Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Fort Worth, Texas (2024)

January 8, 2004

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Fort Worth Star-Telegrami

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Fort Worth, Texas

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Thursday, January 8, 2004

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47

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Thursiliiy lammry 8 200 1 1 Slur Telegram star ti'li'Hiiimcum COLLKdK BASKETBALL ROUNDUP UT women top Kansas extend win streak to six YOUR 0 ON 0 STAFF It I It 0 11 I) 0 0 IIOOI) I Golden alga solution could be near ic blooms Research in England revealed similar results To see if that works in Texas the parks and wildlife department plans to place numerous bundles of barley straw and Christmas trees in areas up to five acres wide and up to six feet deep in Possum Kingdom Like one of numerous lakes that have suffered from a series of golden alga-caused fish kills since 2001 Research has shown that deficiencies of phosphorous and nitrogen in the water causes an increase in toxins Texas fisheries officials are hoping experiments they plan to implement at Possum Kingdom Lake this month will be the last of the golden alga problem that has killed hundreds of thousmds of fish in five major liver systems Swedish fisheries officials revealed at an October golden alga workshop in Fort Worth that they have successfully used barley straw and discarded Christmas trees in their estuaries to prevent golden alga from producing new cells thus curtailing tox THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSUE OGROCKI Nebraska's Margaret Richards center grabs one of her team-high nine rebounds from Leah Rush left and Lauren Shoush but Oklahoma held on to win the Big 12 opener FROM WIRE REPORTS Stacy Stephens scored a season-high 26 points and Heather Schreiber and Tiffany Jackson had strong performances in third-ranked 73-54 victory at Kansas in Big 12 opener for both teams Schreiber hit three 3s among her 18 points and Jackson had 16 points for 13-1 Texas which extended its winning streak to six games and beat the Jay-hawks (7-5) for the fifth straight time Schreiber and Jackson also had nine rebounds each for the Longhorns No 11 Kansas St 95 Missouri 59: Nicole Ohlde scored 31 points and Laurie Koehn added a season-high 25 for the Wildcats in Manhattan Kaa Ohlde was 14-of-16 from the floor and Koehn nailed seven 3-pointers to lead Kansas State (10-2) to its 26th straight regular-season home win Stretch James and MyEsha Perkins had 11 points apiece for Missouri (9-3) in the Big 12 opener for both teams No 15 Oklahoma 70 Nebraska 5L Maria Villarrocl scored 19 points and Oklahoma took advantage of sloppy play by Nebraska in a Big 12 opener in Norman Okla Villarroel added five rebounds and two assists for the Sooners (11-1 1-0) who scored 26 points off turnovers Kea Cannon led Nebraska (10-2 0-1) with 15 points Oklahoma State 67 Texas 65: Nina Stone scored 21 Knights (8-4 1-0 Big East) upset a ranked team for tire third time in less than a month Dawn Chriss had 14 points for Virginia Tech (12-1 1-1) No 20 Boston College 73 Providence 53: Jessalyn Deveny scored 17 points and the visiting Eagles (12-1 2-0 Big East) extended their best start in school history Amber Jacobs added 16 points for the Eagles who scored 27 points off a season-high 28 Providence turnovers Jama Gilmore led Providence (4-9 0-2) with 13 points Villanova 58 No 24 Miami 55: Liad Suez scored 26 points and made the winning shot with 25 seconds remaining as the Wildcats (11-2 IT Big East) beat the Hurricans (12-1 IT) in Villanova Pa I i released by golden alga as well as an increase of golden consumption of nontoxic alga Swedish professor Edna Graneli said at the Fort Worth workshop Bailey a plant that is used for the malting of beer and other drinks and for livestock food is high in carbohydrates and has moderate quantities of phosphorus nitrogen protein and calcium The chemical contents found in firs pines and spruce appear to have curtailed golden alga blooms in Sweden OKI A ARK Roberts Craw vine Sheman Rob Sandlin ipxsvute -LMM lRay Cooper -Lake fort Dallas toft' lane ington lake lawakom A the Pines Longview o(wJo a Bend Uuivaul i Sam Rayburn 4 Mao am Benbrook Richland Chambers spots Port 0 Connor Choke Canyon Port Aransai Desperados have holes to plug points