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Show Fumbling The Salt Lake Tribune NBA B3 Denver 99, New Jersey 95 (OT) Vikings ‘Sacramento 113, Houston 77 la Toy wpe Still Beat B Carolina §, Columbus 2 ‘Atanta 3, Buttalo 2 NEUPAGE 6-2 Toronto §, Florida 1 NY. Islanders 3, Dallas 2 @ AUTO RACING: DEATH TOLL SURPRISINGLY HIGH B-4, 5 on S @ OBITUARIES B-8 a re rs TUESDAY WB CLASSIFIEDS B-10 NOVEMBER20, 2001 Mr. MVP wa r Barry Bonds became thefst player in baseball history o win four Most Valuable Player Awards. Bonds hadone of the greatest offensive seasons in baseball history, breaking Yr NL slugger broke: home run record BY RONALDBLUM ‘THE = a League MVPina landslide tocap a record-breaking season in which his 73 home runs broke decades-old records as well as establishing NEW YORK — Barry Bonds is : other twofirst-place votes and Tod: said Mondayafter becoming the Bonds is coming off a $30.7 million, three-year contract, and. can start trans- lating his. statistics into c ballots and438 points in voting by negotiate salaries withall teams. Borasis seeking a contract of up tofive season,Bo rs. Sincetheend ofthe talked ji “The most important thing for. of America. me is winning,” Bonds said. “I re- WhileGiants’ teammateshave “Once you've won it a few times, the standards for you are ally wantto have anopportunity to win. I'veplayed alongtime,” been’ cool to Bonds, hefeels ap: preciatedby the Bay areafans.He difficult to said. very achieve it again. _The-37-year-old outfielder hit Friday His newagent, Scott’ Boras, remark: modified his client's a new homerunrecord. AB ‘ Runs Hits HR RBI Avg. Slug. pct |= 476129 156 73 137 328 4 A 863 Makinghistory Major-league records Association very high,” Bonds “] just want to be wanted,” he courseit is, This is a business,” finished secondwith 278 points. baseball's biggest season record. the Baseball Writers’ lookingforaffection, not moneyor trophies. He's likely to wind up with all three. ‘ Francisco Giants. Chicago Cubs. Meawe von veh Notional” gueteiner Sammy Sosa got the Boras said He received 30 of 32 firstplace That's thefirst day free agents can ASSOCIATED PR ae Valuable Player Awards. dealingwith gener: hasbristled at his image set by Bonds thi a de tached and sometimes selfish wis season. 73 Previous record 70 (Mark McGwire, 93) Slug. pet, 863 847 (Babe Ruth, ’20) Walks 177 170 (Babe Ruth, '23) HR . ee : ? vcA‘Perfect’ Race first player to win four Most .328 with 137 RBIs for the San “Is this about money? Of BYU Stands See BONDS,Page B-6 ‘TheAssociated Press NCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Cougars hope for Miami, Se this week Nebraskawins BYU: women dominatefield, cruisetotitle BY MICHAEL'C. LEWIS THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Bynow, it might seem like second nature tothe Brigham YoungCougars andtheir fans to cheer against all of the college football heavyweights ranked higher than BYU. But this weekend, the Cougs will want to cheerfor the top two. BY MICHAEL YOUNT THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE BrighamYoung women’s cross The Miami Hurricanes and Nebraska Cornhuskers,, country cos Patrick Shane went to sleep Sunday night with high hopesfor his second-ranked the only two un- BCS STANDINGS His plans included a beaten teams aside from BYU, fn cefinish forhis top run: RAOKTEOM oo ocssnseeseenene poi, Could. hold the 4. Nebraska 287 Ee 2 Miami key to the Cougars’ chance to ner, Tara Northcutt, withthe four other scorers somewhere in the top26, which would virtually en | .............525- peach the Fiesta. 4, Florida .......,....995 5. Oregon ..........:18.22 Year's Day.Still 13th in the Bowl though. Reality wasabitbetter. The Cougars not only won a 8. Illinois ........... 19.76 veleased ,their 86-point margin ofvictory 3. . Oklahoma | sure BYUan NCAAtitle. - 813 Bowl on New | Those were just dreams, 6. Texas ............1439 Championship 7. Tennessee ........1495 Series standings third NCAAtitle in five years Mondayin Greenville, S.C., but Mon- over runner-up North Carglina State was also the largest in 2281 day,the Cougars 9, Stanford .... Reed to’ move Michigan’......... 2807 10. 11. Washington 25.65 ay the ee / egg NC.‘AAch become eligible 12 Manan... 2599 forthe Festa, 13, Brigham Young ...26.49 ang they almost 14. Washington St. .... 