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Pilots Dismiss
Michael Holton
Bonds Says 6My Life Is in Shambles’
But appears unfazed
at the plate
(AP) — Seven home runs shy of passing Babe
Ruth, this should be a time of unbridled joy and
excitement for Barry Bonds. Not so, he says. "My
life is in shambles. It is crazy,” Bonds said Monday
in an interview with The Associated Press. "It
couldn’t get any crazier. I’m just trying to stay
sane.”
Then, clearly joking, he went for shock value.
“Go to the Empire State Building and jum p off,
commit suicide and people can say, ‘Barry Bonds
is finally dead.’ Except for in San Francisco,” he
said. “I’ll leave something for them.”
Despite those pronouncements, the 41 -year-old
Bonds has been upbeat and approachable - by his
standards - this spring despite the recent release of
“Game of Shadows," the book detailing his alleged
San Francisco
Giants' Barry
Bonds stops to
talk before
going into the
clubhouse after
taking batting
practice
Monday at
Scottsdale
Stadium in
Scottsdale,
Am. (AP photo)
longtime regimen for taking performance-enhanc­
ing drugs.
He appears unfazed at the plate. He’s 10-for-16
with four homers in exhibition play despite being
held out of San Francisco’s lineup for the third
straight day because of a tender left elbow.
Bonds starts the season next Monday at San
Diego with 708 homers, close to Ruth and 48 from
breaking Hank Aaron’s mark of 755.
Asked how he blocks out distractions, he says:
"W hat’s my job description? That’s what I’m
doing at that time," Bonds said. “No, I don’t forget
(what is said). I will never forget. I forgive you but
I don’t forget. I forgive everybody.”
Bonds played in only 14 games last season, all
in September, following three operations on his
troublesome right knee. An exam over the week­
end on his elbow revealed inflammation.
“It’s fine,” Bonds said. “The knee is good. ...
I’ve just got to get my strength back. My legs are
fine. I just took a couple weeks off from training."
LSU Women, Men in Final 4
Little League
Fences Extended
(A P )
—
S e im o n e
Augustus gave her old neigh­
borhood - and all the rest of
Baton Rouge - another rea­
son to celebrate. Tw o days
after her middle-school A AU
team m ate Glen “Big Baby”
Davis and other longtime pals
got the Louisiana State Uni­
versity men into the Final
Four, Augustus did the same
for the Lady Tigers in quite a
memorable way.
She scored 17 of her 26
points in the second half,
then drew the gam e-saving
charge with 4.8 seconds left,
sending LSU past Stanford
62-59 M onday night in the
finals o f the San Antonio
Regional.
While LSU will be the sev­
enth school to have its m en's
a n d ^ n m e n ’s teams playing
( AP) — Little League is reining in its power
hitters. Construction has started to push the
fences back 20 feet at the home of the Little
League W orld Series, cutting the chances for
homers and creating a more spacious outfield
that should lead to more doubles and triples.
T he fe n c e s at tw o sta d iu m s in S o u th
W illiam sport, Penn, will be 225 feet from home
plate once construction wraps up in July. The
distance to the fences was previously 205 feet at
both venues.
The decision to push back the fences is to
give outfielders more ground to cover.
“ While home run production has remained
fairly constant over the last several years, we
have noticed there are few doubles and triples,”
said Joseph W. Losch, senior vice president of
Little League Baseball and Softball. “This move,
while probably decreasing home run production
by a small fraction, will increase the possibilities
for other extra-base hits.”
in the Final Four, A ugustus’
focus is going out on top.
The nation’s scoring leader
and reigning national player
o f the year got this far the last
two years also, but the senior
has yet to win it all - or even
reach the title game.
“It’s just a great opportu­
nity in front of us, to take ad­
vantage of it and end on a high
note,” she said. “That’s the
key, end with a win at the end
of the season.”
The LSU men play UCLA
Saturday in Indianapolis. The
other final 4 match-up, also
Saturday has George Mason
taking on Florida. The NCAA
men’s final game is Monday
Louisiana State University guard Seimone Augustus
night.
cuts down the net Monday after beating Stanford 62-
The final four games for the
59 in their NCAA Women's Regional Final basketball
women are Sunday with the
game in San Antonio. (AP photo)
finals on Tuesday.
Michael Holton
The University of Portland an­
nounced Friday the departure of bas­
ketball coach Michael Holton.
Holton, who played at UCLA and
had a six-year career in the NBA in­
cluding two years with the Trail Blaz­
ers, compiled a 54-91 record as head
coach at UP. The Pilots whet 11-18 this
season, though they swept the other
Oregon schools, Portland State, Or­
egon and Oregon Sate - for the first
time since 1949.
“I’m grateful for the opportunity to
coach in the city of Portland where I
played professionally and began my
Division 1 coaching career,” Holton
said.
Pilots athletics director Larry Will­
iams said that he had expressed to
Holton the university’s gratitude for
the leadership that Holton brought to
the team during the past five seasons.
“Coach Holton is a man of great
character and integrity and it has been
my pleasure to work with him," Will­
iams said. “He is an extremely talented
human being and it is hard for me to see
him go. We all offer him our sincere
best wishes for the future.”
Williams said that a search would
begin immediately for the University’s
new head basketball coach.
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