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ON THE TUBE Men’s College Basketball, North Carolina at Duke, ESPN (34), 6p.m. DAILY TRIVIA What year did baseball’s Hall of Fame open? See scoreboard for answer. . ..> </ fB m ^ ' v , ' g - - < . mfflm! Oregon-UCLA game: always an upset in the making OPINION There is just something about UCLA that seems to drive everyone at Oregon into a frenzy. Particularly when it comes to men’s basketball and especially when the Bruins come to McArthur Court. For the last three years, the Bruins have come into Mac Court nationally ranked and twice left de feated. One of those defeats came in their National Championship year. The Bruins were physically beaten by a team not nearly as good, and mentally beaten — possibly even spit on — by a relentless, heckling student section. Who can forget two straight years of rushing the court against mighty UCLA and taunting the play ers as they walked of the court dejected. Unsportsmanlike? Probably. But a hell of a good time too. There aren’t too many things more fun than personally escorting the conference cover boys off your home court, hang ing their heads and wishing they never had to play at The Pit again. "We have a difficult time at Mac Court,” UCLA head coach Steve Lavin admitted. “To me, it is one of the most difficult places to play as far as its hos tile, snake pit, hornets nest environment.” Although, last year UCLA got its revenge when they came back from a 14-point second half deficit to beat the Ducks in Eugene. And it was a bitter pill to swallow when the Bruins’ Kris Johnson and Charles O’Bannon stood in front of the student sec tion after the win and did a little post game trash talking to some of the sections more boisterous fans before being led off by security preventing a riot. So, here we are again on the eve of the biggest Turn to HANSEN, Page 12 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS NBA Portland.120 Toronto .84 New York.109 Boston .107 Cleveland.84 New Jersey .62 Orlando .82 Washington.102 Charlotte .98 Indiana.97 Milwaukee.84 Detroit .93 Sacramento.91 Milwaukee.88 L.A. Lakers .102 Dallas.83 Denver.99 Utah .114 Chicago.111 Vancouver.96 Atlanta . L.A. Clippers ,112 ..96 NHL Phoenix .1 Philadelphia.4 Montreal Florida.. .5 .1 N.Y. Islanders .3 Calgary.4 Major League Soccer may drop yellow, red cards for penalty points system NEW YORK (AP) — Suspensions in Major League Soccer may soon be as easy as 1 -2-3. MLS said Tuesday it may adopt a points system to determine suspensions for on-field offenses. Currently, two yellow cards or one red card dur ing a game causes an automatic ejection plus a sus pension of at least one game. Players also were sus pended for one game last season after they accumulated yellow cards in five games. Deputy commissioner Sunil Gulati did not give specifics, but the points system would be similar to one used in England’s Premier League, where more severe fouls are assessed more points. At a fixed limit, a player incurs an automatic one-game sus pension. Tiger Woods’ mom hopes he’ll marry his heritage BANGKOK, Thailand (AP)—Tiger Woods' moth er hopes her son takes a Thai bride — but said the woman had better love golt. Kulthida Woods said Tuesday that she would be thrilled if her 21 -year-old son followed in the steps of his American father, Earl, and married a Thai woman. “But this is a new generation and you can’t choose for them," Mrs. Woods said. “Whoever she is, she'd better love golf, because it takes up 99 per cent of his time.” Tiger’s mom is visiting relatives before the Honda Asian Classic Feb. 6-9 in which her son is playing. Woods is something of a hometown hero, even though he barely speaks the language. The Thai cabinet decided Tuesday to hold a recep tion in his honor next week and prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh is expected to join him for a practice round. DAILY TRIVIA