Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from April 2001, page 2

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from April 2001

Calif. officials to protect squid from own popularity.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 29, 2001... There were the years in obscurity. Then came a name change. Popular acclaim. Sensational reviews in big cities _ and a nagging fear it might all be too much too fast. Yet this California star didn't come with Oscars or a million-dollar...

Earnhardt Jr. slowly climbing.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 29, 2001... FONTANA, Calif. _ Dale Earnhardt Jr. must have felt like he was running uphill all weekend at California Speedway. He didn't quite get all the way to the top on Sunday, but he did finish third in the NAPA 500. All things considered, he...

Gordon can't track down Wallace.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 29, 2001... FONTANA, Calif. _ Rusty Wallace called his victory in Sunday's NAPA 500 at California Speedway "a Cinderella race." How appropriate, as Disneyland lies about an hour's drive to the West. "I was glad to win out here in Southern...

Hoch snaps drought with victory at GGCC.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 29, 2001... GREENSBORO, N.C. _ At the end of a week that saw confusion, controversy, calmness and comebacks, Scott Hoch succumbed to emotion. Winning the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic on Sunday by one stroke over Brett Quigley and Scott...

State puts a limit on seniors who call for help.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2001... SPRINGFIELD, Ill. _ Illinois revenue officials have programmed a special toll-free tax hot line for seniors and the disabled so that no one can get through to ask questions more than three times a week, frustrating thousands of callers...

Not all Dominicans get chance to share in boom economy.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 29, 2001... SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic _ Alma Garcia's bathroom is part of this thriving tropical city's Wall of Shame. The 8-foot-high stone and concrete wall, built in 1992 to hide her poor Los Mameyes community from tourists visiting the...

Business outlook for the week ahead.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2001... Layoffs, layoffs and more layoffs: The drumbeat of corporate job cutbacks hardly provides a formula for building Americans' confidence about their future. Indeed, despite interest rate reductions by the Federal Reserve, plenty of doubts...

Influence of lobbyists on Fla. health care industry raises concerns.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
April 29, 2001... A Miami doctor with a felony drug conviction was twice barred from participating in the Medicaid program by the state's health care agency. But after an influential lobbyist intervened, the agency reversed its position. That...

Terre Haute prepares to host McVeigh execution.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2001... TERRE HAUTE, Ind. _ More often than not, police work in this sleepy city that calls itself the "Crossroads of America" requires little more than a watchful eye trained on the teens who cruise Wabash Avenue on a Friday night. But in a...

USOC undermines a true champion.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2001... You probably didn't know another track and field season has been underway for several months and the world's fastest man, Maurice Greene, shows signs of being faster than ever. It is track's fate and Greene's particular bad luck that the...

Mubarak raises hopes; Israeli, Arab officials say truce still under discussion.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2001... CAIRO--Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres on Sunday promised Arab leaders that Israel would ease restrictions on Palestinians but presented what could be fatal objections to an Arab proposal to end the Mideast bloodshed. On a journey...

Atlanta case highlights debate over spanking.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 29, 2001... The signage outside the Atlanta church identified it as the House of Prayer. But for the children inside, the place became a house of terror. Last month, a judge placed 41 of the congregation's children in foster care because their...

Buffett gives free advice at shareholders' meeting.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2001... OMAHA, Neb.--Some people call the once-a-year bash here a "Capitalist Woodstock." Whatever it is, it keeps getting bigger. Every spring, just when the trees and the orderly lawns of this heartland city turn the crisp green of a new...

Travelers flock to Cuba for medical treatment.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2001... HAVANA--While waiting for their luggage at Havana's posh Jose Marti airport, arriving foreign visitors can hardly miss the barrage of advertising for Cuba's hot vacation option: hospitalization. A closed-circuit television perched over...

Bush administration reassures World Bank, IMF of support.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2001... WASHINGTON--The Bush administration has reassured the World Bank and International Monetary Fund of its support, despite critical comments from administration officials in the past. During the weekend meeting, the administration also sent...

NASCAR disputes Earnhardt's belt was intact.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 29, 2001... FONTANA, Calif. _ NASCAR disputed published reports Sunday that Dale Earnhardt's seatbelt was intact when an Orange County firefighter worked to get the racing legend out of his car after the Daytona 500. Drivers, meanwhile, had mixed...

Will the real Marlins please stand up?(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
April 29, 2001... MIAMI _ OK, Marlins, it's your stage. You're on. Let's see what you've got. If you're good, prove it. If you've grown up, show it. If this is to be a summer where you're to come within an area code of contention, have at it. You're...

