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Show 78 YearsLater, Title IXShutsDownP Providence Baseball THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Fresh- man outfielder Mike Scott knew this was coming since October, butit's still tough. At the end of May, the Provi- dence College baseball team shuts down after 78 years — a casualty of the school’s need to comply with Title IX requirements. “T've got the team I love to play for,” said Scott, wholeads the Big East Conferencein triples. “It’s hard to take it all in, believing theycould actually do something like this to us.” The Friars (40-13) are third in the conferencewith a 15-8 record in 1992 andthe Big East regularseasontitle in 1995. They earned the school's first trips to the ee tournament in 1992 and 1 Still, there is no saving this team. The school said in October it clear how many baseball teams my DadandI lookedat PC,” Scott because the organization does not said. “We both said, ‘Nah, it'll never happen there.’” have folded because of Title IX track suchstatistics. The number of NCAAschools with baseball teams has remained While more women than men attend Providence, the school has letes. Male athletes make up 41 percent of the students and 54 said. The losses of some baseball percent of its athletes. Women demic year in accordancewith Ti- teams can be offset by other schools picking up baseball. During high school, Scott make up 59 percent of the students and 47 percent ofits ath- tle IX, the law barring sex discrimination at institutions receiving federal money. The samekindsof cuts are be- ing made in colleges across the country. The NCAA saysit is un- funds will move to the women’s athletic program. a higherpercentage of male ath- steady at 84 percent, NCAA spokeswoman Kimberly Dixson was dropping baseball, men’s golf and men’s tennis after the aca- soccer, softball, ice hockey and field hockey as baseball players graduate or transfer. Operating letes. thought about playing at the University of New Hampshire. Then ‘That disparity would not pass a Title IX test, administration offi- New Hampshire dropped base- cials say. Baseball's seven scholarships ball and he looked elsewhere. will be distributed to women’s “After they cut the program, Athletic director John Marin- atto said Providence did not have the resources to add more women's programs. Men’s tennis and men’s golf were supposed to be dropped along with baseball, but they have been temporarilyspared Supporters of those two programs have pledged toraise the about $10,000 a year for the next three years to allowthis year’s freshmenplayers to finish their careers at Providence It’s frustrating to our kids, knowing what they've committed to and workedfor and the success they've had,” Providence base- ball coach Charlie Hickey said Most of Providence’s underclassmen on the baseball team aren't staying. Scott, a Darien, Conn., native, is transferring to Connecticut. Keith Reed, a junior outfielder, probably will be selected in June's major league baseball draft ‘Our motivation is to win the Big East Tournament, get a bidto the [NCAA] regionals and shove it in theface of the administration,” Scott said. “Just to comeback and say, ‘Look what you did, look what you'recutting and looking for a spot in the NCAA tournament. Their last regular-season game is May15, at home against Villanova. The Friars have had just one losing season this decade (1993), wonthe Big East tournamenttitle Rider Rides Pine for Being Freedom to call this way, that way or the other way. Late for Work TH! SOCIATED PRESS PORTLAND, Ore. — Once again, Portland Trail Blazers guard Isaiah Riderstrolled in late for work. Again, he was benched for the first quarter. And as he has done on so many occasions during his brief Portland career, Rider zoned out on the court after getting into the game. Andhis coachis getting tired of it. “He didn’t start because he was a few minutes late; that’s the rule,” Mike Dunleavy said after Tuesdaynight's 87-81 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. Asked if Rid- er's chronic lateness bothered him, Dunleavy said, “It’s always an issue. I'm never happywith it.” Normally, Dunleavy and the Blazers’ staff deflect questions about Rider's perplexing inability to get to the arena on time. But when Rider showed up late for Tuesday's 4 p.m. shootaround, it caused a stronger reaction. Not onlywasit his fifth such tardiness this season — not counting the three games he missed becauseof suspensions — but it came before oneof Portland's most important games of the season: against the Spurs, with the No. 1 seed in the Western Conferenceontheline. Dunleavy told local TV broadcasters before the game that Rid- er wouldn't start. Then after the game, Dunleavy dropped a minor bombshell when asked how much longer he'd tolerate the player's nonchalance about therules. 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I guess people are making & point. | mean, five minutes is nothing. Just a matter of putting on a uniform. After entering Tuesday night's game, at the start of the second quarter, Rider hit a 3-pointer and made a couple of nice passes. But generally he appeared lethargic Asked whether Rider seemed disinterested, Dunleavy said, “I AT&T Stores MORTH OnE wae St 12 Wa um om Sat 10amn-4pm OGDEN ty Mav SALTLAKECTY Sat 10am-Spe 2278 M Urwarsy Poy Sat 104 6pm WiLL AP Dyeen 407 6th St. Bldg, 490 a Mrs tate St 801 785-00 Freedom Biv. 801 374-398 ty 176 £800 B01 355-480 £ 3000 801 406-5063 845 4500 BOT 262-9950 8 E 9400S 01 42-9927 dan, 1634 W. §. Jordan Piewy. 801 259-4317 40wn Man 801 833-0283 7061 8.1700 W.~ 801 968-9215 Wert Way ity, 464 4000 W 801 982-0972 can't say he was disinterested, but he didn't play very well Rider's replacement at shoot ing guard, Jim Jackson, scored15 points. 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