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Show a ' DAILY HERALD AMBRIEFING id COLLEGE FOOTBALL "Overall. I think, we're throwing the ball better than we have the last couple of years. I think Prosecutors: AF cadet admitted to steroid use AIR FORCE ACADEMY, An Air Force football player accused of taking illegal steroids told investigators he took the drugs because wanted Colo. that was the problem, maybe the offense was d with a little running the ball." tobeastrongerathlete, a pros- one-side- ecution witness testified Tuesday on the opening day of the player's court martial. Overton Spence, a junior linebacker, is charged with possessing and using illegal steroids. Prosecutors dropped a charge of distribution of steroids Tuesday. The defense sought to show that Spence never admitted knowing the steroids were illegal, and that he was more worried about his football career than anything else. -- Shaun Carney ' Air Force freshman - THURSDAY -- ecutor Capt Garrett Condon saRJ Spence was "a football player who wanted to get bigger, stronger, faster, better." Air Force special agent Richard Karbour testified that Spence told him he "wanted to take the pills to get stronger for football." Barbour said Spence paid $100 for 120 pffls. He said Spence told him "he had been playing football since peewee league It was very important to him." During a break, Spence chatted with a academy football players in the courtroom. Some studied play sheets during testimony. "We're here to support rum," said Dan Shaffer, a fellow team member. Also facing steroid charges are Matthew Ward, a running back; Jonathan Betkowitz, a cheerleader; and Eric Swartz. ' Spence faces up to 10 years' imprisonment if convicted. He is one of four cadets, including one other player on the Falcons football team, facing steroid charges. In opening statements, pros-- 4iaii ' Oil THE AIR TV After three seasons away from the NFL, Deion Sanders signed with the Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday. The seven-tim- e Pro Bowl cornerback passed his physical r and signed a contract laden with incentives. He will practice with the team for the first time today, and expects to play in the Ravens' season opener Sept. 12 against the Cleveland Browns. Sanders, 37, played corner in ' his prime, but will be used as a fifth defensive back in STATION ' Baseball . 5 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. Hockey Czech Republic vs. Sweden Canada vs. Slovakia , 5 p.m. Tennis U.S. Open U.S. Open 9 a.m. 5 p.m. . . ' ESPN ESPN2 FOXSN 11a.m. f III 6 lM;""!"il USA USA t KOSTROUN long night for the N.Y. Yankees on Tuesday, Associated Press as the Brewers and acquiring backup catcher K& MFeftca from the Detroit Tigers. The deals came on the final day for teams to obtain players and have them be eligible for ason rosters. The Cubs I the NL wild-car- d race going into Tuesday night 'i game at Montreal. , that can do things as well as we did before. At 50, 1 can attest to that," Biliick said. "But what he wfll bring to the table for us wfll be substantial." deal I Woodson signs one-ye- "This game is not all that , complicated. We're going to try to ingrain him as quickly as we can," Ravens coach Brian ' Biliick said Tuesday rnorning. "We have to make sure we know where he's at physically. He's here plenty early enough to have an impact." Sanders has not played since the 2000 season with tie Washington Redskins. He retired on the eve of the team's training camp in 2001, but the Ravens are convinced he's still got enough talent to contribute to their bid to defend the AFC North title and advance to the Super BowL He spent the 2002 and 2003 seasons on CBS' NFL pregame show. "Based on people we've talked to, opinions we trust, I'm sure there's no question he's going to be able to compete. At the level he competed before? There's very few of us ar with Raiders: Charles Woodson signed die Raiders' one-yetender for $8,782 million on Tuesday, joining the team after ar a Trail Blazers .' The Portland . to a $48 ma-agreed lion contract with restricted free agent Darius Miles on Tuesday, according to ESPN.com. The Blazers have scheduled a news conference to announce the deal today, . when Miles is