Roddick accelerates in fast lane.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
April 29, 2001... Proving that his powerful serve can be as effective on clay as on a hardcourt, Boca Raton's Andy Roddick raced through Xavier Malisse of Belgium 6-2, 6-4 on Sunday at the Verizon Tennis Challenge in Duluth, Ga., to win the first ATP title of...

Grant gets throughit all.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
April 29, 2001... MIAMI _ Brian Grant made it to the finish line. It wasn't nearly as rewarding as he expected. Because of that, the Heat center said he would rededicate himself to the offseason program that helped him elevate his game to new heights this...

Mason saved worst for last.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
April 29, 2001... MIAMI _ This death by a thousand Hornet stings was too complete for simple scapegoating, no single person the reason behind the Heat's shocking, embarrassing sweep. But that doesn't mean Anthony Mason should be spared public ridicule and...

CART drivers refuse to run, cite G forces.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 29, 2001... Setting a precedent for action at a time of high tensions about safety in motor sports, CART drivers Sunday refused to compete at Texas Motor Speedway. They forced the first-ever postponement of a major American race over safety issues. ...

Smith tasking care of ground game, business.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
April 29, 2001... DAVIE, Fla. _ For tailback Lamar Smith, last year was about establishing himself. This year is all about taking care of business. In February he changed agents, hiring Neil Schwartz and Jonathan Feinsod. This month, after the...

NASCAR drivers applaud CART.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 29, 2001... Setting a precedent for action at a time of high tensions about safety in motor sports, CART drivers Sunday refused to compete at Texas Motor Speedway. They forced the first postponement of a major American race over safety issues in 16...

Bring Hardaway home; Step 1 in major Bulls rebuilding.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2001... CHICAGO _ The Bulls lost out last summer on the top free agent, Tracy McGrady, because he wanted to return home. They lost out on Eddie Jones because he, too, wanted to play back home. Now it's time for the Bulls to entice a player to return...

Relief is ... Sox's extra-inning win over M's.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2001... CHICAGO _ If the Chicago White Sox ever right their ship and sail into the 2001 playoffs, they might look back to Sunday's 14-inning 2-1 victory over Seattle as their catalyst. But moments after he singled home Magglio Ordonez to end the...

Oh, Manny, what a way to end trip.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2001... SAN FRANCISCO _ Big players make big plays in big games, which explains Barry Bonds breaking up a no-hit bid with a home run in the fourth inning and Sammy Sosa breaking up the game with a three-run blast one inning later. But Manny...

Tavarez `very sorry' about slur.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2001... SAN FRANCISCO _ Julian Tavarez spent a good portion of Sunday morning apologizing for the anti-gay slur he directed at Giants fans a day earlier, and the Cubs hope his contrition will head off further disciplinary action by Major League...

Selig off rocker if he doesn't punish Tavarez.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2001... This is what you risk when you go bargain hunting. For a mere $1.9 million base salary, you get a 27-year-old right-hander with a career 40-24 record worth twice that much. You get a competitor fueled by barely controlled emotion. You get...

Hatley, Bears parting ways.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2001... CHICAGO _ The Chicago Bears have called a news conference for Monday morning at which they are expected to announce the departure of player personnel vice president Mark Hatley. Team officials would not confirm the nature of Hatley's exit...

Buford a hit_for day, anyway.(Chicago Tribune)
April 29, 2001... SAN FRANCISCO_Before Sunday's 11-2 victory over the Giants, Cubs President/general manager Andy MacPhail said the team would "weigh internal and external options" should it decide to seek more production from the center-field position, where...

People in the news.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... `OUTBACK DADDY' SURVIVES POST-SHOW BLITZ Former "Survivor" contestant Rodger Bingham says his relationship with nubile fellow castaway Elisabeth Filarski was never more than friendship _ even though she raised some eyebrows by calling...

Walls will miss Beuerlein; quarterback was his best friend on team.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... CHARLOTTE, N.C._ When the Carolina Panthers released quarterback Steve Beuerlein in March, tight end Wesley Walls lost his best friend on the team. "I'm going to be a lonely football player this year," Walls said Saturday during a...

Fuzzy's love affair with Greensboro ends.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... GREENSBORO, N.C. _ Fuzzy Zoeller ambled to his golf ball, nestled in the rough to the left of the ninth fairway at Forest Oaks Country Club Friday, understanding the bogey he had made one hole earlier had effectively terminated his 26-year...

Pit strategy pays for Parker; fuel gamble results in first series victory.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... FONTANA, Calif. _ Hank Parker Jr. drove the car, but crew chief Billy Nacewicz made the call. When the leaders began their final green-flag pit stops late in Saturday's Auto Club 300 at California Speedway, Nacewicz told his young driver...

