| Show f ynwr"yi 'fiTPr iM'r Ml© ' t V 48 Standard-Examin- Sports Saturday May 27 2000 i t t bn his way PHOENIX to recovery Burke said “Everything is fine They deserve a lot of credit for getting a lot done in a short period of time” Burke and Ellman are scheduled to finalize the deal June 30 but Burke said that is more of a formality Ellman would forfeit the $10 million if the deal didn’t go through later The sticking point in negotiations was the participation of Wayne Gretzky according to a published report - gery April 23 Ryan was at The Ballpark in Arlington posing for pictures and speaking with more thaii 40 people taking part in a Texas Rangers fantasy camp - The Hall of Famer said he felt good and certainly appeared that way Ryan who looks as if he could still go to the mound and add to his 5714 career strikeouts said his reand seven covery is going well rs “It’s an adjustment the first of weeks not being able to do much The last two weeks I’ve gotten a lot better I’m driving myself now and up to walking 40 50 minutes a day” Ryan said “I’m kind of making some steps in the right direction” ""His doctors while pleased couple say he needs with his recovery another month or so before reballpark aming full activity The appearance fulfilled a commitment made long before his unexpected surgery Ryan a popular figure almost always in demand said the gery has changed his perspective on life a bit “You realize how fragile life is and you reach a point where you start realizing maybe you ought to enjoy some of the things that youhave accomplished” Ryan said He plans to cut back on travel and personal appearances but he sur- Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan laughs as he talks to the media at the Ballpark in Arlington strikeout king made one of his first public appearances since emergency Texas on Friday The double bypass surgergy on April 23 ACE COMEBACK: will make few changes in his family life and business ventures - a bank a ranch and a minor league team in which he is part-ownNone requires his daily attention allowing him to set his own schedule “You get involved in all of your activities and the demands on your time and trying to ac- commodate as many people as you can” he said “When something like this happens all of a sudden you step back and say maybe you need to reassess what you are doing” Ryan had shown no signs of health problems until April 23 He began feeling sick while walker ing around the Dell Diamond the new home of his team in Round Rock He didn’t have a heart attack but doctors found severe blockage in his left coronary artery which supplies 75 percent of the blood to the heart Surgery was performed within hours Phillies’ Jackson out for season: Phillies closer Mike Jackson had shoulder surgery Fnday and wiU miss the rest of the season had The been on the disabled list since March 3 with a shoulder strain He was throwing batting practice last week when he felt discomfort in the shoulder again The Phillies had conducted extensive medical tests before signing baseball's right-hand- er 1 closer in the ofTseason to a contract worth $3 million Jackson started his career with the Phillies in 1986 and had 79 saves the past two seasons with Cleveland He had 39 top free-age- nt one-ye- saves in 43 chances last season the third-highe- st percentage in the American League Jackson had not been on the disabled list since 1995 He pitched in more games in the 1990s than any other pitcher 1 Shuey will have surgery: Cleveland Indians reliever Paul Shuey will have exploratory arthroscopic surgery on his right hip Tuesday The results of the surgery may deter-mine how long the Indians will lose who usually sets up Shuey a right-hand- er closer Steve Karsay Shuey has a tom labrum in his hip and possible loose bodies in the joint Dr James Glick wiU perform the surgery in San Francisco the Indians said Fnday Shuey went on the disabled list Wednesday joining starters Jaret Wnght (nght shoulder) and Charles Nagy (nght elbow) and reliever Ricardo Rmcon (left elbow) Wnght is due to come off the DL on Saturday to pitch at Chicago Gooden hopes his career isn’t OVen At St Petersburg Fla if Dwight Gooden learned anything dunng a stay with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays it's that he suU wants to pitch right-hand- er was conThe sidering retirement before the Devil Rays acquired him from the Houston Astros on April 13 However the opportunity to pitch before family and friends in his hometown rejuvenated his passion for the game So when the Devil Rays offered him a chance to retire and work as a roving minor-league instructor's position instead of