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Is New Yo best team -T Over the the 71 past two 96-97 years' the "Murd liquor store Yanke Hu has had its Ho gp share of kees, \ zeniths and home ] nadirs. Gehru There have balanc been the oc- than 2 casional World shaum SINOLETON raids by the hit in singleton 3:16 Feds, as- lar se? sassination Of attempts Brosiii by "Old South" rednecks and the gra- especi tuitous vermin infestation. hi foui However, my crew and I trudge on(j 0f on, nevertheless, some of you still closer don't get it. For all of you jabroneys, refer to Singletonian philosophy No. er wa 1, which states: "These are my opin- ^ srr ions, therefore, they are the correct ^-our ^ ones. If there are any disagreements wag rc or gripes, please send your letters to ^ g. the complaint department. Down ^ where? You know where." Enough ., trnez. said. j QP7 W Two good things have happened p ' , in the past five days. I had to person- ?*!e ally exterminate the vermin in the , 6 liquor store, as well as my lower-level nome* assistant for not getting the job done ?1U?' [I had to commit him, by the way, be- ^ ^ cause he's bipolar, which means "(ex- jpe pletive) up"], but most importantly, Padre the New York Yankees are your 1998 v World Series Champions. ^an ^ On the 50th anniversary of the - mos^ * year of the Babe's death, the Bronx ter ^ei Bombers brought the title back to Padre New York by sweeping the San Diego to sho1 Padres four games to none with a 3-0 team, victory Wednesday night. the Wi This is the second time in three shoulc years the Yankees have won the Se- They j ries and their 24th overall, tying all. thpm with t.hp Montreal Canadiens No for the most professional sports prepai championships all-time. Their regu- defenc lar-season mark of 114-48,125-50 withoi overall, is the best ever for a team Brosii that has gone on to win the World Se- time v ries. Not bad for a team that started Ri| out 1-5. fans s] Could this Yankee team be the reflect best in Major League history? Could plishe they be the best in sports history? So Surely they can be put in the same mond, class as the 1972 Miami Dolphins, and tl USC ranked thin staff writer CHRIS DeGUIDO 3 in hi sits t)6 The USC volleyball team, 17-3 and and M 5-2 in the SEC, is ranked No. 3 in the So latest District 4 poll. at 7 p. In the latest NCAA statistics, USC 1 p.m. leads all NCAA teams with 2.81 ser- Th vice aces per game. The team is No. 15 1 whil in hitting percentage (.282). na is \ Individually, freshman Cally Plum- tucky, mer is No. 2 in service aces (.76 a.p.g.) Rock, and senior setter Ashley Edlund is No. Weste 2300 Tayloi (.Located n L ( Stude Served with Egg R 1 and Ham or Rc General Tso's Chi< Chicken with Casl Boneless Spare Ri t* r ayl * rseei or uiucKen w Sweet and Sour C] Chicken or Pork E $4.10 Each: Served with I Fried Scallops (10) Fried Crab Stii Wings Special: Honey, Buffalo, ] We hai :t i J irk the [h ASSO ever? undef try the -72 Los Angeles Lakers, the cellarChicago Bulls or even the Co erers' Row" lineup of the 1927 againi es. have \ wever, unlike those 1927 Yan- two aj vhich rode the coattails of 114 ously i runs by "Babe" Ruth and Lou Or y, the 1998 version had a more cess v, :ea attack. in o y ankee hit more with a !8 homers this season, and the has lo Series MVP was a man who year a the ninth spot during the regu- Gi ison. "W course, I'm talking about Scott been,* is, who lit up Padre pitching, said, ally in Game 3, when he drove In< runs off two homers, the sec- games f of the Padres' dominating fore g Trevor Hoffman. "W lat impressed me most, howev- Phillip s the fact that the Yankees laid there, lackdown in four games with ed wel ifferent starters. David Wells some; lughed up a bit in Game 1 but Ca till won because of the heroics say pr ick Knoblauch and Tino Mar- his te< "El Duque," Orlando Hernan- are on as masterful in Game 2. David in the abored in Game 3, but thanks juries Yankee bullpen and two seasoi s by the aforementioned Bro- UP wit he Yanks prevailed again. es> Ca Pettitte and the Yankee halftu n slammed the door on the the ?a s and the Series. ras also impressed with the stage iego fans after Game 4. When effort: ?ams' fans would clear out af- games ing swept on their home field, I s' fans remained in the stadium w their appreciation for their r??? No one expected them to be in BQ orld Series anyway, so they HBj ln't be ashamed of their efforts. ust faced