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Show aVises ak TheSaltLakeTribune @ TRACK: JOHNSON WINS 110 HURDLES C-3 m GOLF: FURYK TIED FOR BUICK LEAD C-6 M WEATHER C-6 AUGUST 10, 2001 With Playoffs Ahead, Starzz Upbeat Utah’s enthusiasmstill intact despite blowout at New York Sports Peeves: From the BCS To Mega Money BY LYA WODRASKA the regular season and play Phoenix (11-18) tonight in the Delta Center. Playoff tickets — the first sold Lary pedro hyelepng tt oes Ped (11-18) on Sunday and at Seattle on by the Starzz — go on sale after the game and range from $10 to $62. Each round ofthe eight-team WNBA playoffs is epee cists Bak. Utah travels to MinSe ny enipare nomen eee best-of-three, with the first game being at the home THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE The Utah Starzz would havepreferred to come home with their wi inning streak intact. But not even losing to New York by 19 points Wednesday has dampened their eee as the end of the season approat ‘The Starzz (17-12) have just three games left in Fifty things I can't stand in, Artificial ofthe lower seed. Utah still is vying for second place in the Western Conference and remains a game behind Hous- ton (18-11). The Starzz are tied with Sacramento in ms isn’t the time of year when we can hang Marie Ferdinand said. “The last the we fost fot Phoenix cn July Aft WA cara beck third place. Houstonplays at Los Angeles (26-3) on Saturday, at home against Minnesota (10-19) on Monday and In addition to playoff See STARZZ, Page C-5 at Phoenix on Tuesday. Tonight Phoenix. at Utah 7p.m.,KIZZ KFNZ-AM 1320 around,and about sports. . . A HUNGRY TIGER Utah Native MaySkate pol 8. Any andall versions of the BCS. For Gold 9. Thegreedy, two-faced commis- sioners of college football who run the BCS as a means ofstopping a true 16- team playoffso that the payouts generated by the cocaet will continue funneling into the pockets of Konowalchuk invited to U.S. Olympic orientation camp chosen bakoecue and schools who grubthe booty all to themselves, once again proving Orwell’s idea thateverybodyis equal, someeaemore equal than others. Ani 10. TV timeouts. 11. Corporate names on arenas, BY BRETT PRETTYMAN THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE ballparks, stadiums,halftime shows, statistical updates, scoreboards and The only Utah native ever to slow-motionreplays. play in the NHL may get a chance to skate for Olympic hockey gold in his homestate this February. * Steve Konowalchuk has been invited to a US. Olympic 18. Draw plays on third-and:20. 19. Juiced baseballs. orientation 21. That smug look on Kobe Bry- Springs, Colo. camp Sept. 4-7 20. Juiced hitters. in ant’sface. 22. Seven-footers whobull their Colo cy E He will skate with 14 play- eetoie rim, bumpingdefenders again, clearing a nemath named to the @ roster C3 2002 team and Mes 22 others vying for the lait nine roster spots. othe peettge to who complain that newrules allowing zone caine will ally pure basketball and ruinthe game. 23. 5-foot-9, 275-pound, middle-aged cee who a they don’t like watching USAHockey released its camp roster Thursday, butofficials say players not at the four-day gathering also could be named to the Olympic team before the Dec. 22 en’s game mitt‘spectact thatthe best female players in the deadline, world can't do anything on the court that they caniido. t 24. Tugging-yanking-scratchingspitting-chewing rituals by major Jeague hitters that elongate every at- 25. Coaches who preface eve omer with the words, “Iiy‘all you what PaulFraughton/The Salt Lake Tribune Orem cuaitectii lin Heimuli works out earlier this week. He passed for 1,300 yards and 11 TDs last season. = ‘That Bobby Knight was rehired. icasters whouse the word BY NEIL K. WARNER “nawhen referring to the team they re \ | SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE \ 28. Broadcasters whouse the words “yellow-bellied, lily-livered cheats” when referring to the opponents of cee they cover. andcollege referees who ous ‘to know the exact placement of the football on fourth-and-short af- tera ‘ing play on which nobody cual possibly know whetherthe first oun was actually picked up. OREM — There is no need to calculate some complicated mathe- matical formula to forecasta winnerin Region 7 prep football. . It’s simple: Juststart at quarterback. “It’s always a bonus when you havea quarterback that’s been starting since he was a sophomore,”said Mountain View coach Randy Rehrer.