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Show e Tribune SPORTS Sunday, August 30, 1998 The Salt L MORNING BRIEFING Bucks Hire Former Sonics Coach Karl To Replace Ford ") SPORTS CAL ENDAR THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE'S re . - F th @ TODAY: BASEBALL The Milwaukee Buckshired for- SuperSonics The Associated Press Angels asMLB a ng 7 a Don't Forget Karl was signedto a four-year | te ‘ et ork Yankees, pus ing to. set the record for the most | | = in major league history Greg Maddux and the Atlanta But not much being said about Leading the AL West, the Angels are aiming for their first LOGAN uree weeks, but Stew M his personne! guard Eric Schmieder to put the Utah to ‘ebounds at Mesa (Ariz.) Coma: ty Collegein 1996before gi LDS church mission Postseason appearance since 1986, when they got within one strike of their first World Series appearance. Still, they hadn't at tracted much attention around baseball. until this week's trip into Yankee Stadium. Anaheim won threetimes a five-gameset, andleft the Bronx as the only teamm the majors a winning edge(6-5) overthe Yankees this season, It was a little reminder that other teams can comein here and bust us up, too,” Yankees outfielder Paul O'Neill said. “It was alittle bit a wakeup call ‘The Angels may not have the biggest namesin baseball, cer- tainly not when matched up against the likes of David Cone, Bernie Williams and Derek Jeter Instead, they only have some of the game's best playersin Jim Edmonds, Tim Salmon and Tr‘Oy Percival It was important for our guys fi in play with Angels | manager Terry Collins said during theseries at New York. “Absolutely, no ques- tion about it The Yankees havenothing to meetinthe first round of the playoffs, and the success enjoyed by rookie Troy Glaus, Darin Erstad and others at Yankee Stadiumis bound to help. You don't think this is big for the Glauses and the Erstads, guys whoarestill young and playing in pennant races?” Collinssaid, Whenyou're a young team like we are still — and I know we have some guys that have four or five years in the big leagues, but agewise they'refairly young — to beable to walk out there and say we can compete with the New York Yankees in the year they're having, veah, | think it will be im ports The ne said Angels are getting some help, too, in their bid to hold off Yexas for the AL West title. ick McDowell returned this week from along stint on the disabledlist and pitched well against the Yankees and now Ken Hill is coming back from elbow surgery in mid-June Remember all those trades we talked about in July?” Collins said. ld not have gotten a guy of KenHill’s caliber, so this will be huge for us. The reason he wanted lo have that surgery back in June is he wanted to help the team in September 80 freshman When | threw my cap into the only support itself but provide considerable aidto other sports in the athletic department Ww tw ale revenue Rondo Fehiberg alluding also to men’s basketball and therevenue generated from those two sports essentially funds our department Everybody else should be so lucky Whilethe Utahfootball program support to other unive ber State and Southern ntain programs in various stages of sol ere trying to get over the hump, says John Johnson, theathletic director al WSU in Ogden, C ainly, all of them wish they couldbe like BYU, which probably included among the would not be schools trying to squeeze more out of football if it hadn't joined the schools breaking away from the WAC. The Cougars enjoy such a financial windfall fromtheir pro gram thal they can € nities of which they do not take ad. vantage. par stance, They don't charge for at football games, for inThey don't get a cut of the revenue from the concession stands. And they seldom raisetick: et prices at 65,000-seat Cougar Sta dium in Provo. Whynot It's unnecessary; the Cougars ach money need mort door practice { they g wouldlike to have uild an in hat’s not as important to him as maintaining the school’s standard of providing afforda entertainment The average stadium of this size in this average country and the program with BYL s traditions and generates as BYU's attractions much as twice as much revenue from every football game as we do, just in their ticket sales alone says