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Show SPORTS Friday, May21,1999 The SaltLake Tribune Magic’s Armstrong Is NBA’s ‘Most Improved’ TODAY:SOCCER _ CCLOCCESCOOS COLO OOOO LOCO DOOR LCDR By Jerry Langdon GannettNewsService Event NBA PLAYOFFS Pacers at 76ers Dallas Does Double-Burn BASEBALL Cubsat Braves PCL: Redbirds at Buzz ia, 5:30 p.m 6:15 p.m. In the MLS GOLF Seniors: Bell Atlantic 1pm PGA: The Colonial It’s the most-overlooked story in Major League Soccer pace shootouts, 44 percent of all games played. It is not the newstadium at honor and the el of writers and broadcasters. Eighteenplayers received votes. CFSR) Eric Snow of Philadelphia was second with 15 votes, and Gary Trent of Dallas was third with 14 votes. Armstrong averaged career highs of 13.8 points, 6.7 assists, 3.6 reboundsand 2.16 steals in 30 minutes a game while comingoff the bench in 35 of 50 games. He improved onhis career averages in scoring by 6.9 points, in assists by 3.5, in reboundsby 1.8 and in steals by 1.2. Track: WAC Championships, Fort Collins, Colo. If; NCAA West Regional, Tucson, Ariz. SATU f Track: WAC Championships, Fort Collins, Colo. ChampWill Head to Liberty Bow! Crew onthe roadthefirst seven games The Most Improved Player Award has been given since the 1985-86 season. The Sixth Man It is not the disintegration of the D.C. United defense The Mountain West Conference and the Liberty Bowl have finalized a three-year contract, creating It is not the spectacular goalkeeping of Walter Zenga at New England a postseason It is not the continued injury problems of Tab Ramos with the New York/New Jer- home for the [ten new | confer ence’s football champion, sey MetroStars. It is not the revival of the yee los Valderrama. It is not the paucity of tal- ent with the Miami Fusion It is not the continuing = SUIMINEGN drought undergone bythe Los Angeles Galaxy. It is not the failure to win race in the NASCAR Winston Race Series 250, a Labor Dayevent at Rocky Mountain Raceways a ee Basketball Beaneoe BASEBALL April 8, 1995. Lindquist Field in Ogden has Dec. 31 at Memphis, Tenn. Each teamwill earn $1.2 million. tional American Legion tourna- Legion post. Teams from Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Ne vada and Utah will compete. o BYUlost 41-27 to Conference other goalies due to the pre- Bowl. Other C-USA members are Alabama-Birmingham, Army, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston. adult sports manager for Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation. He replaces Fred Tamagawa. Mississippi. The only variable for the MWC. positive performance of the Dallas Burn,onthe field and regarding the Liberty Bowl is that the San Diego-based Holiday Bowl This is a 500 franchise DiegoState onceevery four years throughoutits existence by if the Aztecs are conference champions. various problems, including a series of injuries, and not much was expected this year. But the Burn havesur- problem sufferedby thevet eran Dodd. The unsung Oscar Pareja has done well as a playmaker in central midfield Jason Kreis is living upto his rookie season form, with seven goals and two assists from the attacking midfield role. Defensive midfielder Leonel Alvarez, the MLS ca reer leaderin yellow caution cards despite missing the 1997 season, has just one this spring ‘The defense of Jorge Ro- driguez, Eric Dade, Richard Farrer, and Brandon Pollard has been solid. with Dallas al lowing an MLS-low five Even the coach, David Dir is earning kudos. Heis the only four-year coach with his original team. Last week, he liked the practice-field efforts of rook ie forward Bobby Rhine And in a surprise, hestarted him against the Clash. ‘The result: two goals ina 2-1 win. Even more significant for Dallas has been the Cotton Bowl attendance Average crowd for five games is 13.994, a 28 percent increase from last year. and 45 percent higher than in 1997 MLS attendanceis floun the Burn is doing more than its share to reverse the down ward trend OES OSES E SH OEEEEO been brilliant in goal all sea son — negating the knee cal Council, said. “He will be summoned when hecomes to Brazil to play for the national team.” Ronaldo was hospitalized shortly be- fore the July 12 World Cup final against France, and was scratched fromthe lineup — then inexplica- FOOTBALL bly put backin, apparently with the The chairmanof Cablevision, already a dominant player in New York sports, and his brother are said to be leading contenders to approvalof the team’s doctors. He played poorly and Brazil lost 3-0. Later, Ronaldo said he had gone into convulsions at the hotel. buy the New York Jets. Charles oO Dolan is chairman of Cablevision, which has majority ownership of BASEBALL New York's Madison Square Garden, the NBA’s Knicks and the NHL's Rangers. Dolan made an unsuccessful bid in September to ClevelandIndians catcher Sandy Alomar will have arthroscopic surgery today to have two bone chips expansion franchise. He also has tried to buy the baseball’s Cincin- Alomar, 32, was batting .317 with buy the NFL's Cleveland Browns nati Reds and New York Yankees, as well as the NFL’s Washington Redskins. removed from his left knee and will be out for at least a month. three homeruns and 16 RBIsin 22 gamesfor the Indians, whose 29-10 record is baseball’s best. ™@ The Cincinnati Reds have agreedto a 30-yearlease for a new SOCCER Brazilian star Ronaldo will be summoned as a witness in an investigation into why doctors then with Brazil's national team