SPORTS
Monday had something for all
FROM THE
SIDELINES
BV JAYSON JACOBY
Monthly was anotherone of those days we
sports enthusiasts tfrt'.im altoul After till, it
had somothing to please just about anyone
for openers, it was baseball's 122nd Opening
Day Sure, there are ltll games left, but that first
day always seems special Although it will be
hard for any events this season to match last fall s
classic braves Twins World Series. 1 ‘>‘12 does of
fer the possibilities for some important mile
stones
Kansas City's C.eorge Hrott and Milwaukee's
Robin Yount both have solid chances to reach the
A.000 htt plateau That mark whic h basically
guarantees a spot in the Hall ol l ame is only
122 hits away for Yount and 1(14 lor ltrett Only
IS major leaguers have ever accomplished the
feat, and newer two in the same season
On the opposite side of the ball, 45 year old
Nolan Ryan continues to amu/e The aging lexas
Rangers wonder can add to ins own rec ord of soy
en no-hitters, and few would probably lie sur
prised il he does
Ann it will hu imrrrstmn to mm? now mu Ainm
i.i Braves fare. playing from a position they're not
used to defending National League champion
The Braves went from worst-to-finsf a year ago,
and with basically the same lineup, Atlanta
should have a good chance at holding oil the (.in
cinnati Reds in the National League West
Then there's the Cecil Fielder watch The lie
troit Tigers' slugger added a few more inches to
his waistline in the off-season It will I*- interest
ing to see if that translates into another 50 homer
season for baseball's most powerful power hitter
Always of interest are the exploits of Oakland's
unpredlr table Jose Canseco When he s not engag
ing in highway demolition derbies with his wile,
Canseco is probably the world's !>est offensive
player Maylxi this will la- the year he at hleves
the vaunted and never In-fore reat bed 50 home
run. 50 stolen base level
But with all the baseball including KSl’N's
tripleheader on Opening Day. the laiys of sum
mer were merely a prelude lor the biggest show in
town
Monday's NCAA championship matchup he
tween Duke and Mulligan was the highlight of
the day’s televised festivities At least I hope d
will he. considering I'm writing this hours ts-lore
the lip-off in Minneapolis
It wait certainly the most compelling i'inul game
in years Would Duke fmeome the first repeat
champion miii I- WC.I.A in 1 '*7.1. or would Michi
gan's 1 i an t ht’lp hut refer to the already gross
fy overused moniker lab l ive freshmen write
their own page In the history Ixxtk'
liven if you don't sufrscrtbe to the game s hill
ing .is one of sports epic flatties, on paper Duke
Michigan was lar more interesting than Indiana
Cincinnati.
Of course, by. now all the questions have been
answered, hut just for the fun of it i'll offer a cou
ple of predictions for tho game I ran otvlv hope
that they hear some resemblance to what aituallv
happened
l irst unlike Dick Vitale and. numerous other
analysts predicted, the most important factor in
the game was not rebounding Although they may
not guard each other the entire game, the perior
mam e of the point guards Duke s Hobby Hur
ley and Michigan's Jalen Rose will tie the key
At first glance it doesn't even seet.ii lair Rose
lias a seven inch height advantage and is also
much quicker than the Duke floor leader
Still, Hurley seems to come up with heron per
formatters in unlikely situations He stored a ca
reer high 2f> points in Duke's HH-HS come from
behind overtime win over the Wolverines Isu k on
Dei 14 and matched that point total in leading
the Blue Devils to the semifinal win Saturday
against Indiana Hurley has an annoy ing knack ol
hilling the three point shot (list when Duke needs
a lift, as he did four times in the litst half ol the
Indiana game, when lie basically kept Duke in the
hunt (or Iht- w m
Still. In Monday's game Kose ■, athletic advari
tage was I he k. i • v to thi’ filin' .is Ills lung .inns
shul off Hurley's interior passing ,md penetration,
forcing Duke lo create scoring opportunities in
the paint
Offensively Kuse used his height advantage and
superior speed to (.re.lie his own offensive oppor
tunities and pass oil for several easy dunks lor
Mi( Ingall s lug men, ( lire. Webber and luw.in
Howard
Whorl Duke tries lo counter that strategy by col
lapsing inside, the Wolverines' top three point
threats. Jimmy King and lames Voskuil. are left
open to bomb aw ay
The end result' Mu lligan turns a two point
halftime deficit into a ?'l 7!l win. as Duke lires in
the second half
Or so I devoutly hope siv hours before the
game
/at von /ar.obi is a sports reporter lor ihr Kmerald
WSU placekicker sues
NCAA over scholarship
SEATTLE (At*) A
Washington St»it«* student
has sum) the National C'ollt«
gtale Athletic Association,
claiming ht> was denied a
football scholarship lieemisn
of unfair eligibility require
men is
Ken McConkey, a fourth
year walk-on place-kicker,
was ruled ineligthlo for a
scholarship last month Im
causu he never took the
Scholastic Aptitude Test or
American College lest,
which are required under
NCAA 1’ruposllion -Hi rules
Mi C.onkc v r.la I ms t he
Prop 4H requirements dis
criminate against the Hash
Ingtori Pre-College lest,
whir It h>- took U'tore grade
ating from high school in
Issaquah in 1'inu
As a Washington Mali'
resident. Ins at t eptam <• at
VVSU was only conditioned
upon an at t optable score in
tin- Washington i’re College
e n t r a mo ti v a m inatlnnv
which Mr McConkey tin!
laki- anti received an at t opt
ahlf st ore, the suit says
The still was till'd ill l! S
District Court in Seattle
Judge ( airolyn Dimmit k on
Friday issued a temporary
restraining order that allows
McConkey to attend spring
prat tit e at the Pullman t am
pus until the issue is settled
The suit will In- heard April
t:i
The suit asks lor more
than SwO.uot) in damages
and an order to keep Mt
(amkey on the team
A comparison of Mt<am
key s Washington state test
scores mdit ales he would
have stored a <10(1 on the
SAT. well above the 700
•As a Washington
state resident,
Ns acceptance
at WSU was only
conditioned upon
an acceptaNe
score In the
Washington Pre
College entrance
examinations,
which (Ken)
McConkey did
take and
received an
acceptable
score/
Suit tiled by WSU
student
m.irk infill'd fur si holurship
ehgihilitv. s.iid Ins attorney,
Sul ()stxirn ol SimIIIn
Hut lo .tppiy lor a ss.ilsit.
McConkey would liiivi' In
li .1 v i' h .i d .i i u m u I it 11 v i'
grade point average in high
si hool of I () in 1 I corn
cl.ism's required ol scholar
ship .ilhliics, (Isliorn said
Mi Conkey hud a high
school grade point average
of 'l ‘I in 1 1 core i lasses, ihe
suit says
Met onkey was designated
the No I plai e kli ker prior
to spring practii e. hut when
com lies heard he was inoli
glide lor a scholarship they
asked him to leave the team,
the suit says
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