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ON THE TUBE National Basketball Association, Detroit vs Milwaukee, TNT (27), 5p.m. DAILY TRIVIA What former Duck is two assists ahead of Kenya Wilkins on UO’s all-time list ? See scoreboard lor answer. .1 111 m mmm mmmmmmm m <' mmmmmm mmm ■■■■ mk ' ^ Canseco to be back bashing in Oakland this season ■ i unuL. The outfielder was traded back to the Athletics, where he began his career in 1985 ' i ic; /-\oouisiaiGU ri eroa OAKLAND, Calif. — The Bash Brothers are to gether again. Jose Canseco returned to the Oakland Athletics in a trade from Boston on Monday and will be re united with Mark McGwire, with whom he formed one of the most explosive combos in base ball in the late 1980s and early 1990s. With Canseco and McGwire combining for 200 homers in 1988-90, the A’s won three straight AL pennants. Canseco had five seasons of more than 30 homers for Oakland, including 44 in 1991 and in iyoo. “If McGwire and myself can stay healthy the whole year, I think definitely we’re going to win our division,” Canseco said in a conference call from his home in Miami. “Potentially, we can lead the league in home runs.” Canseco was sent back to Oakland for right handed pitcher John Wasdin, who was 8-7 with a 5.96 ERA last season in 25 games, 21 of them starts. The Athletics also got cash, apparently to pay part of Canseco’s $4.5 million base salary this season. A s assistant general manager Billy Beane said Boston was paying the Athletics more than $500,000, but he would not be more specific about the amount. The trade had been anticipated for several weeks. The outline of the deal had been in place since last week, but Canseco first had to undergo a physical exam demanded by the Athletics. Hampered by back, hip and hamstring prob lems, Canseco missed nearly 40 percent of Boston’s games since he was acquired to be the Red Sox designated hitter in 1994. n n r L 1 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS NBA Phoenix Miami.. ..97 .125 Vancouver.97 Golden State.122 NHL Tampa Bay.3 Ottawa .5 Chicago .2 NY. Rangers.1 Toronto.2 Colorado.5 Anaheim.4 St. Louis.1 Los Angeles.2 Dallas .7 Vancouver.5 San Jose.2 Pressure building to ban “ultimate fighting” in NY ALBANY, NY. (AP) — Less than a year after legal izing "ultimate fighting,” key New York state leaders said Monday they may be ready to ban it, or at least let local governments do so. State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Man hattan Democrat, said he would press fora statewide ban on the often brutal contests that mix boxing, martial arts and street-brawling techniques. Meanwhile, state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, a Republican, signaled he was ready to sup port legislation that would at least allow localities to ban the matches. Bruno had been the driving force last year in hav ing New York legalize ultimate fighting, which he has said is safer than boxing. But Bruno spokesman John McArdle said Mon day that his boss was going to ask his Republican Senate colleagues if they wanted to adopt legislation to prohibit the sport statewide or give localities the right to ban it in their areas. "We may do something this week," McArdle said. The first New York match under the new state law is scheduled for early next month in Niagara Falls, with another match planned for March in New York City. New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has said he wants to be able to ban the events in his city. Gov. George Pataki, who said he reluctantly signed the law last year rather than have no regula tion of the contests, has called for a statewide ban. Kings’ Richmond named Player of the Week in NBA NEW YORK (AP) — Mitch Richmond, who aver aged 36.3 points while leading the Sacramento Kings to a 2-1 record, was chosen Monday as NBA player of the week. In addition to his scoring prowess, Richmond av eraged eight assists, seven rebounds and 3.3 steals. He also shot .619 (13-of-21) from 3-point range and was .929 (26-of-28) from the free-throw line. Other player of the week candidates were Atlanta’s Mookie Blaylock, Charlotte's Glen Rice, Chicago's Michael Jordan, Denver’s Mark Jackson, Golden State's Latrell Sprewell, Orlando's Rony Seikaly, Phoenix’s Kevin Johnson and Portland's Gary Trent. DAILY TRIVIA ANSWER Ron Lee, who played at UO during the 1973-76 seasons, recorded 572 steals to Wilkins 570. Madness at Mac EMERALD When the Ducks host UCLA on Thursday, they will be looking for the their first vic tory over the 1995 national champions since their 82-72 upset on Jan. 5,1995. Excuse me, you call that a Super Bowl? What a waste of a day Sunday was. The Super Bowl—what a joke. The following is a list of why Super Bowl XXXI was not must-see TV. The order appears chronologically, not nec essarily from bad to worse. 1. The Fox pregame show — What time did this thing start? There is only so much you can say about two teams that have been the sole focus of media atten tion for two straight weeks. The “Football Diaries” segments were interest ing, but those took 10 minutes at most, leaving the Fox guys to fill in hours and hours of mind less babble. The stories OPINION DeVbung were tired, the analysts didn t say anything I hadn’t heard before, and the network wast ed a lot of time on nothing. I chose to watch the Seattle-Los Angeles NBA game instead. 2. The commercials — The companies that advertised during the game either spent too much money on air time and not enough on the actual commercials, or were high. The Super Bowl is supposed to pose that age-old question—When do I go to the bathroom when I want to see both the game and the commercials? But this didn't seem to be the case on Sunday. The commercials were, for the most part, unimaginative. How many animals were used in the making of these spots? I saw a hamster, bears, cows, pigeons and a chicken all try ing to sell something. 3. That wonderful halftime extravaganza —In last Friday’s paper, I wrote the head line “Don’t touch that dial; halftime is half the fun.” I apologize now; it was a big lie. In Turn to DEYOUNG, Page 8A Hockey takes two from Washington over weekend ■ CLUB SPORTS: The Ducks win their last two Pac-8 games on the road behind solid goaltending and balanced scoring By Alex Pond Freelance Sports Reporter Winning 3-2 and 5-0, the Oregon Club hockey team swept the Washington Huskies over the weekend in a pair of Pacific-8 hockey league games in Seattle. With the victories, the Ducks ended their Pac-8 sched ule with a 7-5-1 record, which assistant captain Robert Wasson said should be good enough to put them in the Pac-8 tournament. However, they won’t know officially until the other teams in the Pac-8 are done as well. “We’re all pretty confident that [the sweep] puts us in the playoffs,” Wasson said. “Actually, I’d be pretty disappointed if we didn’t make it.” Whatever happens with the rest of the league, the Ducks won’t be able to control it. What they could con trol, however, and did, were the games against the Huskies. On Friday, Oregon and Washington ended regulation tied at two, and for the second time this season, the teams went to a shootout. SPJDRTS Hint Uuongchak and hzra Louthis scored for Oregon in the shootout, and goaltender Keith Barbato held the Huskies to one goal as the Ducks came out victorious. While Friday's game was a bit of a struggle for the Ducks, Saturday’s was relatively easy as tney jumped on tne Huskies early and never looked back. Sean Schoppe and Dan Helm scored the Ducks’ first two goals, and Chris Geib added another goal from cen ter ice three minutes into the second period. Helm and Louthis each added a goal for the Ducks in the third period to give them the final margin of victory.
