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Show MISSOURI WINS BOWL/ B5 LOUISVILLE STUNS KENTUCKY/ B7 GBESCUERESZ he Salt LakeTribune SPORTS WINTER SPORTS/B-3 @ COLLEGE FOOTBALL/B4 MICE HOCKEY/B-5 lM SCOREBOARD/B-6 Wi WEATHER/B-8 Sports Fans Caught Many Breaks in ’98 Records. Traditions. Taboos. BY MICHAEL C, LEWIS Bones. A few things that supposedly THE SALT1 couldn’t be broken. A few thatdefinitely shouldn’t have been broken. A few thatstill needed breaking, even after all these years, BYU's BowlHistory RIBUNE homerunrecord. McGwirebeganhis assault as soon as the gate swung open. He hit a grand slam on opening Even though Tulane replaced coach Tommy Bowden — now Clemson's head coach — with former Georgia ant headcoach Chris Scelfo, the BYU play- with the decision and suffered local criticism for choosing the brother of the Wavetoplay anydifferently than they did therestofthe they piled up enoughpoints the second-most dangerous booster clul president instead of the popular offensive coordinator. day, then asked, “How can you not So what gars? Nothing, get chills?” Instead of waiting for an answer, McGwirehit so manyballs out of so B-4 Since accepting an invitation to play BYU inthe 40th annual Liberty Bowl on New Year's lve. the undefeated Tulane Green Wave have lost their head coach, hired a new one, estranged someplayers Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa broke Roger Maris’ 37-year-old does that mean to the Couthey figure manyparksso quickly — 70,in all — ers and coaches don't expect the Green the country. in Memphis season, when to rank as offense in Especially since the over- looked offensive coordinator, Rich Ro driguez, has decided to stay with the that the pitchers he clobbered formed a support group. Baseball's season wasso exciting that several bouts on the McGwire- Rangers Carolina 6 3 Panthers . Lightning . Sabres Devils 2 0 Penguins (OT) Senators 2 1 Flyers Blackhawks 3 2 Blues Red Wings 4 3 Predators Capitals 3 1 Stars Avalanche Sharks Canucks 2 1 Coyotes Kings . ee 1 Those “Damn Yankees”broke the American League record with 114 regular-season wins, then shattered everyoneelse's dreamsin the postseason. Again. In the NBA, Michael Jordan broke Utahinto a thousand pieces, playing even better during the last 42 sec- team throughthe bow! gamebeforejoining Bowden at Clemson. “All their other coaches are there, so I'm surethis head coach will say, ‘Hey, fellas, go get ‘em,’ said BYU defensive coordinator Ken Schmidt. “I'm surehe’s not going to change anything. You can’t. Youjust can't do it. If they do that — good luck, buddy. It’s like starting all over nd the Green Wave areaiming to finish a job, not start another one. They have wonall 11 gamesthis seasonfor the first timesince 1931, andare playing in theirfirst bowl gamesince 1987. They're Of all thegirls who have comethrough the West Jordan basketball program, coach George Hughesalways has counted on one name. For 15 years, a Chadwick has been on the roster and another has been on Hughes’ coaching staff. The string of Chadwicks started in 1984 when Stephaniejoined the team. Six sisters have followed The Chadwick when Alicia will Steve Chadwick, Hughes’ ‘ant, the season does — wheneverthatis. The women’s pro game broke even. Cynthia Cooper's Jordanesque season — back-to-back MVP awards era ends this season graduate. However, Alicia’s father and has promised to coach as long as Hughes does Knowing Alicia is the last Chadwick he will coach has Hughes alittle sentimen: See YEAR, Page B-7 tal about the season, andheis mulling his own retirement ‘I don’t knowwhat it would be like to coach a team without one,” he said. They've all been tough, hard-nosed Biggs’ Shots Help Grizzlies Break the Ice girls. They probably haven't been the most talented, but they've been very gutsyplayers At 5-foot-10, Alicia doesn’t have many flashy moves or eye-popping abilities but she works hardenoughto be the Jag- uars’ leading scorer, averaging 14 points a game BYBRETTPRETTYMAN Hughes came to know the Chadwicks TRIBUNE. whenStephanie triedout for the team as LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Utah Grizzlies should consider sending a ninth-grader, Her father, Steve Chad- wick, played basketball and was a good judgeoftalent “She was the worst player I've ever DonBiggsto Cincinnati on non-game days. During a week-long Christmas break from hockey, Biggs returned to his family in