A TOUGH DAY FOR THE CAVALIERS

The Virginia Cavalier baseball team suffered its first loss of the season yesterday at the hands of the East Carolina Pirates 6-1. The Pirates pitching staff pretty much held down the Cavs high powered offense, the only run the Cavs scored was very late in the game. They will play game 3 of the series this afternoon. The Virginia basketball team woes continued at Clemson yesterday where the Cavs fell to Clemson 72-49, the basketball team sure has lost all of its confidence it had earlier this year. The VCU basketball team picked up another win yesterday beating Akron 70-53, this was a good win for the Rams. Andrews basketball team also won yesterday giving Coach Lamantia his first win of the season, they will go for the 2nd straight win next Saturday. Tonight at the Olympics the Untied States hockey team will face Canada in a big Olympic match up, the winner will probably get a bye in the elimination round which begins soon. Kyle Busch won yesterday Nationwide race at California, the Sprint Cup Series will race there this afternoon. Its not looking good at all for the 1st day of baseball practice, there is an 80% chance of rain. MICKEY

Be a minuteman
"The biggest mistake that new runners make is that they tend to think in mile increments—1 mile, 2 miles, 3 miles. Beginning runners need to think in minutes, not miles." —Budd Coates, four-time U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier/coach

Plan Ahead
It may sound daunting, but taking the time to plan out your menu for the week and make a grocery list will help to eliminate unnecessary spending. That, and not going to the grocery store when you are hungry.

Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties. -Hugh Blair

Today's Birthdays: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is 86. Movie director Bob Rafelson is 77. Actress Rue McClanahan is 76. Actor Gary Lockwood is 73. Actor-director Richard Beymer is 71. Actor Peter McEnery is 70. U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) is 70. Film/music company executive David Geffen is 67. Actor Alan Rickman is 64. Actress Tyne Daly is 64. Actor Anthony Daniels is 64. Tricia Nixon Cox is 64. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) is 63. Rock musician Jerry Harrison (The Heads) is 61. Actress Christine Ebersole is 57. Actor William Petersen is 57. Actor Kelsey Grammer is 55. Country singer Mary Chapin Carpenter is 52. Actor Jack Coleman is 52. Actor Christopher Atkins is 49. Actor William Baldwin is 47. Rock musician Michael Ward is 43. Actress Aunjanue Ellis is 41. Blues musician Corey Harris is 41. Country singer Eric Heatherly is 40. Rock musician Eric Wilson is 40. Rock musician Tad Kinchla (Blues Traveler) is 37. Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt is 31. Singer Charlotte Church is 24. Actress Ellen Page (Film: "Juno") is 23. Actor Corbin Bleu is 21.