| Show Same 7 showdown Avalanche Stars square off for a spot in Stanley Cup finals 4C Standard-Examin- Friday June 4 er 1 999 C Scoreboard Executive Sports Editor: Karl Malone would rather still be in the playoffs FUN FOR KARL: Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone talks to the media about winning his put winning helps start the healing process second MVP Since he’ll go to New York to receive the trophy the NBA sent him a hat to show on Thursday at the Delta Center 625-426- 1 SIDE LIMES French finalists Hingis Graf will meet for 2C women's championship Interfeague hype New nvalries developing as NL Al teams square 3C off Baseball $ BRIAN NCHOLSON Stendard-Exarrine- r JQ Utah Jazz power forward claims $ second Maurice Podoloff Trophy Duncan giad to still be playing 2C INSIDE: i S H H By TOM McEACHIN Standard-Examine- staff r Sports Shorts SALT LAKE CITY - Karl Malone asked the NBA to drop his Most Valuable Player trophy in the mail They sent him a couple hats instead Malone on Thursday was named winner of the 1999 Maurice PodolofT Trophy but he still has to go to New York to pick up the award “I have a hat” Malone said “This is the only thing I’ve got to show for it right now They didn’t Fed Ex it as I requested so I have to go get it” The league had MVPvctlnfj wanted Malone to Results ol the voting (or the pick up the award 999 NBA Most Valuable Player in a presentation at Award with votes in parentheses: the NBC studios in Points Player Team New York as part Karl Malone Utah (44) 827 Cougars one shot off NCAA lead CHASKA Minn -Northwestern’s Luke Donald a Briton accustomed to windy courses shot a 68 e for a lead after two rounds of the NCAA men’s golf championship Donald was at 141 two ahead of East Tennessee’s Chris Wisler and Arizona's Derek Gillespie Clemson seeded ninth led the team standings at 590 one stroke ahead of BYU and three ahead of defending champion UNLV two-strok- 1 e Alonzo Mourning Miami (36) Tim Duncan San Antonio (30) Allen Iverson Philadelphia (5) Jason Kidd Phoenix (2) Shaquille 0 Neal LA Lakers (1) Multiple MVPs 6 - Kareem Abdul- - Jabbar 1971-71980 1974 1976-75 -- Bill Russell 1958 1961-6- 3 1965 Michael Jordan 1988 4 - Wilt Chamberlain 1 773 740 319 159 89 14-ov- of the network’s NBA Showtime pregame show Malone however balked because BYU’s Manuel Merizalde is tied for sixth with a 145 Andy Miller is at 147 Billy Harvey is at 149 Scott Miller is at 150 and Jose Garrido is at 157 of harsh criticism he received on the show from NBC’s Peter Vescey 960 1966-6- 8 3 - Moses Malone 1 979 1982-8Magic Larry Bird 1984-8- 6 Johnson 1967 1989-9- 0 2- - Bob Pettit 1956 1959 Kail Malone 1997 1999 The NBA Santos defends in- NHRA drag title sists Malone goes to New American League Chicago to Toronto 3 National League San Francisco 7 Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 4 Houston 1 Chicago 7 San Diego 2 Florida 4 St Louis 2 York however so as a compromise he ap- in a brief ceremowill the award receive parently ny at the NBA Store on Fifth Avenue sometime next week “To the media that voted for me I appreciate it” Malone said Thursday at the Delta Center "You’re going to have people talk about this one particularly one guy in New York f- “Some of those guys the last couple weeks have been taking their shots They’re going to have to swallow real hard now” The award may have lost some of its luster because of the attention drawn to Malone’s elbows in recent weeks particularly by Vescey but Malone shrugged off the criticism “I’m not giving it back” he said “It’s not going to tarnish the way I play” More disappointing to Malone was that the Jazz were no longer alive in the playoffs when the award was announced “This award basically starts the healing process for me this summer” he said “I wish we were here in a different scenario but we’re not It didn’t end the way I wanted but we’ll go on from here” As the oldest player in NBA history to win the award Malone say this one his second has extra meaning “It’s a great experience for me at age 35 when it’s a young guy’s sport” he said “Everybody says after a certain age you can’t do certain See MVP2C WEST VALLEY CITY Malone’s MVP caps weird season Malone can’t win And even when he does he still loses Two years ago when the Utah Jazz power forward won the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award for the first time in his career there were many detractors who said he didn’t deserve it They insisted that it should’ve gone to Michael Jordan instead and the Chicago Bulls’ fired-u- p superstar soon went out and burned the Jazz in the NBA Finals But those people were wrong -Malone definitely deserved to win the coveted award in 1997 because he had a better regular season than Jordan did MJ got the prize that mattered that year though - the NBA championship On Thursday when Malone was named the league’s MVP for the second time in three years he knew there would be plenty of people out there saying he K shouldn’t have won the award this time either especially after his postseason struggles and Utah’s early exit from this year’s playoffs And this time dam it those people were probably right Sure the MVP votes were cast before the end of the regular season but Malone’s numbers were down across the board during this lockout-shortene- d season In all honesty San Antonio's Tim Duncan had a better year than Malone and probably deserved the MVP award Raceways more than the Mailman did But it was only Duncan’s second year in the league so perhaps some voters felt he hadn’t paid his dues yet Malone certainly has 14 years worth So don’t expect