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Show ___TheSaltLake TribuneSPORTS Wednesday, September 30, 1998 Packers Acquire Holmes From Buffalo; SCOREBOARD Is He the Answer to Running Problems? THE ASSOCIATED PRESS * The Green Bay Packers shored up their banged-u backfield Tuesday with the acquisition of ae = running back Darick Holmes from the Buffalo iis. The Packers sent an undisclosed 1999 draft choice to the Bills for the 6-foot, 226-pound sation outof Portland State who has both thesize and speed to play fullback and halfback. Holmes rushed for 1,383 yards in 385 attempts for a 3.6-yard average and 10 touchdowns in his three- plus seasons with the Bills. He also caught 54 passes for 431 yards, an 8-yard average and one touchdown. The Packers have the 29th-ranked rushing attack in the NFL with Pro Bowl selection Dorsey Levens out until December with a broken leg and severely sprained ankle. a JETS Thanks for the win. Now take a seat. This is how it goes for Vinny Testaverde, a quarterback who has suffered the indignity of being shown the door by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Baltimore Ravens. Evenafter he does his job, he mightlose it. Ten days ago, susbtituting for the injured Glenn Foley, Testaverdeled the Jets to their first win of the season. He threw for four touchdowns in a 44-6 romp against the Indianapolis Colts. But come Sunday against the Dolphins, Testa- verde could find himself back on the bench, Coach Bill Parcells wants Foley to return to the lineup, if his bruised ribs allow. Parcells said it will be a gametime decision, but he gave the impression he wants Foley back sooner than later. 0 BRONCOS Everybody wants to play the Philadelphia Eagles these days, and notjust because they're 0-4 and averaging nine points a game. Bill Romanowski, Vaughn Hebron and Bubby Brister are Denver Broncos who wear Bowl rings after playing for the Eagles as recently as 1995, and they're more eager for Sunday's game at Mile High Stadium than anybody. Remarkably, all three were deemed expendable by the Eagles. So they naturally wanta piece of the jes, preferably management. They'd be happy with a win, but they'd prefera wl x “I wanted to stay (in Philadelphia),” said Roman- owski, an outside linebacker who leads the Broncos with four sacks, “and (coach) Ray Rhodes said, “We're going to get you signed.’ When myagenttold the general managerthat Denver had madean offer, he laughed at rt agent.” The Broncos lured Romanowski away from the Eagles in February 1996 with a five-year deal worth $9 million. That contract was torn up after the Broncos won Super Bowl XXXII, and Romanowski was given a Compiled by: Brett Prettyman NC Demme FLORIDA MARLINS —Anonanced OF Joti, ons Dangehon OF John Wear 8H A LasVegas Hite BO: Gena Hermanen ¢ le Angeles ve Poyd Mayweather La Vege super Viewmont at Lavton 4 pa avs at Northridge. p= At Harrah Kans Cty. Mo JPOXSN) Phi Jactoon, Mimo Hira Sellen. Washing an < new four-year deal worth $13.5 million. Oo COLTS Hefty fullback Craig “Ironhead"” Heyward will join the Indianapolis Colts, according to his agent. Heyward will sign a one-year, $850,000 contract when he reports to practice Wednesday, his agent, Jack Mills, said. vard, chosen 24th in" the a 1988 draft byy Colts Heyward, coach Jim Mora, who was coaching the New Orleans Saints at the time, has been known around the NFL as: muchforhis girth as for his blocking ability. 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Kamstan ve Toskipe CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Nared Eric Pye LEHMAN--Named Ene ‘ sy Pi New Zealand 10. ben Deck cordnator of information Gannon womens amis GREEN BAY Minoo 78,000-seatstadium can be built in suburban Carson. ‘Tasefa, aunts Detroit s Jet Wooden 10 Fort Brage ‘tant baskettal cnet and Sandra Béwards ase | Notre Dame Booster Claims She Paid Agent to Keep Quiet THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A former Notre Dame booster So when bad weatherhits, the who was sentenced to four years in prison for em! $1.2 million from her employer told school officials she gave an explayer $5,000 to pay off a sports agent who threatened to expose their contact, Tuesday. ESPN reported The network also reported that Kimberly Dunbartold schooloffi- cials she paid the way for family members of several former play- ers to attend games. Notre Dame spokesman John Heisler would not discuss details of the latest revelations, but he told The Associated Press the school had forwarded the new information to the NCAA for review. “This is part of the information we've reported to the NCAA,” Heisler said. “We've told the NCAA from the at any pointthat we learned we se keep them apprised of i Dunbar, 29, who was sentenced Monday, said she used some of the money embezzled from her former employer to buy gifts, trips and jewelry for at least a dozen current and former Irish players. Athletic director Mike Wadsworth said Monday the school interviewed Dunbar twice in the past month and found no new evi- dence of possible violations by currentplayers. But the schoolstill faces possible sanctions forlack of institutional control. Wadsworth said the school had uncovered two possible rules violations before intervie Dunbar and also has forwarded that informationto the NCAA. The NCAA hasnotindicated whenitwill issue a ruling on possible ba hesaid. AUBURN One day after a tornado warning cut short Auburn's practice, that impossible. That forced Auburn to holdits Tuesday practice in Beard-Eaves Coliseum, where Bowden joked the Tigers “would be in the corridors working on long passes. “If we can get outside tomorrow, we'll be OK,” Bowdensaid. Q FLORIDA It’s no longer a gimmick or an open competition. Florida coach Steve Spurrier will rotate quar- terbacks Jesse Palmer and Doug Johnson until he has reason to could mean tomorrow. But as the No. 8 Gators prepare for Saturday's game at Alabama,the coach seems set with his plan. “They're very close in talent,” Spurrier said Tuesday. “We've running back, left guard, tight made Palmer his starter, then went with his rotation system the day before the iets game. TEXAS The death of Doak Walker robbed the nation of one of the great sports heroes of the pre- television era. Walker, a ae Trophy-winning ck at Southern Methodist in 1940s wholater starred with the Detroit Lions, died Sunday at 71. Famed sportswriter Grantland Rice once called Walker “the most authentic player in football history.” a friend. The two had become friends after Williams collected the 1997 Doak Walker Award. A few days was paralyzed in a Colorado skiing accident. Complications from that accident were listed as the cause of death. gers have been withoutone since. John Watson, an Auburn boost- with Walker since the accident, him. when I heard of Doak's passing,” Williams told er and owner of a Dothan-area construction company, donated his crew to help build a new one,but the $1 million facility won't be ready until next season, ‘ No opening fess on back award. But to Texas running Hurricane Georges have disrupted Auburn's preparations. 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