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Show ATODAY: AUTO RACING ‘The Associated Press Pontiacs Gain ‘On Fords and Chevrolets Pontiacis starting to end ‘the domination of Ford and ‘Chevrolet in NASCAR's Win‘ston Cup series. After thefirst 11 races this season, Grand Prixs have accounted for one victory (by John Andretti), 12 top-fives and 29 top-10s. Pontiac remains third in the NASCAR manufacturers point standings, but the top GrandPrix driver has beaten the top-running driver of one of the other makesin six events. “The Pontiac is a great car,” Ernie Irvan said. “Right now,thecars arerealclose.” Kyle Petty, whose Petty Enterprises Pontiac finished seventh last Saturdayin Richmond, Va., said last season was difficult for Pontiac because of NASCARrules changes. “Ninety-seven was a great year for the Pontiacs, at least thelast third ofit,” said Petty, referring to Pontiac wins by Bobby Labonte and Bobby Hamilton andseveral topfives. “We ended the season strong and then [NASCAR] took the Pontiacs, for all in- tents and purposes, out of the picture for the 1998 season. They took more spoiler and more front air dam away from us than the other makes. Oo Interim Boss Happilyfor Steve Hmiel, he canstep out of the spotlight. Hmiel was drafted last week as interim crew chief for Winston Cup driver Steve Park. The longtime crew chief and team manager for Roush Racingis in his first full sea- son as technical director for Dale Earnhardt Inc., which fields cars for Park and Dale Earnhardt Jr. and trucks for Ron Hornaday. He was reluctant replacementfor Philippe Lopez, who resigned. “T want to do whateveris best for DEI,” Hmielsaid. “I really enjoy the technical di- rector's side. I enjoy going to the wind tunnel and working on next week’s project. “The day-to-dayracing is a lot of fun, too. I have no complaints either way, but as far as the long-range goals of Dale EarnhardtInc., | don't need to be a crewchief on a icular car. | need to help a little bit on everything RaySShoots for Pole reg Ray wants to leave Indianapolis Motor Speedway today as the pole winner for the Indianapolis 500 “That's what we've been here working on all week said Ray, who has beenthe fastest driver on the 2'2-mile oval all but one day since practice opened last Satur day His fastest lap so far came ‘Thursday during the final hour,often referred to as “Happy Hour” because weather conditions are gener. ally conducive to speed with ‘cooling temperatures and winds often dying down. But Ray backed it up Friday with a lap of 227 192 mph shortly after the track opened for practice at 11 CHOCHHOCHEHSEHSOOHSEHSHSOSHHOHHHHOSHSEHOOHSHOSEHLSOHFOOSOSHSOHOESOOEEEOEE The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Saturday, May 22,1999 Goldman, Sachs & Co. to ManageSaleofJets eees e@ecvecesvesce @eeecvesosee E = NBAPLAYOF! Jazz at Blazers Spurs at Lakers oS NHLPLAYOFFS Avalancheal BASEBALL Yankeesat White Sox os 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) : 5 p.m Cx) Cubsat Atlanta 5pm PCL: Redhawksat Buzz BOXING De La Hoyavs. Carr 6:15 p.m Radio _ _KFNz(AM-1320) | Coach Bill Parcells will continue to have complete authority over the football operations, the Jets said Friday. Goldman Sachs handled the sale of the Cleveland Browns for the NFL last year. The process took several months and had six candidates, including Alfred Lerner, who paid $530million. (WGN DCTBS ) KTKK-AM(630) came together.” CYCLING 3:30 p.m. Reportedly, the bidders for the Jets will include NASCAR: The Winston 5:30pm. CINN) KWLW (AM-700) Rhein at Amsterdam 11am FSR) WNBA Starzz at Mysties (exhibition) 5 p.m NFL EUROPE CESPN) yer. o Eagles signed DuceStaley to a six-year, $16.3 million Donovan McNabbinstead of Williams with the No. 2 pick in the NFLdraft. Thedeal keeps Staley in Philadelphia through the 2004 season. He rushedfor 1,065 yardslast season. @Decrying Howard Milstein’s lawsuit as “mean- THIS