Show rrryr -- T T T g r? r TVTvrrrrwin il 13 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday September 24 1998 flporfi briefs Sosa’s HRs can’t save Gubs USU’s Saxon drafted by Fort Wayne of the CBA Crucial error by Brown costs Chicago the wild-car- d Former Utah State guard Marcus Saxon was selected by the Foil Wavin' Fury of the Continental Basketball Association in' the third round of the I lilt annual CBA Draft Tuesday night Slated as an NBA Draft choice altci guiding the Aggies to a Big West Tournament championship and an NCAA Tournament berth in March Saxon's stock fell and the point guard was hoping to sign as a free agent and work his pay onto an NBA roster when the lockout hit Saxon averaged 174 ppg and 4 1 upg during hiit senior season was an AH Big Weit selection and was also named die MVP of the Big West Tournament Nuggets hire DENVER By The Asaodated Although Sammy Soxa provided yet another enduring image of Chicago's season with his 64th and 65th home tuna the sight of Brant Brown dropping a routine fly ball in Milwaukee may be what Cuba fans ultimately remember about 1998 Brown's error with two outs in the bot- tom of the ninth inning Wednesday allowed three runs to score and gave the Brewers n shocking victory in a 8-- 7 game the Cuba led 0 A win would have given the Cubs a e lead over New York in the NL wild-car- d race as the Meta lost 0 to Montreal Instead the teams remained tied atop the standings with three games left' “1 don’t know how to explain it” said Brown who went to left field in the eighth as a defensive replacement “The bottom line is I clanked it and we lost the game “You can say the wind you can say 7-- one-gam- D’ Antoni 3-- (AP) — The Denver Nuggets one (tf the worst teams in NBA history have pinned their turmuouud hopes on a former Italian League coach And they didn't have to go far to find him Mike D’ Antoni Denver’s foimei director erf player personnel becomes the Nuggets' seventh coach this decade General manager Dan Isscl-- : announcement Tuesday filled a months long vacancy left by the ouster ol litst year coach Bill Hanzlik who was l it oil in the wake of last year’s season “Dan hired me to do one thing ami that’s to get us back to rcspmiitiiliiv" D’ Antoni' 47 said ‘Respectability lo me means making the playoffs Pointing to the team’s draft day deal in which the Nuggets acquired point guard Nick Van Exel and Kansas forward Racf LaFrcnlz D' Antoni sail I rebuilding a strong program won't Iv as difficult as most people think following a disastrousll-7- 1 season “On draft day we got a lot Ih'IIci" said D’ Antoni who refused to clahoraic because of the NBA lockout All-St- Press ar u : AP photo ui '!- - (i:‘itlflt!i ui:liHiwledges W"!if'f‘l'iv in Milwaukee Sor-'-i v rii'ud the the sun but those are elements you play with every day Hopefully it doesn't cost us that much” With a 3 lead in the ninth Rod Beck 7-- (3-- 3) loaded the bases with one out Beck gave up a single to Mark Loretta and a double to Jeff Cirillo and then intentionally walked Jeromy Bumitz to pitch to Marquis Grissom After Grissom popped up for the second out Geoff Jenkins hit the fateful fly hall “We’ve had a lot of tough losses” Cubs manager Jim Riggleman said “The timing of that loss right there cer- tainly it’s excruciating” Sosa broke out of an slump with solo homers the second of which gave the Cute a 0 lead But the Brewers’ eight runs came in the final three innings “If they had a four-lettword for baseball we’d probably be using it” Beck said back-to-ba- Sosa tied Mark McGwire for the major league home run lead uiul his 156 RBIs in NL history are fourth-beExpos 3 Mels (I Carl Pavano allowed three hits in six-plinnings as Montreal dropped New York back into a tie with the Chicago Cute atop the NL wild-car- d standings The Mels close out the season with three games in Atlanta Pavano (6-also had an RBI double for visiting Montreal which went 4 against New York this year Ugucth Urbina got three outs for his 34th save and seventh against the Mctx Bobby Jones (9-9- ) allowed five hits in seven innings st 8) 8-- Giants 4 Pirates ck 7-- er lead 1 three-ru- n Joe Carter hit a homer and Mark Gardner allowed five hits in eight innings at 3Com Park as San Francisco won its third straight go-ahe- See NL on Page 14 Utah State football Amato ns da mam on 6B Senior linebacker lends l he Big West in sticks tackles t f’V J'i1 ESPN pulls Andro ads 'liOll- NEW YORK (AP) — One day alia airing the first television commcicial fin the muscle-buildin- androstenedione ESPN pulled ihc ads in response to criticism from the Nt 'A and a national high school (cdcialhm " Those same organization!) jiraisml ESPN’s decision Wcdncsiluyin caHe'i on othe!netwaiks to follow suit “I coipmend them” said Rutmn Kan aby executive director of the National Federation of State High School Assivi atioos !