New course still part of GGCC future; venue change possible after 2003 tournament.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... GREENSBORO, N.C. _ Exactly how many more Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classics will be played at Forest Oaks Country Club remains uncertain. The event is scheduled at Forest Oaks through 2003, after which the Greensboro Jaycees, who run...

Thatcher helps open Jesse Helms center, designed for teaching.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... WINGATE, N.C. _ Although the Soviet Union no longer exists, communism remains a risk to the world, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told an audience of about 3,000 Saturday morning. "We live in a world of multiple threats,"...

A new Jesse Helms? No, but perhaps a softer one.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... MEXICO CITY _ A gray Cadillac with black tinted glass pulled onto the cobblestone plaza outside Mexico's Senate headquarters, halting traffic on a typically chaotic weekday morning in the capital. Out stepped the man decried that week by the...

Former Wake Forest star leads trio in Greensboro; 67 gives Hoch one-shot lead over trio.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... GREENSBORO, N.C. _ Scott Hoch was never in love with the idea of playing in the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic. He may be later on Sunday. A reluctant entrant here, Hoch takes a one-stroke lead over Jerry Kelly, David Berganio...

Riley, Heat fall prey to doubts.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ When you lose this way, when you are profoundly embarrassed and your postseason is extinguished as quickly as mathematically possible, you begin searching, doubting, blaming. Your faith gets shaken at its core, in everything...

Marlins fall to Astros.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... HOUSTON _ Marlins ace Ryan Dempster said it's just a matter of time before he puts together a Dempster-like game he threw so many times last season, when he won 14 games and earned a trip to the All-Star Game. It didn't happen Saturday,...

Where do Riley and Heat go from here.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... MIAMI _ Pat Riley's first master plan failed. His second master plan failed, too, torn to shreds by Jamal Mashburn, one of the pieces of doomed Master Plan No. 1. So after six years of playoff pain, where do the Heat and its coach go...

Fusion moves to 4-1.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... MIAMI _ Carloads of Haitian soccer fans began pouring into the Lockhart Stadium parking lot an hour before the Fusion-New England Revolution game Saturday night. By halftime, the entire east end zone was buzzing in Creole, And 14,381...

Fletcher gets high character marks.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... MIAMI _ Sometimes it's the subtle things that separate good from great. Such as the way Dolphins rookie cornerback Jamar Fletcher used to get ready for practice when he was about 10 years old. Fletcher would return home from school,...

Speed, youth overpower Heat, Riley philosophy; coach must adapt to changing NBA.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ After 19 coaching seasons and enough success to fashion a man into a legend, Pat Riley now faces his most difficult challenge: To change. The personnel move or two required of his Heat roster in the wake of this...

Mashburn burns the Heat big-time.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ The bedlam inside Charlotte Coliseum, inside The Hive, was sonic and surreal. Brooms swept the air. Delirious fans wearing white headbands made the oddest fashion statement since Bjork wore that swan dress to the Oscars _...

Eddie Jones wants the ball in the crunch.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Guard Eddie Jones, the Heat's most productive player in its three-game loss to the Charlotte Hornets in the first round, said he would embrace becoming the team's go-to player next season if asked to do so. "Without a...

To Marquet goes gate to wire.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... MIAMI _ When trainer Terri Pompay talked to jockey Tommy Turner about To Marquet, she suggested he let the filly have her head. ``I told him to keep her happy,'' Pompay said. ``She's a very mean horse and you don't want to get her mad.''...

Surprises keep us watching in NFL Draft.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... MIAMI _ I love a lame Mel Kiper joke as much as the next guy. Maybe more. And I would never argue that coverage of the NFL draft isn't lampoonable. Look up "excessive" in the dictionary. It reads, "Mel Kiper's in-depth analysis of the...

U.S., Ecuador like World Cup chances.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... MIAMI _ Brazil is beginning to think the unthinkable. Ecuador remains ecstatic. Peru has reason to hope. And the United States is sitting prettier than ever. Another round of World Cup qualifiers is done, and this much is becoming...

Castillo's bad start at plate is turning him into head case.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... MIAMI _ Luis Castillo once tried to fine himself. He walked into Marlins manager John Boles' office last year and told his boss to fine him because he didn't feel he was playing well. Castillo was hitting .340 and leading the majors in...

Dolphins seeking veteran defensive tackle.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... MIAMI _ Dolphins vice president of player personnel Rick Spielman said the team will look at signing a veteran defensive tackle such as former Seattle Pro Bowl player Cortez Kennedy or former Chicago veteran Jim Flanigan. Spielman said...

