Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from February 2003

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from February 2003

Facing mounting money troubles, NHL examines salaries.
February 1, 2003... Byline: Sarah Talalay and Michael Russo By Sarah Talalay and Michael Russo FORT LAUDERDALE _ The NHL's brightest stars are in town this weekend for the All-Star Game, basking in the South Florida sunshine and celebrating what's right...

Unknowns could play big roles for White Sox, and other notes.(Chicago Tribune)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Phil Rogers CHICAGO _ You have heard a lot about the White Sox lately. But one of the best signs is what you aren't hearing_talk about the possible arrival of Joe Borchard. Borchard is one more reason the Sox should return to...

New Cub from L.A. looks for ways to fit in.(Chicago Tribune)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Mike Downey MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. _ The first thing the first baseman needed upon becoming a Cub was something every player needs, wherever he happens to play. He needed a number. Eric Karros wore 23 on his back for the...

U.S. sweetens pot for war allies.(Chicago Tribune)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Stephen J. Hedges and Catherine Collins WASHINGTON _ When U.S. and Turkish officials meet Monday in Ankara to discuss Turkey's potential role in any war with Iraq, they are to examine something called a Memorandum of Understanding....

Shuttle breaks apart, killing all 7 astronauts aboard.(The Orlando Sentinel)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Michael Cabbage CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during its return to Earth on Saturday, killing seven astronauts and dealing a stunning blow to America's space program. Almost three hours after the...

Astronaut biographies.(The Orlando Sentinel)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Michael Cabbage Before the Columbia's Jan. 16 launch, the shuttle's astronauts sat down for interviews with the Orlando Sentinel. ___ RICK DOUGLAS HUSBAND Rick Douglas Husband seldom traveled with a Texas-sized...

Tragedy may briefly divert attention from Iraq, but not war momentum.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
February 1, 2003... Byline: William E. Gibson WASHINGTON _ The space-shuttle disaster that came out of the blue of the wide Texas sky shocked Americans and ushered in a period of mourning just when the nation was recovering from past terrorist attacks,...

Jones, Montgomery urged to speak about doping controversy.(Chicago Tribune)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Philip Hersh CHICAGO _ Charlie Francis said he was breaking a 15-year media silence with the Friday statement in which, for the first time, the controversial Canadian coach disavowed use of banned performance-enhancing drugs. ...

Bush orders dual investigations of shuttle disaster.(Chicago Tribune)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Jon Hilkevitch CHICAGO _ Unlike the probe of the Challenger disaster 17 years ago, NASA will not be on its own to investigate what caused the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia, officials said Saturday. Two...

Once again, President Bush leads a nation in mourning.(Chicago Tribune)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Bob Kemper WASHINGTON _ Under a shroud of fog and rain in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains, Saturday was to have been a respite for President Bush. Between planning for a possible war in Iraq and making last-minute preparations for...

Goalies are expecting a barrage in All-Star Game.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Ted Hutton FORT LAUDERDALE _ Marty Turco will be playing in his first All-Star game on Sunday, but he knows what he and the other five goalies face. An average of 86 shots have been taken and 15.1 goals scored in the last 10...

Hull's remarks pack a wallop: he says many players are overpaid.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Sarah Talalay and Michael Russo HOLLYWOOD, Fla. _ On a day when the focus should have been their upcoming All-Star Game, the NHL's biggest stars were talking anything but hockey. Instead, what dominated player conversations...

An All-Star tip: Savor the moment.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Michael Russo FORT LAUDERDALE _ New York Islanders right wing Mark Parrish has one piece of advice for the 14 players who will make their All-Star Game debut on Sunday: Enjoy it! "It goes by quick," said Parrish, who played in...

Israel mourns loss of country's first astronaut.(Chicago Tribune)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Christine Spolar JERUSALEM _ Col. Ilan Ramon's family in Israel was waiting breathlessly Saturday afternoon for the historic landing. His 79-year-old father was warming up with Israeli television reporters, and his older brother...

Media soothe Americans in time of tragedy.(Chicago Tribune)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Steve Johnson More than just an information source, television and radio in the face of Saturday's tragedy became the site of a national wake. As the broadcast media shifted into now-familiar blanket coverage mode to bring the...

Shuttle breaks apart; all 7 astronauts aboard killed.
February 1, 2003... Byline: Michael Cabbage and Robyn Suriano CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ Catastrophe struck America's space program again Saturday as shuttle Columbia disintegrated in the skies over Texas, killing six Americans and Israel's first astronaut. ...

