Show ler ed I if X SrjiOiiU Examiner Sports SPORTS BRIEFS NHL ROUNDUP Louisville basketball coach Stars nip Crum collapses at airport LftlJISVILLE ville - Louis- Ky basketball coach Denny Crum collapsed Saturday while preparing to board a flight at Louisville International Airport He underwent a series of tests that all came back normal and was to be kept overnight at a hospital for observation Randc Swann an airport spokeswoman said Crum was at a ticket counter about 1:45 pni LST when he reported feeling dizzy and lightheaded “We called for our medics to respond until EMS could get there” Swann said Crum 61 was transported to Jewish Hospital where he was resting comfortably Saturday night she said Upon arrival Crum was conscious and talkative said Kenny Klcit Louisville sports information director e Doctors explained the as a transient neurological incident All tests came back normal including a CAT scan blood chemistry and EKG Crum w'as scheduled to undergo an MRI and would stay overnight for observation Klein to the fans in the stands that Halas ordered him to make a bad snap Even though the team was down to practice balls Turner refused Taylor auditions for role in Oliver Stone film NEW YORK - Less than two weeks after being arrested on charges of possession of crack cocaine former NFL star Lawrence Taylor auditioned for a role in an upcoming film by Oliver Stone Taylor who checked into a drug rehabilitation center in New Jersey earlier this week in order to avoid going to jail for violating his probation was escorted by two counselors to the audition at the Tribeca Film Center in Manhattan on Friday Taylor’s marketing agent Mark Lepselter of Maxximum Marketing said Saturday that coordinators from Warner Bros studios contacted Taylor about auditioning for a part as an aging superstar in the film “Any Given Sunday” three days after his Oct 19 arrest on drug charsaid ges in St Pete Beach Fla TENNIS: Lepselter thought that Taylor who acted in HBO’s “First Krajicek upsets Sampras and 10” performed well in the to reach Eurocard Open final audition and has a good chance to receive the role STUTTGART Germany -The audition came at the end No wonder Richard Krajicek k likes playing Pete Sampras He of a period in which usually beats the world's No 1 Taylor a member of the NFL’s col-lap- two-wee- player One of the few with a winning record against Sampras Krajicek upset the American again Saturday 6-- 7 (2-- 7) 6-- 4 to reach the final of the $245 million Eurocard Open “I just somehow like to play him and his game suits me somehow” Krajicek said after his fifth victory in seven matches against Sampras The Dutchman has won their last 7-- 6 (7-- three-matche- Krajicek who w'on the title here in 1995 advanced to his second consecutive final and d will play Yevgeny Kafelnikov for the title d Kafelnikov beat Jonas Bjorkman 2 5 lOth-seede- 12th-scede7-- 6-- Pierce beats injured Farina in Luxembourg final LUXEMBOURG - Mary Pierce won the Luxembourg Open on Saturday when her op- ponent Silvia Farina of Italy withdrew in the second set because of a thigh injury 0 Pierce was leading 0 when the Italian player retired 35 minutes into the match Farina had left the court earlier for treatment on her thigh It was the second straight victory for Pierce No 1 1 in the WTA rankings She won the Kremlin Cup in Moscow on Sunday 6-- 2-- Qualifier keeps going at Mexican Open - MEXICO CITY Xavier Malisse the qualifier from Belgium continued his impressive run in the Mexican Open on Saturday reaching the finals with a 2 2 victory over defending champion Francisco Clavet of Spain Malisse ranked No 361 by the ATP Tour broke the fourth-seede- d Clavet six times in the 61 minute match In today's final Malisse will face Jiri Novak of the Czech d Republic who upset Mariano Puerta of Argentina 3 7 3 It will also Set Novak’s first appearance in an 'ATP Tour final this year 6-- 6-- -- fifth-seede- 6-- 6-- (1-- 7) Sunday November 11998 ®C 6-- FOOTBALL 75 th Anniversary All-Ti- team was arrested checked into drug rehab and filed for per- sonal bankruptcy Lepselter said some of those issues were discussed at the audition but they did not scare Stone off There was no talk about what would happen if Taylor is convicted of the charges in Florida BASEBALL' Yankees pick up option on catcher Girradi NEW YORK - The New York Yankees picked up their $34 million option on Joe Gir-ar- di