and grabbed six rebounds to help lead the Cowgirls (6-6) past the visiting Aggies (7-5) in a Big 12 opener Stone added seven assists for the Cowgirls who also got 17 points and 11 rebounds from Trisha Skibbe OTHER TOP 25 GAMES No 4 Connecticut 82 West Virginia 57: Diana Taurasi had 14 points and the fourth-ranked LIuskies (10-1) rebounded from their first loss this season by winning on the road The Huskies lost Saturday to Duke ending a 69-game home winning streak Rutgers 56 No 16 Virginia Tech 43: Cappie Pondexter had 18 points and the host Scarlet BSHHI wlIgtThe Arena League team a chance to fill roster holes created by off-season moves minicamp which concludes Saturday It will be followed by training camp which starts Monday and ends Jan 31 Dallas begins its third season Feb 8 when it hosts Carolina at American Airlines Center The two biggest areas of concern for the Desperados are on the line and at wide receiver Tom Briggs the reigning Lineman of the Year is now set to play for Austin and the team also lost Tim Martin who was one of its best linemea Dialleo Burks and Andy McCullough the leading receivers the past two seasons bolted to Georgia in free have said they believe Bliss was the somce of the funds A week after resignation an assistant coach Abar Rouse provided the committee and the NCAA with tapes of secretly recorded conversations showing that Bliss tried to organize a scheme in which players would make investigators believe Dennehy paid for his tuition by selling drugs Elsey a graduate of Marcus High School in Flower Mound played for Baylor during the 2000-01 and 2001-02 seasons averaging 85 points and 28 rebounds for his career He played for SMU in 1997-98 and 1998-99 In his lawsuit Elsey states that he and members of his family were touring the Baylor campus in sport utility vehicle when the coach made the promise regarding law school According to the suit Elsey asked Bliss about the of such a promise The suit states that Bliss said there were to get around NCAA rules Elsey claims in the suit that he subsequently applied to law school and sought a recommendation from Bliss He said Bliss agreed to provide the letter but was in delivering it The former mother Lori Elsey declined comment on the matter Wednesday and said her husband Chuck is out of the country Noley Bice general counsel said he brought the matter to the attention of the investigative com LARGEMOUTH BASS Choke Canyon: Texas-rigged plastic worms in watermelon and plumb colors and white spinnerbaits are making good catches in the backs of creeks and coves around timber The largest bass caught last week weighed 11 pounds A few also are being caught during early-morn-ing hours on crawdad and fire tiger-colored crank baits SAND BASS Whitney: Schools have been holding about 26 feet deep over underwater humps and have been caught on chrome jigging spoons and gold Slabs Many catches have weighed around one pound but some larger fish have been taken TEXAS COAST Port Redfish and black drum are hitting good in the back bays on shrimp mullet and Bass Assassins while speckled trout are taking top-water lures in back lakes and over reefs in San Antonio Bay where Corkies and MirrOlures also have been making lured some catches Port Aransas: The jetty is producing good catches of redfish and black drum on shrimp and mullet and the holes in Redfish Bay are producing good catches of reds Some anglers are making good catches Pelican Island on mullet shrimp and r-TTSSTT 1 By ANTHONY ANDRO STAR TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER IRVING The Desperados will get their first look at a bunch of new faces today when the Arena Football League team begins a mini-camp Since last playoff run the roster has been altered by free agency and expansioa The three-day camp at Texas Stadium opens with only 15 returning players on the 38-man roster was a lot of movement in the Desperados coach Joe Avezzano said had some good players that for a variety of reasons went to other teams But I like what done in the off-season We just have to mold this team into a unit that can get things 1 The process begins with the BAYLOR Continued from ID a violation of NCAA recruiting rules and would raise yet another question about conduct which has been under scrutiny by a university committee since he tried to cover up illicit payments to slain play- er Patrick Dennehy during the summer In the