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Show C2 Page THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, - FollowHONOLULU (AP) ing what has become an annual embarrassment by its Super Bowl teams, the AFC tries to close the books on the season Sunday with a Pro Bow w in against the NFC. The AFC at least have fared better than the conference's Super Bowl representatives in reNFC teams have won" cent years the league's title game nine years in a row, but its merely have won three of the last four Pro 9 Bowl games. The NFC owns a edge in the series. "Of course you would rather 1 all-sta- all-sta- rs 13-- Sunday, February 7, 1993 Buffalo has more representatives than any team other than Houston, which has nine. The Cowboys, meanwhile, have six players on the NFC squad, topped only by the San Francisco 49ers w ith seven. The Dallas contingent is led by quarterback Troy Aikman, the Super Bowl MVP; Emmitt Smith, who rushed for 108 yards in that game, and wide receiver Michael Irvin. w ho had six catches for 1 14 yards and two touchdowns. are tight Other Cowboy end Jay Novacek, center Mark win the Super Bowl, but if you don't, you at least want to w in this one," said Buffalo's Stee Tasker, a special teams player for the AFC. The American Conference squad has a definite Bills flavor. Eleven Buffalo players were scheduled to appear in the Pro Bowl, although quarterback Jim Kelly, running back Thurman Thomas and tackle Will Wolford won't play because they were inSuper jured in last Sunday's Bowl loss to Dallas. With eight players in the game. 52-1- 7 ot 7 to 1 Reggie White, who w ill be a free agent and may not be back w ith the Philadelphia Eagles next season; the New Orleans Saints" linebaek-in- g trio of Pat Swilling. Rickey Jackson and Sam Mills; Atlanta cornerback Deion Sanders, and Phoenix safety Tim McDonald. The game will be the finale for Mike Singletary. the retiring Chicago Bears linebacker who has played in 10 consecutive Pro Bowls, tying Lawrence Taylor's record. Offensively, San Francisco's Steve Young, who led the league's passing rating at 107. will start for the NFC. with Aikman and Brett Favre of Green Bay backing him up. Detroit's Barry Sanders will join Smith as a starter at running back. The AFC, coached by Don Shu-l- a, will have the Dolphins" Dan Marino open at quarterback, with Houston's Warren Moon and Pittsburgh's Neil O'Donnell. a replacement for Kelly, the backups. Although he can't play because of a knee injury. Kelly still decided to come to Hawaii for the game. s y A' ' shoot a 68 for a 35 total "Those birdies give me a chance," Floyd said. "It's very, very remote, but if I can come back 1 by Buffalo. "They all play with such a sense of urgency, and they're so in synch, I think it may be hard to single out individual players on the Dallas defense," said NFC coach George Seifert of the 49ers. The NFC's defense is led by end all-sta- rs Colboi't b urns ci course for 84 a nd iiaiuiii KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) -As Al Geiberger watched playing partner Jim Colbert pull away to a lead Saturday in the Royal Stepnoski and guard Nate Newton, the first Dallas offensive linemen to play in the Pro Bowl in 1 1 years. Noticeably absent are any players from the Cowboys' defense, statistically the NFL's best this season and a unit that forced a Super Bowl record nine turnovers - , S ",, t ' ' -' :- " ; ' . - ' ' ' ... - ;- v . s . Caribbean Classic, there wasn't Sunday and shoot a really ' :s " -"; c ' " , good-round- I have a chance. ' ' much conversation on the greens. maybe Floyd was tied for third with birdie.' "Nice shot.' 'You want to J.C. Snead, who shot a 69. Colbert began his run with an tap in?' 'Nice birdie.' 