SPORTS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2001 9 JOE SMITH ALL IS QUIET Time to show unity resolve T here will not be a fo played in the "Big H tomorrow afternoon the circumstances, many w probably the right thing to After all, it's been just th since one of the most horrif in our nation's history shoc world and hit painfully clos for nearly everyone. It's still even hard for me Having to watch repeatedl crashing into the World Trad and the heart of our nation - into a terrorizing form of inst has paralyzed aspects of our classes, jobs and sports. Major League Baseball h down all of its games for th since- the "D-Day Invasion' The NFL has cancelled a games this weekend. Comn Paul Tagliabue probably rei Pete Rozelle making it kno of his biggest regrets was p ball on the Sunday after the assassination - and didn't make the same mistake. College athletics, includi football, has followed the s~ and postponed most of its g saying that it's not the right But when is a "right time Will Monday all of a sudde to play? Tuesday? I believe it should be nom While many are in suppo ting down all sports out of r what happened and with red people's safety, others still to be played and life to mov There's nothing wrong w Just as writing serves as me, sports fill a similar voi( students, athletes and coach the University and the natio give them a chance to come unity, and even in the case dent -, begin the healing p together as a group. "It's important for healin and we need to return back cy - and from there take ti thing at a time," said Michi soccer coach Steve Burns, is heading to Louisville on bus trip to play in two of th uled games this weekend. "Our players see a good t being together on the road - to take a mental break, to lea other and start the healing pr Burns' whole family was York area during the attack Two of his players had lov working near the World Tr but they were among the lu And men's soccer isn't th Michigan team in action this the field hockey, volleyball a teams are also playing. "You don't want to try to like nothing happened," vo coach Mark Rosen said. "B a huge tragedy - far wors thing anyone has ever seen. can't let it change your enti That's what the terrorists' g the intention to disrupt our "Do we want to shut dov thing and let them win?" There are definitely mor things than sports right now friends, our loved ones. Eac was touched differently by event, and the appropriate h must be gauged on an indiv But letting some "faceless as President George W. Busl through sports otball game control our lives and restrict us to a state louse" of vulnerability is not the answer. Even , and given Secretary of State Colin Powell said ould say it's Wednesday in an address to the nation do. that we need to return to "normalcy" and ree days continue on with our lives. ic tragedies This means going back to school, ked the work and even football games. It's not e to home going to be easy, that's for certain. But neither is staying at home in front to write. of the television tomorrow afternoon and y the planes continually watching the horrific images e Center-- on news broadcasts. Nor is talking about - has turned it in every class we have. ant replay. It The truth is that nothing can change life such as what happened. None of us are ever going to forget about the tragedy, the ias shut loved ones we lost or what we were e first time doing on that fateful day. in 1944. There is no precedence. Nothing this II of its terrible has ever happened here, and no nissioner one knows when is the "right time" to get members back on track and start playing again. wn that one But I think the sooner, the better. laying foot- "Sports will go on, people have to go Kennedy on and do what they do," said Michi- want to gan hockey coach Red Berenson, who felt on Thursday that Michigan should ng college play the football game tomorrow. And ame path this is what we do." Fames - Berenson remembers the night after time. former President John F. Kennedy was " to start? assassinated. He suited up with the rest n be okay of the Montreal Canadiens to take on the Chicago Blackhawks in the Windy v. City. Berenson said that while the play- rt of shut- ers didn't really want to play, the fans espect for didn't mind a bit. gard for "They went crazy that night like they want games wanted vengeance of some kind," ve on. Berenson said. "Sports can be a release ith that. for that." a release for And it's not like Berenson doesn't d for many know firsthand how much different the es around Kennedy assassination was from Tues- n. Sports day's attacks. While Berenson was only together in an infant when Pearl Harbor was of this inci- attacked, he knew two people on one of )rocess . the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center. A former teammate, Gar- g to begin net "Ace" Bailey, who is the Director of to