‘I think it is Use proper thing do and we are very pleased they haw taken such a leadership role on an isvir-sucas this” The MetRx commercials fin the sup plement used by Mark McGwire aic still scheduled to run on Fox Spoils Net’s “Muscle Sport” and fitness slmv s on Knowledge TV AL Toronto 6 Baltimore 3 Boston 5 Tampa Bay 4 NY Yankees 8 Cleveland 4 Detroit 5 Kansas City 1 Minnesota 7 Chicago White So” Texas 7 Anaheim 1 Oakland 8 Seattle 3 lb- - 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'in 'lii'aii In his til's! season leiMi iii laeklcs with 124 Milch MascaioHeraid Journal Utah State senior linebacker Tony D'Amato (46) bears down on Utah quarterback DameH Areeneaux during the Aggies' season opener on Sept 5 "He studies the game and it pays off for him" McMahon said "He comes and watches film so much he knows where people are going to go Tony puts himself in position to make plays" "Last year I was seven yards off the hall so I didn't have the opportunity to go after the quarterback and make all those playa in the backfield" D'Amato explained "This year the linebacker coach lets me line up wherever I feel most comfortable that’s about to five yards so I’m a lot closer to the action "I get blocked a little more but our are LOTOJA road race gaining prominence Uinl I'i" m By Tm nine limns minss 203 miles of seiH'ntnu' roadway lliinugh three stales fnnn predawn lo Inilliant day In chalky di'-- k pa i fu inland and desert and’lvi'! :k md imnintains from his Ii iiiv! ii I iv u all pie way to tlie mountain village of lackson Wyo one vi-id:- one simple crystalline thought never ending lilihon of a thought — pccMlili'tl belli alii the shiny Iwhnct of 35-ve- ai old cyclist “My hull Inn I V mg Neff: Is" Neff you see was one of more than lyria clad cyclists to put their gluteus uiaximi to ihc test in the 1998 LOIOJA bicycle race which departed Logan last Saturday before dawn and cidminat’d dial evening beneath the sul-?()li plays” He has found himself blitzing a lot more this year too "When we blitz they have to be careful of our D’Amato said “If they don't keep an eye on me it's sack lime” See D'AMATO on Page 17 NBA nixes preseason fury glow of street lamps in Jackson NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA canceled 24 exhibition games today Cyclery proprietor Jeff Keller and friend David Bernow and now in its 16th year of existence LOTOJA is the longest one-da- y United States Cycling event in North America camps indefinitely as the lockout went into its 86th day with only the faintest of hopes for a timely resolution The unprecedented loss of pro season games came one day after com- and perhaps the longest cycling race in the world It's 43 miles longer than the Ibur de France's longest deputy commissioner Russ Granik union Conceived in 1982 by Sunrise 8K)ite WiiMi so great Ihke Walter Ficfia for example If an opponent only puts one guy on him he will kick his butt and make the play Teams are double teaming Walter leaving one guy on me I’ve just been able to make the Federa-tioa-saction- ed one-sta- ge stage and its route passes through Utah Idaho and Wyoming ascending more than 4000 feet along the way In short LOTOJA is a beast So the question that hep posing is What carbo-swillin-g men and pels 200-plu- s women lo try to tame it every year? “I'd always wanted to do it even back before I had a road bike” says Neff See LOTOJA an Page 17 and postponed the start of training missioner David Stern director Billy Hunter and union president Patrick Ewing met for about an hour at the union's offices — the fust between the sides since owners stormed out of a bargaining session Aug 6 sit-do- The sides wondering whether there will be an atmosphere of compromise discussed whether to resume formal talks at which the owners would be See NBA on Page IS |