Fehlberg And from BYU is in my n in sports. them while other schools iding into the red. abandoned foo! how much it had Utah State's new feels strongly ‘ome to cost, a athletic director that the Aggies must increase the iumber of se ar venue boost ‘oing to be a regional level of the Utes et holders and fu wel hink people realize how security guard took it away from are on season-ticket e Van De Velde. et around 5,000 iders for football games at 30,000-seat Romney Sta Piniella obl the hat for the fan. dium in thecap out of thestadium,” said. he ssic in Hamton, Ga,, becoming the first Indy Racing Lteague driver Jefferies, It took him a while to getrolling, Kenny Brack was there at the FOOTBALL The G reen of the inaugural Atlanta 500 to win threestr . He was third when the en flag cameout 5 Bay kick returnerrG n r vago BeBi choice The Packers traded Milburn to the an undisclosed running back a kick return Brack quic Dieter with him to Logan. which he was namedan alternate 4 2-1 returner in the Pro Bowl. c BASKETBALL two. Deposits for the required 5,000 chased down leader Jeff Ward. SOCCER each much of the 1997 season, during for the last restart, but Coleg Richter and Tyler Kofoed and the Westminster yed unbeaten with victory over U.S. Internation. al. . Fiv ers scored for Utah 1 exhibition ictory over Salt Lake Community College Utah State would loveto become gan. San Jose State, 'Texas- E] Paso, Fresno State, Hawaii, Tul sa, SMU, TCU and Rice — decide to expand The Ags also are increasing reve nue by eduling “money games, wherein they get paid handsomely for playing some of the nation’s top teams, and probably, providing easy victories The Aggies will earn about $400,000 for playing at Colorado on Sept. 19 and another $400,000 for playing at Washington t Bruwestone | | 0.0 N PASSENGER 30,000 Mile Warra ULTRA HGH PERFORMANCE 205 Dueler ARE 60:50,000 LIGHT TRUCK & SPORT UTILITY ne ranty’ TRUCK & SPORT UTILITY | LIGHT 10. Van De Velde says h like to usesome 01 . to helppay offtheloans for recent capital improvements, like the cov- eredpractice facility and theinstal- P20S/SOHRIS 86.90 P706/S0VRIS 118,99] arene sie ees ssa] P206/S5VRN6 124,98 P205/80VRI6 135.09] 859 JUNDSORSKA 940) or P225/S6VRI6 199.00 terete urzé.ramies e lation of backs on theseats in the reserved section of the stadium. red to Utah, BYU and ite, Weber State and Southern Utahare special cases be causethey play in the NCAA's Di vision I-AA. That's a level below the Division I-A in whichthestate's dther teams PASSENGER TIRES IMPORT ie $4400 15% PERFORMANCE TIRES: $3700 at which teams are allowed fewer scholarships Nearly all the nation’s AA pro. UGHT TRUCK ae "4° AUTO BATTERIES: 29" PlusStart™ 45 gramsrequiresubstantial subsidies from their schools. WSU President Paul Tho: nearly killed the program in 1 but Coach Dave Arslanian andhis players motivated fans around( den enoughto cut into the school ly and spare the pr tian has left WSU and will oachhis first seasonat Utah State this year, but the legacy of hisef fort remains. The Wildcats have Van DeVelde, who helped Kansas State improveits n-ticket base from 15,000 to 5,000 fans and increase donor support by $5millionthe past two years, says the Ags should have at least 10,000 season-ticket holders, WeatherHandler PASSENGER Weatherwise - *29" PASSENGER ses school by $500,000 in the time since it sat at nearly $900,000 when fo the program was threatened Football at WSU “is pulling its weight,” says Thompson. “But we have ‘ow r | | | S $6.08 Pa2s/7ORIS 62.00 F3 PAa6/TORIS 82.98 Viper LT LIGHT TRUCK & SPOR 8409 Piss «Ta Ta rams saan ¢ PERFORMANCE P2Rs/70R4 } To that end, he and Johnson want many of the samethings the Aggies $4099) |= Pies, 76R8 5,00 P208; TORS 83.98 PROS/7SRIE 75,09 en) P76, TORR 75,99 P208/65RIS 62.90 | X-One, XGTV4, MXNAend MX4 cut their annual subsidy from the want: to increase sea licket sales, make certain they pl six home games every year to max imize g sipts, and to schedule relative money games. The Wild. cats will play BoiseStatethis sea son and Wyoming next We're confident we're guiding the programata level it needsto be at to be competitive,” says John son, the athletic director While WSU could certair é money by abandoning football they share a belief held by SUL and all