Show aVAlik" 40 V "44- -- 1 1 I1 C2 o I i 6-- --now --ir itiir4r:'47111111"":"0-7f- I sponTs The Salt Lake Tribune ' I - ' - T - ' : -- ri REIM z'7'Emamon 4to 11111111111111111 :) 114 Ifili o Wednesday March SUU Basketball Team Rebounds From Trials El Continued From - Bah C-- 1 Roberts' Only View Of SUU Success Is From a Distance wanted this to happen but sometimes one man's misfortune is another man's fortune'" in a win over Stephen F Evans coached the loss at New Mexico State in Austin and a seven-poiNovember when Roberts was recovering from back under trysurgery Officially in charge be went ing circumstances "I didn't do anything revolutionary" he says Evans an SUU graduate and an assistant to Ron e Abegglen for four years at stops well short of cmapaigning for the job but hopes he's proven himself "From my standpoint" Bishop said "he's really helped himself He's done an excellent job of salvaging the program" In the search for a coach the school will send Evans against the field Bishop and Sherratt are pleasantly surprised by the names the vacancy is attracting "Some of them astound us" Sherratt said "When they call I'm thinking they're calling to recommend somebody" Evans' chances — and the quality and quantity of reother candidates — could improve if the ceive an NIT bid They're dying to play Utah in the kind of regional pairing the tournament favors At 20-- 8 they're among four independent schools including Penn State with 20 or more wins The claim victories over 25-- Montana and 22-Evansville besides close losses to Nebraska and UTEP Brimhall calls last week's Idaho game "a perfect end to our season" but he and the are hoping for more In any case Sheratt says 'We'll always remember this team" nt 5-- 2 Basketball: Tarp ley Charting Path From CBA Back to NBA - Roy Tarp ley hoping a future full of promise can overshadow a past filled with drugs returned to pro basketball Tuesday night and scored 18 points and pulled down 16 rebounds in his Continental Basketball Association debut Tarp ley accomplished all that in just 22 minutes and added three blocked shots But his team the Wichita Falls Texans lost to the Chinook 92- 87 before 3319 fans the largest crowd of the season in Wichita Falls Texas Tarp ley who was greeted with a standing ovation was fouled the first time he got the ball and hit both free throws "It's pretty tough competition" Tarp ley said "It was real physical out there and I enjoyed that It felt great to get out and play again I'm looking forward to the next game" Tarp ley said his CBA debut had nothing to do with basketball and everything to do with recovery "This is another obstacle toward my goal — to get back to anti-dru- nine-gam- Baseball: Royals Send Gibson to Pirates Kirk Gibson who left Kansas City's camp last week because he didn't want to be a backup found a new team but another Gibson said when he was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for pitcher Neal Heaton Gibson 34 went from a team that had too many outfielders to a club that is not sure how many it has The Pirates sent Andy Van Slyke home Monday because of his bad back and also is listening to trade talk regarding Barry Bonds Gibson the 1988 MVP returns to the National League after only one year with the Royals He batted 236 with 16 home runs and 55 RBIs and tailed off as the season wore on Last week he walked out of camp for a day after being told he would not start The Royals Nagy and outfielder Mark Whiten also agreed to three-yea- r deals with options Pitchers Steve Olin Dave Otto Dennis Cook and Scott Scudder and outfielder Glenallen Hill agreed r contracts with club to options for 1994 And pitcher Rod Nichols agreed to a contract with a club option two-yea- acquired outfielders Kevin McReynolds Keith Miller and Chris Gwynn in the "I have mixed emotions" e "It's really too soon to speak" "What he's got left I don't know" Leyland said "The reports from the Royals are that he's running real good But I don't want to go out on a limb and say how he'll be used" Indians Generous: The Cleveland Indians breaking with the club's remit policy agreed Tuesday to multiyear contracts with nine players including catcher Sandy Alomar Jr and second baseman Carlos Baerga Alomar will receive $4 million guaranteed and Baerga will get $39 million Pitcher Charles unsettled situation Tuesday one-ye- off-seaso- n ar for 1993 over $50 million" "This