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Show fSflSS O Scoreboard B3 B Business B5 H Financial Markets B6 ' . ' ' : V I iHJd P El m EiteJ ffp ft, HShtt ' matter to 'anyone that the AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers' weren't around yet; they arrive Hundreds TEMPE, Ariz. Some people, particularly cheer their arrival in a city they today. the oddsmakers who have the don't call home. Dozens more try Steelers as underdogs, to sneak into their luxury hotel for apparently wonder if they should a peek, an autograph, and who show up at all. knows what else? For one day, at least, the CowThe 'Boys are back in town. boys certainly were enough. Secu"That was about as rewarding rity was tight and few fans slipped and exciting as getting off any through into the mountainside plane anywhere," Dallas Cowboys hotel housing America's Team. owner Jerry Jones said Sunday Still, the airport greeting made it night after the rousing reception clear this also is Arizona's Team his NFC champions received from at least in this Super Bowl. the folks in Arizona, where the "Until we arrived, it hadn't Super Bowl will be played next even hit me that the Super Bowl is Sunday. "I was reminded of the. in Phoenix, where we have such a great group of fans," Jones said. great fans we have out here." The Cowboys seemingly have "Before the Cardinals were here, them everywhere. It didn't seem to this was Cowboys territory, and By BARRY WILNER AP Football Writer Texas A&M in Cougar Stadium in August? There is more than a reasonable chance that will come to pass. The Cougars are being considered this week as a host for the Pigskin Classic if national champion Nebraska decides it doesn't want the game, according to Mike M.c'Cleary, executive director of the. National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. NACDA officials will decide this week if Nebraska or BYU will play host to the Pigskin Classic; an Aug. 24 game televised nt ' . By The Associated Press Sidelines BYU's chances if Nebraska chooses not to play host.If A&M and the Cougars do end - - - Houston-Orland- up playing, it would be the third matchup for the Aggies and BYU, .who stand against each other. "It would be a great way to open . up the new WAC because it would give the league exposure," said WAC commissioner Karl Benson. NACDA has considered making BYU, San Diego State, or Utah a road opponent in a matchup with Florida State, Northwestern, Penn State or Nebraska 'in that game, but the Cougars are the only WAC team under consideration as a host for the game because of 65,000-sea- t o 111-9- 0, 170-pou- they've had.". 1 cffffi 1 nt one-ga- ... two-gam- . AP Photo Houston's Robert Horry (25) blocks the ball away from Orlando's Shaquille O'Neal (32) Sunday. The Rockets swept the Magic last year in the NBA Finals, but the Magic swept this year's season series. Senior event produces Bland final By ERIC EDWARDS rain-saturat- 0 By JOHN STREGE l 17th, then hi a approach within three feet at No. 18 to set up the ' tournament-winnin- g putt. "The putt at 17 would have gone eight feet past the cup if it hadn't gone in," Bland said. "Then I just hit a magnificent approach at 18." Bland played on the PGA European Tour for 18 years before joining the Senior Tour when he became 50 last September. He made S 5 ,000 for Sunday's victo 1 1 M j) . ' An PALM DESERT, Calif. enthusiastic amateur chef. Mark Brooks specializes in the veal chop, but on Sunday in the desert he proved himself capable of cooking up something special with . a simple carrot. "I knew that 24- - or par was going to win it," said Brooks, who set his sights on that as a target. "The carrot was still out there, so I had to keep chasing "it. I got closest to the carrot." er AP Photo Jim Colbert tees oft on the 16th hole during Sunday's final round of' the Senior Tournament of Champions In Dorado Beach, Puerto RJco Colbert was edged out for the titie by Jonn Biana. Brooks made it to par. The best of the rest was and so Brooks was crowned llic champion of the 37lh annual Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Among four players entering the final round tied for the lead. Brooks shot a 67 at Indian Ridge Country Club and came about 6 inches short or. the final hole of a 6ft that would have enabled him to catch the carrot. I le led the chase for the carrot by getting birdies on three consecer Orange County Register 17-fo- ot CI par-- 4 ry. Colbert, the 1995 Player of the and leader, entered the day tied with Bland at Year first-roun- d He went to with consecutive birdies at the seventh and eighth holes to take a e lead over Bland, who his with 10 straight round began pars. Bland got to with a birdie at the par-- 3 11th. but gave back a stroke at the par-- 4 12th, two-strok- (See BLAND, Page B2) rooks cooks wisin inq recipe last-seco- if birdie at the 18-fo- ot John DORADO. Puerto Rico Bland won the first Senior PGA tournament of the year with a pair of birdies on the final two holes. 