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Show DAILY HERALD AMRMEP1NG "(Pete Rose) has a deep, abiding respect for what we do" Lawyers Bonds did nothing wrong SAN FRANCISCO VinceMcMahon Lawyers for two men accused in a ring reiterated Thursday that Barry Bonds never received steroids from the Bay Area Laboratory World Wrestling Entertainment owner on enshrining Rose in the WWEHallofFame steroids. The attorneys also called for an investigation into how information was leaked to a newspaper that reported Bonds was given steroids and human growth hormone by his personal trainer, Greg Anderson who allegedly got them from BALCO. The San Francisco Chronicle, quoting information it said was given to federal investigators, reported Tuesday that steroids were given to'Bonds, New York Yankees stars Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield, three other major leaguers and one NFL player. Bonds, Giambi and Sheffield have repeatedly denied taking ' "Our clients have adamantly stated they have no evidence of Bonds doing any wrongdoing, said Troy Ellerman, who represents BALCO vice president James Valente. There's no evidence that Bonds did anything, other than rumor and innuendo." COLLEGE SPORTS Dickerson, Altaian, Sanders on Hall ballot Hopkins Sept 18 Eric MORRISTOWN, N.J. Dickerson, Deion Sanders, Lawrence Taylor, Troy Aikman NEW YORK Even though Bernard Hopkins has another bout before he takes on Oscar and other college stars who went on to stellar pro football careers are among 85 candidates on this year's College Football Hall of Fame ballot. Charlie Ward, the 1993 Heis-ma- n Trophy winner who went on to play pro basketball is on the list, and so is former base--, ball player Kirk Gibson. The ballot was mailed out this week to more than 13,000 voters. The results will be subcommitted to an 1 mittee, chaired by former NCAA president and ACC commissioner Gene Corrigan. The committee will make the final selections. I Pitino, Petrino get contract ON THE AIR TV TIME EVENT NBA STATION Basketball Dallas at San Antonio Indiana at Utah New Jersey at Golden State " 6 p.m. ESPN 7 p.m. KJZZ 8:30 p.m. Boxing Phillips vs. Garcia ESPN 7 p.m. ESPN2 ; Golf Ford Championship Senior, MasterCard Classic 1p.m. USA 3 p.m. TGC 7 p.m. FOXSN extensions: Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino and football coach Bobby Petrino got contract extensions through NHL Hockey San Jose at Colorado , Auto racing NASCAR Busch Series qualifying Auto Racing, Nextel Cup qualifying 2:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 2010 Thursday , and athletic director Tom Jurich was given a raise. I Great West football league loses a member The newry established Division Great West Football Conference is already losing a member. Saint Gary's College of California announced Wednesday that it has discontinued its football program after the school's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to stop fund- - SPEED SPEED Radio Basketball UVSC men at Florida NBA, Indiana at Utah SATURDAY Men's basketbal i ikii nm DIUdlUNLVit 12:30 p.m,IOVX BOXING DeLaHoyatofight Gulf Coast 6 p.m. 7 p.m. BYU Continued from CI the best high school player in the state last year while finishing her prep career with three state championships. Now she doesn't start, and is looked upon to pick her moments when summoned from the bench. "Probably the hardest thing to do now is play 'man' defense," Hansen said. "And to do it to the point where the teams feels like it can trust you." It certainly believes in her shot. Hansen missed her first two, then found some rhythm. with 8:52 left that Hansen hit a broke a ll tie. She nailed another trey shortly after that extended BYLTs lead to 4840. 38-a- K0V0 960AM KFNZ 1320 AM "I don't think arrogance is the right word," BYU coach Jeff Judkins said of describing Hansen "But she brings a lot of cockiness on the floor. I think we need that." This win didn't come as easily as the one in San Diego, when the Cougars romped This was a gritty, justr by 32 points, job that involved hard fouls and a ton of falling to the floor. The Cougars (14-8- , Mountain West Conference) certainly didn't get much help from its two top scorers, Ambrosia Anderson and Danielle Cheesman, who together totaled three points. They normally bring about 21 to the game. "If one has a good game, it seems like they both do," Judkins said. "But if one has a bad game, they both do, too. We need to figure that out." But there was