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Show Pajje B2 - THIi DAIl.Y HI RAl l (w wJUii1MlcralJ.com), Prow, UUkh, Wrdneaday, September 6, 3000 portsPfcaner V c J9).m. I l.at. 1:10 MR. :30 a.m. v. Japan TNT Msnl Olympic basKatball, anhibltion, tSPN ESPN2 MAJOR UAaui IASESAU. Oakland it Boston OR Seattia it Toronto Arirona it Atlanta OR Seattia at fbronto (joined In progrvu) Artrona at Atlanta TSN U.S. TENNIS US. Open Championship, manl and woman quartarflnala U S. Opan Championships, nmn'i and woman1! puartartlnali USA t.M. 1:30 p.m. USA MEM QOLF soccru 3 tournament at Wasatch, 1 1 a.m. Region 10 tournament at Uintah, noon Mountain View at Tlmpanogai, 3:30 p.m. Brighton at Oram, 3:30 p.m, Region 1922 - Tha tint United Statoi beats Australia 4 1 to captura tha Dayla Cup for tha third ' ilraignt year. - Don Budge laada tha United States to 1 3 2 victory over Australia In the Davit final. 1911 Australia beats tha United States to win tha Davit Cup. Adrian Qulst and John Bromwlch post victories over Bobby Riggs and Frank Parker, " 1141 Joseph Hunt wins the men's title In tha U.S Lawn Tennis Association chtmpl- four-se- t Jack over Kramer, onships with victory 1941 Psncho Gonales captures his second consecutive men's singles title In the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championships after losing the first two sets against Ted Schroeder, Mary Osborne du Pont defeats Dons Hart 0 4, 81 for tha women's tills. 1950 Arthur Larsen wins the men's title In the U.S, Lawn Tennis Association championships and Mary Osborne du Pont wins the women's title for the third straight year, 1989 Chnt Even's illustrious career ends In the quarterfinals of tha U.S. Open whan she blew 1 first sot lead and was beaten 7 6, 8 2 by Una Garrison. 1993 Noureddlne Morcell of Algeria breaks tha world record In the mill by almost two seconds with I time of 3 minutes, 44.39 seconds In the Rletl Invitational. Britain's Steve Cram set the previous mark of 3:46.32 In 1985 at Oslo, Norway. 1994 San Francisco's Jerry Rice catches a pair of scoring passes and ran In 1 reverse to become the NIL'S career touchdown leader with 12?, 1991 Mark McGwire becomes only the third player In basobail history to reach 60 home runs, is tha St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 7 0, Hi Joins Babe Ruth ind Roger Maris with 60 homers In single season, V 1991 Marlon Jones completes an undefeated season, 35 for 35, winning the tha long jump ind the 100 meters in hour apart it the IAAF Grand Prix Finals In Moscow, 19)1 Cup - - - i - 1 - . . tis'lt L o Olympic cagers finally get on track BASKETBALL . . damaged sailboats training SAITAMA, Japan (AP) A couple of highlight-mi- l dunka by Vines Carter and Ray Allen at the start of the second half signaled the arrival of the U.S. Olympic on Sydney Harbor under-line- d two of the biggest fimrs of Olympic organisers, Ten days before the opening ceremony, a chaotle scene involving hundreds of at ramiod passengers reminded officials of the threats' that nast y weather I men's boskotball team. The Americans actually landed in Japan about 24 hours earlier, but they seemed out of sync Tuesday night in the first half of their Super Dream Games 2000 exhibition against the Spanish Olympic team. It could have been jet lag, or maybe the suahi. But after staying even for 10 minutes and leading by just 11 at halftime, the U.S. opened the second half with an 18-- run that included dunks by some Carter and Allen and defeated the Spaniards 'The second half la what you can expect from here on out, all the way to the gold medal game, Jason and transportation problems pose to the Sydney (lames. The train stat ion mess, - - J . BASEBALL 0 Umpi get raise: g Umpires will got raises of 10.2 percent to 14,1) percent this 95-6(- year under their new contract, boosting the minimum salary this to $104,704 and the maximum to $.'124,545, In 2004, the contract's final season, the minimum will bo $108,71(1, up 14,4 percent from the $05,000 minimum in 11)1)1), the final year of the old contract, five-yea- r sen-so- ;M,. 1 Kidd .said. Carter, Allen, Gary Payton and Allan Houston led the U.S. team with 10 points apiece. Every American player scored at least four points. In Adelaide, Australia, the U.S. Olympic women's team also won and was not at all bothered by jot leg, Natalie Williams had 21 points and nine rebounds as the US. beat France aftor flying in from Hawaii only six hours earlier. For the men, the culture shock of being in Japan was bigger for some than othersAbout half the play roster era on the have been to Japan before, and somebody on the team was knowledgeable enough about local cuisine to know that American food was available if only somebody could be found to fetch it, Sure enough, someone came back with 25 buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken Ousted Canadian: Hammer thrower Kobin Lyons has been dropped from Canada's Olympic team following a positive test for anabolic steroids but she denied any wrongdoing and will appeal, The" Cnnadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, who administered the drug test, confirmed Tuesday that Lyons, 23, will not bo competing at the Sydney Olympics, The Centre snid Lyons tested positive for the anabolic steroid norandrosterone, a BRAVES MWC Continued from Bl Continued from off balance with a baffling barrage of changeups and carefully pluced fastball none clocked faster than the upper 80s, He won for the 12th time in 13 decisions and kept himself in contention for the third Cy Young of his career, even though his ERA (3,61) is more than a DON'T BLAME the defense for Utah's 17-- loss against Arizona, said conch Ron McBride, "Our defense wos excellent. They couldn't have played better," ho said, Ho, who was the culprit for the Utes' lackluster performance? T wont through the film two or three times; I probably spent about 11 hours on it, and I kept coming back to the same thing the front guys, Our offensive lino ploy was horrible,'' McBride said, Tlus, we had opportunities in the red zone that we didn't capitalize on, we had three missed field goals, and we had turnovers," The Utes task doesn't get any easier this week, when they face a second HOII HAHIIIOI.OMKW Amil I'ivm IIn) I'm not bond, realty: Daniel Keffer gits atop a yawning Coco the mule as ho waits to compote In tha Mule Rodeo In Star, Idaho, on Monday. The Mule rodeo was part of Mule Days, on event to raise money to build the city's first park. there would bo something other than sushi and so burdock root available for the meal, post-gam- e 75-B- 9 NEW YORK Tampa Bay outfielder Gerald Williams was suspended for five games and fined for last week's fights against the Boston Rod Sox, and four teammates were suspended for games apiece, Williams was penalized Tuesday for "charging the mound, Inciting a bench clearing Incident and returning to the dugout following an ejection," according to the commissioners officer Pitchers Dm Bland, tony Flora and Cory Udli were suspended for three games each and fined for "Intentionally throwing at batters after a warning had been Issued," and Devil Rayrmanagor Larry Rothschild was suspended for three his players' wrongful conduct and for games and fined for "falling to making Inappropriate comments during and after the game," Frank Robinson, baseball's head of discipline, Imposed the penalties after reviewing the Aug. 29 game, which was Interrupted five times by fights andor Into arguments, Boston's Pedro Martinet pitched a taking a the ninth, and eight Devil Rays were ejected, The players' association appealed the penalties Imposed on the players, meaning the suspensions can't start until a hearing before Paul Beeiton, baseball's chief operating officer. along with several recent problems on the Olympic mis network, also raised the specter of a repeat of the transportation problems at the IPtHl Summer Games. OLYMPICS n metabolite of rmiidrolone, at the Canadian Olympic trails in August, "I'm a victim here," Lyons said at a news conference Tuesday, 'This isn't right, I'm gutting my droums taken away for something I didn't do, I think what they're doing is a bogus test, I'm not lien Johnson, I'm not taking steroids,'' r Lyons and nor lawyer, Thomas Cooke, say the test was flawed and the can occur in people naturally, sub-stanc- e Wind damage: The howling winds that knocked out train service at Olympic Park station in Sydney. Australia, Tuesday ana also n FOOTBALL Positive itart: The regular-seasoopener for "Monday Night lAKithall" had Dennis n Miller cracking wise nnd w shootout on the field bet ween the past two Super Itowl champions, It added up to encouraging preliminary ratings for the revamped snow, The St. lxiuis Hams' victory over the Denver Hroncos, which started at H p,m, KDT, drew a overnight Nielsen rating of 15,0 with a 20 share, That was down only slightly from last year's 30,127 (or the opener between Miami and Denver, not played on Labor Day, big-mark- - DETROIT Michigan sophomore point guard Kevin fialnes will no longer be a part of the basketball team, following "a serious violation of team policies" over the Labor Day weekend, coach Brian Ellerbe said Tuesday, Ellorbe said In a news release that two Incoming freshmen would also be disciIncident "that I doomed s serious violation of team policies." plined for an - Cincinnati Reds shortstop CINCINNATI Barry Larkln will have surgery Friday to clean out his left knee and most likely Is out for the season. Larkln could play again at the end of the month If the club gms back Into contention - a long shot, since they trailed SYDNEY, Australia the SI