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Show 'C4 DAILY HERALD Fridiy.UmhS.2004 BXU releases tentative 2004 football schedule refiigeftom steroid talle Emily Badger THE THE - - ,, ORLANDO SENTINEL LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. or at least talk of steroids Steroids has seeped into every corner of spring training this year, with a federal investigation turning up names like Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield in connection with a San Francisco-are- a supplement company." But Thursday, for one three-hou- r hole in time, the racket stopped ... for a baseball game. "I think everyone feels safe when the clubhouse doors are closed and you're on the field," Atlanta Braves pitcher Russ Ortiz said. "When you're on the field you just feel at home You feel a lot more comfortable." At Cracker Jack Stadium at Disney's Wide World of Sports, the Braves met the Los Angeles Dodgers as the spring-traininschedule launched in earnest. No one was thinking about steroids "At this level, you have to only think about your job," Ortiz said and the subject couldnt have seemed more remote on the sloping left-- . field berm, where the breeze smelled like sunscreen and barbecue and more people were wearing baseball gloves than shoes. It was 80 degrees in the sun, which made for a perfect day for anyone in the bleachers under a sun hat and a miserable one for the sweaty vendors who had to troll the aisles in black pants. "It's just the ambience, this feeling where everybody's just chilling. You don't see that in other sports," said Hugues Laverdiere, a vacationer from Quebec City. He wasn't thinking about steroids-fuele-d records but whether his daughter would remember any of this and whether this season would be the last for his Expos in Canada. "We couldn't wait for the baseball season to start," he said, "and that's one of the reasons why we're down here in Florida to get a head start." Dale and Bobbie Lee Kelly brought their own scorebook, the only logical accessory for a serious baseball fan who will attend as many as 20 games this month. On a scorecard, there's no room for commenh tary on who might be abusing THG or weight someone gained or lost during the Only last names and numbers. "It's pretty hard to keep score during spring training, but it keeps the kid out of V i ' g how-muc- Mb ' ASSOCIATED PRESS For CLEARWATER, Fla. now, Joe Torre likes George Steinbrenner's offer better than Arnold Palmer's. . The New York Yankees manager was on a boat with the golf great in January, looking at whales in waters off Maui. "He invited me to play golf with him over at Bay Hill," Torre recounted Thursday, re ! THE ASSOCIATED MATT YORKAssociated Press , San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds reacts to a called strike against the Chicago Cubs during the first inning Thursday in Mesa, Ariz. PULLMAN, Wash. trouble," Bobbie Lee said, gesturing tohusband. On the field, it was a typical early spring-trainin- g game: 12 pitchers, seven errors, minimal big names. And not that it will go down in anyone's scrap book, or even be remembered by any of the 6,326 fans at the park, but the Dodgers won, Then all the youngsters lined up to run the bases and Braves Manager Bobby Cox kicked back in his office deep beneath the stadium to answer questions about performances that won't mean a thing in the long run. He casually flipped the channels on the TV in his office until he hit the Giants-Cub- s game on ESPN. There was baseball ward her 7-- "They Ye televising this stuff now?" he asked. . CMU! NOTEBOOK game. But even that gesture has turned into a topic in itself . "Once the commissioner put the gag order on talking about it, I thought it was good because no one's talking about baseball," Ortiz said. "But now that games have started, it's still an issue." "I said 63." "He said, 'I'm 74. What does that have anything to do with it?"' Torre started to think about managing New York beyond 2004, and Steinbrenner approached Torre when the manager arrived at spring training and asked about 2005. ljt$j)J il helping j Or. Lm Brooks With . many year-to-ye- today. equipment and b specially trained staff fie it able to treat many of , these symptoms that plague its today. These symptoms may include migraines, headaches, tension in the neck and shoulders, and not sleeping well. Dr. Brooks teaches - and lectures to health care If two-ye- ar contract The Minnesota Twins reliever signed Joe Nathan to a two-yea- r contract Thursday in a complicated deal that will pay him more if he becomes the team's closer this seasoa Nathan, speaking in the clubhouse before Minnesota's exhibition opener against Boston, said he was unsure of the ' specifics. The Twins did not disclose terms, and neither did Nathan's agent, Dave Pepe. Acquired from San Francisco in a November trade, Nathan is Minnesota's leading candidate to replace Eddie Guardado as closer. Guardado signed with Seattle. The Nathan, would have been eligible for arbitration in 2005, was grateful to have some security after previously operating on contracts. I Angels agree on contracts with Lackey, Gregg: The Anaheim Angels agreed to terms on contracts with pitchers John Lackey and Kevin Gregg on right-hande- and sent to a hand specialist. If surgery is