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Show DAILY HERALD B2 PAGE Thursday, October 14. 2004 TODAY TODAY Gregg r Briefing Patton i Soccer playoffs Jr?.J Timpview f atumpanogos 4 p.m. OLD DIIAMATO i No, not Los we go again. I h; Angeies LaKers DasKemau. Lakers theater. No way the team was going to. squeeze in its first preseason game being Tuesday night without overshadowed by the back story Excerpts from former Coach Phil Jackson's f ort hcoming book were made public in the morning, and some of the torpedoes nailed the good ship Kobe Bryant broadside. As usual, great timing. Anyone who thinks the team's Kobe and Whoedition ever is steering toward more tranquil waters should put on a life vest, just in case. Not hat much of Jackson's musings seemed new. I News flash: Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal didn't get along. I News flash: Bryant was tired of lxing a "sidekick" and was deter-- . mined to sever himself from Shaq. I News flash: Bryant and Jackson had a strained relationship. All of this stuff that had been previously reported (or assumed), however, was finally confirmed by t he coach who was there after doing his best for five years to smooth over, keep the peace, or it never-endin- ' g I flat-ou- obfuscate t No. 1 7 West Virginia trumps UConn in Mountaineers' Big East opener EAST HARTFORD. Conn. Rasheed Marshall rushed for 110 yards and threw a touchdown pass and Mike Lorello had two interceptions Wednesday night to lead West Virginia to a 9 victory over Connecticut in the Mountaineers' Big East opener. Marshall, who is closing in on the e rushing mark for Big East quarterbacks, repeatedly rescued an offense that sputtered for almost three quarters. Harris sidelined with inWith leading rusher Kay-Ja- y d Colson Marshall and Jayson kept the juries, Mountaineers' ground game going, racking up 309 yards rushing. Colson finished with 111 yards and one TD. also capitalized on de- West Virginia (5-fense. Lorello intercepted a pass that bounced off the foot of UConn receiver Keron Henry and ran it in 21 yards for 17-- 6 lead late in the third quarter. .On the next possession, Marshall hit Chris Henry 31-1- ixrsonality. drawing from a diary he' kept last season when the Lakers soap oera repeatedly bubbled over its banks, Jackson observed that the feud "pettiness" of the Shaq-Kobcould be "unbelievably juvenile" at times. Jackson said Bryant told him he was tired of dealing with Shaq and wanted his own team. Jackson also said he knew his days with the Lakers were numliered when he .issued a ultimatum last winter to general manager Mitch Kupchak, Jackson said he coasid- - ' ered Bryant uncoachable. Surely it is the Lakers' hope and desire that people will be able to watch Bryanl play basketball this season without suffering flashbacks, but it won't happen soon. At least not un-- t il well after Christmas Day, when ( )'Neal arrives at Staples Center for 'the first timewith his new team, Miami. Anyway, other than Coach Rudy ' Tomjanovich. the Lakers responded liefore the game with zippered lips. Bryant wasn't available, and neither were any of his teammates you'd recognize. You could have driven a news van through the locker room before the game and not hit a Laker at least until it was time for the media to leave. ' New team, old habits. I loping to diffuse the news, the organization issued a written from owner Jerry Buss and Kupchak. The statement characterized Jackson's offerings as "opinions." and recollectioas that included "inaccuracies." The prepared statement also said that much of what Jackson revealed was said in private, and 1 e 17th-ranke- Jackson was going to the Lakers weren't. Basically, it was one of the longest "no comments" (2 Hi words) in public relations hist ory But, hey. the statement concluded, the Lakers still regard Jackson as "a friend of the organization" and appreciate the legacy of his . three championship teams. Thank heaven for Tomjanovich, who hasn't been around L.A. long enough to run for cover when the soap hits the fan. Not that he seems like the type to hide. Asked if he thought Jackson's book would be a distraction, he said, "I hope it's not. The guys who are here are used to that stuff. It's almost like a sitcom all the stuff that comes up." l, Houston vs. Sacramento 5:30 a.m. ESPN College football Louisville at Miami Prep. D. Ryan vs. S. Carroll 5:30 p.m. ESPN 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 basketball Golf NBA World Match Play Champ. Samsung World Champ. Chrysler Classic 7:15 a.m. 12:30 p.m. TGC 2 p.m. USA i TGC Kobe Bryant is shrugging off critiSAN DIEGO cism of him by former Los Angeles Lakers coach , Phil Jackson. Auto Racing NHRA "He's just trying to sell books. I'll just leave it at that," Bryant said Wednesday at the Lakers' training camp at the University of San Diego. "I wish him the best at whatever he's doing now. I have responsibilities here, and that's what I have to take care of. That's it." The diary of the 2003-0season, titled "The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul," Jackson said he no longer wanted to coach Bryant. The book will be released this month, but an excerpt will be published in next week's issue of Los Angeles magazine. The Los Angeles Times printed excerpts from the magazine article on Tuesday. Jackson wrote he became so frustrated'with Bryant that he told general manager Mitch Kupchak in January: "I won't coach