the Utah schools, for that matter) that the intangible valueof playing football vutweighs at least for the time being the liter al cost, SUU athletic director Jack Bi op points to studies that show dropsin enrollment among schools the size of SUU that drop football Fromthai standpoint,” hesays, it makes football viable for us.” The Thunderbirds have perhaps less reason to push their football ed the cap back If I'd been on that. supplemen. tal thing that Mark McGwire is taking. I'd probably havekicked to be named Frida: The burden grew so lar handful of money-making stands, a kid caught it and then a him and tossed it back on the field,’ Piniella said. “The ki got in touch with our clubhouse at tendant after the game and want AUTO RACING t of the WAG, if its remaining iella put on one of the most en tertaining shows in baseball this up in thestands,briefly BASEBALL The Anaheim Angels quired outfielder Gregg Jefferies fromthe er in 1996 with Detroit and for Rahe was on Morrill’s first CSU staff, while Verlin has been with himforfive seasons and Fuller for to advance to the finals of the Hamlet Cup in Commack, N.Y Bustachy earlier this month, was expected to bring assistants Randy Rahe, Don Verlin and Tony Fuller Patrick Raftercon- have a TV contract to supplement members view. the greatest b; season,ranting and raving this week after a Seattle runner was called out at Cleveland The highlight of the exhibition came whenPiniella fippedhis lid and kicked bis capall over thein. field. The hat eventually ended ven, Conn They need as many because they @ Continued from C-L It's a great blessing to our fans. Hat's off to Lou By his own admission, Lou Pin sedski with a which is probably the worst he nation for football and does not schools’ athletic budgets. guys know hey, we can play the best teamin baseball head to head, that can tinued his mastery of one Ru- Morrill, who sons at CSU beforerepla Utah GiveSupport prove,” he said. “But for us, not only make better The Yankees and Angels could forward Bren- Football: Administrators in get into the playoffs, but also to have our Chester Morris Central High in N.J., last season, pound sophomore nan Ray and 6-3 only for the next month and if we next ¥ $5 million per year, had been men- tioned as a candidate for the Denver uggets and Los Angeles Clip: in 124 gamesforthePhillies. Three ¢ U Coaches Following Morrill to Utah State near-miss. the Anaheim Angels, huh? t 295 with eight homers 4 RandyJohnson and the harged-up Houston Astros, ‘Tre- ticket level earlier. 1999, metits Philadelphia Phillies for a ple Braves, tying to get back to the vor Hoffman and the tough San Diego Padres, Pedro Martinez and the potent Boston Red Sox And those Cleveland Indians, trying to make up for last October's for the 1999 season. Orlando, which will also join the WNBAin TENNIS . Steffi Gr ned her first title in morethan a year with an easy 64, 6-1 win ove! a Novotnain the Pilot Pen tnernaticont in New Ha- persjobs earlier this summer almost off teams areset victories were sold in Minne- apolis, before the Sept. 1 deadline to secure a WNBAexpansionteam n the opportu came ‘about, I was very Karl said, “I love coaching and 1 wanted to coach this team. Karl, said to be seeking a con- tract worth between $3 million and vy wid season tickets deal . 7 Playoff Team One month to go, and mer Seattle coach George Karl on Saturday to replace Chris Ford, who was fired last week. 4 program than the Aggies or Wild cats, because their market is limited to Cedar City and they don’t fig: ure to be able to raise their revenue too much, no matter how hard they try Bul they're the exception that provesthe rule that in Utah, the push on to get more out of col lege football DieHard WeatherHandler SG8° ° SILVER DieHard GOLD sg9” ° 879° ® FREE on all Rancho & RoadHandler” shock 50% off RoadHandier Due to highway expansion, our Sandy, UT store at 340 W. 9000 South St. has closed Wewill be relocating in 1999, OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK MON.-FRI. 8-7 SAT. 8-6 SUN. 10-5 ‘ BSNS OTHER NTB LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOURTIRE, BATTERY AND WARRANTY NEEDS ARE: LAYTON 881 W.HILLFIELD RD. 346-6780 WEST VALLEY CITY 2175 S. 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