required, Hairston almost certainly will miss the Orioles' opener on April 4 against the Boston Red Sox. Hairston is competing against Brian Roberts for the starting job. Hairston started on opening day last year, but broke his foot in May and remained on the disabled list until September. He finished with a .271 batting average in 58 games. UHfr" ular season appearances on ABC, ESPNESPN2 and ESPN Plus. Several games may still move to Thursday or Friday slots to accommodate television requests. A comprehensive league television schedule with game times will be announced at a later date. The first MWC game will be Sept. 18 when Air Force visits UNLV. The first full weekend of league action is Oct. 22-23. BASKETBALL Lottich'S'desperation and undefeatgave ed Stanford another victory, 63-6-1 over Washington State on Thursday night. The Cardinal (26M), 17-- Pac-1rallied in the final 20 seconds, with Lottich's long coming off a wild scramble in front of the Stanford bench. Stanford needs to beat Washington on Saturday to complete the first 18-- season in conference history. 0 An aide volunteered that the Braves are on TV three times this March. "We are?" Cox said. Soon, though, the talk will get back to steroids, even though Commissioner Bud Selig on Wednesday ordered all 30 teams to keep quiet on the topic in an effort to shift everyone's attention back to the could be my last year. I'd be able to retire." "Retire? How old are you?" Palmer told Torre. I Twins sign Nathan to BASEBALL his right ring finger Thursday in an exhibition game against the Florida Marlins, leaving his status for opening day in doubt. The injury occurred in the first inning of the Orioles' first game of spring. Hairston hit a leadoff single against Josh Beckett, stole second base and then broke a bone in his knuckle while stealing third. Hairston eventually scored, but was pulled from the game . Matt d "The thing that certainly opened the door to come back here was how George, the Yankees, initiated the whole concept," Torre said before New York opened its spring training schedule with a 54 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Steinbrenner has directed his general partner Stephen SwindaL to handle negotiations. The sides have talked about a two-yea- r extension through 2006. son-in-la- Orioles' Hairston breaks finger in exhibition FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jerry Hairston broke Subject to change Sept. 4 USC Sept. 11 Bye Sept. 18 at Stanford Sept. 25 at Boise State at Colorado St Oct 2 UNLV Oct 9 Oct 16 Wyoming Oct 23 at Air Force Notre Dame Oct. 30 San Diego St Nov. 6 Nov. 13 New Mexico Nov. 20 at Utah MEN'S COLLEGE buzz-beatin- g ferring to the Florida golf course where Palmer hosts a tournament each March. Of course, with spring training coming up, Torre turned him down. But, thirlking ahead, Torre knew he was about to start the final season of his contract, and his relationship with Steinbrenner was strained throughout 2003. "After this year, maybe I'll be able to take you up on that," Torre said to Palmer. "This PRESS schedule PRESS I DePaul 68, No. 13 Cincinnati 65: At Rosemont, III (AP) Drake Diener and Delonte Holland scored 17 each and Quemont Greer had 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead DePaul to a 685 upset over No, 13 Cincinnati on Thursday niggt. It was DePaul's first victory over a team ranked this high since December 2000, when the Blue Demons (1&8, 114 Conference USA) beat then-N10 Missouri Fans were chanting "Nah-nahey-hegoodbye!" as the final seconds ticked off and when the final buzzer sounded, students rushed the floor. The loss could be a costly one for Cincinnati, which came into the game tied with Memphis for the lead in Conference USA. The Bearcats (20, 114 ) play Memphis on Saturday in the finale. But with so much at stake, regular-seaso- n Cincinnati picked a bad time to play poorly. The Bearcats, one of the teams in shot less than 44 rwrent lost the rebounding battle 7 ana naa onry tnree players in double figures. providers internationally. you or a friend have ony TM0 or TMJ symptoms, see your r ar 10-1- right-hand- A land I Brewers 1 1 01-1- ii 19-fo- ot A ,! I a- - W . IU1 Phil Martin scored eight points in a row and Kuebler hit a 3-- poinier wun io:w remaining. Okeson answered with a to start a 15-- 5 run that included consecutive slam dunks by Snyder and another Okeson goal for a 4 lead at 1052. Trailing 5947, Hawaii made one last run when Kuebler hit consecutive and Jason Carter added another to slice Nevada's lead to 6J56 with 520 remaining. But the Rain-vmiM mill AAV hnw Warrinrc nn .. v. v vvyiuu fSUU closer as Okeson, Fazekas and 6 Snyder combined for shooting down the stretch. I Alvin Snow voted most valuable: Alvin Snow of Eastern Washington is the 2003-200- 4 Big Sky Conference most valuable player in men's basketball the conference announced Wednesday. Eastern Washington, the regular season champion, placed three players on the 1 erence team, chosen by the league's head coaches. All ' eight schools were represented on the team, but Idaho State, with two, was the only other school with more than one 51-3- 6-- -- free-thro- with 14 points, all but two coming from range. Eric Hicks and Armein Kirkland had choice. senior from Seat Snow, a 10 