on Saturday keeping their catching platoon in place for 1999 1 teams who once defied demanding coach George Halas has died He was 79 Turner’s daughter Pat told the Chicago Tribune her father suffered from emphysema and was 'diagnosed with lung cancer in March He died Friday at his home in Gatesville Texas and Turner who at 240 fiounds was exceptionally big for his era and also fast played center and linebacker d He was the team’s draft pick in 1940 the year the Boars beat the Washington Redskins 73-- 0 for their first of four championships of that decade In that game Turner disobeyed a direct order from the Halas - who also owned the Bears and was a founding father of the NFL Turner once told an interviewer that so many kicks were being lost first-roun- DALLAS - Over his first eight games with the Dallas Stars Brett Hull struggled with coach Ken Hitchcock’s defensive-oriented system and Hull’s switch from right to left wing Hull took another step in the adjustment to his new team on Saturday night when he scored two goals including the tiebreaker with 6:00 left to lift the Stars to a 2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings in a matchup of Western Conference powers “Tonight was his best game for us” Hitchcock said “It’s very hard to play in our system because we play differently than a lot of teams It’s a very demanding style and a different game than he’s used to” With the game tied at 2 Hull took a pass from Mike Modano and fired a slap shot from the middle of the left circle that beat Red Wings goaltendcr Chris Osgood and kept the Stars unbeaten at home The game marked the first meeting between last season’s Western Conference finalists a series won by Detroit in six games en route to its second straight Stanley Cup AUTO RACING: SUZUKA Japan - Michael Schumacher will start where he probably needs to finish if he is to win his third Formula One championship But the German ace who must finish no worse than second and hope points leader Mika Hakkinen has a bad day was not so thrilled to win the pole Saturday for the season-endin- g Grand Prix of Japan Trailing his Finnish rival by four points Schumacher must finish ahead by five because Hakkinen would win a tiebreaker on the basis of more victories finishes and second-plac- e Schumacher took the pole by road cirtouring the 3644-mil- e cuit in 1 minute 36293 seconds a run of 136234 mph in his Ferrari Hakkinen who went 135983 will start second in his McLaren ished second have surgery when season ends Martin to ROCKINGHAM NC -- Dale Jarrett isn’t the only one whose status in the points race has caused him to do everything possible to stay behind the wheel as the NASCAR Winston Cup season moves to its conclusion The man just ahead of him in Mark Martin will start from the pole today in the ACuclco 400 at North Carolina Speedway - hoping a back that has been acting up the standings doesn’t do it again Martin like Jarrett will have surgery once the season is over “The pain it varies from honest suicidal thoughts to thoughts of maybe not having the surgery but letting everybody think I am so I get two weeks off” Martin said of his ailing lower back Standard-Examin- Geoff Cortnall dunng action on Saturday at the Kiel Center in St Louis first-perio- d (6-0-- 1) The victory over the Red Wings may provide the Stars with an early psychological edge but Hull avoided making too much of it “It’s only the ninth game” Hull said “They’re still the champs We’re going to have to do a lot more” Jere Lehtinen added a goal and an assist and Mike Modano had two assists as the Stars overfin deficame a two-gocit Ed Belfour made 22 saves to at help Dallas improve to home this season Kirk Maltby and Steve Yzer-ma- n scored for Detroit al MARY BUTKUS The Associated Press Islanders 3 Flyers 2 At Uniondale NY Tommy for New Jersey in its last five games after starting the season Devils backup Chris Terreri made 16 saves for his second victory of the season 7-- Hurricanes 2 Bruins 0 Senators 5 Canadiens At Boston Arturs Irbe made of the season as Carolina beat Boston -1 Devils 3 Panthers 1 At East Rutherford NJ Dave Andreychuk scored two y beat Florida goals as New Jersey Irbe signed as a free agent during the offseason lowered his NHL-begoals-againaverage to 076 with his 15th career shutout At St Louis defenseman AL Maclnnis scored on a power play with 12:36 left in regulation as St Louis