being released along with shortstop KevCy Young in Stocker the one-tim- e Award winner balked Thursday - Despite an 0-- 3 record and 833 ERA in May Gooden still feels he can still be an effective starter Hershisers agrees to be sent down: At Los Angeles Orel Hershiser who hasn't pitched in a game since May 9 was sent to Class-- San Bernardino on Friday by the Los Angeles Dodgers Herstuser 41 has not pitched in a minor league game since 1991 when he made four starts for three Dodgers' farms team in his rehabilitation from shoulder surgery Other than that he hasn't itched in the minors since 1983 the year Se came up to the Dodgers for the first time “I signed a player’s contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers this season” Hershiser said in a statement “I feel die best thing I can do for the club at this time is to volunteer to go down to the minors” Padres sign Klesko to $1875 extension: At San million three-yeDiego first baseman Ryan Klesko and the San Diego Padres agreed Fnday to a contract extenS1875 million three-yesion that runs through the 2004 season Klesko who was acquired Dec 22 from the Atlanta Braves had been signed through the 2001 season He is making S575 million this season and gets $65 ar ar million next year “In spring training 1 think they wanted to look over a new player Now I'm just glad to sign” Klesko said “1 want to stress how much I like the organization from the owner to the general manager to (manager) Bruce Bochy I want to have a place to call home for a few years” In his first 39 games with the Padres Klesko hit 301 with mne doubles rune home runs and 30 RBls Klesko 28 spent his first 11 professional seasons with the Braves organization including all or part of the last eight seasons in Atlanta He is a career 282 hitter with 148 home runs and 480 RBIs Devils thwart Flyers in Game 7 at Philly ery shift the Devils’ Alexander Mogilny wrapped the puck - The PHILADELPHIA around the boards from behind New Jersey Devils finished the the net to Jason Amott who was greatest comeback in a conferin the right circle Amott tossed a ence final and may have finished pass into the slot to Elias who bff Eric Lindros knocked it past Brian Boucher Patrik Elias scored his second “So far it’s been the best exgoal of the game with 2:32 to of my life” Elias said perience play as the Devils beat the Phila“It was a great accomplishment delphia Flyers 1 on Friday for us to come back from two night in Game 7 of the Eastern games back We showed characfinal Conference ter and battled back” I x The Devils won the final three Fifteen teams had rallied from games of the series but the 1 deficits to win a playoff seclincher will forever be rememries But the Devils are the first bered for Scott Stevens’ To do it in a conference final hit on Lindros that knocked bounded from adversity The greatest comeback in but'the Flyers’ former captain for Coach Roger Neilson was NHL history came in 1942 when season this time IheCfpurth stricken with cancer in February the Toronto Maple Leafs rallied Lindros who just returned Lindros went series of from a 0 deficit to beat the Dea through concussion after missing concussions and the team fiont a troit Red Wings strug10 weeks had to be helped off gled However the Flyers rallied The last team to come back ihe ice at 8:50 of the first period interim coach Craig Ramaround from a 1 deficit in the playoffs The team said he was taken to a sey and caught the Devils in the was St Louis which defeated official no was there but hospital final month of the season to win Phoenix in the 1999 Western jvord on the extent of the injury the top seed in the Eastern ConConference quarterfinals Jfce Devils who advanced to ference The injury to Lindros coupled final since first their Stanley Cup they could not overcome with the Elias’ goal at 6:44 of the winning the title in 1995 will theBut Devils a team trying to win a first period seemed to take the play the winner of Game 7 besecond ColoCup for owner John air out of the Flyers and their tween the Dallas Stan and McMullen who has sold the sellout crowd early in the first perado Avalanche riod Rick Tocchet had tied the team to YankeeNets and “He was reaching for the puck score for the second in With the the period game the Flyers who all season had re crowd of 20037 cheering on ev and was down really low when I The Associated Press 2-- 3-- first-peri- 3-- 3-- 1- -1 -1 hit him” Stevens said “I feel just really bad about that” Even though they were down the Flyers were far from out They regrouped and tied the game in the second period on a power-pla- y goal that was set up in a roundabout way by