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Show 1 Scoreboard BVU Beat B4-B- B6 B7 OkiST EDITOR: SPORTS 5 STEVE CAMERON THE DAILY HERALD 344-255- 3 Sl'ND.W. UK, I ST 3. IWT Jazz 'veteran' helping rookies while working on outside shot 7 1 1 end up," Anderson naid. "The way things were looking, 1 By MATT WIXON - v The Daily Herald LAKE SALT CITY -S- handon Anderson isn't overly thrilled to be playing ketball right now. After all, his first NBA :So where was the media when Welch got into trouble? 4 i Question: How many of these track responses defended Welch or the actions of the SLOC? Answer: None. IT SEEMS the public agrees that explanation. Why in the world has the Utah media approached Welch with gloves since the night he roughed up his wife, Alma? It's been unbelievable. Look, I've worked a whole lot of places in this country and never, ever seen anyone get the treatment accorded Welch after the poop hit the fan. marsh-mallp- MAYBE Olympics. lit 9 I t ITS the mystique W d Olympics. We're living on a magnificent slice of God's earth, and there's no need to apologize to anyone. Or seek approval from TV viewers in the rusty old East. FRANKLY, THE notion of protecting "our" Olympics seems like the only plausible explanation for what appeared to be an appalling reluctance to question Welch or grill the SLOC. Both the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News handled the Welch case as though it were a live grenade bouncing around in the back of a pickup truck. The Tribune actually ignored the story for a day, then buried it deeper than the bowels of Timpanogos Cave for at least a week. inn hasn't seemed shy about any other type of news. But when Welch fell into a mud puddle, it looked as though the state's largest newspaper was running for its life. You know, most of Utah's major media outlets still haven't started yelling about Welch's payoff. Are they afraid of losing VIP seats forthe figure skating finals, or what? It's crystal clear that the public is holding its nose over the Welch affair. Anjjihat plenty of people are angry ovKhe $2 million sayonara. You'd think the press might get a call sometime soon, wouldn't watj-u- p yofiT editor of in A. FRED MCGUIREThe Herald Daily Getting tough: Shandon Anderson of the Jazz (middle) blocks the shot of the Blazers' Jermaine O'Neal during a Rocky Mountain Revue game this week. At right is Utah's Greg Ostertag. tmzs. aoiiSuUDime By STEVE CAMERON Sports Editor SALT LAKE CITY -Qfor a night? "No, don't say anything like that," gushed guard Lady ueens Hardmon after the Starzz put a thoroughly stunning hammer on playoff-bounHouston Saturday night at the Delta Center. "I don't care what the record says. We're not a bad basketball team. We've just got some young players and it's taken us a little longer to jell." the Starzz Certainly Comets to the ) proved and an enthusiastic crowd of 8,561 that Hardmon is at least partially correct. When this Utah group all winds up on the same page, somebody 74-6- 3 d (5-1- 3) (11-7- Three of the Starzz' victories have come against the WNBA's two division leaders (New York and Phoenix) with a third against Houston. "When we come in focused, we're capable of beating anyone Starzz coach Denise iillllH -'-- .J holes to fill. "The odds were definitely stacked against me," said Anderson, whose older brother, Willie, also plays in the NBA. "You can have confidence in yourself, but you have to be realistic, too." The reality was that the Jazz Jeff had already Hornacek, Bryon Russell and Chris Morris for perimeter shooting. So where was Anderson going to fit in? Sec ANDLRSOM, H2 77-7- 4 1 ' The I'hoenix Suns finished the Revue with a record, followed by the Jazz and In Sacramento Kings at other games on the final day, Phoenix beat OrlandoMinn. 80-7- 3 and Sacramento topped the Houston Rockets 86-85-- 0 4-- 3. Jazz ?e Mavt 19 JAZZ (77) E..im.inn6. 20 7 MAVERICKS 15. - 15 IB Aiuln .r.W lii.un 5 21 22 IS 17 Vjm.iI-!- l!.i!lii" loMk 77 74 OMr'l.xi V) 7 13. Wfills 2 26 67 1. (74) Holmi' Oi. IS Ko,q Sir s. i 1 G Vr: J. Jo., Ml! 4 K.lals: 6. i'5 4 Commons 77-7- 4 , JWJ didn't get one up Saturday, either, but she whaled away for 19 minutes and seemed to bother the Starzz against be on the floor whenever Houston and Comet star Utah enjoyed a spurt. Koss finished with a single Cynthia Cooper, who came into g point, but she had three giant the game with a blocked shot per game average. assists and a was very the when game Utah's scrambling defense much in doubt. smothered Cooper, who man"I kept looking over like aged 15 fairly meaningless was going to take me (Taylor) n points but got only nine shots Koss said, "but she kept out," at the hoop. me out there, and I At the other end, almost leaving just kept trying to make the everyone contributed as the good passes, the good screens, Starzz burst from a play position defense. deficit late in the first half to "It was an awful lot of fun, and but not just for me. We have ouscore Houston cushion. build a enough talent to play like m .. S.-Subs Dena Head (seven this on other nights, too." ;nlil :eJ Kim points), straight A-r- Williams (two key buckets) HOUSTON (63) 9. Jackson rookie Thompson4. Perrot 2 2 20. ArcanCooper8 4 96 and even little-useIS. 