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Show The Salt LakeTribune World Cup Giant Slalom Season Begins SPORT —Winter Sports, B-6 BJAZZB-2 M COLLEGE FOOTBALL B-3 NHL B-5 B MONDAY OBITUARIES B-7, 8 NOVEMBER 1, 1999 Tour Championship:It’s Tiger’s Time BY DOUG FERGUSON @ Summerhays 2ndin Pacific Bell THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON Years from now, this ‘Tour Championshipwill beeasilydistin: guished by the highlights of so many players wearing knickers to honor the David Phllip/TheAssoctated Press Several players wore knickers in honor of Payne Stewart on Sunday. memory ofPayneS' + As that clipof Tiger Woods holding the trophy? That couldbe just about any tournament Woods closed with a 2-under 69at a lot of strength,” said, referringto the powerful eu fewart’s widow gave during a me al service in Orlando, Fla., on Fri. “If she can have that type of resolve ‘Tracey gave me B-7 Champions Golf Club, giving hima four: stroke victory over Davis Loye Ili and another title in what has become the best season on the PGA Tour in 25 years. While Woods continued his staggering , his victory brought an end to a and sorrowful week in golf as play triedto cope with the Stewart's death er what s transpired, why can’t 1?” Players have worn black ribbons all week. After Fi dg y's service, some wore the WWJD bracelet What Would Jesus Do that Stewart wore when he won the See WOODS, Page B-7 a planecrash on Monday Tiger Woods looks skyward as hetalk about Payne Stewart after winningtt Tour Championship on Sunday. NFL: WEEK 8 Chinese MustWait For Record McNair Shines As Titans Hand Rams Ist Loss China’s womenset world mark in 3,000, but track flaw negates the feat BY JANET RAE BROOKS and BRIAN MAFFLY 1999, 1! PROVO ALT BY TERESA M. WALKER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAKE TRIBUNE Tenn. Quick start Louis Rams the NII ated team. On Sunday, they couldn’ t get goingfast enough jair, playing his first game six weeks following back surgi The red Chineseflags nce The “Go, China, Go”sign was heid high. The Chinese women’s team,it was announcedto an enthusiastic crowd, threwfor two touchdowns and ran for had just set 2 world record in the women's 3,000-meter relay at the World Cup short-track speed skating competition Sundayat the Peaks Ice anotheras the Tennessee Titans held or for a 24-21 victory over the Rams in thie unlikely clash ofthis year’s NFL power Arena. Only after the crowd hadfiled out (6-1) 21-0 in the first The Titans (6-1) outscored the Ram “We wanted to see howthey would re act being down,” said safety Blaine Bish op. “They hadn't been down all year blowing everybody out. They came back out fighting in the second half. Hats off Lo. them. They came back, but we did enoug! to win.” Kurt Warner, whose two fumbles led ( two first-quarter touchdowns, rallied St faulty lane markings had rendered their world record invalid. “Theysaid, ‘No problem, we'll do it next time,’ said chief referee Duane Riley, AddedReinier Oostheim of the Netherlands, “That was their first and only remark — 14 minutes, mort points thanSt. Louis hadgivenup in any game this season. did two officials visit the Chinese locker room to inform themthat in fluid Engli The Chinese suffered an earlier Louis by throwing three touchdown blow when Li Jiajun was handed a rare yellow card in the men’s 1,000 meters for showing disregard forfellow competitors. A second yellow card this year will result in Li's suspensionforthe rest of the season. AmpLee with 2:14 left cut Tennessee's nesehead coach Xin Qingshan. “He has to pay moreattention to things like this. He didn’t do it on purpose, With no timeouts, Wai needed nine plays to get themto the ns 19 with passesin the second half. After Warner's 15-yard TD pass to lead to 24-21, Lorenzo Styles of the Rams recovered the onside kick and gave Warner one more chance to aoe the Rams could win late as well as earl, “J will discipline him,” said Chi- timerunningout. Louis ranJeff Wilkins out to try a 38-yard field goal, but his kick missed but he will be told to be more cautious.” wide right with 7 secondsleft. The Rams Olympic