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Show Sports Che Salt Lake Tribune SUNDAY, December31, 1995 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Page C-2 SECTION C COLLEGE BASKETBALL Page C-4,5 Ski? Jump? Skate? Biathlon? DICK ROSETTA This Is Place to Develop Kids By Gordon Monson THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE KEARNS — Robbie Lyon, spiraling in zycircles on the ice track, jerked back and forth between two images: He looked as though he had experienced an epipha- Landing 2002 GamesIs Top Story of ’95 ny, and, he looked like the cuckoobird who was cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs ‘I'mtingling all over,’ said the 10year-old, still hopping. “Am I really here? I can’t believe I am here. It’s great that theybuilt this, but I never knewthey would come. That was my dream, just to see them, tosee her. The words had barely steamedout of On life’s memoryscale, the 167th day of 1995 relegated every other Utah sports happening of the remaining 198 daysto a distant secondplace “Salt Lake City,” intoned International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch on June 16 in Budapest, Hungary,in revealing the his mouthintothe frigid air, when Bonnie Blair, the U.S. speedskater who has won more Winter Olympic gold medals than any other American woman, reached the top of Robbie's speedskating helmet This was waycool. Way too cool “Wow,” said Robbie. “I’m never going to wear this helmet again. Never. Uh wait a minute . I could sell this for 150 million dollars... naaahhh. Vl keepit Could life get any sweeterfor a fourth- grader from Salt Lake City whose absolute fantasy it is to oneday skatefast in the Winter Olympics? It could Dan Jansenwas there, too Double wow Andso Robbie. and hundreds of other kids with floppy-fitting skates strapped to their feet, simultaneously basked in and went bonkers on Olympic-heroover- load. The UtahSports Authoritybuilt the speedskating oval and they came. Gold@ See TRAINING, Page C-7 down and skidded her signature across Rick EganThe Salt Lake Slow-Starting Jazz Surge to Win identity of the host city for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. For this observer of 33 event-filled Utah years, the announcementthat we will be the sports stage for the world Feb. 9-26 six years hence supersedes any development before orsince. In any year It has not been diminished, either by Lakers Unable to Rebound all the petty bickering over who's go- ing to make a buck; or over who's going to suck up a potential deficit; or over who's going to retrieve the discarded hotdog wrappers from the From Their Ugly First Half By Steve Luhm THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE The Jazz turned a rare Saturday matinee against the Lakers into a double feature. quaking aspen Anyway, the top story of 1995 came just in time to salve the hurt from No. 2—the abrupt demise of the Utah Jazz six weeksearlier. Never had a pro basketball team Utah stumbled through a cold-shooting, Neitherteam played very well the 60-win Jazz — not the 1971 ABA said the Lakers’ Del Harris. The first half was about as badbasketball as I've seen between two champion Stars, nor the NBA confer- encefinalists of 1992 and 1994 Ina year when nonpareil guard John Stockton eclipsed Magic Johnson'salltimeassist mark at 9. when Hallof-Famer-to-be Karl Malone surpassed 20,000 points; and when the Jazz set franchise marksof 14 straight wins and15 straight road wins, the season came crashing down in a homecourt, first-round, fifth-game loss to eventual NBAking Houston After Nos. 1 and 2, in no particular order, are other notablesports reflections from the Beehive State's 100th year: ™@ Steve Young, the ex-BYU All- Only the Jazz recovered, and theydidit nicely. Utah shot 61 per- cent in the second half, finished with a 46-32 rebounding edge and cruised to an easy 99-82 victory “The Jazz responded and had a verystrong secondhalf,” said Har- ris. “Wecontinuednot to shoot the ball well and, unfortunately, we let our inability to score affect the rest of our game. Our defenseand rebounding energy dropped as we in NBAhistory to reach his career by Southern Utah wins American West @ Heber City resident and almost lifelong Utahn Bruce Summerhays takes the Senior PGA Tour bystorm, securing two second-place finishes and winning more than $ 000 in his Tookie season. And it was a familyaffair. During the nine-month season, mostof his nine children caddied ™@ Prohockey, jettisoned as a moneylosing proposition when LarryMiller 20-foot 240 ABA TAL AZANIA F P 99 said Sloan We'restarting to play real well as a team. especially on the defen sive end,” said Malone, who also contributed 10 reboundsandsix assists in only 32 minutes. Meanwhile, the Lakers (16-14) bemoanedahorribleeffort Cedric Ceballos scored a team- Technical Fouls LA. Lakers Utah Officials Be f high 18 points, but eight came in thefinal 542 minutes, after the Jazz had built a 23-point lead I don’t think the Jazz did anything out of the ordinary Ceballos said. They just played good fundamental basketball — howbasketball is supposed tobe played. Andtheymade their Let’s hope the world-class re- shots. creation area is shown more respect Weweren't aggressive at all We didn't have any energy, andit’s