Looking for
redemption
Oregon men's golf tees off at
the Taylor Made Intercolle
giate Challenge in Waikoloa
today, hoping to atone for its
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Rodman calls out Stern
DALLAS (APj— Dennis Rodman wants
to duke it out with David Stern.
“I don’t know who gave David Stern
all the power in the world to sit there
and make all the rules in the world,
but this league has gone to hell,”
Rodman said after his ejection from
Tuesday night’s game, only his sec
ond with the Mavericks. “It’s ridicu
lous.”
Rodman, speaking on his way from
the locker room to the parking lot,
then challenged the commissioner to
settle their differences with their
fists.
“I wish me and David Stern can get
some damn gloves on, and we go in
the ring and we can see who’ll come
out the winner,” Rodman said. “Me
and him.”
The latest blowup began with 7:13
left in Dallas’ 112-99 loss to Milwau
kee.
Rodman complained that the Bucks
should have been called for an illegal
defense. Rodman went to the other
foul line and sat down in protest,
drawing another technical and an au
tomatic ejection.
“I told the referee, ‘Why don’t you
kick me out for a reason? Let me hit
somebody first. That’s a good reason.
Don’t kick me out because I sit
down,”’ Rodman said. “I’ve been a
marked man for years. Nobody else
in the league would have gotten
kicked out for that.”
Selig: Rose has no chance
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Bud Selig pret
ty much said Pete Rose has no chance
of getting back into baseball as long
as he's commissioner.
While Selig hasn’t officially respond
ed to Rose’s application for reinstate
ment, he made his strongest public
statement yet regarding the leader in
career hits.
“There is not a scintilla of give in that
area,” Selig said Wednesday.
Following an investigation of his
gambling, Rose agreed to a lifetime
ban on Aug. 23,1989.
“Pete did accept a voluntary lifetime
suspension...,” Selig said. “There has
n’t been any new evidence since
then. I think just from my answer,
you’ll understand my depth of feeling
on this subject.”
Rose applied for reinstatement on
Sept. 26,1997, and the application
sat without action until a few weeks
ago. Selig’s top lawyer, Bob DuPuy,
met Jan. 27 with Rose’s lawyers and
gave them 30 days to submit addi
tional information.
Rose, ineligible for the Hall of Fame
while he’s on the permanently
banned list, claims investigator John
Dowd’s evidence was not conclusive
and he should be allowed back in
baseball. Rose’s lawyers presented
DuPuy with evidence from their ex
perts.
Best Bet
NCAA Men’s Hoops
USC at Arizona
7:30 p.m., Fox
Sports Northwest
Thursday
February 17,2000
Volume 101, Issue 99
Emerald
Action
Jackson
u
I just try to
find my
places
where I
can fit in
and help
out.
David
Jackson
guard
_n
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
Note: The following
should be read with the
“The Brady Bunch” theme
song in mind.
Here’s the story, of a play
er named David,
And his decision to leave
one school for the next.
He came from Portland
and went to Utah,
But then he ran into “Big
Rick. ”
Here’s the story, of a man
named Majerus,
Who was busy molding a
program of his own.
They were two men, with
clashing viewpoints,
And David felt all alone.
’Til the one day when the
player met Coach Ernie,
Who knew that his vision
of success was more than a
hunch.
So the player left “Big
Rick”and Utah,
And that’s the way he be
came a part of the Duck
Bunch.
The Duck Bunch, The
Duck Bunch, that’s the way
David Jackson joined the
bunch.
Imagine two different
coaches with two very dif
ferent styles of coaching and
one talented player in des
perate need of finding his
niche.
That is the brief synopsis
of outspoken Utah head
coach Rick Majerus, Oregon
head coach Ernie Kent and
junior guard David Jackson.
And how the three inter
twined is what brought
Jackson to Eugene.
Jackson, who has only
played in seven of the
Turn to Jackson, page 8A
Emerald
David Jackson, a transfer from Utah, has been a positive contributor for the Ducks this year.
Oregon tries not to look past last-place WSU
■ The Ducks and Cougars have a
history of close games, including
Oregon’s dramatic overtime win
earlier this season
By Brett Williams
Oregon Daily Emerald
There is no Pacific-10 Conference rivalry in
which home-court advantage is more important
than in the Washington State-Oregon series.
The way things have gone recently, it appears
not.
Last season, a dismal Cougars team took the
Ducks to triple overtime before succumbing, 87
83. When they met in Eugene, it was a different
story. Oregon had little trouble, winning 77-64.
In their first meeting this season, Washington
State (5-15 overall, 0-11 Pac-10) almost upset the
Ducks in overtime, as Oregon needed a career
high 27 points from Alex Scales to pull out a
slim 81-80 victory.
Turn to Men’s, page 9A
u
Washington State is
not a terrible team;
they’ve just had
some tough losses...
We’ve always had
trouble with
[them], and we’ll
have to play well at
home to win.
A.D. Smith
forward
_n
■ The Oregon women try not to
underestimate northern foes
Washington State and Washington in
their quest to repeat as Pac-10 champs
By Mirjam Swanson
Oregon Daily Emerald
One ... game ... at... a ... time.
That’s what assistant coach Fred Litzenberger
is always preaching, warning, harping on.
Especially now.
Eight games remain in the regular season, and
the Oregon women’s basketball team is tied for
second with Stanford and UCLA, who are all one
game behind Arizona.
After two solid wins against Stanford and Cali
fornia last weekend, the Ducks (17-6 overall, 8-3
Pacific-10 Conference) are sailing into matchups
with last-place Washington State (4-17, 1-10)
tonight in Pullman at 7 p.m. and at Washington
(7-16, 3-8) at 1 p.m. on Sunday — games in which
Turn to Women's, page 9A