rallied to tie Anaheim Maclnnis scored his sixth goaf of the season on a slap shot from just inside the blue line Scott Young also scored for the Blues Ra-de- k Predators 3 Avalanche 2 Bonk also scored for the Senators Ron Tugnutt made 27 saves allowing only Mark Rec-chi- At Nashville Tenn Andrew Brunette beat Colorado goalie Patrick Roy with a backhand shot at 8:5 1 of the third period won consecutive games e for the first time in its history ’s third-perio- Gary Roberts opened the scoring at 5:32 of the first period and Ray Sheppard added an empty-n- goal d Sabres 6 Maple Leafs 3 et Denis Pederson also scored Mighty Ducks 2 Blues 2 1 Andreas Johansson and st At Toronto Geoff Sanderson scored three goals as Buffalo beat goal d 4-- At Kanata Ontario Shawn McEachem scored twice and Alexei Yashin had his first goal of the season in Ottawa's victory over Montreal 34 saves for his second shutout st Toronto for the second straight night Miroslav Satan Michael Peca-anAlexei Zhitnik also scored for the Sabres 1 winners over the Maple Leafs on Friday night in Buffalo Steve Sullivan Mike Johnson and Igor Korolev scored for Toronto Salo made 28 saves and Bryan Smolinski had a goal and an assist as New York beat Philadelphia Ken Belanger and Mike Watt also scored for the Islanders in their last six home games against the Flyers Valeri Zelepu-ki- n and Mike Maneluk scored for Philadelphia Ray Whitney scored for Florida coming off a 3 victory Friday night in Chicago Kirk McLean made 25 saves for the Panthers nine-gam- NHL COMMENTARY Rules haven’t impacted scoring Newsday FIGHT WINTER’S WORST WITH BRIDGESTONE’S BEST! BITEBAGKr Oilers FromEdmonton most of their stars Schumacher takes pole for Japanese Grand Prix - NET DEFENSE: Anaheim Mighty Ducks goalie Guy Herbert makes a save on a shot by St Louis Blues' Marty Reasoner (right) as the Ducks’ Fredrik Olausson battles with Blues’ o 1981 to 1986 before With points awarded on two-wa- The Associated Press power-pla- With Jorge Posada emerging as the Yankees’ No catcher the Yankees had been expected to exercise a 5400000 buyout on Girardi’s contract and either him at a lower saltry to n ary or find a cheaper replacement But general manager Brian Cashman decided not to risk losing Girardi 34 to another team and disrupt the platoon that helped New York win the World Series basis Hakkinen Former Chicago Bears star first title if he finhis win would Bulldog Turner dies CHICAGO - Pro Football Hall of Famer Clyde “Bulldog” Turner a y star on four Bears championship Chicago Wings with Hull’s pair staff er and wire sen ices they scored an astounding 529 goals per game After the first 66 games this season through Wednesday the NHL g average by teams in a game was 496 “So those new rules really are helping eh?” New York Islanders assistant coach Wayne Fleming said chuckling League officials had hoped to open up play with a series of rules changes But the anticipated effect has been offset by two factors: a league-wid- e defensive style that spread after the San goal-scorin- Jose-Tamp- a Bay-Otta- expansion in the early ’90s and the late arrival or absence due to contract disputes of more than 20 offensively-gifte- d players The new rule moving the nets out two feet from the end boards was designed to encourage forechecking and result in more scoring chances But Oilers defenseman Janne Niinimaa said “Guys are so big and teams are so organized playing defense that there’s (still) so little room so little time And the goalies are really good too It’s not easy to score You don’t get or three-on-tw- os two-on-on- es anymore” The addition of six teams through expansion has stretched thin the available offensive talent Most of the latest expansion teams have been built around strong defense and goaltending passive They use low-ris- k checking systems to avoid mistakes keep totals down and remain competitive The New Jersey Devils won a Stanley Cup in 1995 by employing a neutral-zon- e trap The next year the third-yea- r Florida Panthers used it to make the finals After scoring plunged from low 583 in 1996-9- 7 to a average of 528 goals per game last season the league moved the nets out making it tougher for goalies to stop the puck behind the net But few teams seem to send two forechcckcrs anyway goals-again- WS - 15 hZZJiKi The'WinterBiter D SNOW AND ICE TIRE! 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