WEEK’S CAMPUS CALENDAR TODAY Track: WAC Championships, Fort Collins, Colo. Utes, Cougars to Kick Off Nov. 20 In Provo for Annual Football Game Cougars will el son on Nov. 20 Ulail pionship Challenge, June 28-29 at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi. Nicklaus will again team with his son Mike. Theyfinished in a three-way toe for second placelast June. o KARATE The two schools were originally The 29th annual Utah Openis todayat Salt Lake Community College’s South City Campus, with scheduled to play on Nov. 27 — competition from 9 a.m. to 6 pm. part of a series of BYU-Utah TRACK two days after Thanksgiving — as gamestelevised by ESPN, according to Utah sports information director Liz Abel. Whenthedealfell through, both teamsstill had openings for Nov 20. Instead of waiting an extra week to play, Utah and BYU agreedto eliminate the open date and meet that Saturday. Kickoff time has yet to be determined, pendingtelevision. ESPN or ABC probably will air the game Moreschedule changes could be on the way. The Utah-Colorado State game, scheduled for Oct. 30 in Fort Collins, may be moved up to Oct. 28 for an ESPN Thursdaytelecast. Oo GOLF BYU remains in solid position to qualify for the NCAA men's golf tournament. Entering today’s final round,the Cougars are tied for second place with UNLV, six strokes behind ArizonaState, in the NCAA West Regional at Tucson, Ariz. Nine of the 18 teams will advance BYU has shot 1-over-par 577 for two rounds. Individually, BYU's Billy Harveyshot a 2-under-par 70 in the second round and is tied for second at 3-under141. Andy Miller and Manuel Merizalde each shot a 12 @ Jack Nicklaus, who returned to competitive golf in this week end’s Bell Atlantic Classic on the Senior PGA Tour, has confirmed that he will play again in the Cham- Oo The Utah high school all-star meetis today(6 p.m.) at East High, man have been working hard the last 10 days.It just Qo Someofcycling’s top riders threatened to withdraw from the Tour of Italy if further drug tests are demandedbyItalian sports authorities. Blood tests were performedon three teams byItaly's Olympic Committee before the start of the seventh stage. The International Cycling Union conductedtests at the start of the race May 16. o GOLF Five months ago in Australia, Peter Thomson held up the Presidents Cup trophyas captain of the International team andcalledit the crowning achievementof a career that includes five British Opentitles. Now he spirited,” Washington General Manager Charley Casserly said he did not interfere with the New York agreedto returnas captain in 2000 for a chanceto beat the Americans on their own turf. The PGA Tour an- banking magnate’s failed effort to buy the team. Casserly said he has retained Robert S. Bennett, President Clinton’s lawyerin the Paula Jones sexual harassment golf analyst and 1964 U.S. Open champion, would be were named defendants in the lawsuit filed Mondayby Milstein, who claimed the two workedin a “systematic TENNIS could become the new ownerof the led Australia into the final of the World Team Cup witha 2-1 victory over the United States. Mark Philipis gave Australia a 1-0 lead when hestruggled to case. Casserly and team President John Kent Cooke bid to underminethe bidding process” so that Cooke It took a little longer than nor- mal, but BYU and Utah havesettled on a datefor their annualfootball meeting ‘i The Utes and | NFL team. nouncedlast week that Ken Venturi, the CBS Sports the American captain. QO Pat Rafter breezed past Pete Sampras 6-3, 7-5 and @ Dallas Cowboys cornerback Deion Sanders was married to New Yorkactress and modelPilar Biggers. according to a statement released bya publicity agent for his pastor. Sanders, 31, and Biggers, 25, were wed in a small private ceremony on Nassau’s Paradise Island in the Bahamas, accordingto a release from Bish- al doubles specialist Richey Reneberg6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 