Hansen to the rescue, 82-5- get-it-do- 4-- 8 il BYU UVSC ROUNDUP HERALD FORT MEYERS, Fla. Ryan Toolson made seven and scored 26 points to lead Utah Valley State to its third straight win, 7444, over Northern Colorado and into tonight's championship game in the National Provisional Tournament. UVSC faces Florida Gulf Coast at 6 p.m. MST (KOVO 960 AM) for the championship. Toolson scored 21 of his points on shooting from beyond the arc. UVSC (22-5- ) took a lead to open the had the deficit back game but UNC to three points, with 13:53 showing on the clock. The Bears never got any closer as UVSC's defense and the Toolson led the Wolvernes on a 17-- 3 run over the next seven minutes. Toolson hit three during the run and the UVSC defense held the Bears to one field goal while forcing five UNC turnovers as UVSC took a commanding 28-1-1 lead. The two teams played even over the final 6:38 and UVSC led 2 at halftime. The second half wasn't much different " than the first as UVSC built its lead to as 7-- 0 (6-2- 11-- (6-2- sharp-shootin- g three-pointe- 38-2- Reliable! DehveiiT with 8:11 left in many as 33 points, the game before UVSC coach Dick Hun-sakstarting clearing his bench. UVSC held UNC to (6-- f or-2shooting in the decisive first half, and 34.9 percent ( 15-- f or43) for the game. In contrast, UVSC shot a modest 45.2 in the first half, but hit 75 percent during the second half. For the game, UVSC shot 55.3 percent. Toolson led UVSCs second half shooting all from exhibition going For the night, Toolson was 2 overall and 0 from three-poirange. He also imfor the season from proved to 91.2 (52-5the free throw line with perfect 3 free throw shooting on the night. Toolson benefited in the game from UNCs efforts to stop Ronnie Price. While Price still managed, 17 points in the gamp, it was a far cry from the 33 and 38 points he stuck on the LJNC in UVSC's previous two wins over the Dears. Pierre Thomas was UVSCs only other player in double figures with 10 points. Jon' Bell finished with nine points, Carl Lee seve points, Russell Wesley three points, and David Heck two points. Bell had 10 rebounds to go with nine points to just miss a 67-3- er 6) 3-- long-rang- 3-- double-doubl- e. Florida Gulf Coast defeated Longwood 7558 in the other semifinal. With their win over Longwood, the Eagles upped their current home winning streak to 29 games. They have not lost at home in Alico Arena in over two years. I BYU baseball: At Northridge, Calif., Jesse home run in the sevPerez hit a two-ru- n enth inning to lead Cal State Northridge to a victory over the BYU baseball team Thursday., had a 0 lead before The Cougars the Matadors responded with five 7-- 6 Great Customer Sernce 375-S1C- 3 e. (4-1- 4) (7-1- 1) 5-- .ffk Men's Dasxenaa Utah at San Diego St iUm 4p.ia.uzz line at www.runforred.org or by visiting the chapter at 865 N. Freedom Blvd. Call (801) 4 for irrformation. 787-126- TENNIS Henin-Hardenn- V e, Capriati reach semis DOHA, Qatar Justine Top-ranke- d and former No 1 Jennifer Capriati won in straight sets Thursday to move into the semifinals at the Qatar Open. improved to 16-- in 2004 by beating Nathalie Dechy The Belgian now faces Svet-lan- a Kumetsova in a rematch of last week's Dubai Open fiHenin-Harden- ne Henin-Harden- 7-- 6-- 1, NtOELCOOKAssociated , Press Adam flies through the air during Btfce Week at the Day tona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla Nate Gymnastics Wilson hopes to be back in 4-- 6 weeks U.S. gymnastics champion Blaine Wilson hopes to be training within sue weeks after having surgery on his Five-tim- e torn biceps, and he still intends to compete in the Athens Olympics. Wilson's left biceps muscle tore completely off the bone at the elbow during his still rings routine at the American Cup on Saturday. Dr. James Andrews reattached the tendon Tuesday using a titanium wire. Hell do rehab for the next four to six weeks. He already was in the gym Thursday riding a stationary bike and doing exercises to maintain his core strength. Silvia It was Farina Ella (6), only Capriati's third match of along with Sullivan, who had another solid for game. After tying her career-hig- h points with 20 last Saturday in a loss at Utah; the junior guard followed up with 22 last night after finishing the first half with 16. She broke her personal best on two free throws with 54.6 seconds left. "I'm just happy we won," Sullivan said. That BYU was able to suit up a team was fortunate for Judkins, who has a