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STEVE
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LeMond brings
[cycling home
for amateurs
U nited States amateur cyclists
hoping to move to Europe and
become professionals are
caught between the frontrunners and
the stragglers.
And it's hard to tell what the fu
ture holds.
But whatever it is, it's a much
brighter future than a few years ago.
For young American riders, racing
professionally in Europe has become
a reality — Thanks to Greg LeMond.
A three-time winner of the world's
most grueling sporting event, the
Tour de France, LeMond blazed a
path for bike racers across the At
lantic Ocean in 1978 when he and Eric
Heiden boarded a one-way flight to
Europe.
The destination was France. Their
goal was to be the best.
But it wasn't that easy for
LeMond. Americans were only sup
posed to be good at football and bas
ketball. Cycling was Europe's sport.
"Greg was 19 at the time and
didn't speak French, and it was ex
ceedingly difficult for him," said
Jack Simes, the director of the U.S.
professional cycling federation. "Not
only did he have to deal with the rac
ing but the cultural shock of being in
a different world."
LeMond fought through the long
races and the stereotypes that at times
seemed as insurmountable as the
Alps he climbed everyday. And he
was American in every way.
Ice cream and chili dogs were part
of his diet. He used smaller races as
warmups for the Tour de France and
Tour of Italy.
Slowly, he began to show signs of
greatness. In 1983, he won the World
Championship. In 1984, he finished
third in his first Tour de France. He
won his first Tour in 1986 and never
looked back.
And now, almost 15 years after he
first stepped down in Europe as a
wide-eyed teenager, it's time for
young American cyclists to take
LeMond's lead and make cycling tru
ly American.
"At this point, I would not com
plain about the exposure that cycling
has gotten as far as recent years, com
ing from where it has," Simes said.
See O'Brien/Page 4
A&M fights rain, poll to get respect
5 straight wins
do little to help
Aggies' cause
By Chris Whitley
The Battalion
The Aggie baseball team has found it
self back on the Southwest Conference
track, even though the Collegiate Baseball
poll voters think otherwise.
A&M's sweep over Houston Friday
and Saturday added some momentum to
a team that has had a sluggish start. Yet
now that the Aggies have won five
straight games and improved their record
to 9-4, they are not ranked in this week's
A&M-SHSU postponed
Texas A&M's baseball game with
Sam Houston State today in Huntsville
has been postponed because of a wet
surface. The game has been resched
uled for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at
Huntsville's Holleman Field.
Collegiate Baseball poll.
The Aggies did manage to jump one
spot in the Baseball America poll this
week. A&M is ranked No. 24 in the poll.
After rain canceled their games
against Stephen F. Austin, the Aggies had
to open the season with a SWC opponent.
Rice. The Owls, who had a few wins un
der their belt, caught A&M off guard and
won two out of three games.
The next weekend, the Aggies trav
eled to Tucson to play 14th-ranked Ari
zona and again lost two out of three
games. When they arrived back in Col
lege Station, they found themselves out of
the same poll which pegged them 19th in
the preseason.
A&M head coach Mark Johnson said
the timing for the Houston sweep was
ROBERT REED/The Battalion
A&M's Conrad Colby fouls off a pitch in the first game of
Saturday's doubleheader against Houston. The Aggies
swept the three-game series from the Cougars and vaulted
into second place in the Southwest Conference standings.
perfect.
"We needed to have a good stretch
this weekend," Johnson said. "We got off
to a slow start.
"We had two weekends there where
we lost two out of three in some close ball
games."
"I think the guys feel better about
themselves. It was a big series, and we
came through in the clutch. "
After an opening 5-2 victory over the
Cougars Friday night, A&M picked up
late comebacks in Saturday's doublehead
er to complete the sweep.
In the first game, a base hit by Rob
Trimble in the bottom of the seventh
scored Scott Smith, allowing the Aggies to
win, 3-2.
Then with the Aggies down two runs
in the second game, base hits by Mike
Hickey, Conrad Colby, and Brian Mar
shall spurred in three runs in the seventh
to take the game, 5-4.
Johnson said he saw signs of progress
last weekend.
"We're still not hitting the ball quite as
well as we should," he said. "But we
came through in quite a few different
spots defensively, at the plate, and on the
mound."
Up next for A&M is Sam Houston
State in Huntsville tomorrow at 2 p.m at
Holleman Field.
Mavs become Warriors’ 8th straight victim, 138-131
DALLAS (AP) — Chris Mullin scored 29 points and
Tim Hardaway added 27, including five-of-seven from 3-
point range, as the Golden State Warriors won their
eighth straight game, 138-131 over the Dallas Mavericks
on Monday night.
Hardaway scored nine consecutive points in the clos
ing two minutes of the third period, including two 3-
pointers, to give the Warriors a 104-94 lead.
Dallas, which was led by rookie Mike luzzolino's ca
reer-high 22 points, cut Golden State's lead to 133-126
with 23.8 seconds left on Brian Howard's three-pointer.
Derek Harper hit a 3-pointer with 8.7 seconds left to re
duce the Warriors' advantage to 135-130 but Dallas could
come no closer.
The winning streak equalled Golden State's longest
since January, 1989.
Sarunas Marciulionis, who had 22 points, scored 10
points in the third period, including a twisting layup at
the buzzer, and the Warriors converted eight of their last
nine shots of the quarter.
Dallas had an 86-85 advantage with 5:25 left in the
third quarter before Marciulionis scored six points dur
ing a 10-1 run for a 95-87 advantage.
Golden State led at halftime, 73-69 behind Mullin's 22
points. Mullin was 10 for 12 in the first half as the War
riors hit 70 percent of their field goal attempts.
Mullin connected on eight of nine first quarter field
goal attempts and scored 18 points, the most in a quarter
by a Mavericks opponent this season. But Dallas got 15
points from Blackman and went 18 of 20 from the free
throw line to forge a 39-39 first-quarter tie.
Golden State won the teams' previous meeting, 143-
141 on Jan. 18 in Dallas.
Forward Brian Quinnett, acquired Thursday from the
New York Knicks for center James Donaldson, was in
uniform for Dallas but did not play.
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