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Show The Salt LakeTribune SPORTS MEPREP SPORTS E-3_ Ml WHITING EXPECTEDTO SIGN WITH UTES E-5 MICE HOCKEY E-7 LOY is FRIBAY WEATHER E-8 APRIL 30, 1999 Jazz End Slump, Waste Warriors WNBA AGREEMENT Key points in the collective bargainit mr between the WNBA ond the 1 Minimum base salaries for okies and Malonescores 25, Utah continuesits rule of Warriors BYPATRICK KINAHAN THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE §@ During the 1999 season, WNBA teams can Inciude up to three former ABL players on The lull that has plagued the Jazz in oepone, except Coes the WNBA's two new the Orlando Miracle and the Minne- recent games madeanother appearance no restrictions on former ABL players. late in the fourth quarter and did not hang around long enough to ulti- Thursdayat the Delta Center. But, fortunately for the Jazz, it came WNBAFinally Agrees to Deal mately affect their 96-85 win over the Golden State Warriors Going into tonight's game at Houston against the Rockets, the With Players Jazzareupahalfgame over Port- laid Except for a BY LYA WODRASKA THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Finally, the WNBA can focus on basketball. Jazz 96 . Warriors 85 Fast Fact: ‘Against the Warriors, the Jazz have if brief stretch, the Jazz had little on eee ane Met: trouble snapping a two-game losing Rockets,6 p.m streak. They led ‘The WNBA andits players association reached its second agreement this month on Thursday, ending fears the 1999 WNBAseason mightbe delayed. The two reached an agreement on April 14, but it fell apart with both sides blaming the other for introducing last-minute terms. Thursday's deal was submitted to players with ratification expected to be completed by today. The draft will be Tuesday, a week later than originally scheduled. The season is expect- GAME GLANCE Today, Jazz at by21 points before GoldenState’s shooting flurry slightlyspoiled thefinish. It was enough to make Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan grouchy during his postgame interviews “We're taking garbage time as gar- bage time,” said Sloan. “I’ve never looked atit that way, but that’s the way we're playing when we get a little bit of a lead.” Using a 12-0 run, the Warriors got to within 85-76 before Karl Malone and John Stockton restored order. Called ed to start on time, June 10. from Trent Nelson/TheSalt Lake Tribune Karl Malone avoids a cameramanbutlandsin the stands while chasing a loose ball in Thursday night's win. Utah opens at home against Orlan- do on June 12. “This dealis signed, sealed and delivered,” WNBAPresident Val Ackerman told The Salt Lake Tribune. the bench after he probably See JAZZ, Page E-6 Park City Parents Seek Damages After Grid Injuries vs ‘Big’ Uintah “This time it's for real. It’s a happy day and a dayof relief.” Utah Coach Frank Layden was in Colorado Springs, Colo., watching the U.S. National Team train when he JAY D heard the news. The team includespo- a “We want Uintah put in 4-A, pure and simple. EW E TRIBUNE Parents of four Park City High School football players who were injured in a ‘THE SALT LA tential draftees Natalie Williams and DawnStaley. “I’ve been carrying on business as usual,” hesaid. “It would have been a shameif this season had been can- Terry Christiansen gamelast fall against Uintah High have filed a lawsuit against the organization Park City attorney rE that governs high schoolsports in Utah. celed. Everybody wants this to work and it was the peripheral people, the agents, who didn’t have to sweat a drop or invest a cent, who stepped into this. A lot of what the players were asking for was justified, but it They say the Utah High School Activities Associationis ignoring its own guidelines by allowing Uintah, in Vernal, to compete in the 3-A classification against schools with far fewer students. would havetaken a decade for us to recoverfrom this if the season hadn't thing through. It is a fairnessissue,” said Park City attorney Terry Christiansen whose son Clay suffered a severe knee “Weare concerned aboutthesafety of our kids, and we are going to see this simple,” Christiansensaid. in fresh players againsttired ones. Christiansensaid that of the 10 major injuries sustained by Park City players The UHSAA that despite its size, Uintah, which is ) to 180 miles from 4A schools in Salt Lake and Utah coun- in 10 football games, eight happenedin the Uintah game. Thesuit asks for un- ties, belongsin 3-A to cut downontravel and out-of-schooltime. specified damages to be provenat trial andseeks a David Evans, Jim Pack and Don Wilson also had sons who suffered ankle, foot and elbow injuries in the game and are listed as plaintiffs in the suit. They Park City, Uintah and 20 other schools were placedin Class 3-A by the UHSAA in 1996 when it aligned schools based on saythat a smallschoolforced to compete in football and other contact sports injury last fall in Park City's 41-7 loss to againsta larger school createsan unsafe Uintah “We want Uintah put in 4-A, pure and situation, because the larger