unexplainable than Powell, whichis defiled annually Said Harris: by a fewtrashyimbeciles @ Honorable mentions: Salt Lake Buzz comewithin twooutsof the city’s first PCL title since 1979; Ute women gymnasts win 10th NCAAtitle in yet another come-from-behind miracle; Stansbury Park's Ed Eliason wins Pan Whenyoushoot only 40 percent andget outre. bounded severely, it’s going to be tough to win @ See JAZZ, P: Once Utah’s Adam Keefe stepped in Elden Campbell's way on this drive to the basket, the Lakers’ play fell apart. John Stockton was able to grab the loose ball and start a Jazz break. American archery gold; Utah wins a WAC co-championshipin football, the first since 1964; Bingham High’s boys cross country teamis declared No. 1 in America by USA Today; Utah Preda @ Can It Be? San Antonio Players Actually Miss Rodman? @ Eastern Conference NBAStatistics; NBA Leaders @ Cavaliers Go Two Overtimesto Stop Blazers Cc C Cc Nothing Like a Couple of Routs to Get NFL Playoffs Going tors women’s pro volleyball teamis runner-up in National Volleyball As- Bills Chew Up, Spit Out Underachieving Dolphins sociation playoffs. @ Andwe all saidafinal goodbye to sports headline makers of decades past: BYU basketball magician Kresi mir Cosic, football coaching legend By Paul Needell NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tally Stevens, bowling pioneer Johnny ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Bryan Cox and national rodeo champ Earl Bascom. and the Dolphins learned the hard way Saturday that trying to beat the Bills in Yearsto all pectorating into the wind. Result? ' the playoffs at Rich Stadiumis like ex- NBA Lakers 82 Utahah 99, L.A. eee Golder Miami aoa 105, : 120, New Jersey 110 L.A a WA Look at Today's Games The Bills @ See BILLS, Page C-2 N.M. State 81, Southern Utah 75 5 each h B Bow! irginia 34,34, ( Georgia 27 #18Virginia Seattlee 123, Phoenix >hoenix 1 4#1UM #1 U Mass | #5#5Cin Cincy Vancouver | #6 Georgetown 123. St Boston who go on to Pitts- set a conferenceplayoff record with $41 Carquest Bowl N. Carolina 20, #24 Arkansas 10 103, (11-6), burgh to play the AFC Central-champion Steelers Saturday inthedivisional round Big 5 Men's Basketball St. 62 Indiana poe 82, Weber Pe : C-2 underachieving Fish sank, 37-22, in a AFC wild-card game that signals the spit has hit the Dolphins. Cleveland 124, P; yt) Detroit 102, Charlotte 100 (OT Chicago 95 Houston 105, Dallas San Antonio 5 19 VPP gether alittle bit forat least three or four months ofthe ( 22,000in Foste Totals nailing a It was a nice win,” July 1 — northern Utah's Lake Powell Philadelphia 58, Detroit ie al ‘ 9802 me IT k MA WA OT 4 We hada lot of guys make contributions Our team is coming to- Eagles franchise in 1994, was reborn Minor league sports mogul Dave Elmore moved his displaced Turner Cup championship club from Denverto becomethe Utah Grizzlies @ Jordanelle Reservoir is opened on Liberty Bow! E. Carolina 19, Stanford 13 Min son-high 16 assists Sold the 25-year-old Salt Lake Golden NFL Playoffs Miami 22 3uffalo 37, Miami Buffalo Ho ty UTAH Mi Mi points. He became the 14th player jumper earlyin the fourth quarter Jeff Hornacek added 19 points andsix ists while John Stockton finished with 17 points and a sea- Weber wins Big Sky; Aboveall, the happiest of New T continued not to shoot the ball well Karl Malone led the Jazz with 24 up quarterback, leads San Francisco's 49-26 Super Bowl rout of San Diego. ® Utah collegiate basketball teams excel. Utes win WACtitle; Utah State Keysor, South High and Cincinnati Reds baseball phenomKent Peterson UMMAR 1 FT Reh Min MAMA OT APE LAKERS teams this year America and Heisman Trophyrunner- year. X-rated first half that had both coaches shaking their heads Wewere very concerned said the Jazz's Jerry Sloan generated so much anticipation as did wins Big West; Tribune Zac Garner setshis sights on a target during biathlontraining at Bear Hollow. Big 5 Women's Basketball Southern Methodist 88, Utah 76 ae | Idaho State 73, BYU 55 Weber St. 76, Loyola-Mary, 54 | Top 25 Basketball #13 Syracuse Svracu #13 ic’ McNeese | Eagles Reward Coach With ing-out party for the NFL’s coach of A Record-Setting Effort record-breaking playoff game T HE ASS| PHILADELPHIA — Ray Rhodes had smile about Saturday even though smiling is probably the last thing plenty to he'd be inclined to do. The Philadelphia Eagles held a com 8 4, Carolina 72 . ; I St. 75 16 Georgia 86, ¥acksonville 59 Fi St. vs. Nebraska, late Miss. | Missouri 95, Hawaii #19 Michigan 82, Davidson 70 | Duke 87, Nogtheastern a 7a 76, T 56 anr eee eee It was an all-around coup for Rhodes the rookie coach whose defense shut down the league’s hottest offense until By Dave Goldber; #1 u ens 102, Hartford 63 #8 Villanova 73, Delaware 58 Arizona 79, Rutgers 70 = year, routing the Detroit Lions 58 the game was out of hand, whose motiva tional skills revived quarterback Peete and whoseteam piled up 5€ in the highest-scoring playoff gamein @ See EAGLES, Page C-2 nati, 4 p.m., PSP sa 78 | TV Sports | 13) 10:30 a.m. — NFL Football NFC Wild Card Playoff, Fale t on | Toronto 4, St. Louis soon = (OT Nz paangera.6 Remon 2 IHL Orlando 4. Utak in Action Today IHL Hockey es at Cincir Daeg Z) Noon — Golf. 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