allowed him baseball park along the Ohio River that will open in 2003. Architects arestill working on a design for the ballpark, which will slightly overlap Cinergy Field. a Donna Ehlert breast in front of a crowd of people. “At thetimeofsexually as- saulting the plaintiff, the defendant was making lewd comments in the presence of numerouspatrons, spectators and other employees,”” the lawsuit claims. @ Dion Glover has decided to re- main at Georgia Tech. The Yellow timehighschool All-American, and ed to Stanford, will start training in July with the USA Junior National Please Call 801-581-8563 team. Twelveplayerswill be select- POSSESSES HEHEHE SHES EHES Matt Jordan. who pl. just 45 minutes last Las Vegas Hilton. June 21-25, 1999 Jr. High — Elementary ed for the USA’s Junior World eeee Deering and Washington played as substitutes scorer in the nation in 1997-98, averaging 18.4 points. Q Audi AG Quattro White with Melange interior, sunroof, 16" optional wheels. Tiptronic transmission, alarm system, anti-lock brakes, 2.8 litre V6 - 200 horse power engine June 14-18, 1999 High School Highland High’s Logan Tom, head- camevia shootouts. from Colombia — though of Rio de Janeiro’s Regional Medi- the decision has been made. Glover was the third-leading freshman “From Beginning To Team” BYU signee Sunny Tonga, a two- haven't lost in regulation time; the four setbacks all Dodd, midfielder Chad Deer tance,” Mauro Brandao, presicient when he grabbed and shook her 3 FOOTBA L CAMPS VOLLEYBALL prised the experts, with a 5-4 record (13 points), good for second place in the strong Western Conference. They ing, and forwards Dante whether he would stay at Tech instead of entering the NBA draft. But Tony Akins, a sophomore guard and Glover's roommate, said is working on a deal to invite San that has been hampered Washington and newlyacquired John Jairo Trellez to play in the WorldCupfinal after tions. Neither commented on claimsin the lawsuit that Rodman embarrassed and humiliated her Louisville, Memphis and Southern off. Jackets guard met with his coach, Bobby Cremins, to discuss his op- breast while she was workingat the be the 75th anniversary of the na- ADMINISTRATION Larry McKinney was named Saturday: goalkeeper Mark @ casino security guard has filed a lawsuit against Dennis Rodman, accusing him of grabbing her ment, and the regionalwill be conducted by Ogden's American inauguralfootball season assured a berth in such a traditional bowl isa tribute to our coachesandtheinstitutions,’ said MWC Commissioner USA’sTulanein last year's Liberty Ga the United States Basketball League and in Cyprus and Spain before signing with the Magic on been awarded the American Le- Craig Thompson. season knee injury suffered by Tony Meola. Unnoticed has been the strong was not drafted in 1991 after completing his college career at Fayetteville State. He playedin the Ken Schrader has committed to in regulation by the San Jose Clash. It is not that Kansas City has beenforced to use three son A native of Gastonia, N.C., Arm- NASCAR Winston Racing Series gion Baseball Western Regional Tournament in August 2000. It will “To have the champion of our It is not the goal-scoring consecutive top-five finish as the are among eight schools forming the MWC. The 1999 game will be played It is not the arrival of the Colorado Rapids as one of the elite teams. Award began in the 1983-84 sea- @ Winston Cup veteran driver Salt Lake Tribune. BYU and Utah growth of defensive midfielder Chris Armas in Chicago. JimmyWysongwill try for a fourth continues. h- ia | | The MWC AORN winner will oppose the ConferenceUSA champion under the agreement, reported last week by The Tampa Bay Mutiny with Car- Onething has stayed the same: injuries. On the benchat thestart of the San Jose gamelast Armstrong received 54 of a possible 118 votes from a national pan- E It’s Official: Mountain West Grid Columbus,nor the remarkable 5-2 record posted by Sixth Man Award. KTKK-AM (630) TODAY e@oc5e dance at 14,292, and record- 2 p.m. 2 THIS WEEK’S CAMPUS CALENDAR this season. It doesn’t involve record- low scoring of 2.48 goals a game, stagnantoverall atten- Guard Darrell Armstrongof the Orlando Magic won the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award on Thursday, making him the first to win that TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS ‘Time TV __ Radio _ _ 5:30 p.m. NT) Championships entry. In addition. Orem's Lindsey Steelewill play for the USA Youth National Team All our Audi A4 and A6 sedans and wagonsare priced for immediate delivery. 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For the second timein three years, Highlandis staging the na. tional tournament at BYU's Haws Field The Salt LakeCity teamis seed. ed No. | in the 12-team field and plays today at 12:30 against Keio Academy of New York. Hig will play again tonight (7 Rockhurst of Kansas City, Mi Thefield from each ofthe f Pacific Coast. W and East Coast. A: the winners of the ast wo matches. pools will advance to Saturday's semifinals. The championship match is Satur day at 8 pm Highla: only team to qualify for all 15 national tourna. ments that USA Rugby hasstaged. andhas playedin 14 championship matches winnin They love us and hate us,” wix says Gel ad ts 10-0 this season and favored to win another title. An indication of the come in 8 rex Jesuit of tournament ¢ TREADMILL rec. $4600 NOW TREADMILL rec. $899 NOW 9900 $695 | Oe *. 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