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Show FheKaltLakeSribune SPORT fTlOy, FRIBAY = Vranes’ OT Heroics Lift Cougars 1898 comp-arT. 163-354 460 BYU avoids secondlossin a row despite mix-up over jersey that cost them points 2165 11 12 1999 come-ATT. Dan Robinson Florida International into overtime, then eeawayfor a strange-but-true per. MichaelV\Vranes scored eightofhis 12 nase the night’s biggest defensive play, gameroad trip to the South, so Roberts simply wore Howard's No. 40 jersey in- helping the Cougars improveto 8-2. Yetall that nearly becamea footnote Little-used guard Marc Roberts, pressed into service whenfouls forced But the Cougars survived a uniform screwup that cost them an ill-timed four Cougars to the bench inthefirst half, wore the jersey of center Dan Howard, who is redshirting this year. technical foul Thursday night, forced In Search of Golden Finish points in the overtime, and Terrell Ly- to the Case of the Missing Jersey. MIAMI — Lost laundry nearlylost a game for Brigham Young. Rainbow QB BS His own jersey could not be found when the Cougars were packingfor their two- day scored a career-high 26 points and ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE 3.853 27 18 @ Top 25 College Basketball 83-75 victos BY PHIL MILLER oeee 518 BYU (8-3) vs. Marshall (12-0) == stead, withouttelling the coaches. ‘Thefreshman was unawarethat each team is required to certify before each gamethat the names and numbersin the official scorebook are correct, something that BYU’s director of basketball Jennifer Puh! caught the error just as BYU, up by four with 20 secondsleft in thefirst half, called timeout to set up a final play — she notified the referees, whocalled a technicalfoul and awarded the Golden Panthers two free throws plus possession, In a tight game that had eight leadchanges, those two extra points nearly sentthe Cougars to their second loss in a row. “Tt cost us a timeout and two points, but we werelucky it wasn’t more,” BYU operations Jeff Judkins, unaware of the switch, had done. Whenofficial scorer 11:30 a.m., Monday (ESPN) Former American Fork star Dan Robinson can sew up a See COUGS,Page B-3 Mets Go South To Get Lefty Ace Hampton THEASSOCIATEDPRESS stellar 1999 in Oahu Bowl NEW YORK In a surprising trade they hope will put them back in the World BY KURT KRAGTHORPE Series for the first time since 1986, the New York Mets acquired 22-game winner THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Mike Hampton from the Houston Astros on Thursday, along with slumping out- After a year in college football hell, American Fork’s Dan Robinson will fielder Derek Bell. spend Christmas Day in paradise. In exchange, the Mets sent Houston outfielder Roger Cede= no, rookie right- Actually, he has lived and played in Hawaii thewhole time. The difference is, Robinson and the Hawaii Rainbows have hander Octavio Dotel gone from perfect losers to hometown Oahu Bowl contestants against Oregon ae Having quarterbacked the Bows to one of the biggest turnarounds ever, Robinson is both satisfied and disappointed — only because he got to play just one sea- and minorleaguelefthander Kyle Kessel. “It’s a little bit overwhelming,a little bit shocking,” Hamp- ton said. “It seems like it all happened rather quickly.” Hampton, a 27-yearold left-hander, was son in Coach June Jones’ run-and-shoot passing offense. “It’s sad thatit’s my senior year,” he says. Yet he’s hardly as bitter as he would have been ifhis: had ended last fall — seven years after ‘hisisc American Fork season, instead of eight. At 25, Rob- 22-4 with a 2.90 ERA Mike Hampton last season, winning11 decisions in a row and finishing finished second in voting for the NL Cy Young Award. Hampton was sécénd in the majors in wins, one behind Boston’s Pedro Mar- insonis older than any quarterback who has played for Brigham Young, known for tinez (23-4) and third in the NL in ERA having old sine because of the LDS Church’s mission program. Only Florida State's Chris Weinke, a former pro baseball player, is an older college QB than Robinson. behind Johnson (2.48) and Atlanta’s (Carlos Osorio/The Associated Press BYU Coach LaVell Edwards talks with team members as they practice at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich., Thursday. Chance for Redemption Robinson delayed his Ricks College football career by going on a Sect at misa to Hong Kong, missing three re playing for the Vikings. aac tan two = at Ricks, he went to Hawaii in 1997 and redshirted ae shin splints led to Kevin Millwood (2.68). His 177 strikeouts were ninth in the league. “He’s one competitive, nasty pitcher,” Mets ManagerBobbyValentine said. Hamptonhas oneyear left on his contract at $5.75 million and the Astrostried to sign him to a multiyear deal after the season. Buthe said he wanted totestfree agency next November, and Houston, stress fractures in Thatltt hits with teeyears of Divi Heshimu Robertson missed last year’s bowl game because of an Honor Codeviolation sionI-A eligibility, resulting in a routine, everyda) DECEMBER 