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Sports briefs Giambi slugs past Sosa MILWAUKEE — Talk about a tough act to follow. Yankees slugger Jason Giambi was the next batter to follow Sam my Sosa in the first round of Mon day night’s All-Star Home Run Derby, which was a little bit like taking the solo after Pavarotti in his prime. Sosa smashed 12 balls out of Miller Park — one of them com pletely out of the building —while Giambi watched in awe from the on-deck circle. “He’s unbelievable. He’s a Man imal,” Giambi said of Sosa. “He’s the best of the best, and it’s really fun to have the opportunity to go against him. But Giambi responded to the challenge, going on to win the con test by beating Sosa in a head-to head duel in the final round. With lightning flashing in the distance, and the rumble of thun der adding an apt soundtrack, Gi ambi launched seven home runs in the last round. Sosa hit only one home run to counter Giambi’s final round, de spite hitting off his personal bat ting practice pitcher, Cubs coach Benny Calajere. Yankees’ third base coach Willie Randolph pitched to Giambi. — Pete Caldera, The Record, Bergen County, N.J. (KRT) MVP award to honor Williams MILWAUKEE — During a pregame ceremony Tuesday night honoring the late Ted Williams, baseball commissioner Bud Selig will announce that the All-Star Game MVP award will be named after the former Red Sox Hall of Famer. Baseball officials are waiting un til tonight to comment publicly re garding the award, but word spread among the players Monday. “It’s great,” said Red Sox short stop Nomar Garciaparra. “It’s a nice tribute to Ted.” Several of the current All-Stars were aware that Williams is to be honored, but Mike Piazza was one of the few who seemed to know anything about the dispute be tween son and daughter over John Henry Williams’ apparent deci sion to have his father’s DNA frozen and preserved. “It’s unfortunate,” said Piazza. “He was a real-life John Wayne, and he deserves to be treated as a hero.” —John Harper, New York Daily News (KRT) No strike vote from players association meeting CHICAGO — More than 30 base ball players spent the first day of their All-Star break in a basement meeting room at the O’Hare Hyatt, discussing preparations for a possi ble strike. But the tone of the meet ing, as well as that of union leader Donald Fehr afterward, made it clear major-leaguers don’t want to stage a summer rerun, especially if 1994 is the year in question. Fehr, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players As sociation, did not ask the players for a vote on a specific strike date at the meeting Monday. He indicated that one could be forthcoming if ne gotiations set for the next few weeks don’t bring the sides closer to agreement. Yet Fehr sounded hopeful about satisfying the owners’ de sire to increase significantly the amount of local revenue shared without subjecting fans to what could be a second season-ending strike in eight years. The most recent rounds of talks have brought some small conces sions from the owners, which may have encouraged players that there is a way for the sides to meet in the middle. The players are concerned that in the absence of a negotiated agreement at the end of this season, Major League Baseball will declare a bargaining impasse and unilater ally impose new terms, including some form of salary cap. — Phil Rogers, Chicago Tribune (KRT) Brad continued from page 5 slightly offended, roll her eyes and spout off, “The only reason Serena is here today is because I taught her everything she knows. And by the way, Serena likes girls, if you know what I mean.” The two could then part ways and live unhappily ever after. Finally, we’d have something to differentiate the two. We’d have the cocky youngster with the bruising game against the aged veteran who knows what her op ponent will do before she does. We’d have animosity and excitement. We’d have a fan fa vorite and a hated icon. We’d have sport. Sure, it would be ugly. But, as was previously mentioned, what we got now ain’t pretty. Sport is spectacle and spectacle is sport. Enough with this goody-goody, Olsen twins impersonation. Let the real games begin. Contact the sports editor at bradschmidt@dailyemerald.com. His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Emerald. Sports briefs 30 Oregon athletes recognized for academic success Eight student-athletes represent ed Oregon on the Pacific-10 Confer ence’s spring all-academic first teams, released in June'. Seniors Adam Bergquist, Billy Pappas and Jenny Kenyon, redshirt junior John Stiegeler and redshirt sophomore Ryan Andrus each re ceived first team honors for their academic performances during the track and field season. Tennis players Monika Gieczys, a junior, and senior Janice Nyland also earned first team status. Senior golfer Kathy Cho was a first team recipient as well. A total of 30 Oregon athletes were recognized for their academic performances this past spring. One softball player, one golfer, three ten nis players and 17 track and field athletes also earned second team or honorable mention status. Academic eligibilities require stu dents to maintain a 3.0 GPA and be either a starter or a significant con tributor to their respective teams. — Brad Schmidt UO football tickets go on sale today Single-game tickets for six of Oregon’s eight home games go on sale today to the general public for $29 each. Tickets are available for games against Mississippi Stated Fresno State, Idaho, Portland State, Arizona State and Stanford. Only the USC and Washington games are sold out. The University suspended ticket sales in June after surpassing last season’s total by almost 10,000 tick ets, marking the fourth year in a row that sales have been curtailed before the start of the season. The expansion of Autzen Stadium —which will increase the seating ca pacity from 41,698 to about 54,000 — allows for the growing ticket sales. Tickets can be purchased over the Internet at www.goducks.com, in person at the Casanova Center or over the phone by calling 1-800 WEBFOOT. — Brad Schmidt Oregon to host NCAA Tournament in 2003 The NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament is coming to Oregon. On July 1, McArthur Court was selected as one of 16 first- and sec ond-round sites for the 2003 college basketball championships. Oregon, which won the WNIT tournament this past season, and Stanford are the only Pacific-10 Conference teams hosting games in the first two rounds of the 2003 NCAA Tournament. The games will be played March 22 through 25. — Brad Schmidt Oregon recruit named ‘impact’ player Oregon freshman Carolyn Ganes was recently named one of 21 “Freshmen of Impact” players for the 2002-03 season. Ganes, the first basketball signee under second-year coach Bev Smith, received recognition from womenscollegehoops.com. A native of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the 6-3 post player averaged 25 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks per game during her senior year of high school. Oregon ended its season at 22-13 and won the WNIT title last year. — Brad Schmidt Baseball continued from page 5 award, chosen by USA Baseball, is given each year to the colle giate player who displays excep tional athleticism and exemplary sportsmanship. Greene hit .480 last year while at Clemson and ranks second in the NCAA all-time in hits and doubles. “It’s pretty exciting,” Greene said. “It’s something to look back on over my career.” The Ems split the first four games of their series with the Indi ans, knocking off Spokane 8-7 Thursday and squeaking past the club 9-8 Saturday in a game that went into an extra inning. In the two loses, the Ems got swiftly beat en 8-3 Friday and 9-4 Sunday. Today marks the first day — and one of only three for the entire sea son — that the Emeralds will have off. The Ems will host a series against Everett beginning Wednes day and going through Friday, with a double-header Friday night beginning at 6:05 p.m. The double header, which will consist of two seven-inning games, will make up the July 5 game that was canceled due to rain. Contact the sports editor at bradschmidt@dailyemerald.com. Strike ! continued from page 5 ownership. Some players ques tioned whether it was ethical for the Montreal Expos to make trades, because the team is owned by MLB. Boston pitcher John Burkett did n’t make the All-Star team, but he said he would have boycotted the game had he been selected. Burkett * felt that strongly about Selig and the labor issues. And on the eve of the game, the players’ union met j in Chicago to discuss a possible strike date. A possible strike? Steroid test- j ing? Contraction? “It definitely takes away from : it,” Giambi said. “Especially for the guys who are here the first time. You kind of feel bad i for them. 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