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Show Also in this section: Comics B4 Weather Bio Monday Feb. 4, 1991 OCMtS B, Player wins Seniors test Kelly paees AFC to Fro Sowl win NOTABLE QUOTES: "I am still the greatest when I make it to the finish line." Italian skiing star Alberto "La Bamba" Tomba after falling at the eighth gate in the final race at the World Ski Championships in Austria Sunday. Tomba had a hefty lead after the first run of the giant slalom, but his fall allowed Rudolf Nierlich of Austria to win the event MVP performance KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP)'-G- ary Player says jitters are a common problem on the Senior Tour, and he overcame a bad case to win the Royal Caribbean Classic. , comes a week late - The BuffaHONOLULU (AP) lo Bills had a super Sunday. They could only wish it had come a week earlier. Turning the Pro Bowl into a Bills' showcase, Jim Kelly, Thur-ma- n Thomas, Andre Reed and Bruce Smith led the AFC to a 1 victory over the NFC in a contest that went down to the wire. Miami defensive end Jeff Cross horned in on the Bills', show at the end, preserving the victory by field goal try blocking a by the Saints' Morten Andersen with seven seconds remaining. Kelly, who had been nursing a sore left knee, courtesy of the 9 New York Giants in their Super Bowl victory over Buffalo the previous Sunday, threw for two touchdowns in the Pro Bowl, to Ernest including a Givins of Houston for the game-winnwith 1:49 left. Voted the MVP of the all-stgame, Kelly completed 13 of 19 passes while splitting duty with AFC starter Warren Moon of Houston. "I would have loved to have won the MVP a week earlier (in the Super Bowl), but this feels good," Kelly said. The Bills had 19 players, most of any team, in the Pro Bowl game. The Giants topped the NFC with seven representatives. Buffalo's Andre Reed had four receptions for 80 yards, tops in the all-stgame, and caught a scoring pass from Kally. "It gets worse as much as he used to? His nerves aren't as good. ... 23-2- LEWIS O.K.: Dixie College well-play- guard Quincy Lewis apparently didn't suffer any serious injury after slamming into a wall at Southern Idaho Friday. Lewis went head-firinto the wall during a 5 layup attempt and was down minutes. Officials first thought he might have broken a bone, but proved negative. Lewis, a graduate of Timpview High School, did not play at Treasure Valley Saturday and is doubtful for this week's games. 10-1- 7-- SO. AFRICA POSSIBLE: NET WINNERS: Gabrieia Sabatini swept through a strong field and won tne Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sunday. Sabatini, who beat Steffi Graf in the quarters and Mary Jo Fernandez in the semis, defeated Martina 4 to take the Navratilova $70,000 first prize. In New Zealand, Czechoslovakia's Eva Sviglerova downed countrywoman Andrea 1 in the finals Strnadova Classic. of the Nutri-Metritop-rank- fifth-rank- 6--2, 2-- 6, 6-- 2, 0-- 6, 6-- 6-- cs COLLCOI MATCHUPS WI'D UKI TO SII i Antonio Roedrunner vt. 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Monday p.m. Sports Talk (KISN 870 AM) 5:30 p.m. College basketball, Seton HaH at Pitt (ESPN) BYU Quest p.m. SportaTalk, football recruit Hula Mill (KFMV M0 AM) o p.m. ColKg baktbll, Richmond at Virginia Tech (PSN) e p.m. Intd Report (KISN $70 AM) 6:30 p.m. Sportecentrel (KEL 1160 AM) 7:30 p.m. College basketball, Northwestern at Illinois (ESPN) I p.m. Indoor lacrossa (PSN) 10 p.m. Colleo bsktball. at Santa Barbara (ESPN) S Tuesday 11:30 t.m. Colleo gymnastics. LSU Alabama at Georgia (ESPN) 1 p.m. Rodeo (PSN) 4 p.m. Sport Talk (KISN 57V AM) t le "I was feeling the pressure quite a bit, I must say," Player said. "It's natural. At least I admit it. A lot of people get very, very nervous and don't admit it. er "I played with Jack Nicklaus when he beat me in the Skins (a week earlier). I looked at his hands they were shaking. Of course we were playing for $285,000 on one hole." ar . Player pocketed Despite stiff winds and occasion- ' ' , f -- back Thurman Thomas rushed for a game-hig- h 38 yards on seven carries and also had 36 yards on four recep- 1) 7' State and the Razorbacks face Houston this week before the two teams play Sunday afternoon in Fayetteville, Ark. It will be the 10th time in the last 10 seasons that No. 1 has played No. 2 top-rank- - . Charles each shot a closing 66. tie They finished in a second-plac-e with Chi Chi Rodriguez at 11 under - par. AP Laserphoto Charles birdied six of the first 12 holes to briefly forge a tie at Player then dropped short birdie putts at the 11th and 14th holes, and Charles missed a putt to bogey No. 15 and fall 3 shots behind. Trevino, who rallied from 5 shots back with three holes left to win last year's tournament, posted consecutive birdies on holes 14 through 16. But he could get no closer than 2 strokes. Buffalo's Jim Kelly runs for a few yards during Sunday's Pro Bowl game in Honolulu. 