roster full of sick players. A cold is running rampant, leaving Sullivan the only one healthy. "We had to go zone," Judkins said. "We couldnt go 'man' with the energy we had." San Diego State's Candace Mattson, a Lone Peak High graduate, tied for a team-hig- h 13 points. BYU will play its last regular season game Saturday against UNLV. Tipoff is at 4 p.m. 6-- the year after being sidelined with a back injury. Capriati's semifinal opponent will be defending champion Anastasia Myskina, who beat Jie Zheng of China 6-- 2, 7-- CYCLING Armstrong lashes out at doping agency head Five-tim- e AUSTIN, Texas Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong lashed out Thursday at the head of World g Agency for comments he made about cyclists taking illegal substances. In an open letter released by his representatives, Armstrong said he was "stunned and saddened" by Dick Pound's comments that "The public knows that the riders of the Tour de France and the others take forbidden substances." Pound's comments were reported in the French newspaper Le Monde on Jan. 28. "I have said this before and I will say it again: I believe that I am the most tested athlete on this planet, I have never had a single positive doping test, and I do not take performance enhancing drugs,"! Armstrong Anti-Dopin- The American Red Cross Mountain Valley Chapter hosts ' the Run for Red race or 2K walk this Saturday beginning at 10 am at Provo's : Independence High. is on Registn!in possible said. With health improving, BYU takes on UCSB quickness is accompanied by a thunderous swing, ranks among the leaders in aces, hitting percentage and blocks in theMPSF. Ferre, a Jordan High product who hadn't played for a school team before this season (the UHSAA doesn't sanction boys volleyball), is hitting .392 this season and scorched UC Irvine last Friday when he hit .909 and had 10 kills. Ferre was benched Saturday when Burke returned. "I don't think that I can think of another team that can take out a player who hit .900 the night before," Peterson said. Burke came back in style. His shoulder still hurt and he hadn't practiced in months, but Burke hit .737 and had 15 kills. He also had one block and assisted on Stephen Vincent HERALD CORRESPONDENT It's been nearly three years since Mike Burke's mom called then-BY- -- U volleyball coach Carl McGown and arranged a tryOut for her son upon his return from his IDS mission in the Czech Republic. That tryout helped BYU land a player who last year had a breakout season He had a remarkable .458 hitting percentage en route to becoming one of the nation's top middle blockers. With Burke returning, BYU figured to have solid play from the middle blocker position this season. BYU had that but, until last weekend, it wasn't Burke who was playing the middle for the Cougars. Tonight, BYU fans get their first look at Burke this season d when the Cougars host UC Santa Barbara. The Gauchos are one of this year's surprise teams, ranked No. 6 in the nation First serve is set for 7 p.m. at the Smith Fieldhouse. The two teams will play again Saturday, same time, same runs in the fifth inning off BYU starting pitcher Patrick Wells. BYU took the lead back in the top of the six before Perez's home run put CSUN ahead to stay in the seventh. Casey Cloward and Brandon Taylor led the BYU offense with singles. The Cougars face Long Beach State, ranked seventh in the nation, in Long Beach today. The audio cast beginning at 7:30 p.m. is on www.byucougars.com. I BYU swimming: Freshman Brittany Davis is the BYU female athlete of the month. Davis finished first in the freestyle and the 200 backstroke at the Mountain West Conference last month in Oklahoma City. Davis was second in the v venue. Burke figured to be a focal point of the Cougar attack this 500-met- season, but a preseason shoulder injury sidelined Burke until last weekend. In Burke's absence the Cougars had solid play from freshmen midile blockers Vic-tor Batista and Aaron Ferre. That experience gives BYU (11-- 3 overall, 11-- 1 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) added depth. At the start of the year, Petep son hoped to move Chris Gorny, who was the Cougars' other middle blocker last year, to outside hitter. Burke's injury forced Peterson to use Gorny at his old position. The injury bug also plagued Gorny. After missing several matches in late January, Gorny tore ligaments in both ankles two weeks ago. Peterson said the earliest Gorny is expected to rejoin