Show Sports Editor: 625-426- a 1 m wwwstandardnet Standard-Examine- I NBA NCAA basketball Scoreboard r Saturday Janu Kings aim for a crown Friday night basketball In 1 967 Salt Lake City competes aganst Derrar Seattle and Lake Placid New York to become the U S candidate city for the 1976 Olympic Winter Games Denver b chosen They boast best record top European star kovic By TOM McEACHIN Standard-Examin- staff The best European basketball player today may be the best thing going for the Today’s game to the ranks of previous winners such as Toni Kukoc Arvydas Sabonis and the late Drazen Petrovic “Those are the best Europeans to play” Stojakovic said And they helped pave the way in the NBA for players season the top European player this like Stojakovic Peja Stoja-kovi- c week when he beat out Dirk “A lot of guys in the past who Nowitzki of the Dallas Maveropened up the doors for us” in grew up icks for the 2001 Euroscar an Stojakovic said “They made Belgrade Yu- annual award presented by our transition easier and I goslavia and La Gazzetta dello Sport of Ita- would say some of us like is gradually ly myself and Dirk Nowitzki becoming a household name See JAZZ2D hr this country was named award elevates The Stoja- Sacramento this Kings 262002 DAYS UNTIL THE GAMES Sacramento at Utah 3:30 pm (NBC) Another comeback Capriati rallies to repeat 2D at Australian Open ALAN MURRAYStandard-Examne- r Ben Lomond’s Cody Laughter (right) loses the ball to Ogden’s Mike Sanchez (left) during Friday nighf s Region 1 1 game at Ben Lomond High School Laughter scored 1 2 points to lead the Scots to a 63-5- 2 victory over the visiting Tigers See story 3D Indiana 90 Charlotte 81 Toronto 107 Minnesota 100 Detroit 107 Atlanta 90 Philadelphia 1 06 Boston 90 LA Lakers 94 San Ant 91 immmi"’ i Lewis Street will miss out on super-G holds no grudges Ex-BY- U CORTINA D’AMPEZZO Italy - Huddled over to hide Up-and-do- wn star Weber State beats EWU hopes to land in Super Bowl INSIDE: Panthers hire coach Warner back at practice 2D staff OGDEN - One minute they looked like angry Dobermans patrolling a junkyard The The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA - Chad Lewis was on his way to the Super Bowl two years ago next they looked like they were working for the Welcome when coach Dick Vermeil told him the St Louis Rams didn’t need him anymore Lewis now a starting tight end for the Philadelphia Eagles holds no grudges “It was Wagon But ultimately not even the Wildcats’ split personality could sway the outcome of 89-7- 8 mum J tough” ’ WSU fight- ing to stay in stanings- - with-Even- ts ond-ha- lf ca- reer with the Eagles in was a backup tight end with the Rams in 1999 He played six games be- race Friday meaning she won’t Street get a chance to defend her Olympic title at the Salt Lake City Games It was Street’s fourth straight poor World Cup showing in the super-- and prevented her from making the US team in that event She did qualify for the Olympics in the downhill “You know I was thinking at the top today that this is said my last super-G- ” Street Hilde Gerg of Germany won Friday's race in 1 minute 1720 seconds edging Renate Goetschl of Austria by 001 seconds Street was 261 seconds back then sat nearly motionless for 10 minutes in the finish area sobbing Street 30 eventually emerged with a smile “This is just me being me” she said “You know my best maybe just isn’t good enough And that’s OK that’s human” STAKE A TICKET 4-- 3 fore Vermeil cut him to create a roster spot St Louis went on to win the Super Bowl Lewis went back to Philadelphia which was in last place On Sunday the Eagles play the heavily favored Rams in the NFC championship game But Lewis ish’t thinking about re- (8-1- 0 2-- nt venge ' “When I was in St Louis I learned a lot of things” Lewis said “I had some i Dee Events Center a fen at Weber State joyed start an(j then 7 pm Dee had to Center stand two rallies 1430) by the Eagles Despite leading by as many as 15 points in the first half and 21 in the second the Wildcats (13-- 7 overall Big Sky) free needed to hit throws over the final 2:30 in order to seal the game Foul shooting down the stretch helped salt the game away but what really ignited the ’Cats in the second half was a timeout and subsequent “pep talk” from coach Joe Cravens after EWU cut