SPORTS
The sports world is filled with stupidity today
I am \itv thunktul th.it ()rngon doesn t have .1 nirxi
tv baseball team that would lie in V \ \ regional and
national tournament plaV this season I w tsh tin’ I )tn ks
did have a baseball team hut that s another point
I'he \( ,\.\ in its infinite Wisdom; handed rims n an
other major ruling lilts week w hen it der ided that
hasehall p la vers would hi1 prohibited from (die wing to
bar i o during tournament games
I in not making this up
l he NCAA continues to go after little tiny tilings
that have nothing to do with upholding the integrity ol
college athlete s Instead the \( AA likes to waste its
time money and resources to "outlaw lobar co and pro
hibit some si bool w ith a bum h of In pens from min
petirig m tile Nl AA soccer pi.noils tor the next live
years
Hul it 1 ill at t'NIA 1 i an c heat lie and do whatever
I want that's illegal and continue to go to the \( \A
basketball tournament lies I hate Hobtn Hurley as
much .is anybody, but I had to root lor Duke against
Vegas in this veai s tournament ( all it sweet redemp
tion
Anarchy reigns m college athletu s these days and
the NCAA is obviously the ringleader
Hut there are stupider tilings in the athletu world
From the Sidelines
In
VS1M 1 Y ( ONKI IN
th.in the MAX .uul its (lii i s n >11 to outlaw l >.i •.«•! >.i 11
players from i mg lobarao
Xitel .{ i ouple of iliauspit Kills seasons vv ilh the Seal
lie Seahawhs (Ilian Mosworth is mm a movie stai
Mosworth lias Ins own him otil now Sionr I old Ke
ports trom the movie s prndtii ers imluale that the
name ol the movie H.isill t Ik ill K It t up h\ wall li I nyt Ho
| o kson run river Mosworth in the hiugdome for a
lour hdow n in 1*1HH
Mayhe they were referring lo Mosworth s brain
when they named the movie Well I guess he isii I
that stupid sim.e lie Is < oiler ting all ol the insurant e
mourn from his foothall injury hut lie was oliv lotisly
never the looth.ill talent people thought he was
Hv making this movie win* h required several
months to ftnafi/e Mosworth has lasted almost as long
ill the 11Im industry as he did ill the \I I
The latest i r.i/.r m ihc NBA involves Portland lr.nl
Hla/er ri'M'tvi' ( lift Kobinson and 111•- headbands
It's nut < lift that s stupid, its Ins Ians Have vun
s<*• *n those ii i year old M inor i iti/ens at Hla/et plavolt
Kami's that arc part of the ( litl fan i lub ’ They re the
mild mannered sort w ho en|oy then i turn h Inngo and
motor homes until ( Iiff enters a game I lien the\ take
out their red white 01 hlai k headbands to slims then
sti|>11.>11 toi the huddiiiK Bla/.er stai
Ilieie s nothing wrong ss 11Ii tan support hut how n
dn ulous is it to see tlraudma Moses putting mi that
headband for the delight ot Hla/ei I aide ' II that was
ms grandmother. 1 think I d have hei in the Shads
I’ines retirement home in a sei ond
(IK the /■ niera/i/'s not immune to mistakes and
Ves I ss as the one svho reported that ( lieRon ' Muham
mad Olivet sson the I'ai ilu 111 ( onterenie high lump
title i lea n ok ' > when in lai t. he on I v ' lea red 7 O' <
Her a use ot the enormous respei t student nesvspa
pers ns else as professional piihlit ations ss e svere
tori ed to use \ssoi lated Press ss ire results to put to
nether our stories results that had Oliver i lennng
feet a on lies the same height the \1‘ also had ( all
forma's Kevin Keane i leartng
So noss sou hums where I got the 7 ri figure Am I
Intler' Not at all
Ducks seeking additional
NCAA qualifiers tonight
By Jake Berg
Emerald Sports Reporter
For manv Oregon athletes it
is their Iasi i lianr.e
l or all of the Oregon ath
letes, it is the I.ast ('.haiu e
nought's l.es Steers Last
( ham e ()pen .it a p m at 1 lav
w ard I lelii represents the
Dinks' last opportunity to gel
either provisional or automatic
qualifiers hu the Nt A \ ( ham
pionshtps at Hayward next
w eek
"We’ve got people in virtu.il
k every event who il they Ini
il reailv really right could
sneak inlo the meet,' Oregon
(loach Tom lleinonen said
Tonight .it midnight is the
deadline foi all collegians to
rpialik either provisionalh m
automatic all v lor the NCAAs
(loaches will rec en e phone
calls Saturday night d then
provisional qualifiers make it
into the national champion
ships. I ietnonen said
We re |usl going to go and
do the best we c ail and then
wait tor the phone call Sallir
da\ night ' he said It it
rings, that means somebody got
in If it doesn't ring you're a
bridesmaid
Among those who have pro
visionalk qualified and will
c oinpete tonight are high jump
ei Diuod Huberts heptathlcte
kelly Ulair shot put and disc us
thrower |ulie Bee k >.000 meter
runner Nicole Woodward, 'too
meter runner Camara Jones and
100-meter runner Rosie Wil
I iti ms
' l-aurvl's un the bubble in
the high |ump Heuioneii said
of Huberts. whose best pimp
this season is siv teet The
best tiling she c an do is jump
anything over siv leel It she'd
jump ti O' > she'd get in
Both |ones and Blair are high
on the prov isional lists but
Ifeinonen s.nd Woodward and
Bei k would have to impruve on
tlleir season bests at tile l.ast
( bam e to make tile \l \ As
Metric milers 11 >00) t arid
llolrnen and Knka Klein. |ave
lin thrower Kelly Kempt and
W illiams in the JIM) meter run
have not provisionally i|uali
tied but stand the greatest
( banc e ol doing so tonight
I leinonen said
'll sbi' gets any kind ol aid
mg wind at all and (eels right
lleinontin said ot Williams
she's certainly c apable ot run
mug J I JO and that II get bei
into tile meet ill the JIM)
Iteinonen added that a throw
ot tl>J feet tor Kempt and times
under a JO in the 1 >00 toi both
llolrnen and Klein would be re
quired lor them to get a good
enough spot on tin- provisional
list tor an \( A A Irerth
l it her i oriipet itors in to
night's meet will be former ( it
egon stars Annette Betels and
la/ Wilson and Mozambique
high si bool eve (range student
Maria Mutola in the 1 >00 Ore
gon ravelin throwers Paula Bei
ry and Kim Hyatt and )ulic
Bright the Oregon school re
i ord bolder in the long jump
Cavanaugh named all-American
Oregon lust baseman Julie
Cavanaugh was named to the
first team all America softball
team Wednesday by the Nation
al Softball Coac hes Assoc la
tion
Cavanaugh was earlier lion
ored this season w ith her third
straight appearanc os on the
first team all f’.tc ific -10 Confer
enc.e team and the’ first team
all West Regional team.
Cavanaugh led the I’.u 10 111
four individual categories this
|iasl season. including hatting
average | 4HU|, runs stored
(44|. hits (74| .mil stolen liases
{J 4 ! Cavanaugh also set si hool
records in runs hits and stolen
bases
One of five (list team all
Americans from the Pai 1(1,
Cavanaugh was a set mid team
all American selection a year
ago
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