school has a temporaryrestraining order to stop the UHSAA fromclassifying Uintah as a 3-A school until the matter is heardin court deeperpoolofplayers andcansubstitute See SUIT, Page E-2 See WNBA,Page E-5 Baffert Could Be Ist Trainer To Win Three Straight Derbys Inaugurated in 1875, the Kentucky Derby was inapired by England's Epsom Derby. Since 1919, only 11 horses have won the Kentucky Preakness Stakes { - THEASSOCIATED PR en haveto work five times LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Bob Baf. fert remembers going to Los Ala- mitos in California with four quarter horses and a goat in 1976. “The goat was worth more than the horses,” the trainer said Thursday outside Barn 33 at Churchill Downs, wherehe has 33 | ar Baffert, whoturnedto training ‘thoroughbredsin 1991, has been two barns full of horses at Santa Among the horses are Silver Charm and Real Quiet, with 138 wins, 91 seconds and 80 whom he won the past two Ken- filly Excellent Meeting, the colt Prime Timber and the gelding General Challenger, Baffert’s three challengers for an unprece- dented third straight victory in the race Saturday. For good measure, there also is the sensational filly Silverbullet- day, who will be odds-on in the Kentucky Oakstoday. Silverbulletday is owned by Mike Pegram, also owner of Real | Quiet, a friend of Baffert's, who | talked him into training thoroughbreds. “TI told him if you can train a horse to go a quarter of a mile, weiner Secretarial, whose eee tecand of 1:58:04 remains tthe only fintahing time BY JOE BAIRD ( under two menses: and earnings 15-6) in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation semifinals to nail down a Final Four spot next week in Los Angeles. “We started this program 10 years ago and got our brains thirds in 50 starts. “Baffert's had a very strong hand in the past couple,” said trainer Nick Zito, who will try to win a third Derby with Stephen Whatit is besides hard work and a staff Baffert calls the bestin NGI © GRAPHIC NEWS | Sexes: WTA, Churchill Come R COPY ' \ past the depleted ‘Bows in Games2 and 3 “It was determination, de- sire and concentration,” said outsidehitter Ossie Antonetti, who led the Cougars with 22 kills. With the victory, BYU ad- ner will earn the conference's automatic Final Four berth. Championship match against the Trojans (7 p.m.). The win- Smith Fieldhouse. USC's upset With another big crowd game insured the Cougars would be the highest at-large team available to the NCAA Fi. nal Four selection committee Conference champions are (4,760) behind them, the Cou. gars jumped to a 6-1 lead, and not long after had a 9-4 advantage. Bul the Rainbows were not about to fold uplike Pacific did against the Cougars in last week's MPSF quarterfinals. berths. With seven teams ranked in the top 10, the MPSF was a cinch to get theat-large invitation. world of sports INE A quick look at key final results inn the (RES SCOREL Indiana 115, Charlotte 110, OT Sacramento103, L.A. Clippers 81 New York 5, Texas 3 American League Anaheim 17, Toronto 1 Dallas 91, Houston 81 ‘Tampa Bay 4, Chicago 1 ee96, Golden State 85 PCL Phoenix 98, Denver 87 Seattle 22, Detroit6 Washington 97, Cleveland 86 Memphis 3, Salt Lake 0 National League San Antonio 99, Vancouver 72 New York 85, Philadelphia 70 Chicago 5, Florida 2 L.A. Lakers 108, Portland 69 Kansas City 15, Baltimore § Boston 107, Miami 96 i went out and played like the berth was still up for grabs. Up against a surging Rainbow team that shocked No. 3 UCLA last week, BYU outgutted Hawaii to win Game 1, then sailed before taking the floor at slotted in the other three and luck is cooperative owners because and failed, the Cougars (27-1) vances to Saturday's MPSF of second-ranked Long Beach State in the early semifinal unbelievably great, but he still has to be lucky “T've been lucky," Baffert said on the morning after a full field of 20 3-year-olds was entered for the 125th Derby. “I don’t know what it is.” perhaps they've been this close before beat in,” said BYU Coach Carl McGown. “We'reabout as hap. py as wecan be." BYU actually madeit even Got Even and Adonis. “He's been and a quarter," Pegram said. PROVO—Nomore whatifs. sweeping Hawaii (17-15, 15 of See DERBY, Page E-2 Still, = broke through Thursday night $12,605,816. About a third of the earnings cameat Churchill Downs on 20 wins, 10 seconds andeight you can train a horse to go a mile - eee No more should haves and could haves. The BYU men's volleyball team is finally going to the NCAA Final Four. The No. 1-ranked Cougars Anita, sent out 538 starters for thirds | Cougars Sweep the Bows, Secure Spot in Final Four harts 1974 67 TeleOoms Last year, Baffert, who also has thoroughbredsstabled. There are no goats. tucky Derbys. Therealso are the Tripte Crown 1 on a roll since his first Derby starter, Cavonnier, finished a nose behind Grindstone, trainer D. Wayne Lukas’ third Derby winner. Derby, Houston 6, Arizona2 Led by Andre Breuer, the Rainbows respondedwith a 5-2 surgethat cut the BYUlead to See BYU, Page E-4 Colorado 6, St Louis 2 New York 6, San |