Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from March 2003

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from March 2003

OnePage details Iraq's vast history.
March 1, 2003

For many athletes, the risks of weight loss are afterthoughts.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

To NFL scouts, it really is a game of inches.(The Dallas Morning News)
March 1, 2003

Support from KKK should alarm Augusta.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Helping Lefty get right is Harmon's next pet project.(The Orange County Register)
March 1, 2003

The next Lowe? The truth is out there.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Panel says more money needed to monitor clergy sex abuse.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Operation Field Chicken shut down.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
March 1, 2003

Tape may show why nightclub fire spread so fast.(The Providence Journal)
March 1, 2003

Ward reportedly ready to resign.(The Gazette)
March 1, 2003

People in the news.
March 1, 2003... MOTHER'S DAY FOR `SIX FEET UNDER' STAR Frances Conroy is the Rodney Dangerfield of HBO's "Six Feet Under." She gets no respect. Not on the show, playing repressed mortuary mom Ruth Fisher, and not off, reports TV Guide Online: Of the...

U.S. military base near Baghdad short on space.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Colorado Springs husband-wife team in Iditarod mode.(The Gazette)
March 1, 2003

Leaders of Arab nations urge Baghdad to comply with U.N.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Loved by fans, Payton loathed Seattle management.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
March 1, 2003

Gooden can only wonder what-if as Hinrich, Collison cherish a very special Senior Day.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Will Red Sox moves pay off? Millar sure to help in clubhouse.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Kevin Baxter FORT MYERS, Fla. _ In an offseason in which the White Sox got Bartolo Colon, the Phillies signed Jim Thome, the Mets added Cliff Floyd and Tom Glavine and the Marlins picked up Ivan Rodriguez, the most important...

No. 7 Kansas rules on Senior Day.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Turkey rejects deployment of U.S. troops.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Divac's joke was on Sacramento fans.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Eastern Conference in commotion: Infighting helps push East's top teams into slump.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Israel Gutierrez MIAMI _ News flash: The Eastern Conference is flawed. The NBA's version of the junior varsity, the East is clearly only in the hunt for a secondary prize this season, a conference championship. Thank goodness...

Suspected 9-11 mastermind arrested in Pakistan.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Flyers work overtime for win over Bruins.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Ultimate Fighting Championship banking on America's thirst.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Veterans Committee has some explaining to do.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Rain, TV money on Smith's mind.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

NHL commissioner calling for fewer inter-conference games.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Avalanche buries the Penguins.(The Gazette)
March 1, 2003

Twins facing tough decisions in money game.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Charles Johnson finds a new life, new look with Rockies.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Mike Phillips TUCSON, Ariz. _ He looks lean and mean. But Colorado Rockies catcher Charles Johnson doesn't just have the look of a new man, he's a man with a new beginning. Since being traded from the Marlins to the...

Beckett missing best stuff on the mound.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Clark Spencer JUPITER, Fla. _ Josh Beckett had a banner week with rod and reel, catching a spinner shark one day and landing a 11-{-pound bass with fellow pitcher Doug Bochtler another. Beckett's fishing fortunes didn't carry...

The evolution of Michael Andretti begins with countdown.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Gary Long MIAMI _ A four-race countdown to the climax of one of the most successful careers in motorsports history begins at Homestead Miami Speedway on Sunday. But Michael Andretti, 40-year-old son of yet another legend of the...

Tiger Woods wins a tough test.(The Orange County Register)
March 1, 2003

Hornish vying for the triple in IRL.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Cammy Clark MIAMI _ Sam Hornish Jr. won his first Indy Racing League championship in 2001 by a landslide. He won his second one last year by .0096 seconds. Now the 23-year-old country boy from Defiance, Ohio, will try for three in...

Brazilian wins pole for Western Union 100.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Gary Estwick HOMESTEAD, Fla. _ Most of the bleachers at Homestead-Miami Speedway were empty Saturday afternoon when little-known Thiago Medeiros won the pole position for Sunday's Western Union 100 of the Infiniti Pro Series. ...

North Carolina makes right plays in final seconds.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Gregg Doyel CHAPEL HILL, N.C. _ Underneath three NCAA title banners, North Carolina fans rushed the Smith Center floor Saturday to celebrate a 67-66 victory against sub-.500 Georgia Tech. Surreal finish to a surreal finish. ...

