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Show TODAY Class 3A Soccer RIEFING NBA 3 NBA Television LOCAL COLLEGES Man. United vs. Arsenal 121-11- 8 Ticket deadline for t New Noon WGN 5 p.m. ESPN 6 p.m. TNT 8:30 TNT defending NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson called for a radical transformation of the race track, while Dale Earnhardt Jr. said alterations are not feasible. The two are teammates at Hendrick Motorsports. e The racing at the Alabama superspeed-wais again under scrutiny after Carl Edwards' airborne crash into the safety fence on the last lap of Sunday's race. It was the most frightening of three accidents, including a 10K:ar pileup that knocked Johnson out of the race with nine laps to go. Because the track is so big and wide that drivers never have to lift off the gas, Johnson said Tuesday that NASCAR cannot remove the horsepower-sappin- g restrictor plates that are used to combat the high speeds at Daytona and Talladega. That leaves a track alteration as his only suggestion. "I don't know how we fix it unless we take a bunch of tractors out there and knock down the walls, knock down the banking, and make the track where you have to let off (the gas)," Johnson said. "Outside of that, I don't think there is a rule that NASCAR can come up with. As long as we're running (restrictor) plates, we're going to have this issue." Earnhardt, NASCAR's most popular driver, said track alterations aren't possible. "There's no way you can justify it under the current economic state of the sport, of the track itself, of the company that owns the track," he said. "Nothing from that wreck really stands out to me as, 'Wow, we got to make a change here or something needs to be done,' other than the car getting off the ground and people getting hurt. As far as the wreck itself, trying to avoid Three-tim- Champions League Soccer 12:30 p.m. ESPN2 York arena team offers Vick a contract: Michael Vick ar 1 TENNIS E I Cougar pitcher honored: BYU junior righthander Christie Zinanti has been named Mountain West Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week.. Zinanti earned two-hitther 49th career win with a complete-gam- e against Utah Valley, when she struck out nine in five innings. She earned her second save of the season during the second game of the twinbill, facing four hitters and striking out one. Djokovic beats Montanes in Rome NASCAR officials have already dismissed altering the race track. Many fans consider the four plate races each year to be the most exciting events of the season. Because the cars all run at about the same speed, drivers are unable to pull away from each other. It creates huge packs of traffic and one wrong move by one driver can wipe out dozens of cars in spec- Novak Djokovic overcame a lapse midway through the first set and started off the defense of his Rome Masters title by beating Albert Mon7-- 6 (5), 6-- Djokovic, who needs to win the clay court tournament again to hold on to the No. 3 ranking, wasted lead and was broken while serving for the first a set at After missing three straight forehands to fall behind 2 in the tiebreaker, the Serb slammed his racket onto the clay. After the outburst, Djokovic regained his focus and won four straight points to take control of the tiebreaker, then cruised through the second set in 25 5-- 2 5-- I Wolverine Golf Academy announced: The Utah Valley golf program has announced its 2009 Wolverine Golf Academy. The academy will consist of four different camps during the months of June and July and will be held at Cedar Hills Golf Club. Camps will be held for kids ranging from ages Kids from 6 can participate in one of two Little Wolverine Camps, which will be held June 15 and July 17 from a.m. Cost for this camp is minutes. Earlier, Tommy Robredo rallied to beat Grand Slam champion Marat Safin $30. The UV Green Beginner's Camp runs June from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and is for kids from ages 7- - 13. Cost for this camp is $120 and includes a certificate for nine free holes. Two UV Gold Intermediate Camps, for kids from 2 will be held. The first will be June from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the second will be July 13-16 from 8 a.m. to noon. Cost for this camp is $140 and also includes a certificate for nine free holes. A Wolverine Beginner and Golf Intermediate 3 combined camp will also be on July from 8- - 11:30 a.m. for kids Cost for the combined camp is $130. 