70 Bland shot a Sunday at the Hyatt Dorado Beach course to finish at 279, one stroke better than defending champion Jim Colbert. "It's a thrill to win against a field like this," Bland said of the er format. He made an winners-onl- y Associated Press Writer heart-stoppi- W B I, ;,f AVf - 6. 4. " 4-- 14-of-- ; t ; - The Pistons, who had won five in a row at home, were led by Grant Hill's 24 points. Otis Thorpe and Allan Houston each had 19 points for the host Pistons. Scottie Pipperi had 22 for the Bulls, who made attempts. D... n Raptors 97, Celtics 95 last-seco- "One of Ronney 's greatest strengths is his ability to stop and change directions," said Hueneme football coach Larry Miller. "He's lightning quick, and with an aver' age of 30 to 35 carries per game, he's also very durable." In the game in which he set the national record, Jenkins had touchdown runs of 93, 84, 79 and 87 yards among his seven touchdowns. He also kicked a field goal and an extra point in that game against Rio Mesa High. Hueneme won 52-3Jenkins, who visited ASU two weeks ago, was leaning to go to the Pac-1- 0 school, but changed his mind after taking a tour of the Pro-v- o campus Friday and Saturday; Jenkins' cousin, Shane Carver, played at ASU and is now a defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys. i . , stu-de- (See HARMON, Page B2) "But we all realize the .main purpose of being here, and I don't think any of the players will be distracted or misled. They know we have a lot of unfinished work. I don't think we have to worry about our guys being in awe or thinking this is a big party." The Super Bowl has been a ' blast for the NFC since 1984: Eleven straight victories and ' ' counting. It's a legacy the Steelers " 0 in aren't a part of they're the title game, but haven't gotten this far since the 1979 season. . . Will Snowden and Danny . there and everywhere we go, we might be more used to it. . Rookie Damon Stoudamire .scored Toronto's final eight points, past Detroit In other games, it was Toronto including a baseline jumper with 11.8 seconds remaining, to beat 97, Boston 95; Indiana 106, Wash' San Boston. Antonio 118, ington 96; Stoudamire finished with 23 Philadelphia 88; 'Seattle 108, Dallas 101; Phoenix 111, Sacramento points. Alvin Robertson scored 18 97; and Portland 88, Cleveland 81. and Tony Massenburg 16. The last time the Rockets Pacers 106, Bullets 96 the on Christmas Rik Smits scored 24 points and Magic, played Day, Anfernee Hardaway's Reggie Miller added 23 as Indiana jumper gave Orlando the beat the Washington Bullets for 12th their NBA franchise-recor- d victory at home. This time, Hardaway blunted a straight home victory. Chris Webber had 23 points, Houston rally that pushed the advanRockets to an eight-poirebounds and nine assists for the tage midway through the final Bullets. Juwan Howard, back after suspension for fightperiod. He scored 13 of his 28 a finished with 19 points. in final the ing, quarter. points "We have a lot of weapons on Spurs 118, 76ers 88 this team, and whoever is. hot San Antonio got Sean Elliott needs to take it over and we need e back and snapped its to go to them," said O'Neal, who losing streak.' finished with 29 points and 16 Elliott, who had been out with a rebounds. sprained foot, returned to score 13 Hardaway scored eight of the points in the Spurs' seventh Magic's last 14 points, and O'Neal straight victory. at the Spectrum. accounted for the other six. The David Robinson scored 23 points Macic ended their longest road (See NBA, Page B2) trip of the season The Cougars apparently pulled off a major coup over the weekend when Ronney Jenkins, a speedster from Oxnard, Calif., verbaily committed to La Veil Edwards. Jenkins, who ! runs a 4.3 time in the 40, set a national high school rushing record last fall and made headlines in USA Today when he rushed for 619 yards and seven touchdowns ina single game. Jenkins, who still needs to post an ACT test score, had narrowed his choices to BYU