Kanaan a pole man and rising star.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Cammy Clark HOMESTEAD, Fla. _ Team owner and driver Michael Andretti posted the time to beat in qualifying for Sunday's Toyota Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. But along came his teammate and new employee, Tony Kanaan, to win...

Woods vs. Toms in Match Play final.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Jeff Shain CARLSBAD, Calif. _ After four days and five matches, Tiger Woods finally was introduced to the 18th hole Saturday at the WGC Match Play Championship. He lost the hole. Fortunately for the world's No. 1 player,...

Sports no longer about wins and losses.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Greg Cote MIAMI _ Sports have been our comfort zone in part because they give us clear answers. You win or lose. There are ratings, statistics and standings to help separate good from bad. It isn't as simple when our sports...

No. 12 Wake Forest defeats Clemson to move closer to ACC title.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Ron Green Jr. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. _ When the possibility of winning the ACC regular-season championship began to come into focus for Wake Forest recently, coach Skip Prosser pulled his team together to talk about it. "I told...

Jeff Burton feeling way back to front.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003... Byline: David Poole LAS VEGAS _ Part of the allure of Las Vegas is that success is only the turn of a card away. It's possible, for example, for me to get well on Sunday's UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400. If Larry Foyt wins, the 400-to-1 odds...

No. 5 Texas fends off Red Raiders' added quickness.(The Dallas Morning News)
March 1, 2003

No. 3 Oklahoma stays within a game of Kansas.(The Dallas Morning News)
March 1, 2003

Shorthanded Louisville holds on against East Carolina.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Wildman Ankiel throws scoreless inning vs. Florida.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Senator Campbell calling for complete overhaul of Ward's staff.(The Gazette)
March 1, 2003

Lloyd Ward resigns as CEO of USOC.(The Gazette)
March 1, 2003

Lloyd Ward resigns as head of USOC.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

No. 1 Arizona holds off Stanford to win Pac-10 title.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Mavericks run past Grizzlies.(The Dallas Morning News)
March 1, 2003

Salukis wrap up at least a share of conference title with win over Creighton.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
March 1, 2003

Rookie stymies Wild; Blues' Sanford gets shutout in second start since being called up.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Smith turning heads as well as her back.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Warriors earn a day of rest after beating Pistons.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Sharks' winning streak can't take the heat from Flames.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 1, 2003

Cardinals' fans worried about Snake venom.(Chicago Tribune)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Mike Downey MESA, Ariz. _ Downey's 11 1. "You're from Chicago? You guys getting the Snake?" a hotel clerk asked. "I beg your pardon?" I replied. Turns out he meant Jake Plummer, the quarterback, a.k.a. Jake the Snake....

Angels on a high despite critics.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Mike Berardino TEMPE, Ariz. _ Garret Anderson isn't one to waste his free time poring over baseball preview magazines, but he has a pretty good idea nothing has changed for the Anaheim Angels. This time of year, when the paper...

Jordan stunting Wizards' growth.(Chicago Tribune)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Sam Smith CHICAGO _ What if I truly had a point? What if Michael Jordan had stayed with the Bulls instead of going to the Washington Wizards? What if Jordan had become general manager and then a player? Would the Bulls have been...

Augusta red-faced over Klan support.(The Orlando Sentinel)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Mike Bianchi ORLANDO _ Running off at the typewriter . . . Did you see where the Ku Klux Klan is planning a rally during the Masters in support of Augusta National's right to an all-male membership? This has the makings of...

More changes needed in Hall of Fame voting system.(Chicago Tribune)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Phil Rogers CHICAGO _ Next to Ron Santo and Marvin Miller, no one was more disappointed with last week's Hall of Fame voting than Whitey Herzog. "That's the end of it," Herzog said after receiving only 25-of-79 votes. "It...

Bush's expressions of faith enter war debate.(Chicago Tribune)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Michael Tackett WASHINGTON _ George W. Bush made his religious faith quite clear during the presidential campaign when he said that Christ was the political philosopher who had most influenced him "because he changed my heart." ...

Filipinos not sure U.S. help is best path.(Chicago Tribune)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Uli Schmetzer ZAMBOANGA, Philippines _ Before Friday's announcement that deployment of U.S. troops to help eradicate the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group has been postponed, mortar shells knocked out electricity for 18 million people on...

No. 4 Florida holds off Auburn.(The Orlando Sentinel)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Joe Schad AUBURN, Ala. _ Not enough has been said about Florida senior Matt Bonner and perhaps not enough will be, until he has moved on to the NBA. Long after No. 4 Florida held off Auburn, 73-70, at Beard-Eaves Memorial...