16-1- 8 4-- 3-- 6-- 6-- 4-- 7-- 14th-seede- COLLEGE BASKETBALL Former UNLV star, radio announcer Gondrezick dies NEW YORK Brett Favre has been released list by the New York Jets, from the reserve-retire- d MVP quarterback free to making the three-tim- e sign with any team if he decides to again come out of retirement. The move Tuesday night means the Jets no longer hold the rights to Favre, who spent one disappointFavre had ing season in New York. The requested the move several weeks ago through agent Bus Cook, but insisted he has no plans to come out of retirement for a 19th season. Favre said in a statement he had no intention of returning to football. n Glen Gondrezick, a UNLV basketLAS VEGAS ball star who sparked storied Runnin' Rebels teams in the 1970s, was remembered by friends Tuesday for his hustle and loyalty. "The community loved that Rebel team because they played so hard. Gondo epitomized that," said Jerry Tarkanian, who recruited Gondrezick and made him a starter during Tarkanian's first UNLV season in 1973-7"He was a fierce competitor and a very loyal guy," said Tarkanian, who won an NCAA national title in 1990 and coached the Rebels to four Final Four appearances. "I'm going to miss him so much." Gondrezick, 53, died Monday at St. Rose Hospital in Henderson. His close friend, Bobby Gleason, said the apparent cause was complications following a heart transplant last September at UCLA Medical Center. "From what the doctors told us, the body just rejected the heart," Gleason said. "Gondo never gave up. The heart did." Gondrezick ranked 16th on the Rebel' e scoring list with 1,311 points. His 831 rebounds rank ninth in UNLV history. He starred on the Rebels' Final Four basketball team in 1977, and his jersey No. 25 was retired by the team in 1997. Gondrezick is survived by a daughter and two sons. A memorial service was scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV. franchise that had been just below the salary ceiling. Local sports schedule UVU Continued from CI BASEBALL BASEBALL at TCU, 6:30 p.m. Radio: 1400 AM at TCU, 6:30 p.m. Radio: 1400 AM at SOFTBALL UNLV, 7 p.m. M GOLF at mwc Championships, Tucson, Ariz. ' PREP BASEBALL Fla. TRACK BYU HS Invite and GOLF at MWC Championships Tucson. Ariz. SOFTBALL at San Diego State. 7 p.m. BASEBALL at Northern Colorado 3 p.m. in the air that right off the bat I knew that it was gone and it didn't have anything to do with how hard it was hit. We had some breaks that way, too, but we just have to come through with some opportunities." Burgess has a remarkable track record with men on base, particularly with bases loaded. He is with three grand slams this year. He had homered in three straight games when he stepped up to the plate in the ninth inning. But with the bases empty, there were no runners to drive i prep pitcher fails in bid for 5th no-hitt- er It was just one hit, but CLEARWATER, Fla. still you would have expected some reaction from the pitcher, Patrick Schuster. After all, he wasn't used to giving up any at all. The Mitchell High School ace was going for a fifth straight n&hitter and another piece of the Florida state record book Tuesday. But a screaming double over the right fielder's head on an 1 count in the third inning put an end to that. Schuster simply walked around the mound then got back on the rubber while a standing room-onlcrowd of more than 1,000 applauded his effort. had put together a string of The lanky four going into Tuesday's district tournament game, and had gotten through the first two innings. Then came the double by Gaither High's Drew Doty. It wasn't the last damage done against Schuster, in what turned out to be the final game of his high school career. Mitchell was eliminated by Gaither 94. He worked five and three three earned innings, allowing five runs hits. He struck out five and hit three batters. 4. I Arizona releases James: The Arizona Cardinals granted running back Edgerrin James' wish to be released on Tuesday and cut two others who played significant roles in the team's run to the Super Bowl. While James' move was anticipated, the release of cornerback Rod Hood and defensive end Travis LaBoy was not. The moves clear salary cap space for the Cardinals, who want to sign new deals with linebacker Karlos Dansby and safety Adrian Wilson, and eventually with unhappy wide receiver Anquan Boldin. James, Hood and LaBoy combined were to have made $10 million next season, but because of the $7.5 million signing bonus given to LaBoy a year ago, the cap savings will be several million dollars less than what the three would have earned. Still, it gives spending room UVU Lance Armstrong will ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. compete in the Tour of the Gila after all, the seven-tim- e four de France champion's first race since breaking his collarbone in a crash last month. Race director