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Show Monday, January 12, k 2004 Daily Utah Chronicle Manning stays hot as Colts beat Chiefs in Arrowhead T! ,4 im swimmers ill riding high U Matthew Oueilette Chronicle Sports Writer The U swimmers and divers competed in three dual meets over the holiday break and the winning trend continued for both the men and women. The Utes begin conference play this Friday with the men at 0 and the women at The men earned the first of three holiday victories against Florida Atlantic with 7 a convincing thumpOwls the Dec. 20. on of ing Junior standout Cody Remp-fwas particularly impressive, winning the 200 IM and 200 butterfly, as well as swimming on the victorious 400 medley relay team. Diver Sterling Richards also turned in an important contribution, winning both the - and dives. The event victories were more impressive than usual because Clemson and Denver were also competing in the meet. The women also picked up a victory in Florida by a score The Utes won of four events overall, thanks to Amy Barefield, Meghan Demchuk and Marissa Martin, who turned in winning performances in individual 5-- 1. 165-6- er m.5-92.- 5. events, and the 400 medley relay team, who gave Utah a clean sweep in that event. The men continued their winning ways in their next meet, with another sound beating of a quality opponent managed to score only 81 points to the Utes' 161 in a meeting. Rempfer, Evan Castro and Jonathan Larsen won three events apiece, and Richards once again dominated both dives in the men's resounding UC-Irvi- one-sid- ed victory. The women, however, suffered their first defeat of the season, losing to the Anteat-er- s by a score of 142-8"We ran into a team that swam its best times of the year and beat us. The girls got in a hole early, but did a great job in the second half of the meet," U coach Mike Litz-ingsaid. 1. er The women carried the momentum from their second half success into their next n meet against Diego and edged out a close meet, Tessa Greegor won the 100 and 200 breaststroke and swam on the winning 200 medley relay team. Rachel Curci, Demchuk and Jamie Trapp won two events each, UC-Sa- 153-13- 9. BELLAMY 1 -- f crowd. rd . we can "Hopefully, i keep it r.p next week." That would be in Foxtoro, Mass., auainst the NFL's best team, the Patriots. New England has " on 13 straight games and cvi .. inly will present :i tougher challenge defensively for the Colts. "Right now, I'll go to Afghanistan," said Edgerrin James, who has said he wanted to avoid the cold of New England. "We're playing for the Super Bowl." hi-:- In making Kansas City's de ,'' 13-- first-roun- and '97. The Associated in 1995 over-analyzi- ng hmm." (And no, it's not like I'm still upset about it or anvthing. And yes, I am in therapy.) The What the Hell is the WUSA? Award goes to none other than the WUSA (Women's United Soccer Association), which folded just days after the Washington Freedom won the league championship, prompting shocked sports fans across the nation to cry out in uni"Eh?" not having seen sooner that you were nothing but a coward with a heart full of fear.And when I say you are a coward, that is only because you are the slimiest weakling ever to crawl the earth." Most of us recognize the above quote from "Yes, I am a silly girl, for ..f er & said. moueiiette Schronicle.utah.edu Chronicle Invite students, faculty and staff cf ths UNIVERSITY OF i vi : ' . UTAH CAMPUS - , to attend a special prevSsw screening JANUARY &v - ( ? rr r VVrVV - V' V, AT 7PM StOfiTf, c lil'.OMCLK Rooffl W 12 Uniofl 236-Otp- J V to pick ir i; ira 1 t3, (ai2i!iiies;:;!i8sbsL if "I "n Ml e if 'I " J I ! ; j i'i ma m jrs m-ta- J 'I il1 tHW?-- i ' . jit w iflllli i'SHIhJ! &am&m ; i . ,,!!. !'.! i t ! 