and Arizona State. He rushed for a whopping 2,168 yards this past year at Hueneme High. Jenkins shouldn't have trouble with the ACT since he's a 3.0 Colorado State's win over the Cougars Saturday was in the league not the only nail-bitthis past week. The average margin of victory in 14 WAC games was 6.9 points, or 5.6 if you eliminate Utah's 88-6- 5 win over Wyoming. CSU's 78-7- 6 win over the Cougars marked the second straight game the Rams defeated BYU with a type play. The Rams upset the favored Cougars in the first round of the WAC Tournament in Albuquerque buzzer last year with a shot by Delmonte Madison. This time the Ram shot by former Emery star Bryan Chrise home tiansen ended a the win streak for Cougars. "I don't care about the win streak," said Roger Reid. "Wa didn't give it much thought. What we worked on all day was preparing to just beat Colorado State." Not that returning home for a Super Bowl is easy for Woodson, Getting here early might be a wise move. While the Steelers check in and then almost immediately have to meet the media, the Cowboys get a chance to kick back, do a little socializing and, well, play the role of rock star. Which, at least in the cases of Troy, Emmitt, Michael and Deion do we really need surnames? seems apropos. "I think the Super Bowl is always a new experience, no matter when or where or who you play," said fullback Daryl John ston, hardly a media megastar but one of the best players at his position in the game. "Because of what we get in Dallas, r.11 the attention Hakeem Olajuwon had 30 points and Drexler added 20 for Houston, which has lost four of its last seven. Bulls Hi, Pistons 96 Chicago beat Detroit for the 13th straight time, and Joe Dumars, the only remaining member of the Pistons' 1989 and "90 championship teams, thinks these Bulls are better than the team that won three straight titles. "I've never seen anybody better than them, not one team," he said. "This Chicago team is the most confident, most assured team The Magic, swept by the Rockets in the NBA Finalsswept the regular-seaso- n series, winning 97-9- 6 when Shaquille O'Neal hit a lay up with 4.7 seconds' left and blocked Houston's final shot. The regular season means nothing, the Rockets' Clyde Drexler said. "We won (the championship) last year," he said, "so there wasn't any pressure on us. They're playing well this year. It should be interesting in the playoffs." With its 34th victory in 37, games, Chicago will likely have something to. say about who ends up in the finals, Michael Jordan scored 36 points as the Bulls raced Cougar Stadium. The payout for the Pigskin Kickoff is $750,000 per tpam,'",' here." back." ' Orlando Arena. ry. -1 All-Pr- o safety Darren Woodson, who grew up in the Phoenix area and played at Arizona State in the very stadium where the 30th Super Bowl will take place hardly looks at this as a road trip. "When I heard Phoenix got a Super Bowl, I knew I'd have a chance to be in it with this team," Woodson said. "It's almost like a homecoming for us when we play the Cardinals and hear our fans. It's almost a homefield edge, and our fans make a lot of noise. "We know this stadium. We've been here every year and we're 6-- 2 who has been bombarded by ticket requests. "It's a good feeling," he admitted. "There is more pressure, with my family and friends ... I'm hearing from cousins from way, way January 22, 1996 2-- . , we've kept a lot of those fans." The players also noticed and weren't surprised. Monday, 1 with a 3 mark over nine days and improved to 0 away from Time was... when a game between Chicago and Detroit defined the strength of the Eastern "Conference. Qn Sunday, the young Pistons were just another team trythe ing hopelessly to knock off " ''. i dominating Bulls. These days, a matchup is more of a viable rival- on ABC-Tnationally " Rondo Fehlberg, BYU athletic director, said Sunday he liked 1 I The Daily Herald Cougars could host Pigskin event 'r I : ; utive holes Sunday, the ninth th. then added a crit through the 1 1 : ical birdie at the 5th hole. "The turnaround was probably at the par-- 5 I5ih hole." Brooks said. "I hit it left off the tee and 1 they (John Huston and Payne Stewart) both probably could have reached the green if they'd hit two good shots. John probably should have made 4 there, but they botn made 5 and I made a 4." Brooks holed a birdie putt there with a putter he borrowed from a friend from Indian . '. ot Wells. Howard Lester. He was- - (Sec HOPE, Pajje B2) |