expected to sign the contract. A Woot-- 9 forward, Miles was a breakout performer for the Blazers over the last two months of last season, averag- ing 12.6 points and 4.5 rebounds in 42 games. Moreover, Miles' production was going up as the season wound down, and he was a big part of the team's late playoff push. six-yea- scoreboard proves at the conclusion of Cleveland's 22--0 win. For more on this game and the rest of Tuesday's MLB action, see O. one-yea- ESPN ESPN2 . Fiopfaotbftl Spanish Fat at Orem NU. It was Deion Sanders passes physical joins Ravens Anaheim at Boston Colorado at San Francisco Colorado at San Francisco I CoEegefoc&sl . Notre Dame at BYU 7:1 5 pm, ESPN Darius MiEes signs with Blazers for six years NFL TIME I SATURDAY .1 half-doze- n starting quarterback EVENT i.V Texas A&M at Utah X15 pm. ESPN FRIDAY ' Wednesday, September 1. 2004 holdout. "I guess it's just been long enough," Woodson said. "We 33-da-y tried our different tactics and it's just been long enough. It's time to get back in and get back to work." . LOCAL COLLEGES opens volleyball season against Utah jUVSC MLB Cubs make two trades, get Ben Grieve MILWAUKEE The Chicago Cubs made a pair of trades Tuesday, getting outfielder Ben Grieve from the Milwaukee . i The Utah Valley State volley-ba- n team opens its season tonight against nationally- - , ranked University erf Utah in Salt Lake City at Crimson Court. The match wfll begin at 7p.m. PREP SPORTS Freshmen lead depleted Mountain View to win Flanary, Janis score three goals to help Bruins overcome loss of injured star ' week to determine what the damage is, it's possible it may be a torn MCL and ACL. Salmon said she thought she would be out at least a month, maybe longer, but attended the game to cheer on her teammates. Freshman Shantel Flanary moved from her starting wing position to take Salmon's forward spot, starting alongside Auna Janis. Flanary didn't dissapoint, stepping up big for the Bruins by scoring two of their three Jordan Jensen . HERALD CORRESPONDENT . With sfar Erin Salmon side- lined due to an injury, two freshman stepped up to help Mountain View beat visiting Tim- pview 2 on Tuesday afternoon in girls prep soccer action Salmon, a two-tim- e aU-ROUNDUP state per- former, sustained a potentially season-endin- g knee injury in the closing minutes of Mountain View's 0 win over American Fork on Aug. 24. Although the Bruins are awaiting an MRI later this 3-- , 2-- . goals. "My teammates' passes were ' Janis, who is also a freshman, did a good job in the second pview, 21-said that the Bruins' play was a "I was really pretty pleased half," he said. little choppy because of the fine-u- p with our play in the first half, I Wasatch 7. Union 1 At Rav ' sevelt, six Wasatch players but we were way too prechange. "We haven't had much time to dictable in the second half," said scored as Wasatch trounced ' work together," she said. Mountain View coach Mike Union, limiting them to only one shot on goal THmpview's Candice dark scored the first goal of the Debbie Sparti led the way LaHargoue said he has configame. But Mountain View's Fla-- dence in Flanary to fill in for the with two goals and two assists nis sandwiched a goal between for Wasatch. Amy Zcirban, injured Salmon even with her two by Flannery to quickly lack of experience playing at the Gina Gertsch, Stacee Smith, erase Timpview's lead and proKaylee Collins and AshMnne high school teveL "Our two girls up there are Burton added a goal apiece, pel the Bruihs to a 3--1 halftirne lead. Jessie Hughes, Deborah while Smith and Patricia Crittenpretty talented. They just need Benson and Talese Stephan assome time to get on the same den each had an assist. sisted on the goals. I Lehi 1, Payson 0 At Lehi, the page with each other," he said. Mountain View (0-1-) starts Timpview kept the Bruins dynamic duo of Becky Pulham scoreless in the second half but five freshman and keeper Beth Worthington couldn't capitalize on offense. secured another win for Lehi. Timpview head coach Jim Davis said he was pleased with Rebecca Farnsworth scored a Pulham had the game's only goal for Timpview in the second his team's improvement followgoal about 15 minutes into the half , but the TBirds' ratty second half and Worthington ing an 11-- loss last weeko - collected another shutout , stopped there. Timpanogos. ia Mountain View outshot Tim "We are young, and the girls goal Lehi (4-- has shut out its 9. 