“It provides so much leadership. Really, everything starts with your leadership at quarterback.” That makes Orem a natural pick. Lastyear,the Tigers were re last oo the old Region3 of Class 5-A. Now,the 30. That Anna Kournikova cannot seem to Win a tournament. 81. Afiy tattoo larger than a man- the tak ofthe new Region TILA,henketoa solid groupof: ee ever, including quarterback Martin Heim hole cover. 32. The hockey rule requiring evfae outof the eee end if slips past the blue line. 83. Little League coaches who think they're managing in the ma- » Aiere fill ear el tiatig oacs ALCoe cobsen’soffense, Heimuliis primed for a mon- = ster season. “Everyone's going to come outandtry to put him outof the game,”Jacobsen said. “They're jors. 34. The music man who taught every marching band in America the same five tunes. 35. The two-week run-up to the Super Bowl. 36. NBA players whoimpersonate going to try to takethe ball out ofhis hands. No matter. Showing an ag- Guaranteed contracts poletog ne ‘Seasons thatfill the calcawh arte atit meaningless Stingers comeback wastear all Bevel Bruske's fault.a Bt Owners wh extort new sa who buy franchises Siieetvelecehe Weesihd esd dh nies Ure: — and ruining — the games we to love. « W Wy rallied for a 10-7 victory that sent pcuetatoun trip frame mind. Larry Barnes and Jose Fer. STINGERS nandez homered, and reliever 51g Toby Borland won his seventh mbox, game by quieting a Las Vegas of- - fense that had been lining hits all over Franklin Covey Field. The combination allowed Salt Lake to maintain its three-game lead over second-place keep intact its perfect single, double and then game's deciding hit, a triple by Alfredo Amezaga, during a fourrun sixth inning that gave Salt 10 Lake the ane fi 7 4 “We knew we'd scote runs,” who Lake City and played in the Salt Lake Amateur HockeyAssociation with Brian. Realizing that Utah was not place to develop future NHL play- See KONOWALCHUK, Page C-3 Reliever missing for a week, the and twochildrento visit his older brother, in Minnesota — was unavailable for comment Thursday. But he told The Salt Lake Tribune in May 2000 thatit would be an “ultimate dream” to makethe U.S. Olympic team and “come back to where it all started.” Konowalchuk was born in Salt See HEIMULI, Page C-2 “Tran track last year to try and work on my speed, and I’ve been working lot of throwing the short routes,” Heimuli said. “Last by victimizing former teammate Jim Bruske for five runs in 5% innings. The Stingers benefited from their familiarity Fee seen, Soerrent Carry Tyaapieten Gressiveness on the and a patience at the plate thathad been turning from a trip with his wife year, I would overthrowit then when I would adjust, I'd underthrow hasn't made him lackadaisical. “We knew Bruske has a good curve and a good change, and we knew if we waited for them, we'd get a good ” a Pa aeee Lc they were being outhit 15-1 and outscored 6-1 at the time, blade bobskates to the bottom of his shoes. Konowalchuk — who was re- ers, the boys’ parents — Wally and Linda Konowalchuk — moved to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, when Steve was 15. “Tt never cameeasy for him. He was taken offalmostevery team he tried outfor,” Linda Konowalchuk said Thursday her Murray Atfirst glance, Heimuli looks overqualified for the job. His uncles, Lakei and Hema, were standout BYU running backs,and heis a four-sport letterman,buthis past success Stingers Shake Off Doldrums The Salt Lake Stingers finally recov- ‘SATURDAY REGION 6 We'vegotto try to limitthehits he takes.” Heimuli returns to lead offense for Orem in first season of new division BY PHIL MILLER ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE — 7 strapped dual- leton said of the Stingers, the PCL in scoring. “We haven't been playing that well, but we can score, . . . ways seems to be a team that has your number, and for us it's Las Vegas.” AH, PHOOEY! |