Shaken, not stirred: NBA referees, recently making matters worse on the court, need to cool it down.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Ira Winderman FORT LAUDERDALE _ Sometimes, it's not about manhood, it's about professionalism. So you just walk away. Recently, NBA referees twice decided to do otherwise and tense situations escalated. Last month, it...

Extra! Extra! Career-high 36 by Carroll keys two-overtime victory.(Chicago Tribune)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Avani Patel SOUTH BEND, Ind. _ Even with its departure, the smile remained fixed on Matt Carroll's face, the confidence clear. Momentum, always fickle, had fled Notre Dame just moments earlier Saturday, decamping for the...

Marquette wins seventh straight; Jackson, Wade help Marquette hold off Bearcats.(Chicago Tribune)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Neil Milbert CINCINNATI _ The body talk was guttural, and Marquette center Robert Jackson used his 6-foot-10-inch frame to make a dominating opening statement by scoring three of his team's first four baskets from point-blank range...

Ominous clouds hovering; financial woes, labor strife loom in next 18 months.(Chicago Tribune)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Bob Foltman SUNRISE, Fla. _ This is supposed to be a weekend to celebrate hockey. This is supposed to be a time to marvel at Sergei Fedorov's effortless skating ability, at Paul Kariya's breath-taking explosiveness, to wonder...

Shuttle disaster may put space program at risk.(The Orlando Sentinel)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Gwyneth K. Shaw and Sean Mussenden WASHINGTON _ The destruction of the space shuttle Columbia and the death of its seven astronauts may put the very core of the U.S. space program at risk. The shuttle program, more than two...

U.S. orders 2 probes into shuttle tragedy.
February 1, 2003... Byline: Jon Hilkevitch CHICAGO _ Unlike the initial probe of the Challenger disaster 17 years ago, this time NASA will not be on its own to investigate what caused the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia, officials said Saturday. ...

Columbia contained variety of harmful chemicals.(The Orlando Sentinel)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Sandra Pedicini ORLANDO, Fla. _ The space shuttle Columbia carried a variety of chemicals that could cause serious problems _ from burns to respiratory illnesses _ for anyone who touches them. Officials said most of the...

Shuttle Columbia breaks apart, all 7 astronauts killed.(Chicago Tribune)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Tim Jones The homeward-bound space shuttle Columbia broke up in orange flames and contrails of smoke over Texas on Saturday, killing all seven astronauts aboard and leaving investigators baffled over what went wrong on a mission...

No. 4 Florida tops Arkansas.(The Orlando Sentinel)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Joe Schad GAINESVILLE, Fla. _ Florida Coach Billy Donovan was grumpy. The first thing he did at Saturday's post-game press conference was snap at freshman guard Anthony Roberson to remove his retro-style Chicago White Sox cap....

Loose foam at launch might be related to shuttle crash, officials say.(Chicago Tribune)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Jeremy Manier NASA officials will be investigating whether loose foam that struck Columbia during takeoff 16 days before it exploded Saturday contributed to its disintegration under the extreme physical stress of re-entering the...

Gale Sayers felt Willis McGahee's pain.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

For Showalter, there's nowhere to go but up.(The Dallas Morning News)
February 1, 2003

Demand is high, but Gruden, Jackson items are few in collectibles department.(East Valley Tribune (Mesa, Ariz.))
February 1, 2003

Explosion or damage to insulation may have caused shuttle's disintegration.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

U.S. commander in Afghanistan says war in Iraq could provoke attacks on U.S., coalition forces.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Chronology of NASA's space shuttle program.
February 1, 2003

National security concerns emerge in Los Alamos lab scandal.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Carbon-fiber sticks the latest rage in NHL.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Israel mourns loss of astronaut.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Columbia was the oldest shuttle in the NASA fleet.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Alfonso Chardy MIAMI _ Columbia, the spacecraft that disintegrated over Texas on Saturday, was the oldest shuttle _ the first to soar into space in 1981 when NASA resumed piloted flight following the moon missions. Named after...

Best and the worst of the baseball offseason.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Sixers' Brown continues to show his enigmatic side.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Space shuttle breaks apart over Texas; seven astronauts killed.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Of all issues on table for owners, overtime rule most likely to change.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

NBC is home to Arena Football League.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Woods talks of physical pain on the tour.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Ron Green Jr. CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Tiger Woods made a holiday visit to Sweden with his girlfriend. He's gone scuba diving and attended the Super Bowl last week in San Diego. Now, he's almost ready to play competitive golf again....

