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Show SPORTS The Salt LakeTribune @ Brighton Football Coach Killed Brighton High’s Lynn Freestone, one of the most successful high school football coaches in Utahhistory, died in an auto accident Saturday on | his way home from a boating vacation at Lake Powell in southern Utah. — Details, B-11 MENBA BASKETBALL B-4 BUZZ WIN B-5 @ PREP RODEO B-7 WYOMING DOWNSB-9 £CTlOy SONBAT WEATHER B-42 © JUNE 20, 1999 Dallas Claims DICK ROSETTA The Cup Laydens Offer Shining Example Of Fatherhood Stars trip up Buffalo in third overtime Few father-son relationships have had such a profound impact on Utah BY ALAN ROBINSON sports as that of Frank and Scott Layden. THE SSOCIATED PRESS It is hard to imaginethat the state BUFFALO, N.Y. — In the third ex- has been beneficiary of their steady stewardship now for nearly two dec- hausting overtime, thetired eyes of Texas finally gazed upon the Stanley ades — Frank,since the Jazz's arriv- up. Brett Hull scored on a rebound at al here in 1979, with Scott joining upin 1981. 14:51 ofthe third overtime, putting a They never will be separated from rebound over weary Dominik Hasek their roots in New York, where Frank often walked thestreets of as the Dallas Stars won hockey’s biggest prize as much by exhaustion as execution, beating the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 Saturday night. Brooklyn as his dad encouraged him to be a cop — good benefits and a great pension, you know. They are Call it a Sun Belt Stanley Cup. the same streets where Frank takes Scott on occasion to reminisce about Dallas is the southermost city to hoist the cup. When Lord Stanley the good ol’ days. And the same streets that Scott proudly shows his paid $50for the cup in 1892,helikely wife, Marsha, and their four daughters as the playgrounds of grandpa’s youth. But the Laydens are Utah's own located much closer to Mexico than Canada. didn’t envisionit being won by a team Hull ended the second-longest Stan- ley Cupfinals gamein history with his now. Frank is pro sports’ Rock of third goalof the series and third ca- Gibraltar — the Walter Cronkite of reerovertimeplayoff goal his business. Since the infant years, he has been the trusted essence of the Jazz, now one of the most successful NBA franchises. Hasek, outplayed again by Fd Bel- four, wentto his chest to bounce on a shot by Jere Lehtinen, who scored the first goal hours before. But the puck In the past year, he could easily reboundedoutintheslot to Hull, who lifted it into the net. havestrolled off into the sunset to spend moretime with his wife, Bar- bara, his three kids and seven Dallas’ delight at winning a Stanley grandchildren. But you find him these days patrolling the sidelines See STARS, Page B-11 again as coach/savior of the Utah Starzz entry in the WNBA. He'sstill Utah's hoops “rock.”” And Scott is a chip off the old NHL FINALS boulder, Utah's “Cronkite Jr.” Bor- rowing from his dad’s expertise, the oldest of the Layden kids has made a meteoric rise up the pro hoops ladder. He was runner-upin balloting for NBA executiveof the year in Bill Kostroun/The Associated Preas Michelle Akers connects on a headerSaturday, butthe U.S.player wascalled fora foul after charging into Denmark's Christensen Agger(right) in Women’s World Cup socceraction. The U.S.rolled to a 3-0 victory in East Rutherford, N.J. 1995-96 and has molded an NBA. U.S. Easily Wins World Cup Opener championship contender for Utah. One might surmise, gauging by their seemingly endless hours of work, that they are hoopaholics. Not so, say Barbara and Marsha. “People may think we are basketball crazy and mad partying-type people,” says Barbara. Yet, an arm- BY GRAHAMEL. JONES Complete World Cup Schedule B44 LOS AN in-arm walk with his wife, sitting down with a good bookorwaiting EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — “We wanted to start out on the right foot,” for the grandkids to charge through the door are priorities for Frank. “He is intensely loyal to the Jazz, but more loyal to his family.” Scott attended a Jazz game on a Saturdaythis past winter. “No one probably noticed that he left midway through the game,” says Marsha. Scott was coaching the Madeline Choir Schoolin the Catholic League and the team had a gamethat day. Actually, says Marsha, “we have pletely satisfying, performance by the U.S., which is capable of playing much better. “It took us a while to really get our rhythm, but I was very pleased with the win,” U.S. Coach Tony DiCicco said “Three points, that's all we can ask for." The American players acknowledged that the crowd — the largest for a wom- Mia Hammwassaying in the bedlam of Giants Stadium Saturday afternoon. Wrong. It wasthe left foot. Goals by Hamm, Julie Foudy and Kris- tine Lilly — eachof them scored with the left foot — powered the UnitedStates to a 3-0 victory over