Magic returns to Lakers
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) —
Unable to leave the game he loves
even to fight for his life, Magic John
son returned to pro basketball Tues
day.
Less than a year after retiring be
cause he had contracted the AIDS
virus, Johnson announced that he will
play again this season for the Los
Angeles Lakers and said it was only
natural.
“That court is where I belong, no
matter what happens,” Johnson said,
speaking in the same room where he
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time.
“I really thought we’d be able to,
give Nebraska a match down here,”
he said. “But we weren’t really in it.
It’s frustrating.”
> The Sooners were the last team to
ever challenge Nebraska’s Big Eight
supremacy. Oklahoma won two
matches against NU in 1988, the last
of which knocked the Huskers out of
the NCAA Tournament.
But since that match, the Sooners
have dropped seven straight to Ne
braska and have all but disappeared
from the national rankings.
Colorado, meanwhile, is headed in
the right direction, slowly closing the
chasm between the Huskers and them
selves.
In a job reminiscent of Bill
McCartney’s football renaissance,
Saindon has breathed life into CU
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bade his sad, shocking goodbye last
Nov. 7.
“I’m playing again,” he beamed.
“Yeaaaa. Finally.”
Johnson probably won’t play full
time, and he’ 11 be checked and double
checked by doctors who admit they
don’t Know what the grind of profes
sional baskettfall will do to a man with
Johnson’s medical condition.
He’ll be back, wearing No. 32,
flashing that big smile and playing the
game as only Magic can.
“It’s time to go back to work, it’s
volleyball, making a win over Ne
braska the first priority for his team.
Last season, the Buffs passed out
“Beat Nebraska” fliers and drew a
record crowd to the CU Events Cen
ter.
It didn’t help. As usual, the Husk
ers won in straight games.
* This year, Colorado — ranked at
No. 16 in the coaches’ poll — may be
much closer to a win over Nebraska.
The two teams play in Lincoln on Oct.
24 and in Boulder on Nov. 4.
But the simple fact is that Ne
braska is again Nebraska.
Aftera rocky start, theComhuskers
have been rolling as of late. Entering
tonight’s match, the Huskers have
won lOstraightgamesand five straight
matches.
Eventually, Nebraska’s talent will
gel as it did late last year, when the
Huskers thumped Texas in Austin.
The Huskers’ performance prompted
Longhorn coach Mick Haley to say it
was one of the best he’d ever seen.
It’s that difference in the talent
time to have some fun,” Johnson said.
“I think the positives outweigh all the
risks. Thai’s not saying there are no
risks, because life itself is a risk. But
being out there, I won’t be worried
about that. If I was concerned about
that, I’d still be retired.”
The mood this time was decidedly
different from that retirement an
nouncement 327 days ago.
“This is a lot more relaxed ... bet
ter,” said Johnson. “It was much
tougher then because I was having to
say goodbye.”
level that has guys like Pabst. and
Saindon shaking theiUheads.
“On top, I think we match up pretty
well talent-wise,” Pabst said. “It’s
just that I don’t have the depth that
(Nebraska coach Terry Pettit) has.”
Pabst said he can see OU or Colo
rado knocking Nebraska off some
time this season, and he said he can
also see one of those teams actually
capturing a Big Eight crown in the
next two or three years.
“The gap has closed a little bit,” he
said. “It’s that way with a lot of the top
teams around the country — now you
can get beat on any given night by a
team in your conference.”
But for Nebraska, that night hasn’t
come in 47 straight tries against con
ference schools. And unless the stars
decide to line up crooked or the NU
Coliseum goes up in smoke, there is
no reason to think that night is on the
foreseeable horizon.
Adkisson is a senior news-editorial major
and the Daily Nebraskan sports editor.
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Reaching out
Nebraska freshman Jane Startin returns the ball to Wichita
State’s Dana Lomshek on Friday in the Husker Invitational.
NU fans to see new team
after time off, coach says
From Staff Reports
The Nebraska football team prac
ticed for about two hours Tuesday
because of their first week off this
season.
The Huskers won’t play again un
til October 10, when they face Okla
homa State in Memorial Stadium.
“This is decent timing for the week
off,” said Nebraska coach Tom
Osborne on Tuesday.
The Huskers are spending some of
their lime to recuperate. Senior free
safety Tyrone Byrd and inside line
backer Mike Anderson sat out
r. "
Tuesday’s practice, but both arc ex
pected to be back for the Oklahoma
State game.
Osborne said the coaching staff
may make some minor adjustments to
prepare for the conference schedule.
“We will change more on both sides
of the ball.” Osborne said. ‘‘We will
be a different team in 10 days from
now.”
But Osborne said a com plete over
haul is unnecessary.
“With the lime off, we may at
tempt to change loo much,” Osborne
said. “We don’t want to do that, be
cause it could cause some problems.”
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