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♦ SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2005
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Canseco witting to tett all
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jose
Canseco is willing to tell all before
a congressional committee look
ing into steroids in baseball, but
first he wants assurances he
won't get in trouble for what he
says.
Canseco asked for immunity if
he's to testify fully, but a spokes
man for the lawmaker who will
chair the proceeding offered no
promises. Canseco is among
seven players summoned to
appear at the March 17 hearing
of the House Government Reform
Committee.
Another House panel held the
first of what it said could be a
series of hearings on the sub
ject, with several congressmen
chastising baseball for what one
called its "extremely weak” drug
testing program. The subcom
mittee chairman said all major
U.S. sports leagues should work
toward uniform steroid penalties.
Favre returning for 2005
(AP) - Brett Favre is returning
to Green Bay for the 2005 season,
Packers coach Mike Sherman
told The Associated Press.
Sherman said he had a two
hour conversation with his quar
terback on Wednesday night.
Favre informed him his wife is
doing well in her cancer treat
ment, so he’s planning to play at
least one more season, maybe
more if his own health holds up.
The three-time MVP said
after the Packers' playoff loss to
Minnesota in January he wanted
to reflect before committing to
playing a 15th NFL season follow
ing a year of personal tumult. He
topped 4,000 yards passing last
season and recorded his eighth
30-touchdown season, twice as
many as any other quarterback in
NFL history.
Packers release Sharper
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - The
Green Bay Packers released
two-time Pro Bowl safety Darren
Sharper on to trim $3.4 million off
their salary cap and avoid having
to pay him a $2.6 million roster
bonus this weekend.
The Packers tried to get
Sharper to restructure his deal,
but he balked at a pay cut, hoping
he can make more on the open
market than the approximately $2
million Green Bay was offering
for 2005.
Campbell leads at Honda
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.
(AP) - Chad Campbell overcame
a slow start in chilly, windy condi
tions to shoot an 8-under-par 64
for a two-stroke lead after one
round at the Honda Classic.
Alone in second place at 66
was Brett Wetterich, playing 10
minutes from his home in Jupiter.
Jesper Parnevik, another area
resident and the 2001 champion,
shot 67.
Vijay Singh, playing his first
round since he fell to No. 2 in the
world rankings, shot 71.
Fulke tops Quatar field
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Pierre
Fulke of Sweden shot a 6-under
66 to take a one-stroke lead
after the first round of the Qatar
Masters, seven shots better than
tournament favorite Ernie Els.
Richard Green of Australia,
Henrik Stenson of Sweden and
Garry Houston of Wales opened
with 675.
Els, coming off a victory at
the Dubai Desert Classic, opened
with a 73.
Karatantcheva advances
INDIAN WELLS. Calif. (AP)
- Sesil Karatantcheva advanced
to the second round of the Pacific
Life Open with a 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-
2 victory over German Marlene
Weingartner.
Karatantcheva will next face
top-ranked and top-seeded
Lindsay Davenport.
Also advancing were Daja
Bedanova of the Czech
Republic, Emilie Loit of France
and Americans Angela Haynes,
Lindsay Lee-Waters and Jessica
Kirkland.
Aquilini completes purchase
VANCOUVER, British Columbia
(AP) - Francesco Aquilini’s
purchase of 50 percent of the
Vancouver Canucks has been
completed. Last week the NHL’s
board of governors approved the
deal, which was first announced
in November.
Aquilini, a local businessman
who has been a Canucks sea
son-ticket holder for 15 years, is
buying half the team from Seattle
businessman John McCaw.
Cancellara wins stage
CRAPONNE-SUR-ARZON,
France (AP) - Fabian Cancellara
of Switzerland won the fourth
stage the Paris-Nice race to take
the overall lead.
Cancellara completed the 67-
mile stretch between Saint-Peray
and Montelimar in 2 hours, 11
minutes, 3 seconds. In the overall
standings, he was 15 seconds
ahead of Spain's Juan Antonio
Flecha. American Bobby Julich
was third, 20 seconds off the
lead.
New venture brings up a good question
Before this week, the
only thing of real
value that I could
put on a resume is “Can
effectively make fun of Mike
Edgar in various forms of
print media.” Now, that has
changed.
After two weeks of doing
pretty good at sports trivia,
one of my friends and I got a
brilliant idea.
We decided to start our
own sports trivia tourna
ment.
We pitched the idea to a
few places and got one to
agree to let us do it. Starting
in two weeks (after I get
back from spring break), I
will be the co-host and emcee
of the latest and greatest
sports trivia tournament in
Athens.
We’re hoping to get a lot
of people to come, but even
if they don’t, it’ll be a fun
experience.
I’m the one in charge of
making up the questions, so
I’m going to have to do some
research. The owner wants
us to do all questions per
taining to sports in Georgia.
We’re making it a tourna
ment with four “quarters,”
a halftime, and a final ques
tion. Each quarter will have
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left, Loren, Lindsay and Lisa Tucker, and uncle Eddie Fairfax, mother Hazel Fairfax and uncle
Carl Fairfax, gather following a signing by Amanda and Ashley March 4.
