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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, November 12-15, 2005 The Park Record B-6 J Recreation Report accepts role as jump-starter East Rutherford, N.J. - The most specialized task in baseball belongs to the closer, the pitcher assigned to secure the final three outs and nothing else. Keith McLeod has developed the opposite specialty for the Jazz: He is a starter, instructed to provide energy and precision at the beginning of each half _ and nothing else. Through four games, the thirdyear guard has played more minutes than all but four of his teammates. Yet he hasn't stepped on the floor during the second or fourth quarter of any game. McLeod is sort of a human jumper cable _ he gets the engine running, then lets the car take off without him. And once he sits down, he might as well kick back and relax. His work is done. "I'm not questioning it. I'll play when Jerry wants me to play, and that's what he's decided will work," McLeod said with a shrug. "I ain't tripping or fussing about The Mountain Trails Foundation maintains trails in and around Park City. As of Friday, Nov. I I the weather is cooling down considerably for outdoor use. Mid Mountain Trail is now closed for the season. The new Detour Trail at National Ability Center is open. Watch for detours on Spino, Sweeney's Switchback and Empire Canyon. New mid-season revision trail maps are available at local bike shops, visitor's center, and more. For more information call 649-1689 or visit www.mountaintrails.org.Trails at Sundance are open for hiking and biking. For more info call (801) 225-4107 o r visit www.sundanceresort.com Wasatch-Cache.National Forest In the Uinta Mountains, all upper level campgrounds including Mirror Lake are closed for the winter season. Water systems have been shut down .Visitors are advised to use caution now that hunting season has arrived. Fire restrictions are in effect. The ranger reminds visitors not t o leave valuables in their vehicles. Use caution with campfires.The use of fireworks are prohibited in the park. For more information about camping and hiking, call the Kamas Ranger D i s t r i c t at (435) 7 8 3 - 4 3 3 8 . Park City Golf Club The Park City Golf Club public course is closed for the season.The course will be prepared for cross-country skiing when the weather permits. Public Golf Courses Soldier Hollow Golf Course, Midway (435) 654-7442.Wasatch Mountain State Park Golf Course (435) 654-0532.The Homestead, Midway (435) 654-5588. Round Valley Golf Course, Morgan (435) 829-3796. Neither is coach Sloan, who didn't set out to invent a new role for his point guard. It just developed as the coach tried to cope arkClty Mountain Resort with a problem he has never faced before: juggling three point guards. "It's not a comfortable thing. You're sitting on pins and needles when you've got three guys, trying to sort things out," Sloan said of his trio of McLeod, Milt Palacio and Deron Williams. "We've gotten off to a fairly good start in our games so far, but there hasn't been anybody who has stepped up enough so you'd say they've been overwhelming and deserve to play 40 minutes. I'm just trying to keep our guys as interested as possible." But keeping McLeod off the floor in the fourth quarter may be making the games more, urn, interesting, too. McLeod has played 92 percent of the minutes available in the first and third quarters thus far, and the Jazz has outscored the opposition three out of four times in the first and third periods. And the distinction is even more sharp, since the Jazz were outscored by Phoenix, 10-2, in the two minutes that McLeod missed in the third quarter Saturday. With McLeod on the bench in the second and fourth periods, however, the numbers are reversed: Utah has had a better second and fourth quarters than its opponents only once. Nobody would suggest that McLeod is the sole reason for those numbers. But Sloan said he likes what he has seen from the 25-year-old- guard. "He's had some struggles with his shot, but Keith is keeping us in our offense," Sioan said. "That's been encouraging." Williams is the designated closer at the moment, and has had plenty of solid moments. Palacio has gotten far fewer chances, is frequently playing an unfamiliar two-guard position, and his effectiveness has suffered as a result. In Monday's overtime victory at Charlotte, for example, Palacio did not enter the game until 5:50 remained in regulation, a response to Charlotte's decision to play point guards Raymond Felton and Brevin Knight together. It wasn't Palacio's best outing. He knocked over Felton for an offensive foul with 1:49 left, then stepped out of bounds for a turnover with 1:14 to go and the score tied. He