'Nice birdbirdie putt on No. 10. ie.'" Geiberger said with a chuc- eight-fokle. then took the lead when he birdied Colbert made six birdies during the next hole by sinking a a seven-hol- e stretch and shot a 64 uphill chip. for a d total of 129, 13 "That really turned me on." he under par on The Links at Key said. Colbert made four birdies in a Biscayne. "I had nine putts on the back row beginning on No. 13 with nine, which is fine," Colbert said. putts of three, one, 12 and six feet, "I'm not going to apologize." then saved par with a putt d at the 17th. Geiberger, who shared the lead with Colbert, shot a His round was one shot shy of 69 and was in second place Geiberger's tournament record. at 134 going into Sunday's final Colbert needs a 70 Sunday to break round. record of , the tournament Colbert, a winner five times 200, set by Gary Player since joining the Senior PGA Tour in 1991. in 1991, said the lead might be his "The way he's playing, it's hard biggest going into a final round. to imagine him not playing well He hopes to stay aggressive. Sunday," Geiberger said. Don January, 63, seeking his "'It's not my nature to hit up there safe," he said. "I don't stay first victory since 1987, shot a 67 als focused. I try not to do anything and was in fifth place at 136. "I'm surprised." January said. stupid, either. But if I screw up, I can live w ith it, just as long as I'm "When I got older, I started playtrying to do something." ing again the way I did when I was . For the second in a inconsistent and falling row, day young hometown favorite Ray Floyd three or four holes at a for asleep No. 10 after driving into the time. Maybe because it's a new water. He birdied Nos. 15,16 and year, my concentration is a little better risht now." LPGA: At Lake Worth. Fla., Canadian Jennifer Wyatt completed her first round Satlead took a then urday, over JoAnne Carner after 36 holes at the Palm Beach Classic. Wyatt and Brandi Burton were NBA tied with Carner at 66 after comEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. pleting their first rounds in the Then Wyatt added a 71 (AP) The New Jersey Nets, des- morning. total of 37. a for perate for help off the bench, gamHall of a Carner. bled Saturday that Bernard King with faltered two Famer, bogeys could provide it by signing the front side the on of the mushy, d for6,324-yarWycliffe Golf and ward for the rest of the season. Club course. King, 36, comes to the Nets with Country a 23. career scoring average in 13 seasons and with one big question to answer: Can he still contribute after sitting out nealy two years following surgery on his right "I told him, 'Nice birdie.' 'Nice . . ' ' Jr.' ; 1 ot - f v stay mt- y 25-fo- ot two-roun- t f - . t f,- f- V 11. 1 ;'" (U;V-'-, 'C' . I ,';' III Y - ( r w I v'At n - 10-fo- ot first-roun- 54-ho- le er .- bo-gey- ed Birlofs rain-delay- yy - y.y"?yy-- j- x - AP Photo Maryland forward Mario Lucas, 22, bounces off Georgia Tech center Malcolm Mackey (left) while chasing down a loose action Saturday concluded with the No. 22 Yellow Jackets beating Maryland 93-7- ACC ball. The 9. one-stro- Nets sign King to 36-ho- le high-scorin- g, 1 injury-plague- d 1 women dominate Idaho meet BYU knee? King's signing, for the minimum of $70,000, comes a little more than two weeks after the was released by the Washington Bullets follow ing a blow up with coach Wes Unscld. four-tim- e All-St- ar POCATELLO, Players vote for Whichever way it was scored, BYU's women tjacksters came out the w inner at the Idaho State Saturday afternoon. Under a new format, which rewards a team that can put a group of athletes in every event, the totals were BYU 125.2, Idaho State 119.4 and Utah State 111.4., Under a dual meet format. BYU and USU defeated ISU power-scorin- Bonds, Eckersiey MIAMI (AP) Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants and reliever Dennis Eckersiey of the Oakland Athletics were picked Saturday by their peers as the outstanding players of 1992 in the Players Choice Awards. The Players Choice Awards mark the first time the players themselves have selected their own top stars of the previous season. Bonds and Eckersiey were chosen by players who were on a roster or disabled list as of Aug. 31, 1992. 