Denmarkin frontof a sellout crowd of 78,972 to open the third FIFA Women's World Cup en's sporting eventof anykind, let alone “Everyone was excited in the locker room,” Hamm said. “This crowd was ab- solutely unbelievable. It was a very, very proud moment out there.” Added Lilly, who used to come to Giants Stadium to watch the NFL's Jets play football of a different kind: “It wasn't necessarily nerves. It was just the excitementof the whole arena.”” The depth of experience on the U.S. roster was whatearnedit thevictory. All three goals were scored by players who were 1991 world champions and 1996 soccer — inspired them but also caused them someearly jitters. It was a comprehensive, if not com- See U.S., Page B-11 Starzz Rally Past kids “‘sing and dance.” When they of red on the leaders, all of them has a one-shotlead, Phil Mickelson is David Duval are within striking dis- tanceoftheir first Opentitles areall the same. So, Utah “loans” Frank and Scott to their families today for Father's Day. Barbara says a family tradition is “golf for the guys and swimming They hung in mentally when their rounds seemed to befalling apart — Lineup Shake-Up for all of us followed by a buffet dinner." No basketball. The grand. kids — Sarah, Hannah, Mary, Emma, Parker, Kylie and Ashley — and the winner will have to do the same Sunday “I'm so worn out," Woodssaid after completing a 2-over round of 72 that began with a double bogey and bogey on the first two holes, “I knew the BY LYA WODRASKA THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE are morelikely to hear a story or two from Grandpa Frank about Brooklyn or Broadway. Stories that players today, especially the guys on theleaderboard, were going to make Sothe opponentwas only Sacramentoandthis was only the fourth gameof the season. That did not matter to the Utah Starzz, whoneeded the 85-75 win they took from the Monarchs on Saturday at the sons Scott and Mike and daughter Kate can pass down. To outsiders, basketball would seem to have consumed the Laydens See STEWART, Page B-3 @ Christensen LeadsFirst Security ‘Master Strokes’ Goll Tips LPGA, Senior Golf Delta Center. in June — the playoffs, the draft, ‘The Starz were comingoff two embarrassing road summer camps, the Rocky Mountain losses and werestruggling to play well together, af- Revue and now,of course, the Stara ter the recentarrival of their three foreign players What's more, players were questioning some of for Frank — and Barbara, who rarely misses a game. “Wetry nottolet basketball seep to other things. He skipped another practiceearlier into ourlittle corner of the world,” says Marsha — when Scott turns into “activity dad” with dance reci- See STARZZ, Page B-11 tals and shoeshopping with his daughters. Sacramento's Kedra Holland-Corn retains possessionof the basketball after getting hammered by Utah's Adrienne Goodson. Leah Hogetea/The Salt Lake Tribune So, today, Frank and Scott, happy Father's Day froma grateful com munity that, through your ideals, can still believe in role models. SCORE,LUN American League PCL Toronto 7, i Payne Stewart Phil Mickelson Tiger Woods Tim Herron David Duval Vijay Singh Stove Sticker 68-69-72—209 67-70-73—240 68-74-72—241 69-72-70—214 47-70-78—242 69-70-73—242 70-73-69—242 Billy Mayfair 67-72-74—213 A quicklookat keyfinal results in the world of sports Orlando 73, Washington 68 Houston 69, Minnesota 55 Phoenix 76, Cleveland 67 Salt Lake 7, Tacoma 2 iy THE U.S. OPEN Coach Frank Layden's decisions. He didn't participate in Friday's practice, saying he needed to attend Butthere are the quiet times — #F PINEHURST, N.C. — There wasn't much red on the U.S. Open leaderboard on Saturday. But there was a lot just oneshotoff and Tiger Woods and travel, their interests are not related ,COPY BY HANK GOLA NEW YORK DAILY NEWS dening but the reasons Payne Stewart so muchto sports as the arts. WNBA Utah 85, Sacramento75 Los' Angeles 73, Charlotte velo 69 Sole Control At Pinehurst The course wasfirm,fast and mad- Other than Sarah being on the Madeline Choir team, the Layden NHL Finals Dallas 2, Buffalo 1 (3 OT) Stewart Takes bloodied by Pinehurst No. 2. the most un-basketball household in the world.” A Stars win series, 4-2 Game1 — Buffalo 3, Dallas 2 (OT) Game2 — Dallas4, Buffaio 2 Game 3 — Dallas 2, Buffalo 4 Game4 — Buffalo 2, Dallas 1 Game 5 — Dallas2, Buffaio 0 @ame6 — Dallas2, Buffalo 4 (3 OT) Boston 7, Texas 4 Cleveland 10, Seattle 6 Oakland 13, Kansas City 0 Detroit 1 New York 6, Anaheim 2 Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 3 Baltimore 11, Chicago9 (11) National League St. Louis ~w York 6 Los Angeles 8, Philadelphia 1 San Francigto11, Chicago5 Milwaukee 10, Cincinnati 1 Houston 5, Montreal 2 Colorado 10, Florida 2 Arizona 7, Atlanta 3 San Diego 5, Pittsburgh'4 ; Women's World Cup United States 3, Denmark 0 Braxil7,Mexicol China 2, Sweden 1 Canada 1, Japan 1 |
