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The Battalion* Thursday • Junelli Raiders will move back to Oakland OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A1 Davis has decided to move the Los Angeles Raiders back to Oakland, where they will play the 1995 season, leaving the na tion’s second-largest city with out an NFL team. A source close to the NFL told The Associated Press that the move back to Oakland was a “done deal’’ and could be announced as early as this afternoon. Just two months ago, the NFL approved the move of the Rams from Anaheim to St. Louis and said it was commit ted to keeping a team in the Los Angeles area. “We’ve obviously had discus sions with the Raiders in recent days and weeks,’’ NFL spokesman Joe Browne said to day, “but we have not been told A1 Davis has made a decision at this point.” Davis, the Raiders’ general partner, would not confirm the move. “I don’t know what’s going on, so help me God,” Davis said. “Everyone’s doing a lot of things. This went on two weeks ago.” G. Rollie’s mystique continues to baffle foe □ The Aggie basketball team has com piled a 324-130 record at home. By Nick Georgandis The Battalion It might not have the massive scoreboard of the Frank Erwin Center at the University of Texas or the storied alumni of Hofheinz Pavilion at the Uni versity of Houston, but there is something about G. Rollie White Coliseum that keeps opponents losing and Aggie fans cheering. “This place is incredible,” said UT Basketball Coach Tom Penders on Feb. 11, moments after his nationally-ranked Longhorns had escaped with a 98-88 win at G. Rollie White after coming in as a 22-point favorite. “This building can get so loud, it’s difficult to keep your concentration.” With the Aggies’ record of 9-2 at home in the 1994-95 season, the men’s basketball team’s all- time home record moved to 324-130, an exceptional .714 winning percentage. Included in that percent age is a 30-game winning streak at home from 1959 to 1963. The listed capacity of the coliseum is 7,800, but the top 10 crowds in its history shatter that mark. The biggest crowd ever to see a game at G. Rollie White was 8,608 in 1975 when the Aggies upset then-Southwest Conference-rival Arkansas 62-60. The coliseum is named for George Rollie White, a famous Texas cattleman who graduated from A&M in 1895, and began serving on the board of directors for the University in 1926. White was also president of the Commercial National Bank of Brady for sev eral years. See G. Rollie, Page 4 Nick RodnickiJ-ti G. Rollie White Coliseum opened in 1954 and was the largest building on A&M's campus at the time. Since then,ti:' basketball team has compiled a .714 winning percentage at home. Barone preaches desire, hard work at camp Lemieux s return will □ More than 180 campers came to G. Rollie White this week. By Robin Greathouse The Battalion Hundreds of young men from around the state are lacing up their sneakers and hitting the court this summer for the annu al Texas A&M basketball camp. Texas A&M Head Basketball Coach Tony Barone said he and his staff will work intensively with the campers on basketball fundamentals. Barone said improving the campers’ passing, shooting and dribbling skills are not the only objectives that he has for the camps, however. “The primary goal is to have fun and give the kids the desire to become good basketball play ers,” Barone said. More than 180 campers be tween the ages of 9 and 17 com pleted the first camp session on Wednesday. Two more sessions will be offered this summer — one beginning on June 25 and the other starting on July 23. The campers are broken up by age group into leagues called NBA, NCAA, CBA and High School. Within each league, the teams play a 10-game tourna ment at the end of the camp to determine an overall champion. The young men spend up to seven hours on the court each day learning skills, practicing and playing tournament games. The campers live in Haas and Clements Halls for the duration of the camp. Camp Director and former A&M Assistant Coach Porter Moser said Barone adds some thing to Barone camp that many coaches do not. ^ “Some coaches put their names on their camps, but let their assis tants do all of the actual teach ing,” said Moser. “Tony actually gets out on the court and works with the kids, while making sure that they are having fun.” Barone said the camps are positive for the attendees and the hosts. “The camps are a great public relations tool for the university, as well as a great overall experi ence for the kids,” Barone said. Barone has put on a summer camp during each of his four years as A&M’s head coach. He came to A&M from Creighton University before the 1991 season. Stew Milne, The Battalion Several groups of campers at Tony Barone's Basketball Camp run skill drills at G. Rollie White Coliseum. The camp ran from Sunday until Wednesday and was attended by over 1 80 young men. hurt Penguins’ chances F irst Michael, now Mario. What’s going on? Only months after Michael Jor dan ended his 1 1/2-year retire ment and re turned to basket ball, Mario Lemieux announced Tuesday his intentions to return to hockey and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Lemieux has agreed to hit the ice for 60-70 games next season, skipping some of the long road trips to rest his in- jury-prone back. Let’s hope this trend of re tired superstars coming back doesn’t continue. Jordan re turned to Chicago for the last 15 games of the regular season and the playoffs, and to every one’s chagrin, he wasn’t the same player. Sure he scored 55 points against the Knicks in his fifth game back and was the second- leading scorer in the playoffs, but you could see the rust on Jordan’s game. When the game was on the line, M.J. couldn’t come through. He made bad deci sions, tK the ball oiv and miss:: shots ate when he ly droppe:; buzzer-te; and mad: clutch de:: sive play: In the end, Jordan wa: good player, but notgrea: Orlando made sure that- Jordan crashed and burr the second round of they offs. How does this bodefe per Mario? Lemieux reto hockey just as Jordanrer. to basketball, as thespor once-marquee player wb reer ended prematurely. Jordan supposedly ref cope with his father’s mar Lemieux cut short his cart cope with a bad back and Hodgkin’s disease. Mostir tantly, Lemieux is return: under the same Atlas-life' den that faced Jordan. But Super Mario seen 1 .: supremely confident. “I’m not coming backMfe an average player,” Lend: said at a press conference: ing his comeback. “If I car See Swift, P* MSC Barber Shop Serving All Aggies! Cuts and Styles Haircuts starting at $6. 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