committed three other fouls, sending the Bobcats to the line for six free throws (they made five). And he missed three of four free throws of his own, including a pair with the Jazz trailing by a point in overtime. "It's tough" to ask a player to come in cold in the fourth quarter, Sloan said, "but he's a veteran." Still, the - thought of asking McLeod to make a rare homestretch appearance occurred to the coach. S T talked it over with the (assistant) coaches a couple of times about possibly changing and putting Keith back out there," Sloan said. "But I went ahead with Milt because he's got experience and looks to get other people the ball." Don't expect McLeod to go Terrell Owens over the lack of late game opportunities. He points at the Jazz's record _ 3--1 heading into Wednesday night's meeting with the Nets as proof that Sloan's rotation is working so far. "I definitely want to play," McLeod said. "But If he goes with Deron and Milt and they're getting the job done, then I'm all for them. That's the important thing." Steroid bill would ban guilty for less time Park City Mountain Resort is now closed for the season. Winter operations are slated to begin Nov. 19, with a special pre-opening day Nov. 18 when tickets are $20. For more info, call (800) 222-7275, or log on at www.parkcitymountain.com The Canyons fa*i The Canyons is closed for the season.The resort is preparing to open for the winter season Nov. 19. For more info, call 6495400 or log on to www.thecanyons.com jDeer Valley Resort Deer Valley Resort is closed for the season. The resort is scheduled to open for the winter ski season Dec. 3. For more information or a list of winter events, log on to www.deervalley.com or call (800) 424-3337. tah Olympic Park The Utah Olympic Park tracks and courses are open on weekends. The Park is open daily. Activities include Freestyle and Adventure Camps, Bobsled rides. Aerial Bungee, the Extreme and Ultra Zip Rider, the new Autobaggan slide, and the Saturday Freestyle Show. Guests can still visit the Joe Quinney Winter Sports Center/Alf Engen Ski Museum daily. For more information, call 658-4200 or visit www.oiyparks.com. WASHINGTON (AP) - leagues. Athletes who test positive for The leagues and their players' performance-enhancing drugs unions say they should continue would be banned for a half-sea- to set their own drug-testing son instead of two years for a 'rules and penalties through colfirst offense under changes made lective bargaining. Tuesday to gain support for "I think, seriously, that they steroid legislation in the Senate. are under the opinion that we The bill, sponsored by Sens. will not act," said Bunning, a forJim Bunning, R-Ky.. and John mer pitcher elected to baseball's McCain, R-Ariz., calls for a one- Hall of Fame. "We tried to season ban for a second steroid explain to them that we are offense and a lifetime ban for a going to act because of their failthird. It would apply to Major ure to do so, and I don't think it's League Baseball, the NFL,sunk in." NBA, NHL and baseball's minor Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. D-Nev., has signed on as a co-sponsor, and a vote could come this week. Bunning planned to meet with House leaders and sponsors of similar bills in that chamber. Under current rules, a first failed drug test draws a 10-day ban in Major League Baseball (roughly l/18th of a season), a 10-game ban in the NBA (about an eighth of a season), a fourgame ban in the NFL (a quarter of a season), and a 20-game ban in the NHL (about a quarter of a season). The previous Senate bill was based on the penalty model used by the Olympics _ a two-year suspension for a first offense, a lifetime ban for a second. The House has three versions of steroid legislation, including one by Rep. Cliff Stearns, RFla., that calls for a half-season ban for a first offense. "That we can agree on the penalties 'is very important," Stearns said in a telephone interview. "It's good news for trying to pass a steroid bill." Please see New policy, B-.7 SNOW STORM? Fire Conditions GREAT PRICES OIU GREAT BRANDS! There is no more fire danger. But caution is still advised with outdoor fires. For more information, contact the division at (80I) 538-5555 or the Park City Fire District at (435) 649-6706. PERFORMANCE SNOW TIRES TIRE TREAD 3 MAY VARY Boating, Hiking, Camping, Fishing ifcw.r , ,. ...,.., „ , , , . „,.,..._, , .-rndrnim Facilities and services are available at:Wasatch Mountain State Park (435) 654-1 79 I; jordanelle State Park (435) 6499540; Rock Cliff Nature Center (435) 783-3030; Rockport State Park (435) 336-2241. For information about more primitive trails and camping, contact the U.S. Forest Service (435) 654-0470. 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