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Johnson should
stay retired ...
for his own sake
I never rejoice
when a
sports leg
end, whose
time has come
and gone, con
tinues to play
the game that
he loves and
that we loved to
see him play.
Magic John
son is a decent
man and per
haps the great
est basketball
player of this or
any other gen
eration. But his return to the game is
foolish pride rather than a desire to
finish a strong career.
Johnson will easily make the Hall
of Fame, as he should, and he should
be remembered forever as one of the
men who resurrected a near-dead
basketball league.
His skills have not diminished
much, but they have diminished. A
part-time career seems like a parody
of his past heroics.
What I fear is that his greatness
will be obscured by his last year of
trying to hold on to a dream that
should have ended on top of the
medal stand in Barcelona.
Sugar Ray Leonard has come back
to fight after retiring on three occa
sions. With each punch that was
landed to his head, I grimaced hoping
that it would not be the blow that
turned a detached retina into total
blindness in his left eye.
George Brett is desperately cling
ing to a declining career in the hopes
that he can get 3,000 hits. Thankfully
and mercifully, he is only four hits
short and should get those in time to
retire at season's end and patiently
wait five years to join the Hall of
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By K. LEE DAVIS
RICHARD S. /AMES/The Battalion
Strong safety Michael Hendricks, who replaced starter Steve Kenney, has
made 25 tackles in four games. He ranks fifth on the team in total tackles.
Sports Writer of THE BATTALION
When starting strong safety Steve
Kenney suffered a season-ending knee
injury in the first quarter of the Stanford
game, backup Michael Hendricks knew
he was ready to take over.
Hendricks stepped onto the field and
helped the rest of the Aggie defense stuff
Steve Stenstrom, the highly regarded
Stanford quarterback, on the way to the
first of four victories that Hendricks has
had a hand in.
"When Kenney went down, we were
really concerned about our strong safety
position," said defensive backs coach
Trent Walters. "Michael was our backup,
so we weren't sure he was ready to play
a major role at strong safety.
"When I talked to him before the
Louisiana State game, he wasn't sure
that we thought he could do it, but he
came on and played well."
Hendricks said he didn't think twice
during the Stanford contest about his as
cension.
"I didn't really feel the pressure in the
Stanford ballgame," Hendricks said. "I
think I fell a lot of pressure at LSU be
cause I was coming to the reality that I
would have to perform."
Hendricks has performed, with 15
unassisted tackles and 25 tackles in all to
go with a pass-broken-up this season.
He ranks fifth on the entire team in tack
les, and only two behind the second slot.
"Michael Hendricks is a piece of
work, he's a great individual, he's very
intelligent and enjoys getting better,"
said Walters.
Hendricks has played well enough to
earn the respect of his teammates as
well.
"When a guy like Steve Kenney goes
Kickoff changed
The starting time for Saturday's
Texas A&M-Texas Tech game in
Kyle Field has been changed to noon
to accomodate television. It was
originally scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
The game will be carried by Ray-
corn television.
down, it's good to know you have a
Michael Hendricks there to step in and
compete," said senior cornerback Der
rick Frazier.
Hendricks came to Texas A&M from
Converse Judson High, where he had
played in the state championship game
his senior season. He was later recruited
by many top college programs, includ
ing the University of Florida.
He chose A&M over all others after
coming to a football game and seeing the
campus and the fans.
"I had heard so many great things
See Hendricks/ Page 8
Lady Aggies culminate grueling road trip with match against Rice
By DON NORWOOD
Sports Writer of THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M volleyball team knew
that their current road series would be
tough. But the past three matches might
have been a little tougher than anyone ex
pected.
The Lady Aggies dropped consecutive
matches to nationally-ranked Texas Tech
and Florida, as well as Florida State, in
the span of four days. They won only one
game on Sept. 23 against Tech, with the
latter two schools sweeping A&M in each
match.
Grueling, yes. But A&M head coach
A1 Givens said that the matches them
selves were only half the story.
"There is no easy way to get from Lub
bock to anywhere/' Givens said Tuesday.
"We went from Lubbock to Dallas to
Nashville to Tallahassee, then took a bus
down to Gainesville. We finally got there
around 12:30 or 1:00 a.m.
"It was tough, but we knew that going
in."
Despite their 0-3 record on the trip go
ing into tonight's match against Rice in
Houston, the Lady Aggies recognize that
three straight losses sometimes helps.
"It was a little rough," middle blocker
Amy Kisling said. "We showed a lot of
good things, though.
"We played good defense. We haven't
played that well on defense (this season).
And there were some bright spots in the
hitting, too."
The Tech game, in particular, proved
to be the most frustrating. The 15th-
ranked Lady Raiders' first Southwest
Conference victory of the season was not
a piece of cake. They had to pull out
See Lady Aggies/ Page 8
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