7-5. After Rafter disposed of Sampras, the doubles match became meaningless and the United States won a washis third in a row over Sampras, andit camein the first meeting on clay between two players better op T.D.Jakes. it. Reneberg and Jonathan Stark beat Pat Cash and SandonStolle 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-4), 6-3. Rafter’s victory BOXING knownfor hammering opponents onfaster courts. Slo- MikeTyson, in jail since Februaryfor assaulting two motorists, was granted parole and is scheduled for release no later than June 4. The Maryland Parole vakia clinchedthird placein the Blue Group with a 3-0 sweep of France as Karol Kucera beat Guillaume Raoux6-3, 6 and Dominik Hrbaty outlasted Nicolas S 6, 6-4. iy Kafel Inikov received a jolt in his French Commissionvoted 5-1 to grant the former heavyweight champion his release, contingent upon approval by Indianaauthorities. The date of Tyson’s releasewill depend on how soon Indiana acts. The commissionsaid Openpreparations,losing 7-5, 6-3 to Argentina’s Mariano Zabaletain the semifinals of the Raiffeisen Grand boysandgirls coach, with teaching positions available in science,histo- son would be supervised uponhis release. Had Tyson Prix. Kafelnikov, the world’s No. 1 player,is the top seed for the French Open, which begins Monday. Ear- ry and girls’ physical education. Call 774-7460. in September — hecouldnot havebeenplaced under Austria 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. with athletes fromall classifica- tions competing. W Clearfield High is looking for a VOLLEYBALL Intermountain USA Volleyball gave service emeritus awards it granted parole becauseit would guaranteethat Ty servedout his term in Rockville, Md. — dueto expire lier in the day, Kafelnikov downed Markus Hipfl of Y. Men, Women Have Big Leads in WAC Track to Wendy Bills, Penny Bowers, Melanie Decker. Geoige Miles, Ken Milo, AlysonParry aad Jeffrey van Brunt en’s teams will take solid leads into thefinal dayof the WAC Track and SOCCER The Utah Freezz havesigned two players with pro experience. Lee Edgerton, a forward, was the 1998 State MVP of the Eastern Indoor Soccer State's 35. FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Brigham Young's men’s and womField Championship at Colorado League and Beau Brown played last year for Freezz Coach Fred Poggi with Lafayette of the E BASEBALL The Utah Chapterof the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and the UtahState Historical Society will stage a 19th centuryaye gameonJuly 5. Interested Ts (ages 11 andolder) should ‘The Cougar men have75 points Rencherand Tara Haynes. Kirsten Bolmtook the long jumpat 6.31 Southern Methodist’s Florence Ezeh brokethe WAC record in the women’s hammerthrow with a toss of 206-7 to Texas-E] Paso’s 50; the BYU wo- menhave68% points to San Diego Friday, BYU’s Mare Chenn won the high jump at 7-3%4 and Kenneth Andamtook the long jumpat 7.50 meters. Texas-El Paso javelin thrower Matti Narhi set a meet record with a throw of 273-2. He brokean 11 year-old record bynearly 18 feet Duran Arche, Fresno St. 679 meters. WAC TRACK ‘ Sc 2066 8, Tepu Rewhanen, UTEP. 1946 Braghas Yoong 68 1-2 2. San rego St. 35 ColoradoS22 SL.27 1.2 Southers Methodist. 22 New Mexia, 19. Wyosng. 1A Neva Las Vegas 17 Air Pore, 11. Utah 11 Race. Tex Chrstan. 5 TexasEl Pao, 4 Hamumer Threw —1 Porence Baek Southers Methodist, 2067 Robes Lyons, Wyomng 29.3. Shey Borrman. CSU, 199 {Ua Die. Wyoming 17910 5, Sarah Gondiaw, PremSt. 71 Tara Copas, Air Pore. 172-10 7, Amy Tiel CSU, 172 Southers Methodist. 