Oregon Daily Emerald
Wednesday, January 5, 2005
“I’ll take 14 out of 15 any day of the week, any week
of the month, any month, of the year, any year of the
century. I don’t know what comes after century. ’’
Miami center Shaquille O’Neal about his team’s performance
■ In my opinion
STEPHEN MILLER
OFF THE CROSSBAR
Two cities,
one name
just doesn't
make sense
Everyone and everything has some way of
being identified. It’s called a name, and that
name allows us to demographically correlate
one thing to another — for instance, location.
Just recently, owner Arte Moreno decided
to rename his Anaheim Angels the Los Ange
les Angels of Anaheim for marketing reasons.
Doesn’t that have a nice ring to it?
Supposedly, the name change will in
crease revenue by welcoming more advertis
ing and broadcasting opportunities. I won
der if George Steinbrenner or Donald TVump
got into Moreno’s head at all.
The Angels franchise is bringing in enough
dough already. They had enough funding last
season to sign a slugger by the name of
Vladimir Guerrero. Heck, in 2004 the Angels
attracted 3,375,677 fans to their stadium,
which was third most in Major League Base
ball. Only the New York Yankees and the true
Los Angeles team, the Dodgers, achieved
higher attendance totals than Anaheim.
The fact is, that name change slaps the
importance of even having names right in
the face and pretty much asks the question,
“What’s in a name?”
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
That’s soooooo confusing. Which city are
they in: L.A. or Anaheim? Anaheim’s
spokesman, John Nicolette, pointed out that
there is no other professional team in this
country with two cities in its name.
The two-city name has stirred up some
dust between the franchise and the city
of Anaheim.
According to a clause in the 1996 agree
ment between the city of Anaheim (the
renter) and the Angels (the tenant) address
ing the team name, the “tenant will change
the name of the team to include the name
‘Anaheim’ therein, such change to be effec
tive no later than the commencement of the
1997 season.”
This clause was created because Anaheim
pitched in $20 million to renovate the stadi
um and it wanted exposure in return.
But, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?
It almost sounds like Anaheim is just a bu
reau of Los Angeles. But even then, the Yanks
aren’t the New York Yankees of the Bronx.
I am a former resident of Southern Cali
fornia, and I can tell you there’s a definite
difference between the two cities. Sure, the
area may seem like a metropolis with every
thing connected and an In-N-Out Burger on
every corner, but let me tell you, those traf
fic-jammed freeways mark some significant
boundaries and act as informal city lines.
Los Angeles is more about producing air
pollution and big-screen pollution, while Ana
heim is home to the Magic Kingdom known
for creating millions of smiles and childhood
memories. Anaheim is not just a stone’s
throw from Los Angeles, either. The two cities
are 26 miles apart, which makes it about a
two-hour drive during rush hour.
In that case, why don’t we rename our lo
cal single-A baseball team the Portland
Emeralds of Eugene?
MILLER, page 10
■ Women's basketball
Danielle Hickey | Photo editor
Oregon senior point guard
Corrie Mizusawa added five
assists to her conference
leading total of 88 in the
Ducks’ 70-54 loss to UCLA.
A loss to UCLA on Tuesday leaves Oregon
with a 2-2 Pac-10 record after starting 2-0
BY BRIAN SMITH
SPORTS REPORTER
For the second straight game,
turnovers sabotaged the Ore
gon women’s basketball
team’s chance for victory.
The Ducks committed 13 first
half turnovers — 20 for the game
— but still carried a two-point lead
at halftime before surrendering 44
points in the second half to fall to
UCLA 70-54 at Pauley Pavilion.
Oregon’s loss drops them to 9-4
overall, 2-2 in conference and into
a tie with Washington. With its
win, UCLA (9-3, 3-0) sits in the top
spot and remains the only unbeat
en in conference play.
For the first time since the 1992
93 season, the Ducks were swept
by the two Southern California
schools away from McArthur
Court. Oregon split the series
with the LA teams for the last
13 years.
Much the same as their game
against USC on Sunday, Duck
turnovers turned into easy buckets
for the Bruins. Many of the points
in the first half came off turnovers,
which buoyed a UCLA offense that
went 11 of 40 shooting and only
managed 26 points.
“I think we were playing better
on defense in the first half to hold
UCLA to 26,” Oregon head coach
Bev Smith said. “We just need to
focus on just a couple of things
during the game, not the whole
big picture. ”
The Ducks used 13 first-half
points off the bench from guard
Brandi Davis to take a six-point
lead with a 1:40 left in the
first half.
UCLA responded with two
quick baskets in the last thirty sec
onds and kept that momentum go
ing early in the second half. The
Bruins regained the lead on a
three-pointer by guard Lisa Willis.
Oregon never got the lead back
and watched UCLA go up by as
many as 16.
“I think we kept going,” senior
Andrea Bills said of her team’s sec
ond-half defense. “We can’t just
trade baskets with them and give
them open looks. ”
While UCLA heated up on
offense in the second half, Oregon
struggled shooting the ball the en
tire game.
Senior Cathrine Kraayeveld led
the Ducks in scoring for the ninth
time this season, contributing 16
points and nine boards.
“Offensively, we were out of
sync,” Kraayeveld said. “We
have to keep our heads (in
that situation).”
Oregon shot 20 of 60 from the
field and 7 of 25 from the three
point line for the game. Its 54
points was the lowest output of
the year.
Junior Chelsea Wagner, coming
off tying a career-high 21 points
against USC, only managed to score
six points on two three-pointers
while playing under the weather.
Also struggling was Bills, who
managed only four points in 27
minutes of action. Bills was held
scoreless for much of the game.
Senior guard Corrie Mizusawa
led the Ducks in assists with five.
briansmith@dailyemerald.com
■ Pac-10
OSU sits one up
on rival Oregon
in Pac-10 play
After a loss to UCLA Sunday, the Ducks are
currently ranked third in the conference
BY JON ROETMAN
SENIOR SPORTS REPORTER
A men’s basketball team from the state of Oregon sits atop the Pacific
10 Conference with a 2-0 record.
And no, it’s not that young, talented team from Eugene.
Oregon State opened conference play with victories against UCLA and
Southern California and shares the top spot in the Pac-10 with Washing
ton. The Beavers are off to a 10-3 start overall, their best mark after 13
games in 15 seasons.
Oregon State’s success of late can be attributed to the return of senior
forward David Lucas. The Tigard High School product missed the team’s
first 10 games after surgery repairing the tendon in his big right toe, but
Danielle Hickey | Photo editor
Oregon State’s David Lucas earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors and averaged
19 points a game against UCLA and USC last week.
he didn’t need long to return to form. He is averaging 17 points per game
since returning to action, including 19 points per Pac-10 contest.
Lucas’ 21-point effort against the Bruins and 17-point performance
against the Trojans earned him Pacific-10 Conference Player of the
Week honors.
“It feels great to win this award,” Lucas, the son of former Portland
Tfailblazer forward Maurice Lucas, said. “It shows that I actually helped the
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