him to send it back “It means a lot to me” the Mailman said of the MVP award which is voted on by a panel of 1 18 media members around the country “The sports writers obviously looked at more than just points because my points were down this year and my rebounds were down this year too “It’s different from the first time but this time is bigger for me I didn’t vote for myself What I like is I didn’t cast a vote it came from the media people If Game sure I’d this was the All-Stvote for myself to be a starter But I Santos drought with month-ton- g Salt Lake’s csr j® sr ends 7-- 1 victory 8:30 pm day Saturday and Sunday “Everybody is out to get you” Santos said “Anybody in this division could take you out at anytime” Admission is $15 today $10 without pit pass $25 on Saturday $20 without pit pass $20 on Sunday $15 without pit pass For information call the track at 252-955- 7 ar See HOLUS2C 10000 meters under unusual circumstances staff SALT LAKE CITY - Mark Redman Finally picked up win No Standard-Examin- He’s hoping No 3 comes a little quicker Nearly a month to the day of his last victory Redman tossed ball on seven innings of two-h- it Thursday and guided the Salt Lake Buzz to a 1 over the Ed- NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Wednesday night Daniel started the 7-- Covey Field left-hand- er al- mates provided plenty of support hammering Edmonton ! m knuckleballer Paul Morse for six runs in the fourth inning The Buzz added an extra run in the seventh on outfielder Chris Latham’s RBI single - Salt Lake still mired at the bottom of the PCL's South Division standings has now won three in a row for the first time vsince May 11 “I keep thinking this is about the’right time” said Buzz manager Phil Roof “It’s about time we women’s 10000 meters as the e favorite But in the second lap somebody stepped on the back of her shoe and it came loose “I tried to hold on to it with my toes but decided that wasn’t going to work in such a long race” she said She stopped and tried to tug it back on but finally had to reach down and retie the shoe When she started again the race leaders were half a lap ahead “I was confident I could catch up” she said “I knew it was possible” A few laps later she rejoined the leaders She took the lead at the start of the lap and won going away in 34 minutes 163 seconds Daniel the pre-rac- monton Trappers at Franklin The staff and wire services BOISE Idaho - Leigh Daniel of Texas Tech was a shoe-i- n once she got her shoe on In the last event at the 2 lowed just two hits over seven innings while striking out three and walking none Redman’s team- Texas Tech runner loses shoe wins race Daniel claims women’s By JIM BURTON Standard-Examin- AMANDA SASLOWStandard-Examine- r As the ball gets away from Edmonton’s Paul Morse Salt Lake Buzz baserunner Jeff Ferguson sneaks past him to touch home plate during Thursday’s PCL game at Franklin Covey Field DODGE BALL: started getting some solid play some solid pitching and some solid defense” Salt Lake got all of the above against the Trappers As a team the Buzz pounded out 13 hits and committed just one error in the field With Redman leading the way the pitching staff looked pretty good too made 92 pitches Redman (2-and left after the seventh leading 4) 7-- 0 Right-hand- er Fred Rath worked a hitless eighth and lefty Kevin Ohme mopped up in the ninth allowing an unearned run on one hit Before first baseman David Ortiz’s error allowed a run to score in the ninth the Buzz pitch- - See BUZZ3C next-to-la- i -- v DOR COPY f this weekend to defend his Rocky Mountain Divisionals title Qualifying is at 3 pm and tonight with racing all Take A Ticket Auto racing: NHRA drag races 8 Redman finally gets second win left-hand- er Rick Mountain Federal-Mog- Buzz -- Santos is the man to beat Santos of San Leandro Calif is the defending NHRA Federal-Mogu- l dragster champion and leads this year's series as well He is back at Rocky st NCAA indoor 5000 meter champion will try for a double in that event Saturday night “I’ll be lying down a lot between now and then” she said meet continues The four-da- y tonight at Boise State University with 12 finals Heading into tonight’s com- petition Southern Methodist was first among the women with 20 points followed by UCLA with 12 Pittsburgh and Kansas State with 10 each and Southern California with 9 Stanford which finished in Wednesday’s 10000 meter race continued to lead the men with the 24 points won in that race Auburn was second with 13 points followed by seven-tim- e defending champion Arkansas Tennessee Southern Methodist and Kansas State with 10 points each Weber State’s Joel Atwater finished sixth in the second preliminary heat of the 1500 meters and qualified for Saturday evening’s finals with a time of 3:4895 on Thursday WSU’s Jason Schoenfeld ended up 15 th in Wednesday’s 10000 meters with a time of 31:0337 V f ’ V - am ul Rocky Mountain Raceways PCL baseball: Edmonton vs Salt Lake 7 pm Franklin Covey Field Special Olympics: Utah Summer Games at BYU Local sports: See complete schedule on Scoreboard 4C ON THE Am - MLB baseball: 5 pm Atlanta at Boston TBS NHL playoffs: 5:30 pm Colorado at Dallas ESPN NBA playoffs: San 7 pm Antonio at Portland NBC - - Sports Quote Wimps Former major league manager Bill Rigney now an advisor to the Oakland Athletics has seen hundreds of brawls in his 50 years in baseball “Baseball players are the worst fighters I’ve seen in my entire life” he said “The guy charging the mound is thinking ‘What the hell do I do now that I’m here?’ ” - Standard-Examine- r staff and wire services online I IBBWUff £3623 |
