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ever-humble Notre Dame Fight
ing Irish and the Oilers and
Saints turned the Heimlich ma
neuver into an exercise in futili
ty, that week turned out to be
the longest one of my life. In
fact, I still wonder if it's com
pletely over.
I had little hope of improve
ment with the new basketball
season. But even though the
Aggies finished with another
losing record, the improvement
of the team made this season
pass by at light speed compared
to last year.
Now that the local college
season is over, we get to experi
ence three radically different sit
uations. For those of us partial
to the Rockets, the past two
months have been a giddy blur.
In Dallas, hours have oeen more
like eons for the Mavericks'
faithful. San Antonio's season
has been a combination of both
extremes.
March is the best and worst
month for me. I delight in the
yearly overdose on NCAA Tour
nament games, even if three of
the teams I picked to make the
Final Four this year have al
ready been eliminated. But
spring training seems to last
longer than the Energizer rabbit,
and for each step closer to open
ing day it seems to get farther
away.
There is a new twist now,
though. With opening day
straggling in, it's amazing to
think that A&M's baseball sea
son is already half over. If
you're wondering where the
first half of the season went like
I am, the answer is probably in
the Aggies' 25-3 record and
place among the top five teams
in the nation.
As far as problems go, this is
not a major one. I could be bas
ing my sense of time on the state
legislature's ability to pass an
education funding bill. Or bas
ing it on the anticipation of
graduation, which seems like it's
a lifetime away. And there's al
ways the issue of wondering
how many playings of Tibetan
monk chants it will take to roust
David Koresh out of his Waco
love nest.
Maybe it's just time to wake
up and smell the Gatorade. The
way the seasons ebb and flow,
everything will even out in the
end.
If all indications are correct,
this summer will last a millisec
ond for Astros and Rangers fans.
Next fall should seem like an
other short one for all the joyrid
ers on the Cowboys bandwagon,
and for their true fans as well,
while the following postseason
will probably be a long, Colum
bia blue one for the rest of us.
And if the NCAA uses some
good judgment in their investi
gation of Warren Gilbert, we'll
once again wonder where all the
time went in Kyle Field.
So that's it. No more worry
ing about the long wait for the
NBA Finals, the World Series or
the Cotton Bowl. It's over. Fin
ished.
By the way, how many days
to Super Bowl XXVIII?
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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - The
awful sound of silence filled the
Chain O'Lakes ballpark Tuesday
in the wake of an unprecedented
iragedy.
The death of two Cleveland In
dians pitchers and the injury of
another in a boating accident late
Monday left the team in tears,
shock and sorrow.
Steve Olin was killed instantly
when the power boat rammed a
dock in darkness at almost head
level. Tim Crews, who officials
said was driving the boat, died a
few hours later after being hospi
talized with head and lung in
juries.
Bob Ojeda suffered cuts on his
head and was in serious condition
after surgery. He is expected to
make a full recovery.
It was the first time two major-
leaguer baseball players were
killed in the same accident.
The 18-foot Skeeter bass boat,
which had a 150-horsepower mo
tor and a top speed of 60 mph,
"was at near-full throttle," said
It. Bruce Cooper, a regjyqpal fatali
ty investigator of the Florida
Fresh Water Fish and Game Com
mission.
Cooper said it would take sev
eral days for toxicology reports to
determine If the players had been
drinking. Cooper said investiga
tors, "found full beer cans in an
ice chest and a liter of vodka al
most full."
The accident occurred on Little
Lake Nellie, about 27 miles north
of Winter Haven, at the end of a
day the players spent picnicking
with their families on the team's
only break of the spring.
Second baseman Carlos Baerga
said most of the players had gath
ered at the Holiday Inn near the
ballpark by about 3 a.m.
"Everyone was crying," said
Baerga. "I went over to the Holi
day Inn because that's where a lot
of the guys are staying. When
something like that happens, you
have to be strong."
Shortly after dawn, Indians'
manager Mike Hargrove and John
Hart, the club's general manager,
gathered the ballplayers at the
clubhouse. It was a meeting filled
with talk and tears.
"What happened is hard for
our team," Baerga said. "Right
now we are surprised about what
happened. The team is real down.
We hurt for their familes and
kids."
Hart said counseling would be
made available to any players
who need help in dealing with the
loss.
The Indians' scheduled exhibi
tion games Tuesday and Wednes
day were canceled. They will
practice on Wednesday.
"We want to start the healing
process as soon as we can," Har
grove said. "There are going to be
enough reminders that Steve and
Tim are no longer with us. We
don't need to be reminded of that.
So, with that in mind, we are go
ing to start to work out Wednes
day."
"We know we have a season to
play," Hart said. "We'll try to do
that. We'll try to operate in the
way they would want us to do if
they were here."
A memorial service for players
and families is scheduled for
Wednesday night. Andre Thorn
ton, a former Indians' player who
is an ordained minister, will lead
the services.
Olin, 27, came up in the Cleve
land organization in 1989 and
emerged as their best reliever last
season, when he led the team with
29 saves. He was 8-5 with a 2.34
ERA.
Crews, 31, who came from Los
Angeles as a free agent this year,
was 0-3 with a 5.19 ERA in 49
games with the Dodgers last sea
son. He was in the Indians' camp
as a nonroster invitee.
Ojeda, 35, also came to the In
dians as a free agent this winter.
Last season, he was 6-9 for Los
Angeles with a 3.63 ERA.
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network does not sensationalize
trials and open courts are part of
the legal tradition.
Don Tomlinson, an attorney
and professor of journalism at
A&M, disagrees.
"To some extent, an aired trial
is more sensationalized," he said.
"But as long as Court TV does not
infringe on the criminal defendant
right to a fair trial, whatever
Court TV does is fine."
Currently, 46 states allow cam
eras in the courtrooms and the
federal government is experi
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"The courts are open and that's
part of the tradition of not having
private trials," Brown said.
"Through televised trials, our job
is to explain why decisions are
made within our court system."
Tomlinson said he has mixed
emotions about televised trials.
"I'm a firm believer in the
openness of the judicial process
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movie) 'The Star Chamber,'" he
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