Astros say we all can get along.(The Orlando Sentinel)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Josh Robbins KISSIMMEE, Fla. _ Here, players check their egos at the door. Welcome to the Houston Astros' clubhouse, where discord and infighting rarely, if ever, exist. Craig Biggio, Jeff Bagwell, Shane Reynolds and Billy...

No. 18 Illinois tops Michigan.(Chicago Tribune)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Gary Reinmuth ANN ARBOR, Mich. _ Illinois coach Bill Self can't pinpoint the moment exactly, but sometime after his team's dreadful Feb. 15 loss to Purdue he's convinced a little light went on in his players' brains. Perhaps...

Ward resigns as USOC chief amid long-running turmoil.(Chicago Tribune)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Philip Hersh CHICAGO _ Lloyd Ward's tumultuous tenure as CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee ended Saturday when he resigned after 16 months in the $550,000-a-year job. Though he frequently insisted during the past two months he...

Arab leaders issue declaration opposing war.(Chicago Tribune)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Christine Spolar SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt _ Arab leaders on Saturday issued a broad statement against possible war in Iraq that avoided the most apparent split in their ranks _ the fact that thousands of U.S. forces are rapidly...

Jeff Burton trying to keep edge on young crowd.(The Orlando Sentinel)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Jeff Burton LAS VEGAS _ Jeff Burton is like a big time Texas Hold'em player who's won big here in the past _ bigger than anyone else _ but is down a bundle lately to younger, more reckless poker players. Burton, 35, is the most...

Point is, time is at a premium for Blackhawks, who lose in overtime.(Chicago Tribune)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Bob Foltman NASHVILLE, Tenn. _ It's one thing to have the breaks go against you. It's quite another to put yourself in the situation to let that happen. Saturday's 5-4 overtime loss to the Nashville Predators will go into that...

Rutgers does a number Notre Dame; Coleman makes 7 3-pointers in rout.(Chicago Tribune)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Avani Patel PISCATAWAY, N.J. _ The scouting report was wrong. The numbers may have been accurate, but they had no bearing on reality as Notre Dame experienced it Saturday at Rutgers. The scouting report said Rutgers was the...

Suspected mastermind of 9-11 attacks arrested in Pakistan.(Chicago Tribune)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Cam Simpson WASHINGTON _ Pakistani agents arrested Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, during a bloodless, early morning raid Saturday in a city just outside Islamabad, U.S. and...

Jordan gets call and Rose gets mad as Wizards win in a rough affair.(Chicago Tribune)
March 1, 2003... Byline: K.C. Johnson WASHINGTON _ The chipped teeth that Tyson Chandler and Jalen Rose sported Saturday night in the aftermath of Washington's 101-93 victory paled in comparison to the chips on the Bulls' collective shoulders. ...

Jones captures heavyweight title by unanimous decision.(Chicago Tribune)
March 1, 2003... Byline: Michael Hirsley LAS VEGAS _ Light-heavyweight champion Roy Jones proved he could take John Ruiz's best shots Saturday night as he convincingly took Ruiz's heavyweight title by unanimous decision. Thus, Jones became only the...

Roy Jones goes from middleweight to heavyweight champion.(The Orlando Sentinel)
March 1, 2003... Byline: George Diaz LAS VEGAS _ Roy Jones Jr. snatched history on Saturday night, methodically bagging the bigger man to win the World Boxing Association heavyweight championship. Consistently peppering John Ruiz with crisp left jabs...

Jones fights way to history, decisions Ruiz in 12 rounds.
March 1, 2003... Byline: Michael Hirsley LAS VEGAS _ Light-heavyweight champion Roy Jones proved he could take John Ruiz's best shots Saturday night as he convincingly took Ruiz's World Boxing Association heavyweight title by unanimous decision. Thus,...

More college students giving textbooks a pass.
March 2, 2003

Season of dread, white and blues.
March 2, 2003

Presidents often discount protests, but historians say have an affect.
March 2, 2003

California's anti-war stance doesn't reflect most of America.
March 2, 2003

`Saddam' an unpopular name among Kurds.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 2, 2003

Chickens pressed into service to help Marines prepare for chemical attacks.
March 2, 2003

Sixers' MacCulloch battling rare, frustrating foot disease.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 2, 2003

Snyder's recruiting record runs counter to values he preaches.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
March 2, 2003

Flag act has a price for women's college basketball player.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
March 2, 2003