Cincinnati. Saturday he scored two goals as the Grizzlies beat the Long Beach Ice Dogs 3-1. It wasonly the second Utah win in seven games against Long Beach and moves the Grizzlies (12-14-4) closer to the .500 mark The week-long break came at the right time, said Goring. “We weren't seenin my life,” hesaid. clear, but the Utah defense only al- lowed the high-powered offense of keep Utah in the game. LaGrand went 1-1-2 in seven Utah starts last year. Thisyearhe hasbeen playing with Hughesreadily agreed, especially af- ter Stephanie supposedly traveled 15 times in the first half of the first game. Against Orem, she played hard, aggres- sive defense — even when the Jaguars had the ball Despite the slow toplay at the College of Eastern Utah John Russell/ Associated Press Minnesota's Randy Moss (84) celebrates a touchdown catch with Jeff Christy. The score broke the record of 541 Points for the season, set by Washingtonin 1983. The Vikings finished with 556 points. Vikings Blaze High-Scoring Trail Into Playoffs, NFL Record Book East Coast Hockey League and has a history. The Ice Dogs have also had a The Grizzlies are 1-6 against Long Beach and would easily be above .500 if it wasn't for their Southwest Division foes. It wasn't always this way. Last year, Utah dominated the Ice Dogs with a 9-3-1 record and was the only team in the IHLwith a winningre- cord against Long Beach. ‘Last year we wona lot of close games against them,” said Utah Coach Butch Goring. “There wasn’t a lot of difference between the teams last year the re. cord really wasn't justifiable Long Beachhasstolen whateverit wasthat helpedthe Grizzlies skate to So manyvictories against the Ice See GRIZZLIES, Page B-5 It Lake Tribune an Steve Chadwick,a dentist and an assistant coach at West Jordan, has seen all seven of his daughters play basketball for the Jaguars,including his youngest daughterAlicia,right. his membership to the Willow Creek Country Club and rearrangedhis office hoursso he could attend team practices Hughes estimates Chadwick loses more than $10,000 a year because of the shortened hours and donates even more moneyin the form of shoes or other equipmentplayers needbutcan't afford He is one of the most generous men you'll meet,” Hughessaid. “He is a good coach and a good friend.” Other Chadwicks who haveplayed for Hughes are Rachel, Angela, Jessica, Candis and Ana. Like Stephanie, Jessica, Angela and Rachelearnedcollege scholarships Stephanie, now living in Phoenix and raising two daughters of her own, marvels at the trend she started I didn't even like playing basketball Her father decided to stay as Hughes assistant, Steve Chadwick, a dentist, sold BY TERESA M, WALKER 7-6-4 record with Utah’s No. 1 affili- for the Grizzlies this season. That is one of the reasons Utah is struggling through its worst start in franchise t, Stephanie evolvedinto asolid player who went on THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NASHVILLE, Tenn, — The Minnesota Vikings are goinginto theplayoffs in record fashion Randall Cunningham threw two touchdown passes, and Gary Anderson added two field goals as the Vikings beat theOilers 26-16 Saturday, becoming the highest-scoring team in NFLhistory “Wewanted it a great deal,” tight end Andrew Glover said of topping Washington’s 1983 mark of 541 points with 556. “We were very aware of whatit took to make those historical marks. very el. 1 to go downin history, the same time, we havea lot of unfinished business That complish wasn't all that the Vikings ac- Minnesota (15-1) also tied the 1985 Chicago Bears and the 1984 San Francisco 49¢ as the only teams with 15 victories in a season. And Anderson became the hi; Scoring kicker in a sea- son while ¢ jing his record of con- See CHADWICKS, Page B-7 Figure Skating Officials Fear They Have Too Much of a Good Thing ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Nobody seemssure wherefigureskating is headed. Everyone, however,real- & More Winter Sports B3 B5 and that something needs to be done wemight bereaching the saturation degree of the market Weneedtoget a senseof everything secutive field goals to 40 over two At the recent World Professional Championships, the singles winners all work together Everything out there includes the In- the Tallahassee Tigersharks of the ate. LaGrand is the sixth goalie to play “I asked coach Hughesif | could work with her, because otherwise, she'd neverbe able to play.” physically