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ON THETUBE NBA, Seattle (20-12) vs. Orlando (12-19), ESPN (34), 7:05p.m. DAILY TRIVIA Who is second on the Oregon men's all-time three-point basnets list? See scoreboard lor answer. Rodman gives money, apology in kick settlement ■ NBA: The cameraman who received the kick in the pants agreed not to file criminal charges The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Dennis Rodman called Tuesday to say he's sorry. The Chicago Bulls star apologized to Tar get Center cameraman Eugene Amos after agreeing to a $200,000 out-of-court settle ment that also assured that Rodman would not race criminal prosecution. Amos has “gone away for two or three weeks,” according to a man who answered Amos’ phone Tuesday but did not identify himself. Although Andrew Luger, Rodman’s lawyer, confirmed a settlement had been reached, he refused to discuss financial terms. A source who asked not to be iden tified told The Associated Press on Monday the settlement was for $200,000. The NBA suspended Rodman without CHICAGO /(BULLSk pay for at least 11 games and fined him $25,000. The suspen sion is the second longest in NBA history and will cost Rodman more than $1.1 million in pay. 1 he deal also included Amos agreement not to pursue an assault charge against Rod man. Amos, an in-house cameraman working on a freelance basis at the Target Center, was shooting video footage of the Bulls game against the Timberwolves on Jan. 15 when Rodman stumbled out of bounds and fell on top of a photographer seated next to Amos. Amos turned his camera on Rodman, who responded by kicking Amos very high on the inside of his left thigh. Amos was at tended to at courtside for several minutes before he was carried off on a stretcher and treated briefly at a hospital. Oregon Men’s Basketball What’s happening to mighty Oregon? Oregon mens head coach Jerry Green is trying to find the answer that will end his teams four-game losing streak The Streaking I Numbers ■ PPG DURING 10-0 START: 81 7 ■ OPPONENTS’ PPG DURING 10-0 START: 66 2 ■ PPG DURING 4-GAME LOSING STREAK: 71.0 ■ OPPONENTS’ PPG DURING 4-GAME LOSING STREAK: 76 0 By Chris Hansen Sports Reporter Just two weeks ago, the Oregon men’s basketball team held a 10-0 record, was ranked 17th in the nation, was one of only three undefeated teams in the country and was rapidly moving up the national polls. Now, Oregon is in the midst of a four game losing streak and is tied for last place in the Pacific-10 Conference at 1-4. “1 think you could probably call it a slump,” Oregon head coach Jerry Green said. “In the fact that we haven’t been suc cessful.” The problem — and the solution — both revolve around the Ducks’ offense. "The offense has created a lot of the prob lems by shooting the ball so fast,” Green said. “We make an average of 1.6 passes per possession. That doesn’t give the defense a very good chance of making a mistake. “That means we are not going to get to the foul line because we are not getting inside shots. It also will affect the defense when we basically have a 12-second offense and then go down and play defense twice as long.” According to Green, rushing shots stems from one of two things. “We are using the ball as a weapon,” he said. “Trying to punch the ball in quickly with a warrior-type attitude to help whoop the enemy, or, we’re unselfish.” “I think we are playing not to lose, instead of going out to win,” guard Jamal Lawrence added. “When we get our leads we try to protect it instead of building on it. We play tentatively now, instead of going out with the same intensity as we did earlier in the season; going out and taking victories in stead of expecting them to be handed to us.” While the offense works out its kinks, the confidence of a team once thought to be a sure bet for the NCAA Tournament in March, is another concern.“It might be a lit Turn to WOES, Page 12 I CHAD PATTESON/Emerald fifi The head coach is responsible for everything. He recruits the players, he teaches the players, and he has the ability to go with player B ij player A isn’t getting it done. So I am responsible for everything we do. — Jerry Green UO head coach -55 Oregon head coach Jerry Green anguishes during his team’s 73-62 loss to the visiting California Golden Bears last weekend. The loss was the Ducks’ fourth straight loss. rr n MV r I I r YESTERDAY’S RESULTS w -rT 'll NBA Toronto .118 Minnesota.106 Orlando .93 Washington.88 Miami.94 Atlanta .91 Charlotte Houston .114 108 Chicago .88 New York.87 Milwaukee.89 Indiana.92 Portland.100 L A. Clippers .82 Golden State.105 Dallas.93 DAILY TRIVIA ANSWER Senior Jamal Lawrence has made 156 career triples, only two behind former Duck Kevin Nixon. Baseball’s expansion thoughtless, ruins game Another brilliant decision on the part of Major League Baseball. The league found spots for its two new expansion teams, who begin play in 1998, late last week. The Arizona Diamondbacks were added to the National League West, which seems natural enough, Arizona is in the western part of the nation. And the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were placed into the American League West, which doesn’t seem natural at all. Last time I checked, Tampa Bay was in Florida. And the last time I looked at a map, Florida was on the east coast. Therefore, Tampa Bay should be in the OPINION Ryan Frank Western division, right? The Devil Rays’ spot in the Western division will put it on the west coast for many of its away games against the likes of Oakland, Texas, Seattle and Anaheim with games that start well past the bedtimes of local Tampa Bay kids, causing the Devil Rays’ to lose a large por tion of their fan base. The decision by Major League Baseball to put a team from Tampa Bay in the West ern division is just another chapter in the lengthy novel of bad decisions by profes sional baseball. After adding the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins to the National League in 1994, things looked to be set in major league baseball. There was an equal number of teams in the American and National Leagues (14) for the first time since before Seattle and Toronto were added to the AL in the 1970s. And after 1994’s expansion, the league’s pitching seemed to be stretched to its thinnest point, which was never more evi dent than last season. Turn to FRANK, Page 12