3. Woozley 3 5 00 0. Hamj Greta Koss all made huge Mocre 63 55 9 Totals conplays as the Starzz took UTAH 1749 5 2 5. Bsrzoovt 14. Hwdmon Pzlmer trol and kept it. 17. Booker MOO 0. Rent 59 2 2 14. 3 00 4. Williams 3 00 4. Head 3 8 8 8 Just activated from the rckj Totals 0. Koss 5. Compem 74. squad to developmental i V 33 63 30 replace injured Deborah 74 4)3 31 Utafc, Koss had the Carter, goals Houston 9 27 (Thompson 6. Arcem 5. Perrot MA1THKW R. SMI1 Hlhc Daily Hcrjld Cooper played a total of five minutes Woosley Head 12. Reiss Utah (Bamnova None out Fouled Palmer Karen and Lady Hardmon (right) Booker and tumble: And (40) Rough in two previous games. 26 Oackson 6) Utah 39 (Baranovs 12) nf thp Star77 hattlp fnr a rphnunrl aPaitit the flnmpt?;' Tammv Assists Houston (Thompson. Cooper 5). Utah had not taken a shot. fouls Houston 15 (Hardmon. Head. Koss 3) ' Jackson (left) and Tina Thompson (behind). The rook from Montana 20. Utah 15 8.561. Taylor said. "Why can't we play like this more often?" None of that seemed to t league-leadin- 21-poi- 25-1- 9 32-1- 1 ?. 4T. 4 d I fir) I -a- J J: W 1 V, 7 I S 2 2 12 14 21 2 pays. MJIU.JPWI the Dallas Saturday at the Delta Center, giving Utah final record in the a Rocky Mountain Revue. Utah's Shandon Anderson led all scorers with 28 points, including 10 in the final Rookie Jacque quarter. Vaughn added 19 and Greg Ostertag had 15 points, 16 rebounds and six blocked shots for the Jazz. Mavericks 4-- iirni The beat Jazz a Why? The Trib SDorts SALT LAKE CITY :..,.' lift 1 don't make the cut, and unlike a lot of NHA teams, the Jazz didn't have many Jazz hold off Mavericks, X 1 ii Cameron is Thi PaUy Herald. t III of the There's no doubt that quite a few Utahns are packing around lifetime inferiority complexes. You get the feeling 'that plenty of folks around here feef picked on by the nation at large. in that sense, perhaps the fact that we're hosting the 2002 Olympics has been glorified all out of context as though this magical event finally might grant Utah some kind of national validation. If you look at things that way, well, maybe the SLOC is supposed to be untouchable. And thus Welch's misbehavior has been handled oh, so softly. You know, if this mentality actually has gripped the usual gripers, screamers and diggers among the Salt Lake City media, it's a shame. And unnecessary. Utah has been, and will be, a wonwith or without the derful place &isve the Jazz summer squad most of which won't end up on an NBA roster in the fall. Anderson was in their position a year ago. "It was real scary not knowing where I was going to see-no-e- l, Olympics-can't-be-sullie- 1 sea- think would be heri1." Chosen by the Jazz late in the second round (5')tli overall) of the llJ9(i NHA Dralt. the odds of Anderson making Utah's rosier didn't look good. Low draft picks often ,,: CL w J . 2 " i Welch, who pleaded "no contest" to a charge of Bpousal abuse, has no business walking off with a $2 million thank-yo- u card. In light of such sentiment, something else fairly screams out for j - &im$k j'y V yf bas- son was a long one, especially with the Jazz making it all the way to the NBA Finals. And this week, just a little over a month into his offseason vacation, the guardforward was back on the hardwood. But joining Greg Ostertag to form the veteran duo on Utah's Mountain Rocky Revue team wasn't so bad. Anderson only had to think, about the other members of V Question: In 30 years as a sports columnist, have I ever gotten more feedback from a commentary than last Friday's piece on Tom Welch? Answer: No. hear-no-evi- didn't definitely Steve Cameron Ill . 2 2 Rebounds-Hous- ) ton '. 13 Total A ii Dodger blue to the core, Lasorda enters Hall today IVY. - 7 .;, Tom Lasorda N.Y. COOPERSTOWN, One day in spring (AP) training a few years ago, some writers arrived in Vero Beach, Fla., to discuss the Los Angeles Dodgers with the team's resident cheerleader, manager Tom Lasorda. Lasorda was shifting into oral overdrive, explaining how the Dodgers had assembled the finest young men in America. Just about the time he got to the part about mom and apple pie, utilityman Derrel Thomas wandered by and laughed"You guys better put on your galoshes," Thomas warned. "It's getting pretty deep over there." It usually does when Lasorda talks about his beloved Dodgers. This is a man genuinely in love with this teani, his team. Lasorda was no baseball mercenary. Except for a short - stopover in Kansas City that into the Hall of Fame and it's career pitching was like too many relief not for his ineffecbrief and for manrecord. is instead It pitchers Lasorda was a tive the Dodgers to 1,599 aging man. He was victories, No. 13 on the e signed by the Dodgers as a list, in 20 memorable lean pitcher seasons. It is for making it to when the franchise was in four World Series, six League Brooklyn and he still works Championship Series and for the team 48 years, and two division series. It is for thousand several pasta managing 61 postseason meals, later. games, second only to Casey Today the Pied Piper of See LASORDA, lU Dodger blue will be inducted 0-- 4 all-tim- left-hand- J poor copy j |