a better team, that's iw the Yankees must start ring for next season, when they Nat 1 their title. Will they do it spori it Bernie Williams and Scott is, who are free agents? Only /ill tell. B.J, ?ht now, the Yankees and their "Edit hould just kick back, relax and ; on what they have just accommewhere, on a far away dia, in a far off place, the Bambino le Iron Horse are both smiling. d in district tting percentage at .432. Edlund . hind Bonnie Bremer of Penn State [egan Korver of Nebraska. uth Carolina hosts LSU Friday, m. and then No. 14 Arkansas at Th le district poll has Florida at No. ^ j6? e Arkansas sits at No. 2. Caroli- 11 third, followed by Auburn, Ken- this w o Cfnfn Arhonooc_T if+ln rm , ucuigia ksJtaic, ru acuioao-uiiug I^ew Orleans, Tennessee and irn Kentucky, respectively. secon( r Street Co ext to James S( ion, Behind Ca [803) 376 nt Special oil or Chicken Wing (1) ?ast Pork Fried Pice ;ken.>^^.. $4.95 imiT \Tnte <b/i nn iv_vv Vvq "" V \ &A Q? 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"We were at a crossroads i and I think the team respond- \ 1 even though we were playing j awfully good teams." rolina coach Dom Capers can 1 etty much the same thing about i am. Even though the Panthers s their longest slide ever and are j midst of the worst rash of inin the franchise's three-plus ] is, the team continues to come i h big plays. In five of its six loss- i roiina eitner lea or was tiea at I tie and then had a chance to win i me in the final seconds, jst important to Capers at this 1 is that he continues to get good < from his players in practice and >. < e USC 3 Editor 25-10 Who cares' orial Assistant" 19-16 iy Van Nostrand Vanderbilt Guest Picker 27-8 ly Maguire USC Sports Editor 23-12 ira Bokesch USC id of Sports Staff 26-8 ie guest picker last week, manas iheim, went 4-1, giving the staff g 1 the Challenge. That puts the pre eek's picker, to keep the lead, e other four in the group went 3-! 1 place for the first time this year ilumbia, $ mare, next ptain D's) -8858 ^ p Chinese fi isit us! )ntinue roll ag; "We know we can't do anything about the first six games, but we sure :an do a lot about what happens in the next 10," he said. "I still believe that we can get this thing turned around. I really believe it because of aur attitude." Both teams have gotten strong play from new quarterbacks in recent veeks, althougli the changes were for i * i ii i nr i leciaecuy ainereni reasons. Two weeks ago, Buffalo's Doug Flutie took over because of rib injuries to starter Rob Johnson and helped the Bills to a 31-24 victory over Indianapolis. Last week, Flutie capped his first NFL start in more than nine years by turning a botched running play into a 1-yard bootleg for the winning touchdown against Jacksonville with 13 seconds left. His quick thinking gave Buffalo a 17-16 victory that knocked the Jaguars from the ranks of the undefeated, and it made the already popular Flutie the toast of the town in his return to the NFL after eight seasons In Canada. "I don't read it or watch it or listen to it," he said. "I know when I have a good day and when I have a bad day, so I try not to get caught up in what's ?oing on around me." Carolina's Steve Beuerlein can't tielp but get caught up in the excitement he has generated since becoming the Panthers' starting quarterback two weeks ago in a very unusual chain of events. Beuerlein got the job when Kerry Collins, the Panthers' first-ever draft pick in 1995, reportedly told Capers he had lost his heart. Within six davs. Collins had been cut and Beuerlein, who signed with CarKentucky Tennessee ? Kentucky Tennessee Georgia Tennessee Georgia Tennessee Georgia Tennessee [ing editor Sara consecutive 3-2 wee uest nickers the shell be down i issure on Kathy, This week brrnf news is BJ seems to ing consecutive wii 2. Laura slips to who was banned fri after her second ing 5-0, is suing us JC29204 to Food jfr/' ^ "tods. Hi ainst Panth olina in 1996 with the speci of backing up and helping Collins, was his successor. In his two starts, Beuei completed 70 percent of hi and compiled a rating of 103 would be third in the NFC enough attempts. Beuerlein said much of tl for his success is due to t Coast-style offense that the ] installed this year. While appeared to struggle to ada new offense, Beuerlein ha such problems. "I feel comfortable in'it,' "Fm looking forward to getti and better as the weeks gc Fve always wanted