Bush again gives voice to America's grief.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Raiders earn scorn for trashing Barret Robbins.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
February 1, 2003

South Carolina plays well but still loses to Kentucky by 18.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Budget cuts, mechanical problems have plagued NASA for years.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Martin Merzer and Lisa Arthur CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ Earlier this month, NASA flexed renewed confidence in its shuttle program by announcing it finally would fulfill the mission of teacher-in-space Christa McAuliffe, who died in the...

Early indications are heat problem caused shuttle tragedy.
February 1, 2003

Meet U.S. soccer's `Gretzky': Adu at age 13.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Michelle Kaufman MIAMI _ Freddy Adu turned down a $750,000 contract from Inter Milan, appeared in Newsweek and Sports Illustrated, and is "potentially the best thing to ever happen to American soccer," D.C. United coach Ray Hudson...

Singing the All-Star blues; yearly complaints arise _ this season from Martin, Rose.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Kansas defeats Nebraska by 30.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Rick Plumlee LINCOLN, Neb. _ By all accounts, Kansas wasn't real excited to play this one. And it showed. But even on a ho-hum day, it's hard not to beat Nebraska badly. The Jayhawks did just that Saturday afternoon, winning,...

Around the NBA: Carter stuck between Jordan, his pride.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Firing the coach an easy cover for failures by GMs, players.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Debris rains down on Texas.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Despite tragedy, space program will go on.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Space shuttle breaks apart over Texas; seven astronauts killed.
February 1, 2003

Remember in case of Artest, angels win fans, but devils win games.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Dan Le Batard MIAMI _ Ron Artest is making the rounds now on the media rotisserie, skewered as fool and punk as we search for something to feed the insatiable criticism machine in the slow sports weeks after the Super Bowl, but...

Experts say shuttle was at a critical point in re-entry.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Foul play unlikely in shuttle disaster.(The Dallas Morning News)
February 1, 2003

The Spartans still have a pulse, but it's being tested this season.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
February 1, 2003

Bush speaks for grieving nation.(The Dallas Morning News)
February 1, 2003

Disaster changes everything for NASA chief.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Minnesota hands Michigan another tough loss.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Dave Tippett looking hard for new levels.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Colombian rebels free 2 kidnapped journalists after 11 days.(The Dallas Morning News)
February 1, 2003

Space shuttle breaks apart over Texas; seven astronauts killed.
February 1, 2003

Americans search for answers to shuttle tragedy.
February 1, 2003

Shuttle debris rains down on Texas.
February 1, 2003

Shuttle debris rains down on Texas.
February 1, 2003

If only the answers were as clear as the questions.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Possible wing damage appears to be focus as 3 shuttle probes begin.(The Dallas Morning News)
February 1, 2003

Saturday's losses include scientific experiments.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Robbins' wife trying to clear her husband's name.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Patrick Roy put the excitement in goalie's life.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Canadiens' Audette has minor setback.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003... Byline: David J. Neal MIAMI _ An interesting group of Montreal Canadiens players have been dipped in American Hockey League waters this season. You'll find former Panther and last spring's waiver-wire pickup Bill Lindsay in Hamilton,...

Down 16, Louisville rallies to defeat Indiana by 19.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

No. 1 vs. No. 2: UConn holds off top-ranked Duke.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003... Byline: Gregg Doyel DURHAM, N.C. _ Duke coach Gail Goestenkors blinks when she's angry. Connecticut guard Diana Taurasi giggles when she's happy. Whole lot of blinking and giggling going on Saturday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. ...

LeBron James' team poised to surprise high school world.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

LeBron James returns jerseys to store; he says just let me play.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Healing process takes Renshaw to track after fatal October wreck.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

People in the news.
February 1, 2003... CROWE BAILS ON BAFTAS FOR HIS BRIDE Russell Crowe, the bad boy of last year's BAFTA show, is bowing out this time around _ but for a good reason, reports People magazine. The "Beautiful Mind" star, who last year was named best actor...

Who's hurt the most in LeBron James affair? His teammates.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Kentucky routs South Carolina.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Satan talks about Flyers trade rumors; Roenick wins shooting accuracy contest.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
February 1, 2003

Debris scattered across Texas.(The Orlando Sentinel)
February 1, 2003