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Show Friday, January 7. 2000. THE DAILY HERALD, (www.heritldciilri.eoni), I Baseball r . A remorse. Under those circumstances, I am not going to abandon a player or an employee or a friend." Kasten said baseball officials and the players' association decided the evaluations were appropriate. The two organizations jointly will pick psychologists to evaluate Rocker. Rocker's agent, Randy Hendricks, said neither he nor Rocker would comment. In his comments to Sports Illustrated last month, Rocker son, Rocker likely would have said he would never play for a been suspended indefinitely, New York team because he did- Kasten said the evaluation n't want to ride "next to should begin within days. He Vsome queer with AIDS." He also said releasing Rocker remains bashed immigrants, saying, "I'm not a very big fan of foran option but is unlikely. "He did have a history of eigners ... How the hell did they good relationships with players get in this country?" of different races and different While driving in Atlanta ethnic backgrounds," Kasten during the interview, Rocker said. "What we have here is a spit on a toll machine and player who has expressed mocked Asian women: "Look! r ' - the First, Australian Olympic women's soccer team released a controversial calendar, with some nudity shots. Now, eyes are popping over high jumper Amy Acuff's calendar of America's top women track and field full-front- j , .n it stars. It makes Victoria's DIANE BOMMKtU- - Ihe Associated Press pWhat do you think? Umpire Mike Winters, center, and Richie " 'Phillips, head of the Major League Umpire Association, speak during 'a break in the ongoing National Labor Relations Board meeting. t t : res complete umpi appeal of NLRB vote NEW YORK (AP) Richie "Phillies' Major League Umpires Association completed its appeal of the National "Labor Relations Board election 'it lost, and the hearing officer ".' hopes to make a decision later v this month. On the final day of the three-- f day hearing, baseball lawyer k' Rob Manfred blamed the MLUA for cutting short a Dec. 7 meeting to discuss the plight of 22 umpires who were let go Sept. 22. Manfred said he was sur- jr prised MLUA lawyer Pat Campbell wouldn't discuss the jj ,22 before bargaining on a new contract for all umpires. ; "He believed if we could reach a global resolution, he K." could get all the umpires back v into a group," Manfred said. Manfred said he was con-'- ,' cerned the MLUA had just lost a vote a group of insur-- i who had formed ;gent umpires C their own union and he hoped e could receive assurances hat umpires would support a ;t deal. Otherwise, he said, baseball ,, would be left "holding the bag" because it would be forced to begin negotiating with the victorious Major League Umpires 1 - 57-35t- q ! Independent Organizing Committee as soon as the vote was certified. Hearing officer Dale L. Leach III told the sides to submit briefs by Jan. 13 and said he expects to rule within a week after that whether to uphold the election or call for a new vote. The losing side could NLRB appeal to the in Washington. five-ma- n the Outside hearing, said Manfred was Campbell not accurate when he described how the Philadelphia meeting ended. He said it actually concluded because abruptly Manfred said he had to catch a train back to New York. his During testimony, insisted Manfred that no one from baseball had ever negotiated on behalf of umpires with the insurgent MLUIOC or anyone besides Phillips' MLUA. He said he had negotiated on Nov. 15 with Campbell and others about a new contract for umpires, discussing subjects such as tenure, crews arid whether AL and NL umps five-ma- n could be combined on crews. "There were no formal proposals made and, frankly, we were a little surprised about that," he said. During cross examination, Manfred said baseball had not prepared a formal proposal yet for umpires because it had not received a formal proposal from umpires on what they want. world-clas- s athletes with brains. Don't try to argue oth- erwise." For July, there's a shot of Acuff holding an American flag over her head. There's a reflection of the flag on her chest in the form of a scant layer of body paint. There's a garter on her right leg. That's it. If vaulter Jill pole Wittenwyler showed up at a track meet in her calendar outfit, she'd be asked to go put on her uniform. Unless, of course, officials felt that a bare backside and body paint snaking up her torso in the shape of an Olympic torch were acceptable. The track girls, as they call themselves, are projecting a bold, new image for the year : MjU le y, sr - :- - to -- L le ie i; in " n. in ifi .n m ie id Lf r S I? ie :y V ;r i" Of id h W VI' til heraldextra dren's foundation in memory of flarrtoyant runner Florence Grtfflttr'Soyner, who died in 1998..., The tlicy calendar first went on sale during the U.S. outdoor championships in June, and quickly sold out. Four of the women featured in the calendar won championships that week: long jumper Dawn Burrell, pole vaulter Stacy Dragila, champ Inger Miller and high jumper Tisha Waller. Others in the calendar are hurdler Angie Vaughn, who appears on the cover and the April page wearing butterfly dots of wings and on her chest; body paint sprinter