21-1- deficit 9:49 into the final 3 quarter. After Givins scored, Jim Everof the Los Angeles Rams drove the NFC from its own line to the AFC 28, but Andersen had his kick blocked for ett 29-ya-rd it happened twice last season in gamtJ involving Kansas. "There's an incredible demand for tickets," Tarkanian said. "We (UNLV fans) got 30. What they did, they put them in portable chairs, spread them out, two in this aisle, two in that aisle, four in that aisle. It's going to be dangerous for someone going in there with a Rebel shirt on." in otner Sunday games involving teams, No. 3 Ohio State Top 25 No. 4 Indiana beat Purdue No. 10 Kenbeat Minnesota DePaul beat Georgia tucky and upset No. 18 Georgetown North Carolina State beat No. 23 Georgia Tech 66-5- 9; 77-6- 6; while sharing duty with Cunningham of the Philadelphia Eagles. the second time in the game. "We had a chance to pull the game out at the end, but we came up short," said Everett, who replaced the injured Joe Montana on the NFC squad and completed 13 of 18 passes for 138 Showd own time Azsrgr just a week away notches for Rebels, Hoas vietory most-anticipat- al rain, Lee Trevino and Bob '' WIM, Bills running By The Associated Press All during the NFL season, the excitement kept for just one game the Giants at 49ers in December. Now, the orly day that really matters in college basketball is less than a week away. "I know everyone's going to be thinking of the game," UNL coach Jerry Tarkanian said. "I've been thinking about Arkansas. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't." Next Sunday, the No. 1 Runnin' Rebels will play at No. 2 Arkansas in one of the games in years. There's always a chance they could meet later this year when it means more just like the Giants and 49ers did. UNLV (18-0- ) warmed up Sunday with a 115-7- 3 rout over Rutgers, the 29th straight victory for the defending national champions. Arkansas (21-beat Rice 100-8Saturday night for its 16th consecutive victory. UNLV plays Fresno for his,. from a bunker to par the final hole. 20-ya-rd tions. And Buffalo defensive end Bruce Smith was the defensive star for the AFC with three quarterback sacks and a blocked field goal. The winning pass to Givins capped an AFC comeback from a $67,500 16th Senior Tour title, which was in doubt until he got up and down in 2 ar m South Africa competing in the 1992 Olympics is "not out of the question," International Olympic Committee vice president Kevan Gosper said today. Gosper said he will visit South Africa next month as a member of the IOC Apartheid Commission. The group will measure progress in removing racial barriers in sport. The commission will report its findings to the IOC Executive Board in April, with a recommendation to be. considered by the full IOC in Birmingham, England, in June. "One can't ride out the possibility that South Africa will compete in Barcelona," Gosper said, referring to the 1992 Summer Games. Player, 55, didn't look shaky as he shot a 68 Sunday to beat three other players by 2 shots the same margin he took into the final round. His total of 200 was a tournament record. f.4 20-1- REPLACING PENN ST.: Atlantic 10 Conference commissioner Ron Bertovich said he is considering asking Virginia Tech to replace Perm State in the conference. "We're very interested in Virginia Tech," said Bertovich, who was in Morgantown Saturday to watch league team West Virginia play Virginia Tech. "We'd like to get to 10 teams, then reassess. There is a lot of interest in going to 12 schools and playing two divisions, but that is down the road a little bit." Penn State has said it will leave the league to join the Big 10 after this year. to win major championships." 46-ya- ROSE VOTE: A year and half after Pete Rose was kicked out of baseball, he seems likely to get banned from the Hall of Fame, too. The Hall's board of directors met today to consider a proposal that would prevent the former Cincinnati Reds star and manager from appearing on the ballot. Under the current rules, Rose would become eligible for Cooperstown consideration next year. A special committee of the Hall voted 3 on Jan. 10 for a rule that would prohibit players on the ineligible list from being considered for election by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Today's vote is expected to ratify that rule. Four members of the special committee who voted against Rose also are Hall directors. "If you could have good nerves at the age of 70, you'd still be able ed . st you get older," Player said. "Why do you think Arnold Palmer doesn't win as PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) yards starter Randall Cunningham threw the ball well, too, completing 6 of 168 11 for yards. (See PRO BOWL, Page B-- 2) Ki f -- drii'f ' -- T-- For the first time in Paul Azinger's career, there's no question about whether he will return to Pebble 1 ; , Beach. In fact, he'll be back twice next year: once as the defending in the National Pro-Aand again in the U.S. Open. title-hold- er m "I can hardly wait for the '92 Open at Pebble," Azinger said Sunday after his four-strotriumph in the National Pro-Athe tournament that for so many years was called "the Crosby Clambake." ke 96-8- 4; 