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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) —
(Lawrence Phillips, the star Ne
braska running back who scored
| four touchdowns Saturday, was
arrested Sunday night for al
legedly beating his ex-girlfriend
and was thrown off the football
team.
“We will do everything we can
to help him get his life back to
gether, but he is dismissed from
the football team effective imme
diately,” coach Tom Osborne said.
Phillips allegedly attacked the
woman early Sunday morning at
a Lincoln apartment. The inci
dent was reported at about 4:45
a.m., Lt. Kent Woodhead said.
The player surrendered to police
at about 8:15 p.m. and was re
leased about 45 minutes later on
10 percent of a $1,000 bond, or
$100.
Woodhead said Phillips al
legedly hit the woman inside and
outside her apartment. The
woman was not hospitalized or
seriously injured.
‘‘Allegedly, he was dragging
her and hitting her in the apart
ment or hallway,” Woodhead
said.
Phillips was arrested on suspi
cion of misdemeanor
See Phillips, Page 12
The Deion Derby: Good business or bad ethics?
T he next time billionaire
Bill Gates is feeling a lit
tle depressed, he might
want to call Dallas and ask
Deion Sanders how he does it.
Sanders, the premier defen
sive player in the NFL, is also
the smartest businessman in
the country.
The “Deion Derby,” as it was
so dubbed by the media, ended
Satind ay morning when
Sanders signed with the Cow
boys for somewhere between
five and seven years and a total
value between $25 and $30 mil
lion dollars. Sanders’ signing
bonus alone was an NFL-record
at $12 million.
Genius. Fhire genius.
Sanders has packaged him
self as the best thing to happen
to any team with money to
spend. He has exploited the
NFL system of free agency by
offering his prodigious talents
to the highest bidder possible.
Deion Sanders is a smart man.
Football purists can argue
that the free-agent bidding
wars are hurting football, al
lowing some teams to buy the
very best players possible,
while the rest of the league set
tles into mediocrity.
This simply is not true. The
last two Super Bowl winners,
the Dallas Cowboys
See GeORGANDIS, Page 8
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D o I hear 20, anyone? Any
one? Thirty? Forty? Forty
million dollars, that is.
The scene around the Na
tional Football League seems to
have players sitting on the auc
tion block being sold to the
highest bidder like slabs of
meat.
They aren’t human anymore,
simply animals that can run
fast and catch a ball made out
of pigskin.
The latest player to be auc
tioned off is everyone’s favorite
egomaniac, “Neon” Deion
Sanders. During the past cou
ple of months, the question be
ing asked around the water
cooler at work is where will he
go-
San Francisco, Dallas, Mia
mi and Denver have been bid
ding for his services, and Deion
has had the hard task of decid
ing which team is deserving of
his “services.” Dallas won the
bidding war for the low, low
price of a $12 million signing
bonus, $25-$30 million dollars
for five to seven years plus a
free set of Ginsu knives. This
season, Sanders will play only
half the season. Doesn’t it make
you wish you could play foot
ball?
It is a sad state of affairs
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Turnovers, special
teams doom Oilers
Pittsburgh Steelers 34
Flouston Oilers 17
□ A 72-yard punt re
turn set the tone in
Pittsburgh's defeat of
Houston.
HOUSTON (AP) — Pittsburgh
didn’t have Rod Woodson or Neil
O’Donnell and the Houston Oilers
made certain the Steelers didn’t
miss them.
Andre Hastings returned the
game’s first punt 72 yards for a
touchdown and Mike Tomczak,
subbing for the injured O’Donnell,
directed the Steelers to a 34-17
victory on Sunday, benefiting
from blunders by the Oilers of
fense.
Hastings’ return helped Pitts
burgh (2-0) take a 17-3 first half
lead and the Steelers made it 24-3
in the third quarter on Eric Pe-
gram’s 22-yard run with 2:51
elapsed.
The Oilers (1-1) struck back in
the third quarter on a 1-yard run
by Chris Chandler, who faked a
handoff and rolled left untouched
into the end zone with 10:53
elapsed.
But it was too late for the Oil
ers. The Steeler defense made
plenty of errors of its own, but
never let the Oilers break out.
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Smith, Aikman lead
Dallas past Broncos
Dallas Cowboys 31
Denver Broncos 21
□ Emmitt Smith rushed
for 114 yards and
scored his 80th career
touchdown.
