Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from April 2000

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from April 2000

Heading for a new set of Sundays.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 1, 2000... PHILADELPHIA _ This ever-humble baseball writer watched Seattle's Kingdome implode last Sunday morning. And for some strange reason, I could relate. I could relate because this Sunday morning, it's this column that's imploding. I've...

Hingis makes short work of Davenport in Ericsson final.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 1, 2000... KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. _ Martina Hingis lost her world No. 1 ranking to Lindsay Davenport at the Ericsson Open this week. What she found was infinitely more valuable. Beyond the Waterford Crystal trophy and the $350,000 winner's check, Hingis...

Angry times in the NBA these days.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 1, 2000... s MIAMI _ Pat Riley's rambling diatribe Wednesday _ in which he told Heat critics to ``kiss my butt'' _ fit in well during a week's worth of wackiness in the NBA. Recapping the bizarre incidents and comments: Here's the official...

Bush's campaign underscores reshaped debate over immigration.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... AUSTIN, Texas _ When Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush went to a local church agency last fall to praise it for promoting ``self-sufficiency,'' he didn't ask about an issue readily acknowledged by workers at El Buen Samaritano,...

Elvis is alive ... and running for mayor.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... PHILLIPS, Wis. _ Elvis Presley is alive and stumping for enough votes in this North Woods town to remake The King into The Mayor. Make no mistake, Elvis Presley is his legal name. This 50-year-old impersonator is a man with a mission: He's...

Black College Reunion ends quietly, hailed as best ever.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 2, 2000... DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. _ Black College Reunion ended quietly Sunday as more than 100,000 weekend revelers packed up and headed home _ but not before leaving a new twist to the event's legacy of controversy. The Adam's Mark Resort _ which had...

National League capsules.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... In order of last year's finish. NL CENTRAL Houston Astros Manager: Larry Dierker. 1999: 97-65. 2000 forecast: 4th. Starting rotation: Shane Reynolds, Jose Lima, Chris Holt, Octavio Dotel and Dwight Gooden. 3-4-5...

American League team capsules.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... AL CENTRAL Cleveland Manager: Charlie Manuel. 1999: 97-65, 1st; lost to Boston in first round. 2000 forecast: 1st, lose to Yankees in ALCS. Starting rotation: Bartolo Colon, Chuck Finley, Charles Nagy, Jaret Wright and...

West Side story: Sluggish start costs Blackhawks.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... CHICAGO _ He sat in the press box high above the United Center ice Sunday, which seemed fitting since the action on it has become increasingly meaningless for the Chicago Blackhawks now that they have been mathematically eliminated from the...

Movement for same-sex unions gaining steam.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... BOSTON _ After dating for five years, Robert DeBenedictis and Don Picard gathered more than 200 friends and relatives at an old Italianate villa in Ipswich, Mass., and held what they considered to be a marriage ceremony. But the men are...

Elian's Miami family charges father is unfit parent.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... MIAMI _ Seizing on a new strategy to maintain their threatened custody of Elian Gonzalez, the child's Miami family charged through their lawyers Sunday that the boy's Cuban father is an unfit parent. The lawyers said that in phone...

Final 2 rev it up: Gentlemen, start your engines.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ Fittingly, here in Hoosierland, I announce the death of ``Hoosiers.'' R.I.P. Not just the movie but also the notion, the phony inspiration, the outright deception, the bright, shining delusion that doing the impossible is...

Michigan State has overtaken Michigan as state's school of choice.(Newport News (Va.) Daily Press)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ Flint is not for the faint of heart. The hardscrabble Michigan city reeled from General Motors plant closings during the '80s, and according to the 1990 documentary ``Roger and Me,'' Flint had more rats than people. The...

Less power, more juice: Home runs fun, winning better.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... CHICAGO _ Jerry Manuel recently pounded a point home to Chicago White Sox right-fielder Magglio Ordonez. In explaining how 35 homers can be better than 45 if they come with a higher average and fewer strikeouts, the Sox's manager asked an...

Coaches' heads to roll.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... Look for a huge turnover on the sidelines, with Atlanta's legendary Lenny Wilkens heading the list of departures.Start making up your list of head coaching candidates. As many as a third of the teams in the NBA will be looking for new coaches...

Hornets' hope of re-signing Jones slimmer.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... It was a good week for free-agent hunting. First, there's Eddie Jones, who continues to step farther and farther away from Charlotte. Hornets management said last week it would ask that a new arena be built for the team, completely...

