bf e& ttMuoa Page 6C Saturday May Pag 1 - Sports 132000 SFCITS CHIEFS AUTO RACII’Q No golfer hotter than Love in Texas heat Adam Petty dies in crash at Loudon Texas IRVING - skill to oust the tenacious d Frenchwoman Conchita Martinez and No 10 Amanda Coetzer cruised in Davis Love III knew the wind was dying when sweat dripped off his brow from the suffocating Texas heat A better indication was how he began making birdies to take control of the Byron Nelson Classic on Friday While tamer conditions gave late starters like Tiger Woods a break Love made the most of it third-seede- y by shaking off a start with nine birdies on his last 16 holes at Cottonwood bogey-boge- 6-- John Huston the largest advantage in tournament 36-ho- le 6-- seniors lead ALPHARETTA Ga - Mark Hayes didn’t know quite how to respond to seeing his name atop the Nationwide Championship leader board on Friday A burgeoning golf design business is keeping the Edmond Okla resident from paying more attention to the Senior Tour Included in the group at 4 under at the Golf Club of Georgia were Hubert Green who has seven top-1- 0 finishes this year Vicente Fernandez David Graham John Bland and Bob 7-- Czech Slovakia to meet at Worlds ST PETERSBURG Russia The two halves of former Czechoslovakia will meet in a historic final at the World - The world champion Czech Republic beat Canada 1 in one semifinal Friday after Slo- Hurst who grew up in playing in San Francisco startlead ed the day with a But as others kept struggling to pick the right clubs with winds gusting between 20 and 25 mph Hurst turned in a y round for an 1 133 total (72) and Cindy Michelle Redman (69) were tied 139 Kar-ri- e for second at Webb (67) Jeong Jang (67) Michelle McGann (69) Mhairi McKay (71) and Mary Beth Zimmerman (70) were at 140 and Juli Inkster was among three at 141 Texas center Mihm opts to enter the NBA draft AUSTIN Texas - The lure of the NBA was too strong for Chris Mihm to ignore Texas’ center an announced Friday he will skip his senior season and enter the June 28 NBA draft Considered the best pure center college basketball last is projected season the e as a pick His lofty draft status played a major role in one of the “toughest decisions I’ve ever had to make in my life” Mihm said top-fiv- tek:::s Hingis joins Martinez Coetzer in the semis For the second Mar- tina Hingis struggled at the German Open And for the second day in a row she squeezed through Hingis the defending champion outlasted Fri7 2 Testud 5 day to reach the semifinals of the $108 million tournament d The victory brought the Swiss star’s winning streak to 13 leaving her two wins away from her second straight tournament title on clay Hingis also won last week’s event in Hamburg While Hingis needed all her San-dri- ed 5-- 13- fv - J- YG TOYS BiG BO North a new or used Polaris Ogden 2529 North Hwy 89 Watercraft SLH® SLX Virage Virage TX and the Genesis Li1 5 782-612- miw wwwbigboyscom LarwWw - CrrjC pSiuM) KCUfS riinr "SSSSJ1 ne 6-- clay-cou- rt hard-earne- AAJ Am on Riverdale Rd Hext to "CZiialibf 104411 Rccotjjuye' Service dianapolis 500 entries from rival K3A BASKETBALL-- fifth-seed- Make your best deal TODAY on Oomo Oca Vonr kflOflL POOS a! 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Phoenix hockey Cup final on top of that and fans might be about to find out there is going to be a ton of hitWayne Gretzky who retired last ting and some of it isn’t going year planning to spend two years away from hockey is considering becoming to be legaL part owner of the Phoenix Coyotes That means penalties and along with prospective lead investor Steve Ellman special teams play may well de“It’s definitely the right offer It’s cide which team wins the just a question if it’s the right time” Eastern Conference fiGretzky told The Arizona Republic nal Flyers goalie Boucher and five team: The Flyers enter Game 1 of others make NHL Brian Boucher