normal- .Player Personnel for the Los Angeles hings one Kings was on Flight 175 from Boston to gan men's Los Angeles. Also on the plane was whose team Kings scout Mark Bavis, who had played a six-hour golf with Michigan hockey assistant ree sched- coach Billy Powers the week before. They were on their way to training hing of camp - but never made it. -being able "This is not going to go away for a n on each long time," Berenson said. "But we can ocess." go on and learn from this." in the New Berenson's first response to the ,but is fine. news of the attacks was, 'Can we give ed ones blood?' Since then, he's sent his cap- ade Center, tains to talk to the Red Cross to find cky. out if he could set up a time where the e only athletes could do their part. And he weekend, as said that wasn't the only way we could md both golf join together. "It's a show of unity, strength and pick up resolve to go back (to playing) - the lleyball sooner the better," Berenson said. "We ecause it is can't spend the rest of our life looking e than any- over our shoulders." . But you But 15,000 of us can spend a few re life. hours at a candlelight vigil, hand in hand. goal was - And over 110,000 of us could have life. spent a Saturday afternoon together as vn every- well. Too bad it has to be next week. 'M' rearranges sports events The Michigan athletic department announced yes- terday the changes that will be made to this week- end's schedule. Five teams will be in action with various schedule adjustments, while three other sports- including football - have been can- celed. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 VOLLEYBALL AT NIKE INVITATIONAL - CANCELED MEN'S SOCCER AT LOUISVILLE INVITATIONAL - CANCELED WOMEN'S SOCCER AT HARTFORD - CANCELED SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 WOMEN'S GOLF AT MARY FOssuM INVITATIONAL - CANCELED MEN'S SOCCER AT LOUISVILLE INVITATIONAL - WILL PLAY VOLLEYBALL VS. ILLINOIS STATE - WILL PLAY FOOTBALL VS. WESTERN MICHIGAN - POSTPONED WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY AT SPIKED SHOE INV. - CANCELED FIELD HOCKEY AT CONNECTICUT - CANCELED SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 WOMEN'S GOLF AT MARY FOSSUM INVITATIONAL - CANCELED FIELD HOCKEY VS. CENTRAL MICHIGAN - WILL PLAY MEN'S SOCCER AT LOUISVILLE INVITATIONAL - WILL PLAY WOMEN'S SOCCER AT CONNECTICUT - CANCELED The athletic department is attempting to reschedule the Michigan vs,. Western Michigan football game. The field hockey team was originally scheduled to play in Connecticut this weekend, but have scheduled Sunday's game with Central Michigan instead. Volley- ball also rescheduled and will play Illinois State in absence of their original trip to the Nike -nvitation l. DAVID rTZ/Dily Michigan Stadium, and the rest of the nation's sports stadiums, will be eerily quiet tomorrow. Michigan hopes to reschedule the Western Michigan game later in the season. NFL cancels weekend slate The NFL announced yesterday it would not play this weekend. This week's scheduled games: ARIZONA AT WASHINGTON; ATLANTA AT ST. LOUIS; BUFFALO AT MIAMI; CINCINNATI AT TENNESSEE; CLEVELAND AT PITrSBURGH; DAL- LAS AT DETROIT; DENVER AT INOIANAPOUS; GREEN BAY AT NEw YORK GIANTS; JACKSONVILLE AT CHICAGO; KANSAS CITY AT SEATrLE; NEW ENGLAND AT CAROUNA; NEW YORK JETS AT OAKLAND; PHILADELPHIA AT TAMPA BAY; SAN FRANCISCO AT NEW ORLEANS; MINNESOTA AT BALTIMORE Baseball to start on Monday Major League Baseball originally was to reopen play on Friday, but also cancelled games this week- end. The plan for right now is to make up the missed games during the first week of October and move the playoffs back a week. However, due to this announcement, future Hall of Famers Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn are now expected to end their careers with home games. Sports world not safe Olympian Ian Thorpe nearly becomes another World Trade Center casualty SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - A forgotten camera might have saved Aus- tralian swimming star Ian Thorpe from being at the. World Trade Center when it was attacked by terrorists. Thorpe, who was on a promotional visit to New York, was planning a trip to the buildings moments before he heard about the terrorist attack on the first tower. Frank Turner, one of the gold medalist's managers, said that if the attack had occurred 20 minutes later, the Olympic and world champion would have been on the viewing deck at the top of one of the Trade Center's 1.10-foot towers. "He was shocked," Turner said. "A few minutes later and who knows what could have happened." Turner said Thorpe awoke early Tuesday and walked past the World Trade Center. Thorpe returned to his hotel for his camera and headed back to the towers to take some photos. Just as he was about to leave his room, Thorpe turned on the television, which revealed the first