one's going to sting a tie bit" said Yablonski adding that reserve injured players averaged $12000 a week in pay in 1989 while placed in the same category as practice squad players receiving $1000 a week NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league will appeal ruling ei Redskins England Bound: The Super Bowl champion Washing-helton Redskins and San Francisco 49ers will play an exhibition at Wembley England on Aug 16 The Redskins will be making their first appearance overseas but the 49ers will be playing in England for the second time in four years class-actio- n $1000-a-wee- Et Cetera: Cold Ices Ya- maguchi in the world figure skating championships because her training in Tokyo has been interrupted by a cold The Japan Skating FederaUri said Tuesday the illness will keep the Olympic silver medalist out of the event to be held March in Oakland Calif Ito's coach Machiko Yamada said Ito "has aggravated the cold she caught at the Olympics and still can't do any training" He said he wouldn't compete again this season 24-2- 9 LI Hockey: Defenseman Martin Simard currently with the Salt Lake Golden Eagles has been traded by the Calgary Flames s Simard goes to the Quebec in exchange for defense-ma- n Greg Smyth Olympic goaltending hero Ray LeBlanc stopped 21 shots in his NHL debut for the Chicago Blackhawks wl-- beat the San Jose Sharks 5- 1 in Chicago The only goal LeBlanc allowed was a wrist shot by Mike Sullivan at 1:36 of the final period 13 Iditarod: Martin Buser drew near to Nome and his first IdNor-dive- o 15-fo- ot 1 1 1 ) 1 t t IA itarod victory on Tuesday threatening to shatter the re- d Ito-Yamagu- Midori Ito will not get anoth- er chance to defeat Kristi I Lam-berth- 's k cord time set by one of his nearest competitors Susan Butcher Buser wasted no time in pulling Rematch chi out of the White Mountain Alaska checkpoint on the Bering Sea coast at 4:44 pm after a mandatory eight-hou- r layover It is just 77 miles of windy coastline to the finish line in the 1159-mil- e Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race which started in Anchorage on Feb 29 If Buser were to finish late Tuesday or early Wednesday as race observers predict he would cut hours off Butcher's 1990 record of 11 days 1 hour and 53 CI Dennis Connerts quest to defend the America's Cup was dealt another setback Tuesday when his Stars & mast crashed Stripes' to the deck at the start of the Pasecond leg of the eight-le- g cific Ocean course of San Diego Bill Koch's America3 leading by 35 seconds when Conner's mast came down only had to Sailing: 110-fo- ot complete the 2003-nauticalmi- le course to collect the victory four-poi- nt El Arm Wrestling: The Utah Am- ateur Arm Wrestling Championships will be Saturday at the Real Sports Club of Utah 348 West 500 South in Salt Lake for the open City Weigh-icompetition will be from 8:30 am until noon There will be several divisions based on entrants' weights n NCAA-boun- zuE TRIBUNE CEDAR CITY — For Neil Roberts and Southern Utah University's basketball team last week's win over Idaho was the reward for a four-yea-r building program The Thunderbirds reached 20 victories for the season and kept National Invitation Tournament hope alive while Roberts watched proudly — from a seat in the stands 3 THE ASSOCIATED Kealamakia Headed for Nationals u Junior Elizabeth Kealamakia who helped the Lady Wildces to a second consecutive Big Sky indoor track and field championship last weekend will make her second appearance at the NCAA Edwards Heavily Involved In Y Quarterback Derby Instead of driving him out of the business the loss of quarterback Ty Detmer is keeping BYU football coach LaVeil Edwards interested in the game batAnticipating the tle to replace Detmer made Edwards look forward to this month's spring practice "The nature of college football is there's always change" he said While Edwards relies more on his assistants than virtually any other head coach in the country he says he's heavily involved in the quarterback derby "I'll ultimately make that choice" he said The Cougars have completed six of the allowed 15 practices seven of the remaining nine sessions will be in pads including the March 28 final scrimmage 13 Golf: Senior Mike Weir won medalist honors Tuesday and BYU overtook Nevada to win the Guadalajara Invitational for a Weir shot 212 Brad total of Sutterfield was third at 216 other