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Attempted Griffey deal
under investigation
NEW YORK (AP) — With the parties
in the Ken Griffey Jr. trade talks
clamming up, the commissioner’s
office said Wednesday it is investi
gating if any rules were broken by
Seattle or Cincinnati.
Griffey’s agent, Brian Goldberg,
said Tuesday the Mariners had giv
en him permission to talk directly
with the Reds in an effort to break
the impasse.
Baseball’s rules specify teams must
first finalize the players involved in
a trade, then ask the commission
er’s office for a window in which
the acquiring team can negotiate a
contract extension with the player.
No window was requested by
Cincinnati or Seattle.
“There have been discussions with
both the Mariners and the Reds,”
said Sandy Alderson, executive di
rector of baseball operations in the
commissioner’s office. “Enough oc
curred for us to look into it.”
The Worm is early
DALLAS (AP)—How’s this for outra
geous: Dennis Rodman was actual
ly five minutes early for his first
game as a Dallas Maverick.
Rodman arrived at Reunion Arena
for Wednesday night’s game
against Seattle about 6:10 p.m., 80
minutes before tipoff, even though
the team has given him permission
to cut it as close as 75 minutes.
Wearing a baseball cap that kept
his hair color a secret, Rodman had
his full ensemble of piercings work
ing as he sauntered into the locker
room, collected several pairs of
shoes and went straight to an off
limits workout room.
There, he got some good news: He
was in the starting lineup.
“He’s going to start eventually any
way, so we might as well throw him
right in there,” coach-general man
ager Don Nelson said.
Nelson laid out his first game plan
of the Rodman Era to the other 11
players during a 5 p.m.
shootaround and walkthrough.
Shawn Bradley was the demoted
starter, and he didn’t take it well,
hurling a ball towards rack then
sulking against the hoop standard
while the rest of the team simulat
ed plays.
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Wednesday's NBA roundup
Indiana 113, Boston 104
| Philadelphia 92, New jersey 90
I Atlanta 116, Houston 100
Orlando 107, Washington 96
Miami 115, Golden State 100
Charlotte 103, Geveland 95
New York 109, Milwaukee 103
Detroit 115, Toronto 108, OT
Seattle 117, Dallas 106
Utah 113, Chicago 86
San Antonio 106, Denver 97
LA. Clippers 100, Portland 107
Minnesota 81, LA. Lakers 114
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Best Bet
NCAA Hoops
Oregon vs. Stanford
7:30 p.m. KVAL
(Ch. 8)
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Thursday
February 10,2000
Volume 101, Issue 94
Effierald
only senior.
Milena Flores
is the only
player left on
Stanford’s
roster to
have
appeared in
a Final Four.
Both women
play integral
roles on their
respective
teams —
which match
up better
than ever
these days.
By Scott Pesznecker
Oregon Daily Emerald
Post game press conference. No
vember 26,1999.
Then-No. 16 Oregon had just beat
en No. 21 Virginia Tech by twenty
points. Fueling that fire was the
Ducks’ lone senior, guard Nicole
Strange, who had a career-high 21
points. And head coach Jody Runge
was thrilled.
“They knew our inside game, and
they let Nicole shoot it. And that was
their decision, and she did a great job
of burying it,” Runge said. “She was
just the one who was on tonight. ”
Nicole “was more surprised that
she was open, but to her credit, I put
some other people in there and they
didn’t look at the basket. Nicole will
look to score so we kept her in there
and she did a great job,” Runge said.
Barely into the start of her senior
Turn to Strange, page 9A
Catharine Kendall Emerald
Jody Runge cheers Nicole Strange, the Ducks only senior, as she leaves the floor
late in last Saturday’s come-from-behind win against Arizona State.
By Mirjam Swanson
Oregon Daily Emerald
Post game press conference.
March 15,1998.
Stanford had just became the
first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16
seed in NCAA history. And head
coach Tara VanDerveer was per
turbed. Extremely.
“I was terribly disappointed to
see the problems our young guards
had,” she was quoted as saying in
several Bay-Area papers. “Our
guard play was not right all year.
I’d like to think they’d understand
the big picture better than they do.
Having prac
ticed against
Kate and
Jamila and
Hi
Charmin, you’d think they’d do
better. I know we’ll never go any
where unless there’s a huge im
provement in their attitude and
work ethic. I’m counting on the de
velopment of our sophomores.
“If they don’t develop, maybe
they should take up tennis.”
Kate Starbird, Jamila Wideman
and Charmin Smith, all current
WNBA guards, had all just gradu
ated. Starbird went out as Nai
smith Player of the Year. Smith
was one of the most valuable role
players in the nation. And the in
spiringly charismatic Wideman
had become one of the most popu
lar women’s basketball players in
the world.
Then-sophomore Milena Flo
res, one of the “young
guards” berated by VanDerveer af
ter the Cardinal’s unexpected first
round loss to Harvard, not only
had to replace Wideman but up
hold a legacy of brilliant point
guard play beginning with Sonja
Henning on Stanford’s first nation
al championship team and includ
ing stars such as Jennifer Azzi and
Molly Goodenbour.
Now, two years later, Flores has
caught Wideman, at least statisti
cally.
Flores could equal Wideman’s
Turn to Flores, page 9A
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it
On Tap
What; Women’s
basketball
Who: No. 24
Stanford vs.
Oregon
When: 7 pim.
Where:
McArthur Court
Emerald
The Ducks creeping in Stanford's shadow
Oregon may
have the
guns to pull
out its first
win at
Maples
Pavilion in
14 years
By Brett Williams
Oregon Daily Emerald
It may be the best start
Oregon has experienced in
61 years, but don’t be
fooled. There is a blemish
on the Ducks’ conference
record that has them seek
ing redemption.
In Oregon’s second con
ference game of the season,
Stanford fought off the
McArthur Court demons
and pulled off a hard-fought
85-71 win. Now at the
halfway point of the season,
it is still the Ducks’ only
conference loss at the Pit.
Oregon (16-4 overall, 7-2
Pacific-10 Conference) has a
chance to get that one back
when it takes on the Cardi
nal today in Palo Alto, Calif.
Stanford’s Maples Pavil
ion has been one of the most
difficult arenas to play at
the last few years, but the
Ducks’ futility there is un
paralleled. The last time
Oregon won on the Cardi
nal’s home floor was in
Turn to Basketball, page 10A