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Show ee a TheSalt Lake TribuneSPORTSMonday, May 24, 1999 =a : iol a PAGE : e e e e e e =Knicks’ Checkettsane Approaching Jackson The Unserclansticks together. Johnny Unser,struggling since he crashed his car in practice on Thursday, bumped his way into the Indianapolis 500 lineup on Sun- Cay, and he had somespecial thanks for his two famous 1 acles, Al and Bobby. “It means so muchto have them there, to talk about things, to figure out what to do,” said Johnny, who qualified at 221.197 mph “I saw the guys hold up 221, and I was ELE SESE OLEOHEOEES Johnny Unser Qualifies With Family’s Help Soeerecevs0vvecnee CoeCoCCeS SOS HI TODAY: INDY500| The AssociatedPress_ happy. On the TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Time Tv ~ Event NBA PLAYOFFS 6pm. TBS NHL PLAYOFFS Avalancheat Stars 5:30 p.m _ ESPN) EBALL Rockies at Astros 6 pm. PCL; RedHawks at Buzz 6:15 p.m. French Open 8am After issuing an emphatic denial, Dave Checketts, acting president of the New York Knicks, flip-flopped Sundayand admitted that he contacted former Chica- go Bulls coach Jackson to gaugehis interest in running the team. The bombshell revelation came Y at during the fourth quarter of New BUMIMEra York's 90-78 victory over the At- SSIMIMENSN4 lanta Hawks for a 3-0 lead in the best-of-7 second round. KTKK-AM(630) : “While I've never met or spoken to Phil and or(his agent) Todd Musburger, through an intermediary we did talk to Phil amongother people at one point. . . to see if there was anyinterest,” Checketts said through a spokesman. USA “There was(interest), and weleft it that and said After Five-Year Hiatus, Bourne Back With Grizzlies — as Coach we'll see you at the endof the season.” Citing sources whospokeoncondition of anonymity, The New York Times and New York Daily Newssaid Checketts met with Jackson in mid-Aprilto discuss the state of the team. Sincethen, team president Ernie Grunfeld has been Nearly five years after helping to assemble the first Grizzlies hock- ey team in Denver, Bob Bourne will take over the Utah Grizz- lies today. Utahas an assistant coach for the 1997-98 season, then spent this past season as the coach of the now-defunct Las Vegas Thunder. o SOFTBALL Iggy’s Sports Grill/Power Zone morelap andit did,” he said coach and general manager at an E of Salt Lake City, as the team’s Center news conference. He re- places Butch Goring, now the memberof the family to race Bobby and was thefirst coach of the NHL's NewYork Islanders. at Indianapolis. Jerry was killed at Indy in 1959; Al lat- Bourne helped Goring put together the Denver Grizzlies roster New Partner Panther Racing decided not toreplaceinjured rookie Dave Steeleand instead workeda deal with the Blue print-Immketeam for co sponsorship for already-qual ified Tyce Carlson m =. FSR) TENNIS third lap, I was just hoping the car would hold upone e e e e er won four Indyraces; Bob- e by wonthree, and Al Jr. won e two. e Johnny’s first race at India° napolis was in 1996, and e cousin Robby — Bobby’s son e — was a rookie last year and e earned his secondstart in e qualifications Saturday. e “These guys worked some e all-nighters putting the car e back together after Thurse day,” Johnnysaid. “We e peakedat the righttime, I e guess ° “T fully appreciate what Al ° Jr. went through when he didn’t make the showhere[in ° e 1995]. It can happen to anye body. You just never know, e Johnnysaid. “You haveto e have everything right and e have to have a few thingsfall e into place.” e Unser’s qualification run e on Sunday bumped rookie ° Jaques Lazier, younger e brother of 1996 winner Bud ° dy Lazier e e e Safety Measures ° Leo Mehl, executive direc. tor of the Indy Racing ° League, will hold a news con- e ferencetoday to announce e new safety measures e The IRL is expected to ane nouncechanges on the race e cars, possibly including “teth- e ering” of wheels to the chase sis, to prevent injuries to e spectators e Three weeks ago, three e fans werekilled and eight in. jured when a wheel and oth e er debris from a crash flew e over a 15-foot catch fence ° into the crowd during an IRL race at Lowe's Motor Speed- ee wayin Concord, N.C e Lastyear, a similar crash killed three spectators during .e a CARTrace in Michigan ° CARTlast week announced it ° would follow the lead of For . mula Oneby using tethers e . Radio Hawks at Knicks Bourne wili be introduced Unser’s father, Jerry, was the older brother of Al and se in the summer of 1994. Just before that season started, Bourne went home to British Columbia for fam: ily reasons. Herejoined Goring in Utah's only USSSA Men's Class B slowpitch team, recently finished second to Oswego Drywall in a 28-team tour- nament in Salem, Ore. The team received a bid to the USSSA Class B World Series in September at Sterling Heights. Mich. Shortstop Sean Hoguebatted .845 in the tournament. Pitcher Steve Belnap needed 210 stitches after a line drive hit him in the head, but he returnedtohelp the teamreach the championship game Joliey’s Goal Difference for Galaxy PASADENA, Calif. — Steve Jolley scored hisfirst goal of the nating Miami in thefirst roundof the playoffs and now one victory away from the Eastern Conferencefinals. Knicks Coach Jeff Van Gundy, whose job security has been in question throughout this tumultuousseason, smiled and shook his head before the game Sunday whenaskedforhis reaction to the Jackson reports. Qo BASEBALL FaseCato SOW Pu GF Gs as the Los Angeles Galaxy beat the New England Revolution1-0 Sundayin front of an announced 8 1 W SWrs GF GA é 8 I crowd of 7,581 at the Rose Bowl Los Angeles goalkeeper Kevin Hartmanrecorded his MLS-lead- Paulo Marathon. Yego was timed in 2 hours, 15 min- utes, 22 seconds, beating Geoffrey