Jack Brennan said Tuesday that Armstrong and Astana teammates Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner will be allowed to compete at this week's event after USA Cycling reached an agreement with the International Cycling Union. "The recovery training has been going well but nothing compares to getting back into the bunch and racing," Armstrong said in a statement released by Astana USA Cycling spokesman Andy Lee confirmed a deal with UCI was in place, one day after the governing body informed race organizers of a rule that bars top professional teams from sending organized races. squads to national-leve- l The compromise allows up to three members of a pro team to race individually without a team car or team director. Brennan said the Astana riders will race wearing jerseys representing Mellow Johnnys, Armstrong's bike store in Austin, Texas. The BMC team that had entered an eight-masquad will also be allowed three members and must wear neutral jerseys. . Favre released by Jets SPORTS in 28th-ranke- 6-- 6-- FOOTBALL SPORTS 6-- 2 6 (2). Igor Andreev of Russia Andy Roddick is taking a break from the tour after d James Blake was getting married, and eliminated in straight sets by Romanian qualifier Victor Crivoi on Monday. 20-2- BYU (5), 13th-seede- y a Armstrong's participation in NM race back on two-tim- e 7-- 6 2-- CYCLING the first round. Safin was broken when he served for the match at 54 in the second set and the Russian didn't even d bother to move when the Robredo hit a returnable serve to close the match out. Robredo will next face Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, who also came back from a set down, eliminating Simone Bolelli of Italy Andreas Seppi of Italy eliminated Sam Querrey d of the United States while 64, Mardy Fish, the last American in the draw, defeated 1 10-1- tacular accidents. 4-- 4-- y it from happening, I don't see how you can." ROME tanes Capitals advance to next round 0-- y er in, so instead he singled with one out to start the rally. Chris Benson then walked and pinch hitter Brandon Hill flied out to right. UVU then called on another pinch hitter, Dick BargewelL but Utah reliever Stephen Streich struck Bargewell out to end the game. Burgess, a former Lone Peak High School standout, was with a home run and two RBI. How hot is he? His only out of the night was a 400-fofry ball that was caught by Cooper Blanc on the warning track. "He's (Burgess) just a good hitter and I think he's getting close to being a great hitter," Madsen said. "He is unbelievable. He's hitting the ball to all fields. He's 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS e 2.66-mil- p.m. has a place on a minor league football team if he can get reinstated by the NFL. The Albany Firebirds, an arenafootball2 franchise, have offered the contract at the league quarterback a one-yestandard: $200 a week plus a $50 bonus for a win. Vick quarterbacked the Atlanta Falcons for six seasons before being convicted of bankrolling an interstate dog fighting business. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has not said if he will lift Vick's suspension after he completes a prison sentence. Vick goes from federal prison to home confinement next month. The Firebirds' contract offer requires that Vick donate $100,000 to a local humane society. A call to Vick's agent was not immediately returned. The deadline to request ticket to through the Marriott Center Ticket Office for BYUs football season opener against Oklahoma is today. Any ticket requests after this date from other ticket sources are not guaranteed to be in the BYU fan seating sections. Ticket requests can be made by calling the Maror riott Center Ticket office at 801422-BYUOnline orders are not available in an effort to reduce ticket costs as much as possible for Cougar fans. There is no limit to the number of tickets in a single order. Submitting a request does not guarantee tickets to the game. Cougar Club members will be given priority purchasing opportunities, with seating availability and location based on donor level. After the April 29 deadline, ticket requests will then be allocated based on Cougar Club donation levels and date of request. Fans can join the Cougar Club, or upgrade their mem(2583) bership level, by calling 801422-BLU- Hurricanes, THE Miami at Atlanta New Orleans at Denver UEFA Spanish Fork at p.m PI. Grove, 3:30 Super-speedwa- NBA Playoffs today BYU-Oklaho- Queens fin Two of NASCAR's biggest CHARLOTTE, N.C. stars offered differing opinions Tuesday on how the sport can control the racing at Talladega ESPN2 5 p.m. Major League Baseball Seattle at ChiSox N.Y. Yankees at Detroit 3-- -- USBC - i. Prep Softball Johnson, Earnhardt disagree on changing Talladega Bowling Women's NHL PLAYOFFS THURSDAY AUTO RACING ON THE AIR coaches fined for criticizing refs o fJ$t Wasatch at Delta 4 p.m. The NBA fined three coaches NEW YORK Tuesday for publicly criticizing referees during the NBA playoffs. Houston's Rick Adelman, Portland's Nate McMillan and Boston's Doc Rivers all were penalized $25,000. Adelman and McMillan are facing each other in Both a first round series that the Rockets lead coaches were fined for comments after Houston victories. Rivers was assessed a fine for comments loss to Chicago in two made after Game 4, a overtimes that tied their series at 2. Before Tuesday night's fifth game in Boston, Rivers said he was surprised by the fine but "I'm more concerned about the game than I am about that." to Wednesday, April 29, 2009 DAILY HERALD C2 become a complete hitter." homer Burgess hit a two-ruto key a three-ru- n third inning that gave UVU a 54 lead, but UVU couldn't keep the Utes off the board. Blanc hit two home runs and with a C J. Cron went home run and four RBI to lead the Utes. homer in' A Blanc two-ruthe fifth to give the Utes the lead back at and chase UVU starter Brock Sargent from the game. The Utes added to their lead with three more runs in the sixth. UVU used a pair of Utah errors and a Cole Anderson double to cut the lead to but Blanc came back to homer again with a n n 6-- 5 9-- 7, WASHINGTON Thanks to sage, old Sergei Fedorov and a kid goalie with more career starts in the NHL postseason than the regular season, the Washington Capitals are headed to the second round of the playoffs for the first time in more than a decade. And they didn't even need a star turn from Alex Ovech-ki- n to complete their monumental comeback. Fedorov beat Henrik with 4:59 left in the third period, rookie Simeon Varlamov was good in the net when he had to be, and the Capitals edged the New York Rangers 1 in Game 7 Lun-dqvi- st 2-- of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal Tuesday night. Washington is the 2 1st team in NHL history to win a series after trailing "Let's face it: Realistically, we should have won the first six games," Capitals coach 3-- 1. Bruce Boudreau said. It's Washington's first series victory since the 1997-9season, when it reached the Stanley Cup finals. The success must feel particularly sweet to reigning league 8 MVP Ovechkin and the 15 other players on the Capitals a year ago, when they also trailed 1 in the first round, and also forced a Game 7 at home only to lose to Phila3-- delphia in overtime. Silent for stretches, even booing when the Capitals were tentative in the second fans period, the were loud as could be after Fedorov's goal. Capitals players said their ears were ringing a half hour afterward. "They've really supported us and I really felt like we had to get a win for them tonight. We had to win," Capired-cla- -- tals general manager George McPhee said. "You can't just have good seasons and not win in the playoffs." Still, the postgame celebration was kept to a minimum in the locker room. "We have to try to keep our emotions," Ovechkin said, "and get ready for the next round." Oh, and what a matchup that will be. The Capitals now play Sidney Crosby's Pittsburgh Penguins, a series pit- ' ting the past two NHL MVPs. Alex the Great vs. Sid the Kid. I Hurricanes 4, Devils 3: At Newark, N.J., the Carolina Hurricanes stole their thrilld series from ing the New Jersey Devils in the first-roun- final 80 seconds. Jussi Jokinen and Eric Staal scored in a span late in the third period and the Hurricanes stunned the Devils in Game 7 of their d Eastern Conference playoff series. It was the second shocking loss for the Devils in the series. They lost Game 4 on a goal by Jokinen with 0.2 seconds to play. This time they gave away the series in the final 120. Jokinen tied the game after taking a great cross-ic- e setup by Joni Pitkanea Staal then buried the Devils with a shot from the middle of the right circle with 31.7 seconds to play. Carolina next plays d Boston. first-roun- top-seede- solo shot to put Utah up 10-The Wolverines got a run back in the eighth when Ryan Jones and Jake Rickenback both singled with two outs and Benson doubled, but Kirk Doxey then grounded out to end the inning. GJ. Cron then gave Utah some insurance with a solo home run to put the Utes up In addition to Burgess' big night, Benson and Anderson both had two hits for the Wolverines, who fell to 9 on the year, while Utah upped its record its record to 1654. UVU will now finish the season with 11 straight road games, sebeginning with a ries at No. Colorado on May 1. 7. 11-- four-gam- e |