tower had been attacked, Turner said. Thorpe won three gold medals at Sydney Olympics last year and another six golds at the world championships this year in Japan. Women's soccer ases n trip to Connecticut By Jim Weber Daily Sports Writer In light of Tuesday's tragedy, the Michigan women's soccer team has canceled tomorrow's game at Hartford and Sunday's game at Connecticut. Coach Debbie Rademacher said that it is doubtful that the games will be made up at a later date this season. The Wolverines originally planned to fly to Connecticut for the games, but the team no longer feels comfortable flying. Michigan is not sure that it could have found a flight to its games, anyway, given the confusion of the nation's airports and airlines. "We have a few people that are definitely afraid of flying to begin with, and this doesn't help any," Michigan captain Carly Williamson said. The team also considered busing to the games but decided that would cause the athletes to miss too much class time. On Tuesday, the Wolverines did hold practice, but it was not business as usual. The team had a light scrimmage to try and get the players' minds off of the crashes earlier in the day. "It was certainly a pretty quiet, somber mood," Rademacher said. Some of the players from the New York and Washington D.C. area were especially upset. None of their family members were injured. Michigan is currently 1-3 after defeating Dayton on Sunday at the Michi- gan Soccer Field. The team has been plagued by inconsistency during its first four games and lost games to California and Kentucky after leading most ofthe way. "That's the most frustrating part - losing it at the end," Williamson Brother-in-law of Louisville coach Pitino still among missing in disaster LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino's brother-in-law is among those missing after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported. Bill Minardi, the brother of Pitino's wife, Joanne, was employed as a bond broker on the 105th floor of the north tower, the newspaper reported Thursday. "He's still missing," Joe Iracane, a Pitino family friend who lives in Owensboro told the newspaper. "We're still hoping for the best, hoping for hope." Iracane did not answer calls to his home by The Associated Press late Wednesday. Louisville sports information director Kenny Klein was not able to con- firm that Minardi was missing, or if he indeed worked in the tower. Klein said he had not talked to the Pitino, the new coach of the Wildcats, since Monday. "I don't know if that's true. I have no idea where (Pitino) is right now," Klein said late Wednesday. "I can't confirm or,.deny that report." Pitino could not be reached for comment. Earlier this year, Joanne Pitino's sister's husband was hit by a New York City taxi and killed. e important v: Family, ch person this terrible healing time vidual basis. cowards," [h calls them, Joe Smith will be giving blood today. Hopefully you will too. His column normally appears on Thursdays and will be returning in its original spot next week. He can always be reached at josephms@umich.edu. ALYSSA WOOD/Daily Andrea Kayal (left) and Carly Williamson and the Wolverines and have gotten off to a slow start this season and had hoped to rebound with two games this weekend. Despite their sluggish start, the Wolverines are confident they will rebound and hoping history will repeat itself. Last year's soccer team also started out 1-3 but ended up third in the Big Ten and advanced to the sec- --A -"Aof he NC A A Tnir t said. umid ruwuv i N'.-I Volleybndllfinn of t endpournanene. Volleybalfnds new wee en opponent By Charles Paradis For the Daily The Michigan volleyball team (3-3), like so many other aspects of American life, has been uprooted and turned around due to the tragic events of this week. While head coach Mark Rosen held practice this weekend, he was empathetic to the situation of those affected by the tragedy. "In the big pic- CLIFF K have been canceled. Originally, the Wolverines were scheduled to play at Notre Dame two days ago and then host the Nike Invitational Tourna- ment this weekend. They would have played today against Central Michigan. Michigan was slated to play against Montana and Virginia Tech, as well as the Chippewas this weekend. But as is the case with many people and organizations this AN ARENA week, travel plans have been can- In an effort to retain some level of normalcy but still respect the somber mood of the nation and its people, the Michigan will play one match this weekend. On Saturday night at 7:00 at Cliff Keen Arena, the Wolverines will take on Illinois State. The Redbirds were scheduled to play against Utah this weekend, but their travel plans were also altered. After facing the Wolverines, Illinois State will take on Eastern Michigan on Sunday E _;._ . :. ::f ff: ... N.; ...i ' ' :. .i.