lawsuit filed against Bliss and Baylor on Monday in State District Court in McLennan County Elsey contends Bliss failed to live up to the offer thereby breaching an oral contract As a result the suit states Elsey suffered damages exceeding $100000 suit also asserts that T31iss said he had connections at the Baylor law school and that gaining admittance for one of his players would be Efforts to contact Elsey rently enrolled in law school at the University of Tulsa were Unsuccessful Wednesday He filed the suit on his own instead of being represented by a lawyer Bill Underwood a Baylor law professor serving on the investigative com- mittee said the panel is aware of claim looking into every aspect of Underwood said Bliss resigned in August after the committee discovered that Dennehy and another player received improper writion pay-SSments Committee members agency leaving second-year player Will Pettis (69 catches 798 yards) as the top returning wideout Dallas has some reserves back from last season plus six new wide receiverdefensive backs It also helps having quarterback Jim KuSiak back after his 97 touchdown passes last season would be concerned if we have Jim coming Avezzano said most football teams a quarterback is the big The Desperados have no preseason games but will practice against the Austin Wranglers for two days (Jaa 19-20) and will go to New Orleans for three days of practice (Jan 23-25) ONLINE: wwwdallasdesperadoscom Anthony Andro (817) 548-5532 aandrostar-telegram com mittee after receiving a letter from Chuck Elsey on Dec 3 Bice said the elder Elsey stated that Baylor should pay for his legal education because Bliss had promised he would do so Bice said Wednesday he seen the lawsuit but believes based on what he has learned since receiving Chuck letter that the suit lacks merit my conclusion based on all the information gathered since the first written he said Bice also questioned the timing of the suit noting that the demand for payment made until the impropriety stemming from the Dennehy case had come to light you put the smell test to it you see that two years after Chad Elsey started paying law school tuition and after all that has happened at Baylor he suddenly says this just hit me I was supposed to get free law he said action is the second basketball-related lawsuit against the university since death The slain father Patrick Demiehy Sr has filed suit asserting that his son was killed after he decided to expose irregularities in the basketball program friend and teammate Carlton Dotson has been charged with the slaying and is in jail in Waco awaiting trial Staff writer Pete Alfino contributed to this report Oanny Robbins (817) 390-7258 drobbinsstar-telegram com Jeff Caplan (8 1 7) 390-7760 jcaplanCaistar-telegram com Estimated river flows in cubic feet per second and floatability levels (below minimum 0 minimum 1 satisfactory 2 idea 3 aproachinq hazardous 4 hazardous 5 flood below flotation level based on rainfall as of Wednesday This information is provided by the West Gull River Forecast Center of the National Weather Service Bi Weathertoid -Gianbuiy Proctor Brownwood Sqiiam Click Whitney Fishing hot STAR TELEGRAM Eimrnnm call (817) 390-7760 or send e-mail to and splats than a Three Stooges convention with only two clean programs the entire night And one of those was a watered-down program that would barely cut it at the junior level Rena Inoue and John Baldwin Jr were second and Katie Orscher and Garrett Lucash were third The free skate worth two-thirds of the final score is Ray dgrpwt i and black drum of redfish around piggy perch To contact Bob Hood Scott Dulebohn win short program blhoodstar telegramcom Friday night The United States been a major power in pairs in years and it look as if this season is going to be any different Marks in the 2s and 3s are rare for the seniors at nationals these are the best in the country after all but the scoreboard was littered with 3s by the end of the night A few 2s too Results 10D By NANCY ARMOUR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA The names might change in US pairs skating but the sloppy programs Defending national champions Tiffany Scott and Philip Dulebohn were first in the short program at the US Figure Skating Championships on Wednesday night but only because somebody had to be There were more spills.

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