Athletic Teams Transportation

The United States embassy in Lagos said Nigeria's World Cup team cannot arrive aboard a Nigeria Airways flight but must use another airline. The United States last year banned the airline from flying to New York and U.S. airlines from flying to Nigeria, claiming safety concerns in Lagos. The move came after military ruler Gen. Ibrahim Babangida annulled June 12 presidential elections.

The United States will relax its ban on Nigerian flights to allow soccer players and their fans to attend the World Cup, the official news agency said Thursday. The U.S. Embassy in Lagos, which announced Wednesday that Nigeria Airways could not fly to the United States, said it was unable to confirm the Nigerian report. "It's more complicated than that," embassy spokeswoman Arlene Jacquette said. She said she could say no more about the matter until today.

The bleak, desert surroundings of Burroughs High provided the backdrop for such otherworldly movies as Star Trek V. So it seems fitting that the school's Golden League opponents, traveling here for games, sometimes feel lost in space. Ridgecrest, population about 30,000, is in the desolate northeast corner of Kern County, where the dust never quite settles. It is off California 14, which winds past wind-swept fields of tumbleweeds and through the copper cliffs of Red Rock State Park.

The bleak, desert surroundings of Burroughs High provided the backdrop for such otherworldly movies as Star Trek V. So it seems fitting that the school's Golden League opponents, traveling here for games, sometimes feel lost in space. Ridgecrest, population about 30,000, is in the desolate northeast corner of Kern County, where the dust never quite settles. It is off California 14, which winds past wind-swept fields of tumbleweeds and through the copper cliffs of Red Rock State Park.

The center with a heart of gold and legs of chalk has cemented his future, and in something other than plaster of Paris. But knock on wood, because what has been learned from the strange odyssey of Sam Bowie is that nothing is certain except today. Tomorrow may bring another broken bone. After all, he has been in more casts than half the Screen Actors Guild. In his first four seasons as a pro, he played in 139 games and missed 319. Finally, though, Bowie is everything promised.

Thirty non-instructional employees of the West Covina Unified School District will be laid off as part of budget cuts needed to offset a deficit of at least $3.2 million. At a meeting that lasted until midnight Tuesday, the Board of Education also eliminated all district funding for field trips and equipment purchases and cut the data processing budget by $50,000.

The center with a heart of gold and legs of chalk has cemented his future, and in something other than plaster of Paris. But knock on wood, because what has been learned from the strange odyssey of Sam Bowie is that nothing is certain except today. Tomorrow may bring another broken bone. After all, he has been in more casts than half the Screen Actors Guild. In his first four seasons as a pro, he played in 139 games and missed 319. Finally, though, Bowie is everything promised.