72-6- 79-7- 3. In addition to Arkansas' win over Rice on Saturday, No. 5 St. John's gave coach Lou Carnesecca his 500th career win by beating No. 25 No. 11 Nebraska Seton Hall was upset by Oklahoma State No. 7 Duke beat Notre Dame No. 8 Syracuse defeated Boston College No. 12 UCLA New beat No. 19 Pittsburgh 112-8Mexico beat No. 13 Utah 81-6- 5; 81-6- 8; 90-7- 7; 99-8- 7; 5; 68-6- 2; The victory came as something of a surprise to Azinger; on two counts. a surprise First, he said, he wasn't playing very well coming in. "You don't know how much pressure I put on myself the last few weeks. I was playing poorly, and I usually get off to a good start" at the first of the year, he said. And, secondly, there was his track record at this event. He had never before even qualified for the final day's play. (See GOLF, Page B-2) (See CAGE, Page B-- '"N 2 AP Laserphoto Paul Azinger jumps and tips his cap after winning putt in at Pebble Beach Sunday. National Pro-Am Cougar cagers appear to. be coming of age Back in October, when they took roll call for the 1990-9-1 Cougars, when they handed out uniforms, lockers and coaches could blow whistles for the first time, these guys were a very raw crew. How raw? Well, they didn't need name tags, but freshman Shawn Bradley knew as much about Nathan Call's game style as he did about his dating habits. All we heard from coaches was patience and time. It would take patience and time. It sounded like chalk talk at a midwives convention. We all knew the rebuilding job at hand wasn't just a simple converging of bodies, melding of players. It was like General Motors opening an assembly plant. With a Japanese blueprint. The unexpected was expected. The only returning starter was Steve Schreiner, a center they wanted to move to forward. Throw in three junior college transfers and a pair of returning missionaries and presto, stir the pot. It was playing pick up sticks. Dominoes face down. It was called Dick Harmon Roberts, whiskers and all, did just that. "I just popped out there after a screen and there was the ball. There wasn't anything left to do but shoot the shot," said Roberts. e 4A Most ValuThe Utah able Player has spent the past two months trying to find himself. This past weekend his father took him aside and told him to come out of his shell and play like his old self or he'd kick his butt. Sunday morning Roberts showed up for the plane ride home with a carefully trimmed goatee and mussuch as two days would tache allow. Of course he had to shave it all off before class today. Roberts looked dapper. And nobody need extend a kick. Mark Heslop once started. Now he's what they call a Sixth Man. It means they don't call your name out as a starter, but rather being just one of the guys on the bench, you are a player counted upon. After losing his starting job to Moon just before WAC play this January, Heslop could have sulked, quit, or become a mood case. two-tim- SPORTS EDITOR V a fall practice, but it was really freshman orientation Part II. The kiddies played break even basketball for two months. Saturwin over UTEP in El day in a Paso, they showed signs the training wheels may be off. True, nobody is mistaking BYU for 20-- 2 Utah, the WAC's leader. But then again, nobody's mistaking the respective preseason schedules of the two schools either. There are a few from this week that provide a barometer on these Guys From October. In the UTEP game, BYU grew some whiskers. Literally. Freshman forward Ken Roberts showed up for Saturday's game in 69-6- 5 mini-portrai- ts the Special Events Center sporting a full two day's growth. Athletes sometimes skip a shave before an athletic contest for special effects. Something to do with looking meaner. Something to do with the field of battle. Egyptians and Romans did it. Marine grunts do it. It means you mean business. Roberts made a gutsy shot in the waning seconds against UTEP that proved crucial. The shot clock had Just five seconds left when Roberts moved out of a baseline stack and took a pass from Scott Moon. There was no time to fool around. No time to think like a freshman, hesitate, or look at the bench. It was time for a Roberts to cock the gun and fire. 18-fo-ot Saturday Heslop carried BYU. Heslop hit four of six three-poibombs in the first half against UTEP to provide a critical platform for the Cougars' impressive victory over the Miners. "I've felt really good about my shot lately. It's good to contribute," said Heslop who led the 28 in two Cougars with 17 points games. "Our team is playing better right now. It's a matter of time, getting to know each other, executing, and learning how to win. That is important, knowing how to win," said Heslop. After Wyoming lost to San Diego nt State Sunday, the Cougars are alone in second place in the WAC standings. The Guys From October are in February, and looking good. Bradley probably even knows Call's dating habits. Maybe even what kind of car he drives. And his favorite snack. Patience and time. Call it the opiate of rookies. Or good maternity advice. But it seems to deliver. |