Cheryl Taplin; middle runner distance Jill McMullen; distance runner 100-mete- r well-place- d bunch of teen-agboys who were warming up on the track at Balboa Stadium while Acuff held her news conference certainly weren't arguing when they discovered a box of the calendars, free for the taking. The first 300 fans at the Indoor Games also get free calendars.' For everyone else, they cost $15 and are available on the Internet. Half the proceeds go to the athletes to help fund their Olympic-yea- r training; the other half goes to a chil- A ii y RELIEF E9ABIVI ! everything that they have to Nnenna Lynch; high jumper Gwen Wentland and Suzy Powell, who's holding up a pair of strategically placed discus- offer, not Acuff, who's' competed wear- ing a fur tube top and had some sequined outfits in her bag, said the poses are anything but demeaning. "I think it's pretty sexist to assume that a woman can't show her body without it .being sexy," she said. "I mean, a man can be looked at as a piece of art, you know, the statue of David. The male athlete historically has been an object of art and beauty. I think it's really sexist to say that .a woman can't show a little leg." Of .' course a lot of men liked it, girls, every group," she said. Acuff has heard some criticism. One argument was that the calendar distracts from the women's success on the track. "One of the girls in the cal- endar is a Rhodes Scholar," Acuff said. "Does that distract from her athletic performance? "My real idea of feminism is women can be appreciated for Sponsored newspapers for your classroom are available at no cost. For more information regarding The Daily Herald's 5 Newspaper In Education (NIE) program call (801) 344-292- Sign up for one or both of these exciting new NIE programs SLAM-JA- M GB iGliAIPIKTOLJ Slam-Ja- m Geography is a rewarding and enriching educational program consisting of of weekly quizzes following NBA basketball games. Geography starts Jan. Slam-Ja- m written specifically for newspapers, by Joseph Bruchac starts on Monday, January 10, 2000 Every Monday, for 16 weeks (one new chapter presented each week), you can follow the adventures of Mac and Wesu, in a story of high adventure and mythic Native American fun. Chapter one starts on Monday, FREE teacher's guide with every order. 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Orthopedic Pain Clinic I Ik- I Newspaper In Education week is March This year's theme is: x "7 MARK KNMIIAN Asm.miI IW down on the couch: Baseball has ordered Atlanta pitcher John Rocker to undergo psychological testing following his disparaging remarks in Sports Illustrated last month. e &rt - M. Lie done. nays to cdvorfco In ? sr MS' theirs, and that the partially nude photos are tastefully . IV mination and still stand by that," Jeff Graham, executive director of Atlanta's AIDS Survival said Project, Thursday. "This certainly falls short of what we asked for and think is appropriate." Atlanta City Councilman Derrick Boazman, who organized a news conference to speak out against Rocker and the Braves soon after the comments were made public, said baseball's move was 2000. Acuff says the American women came up with the idea for their calendar before the Australians came up with , i-- Secret models look matronly. It's also a new way of appreciating women athletes, said Acuff, a 1996 Olympian who was in town recently to promote the San Diego Indoor Games Jan. 22. "This is not a calendar of bimbos," Acuff said. "These are mm .. Look at this idiot," he said. "I guarantee you she's a Japanese woman. How bad are Asian women at driving?" He also called a black teammate "a fat monkey." Rocker later apologized and said he was not a racist, but several advocacy groups said the written apology and baseball's action thus far were not enough. "We have asked for his ter- track friends posing Ac lift, FSAN DIEGO (AP) What is it about sex and Sydney? 2r d- Kasten said at a news conferthat he thought punishment was warranted, but 6aid the commissioner's office will decide, not the team. "It's important that John gets right with the organization, his teammates and the community," Kasten said. "But we at least need to give the man an opportunity to demonstrate his heartfelt remorse and correct the problem." He said if the comments had been published during the seaence a i - Page orders Atlanta reliever to see psychologists before ruling John J ATLANTA (AP) t Rocker was ordered by baseball s to undergo psychological tests e before deciding whether to pun-t'is- h the outspoken reliever for remarks he made disparaging :gays, minorities and immi- grants. V Commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday he will await the evaluation of the Atlanta Braves star before deciding on I any disciplinary action, ; "Mr. Rocker's recent remarks j i made to a national magazine reporter were reprehensible and completely inexcusable," Selig said in a statement. "I am profoundly concerned about the - nature of those comments as t well certain other as by aspects J of his behavior." J Selig said he will take "what-k-eve- r additional action that I consider to be necessary" after Rocker's evaluation. Braves Stan president i Provo. Utah For a teacher's guide for "Press Ahead! 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