IRVING, Texas (AP) — After
a week in which the Cowboys
snagged Deion Sanders and a
controversial corporate sponsor,
Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith
just went out and did their usu
al.
Aikman accounted for three
touchdowns and Smith rushed
for over 100 yards and scored a
touchdown Sunday as Dallas de
feated the Denver Broncos 31-
21.
Aikman, who gave up some of
his salary this season so Sanders
could squeeze under the salary
cap, started slow and finished
fast as he threw two touchdown
passes and jumped like a spring
board diver for another.
Smith, who needed smelling
salts after a particularly hard
hit, came back to score his 80th
career touchdown on a 1-yard
run. Smith, who had four touch
downs in a 35-0 victory Monday
night over the Giants, rushed 26
times for 114 yards.
For Dallas (2-0), it was the
26th victory in the last 32 regu
lar-season games. The contest
was played at a Texas Stadium
decked out with logos from Nike,
the company whose sponsorship
of the Cowboys angered the
NFL.
John El way threw touchdown
passes of 11 and 59 yards to An
thony Miller as the Dallas sec
ondary showed signs of needing
Sanders as soon as possible.
Lady Aggies finish second in Cup
□ A&M upset No.1
Stanford, then lost to
Illinois in the champi
onship game.
Staff and Wire Reports
This weekend, the Texas
A&M volleyball team experi
enced one of wildest rollercoast
er rides in school history.
Competing in the Mizuno USA
Cup in Chicago, the Lady Aggies
upset No.l Stanford, then blew a
2-0 game advantage against the
University of Illinois to finish sec
ond in the tournament.
On Friday, A&M faced the de
fending national champion Stan
ford Cardinal and jumped out to a
quick 2-0 lead with wins of 15-11
and 15-12.
The Cardinal then showed its
championship form, winning the
next two games 17-15 and 15-4 to
force a decisive fifth game.
The Lady Aggies were able to
regain their previous momentum
and stunned Stanford, 15-12, and
in front of a crowd of 1,925 to ad
vance to the championship game.
Against Stanford, the Lady Ag
gies were led by senior outside hit
ter Andrea Williams, who was
making only her second career
start for A&M. Williams led the
team in kills and digs while record
ing a .452 hitting percentage. An
other key to the Lady Aggies’ victo
ry was senior setter Suzy Wente,
who led the team with 61 assists
and a .467 hitting percentage.
The thrill of defeating the top
team in the country seemed to af
fect the Lady Aggies early in the
tournament championship game
Saturday night. A&M dominated
Illinois in the first two games, win
ning by scores of 15-1 and 15-5.
But similar to the Stanford match,
the Lady Aggies could not close out
Illinois, and the Illini forced a fifth
game for the championship.
Unlike Friday’s game, A&M
could not rally in the fifth game,
and was defeated 15-13. Sopho
more outside hitter Kristie Smed-
srud was the Lady Aggies’ go-to
player in the Illinois match, record
ing 23 kills and 13 digs to go along
with her .300 hitting percentage.
Wente matched her Stanford assist
total of 61, but managed only three
digs and no kills against the Illini.
For their exemplary play,
Smedsrud and Wente were both
named to the All-Tournament
Team. Illinois outside hitter
Erin Burske, who recorded a
staggering 29 kills and a .368
hitting percentage against the
Lady Aggies, was named tourna
ment most valuable player.
The Lady Aggies return to ac
tion on Friday when they travel
to North Carolina. A&M’s next
home game will be Sept. 22
when the team hosts the TAMU
Tournament, with Lamar, Santa
Clara and Southwest Texas
State expected to compete along
with the Lady Aggies.
Texas A&M senior Andrea Williams digs a ball during last week's win
over Utah State while Suzy Wente and Kristie Smedsrud look on.
Heisman Trophy Watch ’95
Iceland McElroy, RB, Texas A&M: A&M did not
play. Season totals: 229 yards rushing on 35
carries, three touchdowns
Warrick Dunn, RB, Florida State: Rushed for
180 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries.
Season totals: 304 yards, two touchdowns on
21 carries.
Lawrence Phillips, RB, Nebraska: Rushed for
206 yards and four touchdowns on 22 carries.
Season totals: 359 and seven touchdowns on 34
carries.
Danny Kannell, QB, Florida State: Completed
13 of 27 passes for 170 yards and two
touchdowns. Season totals: 34-54 for 445 yards
and three touchdowns.
Keyshawn Johnson, WR, USC: Caught eight
passes for 124 yards. Season total: same.