Repeat after me: it's only minicamp; strong debuts mean nothing.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... MIAMI _ The future star receiver is running free behind another tortured defensive back when the football nestles into his hands _ drawing approving nods from coaches and cheers from a grateful crowd watching the Dolphins' current minicamp....

Heat players say team should stay together.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Sitting in front of their locker stalls after Friday's season-ending loss to the Charlotte Hornets, Heat players insisted they'll play better if their team comes back largely intact next season. In that sense, Anthony...

Heat needs serious upgrade.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... MIAMI _ Pat Riley's first master plan failed. His second master plan failed, too, torn to shreds by Jamal Mashburn, one of the pieces of doomed Master Plan No. 1. So after six years of playoff pain, where do the Heat and its coach go...

Marlins rarely pinch-hit.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 28, 2001... HOUSTON _ Dave Berg said it best after Saturday's 6-4 loss to the Astros. "You're a hero if you get a hit," said Berg, who pinch-hit with the bases loaded and flew out to center field to end the game. The Marlins haven't had many...

Ripken tries to go out in style, and other notes.(Chicago Tribune)
April 28, 2001... CHICAGO _ Mike Hargrove says Cal Ripken is playing less because the Baltimore Orioles need to take a long look at Mike Kinkade? Sorry, but that doesn't ring true. Kinkade is no rising prospect. He's a utility player who is a week away...

There's lucky, and there's Rahman.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... ORLANDO _ Hassim Rahman is lucky: He won the heavyweight title. He is unlucky: He and his family fell out of a car when it hit a taxi during his victory parade. Lucky: Some view his accomplishment as remarkable. Unlucky: Others view it...

Special Olympics brings joy.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... WINTER GARDEN, Fla. _ They planned to dance with unbridled joy Saturday night, over 3,000 kindred spirits embracing their differences with hugs and smiles. The ignorant souls of the world judge those differences harshly, seizing upon the...

Rookie hits ground running; Thomas eager to catch up.(Chicago Tribune)
April 28, 2001... CHICAGO _ Anthony Thomas spent Friday getting his diploma from Michigan, an indication that he takes his studies seriously. So not surprisingly, the rookie running back and Bears second-round draft choice wasn't pleased at what he...

Protesters continue to disrupt bombing exercises on Vieques.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... VIEQUES, Puerto Rico _ For the second day in a row, dozens of protesters, including some with high profiles, disrupted bombing exercises on the U.S. Navy target range on Vieques Saturday by putting themselves in the line of fire. Navy...

Pell, former Florida coach, ravaged by cancer.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... SOUTHSIDE, Ala._The doorbell rings, but there is no answer. If you look through the window, you can almost make out a portrait on the wall. It's Charley Pell as most football fans knew him_tanned, smiling and wearing a Gators shirt. ...

Tapani's knee acting up; knee sidelines Tapani.(Chicago Tribune)
April 28, 2001... SAN FRANCISCO_Starting pitching, which has been the engine driving the Cubs' fast start, has developed an irritating ping. Before Julian Tavarez talked himself into another possible suspension for his slurs about Giants fans Saturday,...

Warren Sapp facing weighty issue.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... ORLANDO __ If Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley are serious about losing weight and making a comeback, they should call Warren Sapp. Tampa Bay's four-time Pro-Bowl defensive tackle reported to this weekend's minicamp having dropped 27...

Millennium Wind, Pincay have odd hook up.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... ORLANDO _ If he were alive, Rod Serling should be calling Saturday's running of the 127th Kentucky Derby, because this race has a story line straight out of the Twilight Zone. David Hofmans, trainer of Millennium Wind, told his fiancee...

Fans still miss Earnhardt.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... ORLANDO _ Dale Earnhardt was a little more than two months away from his 50th birthday on Feb. 18, the day of the Daytona 500. The Intimidator would have celebrated reaching the half-century mark today_if not for the accident that took his...

Tavares inserts foot; another penalty could be in line for Cubs starter.(Chicago Tribune)
April 28, 2001... SAN FRANCISCO _ On the day before he was to begin serving a five-game suspension for fighting, Cubs pitcher Julian Tavarez probably earned himself a longer sentence with a slur describing gays directed at Giants fans. Tavarez, a former...

The Lowe-down: No player is safe; veteran reliever's demotion sends message to team.(Chicago Tribune)
April 28, 2001... CHICAGO _ The demotion of veteran reliever Sean Lowe to Triple-A Charlotte after Friday's loss was a blunt message delivered by White Sox management to the players: Don't get too comfortable, no matter how many years of service time you may...