tired, but we were mentally tired from tryingto figure out how Long Beach 17 shots. Goring started goalie Scott LaGrand on a hunch and although he wasn't tested often, the netminder made some toughsaves to See COUGARS, Page B-4 BY LYA WODRASKA had against a team of aliens in “Space Jam.” A monthlater, NBA owners broke something that didn’t appear to need fixing. They locked outthe players, a riskier proposition than usual because Jordan may not return when against the Ice Dogs this year isn't ranked 10th in the nation andtrying to make morepeoplebelieve they're not a fluke bornofa soft schedule Quarterback Shaun King — whoreceived one first-place Heisman Trophy vote andfinished 10th in the balloting — believes his team will play well against BYU. “Ofcourse, everybody was upset that [Rodriguez] didn’t get the job,” hetold Louisiana reporters. “But we wouldn't takeit out on CoachScelfo. It wasn’t his fault by any stretch of the imagination THES, LT LAKE TRIBUNE, onds of Game6 ofthefinals than he to win. The pressure to win started earlythis season. Whether it was the break or the fact the Grizzlies had only won once in seven games me For 15 Years, Chadwick Sisters Have Had Next for West Jordan Sosa undercard would have quali- fied as main eventsin any other year. Cal Ripken stopped TheStreak after being in the Orioles’ lineup for 2,632 straight games in 16 years. COPY 4 2 Cougars say new head coach would befoolish to mess with the nation’s No. 2 scoring offense there was to break in 1998. fair share of responsibility. Islanders Bruins . BYU Preparesfor the Same Old Tulane THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS Sports broke almost everything LT LAKE 2 1 quaeom SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1998 =~ Section B Canadiens Maple Leafs izes the sport has becometoofractured MKC. ContinuesRule of Raiders seasons. ‘Fifteen and oneis truly phenome nal,” said Vikings Coach Dennis Green “That means that you really had a blessed season. Hopefully, thatwill give us momentumgoing into the playoffs. Anderson becamethefirst NFL kickerto finish a season with a perfect record — 35-of-35 onfield goals and 59of-59 on conversions He sealed the victory with a 39-yard field goal with 1:10 left. That gave him 164 points this season, topping Mark Moseley’s 161 with Washingtonin 1983 Anderson wasrelievedtofinally end the season andthepressureof trying to stay perfect ‘T can’t even describeit,” Anderson said. “Peopleoften tell me that I'm immune topressure, but inthe last month! | ean promise you that pressure’s been getting stronger and stronger. See VIKINGS, Page B-5 about it. Quickly werenot really professionals. They were Michelle Kwan, the Olympic silver med alist, and Russia's Alexei Yagudin. Both of them remain Olympic-eligible and will head back to that level's world champi. onships in March to defend their titles During one recent autumn week, it that is out there now and how well it will ternational Skating Union, which over- sees the sport on the Olympiclevel; the various professional competitions and their promoters; the skating tours and shows; the made-for-television events: and a myriad of sponsorseagerto get a piece of the strong ratings and demo- possibleto view11 differentfigureskat graphics the sport draws. anyone — not even some ofthepartici sive with President Ottavio Cinquanta leadingthe way. Underhis guidance, the ing eyents on television. It’s unlikelythat pants — truly knew what all the competi tions meant, howlong they've been around or whether theywill be back If this sounds a little bit like the men’s tennis tour, with tournamentsin Switzerland, China and Sicily in the same week well. it is. There's the Grand Prix and the Grand Slam and the Legends and Ice Wars and It’s been an interesting year and a confusing year,” says James Disbrow president of the U.S. Figure Skating Association. “It’s also been a little bit difficult, It’s been an experimental year and TheISUhas becomefar more progres- six-event Grand Prix series was devel- oped to ensure that such prestigious competitions as Skate America and Trophy Lalique retained strongfields. Cin- quanta also has significantly increased the ISU’s television revenues, primarily through a deal with ABC. This year, the organization permitted top eligible skaters to appearin any of 10 open events that also featured profes- sionals who nolonger had Olympic eligi- See SKATING, Page B-3 3 1 |