each. tle, Wash., led the Eagles to an And the game wasn't really 3 Big Sky record. He ranks as close as the score indiratpd in the top 13 in the Big Sky in either, because Kirkland made a seven individual statistical catepointer at the buzzer. gories. After an uncharacteristirallv Snow played in 115 games in J r. i if .i his Eastern career, a school Muppy iirsi nan, ine Bearcats appeared to set the tone with record. He is the first Eastern their first field goal of the secWashington player and the 17th ond. Taking off from the left in Big Sky history to be named baseline, Maxiell looked as if he three straight was going for the rebound seasons. Johnson's miss. Instead, Montana junior forward he grabbed the ball in Davis, a junior college and slammed it through the transfer from Milwaukee, Wis., ' hoop for a dunk that had even was named newcomer of the the DePaul fans gasping. year. Kirkland's turnaround Matt Nelson of Eastern jumper gave Cincinnati a 9 Washington was named freshlead with 13:18 left, and it man of the year. The forward looked as if the Blue Demons from Issaquah, Wash., avermight be overmatched. But Anand five reaged 8. 1 dre Brown scored on a layup to bounds points per game. spark a 10-- run that was part Portland State forward Sea-mof a larger 21-- 9 spurt. Boxley, a junior from Diener and Holland made Mountlake Terrace, Wash., was 3s and, after a the defensive player of the year. timeout, Diener hit an Others named to the er' to give DePaul a 4942 lead with ence team include Scott Henry 10:42 to play. from Mountain View High and I Nevada 77, Hawaii 64: At Utah Valley: Reno, Nev., Kirk Snyder scored Marc Axton, Eastern Wash23 points to lead Nevada to its Brendon Merrill, Eastington; 14th straight home win and ern Washington; Marquis Poole, keep the Wolf Pack in the hunt Idaho State; Scott Henry, Idaho for a share of the Western AthState; Kamarr Davis, Montana; letic Conference title with a 4 Jason Ericksoa Montana State: win Thursday night over Aaron Bond, Northern Arizona; Hawaii. Seamus Portland State; Todd Okeson added 18 points Joseth Boxley, Dawson, Sacramento for Nevada (19-8- , ), which State; Slobodan Ocokoljic, Wehas won 10 of its last 12 games ber State. and is now in second place, one Honorable Mention game behind UTEP with one vt laweu, moilltuut, ivci-regular season game remaining. ly Golob, Northern Arizona; , Michael Kuebler scored a Blake walker, Portland State; team-hig- h 17 points on 5of-- 7 Joel Jones, Sacramento State; shooting from range for John Weber State; Hawaii (19-- 11-- 6 WAQ, which Nic Hamilton, Sparrow, Weber State. 6-- 2 11-- - 1 Ka-ree- m sign Ginter, Podsed-niInfielder Keith Ginter and k: Ka-ma- rr . the Milwaukee Brewers agreed conThursday to a three-yetract worth $1,925,000. Outfielder Scott Podsednik, runner-ufor NL Rookie of the Year, agreed to a one-yedeal that pays him $400,000 if he stays in the major leagues and $300,000 if he is sent to the minors. Podsednik, 28, hit .314 with eight home runs, 58 RBIs, 100 runs scored and 43 stolen bases in his breakout season last year. He was just the fourth rookie since 1900 to hit .300, steal 40 bases and score 100 , runs. ar p ar WE HAVE WHAT VOUVE BEEN WAITINC FOR; mid-flig- ht 42-3- back-tc-bac- k all-co- 77-6- ; physician first, then give ui call for o free consultation. 1 all-co- Field Williams led Cincinnati Thursday. Lackey was 6 with a 4.63 ERA in 33 starts last seasoa The led the led the club in starts, complete games, shutouts and strikeouts. Gregg split last season between Double-- Arkansas, Triple--A Salt Lake and Anaheim. He earned a in his major league debut as a starter on Aug. 9 against Cleve- . , : n nn iruueu 0 ai me ana on L& from the field. percent shooting Nick Fazekas had 1 1 points and Kevinn Pinkney added nine Clglll Ic lAuuajuiu a gaiuc-iugbounds for Nevada, which outscored Hawaii 174 the last 11 minutes of the first half capped by Snyder's jumper just before the buzzer. Hawaii scored the first six points of the second half and a. 0 36-2- ASSOCIATED 2004 last-seco- nd g THE BYU Stanford stays unbeaten with victory Torre: Palmer helped convince me to manage in 2005 THE HERALD The Mountain West Conference announced the dates for its 2004 football schedule on Thursday. All of BYlTs games are scheduled for Saturdays, but the dates are subject to change. BYLTs 11 games include six at home and five on the road. BYU is scheduled to open the season Sept. 4 in LaVell Edwards Stadium against 2003 national champion USC It'll be the fourth time in MWC history that one of its programs has opened the season against the defending national champions. The Cougars are scheduled to take off the weekend of Sept. 11 before playing on 10 straight weekends. After the opener, the Cougars travel to Stanford on Sept. 18, then to Boise State on Sept. 25 and to Colorado State on Oct. 2 to open league play. liter in the season, BYU plays at home three straight weekends, starting Oct. 30 against Notre Dame, Nov. 6 against San Diego State and , Nov. 13 against New Mexico. BYU closes the regular season Nov. 20 at Utah. The MWC anticipates 21 reg- - r J DAILY a ItSSSmVSiSSUUtah' e Tak IHTRALASIIC, Ortry CustomVue IrrtmLASIK Cantor the Surgical Wiuie out of LASIK. r! Cataract &LasikCenlerd1M ITSN0mlr.Onm.Ur . ., mitijxm 12-5- ' l 9, ' |