ANSWER On this date in 1936, the baseball Hall of Fame opened its doors for the first time. The World Wide Web of Sports Sports fans are a special breed. They love the stats, the numbers, the personalities—and they like them now. With the conception of the World Wide Web, has come instant sports stats and information. But the question is: Where are the best places to find that information? The following is a review of the best, and the worst, of sports web sites. ■ VIDEO CLIPS: Quicktime and avi highlights and soundbites make ESPN’s site truly multi-media. n ■ NBA LIVE AUDIO: Catch the radio broadcast of NBA games over the web from ESPN’s NBA front page. iritwiyf •tSPM? ii>a*n<0><' *WBA cow NASCAR ONLINE • OUfSIDL ONLINE • HR SHOWttl ■ fAMUT PLANET Cotisrats m Pack! tfg? •HKIU Ufll mu. GUI IttO Mil! ftgmxsfltoyiI motx HLLC SoHSCHiBtH IE»fHT» Get in the game: Fantasy Basketball ’fl7 Midseason ✓ Tu v d*jr, jjQ&l&x.iJt 4:4 5 pm ET Ironing things out Faster than Desmond Howard can go 99 yards, the NFL is already looking toward Super Bowl XXXII. In New Orleans, the lowly Saints - who have further to go than most — sought _by naming him as their new head coach. And in Green Bay. the Packers — who have 21 free agents -- are betpiming nvaint^iB their supremacy. MikiDAaukickn otaefauuatNwr OrUani. • • •• _ Free agents: NFC I AFC Zone users: Best I Worst Super Bowl ads Today's Best News Shat}. .Eddie long* heaajis)of A&Staimeijtta Xariiabue to respl vft Parcel li dispute with Pats A's far .Wasdm Richard fett£HjLgg& Atlanta newspapers, funner employer l&al.ifts.pftlic* disnge.ppkcy about rtarnirm suspects ^ Fjnhattlad NASCAR owner Hendrick hat leukemia Kawasuodci. Qttxmm Rimgaate i» iriokings. OUR FAVORITE http://espnet. sportszone.com COVERAGE ■ SPORTS •NFL •NBA •MLB •NHL •NCAA Basketball • NCAA Football •Tennis •Golf • Soccer SPEED ■ DOWNLOAD TIME Not too bad if you have a networked connection. If not, it could take a while. WHAT’S BAD ■ SPORTS A large portion of ESPNETs links can only be visited with a subscription. SITE/ADDRESS COVERAGE SPEED WHAT’S GOOD WHAT’S BAD ■ Everything from high school football to Major League Baseball ■ Extensive graphics lead to slow down load time ■ Coverage is better than ESPN, but not as flashy ■ Slow load time www.sportingnews.com ■ Great front pages for major sports ■ Once again, graph ics cause snail-like loading ■ Rotating scoreboard. Also, each front page allows you to select in formation on your fa vorite team ■ Not much good stuff on front page www.foxsports.com ■ Covers a lot of sports, including horse racing, but not very in-depth ■ See above ■ Great front page with rolling scoreboard, but not much after ■ Poor coverage and too much television promo tion Text by RYAN FRANK Turn to INTERNET, Page 12 Graphic by MATT GARTON Club volleyball teams improve records over weekend ■ CLUB SPORTS: A team record was set by the men, while the women made it to a tourney championship By Rob Moseley Freelance Sports Reporter Men’s and women’s club volleyball saw action this weekend, and both teams enjoyed success, with a team record being set on the men’s side. Swing hitter Pat Wallace paced the men’s team to a match victory with a club-record 24 kills, as the Ducks defeated Lewis & Clark in four games Friday, 15-3,15-7, 12-15,15-10. “Pat was awesome,” teammate Brian Berdanier said. “It seemed like every time he touched the ball we got a point.” As a team, the men continued their trend of jumping to a quick lead in the first game. “We started really hot,” head coach Andy Isogai said, “but we let our guard down a little bit. [Lewis & Clark) relaxed and started playing better, but we re grouped in the fourth game.” The win puts Oregon at 2-1 in Pa cific Coast Intercollegiate Volley ball Association play, with another league match this Friday night. The Ducks host Lane Community College in Gerlinger An Turn to CLUB SPORTS, Page 12