Take your marks: Spartans, Gators set to (fast)break out of the gate.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ The Michigan State Spartans survived Bennettball in a 53-41 win over Wisconsin and coach Dick Bennett in the NCAA's semifinal Saturday. Next they'll take a crack at Billyball, the fast-paced, high-anxiety style favored by...

Sosa: I won't sit still.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... ST. LOUIS _ As far as individual goals, Sammy Sosa has only one. Sixty homers? No. One RBI per game? Nope. More endorsements than Michael Jordan and Mike Ditka combined? Wrong again. Sosa's lone ambition as he enters the 2000 season is...

Sampras wins Florida marathon.(The Sun-Sentinel, South Florida)
April 2, 2000... KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. _ Choke. Nerves. Tentative. The words spilled out of Pete Sampras' mouth, making him sound like some rookie playing his first tournament final. He wasn't joking, but he (italics) was smiling Sunday afternoon _ that big...

Opener No. 2 for Cubs: Excitement should overcome jet lag.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... ST. LOUIS _ The Chicago Cubs have a message for their clubhouse attendants at Busch Stadium: Don't bother making a full pot of coffee. The Cubs say playing in front of a sold-out house Monday on Opening Day _ OK, Opening Day No. 2 _ will...

When it's Knight time, it's hard to see the real news.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ Bob Knight is vacationing in Palm Springs, Calif., and given the lack of decent-sized fishing holes there, the only thing he's casting is a shadow. The NCAA can go ahead and put on its national championship game Monday...

Bulls stop Cavs, end 13-game road losing skein.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... CLEVELAND _ Chris Carr missed the team's charter flight here Saturday night, but he was right on time with a key 10-foot jumper with 31.8 seconds remaining to help the Bulls to an 83-74 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers Sunday in Gund Arena....

Florida's Miller has tough call to make.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ With each day that he has helped to extend Florida's basketball season to an unprecedented length, Mike Miller has come closer to facing a decision about his future. But as the Gators have advanced to the NCAA championship game...

Huskies swarm to title; Ralph, Abrosimova lead rout of Tenn.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... PHILADELPHIA _ Shea Ralph summed up Connecticut's play Sunday night. ``We came out at them with a vengeance,'' said the NCAA Final Four's most valuable player. ``We came at them with a defense that jump-started our offense.'' Those...

Examining the future of baseball with four central figures.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... CHICAGO _ Baseball in the post-1900s needs to become more of a partnership between ownership and players. Tribune Baseball Writer Phil Rogers spent much of spring training looking into the future of the game. The following is a collection of...

Numbers are shooting up, up, up; 500-home-run club no longer exclusive.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... CHICAGO _ The Baseball Encyclopedia, a gargantuan historical record book capable of stopping a speeding bullet, contains no pictures. Only names and numbers. Many, many numbers. The story of a baseball game can be told without having to...

Central has 2 words for you: Home runs.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... CHICAGO _ A great nickname provides a solid starting point. But as much as the majestic blasts of sluggers Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Ken Griffey Jr., baseball's best race might be what ultimately defines the division know as Homer Central....

Realignment stirs furor in baseball circles.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... CHICAGO _ Major League Baseball was in an almost constant state of flux in the 1990s, expanding from 26 to 30 teams and adding a third tier to its postseason format. And it will continue to evolve in the new century. Owners are poised to...

Examining the stars of the future -- from teenagers on up.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... CHICAGO _ They haven't spent a day in the big leagues yet. Two of them won't even be eligible for the draft for two years. But there's no secret these guys are the goods. A look at 10 players who should be on top of the baseball world a...

Arizona expects long stay on top.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... CHICAGO _ Arizona manager Buck Showalter appears to be normal, and to prove this as he walks around his office at Tucson Electric Park, he begins to put his baseball pants on one leg at a time. Or as Showalter calls them, his ``britches.''...

Between the lines of baseball, there's progress; outside the lines, trouble.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... CHICAGO _ Thirty years ago, the new kid from Milwaukee attended his first business meeting with his fellow baseball owners. It left such a frightful impression on Bud Selig that he recalls it vividly. Selig, who had just enticed the Pilots...

Cubs president Andy MacPhail sees few changes.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... CHICAGO _ When Cubs President Andy MacPhail picked up the Wall Street Journal the day after Tribune Co.'s proposed acquisition of Times-Mirror Co., he had to shake his head and smile. As MacPhail flipped the pages, he noticed a cartoon...

Decade's best? They're out there right now -- it's the team of the 2000s.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... CHICAGO _ It's easy to say who's at the top of baseball's elite today. But who has the staying power to dominate throughout the next decade? We say that Pedro Martinez, Ivan Rodriguez and Ken Griffey Jr. have what it takes, but age will...

