West All-Americans win it big in tournament
By Howard Ulman
The Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — Win or lose in
the NCAA tournament Final Four,
Michigan State has a bright future.
Its two top recruits, Zach Randolph
and Marcus Taylor, starred in the
West’s run-and-gun victory in the
McDonald’s All America High
School game Wednesday night.
The West outscored the East
146-120 as Randolph won the
game’s MVP award with 23 points
and 15 rebounds and Taylor, a
point guard, had 14 points, six re
bounds and three assists.
Their next stop: Indianapolis, to
watch the Spartans play Wisconsin
in the NCAA semifinals Saturday.
It was a record-shattering night
at the FleetCenter featuring 24 of
the top high school seniors in the
country chosen by a seven-mem
ber committee and an advisory
panel of scouts and media.
The 146 points broke last year’s
mark set by the West in a 141-128
victory. And the crowd of 18,624
was over 3,000 more than the
biggest previous crowd of 15,527
set in 1982 at the Rosemont Hori
zon outside Chicago. The first Mc
Donald’s game was played in 1978
in Philadelphia.
On Wednesday night, the fans
saw a game of sprinting players,
quick shots and enough alley-oops
and dunks to fill a highlight show.
The West’s DeShawn Stevenson,
who will attend Kansas, led all
scorers with 25 points as he hit 12
of-19 shots in just 25 minutes. He
won the slam-dunk contest Mon
day night.
Darius Rice, a nephew of NFL
wide receiver Jerry Rice, led the
East with 24 points, making 9-of-18
shots in 24 minutes. The Mississip
pi high schooler is leaning toward
Kentucky.
There were 254 shots' in the four
quarter, 48-minute game. The West
went 67-for-137 from the field, the
East 49-for-117. The West also had
a massive advantage off the boards,
out-rebounding the East 84-54.
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quarter and 74 -63 at the half. It
scored the first 10 points of the
fourth quarter on 3-pointers by
Taylor and Alton Ford, who plans
to attend Houston, a dunk by
Travon Bryant and a layup by Chris
Duhon.
The West led 106-85 after three
quarters, and Randolph and Taylor
made sure the East wouldn’t come
back, scoring their team’s first sev
en points of the fourth period for a
113-87 advantage.
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By Seth Sutel
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Two years
after losing the National Football
League, NBC is getting back into
football — with a highly unusual
partner.
The TV network said Wednes
day it is joining with the World
Wrestling Federation, the market
ing machine that turned body
slams into hot TV fare, to launch a
no-holds-barred “extreme” football
league.
The WWF announced plans for
the eight-team XFL league last
month, but investors shunned the
idea, sending the company’s stock
plummeting.
NBC’s announcement that it
plans to televise the XFL’s games
and make a major investment in
the league gave the WWF’s shares
a boost Wednesday.
The companies insist that the
league will be a real sport, not en
tertainment programming like
WWF wrestling, in which chair
smashing, outrageous antics and
bizarre story lines are the preferred
tools for luring viewers.
The league’s games are to begin
next February, right after the NFL’s
Super Bowl.
There will be several changes to
traditional football to soup up the
game, however, including elimi
nating the “fair catch” rule, short
ening halftime to 10 minutes, and
placing microphones in huddles,
in locker rooms and on the side
lines.
Whether it’s real football will
likely be a subject for debate. But
NBC’s motivations are clear in part
nering with Vince McMahon. The
chairman of World Wrestling Fed
eration Entertainment Inc. turned
wrestling into a smash success on
TV, in live events, and even in
book publishing.
“In Vince McMahon, we’re get
ting the best marketer in America,”
Dick Ebersol, head of NBC sports,
said. “We’re very interested in rid
ing the success wave of the
WWFE.”
NBC is taking a 50 percent stake
in the venture and has agreed to
broadcast games on Saturday
nights. NBC is also paying $30 mil
lion to acquire a 3 percent stake in
the World Wrestling Federation.
The deal marks a break from tra
ditional sports broadcasting deals,
under which networks place bids
for the rights to show games. Prices
for those rights have escalated
sharply in recent years, leading
NBC to opt out of the $18 billion
deal the NFL negotiated two years
ago with the other networks.
When McMahon announced the
formation of the XFL in early Feb
ruary, investors were put off by the
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about $100 million. The compa
ny’s stock fell 25 percent that day.
This time, with a major media
company in as a 50-50 partner, the
reception to the XFL project was
far more friendly. Merrill Lynch an
alyst Seth Weber, who downgrad
ed WWF stock in February, called
the NBC deal “good for both sides.”
Doubts about the project remain.
There have been numerous efforts
in the past, all unsuccessful, to take
on the NFL. NBC itself flirted with
the idea in 1998 with Turner
Broadcasting as a potential partner.
CBS also looked.into the idea af
ter losing the NFL contract six
years ago, but found the proposi
tion too risky because of high costs,
cold weather and difficulty in at
tracting top talent.
Neal Pilson, who oversaw CBS
sports operations at the time and
now heads his own consulting
about the XFL plan.
“I understand what NBC is try
ing to achieve. I appreciate the
power of their promotional ability,
and what you may have here is a
test of whether promotion can cre
ate demand,” Pilson said. “I guess
we’re going to find out.”
NBC and WWF officials say they
expect to find enough talent from
college players and amateurs to fill
their ranks. They pointed to Super
Bowl MVP Kurt Warner, who start
ed as a grocery stacker, as an exam
ple of the kind of talent pool that
could be available.
“There are thousands and thou
sands of players in America who
Want to and can play professional
football,” Ebersol said. “We don’t
expect problems finding players.”
NFL commissioner Paul Tagli
abue had no comment on the XFL.
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year managing money wisely makes you more
secure from now on. Tum down a friend's re
quest for funds in April. A group can provide
what's needed in May. The profit inflow is
clogged from around May through June.
Friends reaffirm your leadership and bolster
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February and get your team to do the same.
To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10
is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
ARIES (March 21 - April 19)—Today is a 6 —
You and your team should get together. Figure
out how to solve the next problem. You should
n't have to pay for everything yourself. If there's
not enough money or answers to go around,
don’t worry. Gather information for a while in
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6
— Somebody has good ideas about what you
should do next. This person may not be right,
even though he or she may outrank you. Don’t
let anybody push you around. Stick up for your
position. Don't do something you know won't
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You may have things figured out, but new data
throws you off balance. The real uuth will stay
the same, but your perspective is changing. So,
forget what you thought you knew, for a while,
so you can learn even more.
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come soon, if you and this other person keej
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you’ll be more successful. Actually, if you can
postpone traveling for a few days, do it. Take
care of a problem that’s in front of you, instead.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Today is a 6 —
You may feel like going into your savings ac
count to buy a gift for somebody you love. If it's
a toy, the person can do without it. Even if it's
something this person really needs, you should
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ther of you knows about could be out there.
Gather more data before you decide. Better safe
than sorry.
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mood. You're mastering new skills, and that
will make a difference. Don't fret if you make
mistakes. Just clean up the messes and keep on
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you'll be able to afford it soon. Besides, you
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You may have talents that haven't been tapped,
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— You may not come up with the answer
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times the best thing is to delegate the chore to
somebody with different skills. Reading will be
relaxing and could also help you achieve the re
sults you're after.
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