Painful series at Comiskey for White Sox.(Chicago Tribune)
April 28, 2001... CHICAGO _ With Frank Thomas sitting out Saturday's game with an arm injury, White Sox players decided to make a fashion statement. The position players and starter Rocky Biddle all pulled their black socks up high in a show of team unity,...

Little Armstrong is tough in the clutch.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... ORLANDO _ The relieved Orlando Magic knew they would have the full services of Darrell Armstrong on Saturday night when they had to issue him a stern edict. "We had to tell Darrell that he couldn't dunk," Magic strength coach and...

McGrady gets best of this dogfight.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... ORLANDO _ If Glenn "Big Dog" Robinson has any pride inside of him, it was not evident Saturday night. Given the opportunity to quiet young Magic star Tracy McGrady, who referred to the "Big Dog" as being more of a puppy before this game,...

Rescuer: Earnhardt seat belt was intact; firefighter Tommy Propst disputed NASCAR's account of the fatal crash.(2001 Orlando Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... ntinel ORLANDO _ Dale Earnhardt's seat belt did not break during his fatal crash at the Daytona 500, according to one of the first rescuers to come to his aid. Tommy Propst, a veteran Orange County firefighter and emergency medical...

Firefighter comes forward after weeks of indecision.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... ORLANDO _ When NASCAR announced Feb. 23 that Dale Earnhardt's left seat belt had broken, it ate at the conscience of Orange County firefighter Tommy Propst. That wasn't what happened, he insisted; he was there. And co-workers said he...

Magic works overtime to stay in series.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... ORLANDO _ They never said it was going to be easy. The Orlando Magic needed a Herculean effort from Tracy McGrady and the heart to overcome their own massive collapse in regulation to beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 121-116, in overtime to keep...

Mario is everything to Jagr, even a shrink.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... FORT LAUDERDALE _ He's the team's owner, chairman, CEO and president. He's the team's best player and has essentially, by all accounts, been its coach. Mario Lemieux does it all for the Pittsburgh Penguins, except maybe sharpen skates...

Seedings battle rages on for Wimbledon.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... FORT LAUDERDALE _ The seeding concessions made by Wimbledon officials last week were a good first step toward heading off a strike this year by men players, but the confrontation is far from over. Although they've disbanded the onerous...

Gary Payton in Miami? At what cost?(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... FORT LAUDERDALE _ You can exhale now. And get that drool off your face, too. Yes, the Seattle SuperSonics would consider trading Gary Payton. And yes, there could be no more practical offseason addition for the Heat (unless you believe...

Weinke familiar to Panthers assistant Schonert.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... FORT LAUDERDALE _ The tape was rolling in Turk Schonert's office, where the Carolina Panthers' quarterback coach was sizing up Chris Weinke. "The way he stuck that back foot down solidly and just made his throw... it reminded me of Jim...

Insurance problems in South Florida, and other notes.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... FORT LAUDERDALE _ Think you have high premiums? This week's revelation that the Marlins are suing Lloyd's of London over Alex Fernandez's disability insurance hardly came as a shock to those in the baseball industry. The reaction has...

Heat folds with season on the line.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Sorry. Don't disturb me today. I'm in the process of doing what Brian Grant said we all need to do. "Everyone in this room needs to do some deep soul-searching," Grant said in the locker room Friday night after...

Magnificent McGrady all magic in win.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... ORLANDO _ I'll miss watching Tracy McGrady. That's going to be the most devastating void if the Orlando Magic move to another city. Possibly losing a franchise is one thing. Losing a franchise with a player who might just be the most...

Magic finally breaks through against Bucks.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... ORLANDO _ They never said it was going to be easy. The Orlando Magic needed a Herculean effort from Tracy McGrady and the heart to overcome their own massive collapse to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 121-116 in overtime Saturday night to keep...

Rivers wants hero, and Magic oblige.(The Orlando Sentinel)
April 28, 2001... ORLANDO _ Orlando Magic Coach Doc Rivers was looking for a hero, a bit player to come join the marquee with Tracy McGrady. That was the theme of Rivers' pregame pep talk to his team as it tried to stave off playoff elimination Saturday night...

Black women prone to heart disease from obscure cholesterol molecule.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
April 27, 2001... COLUMBIA, S.C. _ African-American women have higher levels of an obscure cholesterol molecule that worsens the risk of coronary artery disease, the nation's leading killer, a new study shows. Concentrations of the lipoprotein(a) molecule...

Mine reclamation: Kentuckians must help pry money loose from Bush.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
April 27, 2001... The following editorial appeared in the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader on Thursday, 4-26: X X X She had to be asked four times, but Interior Secretary Gale Norton finally admitted to congressional questioners why the Bush budget...