this team next year if he is still here. He won't listen to anyone. I've had it ' with this kid." : Sportsman Series NASCAR Busch qualifying NASCAR Nextel Cup qualifying 1:30 p.m. ESPN2 2:30 p.m. SPEED 5 p.m. SPEED Radio 4 College Football Louisville at Miami 1230 5:30 p.m. AM TD pass to extend the lead to 18 and for a send most of the 40,000.fans streaming for the exits. Lorello intercepted UConn quarterback Dan Orlovsky again midway through the fourth quarter, killing another drive. Marshall was for 138 yards and was ' off once. picked He became the first West Virginia quarterback to both rush and throw for more than 100 yards since Major Harris in 1987. Marshall has 1,518 career quarterrushing yards, 44 yards shy of the e back rushing mark held by Syracuse's Donovan b. 24-of-- '. NFL . Carolina o defensive back Jenkins out for season with shoulder injury All-Pr- i ; .'-- KC. The Carolina Panthers lost defensive tackle Kris Jenkins for the season Wednesday to a shoulder injury, the fourth impor CHARLOTTE, : r , AV.IM A!P I'Mv, ROUNDUP - r day, started against Michael Finley in his pro debut because David Wesley had a strained right hamand string. Smith shot used his vertical leap to break up an alley-oo- p pass meant for Josh Howard and later block Jason Terry's attempt. Smith also stole the ball from Devin Harris the No. 5 overall pick and forced Harris to foul him on a breakaway. Later, Smith slipped by Jerry St ackhouse and forced him to foul as Smith went up for an y-oop attempt. Stackhouse, acquired by Dallas in a trade that sent Ant awn, Jamison to Washington, scored 20 points for the Mavericks. Stackhouse has said he'll be comfortable with A sixth-ma- n role in which he'd play either the forward or shooting guard position. He wasn't that sharp but from the field made 10 of 11 free throws. He was far more productive than Howard, who started and played more minutes but finished with 9 points. Dirk Nowitzki and Finley scored 17 points apiece for Dallas, and Erick Dampier added 10. Harris scored 3 points in 20 minutes in his professional debut. Baron Davis had 14 points and Jamaal Magloire 1 for New Orleans. Lee Nailon, a late offseason pickup who was waved by the Hornets two years ago, scored ,13 points. Hornets free-ageacquisition Rodney Rogers, expected to compete with George Lynch for a starting spot at forward, sat out with a strained right hamstring. but d The Hornets led the reserves struggled to score in the second quarter when Dallas used a 16-- 2 run to take a 3 lead. The Mavericks led 1 23-1- 39-341-3- 7 B4. HE ASSOCIATED PRESS 6-- 0 Press HABERAssociated first half of their first exhibi-- t ion game, but Boston ( lead. went on to take a 100-90 Hawks 96, Magic 88: At Macon, Ga., Al Harrington had 23 points and eight rebounds, and Antoine Walker scored 14 points to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a preseason victory over the Orlando Magic. Orlando's Dwight Howard fouled out after committing six turnovers while scoring 8 points in 25 minutes. Jameer Nelson scored 2 points while committing five fouls in 25 minutes. , The Americans' biggest victory since beating Barbados in 2000 moved them one huge step closer to Germany '06. They got a spot in the CONCACAF regional finals, where the top three of six teams automatically make the World Cup field. And they did it with an unrelenting attack that extended their longest unbeaten string to 12 games. Only loss to the Netherlands a in February blemishes the in record. They are qualifying this year, "Qualifying is all about results," coach Bruce Arena said. "You don't get them . and you don't go to the World Cup. "The players have had a great year to date." They were as sharp as ever against Panama, start- 7-- 0 I Bucks 89, Timberwolves 84: At Grand Forks, N.D., Desmond Mason scored 10 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter to help the Milwaukee Bucks defeat the Minnesota Timber-wolveReigning MVP Kevin Garnett led the Timberwolves with 15 points, eight rebounds and three assists. He logged 30 mir.utes, more than any other Minnesota player. s. I Trail Blazers 92, SuperSonics 73: At Portland, Ore., Derek Anderson scored 23 points to lead the Trail Blazers to a win in its preseason opener. Sha-reAbdur-Rahiadded 16 shooting for points on Portland. Vladimir Rad- manovich scored 1 1 points to .4 j ' ' fy NICK WASSAssocialed Press U.S. soccer player Brian McBride (20) is upended by Panama's Luis Moreno in the first half. U.S. won, 6-- smile. at halftime. Pistons 1 05, Celtics 1 03 At Auburn Hills, Mich., rookie with Carlos Delfino's 6 seconds to play gave the Detroit Pistons' a preseason victory over the Boston Celtics. The defending NBA champions led by as many as 22 points in the 1 WASHINGTON The established star was overshadowed by the kid. Landon Donovan scored twice Wednesday night, then rising sensation Eddie Johnson connected three straight times, carrying the United States into the regional finals of World Cup rout of qualifying with a Panama. In a game dominated from start to finish by the streaking Americans, it was Donovan and Johnson who left the lasting marks. "I just want to see if I can play at this level," the Johnson said after scoring the first U.S. hat trick in World Cup qualifying since 1968 and only the third ever. And he did it in his second game with the after scornational team ing last Saturday night in his debut at El Salvador. "This is awesome. It's