Weakened Yankees maintain enough skill to retain title.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... CHICAGO _ A thorough inspection reveals a crack or two in the New York Yankees. But the absence of guys such as Darryl Strawberry and Joe Girardi amounts to more superficial damage than a fissure in the foundation. ``We're not as deep as...

Is the pastime past its time? Let's gaze into the future.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... CHICAGO _ When future baseball historians review the 21st Century, they no doubt will save a special place for the wonderful year of 2055. A gritty U.S. team battled through the consolation round to beat Cuba in the semifinals and host...

In the National League, the Central has 2 words for you: Home runs.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... CHICAGO _ A great nickname provides a solid starting point. But as much as the majestic blasts of sluggers Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Ken Griffey Jr., baseball's best race might be what ultimately defines the division know as Homer Central....

A 6-year-old with no English is the most influential voice today in politics.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 2, 2000... ORLANDO, Fla. _ The most influential voice in American politics today belongs to a 6-year-old boy who doesn't speak English. Elian Gonzalez can't vote. He's not an American citizen _ at least not yet. But the boy with sad eyes and...

Numbers game still a big hit.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 2, 2000... If we need to be reminded that baseball is a numbers game, all you have to do is check out Florida Marlins reliever Antonio Alfonseca, aka "Pulpo." That's Spanish for "Squid." Why do they call Alfonseca "Squid?" Because he has six fingers...

NFL's biggest problem isn't dancing.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 2, 2000... The first step to recovery is to identify the problem. Therefore, a person with a drinking problem must first admit to being an alcoholic before he can be treated. The same holds true for someone who has a problem with drug abuse, sexual abuse,...

A site only Pete Rose could love.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 2, 2000... Just as we all suspected, Las Vegas is evil. It has gambling, a history of ties with organized crime, and now it wants major-league baseball. For shame. Las Vegas officials are trying to entice several clubs _ the Dodgers, Orioles,...

Proposed cable car to Machu Picchu causes controversy.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... MACHU PICCHU, Peru _ For centuries this mystical Inca bastion lay undisturbed above the clouds, its serenity rippled by little more than occasional llama herdsmen, hovering condors and the splatter of tropical rains upon the jungle greenery...

Elian's saga has turned into a three-ring circus of protest.(Chicago Tribune)
April 2, 2000... MIAMI _ Standing under the blazing Florida sun, white-haired Nestor Ramos stretched a tired arm skyward and gave his blue, white and red Cuban flag an obliging wave for the television cameras. ``There are no human rights in Cuba,'' insisted...

Florida players believe in their system.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS -- So were you sweating? If you were a Florida fan, you had to be. If you were Florida's coach, you could raise your arms and not worry about unsightly perspiration stains getting national exposure. The Gators were ahead...

Braves look for answers without Smoltz.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... The Atlanta Braves have heard these kinds of questions before. Every year there are new reasons to question the endurance of their division dynasty, but thus far every year they have found answers. The Braves already have an unprecedented...

Spartans face fierce, audacious Gators.(The Dallas Morning News)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ Richard Pryor often recalled one of his last outings as an amateur prizefighter, when he looked across the ring at his opponent and was stunned to see the fellow slapping and punching himself about the face. Pryor said he...

Residents of LAPD's Rampart Division torn over those sworn to protect them.(The Dallas Morning News)
April 2, 2000... LOS ANGELES _ Nine people were murdered in the Police Department's Rampart Division this year. That ranks as a relatively peaceful three months. Rampart's eight square miles include some of the most violent, crowded and impoverished...

Spartans' title run has been worth the wait.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ They are the favorites, these Michigan State Spartans who play Florida for the NCAA basketball championship Monday night. They've been the favorites practically since this time last year, when they lost to Duke in the...

Spartans arrived as outcasts but leave as brothers.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ They were among coach Tom Izzo's first recruits, and they arrived wide-eyed at Michigan State's campus. When basketball practice started, then-freshmen Mateen Cleaves, Morris Peterson and A.J. Granger ran like young pups out to...

Road construction resumes for Pistons.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. _ The road has become a friendly place for the Pistons. With three straight losses at home, the Detroit Pistons traveled to New Jersey and won their fifth road game in six attempts, a 113-92 thumping of the Nets on...

Kwan takes big jump forward.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... Nice, France _ Michelle Kwan is in control now. She is in control of her skating. Her come-from-behind victory at the World Figure Skating Championships proved that. She is in control of her personal life. No longer living near her...

Citrus Bowl II for MSU, Florida.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ On a historical scale, the Michigan State-Florida rivalry fits somewhere between Florida State-Albion and Argentina-Switzerland. There isn't much to discuss. But the year 2000 has brought Spartans and Gators two exciting chances...