LETTERS-
From page 1B
Tucker sees her future in
medicine.
Both players met ABAC
coach Donna Campbell
through Perry head coach
Christie Wheeless.
“It started at camp,” said
Fairfax. “She came to our
camp for two years. She
gave me confidence, and
SERSEY —
From page 1B
Ties only hurt on Sunday
(when you wear one to
church).
Other than that, I think
that every game should end
in a tie. That way everybody
would be equally frustrated
and isn’t that what political
correctness is all about?
More to the point: If a
team can’t win in regulation,
it doesn’t deserve more than
a tie.
I’ve have never seen a game
where at least one of the
teams involved didn’t have a
chance to win.
I say if you’re going to win
the game, stomp your oppo
nent so that fans will see
that you had no choice but
to win. The other team was
that bad.
My notion works on sev
eral levels. You’ve got the
stompee, i.e., the team that
issues the beating, and the
stomped, the team receiving
the whipping.
It has been my experience
that bad teams know they
are bad and are not offended
when their baseball game
ends after three innings
because of the slaughter
rule.
Still, slaughter sounds so
harsh. Wouldn’t it be better
to say the losing team was
quality challenged?
Schools could organize PC
committees designed to make
players feel guilty when they
win.
“Our soccer team won 30-
0, but I feel bad about it
because even our hospital
ized players scored.”
Ties could apply to any
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a category and consist of
four questions. The teams
will have the length of one
song, which will be chosen
by me, to turn in an answer
to each question.
After the first two quar
ters, we will have a half
time question that has five
possible answers, with each
answer counting for a point.
Once all four quarters and
halftime, each team will be
able to wage the amount of
points that they have earned
for the game on a final ques
tion, which will probably be
something such as “Name
one athletic trainer who
is repeatedly made fun of
in various forms of print
I liked the atmosphere at
ABAC.”
It was something else for
Tucker.
“I like the coach and their
facilities,” she said.
Campbell said ABAC is
off to its best start, 16-6.
She signs eight players each
year and carries an 18-play
er team.
If a team can’t win
in regulation, it
doesn't deserve
more than a tie.
game: baseball, football, ten
nis, air rifle, you name it.
By the time seven innings
or 32 minutes have come
around, I’m ready to go
home.
Soccer and chess have ties,
and often that is good.
Warner Robins’
Demonettes were trailing
Upson-Lee 5-2 at the half in
the soccer match last week.
The Demonettes came back
to tie the game 5-5. Against
that caliber of opponent and
down that far in what is a
defense oriented game is a
victory in itself.
I’m sure even Gums would
agree.
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There will be various
prizes for the top teams,
although I’m not sure what
they will be. That is my
partner’s job.
The only things I have
to worry about are com
ing up with good questions
and picking music that the
majority of the people will
like, which means I won’t
be digging into my dad’s CD
collection.
Who knows, maybe this
job will lead to other pres
tigious trivia competition
jobs. By the time I graduate
college, I could have a posi
tion at a major sports net
work charming the viewers
and asking the questions.
Realistically, I’m guess
ing that won’t happen. But
that doesn’t mean I can’t
dream about the glamour
of showbiz, the notoriety of
being a game-show host, and
the ability to humorously
degrade a particular athletic
trainer on a national level.
Before I can do any of
that, I have to get to work on
writing the questions for my
first week though. It’s not
quite as easy as I thought it
would be.
“We play 60 games every
spring,” she said. “It’s a
long season, and we need
that many because of injury
and other loses.”
Tucker is currently pitch
ing for the 18-under Georgia
Heat.
The team has competed
in two tournaments and is
undefeated.
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the John Drew Smith Center in Macon
Central girls 4, Warner Robins 1
No. 1 singles
Rachel Feilbelman, Central, defeated
Catherine Causey, Warner Robins, 10-1
No. 2 singles
Marie Eanes-Formally, Central, defeated
Katie Causey, Warner Robins, 10-4
No. 3 singles
Monique Tobias, Warner Robins, defeated
Aamne Shalabi, Central, 10-5
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Hadas Peles/Jasmine Carson, Central,
defeated Sagen Woolery/Tiana Reshard,
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Kathy Robinson/Nirali Kapadia, Central,
defeated Emily Fowler/Jenna Ziesenhene,
Warner Robins, 10-6
Central boys 3, Warner Robins 2
No. 1 singles
Desmond Watson, Central, defeated Vann
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No. 2 singles
Sameer Gupta. Central, defeated Kyle
Yawn, Warner Robins, 10-3
No. 3 singles
Josh Milteer, Warner Robins, defeated
Andrew Liu, Central, 10-2
No. 1 doubles
Brannon Poole/Dan Grace. Warner Robins,
defeated Nick Sowell/Jackie Robinson,
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Cory Dunwoody/Charle Stitch, Central,
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