51-11 3 Wobmp ab Bae BYU got some bad luck when Clayton Patch, the defending champion in the 400 meters, was sidelined with a tight hamstring ris0- 363 BASKETBALL Utah Valley State Collegecenter Jessica McEwenand forward Mar. enna Nyffeler have signed with UNLV The injury also scratched Patch from BYU's 400-meter relay For the Cougar women, Eliza beth Jacksonled a 1-2-3-4 sweepin the 3,000 meters in 9:45.12. fol lowed by Laura Heiner, Jill Kes Beret Amy Tiwedl Ud 6.08 6 Aja Prary San nana Nina Southers sm 5 Highland Rolls Into Semifinals Of National Rugby Tourney PROVO — Highland is right on schedulein its quest to win another USA Rugby national high school up of players from Highland and advanced to the remaining teams. Highlandtrailed Keio Academy 7-5 at halftime as coach Larry Gel wix tried to rest eight regulars to savethem for the remainder of the demanding weekend. Butthatplan was quickly changed, and Highland semifinals with two victories Fri recovered. “We were much bigger day. Highland downed Keio Acade- than they were, but they were extremely fast,” Gelwix said. “The my of New York 38-7 and topped starred against Keio Academy, noon. Greenwich, Conn. meets ParkHill of Kansas City in the oth er match, with the winners playing yk close enough attention The Philadelphia Eagles have their franchise run- contract extension, a month after picking quarterback KFNZ (AM-1320) Today spree y Jesuit of Sacramento in the semifinalsat placed at Team Menard, and FOOTBALL ning back, and his nameis not Ricky Williams. The run May 30. the job done.” don’t want to say 100 percent, but barring something unforseen, the deal should be completed shortly,” Rangers spokesman John Rosascosaid. Rosasco said that an announcementon Leetch’s signing was “imminent.” The Rangers and (Leetch’s agent) “Jay Gross- Larry, who bid on the Browns. Charles Dolan also has majority ownership of New York's Madison Square Garden, the NBA’s Knicks and the NHL's Rangers. Larry Dolanis a Cleveland law- paceof the gamewas incredible. Of course, Raycan't take anything for granted — not with challengers like Tony Stewart, the driver he re newcontractwith all-star defenseman Brian Leetch.“I @ 10 am. 2p.m. in Provo. Qo The NewYork Rangers haveall but wrapped up a lpm would include the team’s new stadium Seniors: Bell Atlantic AUTO RACI Indy 500 timetrials e trials meet this sea- late Thursday. HOCKEY ¢ ablevision chairman Charles Dolan and his brother Rockhurst of Lome City 22-0 at BYU's Haws “There's no guarantees. but we're feeling pretty good right now,” he said. “I'll be if we don't get It has beenestimated the Jets might sell for about $500 million. The NFL finance committee voted this Sunday’s playoff game at Royal Antwerp was postponed becauseof stadium damageafter 11 policemen and seven spectators were injured during clashes with soccer vandals. Two policemenwere seriously injured @ 3-car starting lineupfor the a fast car in just about any condition. BUNGE SOCCER lam. other schools, “It really hasn't mattered what time of day wego out. Goldman Sachs in the process. ior ! wae the supervisory terms ofparole. Oo 8pm ‘a.m. — the same timethat 83rd Indianapolis 500 to be main in chargeof business operations and assist the estate and Wilf gy ual week to recommend that the Washington Redskins be sold to Daniel Snyder for $800 million, but that deal trials were scheduled tobe- gin today ‘The qualifying today and Sunday will determinethe President Steve Gutman will re- : (HB0 championship. The Salt Lake City team, made the first of two daysoftime ‘The family of Leon Hess has hired Goldman, Sachs & Co. to managethesale of the New YorkJets. Following Hess’ death, team TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Time ___TV__ _ CG) at 8 p.m. The 12-team field was reduced to four after pool play, with High: land the onlyNo. 1 seed among the Joseph Reihana and Matt Cole and Pierre Fourie joined themin a key role against Rockhurst in a physi cal match. Highlandis trying for its 12th na tional title. The team beat Jesuit 57-14 in a recent match, so a 15th championship-match appearance in 16 years appears probable eee ee PATE) BOOK CLUB V6, Front Wheel Drive, Leather, CD Player, Sunroof, Traction Control, Heated Seats, Luxury Sedan |
