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Show J Inside ..r Weather EDITOR: DICK HARMON 3 scored 47 Kobe Bryant B2 B5 B6 B8 Morning Briefing Scoreboard Business L Today points to lead the Lakers over the Cavaliers. B2 THE DAILY HERALD (wvkw.HarkThcHcrald.com) 7 W Bl EDNESDAY. JANUARY 31, 2001 THE FRONT ROW I Cougars maintain even keel after trouncing Utes By SCOTT BELL The Daily Herald The Cougars just wouldn't take the bait. Early Tuesday morning after win over their convincing Utah, the BYU basketball playin league) ers (14-- overall, seemed plenty happy about their first home win against the rival Utes since 1995. It was the first home win for any against Utah (11-current member of the team and it was also the first victory for coach Steve Cleveland against the Utes in the Marriott Center. It was the Cougars' second straight win over Utah after 12 consecutive losses. They snapped the string of futility with a victory over Utah in the semifinals of last year's Mountain West Conference tournament. PROVO Darnell Dickson 69-6- 1 Watching XFL may require a trigger finger Usually, the Super Bowl sig- nals the end of football until fall. Well,, except for the Pro Bowl, which is the worst of all the major sports' games. The XFL begins play this Saturday night when the New YorkNew. Jersey Hitmen travel to Las Vegas to take on the Outlaws. NBC will broadcast the game on television. Hey, former BYU players Eric Bateman and Kurt Gouveia are on the Las Vegas team. I'll be watching after all, it's my job but with my trigger finger on the remote. See, Vince McMahon of WWF fame is the brainchild behind the All-St- XFL. McMahon is the P.T. Barnum of his time. He not only believes there's a sucker born every minute, he believes said sucker will want to see his version of football and buy his merchandise. So what does the XFL have to offer? First, there are frightening nicknames like Hitmen, Enforcers, Bolts, Outlaws, Mani-aRage and Demons. Sounds like someone needs some 3-- 6 2 3-- 9, y Jozz So there was reason to celebrate. But no one was ready to proclaim a shift in the balance of hoops power in the state of Utah. "I try not to look at last year," senior Mekeli Wesley said. "This is a new deal, a new season. We know we still have to play up there, which is a task in itself." And so went the company line. No Cougars were willing to declare even the slightest bit of superiority, even after building a second-hal- f lead on Utah. "We were just glad to protect nt our home court," said Trent Whiting, who led all scorers with, 21 points in his first game against his former team. Even though the Cougars weren't ready to brag or boast, don't think for a second the win wasn't meaningful. Guard Terrell Lyday said beating Air Force is as signifi-- . cant as beating Utah, but the players who grew up around the rivalry " - i had different perspectives. "It means a lot to me personally and to this program," Wesley said. Tve had four cracks at them (at home) and I finally got one. It's a good way to go out. ... "Growing up here, it means a lot, especially when a team dominates you the whole time you're in college." Cleveland was more concerned about the importance of the victory in regards to the conference race. in the Wyoming improved to 5-- . v "It says a lot about where we've come from," Cleveland said. "The rivalry is competitive again, which is healthy for everyone. It's DAN No. 1 for a night: the crowd after scoring a basket and getting fouled on the play against Utah on Monday night. See COUGARS, B4 i i ho-hu- m How boring. "You can be sure that no fan will get a drink or go to the bath- room during an XFL punt," XFL President Basil V. DeVito, Jr. said. Hold onto your bladders, fans. With the banning of the fair catch also comes protection for punt returners in the form of a d protective "halo" by potential tacklers until the punt is caught, and members of the kicking team will not be able to release from the line of scrimmage until the ball is kieked. e recess Sounds like to me. In the XFL there will be kicks. Instead, a pass or run will be worth one point. Receivers will only need one foot inbounds for a legal catch and there will be no rule for quarterbacks. Kickers will receive $35,000 for a season, while quarterbacks earn $50,000 and other positions $45,000. In the XFL bonus system, every player on a team receives $2,500 per victory and $25,000 if they win the XFL championship. In response, the NFL has announced some rule changes of roster s ..) ' --y AP Basketball Writer r j By CHRIS SHERIDAN f.... j JIM COUR AP Sports Writer five-yar- third-grad- no-PA- T e SEATTLE Karl scored 25 points to pass the 32,000-poin- t plateau as the Utah Jazz five-gam- ' ' e ; winning streak with a 102-8victory Tuesday night. Malone, the second leading scorer in NBA history, pushed his career scoring total to 32,022 r points. Kareem e is the league's leading scorer with 38,387 points. Malone, picked for his 13th game earlier in the day, was 8 Y jf, ! Abdul-Jabba- all-tim- All-St- ar shooting and from the line. In their first game of free-thro- w the season with the Jazz, the Sonics withered under Utah's intensive defensive pressure at the start of the final quarter. The Jazz scored the first 11 points of the fourth period to take an lead before Gary Payton of the Sonics made a pair of free throws with 6:29 left. Payton topped 87-6- 7 nr - rmiT - , ..