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Show TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2001 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE y HiWPKwmiw j j. imumm jam, nm? continued from page 9 - .-- f ' - I e.f jit nia bank chain; I'm still trying to figure out what the hell Qualcomm is. Lately, though, the situation has deteriorated even further, and it's threatening to send me spiraling into levels of lunacy and hysterics unparalleled even for someone whose tenuous grip on sanity is tied to the playoff performances of the teams he follows. What's sent, me toward my latest 5 descent into madness is the progression of corporate America further sinking its claws into sport over the last few weeks. First, a prominent candy bar company approached Portland power forward Rasheed Wallace a noted tattoo aficionado and asked him to let them ink their logo on his bod. Days later, it was revealed that the city of Louisville, Kent., in its attempt to lure the Vancouver Grizzlies to relocate there, had garnered corporate sponsorship from TriCorp the parent company of Kentucky Fried not-so-sub- rrf 'Til Chicken to spice up the deal. In exchange Grizz owner Mark The Red Rocks will be hosting one cf the nation's six Regional meets at the Huntsman Center in April. knee is in better health, and she is more events. But Marsden reminded his team it had to keep working, saying, "I told the women no one's spot is assured; everyone needs to continue to work through the next two weeks." The West Regional which will be hosted by UCLA, the team that put the only loss cn the U's record this year, drew BYU and Oregon State. This is the only other regional to pull three teams from the 2000 NCAA Championship lineup. Another regional that drew the intrigue of Marsden was the South Central Region, which features six ranked teams. No. 3 Nebraska, No. 10 Penn State, No. 15 Washington, No. 19 Oklahoma, No. 23 Arizona, and No. 25 Illinois State will all be vying for two spots. "Washington has been turning in big scores at home, so it will be interesting to see if they can do that on the road," said Marsden. GY&SMASTICS continued from paqe 9 One of the three quality programs will be left out "If we do what we're capable of, we shouldn't have problems. But West Virginia and Iowa State are good enough to beat us if we slip up," said U coach Greg Marsden, So far this year, Iowa State is seventh on bars, ioth on floor, and iith on beam and vault in the nation. West Virginia is ranked eighth on floor and 19th on bars. The Utes enter the postseason first in the nation on beam, third on floor and bars, and eighth on vault, but the question of the team being at full strength is still undetermined. Annie Medcalf is still experiencing headaches from her accident vs. BYU. Meanwhile, Deidra Graham's pre-me- et HARMSEft continued Harper, ' ; continued from psqe . Heisley getting paid $5 million per year for the next 20 years, the team would change its name to the Kentucky Colonels in honor of KFC founder Col. Harland Sanders and play in a stadium to be known as the "KFC Bucket." Wow. But why stop there? I wonder. Why not follow the path of soccer teams worldwide and simply start putting corporate logos on the team jerseys themselves? If Spain's Real Madrid luc . Ltutgky, ' Jordan and tfee triangle offer. Cora or, Luc Loagley? Oo ,; coki you think Kobe win a xxtk with lsc Longley m place ff Shaq? Put' Sbaqt'Uift O'Neal on of Michael odsa's teams' arid,! ca4 that they.woui4"i;i a championship.-- - What? They did that? OK, theiv how about mn 70 gstaes is "a ssasonf ; oe The U baseball team is coming off and a and wins by scores of UNLV. loss of against The longball seems to be the preferred mode of transportation for the Ute metal. Against the Rebs, the Utah sticks smashed seven homers, including five in the third and final game of the series. Ryan Bailey's five wins are tops on the staff. Bailey had his best outing to date Friday vs. UNLV when the junior posted his second complete game of the year in allowing six hits and two five. earned runs, and gaafaii-damn-t- aL-ea-dy Bryant displays toward Jackson. Not only v;ere the '903 Bulls o:ie of the greatest dynasties ever, but Michael Jordan refused to play under any other effenss than that of Jackson's triangle But still Kobe says.'Bi't it doesn't give we what I have for my game." Don't ine wrong. I think Kobe Bryant has incredible talent: and will most likely be labeled as one of the test ever, but he is letting his pride get in the wsy. The reason Phil Jackson's triangle offense doesn't give Kobe what he wants for his game is because all he wants is personal individual attention and achievement. AJthough Jordan led the NBA in scaring a record 10 times and won five regular-seasoMVP awards to go alcng with six NBA finals MVPs, Jordan's m2in objective was to win the championship. 525 South 900 East y y ? ,;!- - 4 -- r v - O The Utes - -- ? - - - .'v.- - ' - are leading the Mountain West Conference. Close to Uptown Salt Lake City, The Avenues, the U of U and the 2002 Opening & Closing Ceremonies Spacious 2 or 3 Bedroom Homes Own NOW While You Are Going to School Great Opportunity for Students and Parents Each Home has 2 Full Bathrooms Graduate Later with a Jump Start on Life! Pool and Community Areas Seller Assisted Financing Available y 6-- 5, es Thegiili3djdtb3iiA? v : The fact tliat peqple atc:iii irg Brj'aut the p.r&t JorsUa Is a slap in MPs fees. Michael Jorti m Is mosi likely sppaiied at this noaoa and tEe lack of respect 8-- 2, 12-- 11 - ConDome." Whew. Now that I've got that little rant, tirade whatever you want to call it off my chest, let me revert back to my pragmatic, disinterested old self. After all, since most decent seats at sporting events are affordable only to affluent business tycoons anyway, I guess it's only appropriate that their company names and logos should gradually usurp the teams they watch. Luxurious Condominium Homes span. Bryt re-na- RESERVE 10 State slugger, posting 31 RBI, six homers and 67 total bases. Nate Sevier is the ace of the Maverick staff. Sevier has delivered four wins and a 2.77 ERA in 39.0 innings pitched. He has struck out 41 hitters in that Bison off-chan- ce THE him jwk? 10 Deb, to list but a &w. Svtti fot- -' mer Jazzman . Bobby Hansen capitalized on the success of d kitchen can advertise GrizzColonels the can't sinks, why stick an ad for "Original Recipe" chicken on their shorts? Maybe we could even take it a step further and mimic racing teams by sticking every company's name and logo we can do business with on the uniforms. Sure, your athletic wear might start looking like it was sewn together from the contents of your Sunday newspaper's ad section, but it brings in the bucks, right? Then again, maybe just limiting the ad content to one business that happens to be associated with the specific locale like KFC in Kentucky is the way to go. For instance, Memphis, Tenn., was also trying to lure the Grizzlies, and used money from hometown-base- d FedEx to make its pitch. Now; before you know it, we might just end up with the Memphis Express. But again, why stop there? The Seattle Starbucks. The New York Day Traders. 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