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Members of the Texas A&M Lacrosse team practice Tuesday afternoon on the Polo Field for their
game in Houston Saturday. The team went undefeated last semester and is 1 -0 this season.
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23 sacks and caused eight fumble
for Cypress Creek.
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nated Texas, and reduced
choices to Texas A&M and 0kk|
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paper article and it highlighted tht
stuff with the bigotry and the preju'
dice at Texas A&M and Texas," Ad
ams said.
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school talking about bad elementsa
certain schools and they won’t leave
any return addresses.”
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Giants refrain from
Super celebrations
Super Bowl ratings low
War steals viewers
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New
York Giants on Tuesday turned
down invitations to celebrate their
Super Bowl victory with the New
Jersey governor and mayor of New
York City, saying it wouldn’t be right
with war raging in the Persian Gulf.
New Jersey Gov. Jim Florio and
New York City Mayor David Dinkins
had invited the Giants to celebrate
their 20-19 Sunday victory over the
Buffalo Bills with fans on either side
of the Hudson River.
“We’re turning down all deals,”
said Giants spokesman Ed Croke. “It
would be inappropriate to show cele
bration.”
In New York, workers had al
ready started setting up stands for a
scheduled ceremony on Wednesday.
Dinkins was to present the keys to
the city to Giants coach Bill Parcells
and owners Wellington and Tim
Mara. The mayor also had planned
to issue a proclamation honoring the
Giants.
“I understand and respect this
gesture and share their desire to
support the young men and women
fighting in the Persian Gulf,” Din
kins said.
He said he was “disappointed that
the people of New York and I will
not be able to demonstrate how
proud we are of our Giants,” but
Dinkins congratulated the team and
said he joined them “in wishing for
the safe and swift return of our
troops.”
Florio joined about 500 fans at Gi
ants Stadium in East Rutherford on
Monday night to welcome the team
home and invite the players to the
statehouse. Florio wanted the team
to come to Trenton so he could pub
licly thank the Giants on behalf of
New Jersey fans.
Owner Wellington Mara did not
immediately accept the invitation,
and on Tuesday he issued a
statement turning it down.
“The Giants greatly appreciate
the spontaneous enthusiasm of our
fans as displayed in their welcome
last evening when we returned to Gi
ants Stadium,” he said.
But out of respect for the “hun
dreds of thousands of men and
-women serving in the Persian Gulf
area, we respectfully request that no
such additional public celebration be
held.”
Florio spokeswoman Emma
Byrne said: “We understand. We’ll
celebrate in spirit here.”
NEW YORK (AP) — Sunday’s Super Bowl was the second-lowest
rated in 17 years and the eighth-lowest ever, according to national figures
released Tuesday by A.C. Nielsen Co.
The New York Giants’ 20-19 victory over the Buffalo Bills on ABC
got a 41.8 rating, which represents the percentage of televisions in the
country tuned to the game. A rating point represents 931,000 homes.
The only lower-rated Super Bowl since 1974 was San Francisco’s 55-
10 victory over Denver on CBS last year (39.0).
ABC officials said they were happy with the rating, which was 7 per
cent above last year’s game.
“We figured it would do in the 42 to 43 range,” Alan Grossinger of
ABC Sports research said. “It pretty much came in where we expected.”
Grossinger and other television analysts said ratings for the Super
Bowl have declined along with network ratings in general. They also said
this year’s game was lower because the two teams were from the same re-
gion.
“Considering the game was very competitive, maybe it could have
done a little better,’’ Grossinger said. “It was very regional, and that had
an effect. The effect of the war, who knows what that meant?”
The Super Bowl started at 6:19 p.m. and ended at approximately
9:35 p.m. CNN’s cable rating during the 5-11 p.m. time slot was a 3.1. six
times higher than its rating during the 1990 Super Bowl. Approximately
1.75 million homes were watching the all-news channel during this year’s
game.
In addition, the Bills generally have a much lower national following
than other AFC teams, such as the Los Angeles Raiders or Miami Dol
phins, if merchandise sales can be used as a guide.
“The Buffalo market is the second-smallest of the NFL markets,”
Grossinger said. “That could have an effect. This is a fairly new team to a
lot of America, even though it showed its stuff in the playoffs.”
The game drew a 43.4 rating in New York, down 10 points from the
Giants’ 39-20 victory over Denver in the 1987 Super Bowl. The 1991 Su
per Bowl was down 5 points nationally from the 1987 game.
This year’s Super Bowl got a higher rating in Chicago (48.1) than it
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KILLEEN (AP) — The war is al
ways on their minds.
For the children of U.S. service
men stationed in the Persian Gulf,
playing basketball doesn’t change
that fact. Stepping on court may
move the crisis from the front to the
back of their minds, but the worry
and the wonder don’t go away.
Ellison’s Gionet Cooper, a 6-foot-
6-inch sophomore, says he tries to
his hardest for his dad, who has
;en in Saudi Arabia since October.
“I’ve dedicated myself to that af
ter having a talk with my grandma,”
said Cooper. “I look at the news and
get depressed, so I just try to play my
best in basketball.”
It seems to work. Cooper, who
scored 10 points in a recent game
against arch rival Killeen, is starting
to blossom as a player, says his coach,
Billy Gillispie, despite the extra pres
sure of having a father involved in a
foreign conflict.
In fact, it doesn’t seem to be ad
versely affecting any of the players
on the local high school basketball
teams. Killeen’s boys and girls are
leading District 13-5A; the Copperas
Cove girls are second in the league,
Ellison’s boys upset Round Rock a
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45, after having played Killeen close
on two nights before.
Still, they are thinking of faraway
events.
“It’s hard to keep your intensity
on basketball, said Marcie Atkins,
the Ellison Lady Eagles’ leading
scorer this season. “You try to focus
on basketball only but you can’t help
thinking about it.
Atkins’ father, Ricky Mackey, is a
specialist with the 2nd Armored Di
vision in Saudi Arabia, and has been
in the Middle East since the begin
ning of the basketball season.
“I’m more scared now, said At
kins. “I used to worry about him but
at least I knew he was all right then.
Now I don’t know what to think.
Copperas Cove’s Aaron Brown
says his father has written to him
with some advice that he is follow
ing.
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playing, perhaps, their best basket
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‘He told me to get an education
and keep on playing, said Brown,
whose father, Jesse Brown, is with
the 1st Cavalry Division. “He told me
to keep my head up, both for myself
and for him.
“I worry about him because were
the closest of any members of iw
family, said Aaron.
Copperas Cove has numerous
players with family involved in the
war. At least one member of the
Cove girls team has a relative on ac
tive duty in Saudi Arabia.
Copperas Cove’s Chris Taylor re-;
members the phone call he got from |
his father, Master Sgt. Willie F. Tay
lor.
“He called me a couple of days
ago and told me to carry on with life
I’ll keep on playing because that’s
what my dad wants me to do.
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about what can happen to him.
George McDowell says he tries not!
to think about it. “Mom has just
taken over where he left off.
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Armored Division, who is stationed
in Saudi Arabia.
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