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Tuesday, January 22, 1991
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The Battalion
Sports Editor Alan Lehmann 845-2688
Super Bowl
matchup should
thrill and amaze
. I'm as happy as a man leaving
| the dentist to see Super Bowl XXV come
| down to the team from my hometown,
I the New York Gi-
1 ants, and another
I team from the
j state, the Buffalo
; Bills.
Finally, after
i several years of
1 the same o 1 ’
j teams winning
the divisions and
conferences,
some relatively Craig Wilson
new faces are on sports Writer
the scene.
This should be quite an entertaining
] show in the sunny (and extra-safe)
confines of Tampa Stadium.
Within the state of New York, though,
this game will continue what has quicldy
: become an interstate, interconference
i rivalry that unfortunately can’t be
played twice a year like the Cowboys and
Redskins.
In New York City, Giants fans will be
quick to point out tnat Buffalo was, for
years and years, an obsolete franchise.
Like the rotary telephone, an
outdated mechanism that pops up in a
few homes every now and then, tne Bills
popped up every millenium in the
playoffs and were readily disposed of
j each time.
In Buffalo, Bills fans will be quick to
C oint out that Giants fans are bogus and
arsh, ripping the team apart if they’re
1 not successful every season. They
j explain it as an uncouth, yet typical New
York City behavior.
But both Giants Stadium and Rich
Stadium consistently have 75,000-plus
fans to support them, so fan loyalty has
never been a problem.
It’s sad, but true, the only thing most
football fans remember when they think
Bills is not Joe Ferguson, or even “the
Juice,” but the faithful Bills fans that go
shirtless on those ice-cold, Buffalo
blizzard Sundays.
The Giants, until their 1986 Super
Bowl destruction of the Denver Broncos,
were almost solely remembered for their
game-losing fumble in the closing
seconds of a Philadelphia Eagles game in
1979.
See Wilson/Page 8
Craig Wilson
Sports Writer
Lady Ags face No. 12 Arkansas
By STEVE O’BRIEN
Of The Battalion Staff
If ever there was a time for the A&M
women’s basketball team to pull off a major
upset, it’s tonight.
“We’ve played hard enough and we’ve
played good enough competition,” A&M
bead coach Lynn Hickey said, “that we’re
due to upset someone.”
The Lady Ags take a three game South
west Conference win streak into Barnhill
Arena to clash with the 12th ranked Arkan
sas Razorbacks in Fayetteville.
Tipoff is at 7:00 p.m.
Arkansas tops the Southwest Conference
standings at 6-0 with a 15-2 overall record.
The Aggies are 3-2 in conference play and
8-7 overall.
Even with having to play on the road,
Hickey remains confident about her team’s
chances.
“If you want to go to Arkansas, you want
to go there with this frame of mind,”
Hickey said.
The Aggies haven’t beaten Arkansas
since the 1988 Southwest Conference tour
nament and have nanaged a dismal two
victories in the teams’ twenty-game series
over ten years.
But after their come from behind win
over Baylor Friday night, the players are
confident and ready to play, Hickey said.
Injuries continue to plague the Aggies,
however.
Junior center Vanessa Edwards, who
doesn’t have cartiledge damage in her knee
as origially feared, is questionable for the
game. Junior guard Tish Bosha is suffering
from shin splints and is also not expected to
p ,a y-
Prior to their injuries, both Edwards and
Bosha were starters.
Senior guard Yvonne Hill leads the Ag
gies in scoring averaging 16.2 points per
game and junior forward Dena Russo is sec
ond in scoring with 13.8 points per game.
Hill has scored 20 points or more in
three consecutive games.
The game tonight also has an added fla
vor because it’s the last time for the Aggies
to play in Fayetteville as the Razorbacks be
come part of the Southeastern Conference
next season.
The Lady Aggies continue their road trip
with a 7:00 p.m. tipoff against Rice Satur
day night and return home next Wednes
day to play Houston,
RICHARD S. JAMES/The Battalion
Freshman Lady Aggie Forward Beth Burket pulls down a rebound in A&M’s
91-75 win over Baylor Friday night at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Rangers stop
at Post Oak
Mall today
The Texas Rangers will be passing
through town today as part of their winter
caravan tour. Rangers players will be mak
ing appearances at Post Oak Mall from 7
p.m. to 9 p.m.
First baseman Raphael Palmeiro, short
stop Jeff Huson and pitcher Kenny Rogers
are scheduled to attend. Eric Nadel, Rang
ers’ radio announcer, is also traveling with
the trio.
Palmeiro is coming off of a great 1990
season. He wielded the Rangers’ hottest
left-handed bat last year, hitting .319 with
14 home runs and 89 runs batted in.
Palmeiro battled for the American
League batting title all season flnshing third
behind George Brett (.328) and Ricky Hen
derson (.325).
Despite his success, Palmeiro is still suf
fering through contract problems, as he
and the Rangers will go to arbitration soon.
Texas is offering $1.15 million and Palm
eiro is asking $ 1.625 million.
Huson, aquired before last season from
the Montreal Expos, played a big role for
the Rangers in 1990.
Although his average fell to .240 after a
late-season slump, Huson showed flashes of
brilliance early in the season and obviously
impressed Bobby Valentine with his heads-
up play.
Rogers is a left-hander reliever who took
over the stopper’s role last season when Jeff
Russell went down with bone spurs in his el
bow. Although Rogers pitched well, his
control was shaky at times.
Nadel does color comentary on Rangers’
radio broadcasts with partner Mark Holtz.
The pair are regarded as one of the best ra
dio teams in baseball.
Palmeiro is not the only Ranger seeking
arbitration. Rightfielder Ruben Sierra is
seeking $3.1 million while Texas is offering
$2 million. Leftflelder Pete Incaviglia is
asking for $2.1 million while the Rangers
counter with an offer of $1.35 million.
There should be plenty of excitement in
store for Rangers’ fans this season. The
team features 300-game winner Nolan
Ryan, who also holds the mark for the most
strikeouts in major-league history with
5,308.
The 44-year old fireballer recently au
thorized a pictorial book about his career.
Nolan Ryan: The Authorized Pictorial His
tory, should be available by Christmas.
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