24, 1999 misfi BY MICHAEL C. LEWIS Marshall on Monday at the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan, and to Rob- ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE to West Coast offense when Fred vonAppen took over the Hawaii program. Two of- still has not seen last year’s Liberty Fite hin tlie ioe ee Instead, the senior cornerback for ertson, it feels like last year all over again — minus his suspension. The Cougs are coming off a trou- One year later, Heshimu Robertson Bowl. And he has noplans for a belated fensive coordinators later, Robinson was bling loss, just as Young hopes to end his college football career with flourish terback,” he says. “Every we ran a is oie Lele there icecnen they were last seaH son, and they're again playing an enough at the Motor City Bowl to make or something strange would happen. We went out and go the cap Kicked out of undefeated team ym a minor conference with something to prove. The 77Jouba eaves hea ton oll of that Ure: placing vonAppenlast winter, after Hawali initially talked to Utah Coach Ron “T want to go out and shine,” Robertson said. See ROBINSON,Page B-8 The Cougars play unbeaten Thundering Herd even wear green the way Tulane did. Robertson hopes the games come out differently, of course, and his mere presence should help an awful lot. Without Robertson last season, the Cougars were forced to use backup cornerback Rob Warcup, who was targeted by Tulane quarterback Shaun King onthe first play of the game and quite a few thereafter. The Green Wave threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns and scored more points ina win over the Cougs than any team since the Washington Huskies opened the 1997 season with a 42-20 victory. Yet Robertson said he has scarcely thought about his absence from the bowl game lastyear.“It's no big deal,” he insisted. Oh, butit was. Sec CORNERBACK, Page B-3 which has won three consecutive NL Central titles, concluded Hampton wanted more than the team could afford.; Several people who had spoken with the teams said Houston madetaking Bell off its hands the price of getting Hampton; Bell lost his starting job with the As: tros by the endof the seasonafterhitting only .236 with 12 homers and 66 RBIs. { Cedeno hit .313 with four homers, RBls and a team-record 66 steals, secon in the major leagues behind Arizona’s Tony Womack. Dotel was 8-3 with a 5.38 ERA in 14 starts andfive relief appearances, strik- ing out 85 in 85 1-3 innings. Kessel, 23, was 0-1 with a 3.38 ERA for the Gulf Coast League Mets following shoulder surgery, en we 1-2 with a 4.63 ERA atClass A St. uucie, IB Baseball Notebook B2 U.S. Women Gotthe Glory, But Where’s the Power? BY BARRY WILNER NEW YORK — The dispute $. women’s soccer team and the sport’s nation is about more than money. It’s about power. 20 women who won the World last month’s Australia Cup because they do not have new con- minimal of niin sali Bia’. amount month, the players Tuesday they would PtahWor Cup ayer was pald $9,150. Wick betprovebearclet ired Th uw’ games tralia and one ly us- against Norway in Florida in $18,000 iam5 Go a clcolethe ol U.S. Soccer pag about anmillion in preend as early as September, tion preferred negotiations Dec. 1. When U.S. Soccer asked the players to compete under the terms of the —but without any bonus money after each received $7,500 for winning the World Cup — Langel $5,000 a month for January and jeveral aise called the proposal the team for the tournament, At the “insulting,” the hugely successful tournament last Mia Hamm, backward. “The women are more concerned about being treated professionally and courteously ‘than about the money,” Langel said. The dispute, which could jeopardize the World Cupplayers participating in the prestigious Algarve Cupin Poi in March — and long range, perhaps, in the Sydney Olympics — also is about who controls women's soccer in America. —iateehoeDie te crative + , Aa are fied tow to dm federation, which to hee taeeae A. ee reer scoring leader, said it was a step enistion See U.8, SOCCER,Page B-6 Brandl Chastain, loft, Jule ‘Kevork Djancerian/The Associated Presa Foudy, center, and Carla Overbeck celebrate defeating China in the Women's World Cup Final on July 10, i iE A quick look at key final results in the world of sports ER NBA - Dallas 111, Phoenix 110 Vancouver 98, Denver 91 Buffalo 2, Colorado 1 ‘Toronto 4, New Jervoy 1 Top 25 Women's Basketball #1 UConn 106, #6 UCLA 64 N.Y. Islanders 4, N.Y, Rangers 2 thew Jarey unde 4 Orlando 110, Charlotte 108 Portland 111, Golden State 91 L.A. Clippers 97, Sacrainento91 Atlanta 4, Philadelphia 4, tie Top 25 Men's Basketball Minnesota 100, Seattle 103 eee ee Milwaukee 94, San Antonio 91 WHL ~c ompteary (Ottawa 4, Carolina 3 eee Calgary 2, Rdmonton 1 Louisville 97, ’ #6 North Carolinn 90 ———3 _——— Stemsbee St. Louls 2, Nashville 2, tie #8 Florida 90, N.C. Wilmington 63 ‘Tulsa 88, #11 Tennessee 68 #18 UCLA 109, South Florida $8 OT Wa Connecticut 04, Fulrfleld 00 Kentuckyo0, n6 Michigan State 58 #9A DePaul 62, Northern Hlinols | |