64-4- 2. Cougar highlights of the meet came from senior Brooke Stanton, who erased her own third-beschool mark in the 400 dash with a personal best 56.59. Also, junior distance ace Tonya Todd won the 3000 meters in 9:44.84. a personal school best and the fourth-bes- t mark and Carolyn Knight Kcyes placed first in the 800 meters with a persona best (PB) 2: 12.63. Other Cougar winners were Cathy Guischard, 55m dash (7.01) and 200m dash (24.61): the 4x400m relay team of Tiffany Jackson. Dena Burrows. Guischard and Brooke Stanton and the 48(X)ni relay SAN DIEGO (AP) Olympic (3:52.11); Beth of team Whorlton, Jennifer gold medalist Oscar De La Hoya Dorota Buczkowska and Swan. it w like was hat out to finally found Keyes (9:22.52). in a proCarolyn rounds two than more go Second places were earned by fessional fight. in the 55m (7.09) and Burrows disHe didn't need to go the Buczkowska in the 200m (25.50); a he stopped tance, though, as bloodied Curtis Strong at 1:40 of mile (4:57.04); Kim Stosscl in the Swan in the the fourth round of a scheduled 5000 (18:11.68-PB)- ; (2:13.63-PB)800 Lisa ; While in lightweight fight Saturthe shot put (43-5Tiffany Freeday. man in the triple jump (37-34); De La Hoya, of Montcbello, and Heather in the 3000 combiout Witney came Calif., throwing nations in the fourth, but it was a (10:00.09-PB)- . "The new scoring system was left hand that opened two cuts said coach Craig Poole. unusual," above Strong's right eye. 25-ma- st n Oscar De La Hoya bloodies opponent - d ); " et g 60-4- 9 3 Cincinnati's winning 6 streak, beating the Bearcats h career-higon Smith's Saturday 27 points. Hardaway finished with 13 points. He made only two of 10 14-ga- 68-6- shots. Thursday. (He) was so tired, he -- Idaho Tenn. (AP) -- MEMPHIS, With leader Anfernee Hardaway slowed by the flu, Billy Smith made up the difference for Memphis State. Memphis State stopped No. 4 "Anfernee has the flu. We didn't allow him to practice Tri-me- six-roun- mith helps Memphis minimum just wasn't moving," Tigers coach Larry Finch said. Smith had his tough times, too, especially at the start of the game. "Billy Smith has been focused all week and did a tremendous job. ... He had a slow start because he was so hyped," Finch said. "He was hyped up. I knew he was going to be." 6 when Cincinnati trailed Lazelle Durden missed a try from the left corner with 10 seconds left. Memphis State rebounded and Hardaway made a foul shot w ith five seconds to go. 2 Memphis State (14-3 with Great Midwest) led 13:43 left before Cincinnati (17-rallied to take the lead with 5:14 to go. Anthony Douglas' basket put the Tigers ahead for good at 67-6- 3-- 7, 56-4- 2, Street's jersey number. The retired Hawkeyes (14-Street's No. 40 jersey in honor of their inspirational leader who was killed in a Jan. 19 traffic 5, 3-- 4) 2. Indiana 73, No. 9 Iowa 66 IOWA CITY, Iowa Calbert Cheaney scored 27 points and Indiana completed a season sweep of Iowa. The Hoosiers (20-overall. Big Ten) won on a night in which Iowa retired Chris No. 1 - 2 9-- 0 iYU PROVO - Boston College 63, No! 14SetonHall62 - 7-- 3) 5, 180-gam- ). 6, - 3, - 7-- 4, five-poi- 7-- nt Riser, Miles lead UVCC to win RANGELY, Colorado -- Brian Miles and Tai Riser combined to score 42 points, leading Utah Valley Community College past the Colorado Northwestern in Scenic West Spartans 82-6- 9 action Saturday. Riser connected on three point attempts while Miles missed only once, connecting on shots. Miles was also a factor on the boards, leading the Wolverines with 1 1 rebounds. -9 -9 Leading by only two points at halftime, UVCC outscored the Spartans 9-- 1 to open the final 20 minutes of play. UVCC's pos- sessions went like this: Miles with a jumper... Riser ot Miles reverse