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DALLAS (AP) — NFL commis
sioner Paul Tagliabue has denied
the Miami Dolphins permission to
talk Dallas Cowboys offensive line
coach Hudson Houck.
Miami coach jimmy Johnson,
who coached the Cowboys to Su
per Bowl victories in 1993 and
1994, had hoped to hire Houck for
the second time in four years.
Houck was up for a job as the
Dolphins' assistant head coach-of
fensive line coach.
But Dallas owner Jerry Jones
promoted Houck on Feb. 5 to the
same position and then named him
one of two staff supervisors, pre
venting him from making such a
lateral move.
The Dolphins went to the
league last week when the Cow
boys denied them permission to
talk with Houck. The NFL in
formed both teams Sunday at the
league's scouting combine.
"We have such an appreciation
for Hud as a coach and as an indi
vidual," Jones told The Dallas
Morning News for today's editions.
"We're glad the commissioner saw
it our way.
"With Hud involved with addi
tional duties, we'll get better and
that's what we're trying to do.
He'll be quite an asset to head
coach Barry Switzer."
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Texas Tech, Kansas St.
to begin Big 12 play
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) —
Texas Tech and Kansas State will
kick off Big 12 football Aug. 31
in Manhattan, Kan.
An announcement Monday
from Tech said the game — origi
nally scheduled for Nov. 2 —
likely will start at 2:30 p.m. and
be televised on ABC.
Kansas State ended the 1 995
season ranked No. 7, while the
Red Raiders finished at No. 23.
The teams are forming a new
conference next season with Bay
lor, Colorado, Iowa State,
| Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Ok-
1 lahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas
and Texas A&M.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Men's Basketball
The Aggies will play the Universi
ty of Texas Wednesday night at 7:30
p.m. at the Erwin Center in Austin.
Women's Basketball
The Lady Aggies host the Univer
sity of Texas Wednesday at G. Rollie
White Coliseum beginning at 7 p.m.
Aggie Baseball
The A&M Baseball Team opens
its home season this afternoon at 3
p.m. against the University of Mary
Hardin-Baylor at Olsen Field.
Lady Aggie Softball
The A&M Softball Team opens
its season today with a doublehead
er against the University of Texas-
San Antonio beginning at 5 p.m. at
the Lady Aggie Softball Complex.
Swimming and Diving
Texas A&M will host the Southwest
Conference Swimming and Diving
Championships Feb. 14-17 at the Stu
dent Recreational Center Natatorium.
Sports
Op e ning
Touted freshmen get
first look vs. UTSA
By Nicole Smith Brock said. “We have a fairly young
The Battalion team, so this game will get some of the
players good playing time.”
After a long fall scrimmage season. Not only will two freshman — Jesse
the Lady Aggie Softball team is suited Cady at third base and Kami Tucker at
up with high hopes to outdo last year’s second base — be starting the game, but
record. The plan starts today against the Lady Aggies are also returning seven
the University of Texas at San Antonio letter-winners to their starting lineup.
Roadrunners. Senior Erin Field, who will be the
Both the players and coaches feel they starting pitcher, remains optimistic
Eire prepared to face the Lady Roadrun- about today’s season opener,
ners in a double-header at the Lady Ag- “This is my second year as a pitcher,
gie Softball Complex beginning at 5 p.m. and all I’m focusing on is to help the
“Our main goal for these games is to team have a better season than last
get two of our starting freshman some
NCAA experience,” Head Coach Bob See Softball, Page 8
Battalion File Photo
Texas A&M junior shortstop Gina Perez gets ready to take a grounder during a Lady
Aggie Softball Game last season.
Day ’96
Aggies dreaming of
the World Series
By Stephanie Christopher
The Battalion
After a long trip back from Arizona,
the Texas A&M Baseball Team returns
to College Station to begin a five-game
home stand.
The Aggies will open the home stand
to the University of Mary Hardin Bay
lor. The game will be at Olsen Field at
3:00 p.m.
The Aggies began the 1996 season
ranked No. 19, but fell to No. 23 after
their two losses to the University of Ari
zona last weekend.
Head Coach Mark Johnson, who hopes
to gain his 500th career victory this week,
said the team came up short this weekend,
winning one out of three games at Arizona.
He said he was not disappointed in the
team’s hitting and expects them to come
out strong against UMHB.
“I thought our team played well,” John
son said. “Our pitching was a little shaky,
but our batting was strong. I think that we
just had the first-game jitters.”
Johnson said his main goal is to win
the Southwest Conference title, and in
order for the team to accomplish this
goal, they must play good defense.