1 "wars-- ! m n. a mt nti ifjz jr "9 & - id-- i T, i cbetlamy t&chronic'e.uiah.edu free-age- nt All-St- ar Sunday. "We've got a deal contingent on the physical." Several reports said Guerrero will get a $70 million, five-yea- r contract. He is expected in Los Angeles on Monday, Stoneman said. A .323 career hitter, Guerrero averaged 37 homers for the Montreal Expos the past six years. He also possesses speed on the bases and one of the game's strongest arms in right field. r, who The four-tim- e 28 next month, was on turns the disabled list from June 6 to July 21 last season, missing 39 games because of a herniated disc in his back. But he played in 62 of Montreal's final 64 games and finished the year with a .330 batting average, 25 homers and 79 RBI in 112 games. All-Sta- A native of the Dominican Republic Guerrero had not played in fewer than 154 games in any full season be- fore last year. The Expos, owned by the other 29 major league clubs, let him go in December, declining to offer salary arbitration. The Angels went 5 and missed the playoffs last year after winning the World Series in 2002, but they've had a busy and expensive offseason under new owner Arte Moreno. He bought the team from The Walt Disney Co. last May. Earlier this offseason, Anaheim signed pitchers Bartolo Colon and Kelvim Escobar, along with outfielder Jose cash-strapp- 77-8- Guillen. Colon got a S51 million, four year contract last month after Escobar received an S18.75 deal in million, three-year November. Guillen signed a $6 million, two year contract, strengthening an injury plagued outfield? -- Moreno has spent nearly S146 million on the market during the offseason. The Angels' payroll was around $76 million last season and could top sm million this year if Anaheim doesn't trade away any high priced tree-age- players. Moreno paid Disney million for the team. nt $183.5 The Angels are expected to shift Darin Erstad from the outfield to first base, with Guerrero, Guillen and Garret Anderson providing a trio of power hitters in the outfield. Guerrero speaks little English, but will join a team with g a owner and manager, Mike Scioscia, and Dominicans Colon, Guillen, pitcher Ramon Ortiz and coach Alfredo Griffin. Spanish-speakin- Moreno, a fourth-generatio- 0 3 C j C p cl C I C S n American who is a native of Tucson, Ariz., made a fortune in outdoor advertising. He worked in his parents' print shop in Tucson as a kid and is the first major league controlling owner of Hispanic background. He said when he bought the Angels that he obviously including wanted to reach out to the Mexican American community in Southern California, "but also to everybody." The Angels were believed to have entered the bidding for Guerrero only late last i:V- :.., El L P II week. I CI L L On Saturday, he turned down a three year offer from the New York Mets that would have paid him $71 million over five years if he reached incentives. The Baltimore Orioles also pursued him and were thought to have offered at least $65 million over five years. The Associated Press ' MONDAY, Angels win bidding war for All - Star Guerrero Calif WelANAHEIM. come to Hollywood, Vladimir Guerrero. In another bold offseason move, the Anaheim Angels landed the biggest star on the market when they reached agreement with Guerrero, one of baseball's most talented players. Anaheim did not disclose terms of the contract, which was to be completed as long outfielder as the passes a physical. "Guerrero is coming into LA., and will be undergoing a physical," Angels general manager Bill Stoneman said Press jrwt Hum-perdin- ck if Gump could have screwed it up any worse in Game 7 of the ALCS. As if his constant overstrategizing and hadn't already put his job in jeopardy, Little let's just call him Radio sealed his own fate when he failed to bring in a reliever for an obviously exhausted Pedro Martinez, setting up...oy vey, I just can't...I just can't... you know how the story ends. And with that, the tenure of Gilbert Grape... er, Grady Little, as BoSox manager came to an appropriate end. When reached for comment. Mr. Little had only this to say: "Mm hmm...I"d like to get me sfcme o them french-frie- d potaters. Mm son, 38-3- 92-ya- 41-1- with 304 yards and three touchdowns in a victory that put the Indianapolis Colts i.ito the AFC title game. "It's not trickery, just running the same plays wc'vj run all ason," the NFL o :: : MYI' id, referring masterful performance this: quickly quieted the usually raucous Arrowhead Stai:u::i 168-13- "The Princess Bride." And it is that quote which