BYU players included Ramon Brobio (223) Ryan Rhees (228) and Dean Wilson and Jeff Kraemer (229) BYU's team total of 872 topped Nevada by nine strokes in the field of 11 American and three Mexican schools BYU's Sharon Probst was one of two players to shoot an even-pa- r round of 72 in the tournament as the Cougars finished fourth Tuesday in the women's e Classic Jones Sport at Sunbrook Golf Course in St George BYU's Lisa Christie tied for third at 232 and Probst was sixth Sixth District Judge Peter Honors 1 By Kurt Kragthorpe at 233 BYU's other players included Kara Weitz (259) and Eve Sutter (262) Washington was the team winner at 935 71 over par BYU's total was 960 LI Track: Three men and three women will represent BYU at the NCAA Indoor Championships this weekend in Indianapo- Cal-Irvi- lis Miler Jason Pyrah and sprint- er Oluyemi Kayode are top Arm Kajurand (55 hurdles long jump) and ShuHwa Wang (long jump) LI Wrestling: Except for a case of ringworm BYU would have won the WAC meet last weekend instead of finishing third to Fresno State and Wyoming Scott EastDuring the weigh-imond was diagnosed with ringworm and not allowed to compete leaving BYU scoreless at his weight El Diving: BYU will host the men's and women's NCAA Zone E diving championships Friday and Saturday BYU's roster lists Vanessa Bergman Val Blau and Laurel Hill in the women's events and Nathan Cook Shannon Bailey Ted Everett and Ken Knnitzer in the men's n Utah-Dixi- Weber State con- tenders in the men's meet and will be joined by pole vaulter Rick McWhorter The women's entrants are newcomers Cathie Guischard (55 meters) and 54-ho- le 1 indoor championships Friday at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis Ind She qualified in the 200 meters with a time of 2400 which at the time was the fifth fastest in the nation The preliminaries will be Friday afternoon with the finals scheduled for Friday night Last year she qualified in the 400 meter No other Lady Wildcats have qualified for the NCAA meet The Lady 'Cats begin their quest for an outdoor title March 25 in a meet at Tennis: Beginning to hit its stride the men's tennis team Brigham ej Young - five-wa- y one-gam- Larson followed Bradley as the freshman of the year Unlike Bradley he started his college career with little fanfare but he averaged 102 points and 53 rebounds in 204 minutes a game after returning from a mission in July "No one especially myself thought I'd be having this much impact" Larson said Besides Call and Afeaki the second team included UTEP center David Van Dyke New Mexico forward Khari Jaxon and Wyoming forward Tim Breaux Call averaged more than 34 minutes of play in WAC games and led the league in assists Meaki averaged 117 points for the season In conference play he led the WAC in field-goshooting (597) and averaged 141 points again'" 771r3FITUR PRESS C-- ar -- McDermott granted Williams' request for a temporary restraining order pending a hearing on his bid for a permanent injunction against the suspension Williams filed suit in Pocatello e after vowing to fight the ordered Monday by suspension Big Sky Commissioner Ron Stephenson Three players on each team also were suspended for their part in Saturday night's brawl in Pocatello between Idaho State and Weber State University Tuesday Williams alleged that his suspension was the result of with the league previous run-in- s "Stephenson is using me as a scapegoat I won't be used as a scapegoat" he said "If Stephenson wants a fight I've get a fight for him and I don't mean Continued From five-ye- 11 tournament ES coaching offers besides looking at opportunities He knows he would carry some baggage from publicity about the incident into another basketball job "I love to coach I love to teach" he said "but I don't want to be out there anymore The negative aspects are so damaging that it's hard to say 'Let's saddle 'em up and try "It's so abrupt so final that it's devastating" Roberts said of the end of his SUU stay "There's a period of depression tixti POCATELLO Idaho — A state judge on Tuesday blocked the Big Sky Conference's suspension of Idaho State head coach Herb Williams from Thursday night's opening game of the league basketball All-WA- C After 22 seasons of coaching — nine at Skyline High eight at Dixie College and five Roberts is considering assistant at SUU ft 5 Court Supports NU Coach's Big Sky Battle sion Having