In order for the Aggies to play good
defense, one player they must rely on is
senior pitcher and second baseman
Paul Barber.
Barber said his team must be on their
toes if they want to beat UMHB.
“We must play good if we want to
win,” Barber said. “The other team al
ways comes out to beat the Aggies, and
we must be prepared.”
Barber said one advantage the Aggies
have is their depth. They have a good
bench and can rely on all the players to
do their best.
He said he hopes to win the SWC
this year since it is the last year of the
conference.
“I am really sad to see the confer
ence split up,” Barber said. “Since I
grew up in Texas, the SWC has a spe
cial meaning to me. It is all that I have
ever known.”
However, he said he does not think
Battalion File Photo
Texas A&M senior first baseman Jeff
Bailey waits at the plate.
the Big 12 will be that big of a switch.
“Since the SWC is such a challenging
conference, I don’t think that there will be
that big of a difference,” Barber said.
Senior first baseman Jeff Bailey dis
agrees with this to an extent.
He said the SWC is a great confer
ence, but the team will be offered many
opportunities in the Big 12 Conference.
“I think that the team will have to ad
just their style once they move into the
Big 12 Conference next year,” Bailey
said. “The traveling will have a big im
pact on the team. They will have to get
use to taking long trips, and I feel that
this is something that they will have to
get used to.”
He said he is extremely confident and
ready to play today.
“If we play like we can, then we
should come out on top,” Bailey said.
“It would be a special part of history
to win the last SWC title. But I think
that it’s an accomplishment to win
any SWC title.”
No place for swimsuit models in SI
Kristina
Buffin
Staff writer
W ell, the time has come
and passed.
The Sports Illustrated
swimsuit edition has arrived,
and men everywhere will be in
good moods for at least the
next month.
At least Sports Illustrated
has not totally ditched the
idea of including articles in
the magazine, but the idea of including
scantily clad women in a sports magazine is
a little outdated.
There is a reason Playboy exists, and it
serves its purpose for its subscribers and
readers. There is absolutely no reason for
Sports Illustrated to include models in swim
suits. It is not a sport to stand around and
wear a bathing suit — it requires no specific
athletic skill or talent.
These days, it is not just men who subscribe or
pick up the magazine at the newsstand. Women
read Sports Illustrated as well. In fact, the per
centage of women subscribers has gone way up in
recent years. Sports magazines are not just for
men anymore.
i
For women, this issue is very
sexist and degrading. It is bad
enough that there are calendars to
commemorate the issue.
Why make subscribers pay for
the issue if they do not want it? In
stead, leave the issue as an option
for those who want it.
I realize that a majority of the
subscribers are male, but it is
time for Sports Illustrated to roll with the
times. The kind of pictures they print can be
considered soft pornography.
For example, there is a woman who, in
stead of wearing a bathing suit top, has it
painted on. While this may be considered art,
there is no place for naked women in a sports
magazine.
The only reason this issue even exists is be
cause of money — pure and simple. In hopes of
attracting subscribers, the magazine decided to
put out this issue. What attracts men more than
sports? Half-naked women, of course.
If they insist on putting pictures of scantily
clad women in their magazine once a year,
why not have men in bathing suits as well?
Knocked out without a punch:
Boxer Morrison HIV positive
□ Morrison's promoter,
Tony Holden, announced
the test results Monday.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tommy
Morrison’s up-and-down boxing
career reached its low point Mon
day with the announcement that
the powerful heavyweight had
tested positive for the virus that
causes AIDS.
Morrison’s promoter, Tony
Holden, confirmed that a test ad
ministered in Las Vegas last week
came back HIV positive.
“He’s taken it like a champ,”
Holden said. “He knows he’s had
a promiscuous lifestyle in the
past. He’s taking it better than
his team (of handlers).”
Morrison, 27, did not attend
the news conference. He remained
in isolation at his home in the
northeastern Oklahoma town of
Jay, where he was providing
blood samples to paramedics so
further tests could be run.
He issued a statement asking
people to pray for children affect
ed by the disease because “I feel it
would be selfish to ask you to say
a prayer for me.”
“I understand that there are
people concerned about me,” he
said in the statement. “I am fine.”
Holden said results of the lat
est tests are expected within 48
hours. He said Morrison still held
out hope that a retest would show
the original test false, but that
the fighter has already talked
about getting involved in AIDS
awareness activities.
“If it is true, I don’t see us ever
fighting again or ever wanting
to,” Holden said. “But right now
See Morrison, Page 8
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