Kobe) Kobe,
Kobe...
Emerald columnist
Mirjam Swanson writes
that by not backing
away when he was
confronted in a game
last Sunday, the Lakers'
Kobe Bryant proved his
team 's toughness—
and more. PAGE 12A
Bigger Bucks
With an average salary
of nearly $2 million,
it seems the price tag
for paying baseball
players will continue to
increase. The Dodgers'
Kevin Brown is the
highest paid player
today, raking in a
morthan $15 million.
PAGE1GA
The Flash
Two British soccer
fans killed in Turkey
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) —
Two British soccer fans were
stabbed to death Wednesday
during fighting a day before a
UEFA Cup match, officials
said.
At least 11 other soccer
fans, including six Britons,
were injured and rushed to
hospitals.
Clashes erupted after a
group of Leeds United fans
left a bar near Taksim
Square, a popular entertain
ment district. Hundreds of
Leeds United fans are in Is
tanbul to watch their team
play Turkey’s Galatasaray in a
UEFA cup semifinal Thursday.
Bryant back in lineup,
won't appeal suspen
sion
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) —
Kobe Bryant returned to the
lineup for the Los Angeles
Lakers on Wednesday night
and said he has no intention
of appealing his one-game
suspension for fighting with
Chris Childs of the New York
Knicks.
Bryant’s agent, Arn Tellem,
said earlier Wednesday that
he was considering filing an
appeal on Thursday with
NBA commissioner David
Stern.
“He mentioned it to me,
but I said I don’t want to,”
Bryant said. “Truthfully,
man, I really don’t care, I re
ally don’t. Arn is just being an
agent.”
Bryant lost about $100,000
by sitting out the game, and
was fined $5,000 by the NBA.
Best Bet
MLB: Boston vs. Seattle
7 p.m., FoxSports Net
Thursday
April 6,2000
Volume 101 .Issue 125
Emerald
Oregon football springs forward
Emerald
No Duck is more thrilled to start football than previously injured cornerback Rashad Bauman.
■ The Ducks encounter early-season
adversity in their first week of practice,
but feel confident that enough players
will “step up” and “shine”
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
Joey Harrington crouched
behind center Ryan Schmid
and positioned his hands to re
ceive the snap. He peered over
the rest of his offensive line, all
wearing green
jerseys.
With the
quarterback’s
helmet rotat
ing left-to
right, he read
the opposing defense, all clad
in white uniform tops.
Harrington promptly did a
three-step drop, rolled to his
right and completed the five
yard pass to veteran receiver
Marshaun Tucker.
No, it isn’t football season
yet and this wasn’t taking place
on the turf of Autzen Stadium.
But Harrington’s pass to
Tucker on the practice field near
the Moshofsky Sports Complex
did mark the opening of the all
so-important spring season. On
Monday, Oregon players
donned helmets and pads for
the first time since its 24-20 up
set victory over Minnesota in
the Sun Bowl on Dec. 31.
The team practiced again
Tuesday, had Wednesday off
and will be back at work this af
ternoon. The team will work
out four times a week for the
next three weeks, leading up to
the annual Spring Game on
April 29 at Autzen.
It is a time for head coach
Mike Bellotti and his coaching
staff to set the depth chart and
get a chance to work with
many players individually.
“It’s just nice to get back out
Turn to Football, page 13A
BELLOTTI
It's just
nice to get
back out
here.
Mike Bellotti
head coach
_n
UO continuing on its way to‘greatness’
The freshmen
laden Ducks
posted a much
improved
dual-match
mark and sent
three
grapplers to
the National
Championship
By Matt O'Neill
Oregon Daily Emerald
What started as a season marked
with youth and questions ended
as a successful campaign for Ore
gon wrestling.
Coming into the 1999-2000 sea
son, Oregon wrestling was at a
crossroads. The year before, the
Ducks were
forced to field
many upsets be
cause of injuries
and off-the-mat
problems before
ending the sea
son with a 4-10
dual-match record.
But that was last year. Head
coach Chuck Kearney and his
team said they forgot about all the
distractions of the previous season
and set their goals for the new one.
Many of those goals were met,
Kearney said.
His team posted a much im
proved mark of 11-6 in dual
Turn to Wrestling, page 14A
WRESTLING
Emerald
Eugene Harris was one of the Ducks’ productive newcomers, finishing the season with 23 wins.