lead to just seven an “I had to call time out and act like a fool” Cravens said “I was screamin’ and yellin’ and spittin’ and cussin’ It’s almost like you’ve got to collectively slap them into waking Portland State be a little hard At the same time I have no animosity It was a great experience and they treated me right” a-l- ot I Tonight’s the toRp:half °f game Conference to move it’d great coaches: Dick Vermeil Mike oMartz and Frank Gansz who was the special teams coach Gansz had a big impact on my life getting my mind right “He spoke every day in special teams meetings for about an hour Most of the time he talked about war and different war stories He inspired me to be more of a warrior When I came back to Philadelphia I thought I was a better player I was more mentally tough” Lewis became quarterback Donovan McNabb’s main target last season led the team with 69 catches and went to the Pro Bowl as a starter for the NFC hj“It was the best thing that could have happened to me” Lewis said about his release from the Rams "The West Coast offense is better suited to my abilities” 'Lewis didn’t have the sdme type of season this year finishing with 41 receptions for 422 yards However he scored six touchdowns twice as many ai last year JLj '(fefc'lM your boss came and told that you you’re fired and you had 1997 We- ber State’s victory over Eastern Washington Friday Lewis said Lewis who began his super-- G By JIM BURTON Standard-Examin- “If her face Picabo Street sat in the snow and cried She finished 33rd in a World Cup Weber State’s John Hamilton (left) defends Eastern Washington’s Alvin Snow during Friday night’s game at the Dee Events Center The Wildcats beat the Eagles 89-7- 8 up” See WSU2D Mi Local sports: See complete schedule on Scoreboard 4D ON THE AIR 10 am - NCAA basketball: Temple at NC State ESPN 11 am - NCAA basketball: DePaul at Louisville ABC 1 1 am - NCAA basketball: Connecticut at Arizona CBS Noon - NCAA football: Gridiron Classic ESPN Noon - NCAA basketball: Dayton at Xavier ESPN2 1 pm - NBA basketball: New York at Milwaukee NBC From one BYU back to another: Walker Award BYU running Staley will the Doak Walker Award on Monday in Dallas Another former BYU running back Blair Buswell will be there as well Buswell an Ogden native who starred at Weber High School in the 1970s and played for the Cougars in the early 1980s is the sculptor of the Walker Award Buswell who now lives in Highland has sculpted busts of numerous athletes including more than 40 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame karlier this year Buswell designed a sculpture of Walker the standout Southern Methodist running back Walker died in 1998 As a junior Staley led the “The ballpark won’t be the same without her” Raptors president Dave Baggott said Baggott said the club will find a way to honor Misti during the upcoming season At wwwogden-raptorsco- Former ot m nation in scoring at 154 points per game He averaged 1438 yards rushing per game before his season ended with a broken leg Missing Misti A familiar face is gone from the Ogden Raptors family Misti the white Maltese owned by Lindquist Field groundskeeper Ken Kopinsld and his wife Geri died recently from complication for an illness she was being treated for the Raptors asked that instead of sending flowers make a donation to her friends at the Ogden Animal Shelter Tidbits Park City’s Jim Kelly ESPN’s voice for the Senior Torn1 has moved over to CNBC to anchor its coverage of the Seniors — The University of Utah football team tied with national champion Miami for fewest number of sacks allowed in 2001 Utah and Miami both allowed five sacks in 11 regular-seaso- n games The Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League lineman recently Lindsay Hassell a former Morgan High and Utah State standout For those that plan ahead Weber State’s Wildcat Club Hall of Fame banquet will be March 1 at the Ogden Marriott For information 6 call Southern Utah basketball 626-657- coach Bill Evans now has 145 wins in 10 seasons at SUU With a win over Missouri-Kansa- s City tonight he’ll pass Stan Jack to become the winningest coach in school history Chris J Miller is executive sports editor of the Standard-Examin-er be reached at 625-426- 1 1 pm - 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