gold medalist Kim DongSung emerged as the weekend star thought they would get one more chance with wins in the men’s 1,000 meters rean also anchored the victorious thanks to a flag for running into the kicker. But officials ruled that Titan: linebacker Terry Killens had been Korean men’s 5,000-meterrelay team, swept the 1,500 meters on Friday and took silverat 500 meters on Saturday. CoachDick Vermeil said and3,000 meters. The 19-year-old Ko- blocked into Wilkins. “We didn’t play very smart,” St. Louis The Rams had outscored opponents 66-9 in thefirst quarter this season, but See WORLD CUP,Page B-6 ‘Tennesseejumped on the Ramsfromthe opening possession. McNair, who wasn't namedthestarter until an hour before kickoff, movedthe Titans 80 yards and capped the drive with a l-yard toss tc LorenzoNeal. See TITANS, Page B-5 John Russell/The Associated Press Tennessee Titans comerback Samari Rolle (21) brings down St. Louis Ramsreceiver Ricky Proehl (87) the hard way Sunday. @ More NFL . B-4 Couch’s ‘Hail Mary’ Answered in Browns’ Ist Win BY MARYFOSTER The entire Cleveland team raced on the field to celebrate the unlikely win, with ‘THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS NEW ORLEANS — With timerunning out on what looked like their eighth straight loss, the Cleveland Browns were desperate, They were also armed. ‘The combination added up to the first vic tory for the first-year expansion team anda shocking sixth straight loss for the New Or- ‘Mogsien/The Salt Lake Tribune Korea's MinsKyung Choi rejoices after taking first place in 3,000 meter women's short-track finals at the 1999 Men's and Women's World Cup held at the Peaks Ice Arena in Provo. 4 NFL Couch pumping both fists and slapping hands with fans. The dejected Saints (1-6) could only walkoff thefield after losing a fourth-quarter lead for the fifth time this season. “There's no use sitting back thinking about how horrible things are,” Saints running back Ricky Williamssaid. “You've got to leansSaints. try to bounce out.” ‘The Browns(1-7) got a chance after New Tim Couch, whoalready had a pair of scoring passes, completed a desperation 56yard touchdown to Kevin Johnson with no time on the clock Sunday for a 21-16 victory. Orleans mismanaged theclock, calling a timeout with 29 secondsleft rather than letting time run down. Doug Brien’s 46-yard field goal with 21 seconds left put the Saints up Couch said, “I put everything I could into it andthrew itas high as I could. It’s aneat way to get your first one.” But Couch, who completed11 of 19 passes for 198 yards, drove the Browns75 yards on three plays, hitting Johnsonin the corner of “| couldn't have thrown it another yard,” SCORELIN 16-14. the end zone despite a swarm of Saints de- fenders around him. “I batted it down and it bounced off someone’s head andhe caughtit,” Saints corner. back Fred Wearysaid. “You can’t do anything about that. They made a lucky play, bottom line.” The Brownspractice the play every week. It didn’t go the way they planned, however. Johnsonsaid he’s supposedto tip the ball, not catch it. But thanks to the big screen in the Superdomeend zone that shows live action, Johnson made theplay. “| was watching the screen andI noticed ‘Tim lettheball go,” Johnson said, “I wasn’t in position to catch theball. I was at the 10-yard line, so I ran into the end zoneand got myself Sce BROWNS,Page B-S A quick look atkeyfinalresults in the world of sports Jacksonville 41, Cincinnati 10 Miami16, Oakland 9 NHL MLS N.Y. Giants 23, Phila. 17, OT Indianapolis 34, Dallas 24 Ottawa 6, Atlanta 4 D.C,2, Columbus 1 Washington 48, Chicago 22 Kansas City $4, San Diego 0 Dotroit 20, Tampa Bay 3 Phoenix 3, Anaheim 0 Cleveland 21, New Orleans 16 " New England 27, Arizona 3 Buffalo 18, Baltimore 10 Atlanta 27, Carolina 20 Tennossee 24, St. Louis 21 POOR COPY Minnesota 23, Denver 20 { ae Dll Peig/The Associated Tim Couch celebratesafter tossing the winning TD: Edmonton 4, Nashville 2 San Jose 2, Washington 1 ‘ Los Angeles 2, Dallas 1 CARTDriver Killed in Accident Greg Moore died from massive head eee teedaeon-— slammed into a concrete wall on Sunday —Tytails, B |