Barnes: Pressed Spartans will put bite on Gators.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ Milton Barnes sat in the RCA Dome on Saturday night and watched Florida pick apart North Carolina with its full-court press. Early Sunday morning, Barnes was still impressed with the Gators' press. But he is even more...

Irvine frustrated by twilight zone.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. _ Are opponents playing a zone defense against the Pistons in an attempt to keep Grant Hill and Jerry Stackhouse from getting to the basket? Interim coach George Irvine thinks so, though that wasn't the case Sunday as...

Feng Shui's popularity underscores attempts to change chaotic lifestyles.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... SUNNYVALE, Calif. _ When things went into a funk at Net Optics late last year, with product delivery lagging, recruitment efforts wanting and an employee suddenly grumpy, CFO Charlotte Matityahu nipped the problem in the bud. She brought in...

For Spartans, a tough night is ahead<.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ On the front of the black T-shirts, in bold white letters, is the number 40. On the back are the initials, ``T. T. W.,'' an acronym for Tough Teams Win. Down the sleaves, ``T. P. W.'' is scrawled, which means Tough Players Win....

Japanese prime minister hospitalized after apparent stroke.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... TOKYO _ Japan's Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi was hospitalized Sunday, apparently after suffering a stroke, and the government-owned TV network expressed doubt that he would be able to return to work quickly. Obuchi, 62, was taken by private...

Billyball makes Weaks stronger.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ Kenyan Weaks loves Florida now. It's easy to love it when your team is in the national championship game, when talent surrounds you and the spotlight is pointed your way. It's easy now. What's hard is remembering that three years...

Presidents' Trophy no Cup guarantee.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... ST. LOUIS _ The Detroit Red Wings have won the Stanley Cup twice in the past three years. They've had to go through the Blues to do it each time. If everything goes as expected _ and that's a big if, given the upsets of playoffs past _...

Johnson enjoys anticipation of life in the majors.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... OAKLAND, Calif. _ For the rest of the Detroit Tigers, it was just a workout before Monday's opener. But for Mark Johnson, Sunday's trip to Oakland's Coliseum marked the first time he'd gone to work in a major league ballpark. ``Pretty...

Cleaves' dream: `One Shining Moment'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ A song keeps playing in Mateen Cleaves' head. He hears it everywhere he goes. He hears it in the morning when he wakes up. He hears it in the middle of a class. He hums it during practice. This weekend, the song is...

Spartans lead in senior citizens.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ It was depressing for Morris Peterson to think about: Florida's Brett Nelson was in the ninth grade when Peterson was a freshman in college. ``I didn't even know that,'' Peterson said, smiling, after a reporter asked if he...

Florida's Flintstone not awed by MSU's.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ Teddy Dupay has heard the story of the Flintstones. He's unimpressed. Sure. Charlie Bell, Mateen Cleaves, and Morris Peterson survived the bleak, bedrock city streets of Flint. Sure. They learned to be tough in that...

Challenger faces uphill fight in Peru's presidential election.(The Dallas Morning News)
April 2, 2000... LIMA, Peru _ Alejandro Toledo doesn't mince words when it comes to the difficulties of waging a presidential-election campaign in Peru. Once largely ignored as the No. 4 candidate in polls ahead of the April 9 elections, Toledo said he...

How the Gators and Spartans match up.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... Guards: There's a 35-pound difference between Mateen Cleaves and Teddy Dupay, and that isn't good for Dupay. Dupay is a quick slasher but will have difficulties moving around Cleaves' wide body. There's also a five-assist difference between the...

Payoff time for two guys from small town.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ Each remembers the wager, but time has clouded some of the specifics. But what endures is that two teenagers from a little Upper Peninsula outpost dared to dream big. And the payoff might come Monday night. Tom Izzo and...

Spring forward, don't look back for Tigers.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... OAKLAND, Calif. _ Thanks to the Tigers, Juan Gonzalez began last season by going back, back, back. . . . On the first pitch of '99, Juan Encarnacion swung at a pitch from Rick Helling and sent a high drive toward the fence at the Ballpark...

The game of a lifetime for lifelong hoops pals.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ It began with a hug. They were just kids, maybe 10 years old, they had really just met. But they hugged because the game was over and they were all sweaty and, well, that's what great rivals do when the game ends, right? Hug each...

Potential resolution of Elian's case takes shape.(The Dallas Morning News)
April 2, 2000... WASHINGTON _ A potential resolution of the confrontation over a young boy in Miami took shape Sunday as both sides described a transition that would reunite Elian Gonzalez with his Cuban father. Key issues remain to be settled in...