the team is tournament' lOOback. She was also a member of BYUs first-plac- e 400 medley relay team, as well as the second-plac200, 400 and 800 relays. e UVSC Softball: Fresh off two convincing wins over Northwest Nazarene, the Utah Valley State Softball team is in Richland, Wash., where they begin play today in the Royal Inn Central Washington Invitation' UVSC ) will play five round-robi- n tournament. If the games in the two-daWolverines finish in the top four of their bracket they will qualify for a bracket that will decide the (3-3- y six-tea- , . five others."People thought he wouldn't come back this season," Peterson said. "Then to come back and be the leading hitter, without practicing, is almost unbelievable." Peterson said his team's depth is one of its strengths, but also a third-ranke- run-scorin-g tourney champion Sunday afternoon. The Wolverines open the tourney with two games today and play three more times on Saturday. Prior to the start of play, UVSC will also play the Canadian Olympic Team on Sunday morning at 9:30 am MST. UVSC plays Albertson College at 2 p.m. today followed by a game against Simon Fraser University at 4:15 p.m Saturday's round-robi- n games are Northwest Nazarene at 9:30 a.m.. Southern Oregon at 1 1:45 a.m, and Eastern Oregon at 6:30 p.m d 7-- for this Saturday LONDON Naturally, Pele chose himself among the top 125 living soccer players. But he also chose two Amer Capriati d fifth-seede- Running Run for Red set Hamrn, Akers make 6-- 1, 4-- The second-seedeeliminated 263-816- 6 Pele's list of greats , Kuznetsova rallied past Meghann Shaughnessy of the . United States 30-ov- SOCCER al. nal. icans in a sport where the United States has always been an afterthought: Mia Hamm and. Michelle Akers. They also were the only women chosen, symbolic or U.S. dominance in the two decades that women's soccer has been on the world stage. The list was compiled as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of FIFA, world soccer's governing group. FIFA left the choice to one man the Brazilian acknowledged to be the greatest player ever. Pele was allowed to pick only players who are still living. I Adult league signups: Registration for the Utah Soccer AsFinal sociation is deadline is March 11 for openings in the men's and women's competitive leagues, as well as the men's league. Games begin March 27. Call (801) or utahsocceraoI.com for information ing the team. That leaves South Dakota State, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, Southern Utah, UC Davis and Cal Poly in the new conference. Toolson leads UVSC to tourney title game THE DAILY SATURDAY TODAY Men's wBeybal IK Santa Barbara atBYU 7 p.m. Da La Hoya, he already knows what he wants to do to the popular fighter. "Oscar De La Hoya always has been known for how good and handsome he is," Hopkins said Thursday during a promotional stop in New York. "I'm openly envious of him. His nose is straight. You can't go out like that. Show me a scar. I will give him a badge of honor." Hopkins and De La Hoya are on course to meet Sept. 18 in one of the biggest bouts the sport has seen in some time. But first, Hopkins faces Robert Allen while De La Hoya goes against Felix Sturm on June 5 in middleweight fights in Las Vegas. STERCXDS Friday, March 5.2004 concern. He worries that the constant lineup shuffling he has had to dn may adversely affect his team. Notes: With a win Friday, BYU will set a school record for consecutive wins under the format with 11. Last week, BYU tied the previous record of 10, set by the 2001 national championship team. The school record for consecutive wins under the traditional format is 18, set by the 1999 team, which also won the national title. The NCAA switched from traditional to rally scoring in oring ' 2001. UCSB (1(6, 65) won the last match between these two teams, sweeping the Cougars in the second match of last yearVss series. The win snapped a winning streak BYU had against the Gauchos, dating back to 1997. After going 0 last season, UCSB has already matched last time. year's win tally, going 10-- 6 en So Peterson had to turn to route to a No. 6 ranking. UCSB two newcomers: Batista and freshman outside Evan Patak Ferre. was last week's national player i With such inexperience at of the week. Patak had 20 kills 11 and hit .429 in the Gauchos' middle blocker, a letdown upwould be expected, but it never set of then-N3 Long Beach came. Batista, whose lightning State on Saturday. , 10-2- o. ' |