another Stevens’ hit The stats Hartley pointed to DALLAS - The Stanley Cup champion Dallas Stars are one vicory from returning to the finals The Colorado Avalanche are one victory from giving Ray at bis first Poorque a chance ' championship Which storyline gets fulfilled wilf be determined tonight in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals ” Colorado ll forced the showdown with a 1 victory Thursday night in Denver winner-take-a2-- Avalanche coach Bob Hartley is trying to use the positives from (hat game to put his team in the right psyche After all he doesn’t want to ! ' dwell on Dallas 1 record at Reunion Arena this postseason ©r the fact the Stars pounded the Avs 1 in Game 7 of last year’s 8-- 4-- Conference finals - T included breaking goalie Ed eight-gam- e winning streak in elimination games ruining Dallas’ great record in games when Brett Hull scores and ending the Stars’ obscure NHL red cord of 13 consecutive shutouts in road playofT games “We are entering Game 7 from a different angle” Hartley said “We have to give the Stars credit But maybe we are getting on their mind a bit” The Stars though were able to handle the loss pretty well They know they still have another chance and they felt Game 6 Bel-fou- r’s third-perio- was one of their best performances of the series “W'e did all the little things we wanted to do except score more goals” center Guy Carbon-nea- u said - 4 Dallas coach Ken Hitchcock could counter Hartley’s Game 6 stats with some recent history about his team such as Belfour’s record in Game 7s and his team’s superb performance in must-wi- n games the last three 3-- 0 postseasons But Hitchcock who has coached in five previous finales said he knows better than that “You keep it pretty simple" said Hitchcock who is 2 in these land of games “You don’t Rookie defenseman Andy Delmore who missed a great chance in close in the opening minutes took a shot from the left point that John LeClair stopped on the edge of the crease The Flyers forward who didn’t score in the series couldn’t lift the puck over Devils goalie Martin Brodeur In the ensuing scramble Stevens knocked LeClair into Brodeur and Tocchet had no prob- lem lifting the puck over the prone goaltender for his fifth goal his fourth this series A roughing penalty against Keith Jones had set up Elias’ sixth goal of the playoffs Bobby Holik controlled the puck along the left sideboards and found Ar-no-tt behind the goal line He pass to quickly sent a cross-ic- e Elias low in the right circle and Boucher had no chance to stop his shot 3-- dwell on mistakes during the game You push the intangible things that everybody plays for" The dangling carrot is the Cup which Dallas won last year after falling short in the confer- ence finals the previous year Colorado fell short in last year’s conference finals after winning it in 1996 Both teams have a core of T leaders remaining from their championship teams who understand what jt takes - and what it means - to win it alL “When you’ve gone this far you want another opportunity for the Cup” said Joe Nieuwendyk who won with Dallas last year af- ter winning a decade before in Calgary “They’re not easy to come by” Hitchcock said defenseman Richard Matvichuk will be back following a concussion in Game 6 The Arizona Republic reported on its Web site that Ellman flew to Los Angeles early Friday to make a pitch to Gretzky to sign on as a It was still unclear Friday night whether Gretzky would be a part of the new ownlast-minu- te er ership team Draft lottery to be held Wednesday NEW YORK - The Atlanta Thrashers have the best chance of getting the first pick in the NHL draft lottery Wednesday The Thrashers who had die league’s worst record in their first season have a 25 percent chance of getting the top choice in the weighted lottery The two expansion teams - Minnesota and Columbus - have the next best chance along with Tampa Bay at 146 percent The lottery includes all 12 teams that failed to make the playoffs NFL FOOTBALL Rica NY HEMPSTEAD -- Anthony Becht the last of the New York Jets’ four first-roudraft picks became only the 3) 6 Zuluaga vs Leon MADRID Spain Colombia’s Fabiola Zuluaga beat Croatia’s Iva Majoli Friday to reach the finals of M the $170000 Madrid OpenZuluaga will face Gala Leon of Spain today in this tuneup for the French Open j Leon defeated Virginia Ruano 0 in the semifi- of Spain 2 - rr clay-cou- rt 6-- 6-- nals Russia beats Australia to reach final against Slovakia DUESSELDORF Germany Kafelnikov and Ma-r- - Yevgeny at Safrn scored straight-se- t sin-gl- es victories Friday leading '' Russia over defending champi-Vt- !! on Australia and