Tale of the tape _ Gators dedicated to succeed.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ Brett "Baby Face" Nelson selects: "GRANDPA." Matt Bonner chooses: "DAD." Brent Wright: "MY SISTER." Mike Miller: "FAMILY." Teddy Dupay: "COACH." Tattoos, you presume. After all, it is not possible to play...

Flintstones on final chapter.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ Tonight, the despair that has gripped much of downtrodden Flint, Mich., for too long will be loosened a bit. The families that were displaced when General Motors boarded up Flint's auto plants more than a decade ago can find some...

Twins aren't ready for season, Kelly says.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... The calendar says it's Opening Night for the 2000 Minnesota Twins. A time for optimism. A time for big dreams. But as far as manager Tom Kelly is concerned, it's still spring training. And there's little time for sleep, much less...

Flyers blanked in Carolina.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... RALEIGH, N.C. _ The Flyers are becoming The Gang that Can't Score. Before he was even asked a question after Sunday's 1-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes, coach Craig Ramsay volunteered that he had no answers. "I don't know why we...

Apparel issues aside, NASCAR puts on crowd-pleasing show.(The Dallas Morning News)
April 2, 2000... FORT WORTH, Texas _ It's the opening of baseball season to some, Final Four weekend to others. But there's an old saying, something to the effect that 223,000 people can't be wrong, even if they can have significant ``wardrobe issues.'' ...

Certain frequencies offer more color.(The Dallas Morning News)
April 2, 2000... A paltry five bucks gets you a list of frequencies and entrance to the colorful world of NASCAR on your scanner. The occasional patter between drivers and crew chief is enlightening as well as entertaining. But, because the list doesn't...

Despite chill, a big day at TMS.(The Dallas Morning News)
April 2, 2000... FORT WORTH _ More than 200,000 NASCAR fans, bundled in jackets and armed with umbrellas, braved a chilly weekend at Texas Motor Speedway for the track's fourth season of Busch Grand National and Winston Cup events. And even though the...

Who wants to be hero? Spartans, Gators look for one.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ Haven't they already played this game? Florida with the wide-open playing style concocted by its renegade coach, and blue-collar Michigan State? Yeah, they played this game. And Michigan State won at the buzzer, beating...

MSU's Peterson emerges from Cleaves' shadow.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLISTwo injuries got Morris Peterson here _ 40 minutes away from being recognized as the best player on the best team in the NCAA tournament. Only one of the injuries actually happened to Peterson, the Michigan State forward with a...

NASCAR adds pit stop rules.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... FORT WORTH, Texas _ Beginning with next Sunday's race at Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR will require Winston Cup teams to pick up their right-side tires following a pit stop under threat of penalty. ``If the right-side tire is left on the...

Adam Petty didn't win, but debut worth a grin.(The Dallas Morning News)
April 2, 2000... FORT WORTH, Texas _ So there was no happy ending. Adam Petty's Winston Cup debut was no better than his Busch entry this weekend, his luck would not improve from one day to the next. He would not finish either race at Texas Motor Speedway....

Staying at UNC gives Haywood time to discover his potential.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... INDIANAPOLIS _ The discoveries of this run amazed us. Discovering that North Carolina had the fortitude to climb out of the tank and to the Final Four was amazing. Discovering that Bill Guthridge can bring fire and brimstone and great...

Miami relatives suggest Elian Gonzalez's father is unfit parent.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... MIAMI _ A day after the Miami relatives of Elian Gonzalez invited the boy's father to visit them, three of the family's attorneys went on national television shows Sunday and suggested Juan Miguel Gonzalez was an unfit parent. The White...

Davis enjoys chance.(Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... OAKLAND _ Mark Davis, 27, has been around the block enough times to know his residency in the Bay Area with the Warriors isn't necessarily permanent. The 6-foot-7 swingman is one of the corps of traveling players who have established themselves...

Miso Soup; Sweet Potato Gnocchi; Tagine of Eggplant and Olives; Spinach Dal; Lebanese Lemon Bake; Tahini Lemon Sauce.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... Vegetarian recipes: From "Vegetarian Planet" by Didi Emmons (Harvard Common Press, 1997). Even non-vegetarians will love this flavorful soup that you can customize by adding your favorite vegetables. Miso Soup Makes 4 servings....

Attention: weekend, foreign editors.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 2, 2000... Upcoming in 15 minutes is a 2nd-lede-writethru to JAPAN-OBUCHI that adds information from an ongoing news conference about Obuchi's condition, which is serious. The government now confirms that he has had a stroke and may not be conscious. An...