is the inspiration for The Prince Award, which is hereby dishonorably bestowed upon who else? Pete Rose. As if there were anybody else on this planet who still believed he never bet on baseball. Rose finally came out and admitted his wrongdoing, an announcement that just happened to coincide with the release of his new book. My Prison Without Bars. For all the good that he did on the baseball diamond. Rose has proven once and for all that he is nothing more than a greedy, spineless coward who doesn't deserve a shred of the pity he has garnered all these years. Cojones of the Yean Joe Namath. who, during a nationally televised interview on ESPN, was obviously quite drunk as he turned to reporter Suzy Kolber and sensually said, "I want to kiss you." Classic After all these years, Broadway Joe's still got it. Best Use of a Mechanical Bull in a TV Commercial: Carl's Jr. Trust me on this one. You have to see it to believe it. Worst Rapper of All Time: Juan Pierre, during the Florida Marlins' championship parade. Trust me on this one. You have to hear it to believe it. Quote of the Yean "If the Red Sox were a girl, you'd probably just break up with them" - BUI Simmons. And no, I'm not bitter. continued from page 8 0. hot as offense," Manning said bunday after picking apart the Kansas City Chiefs sweeping the points in the last four events, but the Utes had built a lead too large to overcome. The men employed a similar strategy in defeating the Tritons, as they won the first 11 events on their 0 way to a victory. Andrew Cole won three events, as did the perpetually successful Rempfer. Richards also swept the dives for the third straight meet with teammate Harley Davis right on his heels. The men hope to continue their success as conference competition begins on Jan. 22 against Wyoming. The women resume competition this Friday against New Mexico and will host Colorado State the following day. With a successful nonconference season behind them, the Utes feel confident going into the meat of their season. "We feel really good about our performance in these last few meets and we are looking forward to the conference schedule coming up," Hall, also an NFL record-sette- r this season, had a TD on kickoff run back. In a alt, the Colts gained 44 yards .,r the Chiefs' .pS. The difference was that Manning converted every big play. "He doesn't throw an inaccurate ball," Chiefs coach Dick Vermeil said. "Every pass is where it should be." Manning hit Brandon Stok-!e- y on a pas, to open tkj scoring, and also ionnect- .1 with Tom Lople.vki for 2 yards and Wayne for 19. James had scoring runs of 1 and 11 yards and Mike Vander-jag- t hit his 40th straight field goal this season, from 45 yards. That offset the brilliance of Kansas City's offense, and Holmes setting a fr nchise playoff rej.rd with :, yards rushing. And so the Chiefs' 3 regd ular season ended with a playoff loss at home where they were unbeaten in 2003 for the third straight postseason; it also happened fense look like a sieve. ManHe took ning was 22 fur-3the Colts (14-4- ) to scores on six of their firs: seven drives and, including last week's 0 win over Denver, is in the postseason for 681 yards and eight touchdowns. "He is the master," defensive end Eric Hicks said. "That was an amazing performance. I never would have thought a quarterback wuuld play two games in a row like that. "They unl-- . s behind the woodshed and just beat us. It was embarrassing." Punter Hunter Smith, who did not kick last week, again wasn't needed. Manning, James (24 rushes for 125 yards) and Reggie Wayne (six catches, 83 yards) made sure of that. It was the first time-iNFL there were no punts in a playoff game, mostly because Indianapolis' defense wasn't any more efficient. All-Pr- o Priest Holmes, who set an NFL record with 27 touchdowns this season (all on the ground), dived in from the 1 for two scores. Dante He's KANSAS CITY, Mo. been unsioppable and Peyton Manning knows it. "I am S:Ot right now. we're giving the Utes the necessary boost toward the victory. UCSD made a late push by Litz-ing- 9 , ; it - 1 "c! jdes corrputer t?r. www.daIlyutahchronIcle.com 1 ( i . Jul Hi am |