Louis Cardinals by nine games Tuesday. - China Is cutting 40 athletes and officials from Its tests, IOC medical director Olympic team, Including seven rowers who failed drug Patrick fchamish said Wednesday, "I'm very pleased. I'm very happy, This Is very good news. It shows the new system for detecting doping substances will work very well," IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch said. The IOC recently approved blood testing for the first time, In hopes of catch: ing athletes using the endurance-enhancin- g drug EPO. IOC vice president Anita DeFranti said the reduction In the Chinese team sent the right message to athletes, "This Is a warning to all athletes who wish to come to the games with drugs in their system stay at home," she told Australia's ABC radio. - - ST. LOUIS - St, Louis Rams defensive tackle D'Marco Farr will be sidelined about a month with torn knee cartilage, Farr, who has started every game since the Rams moved to SL Louis In 1995, Injured his right knee in the fourth quarter of the Rams' 41-3- 6 victory over the Denver Broncos on Monday night He will have surgery today - Bill Carmody, who posted a 92-2record In his four years EVANSTON, III, as head coach at Princeton, will be Introduced today as Northwestern' new basketball coach, The Associated Press has learned, He will replace Kevin O'Neill, who resigned five days ago to take i Job a an assistant with the New York Knlcks, according to a source close to Carmody, who spoke on the condition he not be Identified, 2 critical mistakes at the All-Sta- 0 FOR THE third time in as many games this season, BYU's LaVeli Edwards faces an extremely conch in the NCAA runks, After losing to Florida State's Itabby Bowden and defeating George Welsh of Virginia, Edwards takes on Air Force's Fisher De Berry on Saturday, "We've both had a coaching philosophyand we've stayed with it," Edwards said of his similarities with PoBorry. "We've had a set plan on offense and defense, and consistency with our coaching staffs," Credit Edwards' success to his attitude, some d thing he plans to stick with until the very end, He doesn't plan on lot of hoopla during his last season, ' "I never really think In terms of this being my last time playing Air Force," he said, We are preparing for this gome like any other. I told the guys after the Virginia gome that this may bo our most important gome of the year, We need to shift gears and get our first conference win," SPEAKING OF preparation, Del tony said his players put their 55-- dismantling of Cal State Northridge behind them immediately, 'That gome wos over 0 when the buzzer went off, Against BYU, we've got to step up our ploy 200 percent," ho said, "If you ve got to ploy them, it's good to play them early, They're a team that gets bettor as time goes on" 3-- 2 - Clyde tukeforth, the scout who helped bring Jackie Robinson and Don Newcombe to the major leagues, Is dead at 98, Sukeforth, a major league catcher who became a scout for the Brooklyn Dodgers, died Sunday at home. Sukeforth, who had been the oldest living former Dodgers player, was a confidante of Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey, who sent him to Chicago In 1945 to watch a Negro leagues game Involving Robinson's Kansas City Monarch!, Robinson sat out the game, but Sukeforth was impressed enough to arrange the historic meeting with Rickey, Two years later Robinson broke the color barrier in the majors. WALDOBORO, Maine (2.45). Johnson seemed to have a lock on winning that award for the second year in a row after reaching the break at 14-- with a 1.60 ERA. But he hasn't been nearly as dominating in the second half, making most inopportune times, Jones, who was hitting r only .259 since the break, went the opposite way fastball in the first on a Inning, hitting a towering fly that landed in the front row of the right-fielseats for a homer. Then, with the game tied at 2 in the fifth, the Braves went against Johnson. Glavine led off with a walk but Johnson retired the next two hitters. He got two quick strikes on Jones, needing one more to escape the inning still tied. Instead, Jones pounced on a terrible pitch ft hanging slider that curled right over the inside corner and golfed it into the left field seats for another two-ruhomer, his 32nd of the season. 1)1 3 run higher than Johnson's All-St- Pac-1opponent in California, But Mellride remains positive, "Wo have good group of here; tnis is going to layers E e a gixid team, We iust need to mnko the plays," no said, straight IN THE DLEACHERS By Steve Moor mourn fbV OPEN d two-ru- n back-to-bac- Continued from B I to set up a quarterfinal match against No, 0 Marat Safin, a victor over Juan 0-- 7 k (3), 0-- 0-- 3 0-- 0-- 2, Carlos Ferrero, Unseeded Swede Thomas. 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