to play in of offense, and this is the firs my 12 years that Fve actuall a West Coast style of offer quarterback, it's a lot of fun Even though he's had s> cess with the offense, Beuei 1 1 1 1 lias umexi seveiai xiaiu siiui suit of an offensive line th; particularly hard hit by inj\ It probably wont get ai for Beuerlein on Sunday, ^ left tackle, undrafted roc Bohlinger, will line up oppos Smith, the Bills' perennial' defensive end. "We'll have some schen to help out," Capers said. "1 want to leave a guy one on < Beuerlein said he doesri any problems. "We're not going to cone thing," he said. "We just wai Any win. That's all we're af West Va. Mars West Va. Man Miami Mars West Va. Mars West Va. Mars ;k. A couple of more weeks li in the cellar with BJ. fs both good and bad news.r o finally be out of the hole al ining records. The bad new om the Challenge last week for unjustified termination. /Car? omit 933-0863 to 2002 Greene St. | (In 5 Points) o Hi fYloitcfoy Po< Tuesday Bin Saturday io Oct 14 Miot? Door For Booking I Doa'I lot f 1325 longcrcck I & I Folks.previews the 1 week in SEC football 'nurture SEC conHnue?/mm^a^6 . , counted for the first touchdown of the has game in four of the Bulldogs' first six S Pa^8 contests this year. .9, which Then there's MSITs trump card, the if he had vastly underrated James Johnson. This senior tailback from Mobile, Ala., has le reason quietly taken over the top of the SEC he West rushing charts with a robust average Panthers of 125.8 yards per game. He s also more ! Collins than 100 yards in front of his closest pt to the competition for the overall rushing lead, s had no with 755 total yards. If s no wonder the three SEC teams ' he said. Johnson has squared off against this ng better seas(>n (Auburn, USC, and Vanderbilt) ) by But rank ninth, 11th, and 12th in the type SEC against the run. The only problem jt time in f?r the Dogs and their blitz-happy de' been in tensive coordinator Joe Lee Dunn is . that they rank 10th in rushing defense, lse. s a Despite being held to under 100 yaras rusning in tneir last two games, ome sue- Tigers still have an explosive back -lein also 0f their own in Kevin Faulk. Though s, the re- well out of the running for the Heisat's been man> Faulk does lead the conference iries. with 1,155 all-purpose yards and a 13.5 ly easier yard punt return average. Believe it or vhen his not, LSU (my preseason pick to win the >kie Rob SEC) will lose its fourth in a row in anite Bruce other barnburner. Pro Bowl MISSISSIPPI STATE 30-27 les to try fou don't South Carolina (1-6, 0-5) at Vanone." derbilt (0-6,0-4) expect p.m. (CST) ? Vanderbilt Staede any- dium (41,448) ? Nashville, Tenn. it to win. Billy's Line ? South Carolina by 7 South Carolina has just one win in its last 10 outings, which was this n year's Sept. 5 season-opener against the Ball State Cardinals. Underachieving USC (off to its worst start in 32 years) travels to Nashville in the hopes of breaking a six-game losing streak. The Gamecocks are also hoping to ihdll stop a seven-game SEC skid that is the team's longest losing streak since join ing the conference in 1992. Still, Brad Scott's team is a long way Shall from matching the Commodores' ineptitude, as Vanderbilt has dropped its last 22 SEC contests (including all 12 under second-year head coach Woody , . Widenhofer) as well as its last 11 games >nail overall. Lefs see now, what about some pos itives? Hmmm. Ahm, eh, well, er, no, um, wait a minute. Oh, USC's junior hall punter Courtney Leavitt is tied for the conference lead in punting with a 43.2 yard average on just 25 kicks. Why so few? Because South Carihall olina is tied for the conference lead in third down conversions, making good on 46.5 percent of their attempts. There's only one problem, ike those The Gamecocks are dead last in the conference in stopping their opponents [he good on third down, giving them a fresh set fterpdst- * of downs 45.2 percent of the time. This s is Rob, week they should improve on both after go- marks. SOUTH CAROLINA 20-13 Andy's ? REENEST Ofift 5 ,^r Aw I Columbia.S.C, ffloArfoy-Prldoy ?PPV Hour Prom 4 to 6 >tboll ond 2 Por I All fllcnu l(?m/ y Roy/ lo/tr Horookt UNA CA5HI di?/ lock-up with (he Bmolionol Centerfold/" All mole Revue! / opto ol 6:00 Showtime 8:50 nformation, Cmtt 1-800 822-62S3 UN Fret forget CI ho/ the hotte/t e night portg in touin itondoy thru Pridog! Drive (ju/t behind Hooter/) 75I-S692