-,r- ,. ..i,,, Defensive players will no longer be allowed to use their arms while tackling and must cover wide receivers while hopping on one leg. Any player with a felony offense will have to play in shower sandals. Finally, any player who uses the phrase, "It's not about the money" will have to forfeit half his salary to a charity of the league's choosing. OK, I'm just kidding. But if the XFL is successful, the NFL will be forced to make some changes to compete. I'm a traditionalist. I don't like interleague play in Major League Baseball and I don't like gurus messing with the game of football. fake-wrestli- Darnell Dickson is a sports writer for The Daily Herald. He or by can be reached at at ddicksonheraldextra.com. 344-255- 5 -n .- Holding steady: Seattle's Vin Baker (42) tries to back during the first quarter of Tuesday night's game. Seattle with 23 points. The Jazz had six players in double figures, including 17 by Donyell Marshall on shooting. Brent Barry scored 15 points for Seattle. Malone, 37, also pulled down nine rebounds and r ELAINE in HOMPSOiV 74-6- 5 p. ' I he Associated Press Karl Malone dunk. Barry had a for Seattle's only points in the run before Olden Polynice had a Malone made a free throw, Marshall sank a and John Starks 3 Lone Peak avenges another region loss 1 against Utah's had seven assists. He now has career 12,999 rebounds. The Jazz used a 13-run in the third quarter to take a lead. John Stockton started the run with his first basket of the game and added two free throws before Marshall's 10-ga- its own. NEW YORK Karl Malone won't be going Weekfishing on end, he'll be going. to Washington instead. Stephon Marbury and Antonio McDyess are going, too, but Antoine Walker, Steve Francis and Latrell Sprewell are not at least not yet. The NBA on Tuesday announced the results of the coaches' voting for the reserves. Picked as the Western Conference reserves for the Feb. 11 game were Malone (Utah), McDyess (Denver), David Robinson (San Antonio), Gary Payton (Seattle), Michael Finley (Dallas), Rasheed Wallace (Portland) and Kevin" (Timberwolves). . Marbury (Nets), Theo Ratliff (76ers), Allan Houston (Knicks), Anthony Mason (Heat), Jerry Stackhouse (Pistons), Ray Allen and Glenn Robinson (Bucks) were chosen for the East. Two spots remain open on the East roster because All-St- Mal-on- All-St- Malone makes All-St- ar Mailman leads Utah to 102-8- 8 road victory ended Seattle's LUND. The Daily Herald BYU's Trent. Whiting acknowledges counseling. The XFL has banned fair catches on punts and has made any punt that travels more than 25 yards a live ball. The XFL press release says it is introducing "the most exciting fourth down in football.'' As opposed to your average, fourth down, where the defense has done its job and forced the offense to give up the ball. X 1 MWC with a road win over New Mexico on Monday, so the Cougars couldn't afford a home loss. But the BYU coach did step back from the matters at hand to provide some perspective for the win. " v s ., x, anger-manageme- nt . ( dump Sonic s By - ! er ar Gar-net- t. See JAZZ, B4 See STARS, B4 r; PG becomes latest victim in string of paybacks By DARNELL DICKSON The Daily Herald The Lone Peak HIGHLAND boys basketball team's revenge tour through Region 6 continues. l one Peak After starting is now the hottest team in the region with five straight wins. Tuesday night's victim was Pleasant Grove, which beat Lone Peak 5 on Jan. .5. This time, Matt Wilder scored 18 points and Chase Palmer added 10 points and 12 rebounds as Lone Peak raced past P.G. With decisive wins over Provo, Payson and now Pleasant Grove, Lone Peak has avenged three of those four early season losses. Lone Peak, which lost to on Jan. 12, will get a chance to complete the revenge tour on Friday when it hosts 4, secon- d-place 66-4- 64-4- 6. Tim-pvie- w 50-4- 3 e Timpview. "I knew our kids were ready to play," Lone Peak coach Ryan Cuff said. "We continue to have good first-plac- practices and we're mentally tough right now." Sam Burgess, who finished with 12 points, hit a couple of as Lone Peak got out to a lead. But Lone Peak (10-- overall; 4 in Region 6) was just getting warmed up. An aggressive press caused plenty of Pleasant Grove turnovers to get the Lone Peak transition game going and a nice feed from Burgess to Tyler Years-le- y for a layup gave Lone Peak a 2 advantage. A 10-blitz, which included Palmer and Wilder blowing by the P.G. defense for layups, made it 8 at the half. Pleasant Grove (11-showed brief signs of life with a modest 0 run to start the third quarter to cut the Lone Peak lead to But senior Jeff Mills came off the bench to score on a nice drive 14-1- 0 first-quart- ' A ' :. 'Pa Viy : ' 'i . er 6-- 7 full-cou- rt 24-1- x - 3 fast-brea- k 34-1- 6, 4. - . . 4". j . , - x ,. ""W. 7-- 6-- 34-2- k """- - ' See LP, B3 '' ) . ' J KEVIN LtEThe Daily Herald The chase is on: Pleasant Grove's Seth lorg, left, battles Lone Peak's Taylor Risher for possession during prep action Tuesday. |