resigned last month as the team's coach in the wake of retail-thecharges Roberts was out of the picture for the last seven games lie stayed away from the first home game after his departure before attending the Idaho game and briefly addressing the players afterward Now at age 46 he's wrestling with the idea of staying in coaching or finding other work d - By Dan Dickson reeled off three straight wins at the Air Force Academy The men knocked off Colora0 and do State University on Friday Memphis State The Wildcats than edged Air Force on Saturday by winning the final two doubles matches The teams split the singles matches with Wildcats Alex Incorvaja winning No 2 singles Lasse Kaskinen No 3 singles and VP Manisto No 4 singles The No 2 doubles team of tied the match at and the No 3 doubles team Lissman of Eric Somas-Han- s won The 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P235175R15 LEITED C11736 11 ' P19575R14 P20575R14 P20575R15 P21575R15 P22575R15 I I r- —r SIZE 16511313 2 l': 11:1:i 4 o C 9 ) s i -- :: t C1151 – s t '' AS LOW AS 4 CS24 -- ---- t West earning an estimated ll $400000 per season at Utah The i Ute coach's yearly package includes a base salary and income from a shoe contract radio and television shows and summer basketball camps Tarkanian earned a salary package worth a reported $600000 per gifikti z 1: and I'm happy at Utah" Hill said neither UNLV or Wisconsin have requested permission to talk to Majerus although the Ute AD acknowledged that permission is not required "There's no formal rule that says somebody has to talk to somebody first" he said "But as a general rule they have to keep you posted on what's going on I also think Rick would let me know" Weaver says even if he were to offer Majerus the job it wouldn't be for $1 million per season "This university is not going to pay $1 million a year for its basketball coach" he said "We're going to pay basically what the going rate is across the country" Majerus is already one of the highest paid college coaches in the li n el '3'""'7HD 1 Nk I 't 1 11 i Int (CiDITILtLITIlle Majerus: UNLIT year p By Kurt Ic—gthorpe THE SALT I first-roun- d Reid Trost Earn Football: Developmental Players Tackle NFL The NFL is liable for dam- ages for fixing the salaries of squad" players in violation of antitrust law a judge ruled Tuesday in Washington mem- The 235 bers were "robbed of any bargaining power" by the NFL's decision to pay them a salary in 1989 said US District Judge Royce C Lamberth The judge said a trial must be to determine the amount of damages to be paid by the NFL In June 1991 he ruled that the league could be ordered to pay triple damages The plaintiffs' attorney Jo- seph A Yablonski said the damages could go "significantly a period of wonder a period of abandonment Coaching is a total obsession your whole life is centered around it There's a big empty hole now" Living in St George allowed Roberts to avoid some awkward situations that might have followed his exit He found himself hoping the team would recover from the turmoil surrounding the incident but missed the games and the contact with the players — including his son Rick a senior guard "It was very difficult to have the team go and play the rest of the season and not be part of that" Roberts said Roberts endorses his former assistant acting coach Bill Evans to keep the job permanently while managing to laugh about his lack on influence on SUU officials' deci- Alaska-Achorag- where I was and to be a professional person on and off the court And this is a good time for me to start" Tarp ley said before the game Tarp ley 27 the most talented and troubled forward in Dallas Mavericks history was banned from the NBA on Oct 16 when he refused to take a mandatory drug test and received strike g three in the NBA's program Westhead Hangs On: Paul Westhead isn't worried about keeping his job as Denver Nuggets coach despite fans' calls for his firing "I never worry about that because I come and I do the very best that I can in my job" Westhead said Monday from Orlando Fla "I feel that I give maximum input and I have a lot of experience and ability that I can be very confideilt in what I do" The Nuggets are on e a losing streak including the last three at home Westhead is regularly booed during pregame introductions at McNichols Sports Arena Tri-Cit- y 11 1992 7:::71- 7-' P 1e 0410 p ops - 41 eltfrooltkp — |