29.74 apo s just one of those situations whereyourteamh perfect race from top to bottom, Shanesaid. The Cougars scored62 points tothe Wolfpack’s 148. No. 1 Stanford, the only team to beat certainly will do 15. Colorado ......... 9087 thatif Nebraska Tae winsat Colorado BYU this season, fifth with . “In the 31 ye I've been coaching, I've neverhad this kind perfect on Friday and Miami beats Washington at home Saturday. Then again, the Cougars would be among thetop 12 already, if not for the opinionsof a precious few sportswriters or that weak schedule. ‘overthelast five seasons ning titles in 1997 and '99 nd BYU scored 26.49 points this week in the BCS formula based on national polls, computer rankings, strength of schedule, losses and “quality” wins, and trailed Maryland by only 0.5 points. That’s the precise effect of BYU’sfalling onespotto ninth in the AP Top 25 after the Terrapins came back to beat placing second in ‘98 and 2000 Monday's nance q 5 something special runner thaneighthat nationals, and two Misa Manova infifth and Jessie Kindschi in seventh topped North Carolina State and win the ACC championship Saturday. The Cougars trail the Terrapinsin thatpoll 1,197 to 1,188,after beating Utah to win the Mountain West Conference championship. The Cougars also would be among the top that’ Monday, with Northcutt ninth. The gap between their top runnerandtheirfinal scorer was just 30 seconds, stat 12 if their schedule were ranked merely91st, like San Jose State’s, rather than 104th. a phenomenal See BCS,Page B-5 Asidefrom BYU's sheer dominance, perhaps theonly surprise was the team’s order of finish. Grizzlies Lose five finish in herlast race. She placed ninth in 20 minutes, 55 seconds over the 6kilometer course. Shane was impressed that Northeutt, a two-time All American, was aimingfora top Spaces eeeS wreeoe Northeutt anoffda still she finishes ninth. Had [== Erskine But Add Kapanen had a good day, she would have wonit.” BYU's Misa Manova(148)runstoa fifth-placefinish at the NCAA cross country championship in Greenville, S.C. Manova wasthe —topfinisher to lead BYU:to thenationaltitle. ntedto leavethe team See COUGARS,Pag: B-10 BY BRETT PRETTYMAN ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE eeneee peer Snap Losing Streak, Raeeens raiwsaiwoneirm! Keep Playoff Hopes Intact eos ankle injury Saturday, and for Jyrki Lumme, BY BRETT PRETTYMAN whomtheStars placed on waivers Monday. “This is a great oppor- tunity for John. He has SALT LAKE TRIBUNE 2 Labrum was referringtoa nasty elbow from Saguin the last meeting between the teams, a 7-5 Dallas Nov. 10. The league victory in Texas on suspended Sagu for PiscebeakthelrpayerHobeatveand one game, whichallowedhimtoplayin Dallas’ David a ae Se oe FREEZZ6 Prsh's ot ‘i pare well exe, torte as to continue playing allowed forward Justin Labrum to settle 5 the last gameof the season between the teams. levelto stay there,” Utah crowd of 7,477 at the E Center, SIDEKICKS3 aiin arow,broke the the same wayat the NHL John Erskine coach Don Haysaid. “He can stepinto their system and play well, He just needs to continue moving the puck ahead and play physical,” Erskine, a second-year pro, had one goal and five points in 20games with the Grizzlies. With Dalias looking to get rid of Lumme by placing him on waivers, this could be Erskine’s chance to make the Dallas roster. “If he shows he's capable and he brings a level of See GRIZZLIES,Page B-8 4 THE a Labrum scored two goals against Dal- las goalkeeper Sagu to keep Utah (8-12) in also had wonfourofthefive games be- remaining in the regular season. “{ told the team before game I wanted ‘The victory was Utah's last home game of the regular season, but Utah some redemption. I wanted a winand five or 10 goals,” said Labrum, who moved into a tie with Ato Leon ofSacramentoat the top of the league’s goal scoring list with 21. “A couple of goals makes me feel a little better personally,” tah's Brocl idekicks’ three-game Varoz to oon streak, Dallas the WISLplayoff race; ahalf-game behind the St. Louis Steamers with four games Doyle,right, Utah, which hadlost headthe bait Monday night tween the teams before Monday. at the E player/coach Jeff Betts said he expects the Freezz to return for a playoff game. “Wehadbeenplaying wellthelast four games, we just haven't been able to put Freezz defeated the Sidekicks 6-3, See FREEZZ,Page B-6 J Center: The enter, Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune |
