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SOFTBALL SIGNEES ? Kate Morrison T Columbia, S.G-Ridge View sDanielle Quinones 1( LaPuente, Ca.-West Covina v Jodi Fittro A Riverside, Ca.-La Sierra f h a |Page 10 ITCr 1 jm ' jSL B ?m*?' ? /Jiv / *<*K / > ' ; - ,n ^1 - Ki^';u qfc ^ ^ Senior BJ McKie tries to shake a defen< season. Carolina plays Rorida tonight in Jordan tx by Jim Liike AP Sports Writer ^ ar For six months, Michael Jordan ol teased, taunted and tantalized a nation gg awaiting his answer. At last, he appears to have one. ft The greatest player in NBA histo- Ri tmt c%r\A flio moot nnnnlor aflilofo C1T1PP T ? 1 J CU1U tilU AAAV/O V |A/^/UlUl UVAUVUV uuivv/ | u Muhammad Ali, is expected to announce re his retirement Wednesday at a news conference in Chicago, a source with m close ties to the NBA told The Associ- pi ated Press on Monday night. fr Flair contin WCW; ECW ? You've . Wolfpac & ' \ \ff I name and cl Michael Strickland colors be" Wrestling Insider cause their of merchan- F dise was la n .1 TTT 1 1 I 1 _ _ J out-penorming tne nwo s DiacK ana w white) is without a doubt stronger than ? any nWo faction ever has been. Hulk o\ Hogan and company were at it again b< Monday, flexing their muscle on NITRO. ei The nWo is beginning to define who is and who is not a part of their new j0 elite group. hi In a loser-leaves-town main event fr match, former champ Kevin Nash m whipped the Giant with total domi- tv nation to send him on his way to the WWF. Giant (Paul Wight) will leave nj WCW when his contract expires. te Clearly Konnan is not welcome in xi this new nWo, since he was beaten q, senseless by Hogan's troops as well, ^ Right now Konnan is in wrestlingangle purgatory with absolutely no p place to go. Look for the Mexican icon g, to take over the LWO in the absence of Eddy Guerrero. p Here is the current roster of nWo ft Wolfpac, as listed by Kevin Nash on h, the nWo webpage: Hogan, Nash, Hall, Cl Steiner, Bagwell, and Luger. That leaves black-and-white mem- e; bers Horace Hogan, Vince, Adams, r( Norton, and Bret Hart all as 'free ^ agents' of sorts. ft iWIMMING & DIVING he men's and women's wimming and diving teams -?ct to K(*r\tMrlr\7 Tan Q Th<=> yai ivy i vvi uuvivj jwii /. x nv/omen did manage to beat Arkansas. The women are 4-5 a nd 1-2 in the SEC. The men J ave a record of 4-5 overall I nd 0-2 in the SEC. >ks for fi miBOV M JISP mm i 'm|JP h flHI / '- H ' - / ' . .... . %* >; :' ' " ' '' '* "* ' , * '' s " ^ ' ! . ' MM** . jer in Saturday's loss to Tennessee. McKie Frank McGuire Arena. ) announ< If so, it would be the second time in appear 1 re years the Wilmington, N.C., native And id former University of North Car- change ina star has walked away from the point, ime. But "fUin in n iitVia ftnilir OO for OO orroin In a hid id a iiia.ii wnu ti uiy , ao iui ao u^uux xw n concerned, is the modern-day Babe delible 1 ith," former NBA great and current top, the ikers vice president Jerry West said Jord cently. left on 1 Just as with Jordan's first retire- owner J ent, a number of factors ? his age, a Arizona cture-perfect ending to last season, a reactior actured beginning for this one ? Asked a ues as presid comes to Co This new nWo has created a messy and Dav tuation, but it will be interesting to Curt He ;e where the drifters end up. wish I k DDP was again on the receiving fault, id of a nWo attack during his TV New; tie match with Scott Steiner. Dal- is out at s Page had chalk thrown in his eyes ' New Yei V Buff Bagwell and absorbed a flush went thi lair shot to his back, thus allowing was thrc teiner to slap on the "Steiner-Re- He bi iner" for the victory. . his liver Ric Flair continued his overhaul ering he 'WCW during his reign as president, death ha lair moved into Eric Bischoffs At- a lighter nta office while he sent Bischoff to bia Feb. ork with the truckers in charge of um. irting WCW rings and equipment all For t rer the country. Flair has set out to Extreme iiittie uiscnon at an costs. a prumoi "I'm gonna make your life as mis- has prod able as I can," he said to Bischoff. as Chris Flair fans worldwide can now re- and San ice, as their hero is finally getting ECW is revenge after four years of setbacks roster, v om Bischoff. For Flair, this power names a; leans we'll be seeing matches fea- Candido iring the Nature Boy. Sunny). Flair was in action vs. Curt Hen- It's a ig on NITRO, all a tease for their tag- ets go or am bout scheduled for Sunday night. 11 e m e n he match, won by Flair, ended in dis- WCW/Ni lalification as both Barry Windham the NB/ id David Flair got involved. March 21 It will be interesting to see how the special, lair father-son tandem performs on from Ve| unday's pay-per-view event. WC\ Souled Out is on this Sunday at 8 somethi m. As is often the case with WCW, married le final card is not known until mere cember ours before bell time. Such is the Yes, tse with Souled Out. divorces After a very poor setup job by WCW Look for cecutives, here is the card as cur- special, intly announced: Goldberg vs. Scott world til all (ladder match which leads to a There ar iser hanging above the ring), and Ric cant by i (5am rs * The Game irst SE< y 1?$*>,Aj.6 ' and his teammates are winless aj :e retire to have influenced his decision, spo just like last time, Jordan could par his mind and return at some por for now, he is expected to once Toe ave the game that bears his inriarlr lpavp it whpn hp's at. thp til ,i way he said he would. tiri lan did not return a message spe lis phone, and Chicago Bulls erry Reinsdorf, reached at his am home, said, "I don't have any the l. I don't have any comments." NB bout Jordan's retirement, Bulls sixl lent of 5 lunibia i: poij id Flair (father and son) vs. r^' nnig and Barry Windham. I new more, but that's WCWs , dar s and Notes: Eddy Guerrero ^ ; least five months after his iFs Eve car crash. Guerrero cj\ rough his open sunroof and 1! ?wn nearly 100 feet. roke his pelvis and punctured e ' , but that is nothing consid. mftiiU Umra VinOTi an( ' wuuiu liavt uccn c.x uonvu w ^ d the sunroof been closed. On note, ECW comes to Colum- _ 5 at the Township Auditoriacc hose of you unfamiliar with 'n ' Championship Wrestling, it's ion based in Philadelphia that uced such current WCW stars ^ P Jericho, Chris Benoit, Raven , the dman. 1 just signed Sid Vicious to its ^as vhich already includes such ^ 5 Taz (Champion), Sabu, Chris and Tammy Stytch (WWF's lways a great show, and tick- ,, l sale Friday. The NBA setno t has put a halt to the BCdeal. Instead of wrestling, i will now air on Feb. 14 and 3, the first two set days for the ^ Word now is the Feb. 14 show gas will air on TNT. V and NBC do hope to work ng out. Miss Elizabeth, who ; for the second time in Denw 1998, is now single again. ^ that's two weddings and two for wrestling's greatest valet. the February pay-per-view Superbrawl IX, to feature a ^ tie match as the main event. ^ e rumors the title could be vathat time. ^ J ECOCk . * irtfi j iCOCk 2 win a? Senior ^ , l_ 12 KJH men's t l|l prove u J^Z?JwBB eveninl P|| Gators. tended ^^PPH last twi are the l^jj losing r **# > wJil have de H ^ ' "He obvious Kansas "mm'' Ted Du in the c< 3-point< "An< Sean Rayford Photo Editor about ii gamsi att opponents so rar mis pussessi on Elton mient fro kesman Tim Hallam said, "At this It be ticular time, I can't comment." rable se Jordan's retirement also was re- reer. ted by The New York Times, USA It w lay and The Denver Post. son wor His agent, David Falk, said that un- many o fordan "announces whether he is re- he woul ng or returning, anything else is "He; culation." from all And there's been a considerable and goii ount of that ever since Jordan hit Steve K final, thrilling shot in Game 6 of the "Un] A Finals in Utah to lock up the Bulls' den gyr ;h championship of the decade. hamas, TVint cnppiilntinn intpnsifipH last inn to D ik, when the NBA players and ownreached a settlement to end the "TJ sjue's six-month lockout. r_ Jordan turns 36 next month. The !-time league MVP led the NBA in ly, ring 10 times and averaged 31.5 _ nts per game, best in league histomc With NBA players preparing for an ireviated season to begin Feb. 5, Jori was expected to announce his plans ore training camps opened Monday. He had been in the Bahamas on va- p ion, but returned to Chicago earlier s week. Jord Another source, who also request- the gar anonymity, told the AP that Jordan ments, 1 nmoned teammates Scottie Pippen Willie V 1 Ron Harper to his home to discuss after hi team's future. lesson. Jordan retired from the Bulls the The ;t time in October 1993, saying he that mi omplished everything he wanted to sion. oasketball and planned to devote Jorc re time to his family. ager Jei Instead, he spent 1994 playing end oft) aor league baseball for the Double- Jacksor hrmingham Barons, a farm team of dan sai Chicago White Sox. else. TViq kiiflrlir?fT nn+fiolrl nrncnort lpft Dur 1UV/ UUUUlllg VUV&IVIU |/IVUJ/VW ;eball in the spring of 1995, rather former ] in get caught up in another labor introdu labble between owners and players, as the 1 i returned to the game he loved, ketball While his skills were still consider- But e, Jordan quickly learned he could Krause longer dominate the game the way coach-ir once did. have fu The Bulls were knocked out of the lationsl itseason in the Eastern Conference For oifinals by Orlando. to retiri But then, just as he had in every Coming ivious offseason, Jordan went back left fan vork. Jordan He added a nearly unstoppable fade- could h; ay jump shot to his arsenal, and af- populai a rigorous weight-training and con- He 1 ioning program, he came back the caretak it season better than ever. first tin The Bulls then set off on another cause h ee-peat that ended last June in Utah younge h Jordan stealing the ball and mak- selves : the game-clinching shot in the fi- "ffb 1 seconds. are at a rHEDULE ight [en's B-ball vs. Florida r:30 p.m., Frank /IcGuire Arena 14 omen's B-ball at Vanderbilt We ralnst i ired Kelowitz Writer a a University of South Carolina il jasketball team will try to im- b pon their 5-9 overall record this g when they host the Florida F c ! Gamecocks, who have con- ti for the SEC Champioship the b d seasons, have not won a sin- ]\ e in the conference thus far, and only team in the SEC with a p ecord overall. c le past three seasons, the Gators ifeated USC only once in seven j s, but they will try and change a light. Gators, who are 11-2 overall in the SEC, will look to a fresh- a re that rivals Michigan's fabled f e. Guard Teddy Dupay and for- ^ [ike Miller will be expected to ^ points when needed. >ay, an explosive scorer, aver.5 points per game last season ^ ligh school level, while Miller is , ly averaging 14.2 points, 5.4 re, and three assists a game this ? for the gators. * 1 have played a big part in Flori:cess this season, combining for age of about 24 points per game. 3 Head Coach Eddie Fogler said da's freshman class, "I think n 2 one of the best in the country. t] 5 terrific. He's 6'8" and can hanball, and he can pass. 15 is a great player; it is quite ^ why schools like Kentucky and 2 would like to have Mike Miller. ri pay is one of the best shooters r Duntry, he hits 48 percent of his n 2rs. 1 l tne real tactor mat no one tancs 5 [Udonis] Haslem. The first two g ons of the Duke game, he scored o i Brand one-on-one in the post." G m NEW ;came one of the most memo- a: quences of his remarkable ca- & as precisely the lack of offseak this past summer that made f Jordan's teammates doubt S1 d return. prepares as well as anybody but y( . I hear, he's been playing golf u ig to the Bahamas," teammate w err said recently. ti less he's working out in a hid- n a somewhere down in the BaI don't think he's really prepar- ^ lay." tl tiis is a man al rdan] who tru- ^ as far as I'm ei ticerned, is the >dern-day Babe J( th Jerry West h former NBA great g, resident of the L.A. Lakers lan had always vowed to leave , te on top, and in private mote would confide that watching ei [ays stagger under fly balls long a s skills faded was a powerful e< re were several other factors w ght have weighed on his deci- g. Si lan feuded with general manTy Krause for years and, at the te last season, when coach Phil 11 1 said he wouldn't return, Jord he wouldn't play for anyone ei e: ing the summer, the Bulls hired q owa State Coach Tim Floyd and n ced him at a news conference > J?i. r? i ;eam s vice presiuem iui uasoperations. ^ Floyd, a longtime favorite of ft , was widely thought to be the n l-waiting, and his hiring might $ rther aggravated Jordan's relip with the team, whatever reason, his decision ^ 3 leaves the NBA in the lurch. ; off a divisive labor fight that ri s more apathetic than angry, a was the one drawing card that si ive helped the league regain its ity. t: efused to be labeled the league's ^ er, but when he came back the * le, Jordan said it was partly beie wanted to teach some of the r players how to comport them- ^ - both on the court and off. le's finished, we're the ones who a loss, the fans who enjoyed him c NATE SAYS... Nate says every major men's athletic team at Carolina has yet to win a contest against an SEC opponent since the beginning of this school year. dnesday, January 13,1999 A bators While this year's game may not have 11 the superstar presence of the usu1 Florida vs. South Carolina matchups, t does have one particular marquee attle everyone will be focused on. This is none other than the Eddie 'ogler/Billy Donovan war, or, as some all it, the "War of the Words." Relaions between Donovan and Fogler have een in a rocky state ever since the SEC ledia Days in November. According to The State newspaer, coach Fogler made accusations conerning Donovan's recruiting tactics. Jpset afterwards, Donovan called coach 'ogler "classless" and "gutless," and he lso questioned his courage. The accusations arose after Donoan enlisted the help of a money man ger who helped fund a trip to Europe 3r a team that consisted of Florida reshman Mike Miller and two other ap high-school players who commitd to the Gators. After his press conference Monday, 'ogler said, "As far as I'm concerned he incident is over. The situation is ver. WeHjustgoon." In his press conjrence that day, coach Donovan echoed 'ogler's sentiments. "From my standpoint it is over and one with," Donovan said. Although they both consider it over, either will comment on their tradiional pregame handshake. Another thing to watch in this game 3 BJ McKie's ongoing quest to become JSC's all-time leading scorer and only ,000 point-scorer ever. McKie is curently third on the list with 1,863 caeer points. That total leaves him a lere 109 points behind Alex English's ,972. Whether you're interested in the ame, the Fogler/Donovan handshake, r BJ's quest, come out and see the rvloir 1 rrh4" 7-QH aiuccu^i\.o piay lAjiiigiiL at # ,u\s. i today tid the players who played with him id against him," said Suns owner Jerj Colangelo. "I do believe the game is very relient. "Having been in the league for 32 sars, I've seen us at different cycles, p and down. I've seen a concern about ho is going to replace stars at that me. Thank goodness there have been ew players to take the places of the a_ r j.i ?. 79 real siars ui uie pasi. But, Colangelo added, "Recognize lat he is by himself when you talk bout great stars, but somewhere beund the NBA today there will be some layers to come who will be great playrs. Whether there will be another with Drdan's worldwide appeal, though, relains to be seen. After Magic Johnson and Larry Bird elped lift pro basketball's profile in the arly 1980s, Jordan took it to the next wel almost single-handedly. He also took the game itself above le rim, inspiring the generation of playrs who followed him to devise more nd mere spectacular moves. Every night of the NBA season yieldi a bonanza of highlight-reel clips and hen they were packaged on sports prorams, the league's popularity soared long with the players. Jordan also pulled players' salaries lto the stratosphere as well. He made more than $30 million in ach of the last two seasons and playrs like Shaquille O'Neal and Kevin larnett rode his coattails to secure $100 nllion deals. Last June, Fortune magazine tolled what it called "The Jordan Ef\/ii " rr V?io at* fVin n/rnnrL ;v,t, puti/iixg iiio xxupaci/ uxx vxxc cwwv iy, since joining the NBA in 1984, at 10 billion. It calculated he sold an extra $165 lillion in tickets for the league, and elivered an extra $366 million in evenue, mostly in added TV money nd the sale of merchandise like jereys, hats and posters. Nike, among the most prominent of he dozen or so companies who hired dm as an endorser, has sold more than 2.6 billion in Jordan-related products. At the start of his career, the lulls averaged only 6,365 fans per game. In his third season, the team began . string of sellouts that reached 542 onsecutive games.