what you dream of maybe dream of just getting on the field for a few minutes or maybe scoring a goal. But three ..." Johnson shook his head at the thought. "You don't dream of that," he added with a big JA ., BILL alle- ' For complete results, see WORLD CUP QUALIFYING F , h He can be s. All-Pr- o Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki (41) gets tangled up with New Orleans ' P.J. Brown on Wednesday night. his 19th birth- - I Grejg Patton writes for The pre-regio- Barry Wilner opener for both Wednesday night. Smith, picked 18th overall and barely a month removed from Great theater, for sure. Great basketball, we'll wait and see. Mountain View swept the boys and girls cross country races at SCERA Park on Tuesday. Mountain View's Heidi Houle overcame a strong effort from Lone Peak's Katie Bowen to win the individual title and defend her 2003 region title with a time of 16:28.7 on the 2.8 mile loop course. In the boys race, Orem's Tim Rowberry outdisn tanced champion Alden Bahr by less than a second, 14:20.9 to 14:21.0. The three teams qualifying for next week's meet for the boys were Mountain View, Orem and for 268 yards and threw Orlovsky was for two scores but was intercepted three times. ' 94-8- 7 way, Mountain View runs to sweep in boys and girls cross country Region 7 meet with easy win over Panama Rookie NEW ORLEANS J.R. Smith scored 19 points to including four lead the New Orleans Hornets to a victory over the Dallas Mavericks in the preseason You noticed, huh'.' I le said he hadn't heard anyone talking about the book, but he would be interested in reading it. "I'm just curious," he said. "I read .: 'Phil's first book. I liked that one." ()f course there was still a game to play'agaiast Seattle. During the Arrowhead Pond crowd gave Bryant a large ovation just like they always do at Staples Letting everyone know in his own way that this was his team, Bryant took the microphone before the teams took the fkx)r, and addressed the crowd like the master of ceremonies he plaas to be. The scene no doubt would have made Shaq gag. "It's going to be a great season," he said. It's going to be a season, any- PREP SPORTS U.S. advances THI ' ; Lakers star shrugs off criticism in former coach's new book j Hornets outlast Dallas , contacted at gpat(on(at)pe.com. FOX NBA PRESEASON ' " 6 p.m. NBA d College focjtball it all. if Houston at St. Louis Sven-Gora- Jackson also revealed that he had tried to get the Lakers to trade Bryant twice, as recently as last January, and had hired a psychologist to help him understand how to deal with Bryant's " narcissist ic" even TV 2-- 0 200-1-0- tant player the team has lost this season. It was the latest blow to the defending NFC champions, who are already without top receiver Steve Smith (broken leg) and No. 2 running back DeShaun Foster (broken collarbone.) Star running back Stephen Davis has also missed three games with a knee injury, leaving Carolina (1-thin on talent all over the field. "I've never seen anything like this. Not like this, not the guys that we had go down," said defensive tackle Kindal Moorehead, who will replace Jenkins on the defensive line. ON THE AIR LONDON David Beckham apologized Wednesday for the yellow card ploy that earned him a convenient World Cup suspension. He hopes that will be enough to avoid any punishrnent and allow hirt to remain England's captain. FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who had urged English soccer authorities to take action, welcomed the apology but said it wouldn't necessarily keep Beck: ham out of trouble. "It makes a difference," Blatter told BBC Radio; "It will give to those who judge such an action some positive circumstances, but you cannot just forget what has happened." Beckham knew he would miss Wednesday's a rib during game at Azerbaijan because Saturday's victory over Wales. Carrying a yellow card from a previous game, he fouled Welsh defender Ben Thatcher so he could serve the automatic ban while injured. "I now know that was wrong and apologize to the Football Association, the England manager, my teammates and all England fans for this," Beckham said. "I have also apologized personally to my mann Eriksson. ager "I know that as captain you are in a privileged position and must always abide by FIFA's code of fair play, something which I have always done throughout my career. On this occasion I made a mistake." Wasatch atLehi , 4 p.m. . . SOCCER Beckham apologizes for intentional yellow card, hopes to avoid ' punishment . . ing with Donovan, who wore the captain's armband for just the second time. Donovan established U.S. superiority with plenty of help from his teammates, whose creative passing and speed dominated play. On both his goals, he received pinpoint passes. Donovan's 18th goal for the national team and first as captain was a precision combination play with Josh Wolff. With Wolff charging into the penalty area from the left wing, Donovan headed for the goal and perfectly d detimed his flection of Wolff's pass. The ball sailed beyond diving goalkeeper Donald Gonzalez in the 21st minute. The Americans probably should have had two goals before that. Gregg Berhalter barely headed wide in the fifth minute off a header feed from Brian McBride. Then McBride, set free on left wing after a brilliant run by DaMarcus Beasley, just knocked a right footed shot wide of the post. 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