into the final ' of the World Team Cup t-- ‘f Kafelnikov beat Lleytott ! oi 3 3 2 and Safin Hewitt 1 feated Richard Fromberg 4 Russia completed a 0 vie-- ( tory as Kafelnikov and Safin beat Sandon Stolle and Patrick' 1 in doubles: Rafter 4 de-’- 6-- 6-- 3-- 6-- 6-- 6-- Russia will meet Slovakia in today’s final in a matchup of teams that never had battled for ’r‘ the title Slovakia defeated Ger- - “rJr many 1 Thursday 2-- match In a consolation Spain beat Chile 3-- 0 Talaja Kis advance to Strasbourg final rY Openi STRASBOURG France -Silvija Talaja of Croatia got big lift for the French Nathalie-Dechd beating fourth-seede- of France 6-- 1- -6 1 6-- y 3 Friday to advance to the finals 7 of $170000 Strasbourg Open In today’s title match the Vf ? d Talaja plays Rita Kuti Kis of Hungary Kis edged r1 Israel’s Anna Smashnova 6 sixth-seede- NFL first-round- er signed when he agreed to a five-yedeal Friday Financial terms were not disclosed at the request of Bill Par-cel- ls the Jets’ director of football operations but Cliff Brady Becht’s agent said “We went in looking for cash and we got ar cash” Becht a tight end from West Virginia is expected to be the Jets’ starter The team released Eric Green last year’s starter and the only 267-pou- experienced tight end on the roster is Fred Baxter a career lower-roun- rs signed The only other NFL first round pick signed is Courtney Brown of Cleveland No 1 overall He agreed before the draft to a deal expected to pay him $45 million over six years TEKXIS: Pavel Portas gain final tourney ST POELTEN Austria -Andrei Pavel of Romania overcame a groin injury and searing heat Friday to beat Albert Por2 3 to adtas of Spain 6 vance to the final of the $425000 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix Seventh-seede- d Andrew Ilie of Australia also made it to the championship match today He 6-- 6-- 2-- ’ Serena Williams out vd-- " 7 of French Open PARIS - A nagging left knee’ injury forced Serena Williams to withdraw from the French Open just hours before Friday’s'! v r' draw Williams the US OpeiC’ champion was seeded eighth but had been out for more than a month with the injury Her withdrawal means that Austria’s Barbara Schett will be $ seeded for the tournament which starts Monday SOCCER: Last place United brings back Diaz Arce ' - ’ -- WASHINGTON Three-tim- The Jets have signed their d four picks But - detheir other fensive ends Shaun Ellis and John Abraham Nos 12 and 13 overall and quarterback Chad Pennington No 18 remain un- in the other semifinal 6--4 (8) nd in Austria 7-- 6--1 in Madrid final first-round- er second 12 in down-in- g had tough Juan Antonio Marin of Cps-t- a 7-- Becht signs with Jets only to sign second backup Avs Stars play for right to face Devils in finals Rivasociated Press Ste- million payment to Phoenix Coyotes owner Richard Burke on Friday night ' to buy' the NHL team and k$ep it in Arizo" na sale the in pushed Principals within four hours of their midnight deadline to line up investors and make the payment “They did get it done” ARLINGTON Texas - The pain in his chest was so strong so overbearing that he had to lie down Right there on the field of a minor league baseball stadium Nolan Ryan thought he might “That is one of those times that you don’t know if it is your time or not he said “That’s where you fmd the strength in your faith I thought I was going taVdie out there laying on that ground” strikeout king ‘on Friday made one of his first public appearances since emergency double bypass heart sur- - Developer ve Ellman made an initial $10 iL t Trie Associated Press :jj Coyotes’ deadline extended Gretzky still interested second set Ryan well ying- V SPOUTS BRIEFS BASEBALL COTES MLS champion e DC United currently in the unusual position of last place” made a bold move to return to the top Friday by trading mid-fielder John Maessner and three-picto Tampa Bay for Salva--' doran forward Raul Diaz Arce The trade returns Diaz Arce whose 73 goals ranks second in league history to the team h$ helped lead to Major League’ ks Soccer titles in 1996 hnd 1997 It also reunites him with a de- Salvavoted Washington-are- a doran fan base that deserted United by the thousands after" he was traded to keep United under the salary cap following the 1997 season United is t"3 by far the team’s worst start in its five V“ years Top scorer Roy Lassiter was traded during the son also for salary cap reasons and Jaime Moreno is the only forward on the team to score a -1 off-se- a- ’ goal this season - staffs and wire sen ices Standard-Examin- er 'lowest PniHEO 4)(4 YUU L’AU BUY New! 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