one of the reaGoalie the conference final on Sunday Philadelphia’s power play is sons the Philadelphia Flyers are playing in Philadelphia with the NHL’s d on for a spot in the Stanley Cup finals was be expected power play in the Sunday with center Keith among six players voted to the team on Fnday playoffs They’ve converted on uncertain because of a forward Simon Gagne also 13 of 52 chances with the extra Flyers concussion sustained in the Flywas selected along with two players man or 25 percent from the New Jersey Devils - forward ers’ series clincher against PittsScott Gomez and defenseman Brian Against New Jersey Philaburgh on Tuesday night delphia will be facing the top The Devils will use an aggresThe Devils play the Flyers in the penalty killing unit in the sive approach to their penalty Eastern Conference finals The Devils have killed killing and it will start by trying beginning Sunday selected to the team were ford off 33 of 34 to keep Philadelphia out of the wardAlsoMike York of the New York chances including the last 23 offensive zone Rangers and defenseman Brad Stuart of its all 20 of Toronto failed on Madden and Jay Pandolfo the San Jose Sharks Americans - Boucher Rafal- power plays against the Devils have been good at breaking up ski Four Gomez and York - made the team in the conference semifinaL plays and Stevens and Ken for the first time since the inception of have been stopping for“I don’t ever feel we’re on a team in the Gagne and Stuart are Canadians teavlng the roll” said Devils rookie John wards trying to enter the zone without a European representative That’s forced opponents to team Madden who set a team record for the first time in 13 years ' d with six goals this dump the puck in a lot which Voting was conducted by the Profescan be a major mistake because sional Hockey Writers’ Association season appeared Uto clay-cou- rt 3-- physicaL Busch 200 on the 1058-mil- e oval His" car er cut "first-roun- for goalie As puck-handli- ng fast as the Maple Leafs dumped the puck in the Devils’ zone Brodeur flipped it back out ) Gretky mulls stake in Coyotes: rs qualifying race 7-- 6-- best WEST ORANGE NJ - If there is a given for any Devils-Flyegame it’s going to get for Friday’s Hewitt Norman move to Italian Open’s semifinals - Australian ROME teen-agLleyton Hewitt punctuated Friday’s victory with an ace - his 12th of the match -as he defeated specialist Mariano Puerta to move into the semifinals of the Italian with missing only the second ar 4 2-- history Two nearly flawless rounds 129 and put Love at gave him even more confidence that he can win for the first time in more than two years Love will be paired today with Huston who had a bogey-fre- e 65 on the TPC at Las Coli-na- s and was at 133 The group at 135 included Jesper Pamevik (65) and former PGA champion Mark Brooks (66) Woods in his first tournament since the Masters flirted even-p- 6-- 4 In a semifinal between two South Africans Coetzer will battle Joannette Kruger who beat Elena Dementieva of Rus6 3 sia 6 (5) in another long and dramatic match Valley He finished with a 63 for a lead over Brodeur is probably the league’s The Associated Pres fourth-generatio- Anke Huber of Germany er Special teams to be the key LOUDON NH - Adam Petn driver of ty the - NASCAR’s most famous family died after a crash Friday during practice at New Hampshire International Speedway The driver was taken to Concord Hospital where he died of head trauma spokeswoman Jennifer Dearborn said Petty crashed during practice straight sets Martinez ousted fellow Spaniard Gala Leon Garcia 6-- 4 6--2 dominating the match between two patient baseliners Martinez will play Hingis in the semifinals Coetzer beat the eighth-seede- d Standard-Examin- -- 4 ti ! 44 44 T —- 4- - - 41 4 4- - 44-- a 4 4 - 4 — 4-- ‘ t 4 — — 4 4 4 4 4-- - 1 re — 1 a I — 4 -I 1 - -- ' - -II I 4 I i l r r - - t m -l- i m I I t -- I t - -I- II-