0 on target," said Flanary. 2) opponent to all four of its victories. Payson fell to 0-- Volleyball J, American Timpanogos Fork 1 At American Fork, Timpano-go- s rebounded from a loss in the first game to straight win-thre- e American Fork. After American Fork won Game L 25-2- Timpanogos came 25-2-2 back with wins of and Timpanogos coach Stephanie Brinton said her team came together when it needed to. "We did well at every position," she said after the game. "(Outside hitter) Jessica Jensen was reany a good leader for us. And BreAnne Molen, our defensive specialist, was reaSy great . on defense." : 25-1- 6, 25-1- 9. Angels Continued from CI k. m ..... mi k then had an easy ninth for his first save this season. The most important play of the game came on defense, dinging to a 0 lead, Provo was able to escape a fiftWnning jam because of a catcher's savvy play. The Rockies had runners on first and ' second with no outs after a per- feet bunt by Steven Boggs. But Rodriguez got the next batter out then had help from Tim Duff , who fired a pick-of- f throw from home plate to nafl the runner at ' second base during the next mm K 7 at-b- at Saturday, September 4 - 7:15 p.m. JEREMY SAVE SOME STRESS WHILE YOU CONTRIBUTE TO LITERACY . . . . r v ,, ... .. N, .. Peril of toe Jteily p C3 E2a?G!d mm. ; "That's Duff and (shortstop) . Sean Rodriguez having an un-derstanding of each other and the situation," Kotchman said Kotchmah also gave credit to Casper for putting up such a fight. It made the long trip from Helena, Mont, to get to Provo. Casper starting pitcher Stephen EdsaU was up to Fernando Rodriguez's challenge. He threw six innings, allowing both runs (only one of which was earned) and four Ms. He walked none and struck out five but stffl ended up with the loss, falling to Rodriguez, who will be the Game 1 starter in the playoffs, Volleyball Continued from CI osst current tsscflssslf crciLzhla in cisr ssfcsslx 1555 Ilcrth Freedom Dhi " (dsns to IiSzyeII EdvisTsis tstzdiiiini) Christie Carpenter led the Knights ahead again. A Provo service error ended the game. The third game was also tied at 6 when Lone Peak's Tami Peterson broke the tie with an act A pair of Carpenter kills and a Lindsey Riley ace made it 20-1and three Palmer kills helped finish the game. It was the Bulldogs with the 16-1- 7, i's Fernando Rodriguez improved to 4-- Provo wfll finish its regular-seaso- n home schedule with a 705 pjn. game against Casper tonigbt Then theyH pby three at Casper and a pair at Ogden before the playoffs start VIP: The Angels had a Bttte extra incentive to play hard last and general manager of parent dub Anaheim, attended the game. a He even spent part of the fifth inning talking with the team's In- - early lead in Game 4, they started wih five unanswered points as Christa Bush served. The streak was ended by a Jackie Fotu km, but Lone Peak did not catchup until halfway through tbis-gam- HARMON Daltv Herald pitches against Casper on Tuesday. r It remained close from that poirt on, but the Knights outscored Provo 4--2 at the end to close out the match on another Fotu kflL "Well take it said Lone Peak coach Deanna Meyer. "We still have some things to work on, , temet radio broadcaster. -I Expansion team: The Angels several roster additions in preparation for next week's P- ieces League playoffs. Pitchers Kefly Shearer (LHP), Jason Corbett (RHP), Rafael Cruz Chawei fJOff) and 2B Alexis Cntil-l- a have been added. Catcher Brett Martina was also added from the Mesa (Ariz), but was promptly promoted again to advanced Smgfe-Cedar Rapids (Iowa) of the Midwest League. but I was pleased to get a win against a quality program." Carpenter hit over .700, with 13 kills. Fotu and Palmer each added 8 kills, and Peterson had a great passing night at 2.7 and also served wel Leslie Fonbue-n- a had four aces for the Knights. Returning state MVP Ashley Hamilton had a perfect hitting night, including two kflb on fake sets which helped turn the tide in Lone Peak's favor late in the match. - t |