Hale scores on assist to Riser... Riser 3- - pointer. . .and you get the picture. The Wolverines used a stingy zone deiense to frustrate the Spartans at one end of the court, while methodically building the lead with Riser threes and crisp passing at the other. When Ma took a lob pass from Riser and hammmered it down for an point UVCC lead, CNCC coach Paul Conrad's quick timeout told the story... the Wolverines were in control. However, after UVCC built its largest lead of the game at 4 with less than two minutes left in the game, CNCC made a final bid to overtake the consistent Wolverines. The Spartans made treys in the final 1:31 but it was not enough as the Orem 4 from the free squad went throw line to keep CNCC at bay. CNCC's Donnie McDade led all scorers with 25 points with Miles and Riser scoring 18 and 24 respectively. 1 1 70-5- -6 13-1- STILLWATER, Okla. -B- rooks Thompson scored a seaso23 points and ended a crucial 1 run with a backdoor layup in leading Oklahoma State over Oklahoma. No. 17 Arkansas 74, Florida 66 CorGAINESVILLE, Fla. liss Williamson scored 18 points and Arkansas won despite shootr ing just 30 percent in the first half and only 44 percent in the game". No. 22 Georgia Tech 93, ; Maryland 79 ATLANTA Travis Best made six of eight shots and finished with 25 points, lead ing Georgia Tech over Maryland. Providence 66, No. 23 Georgetown 58 LANDOVER, Md. Tony Turner got the game's only bas ket in overtime and led Providence past Georgetown. n-high 9-- - I - - spikers make short work of Pacific A total team effort provided the BYU men's volleyball team w ith un early jump on the visiting University of the Pacific 4 Tigers in a victory Saturday afternoon. 15-- conference opponents. No. 6 North Carolina 104, N. Carolina St. 58 BOSTON Billy Curley CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- scored off a rebound with less North Carolina rebounded from a than a second left and lifted Boscrash. pair of recent losses by scoring ton College (13-pastSeton e No. 2 Kentucky 82, the most points in its Hall (16-No. 11 Vanderbilt 67 series with North Carolina State. No. 15 Pittsburgh 71, Travis LEXINGTON, Ky. George Lynch scored 14 for the St. John's 69 2 Ford made four shots and Tar Heels (18-Atlantic David Cain PITTSBURGH had a career-hig- h nine assists as Coast Conference). missed a potential game-tyin- g No. 12 Florida St. 86, Kentucky avenged its only loss of jumper just before the final buzzthe season. Connecticut 74 er and Pittsburgh held off St. No. 5 Duke 67, Notre Dame 50 STORRS, Conn. Rodney John's. Chris McNeal made two 26 SOUTH BEND, Ind. -T- Dobard scored a season-hig- h free throws with 20 seconds left homas Hill scored 17 points and points and Florida State sent Con- and Jerry McCullough added anGrant Hill had 16 as Duke won its necticut to its fourth straight loss. five seconds later to give other 35th straight game against non- 4 Pitt (14-Big East) a lead. Oklahoma St. 83, No. 16 Oklahoma 76 4-- 1) 63-6- St stage upset 15-1- 1. 15-- Improving their record to 2-- 3 with the first home match of the season, the Cougars had several blocks early in the first game. BYU head coach Carl McGown credited the team's success to a strong start. "It's difficult to score if you can't get the ball over the net," said McGown. Middle blocker Ethan Watts had a strong game for the Cougars, hitting .434 of his kills. "Ethan is becoming more of a floor leader," said McGown. "We want him to become more emotional on the court and he has been working hard." hitting at a high level," said McGown. The coach expects Sinclair to be among the leaders in the nation as the season progresses. The team suffered a Another player with a solid performance was outside hitter Pat during the second game due to a Sinclair with a .411 kill percent- 'mix up in the substitution, but age. "Pat has been passing and came on strong again in the third. n A |