Letting by 10 sec- onds. Qo RUGBY The English Rugby Football Unionis investigating reports that England captain LawrenceDallaglio was a former drug dealer and recreational drug user. The report published in the News of the World said Dallaglio, scheduled to lead Englandin this fall’s World Cup in England and Wales, was an ex-drugdealer who used cocaineandecstasy to celebrate a victory in 1997. o CYCLING Laurent Jalabert placed defending champion Marco Pai ered 20 miles in 40 minutes, 36 seconds, and overtook Pantani, the winner of Saturday's stage. Sergy Gont- charfinished second, 25 seconds behind Jalabert. Pantani, not known for, his time trial skills, was third at salary on the final year of a two-year contract. Oo 41:31, After nine of the Tour’s 22 stages, Jalabert and Pantani werevirtually tied, with the French national championleading by only .02 seconds. already been paid about one-quarter of his $4 million FOOTBALL Michael Ovitz will try to dazzle the NFL's expansion committee with his plans for the Los Angeles Coliseum in a meeting tonight in Atlanta, but the former Hollywood agent has work to do closer to home. Although some league owners and executives reportedly prefer his innovative plansfor inside and outside the historic stadiumto those of his competition to own the NFL’s 32nd team, Ovitz's group had madeonly initial contact Angeles —- the Coliseum Commission and the Los Angeles Conservancy. o RUNNING Qo HORSE RACING Bohemia Stable’s Best of Luck stormed from far back in the nine-horse field to register a one-length victory in the 46th running of the $150,000 Grade II Peter Pan Stakes for 3-year-olds at Belmont Park. After second-placefinishes in Aqueduct's Wood Memorial and Withers Stakes, both Grade II events, the per- formance assured that Best of Luck will attract attention in his next scheduled start, the Belmont Stakes on June5. oO TENNIS Lauren Kalvaria saved four match points to win her The Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon has become Philip Tarus’ personal gig. The Kenyan had a rousing encore, opening a huge lead with about 11 miles to go in defendinghis title with an exceptionaltime of 2 hours, 8 minutes, 33 seconds. It was the fastest marathon ever run in California, nearly a minute better than the Angeles Olympics, and the 11th-fastest in the world this year. And it was just the second time that Tarus has gone the entire 26 miles, 385 yards. Thatit was, as kick swerved above the goal mouth and Jolley headed the ball past New England goalkeeper- was the women’s winner, setting a race record of 2:28:34. @ Paul Yegoled a 1-2-3-4 Kenyanfinish in the Sao was no longer in the game. The 34-year-old King, bothered by a disc problem in his backsincelast fall, had 2:09:21 run byPortugal's Carlos Lopes in the 1984 Los ing fifth shutout The game’s only goal came when Greg Vanney’s right corner and Muindithird at 2:11:34. Franca FiacconiofItaly Italy by winning an indivi First baseman Jeff King, turning his back on about $3 million, unexpectedlyretired, suggesting his heart asoflate last week with two immovable forces in Los THEASSOCIATEDPRESS season in the game’s third minute demoted and the Knicks have been successful, elimi- he beat countryman Mbarak Hussein, whofinished in 2:12, John Kemboi made it a 1-2-3 Kenyan sweep by finishing at 2:11:55. In the women’srace, 1998 runnerup Irina Bogacheva of Kyrgystan wonher third marathon since December,finishing at 2:28:46. @ Kenyan Eluid Keiring won the Prague International Marathon in his marathon debut, beating Russian Dimitri Kapitonov and countryman Jimmy Muindi. Competing in warm weather along Prague's cobblestone streets, Keiring finished in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 19 seconds. Kapitonov was secondat 2:11:24 match. Jennifer Heiser saved three to win hers. It was the essence of performance underpressure, and becauseofit, Stanfordis a national champion once again. The Cardinal won their fourth title this decade and 10th overall, defeating defending champion Florida 52 in thefinals of the NCAA women’stennis championships. Stanford got the victory underthe most difficult of circumstances, coming across the country to de throne the top-seeded Gators on their home courts, wherethey had a 61-match win streak. USU Men, Women Sweep Big West Track Meet coach Walter Zenga, who barely moved on the fast-developing play 5-5) moved into The Gal fourth place in the Western Con ference. The Revolution (3-6) lost for thethird time in four matches FULLERTON, Calif. — Utah State stormed to men’s and wom- en’s team victories in the Big West Kenseth Outlasts Rain to Win Race in Nazareth THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — NASCAR because of darkness to 168laps. It had been scheduledfor 200 laps. leader Matt Kenseth outlasted the rain and the competition Sunday Kenseth won battle of Chevrolets with defendingseries champion Dale Earnhardt Jr NAZARETH, Pa Busch Grand National points to win the First Union 200 at Nazareth Speedway The race was delayed by rain twicefor a total of more than five hours, and eventually shortened It was the thirdvictory this sea- son for Kenseth. tying Winston Cupace Mark Martin for the most Conferencetrack and field meet. which ended late Saturday at Cal State Fullerton. The Aggie menled all the way. finishing with 193.33 points to Cal Poly’s 127. The USU women came from well behind on thefinal day. posting 177 points to Cal Poly's 139. USU’s men’s winners included Corey Murdock in the 110-meter hurdles (14.18 seconds) and the 400 hurdles (50.76); Mike Cosgrave in the high jump(6 feet, 9%4 inch- es), with the same mark as team- on the circuit E'VE GOT YOU TRIPLE COVERED. 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