this only lasts for Valentine's Day So don't delay rnse you needn't pay For just this day. Dept. of / Campus Rec. / v.777^ /