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Ss The Salt LakeTrib Tribune— SPORTSS__Wednesday, ‘November 21, 201 BrownSigns With Aggies JtahState has signed Mark foot-11 point guard ack Junior€ ollege in Mission vei jo, Calif. Suzuki Edges Giambi for MVPTuning In AL star becomes Japanese Sensation only 2nd rookie ‘since Fred Lynnof the Boston Red Soxin 1975. Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki, became the first rookie to win the MVP Slug. to win award AB fluns Hits HR RBI Avp. pel. 692 127 242. 8 69 390 .457 BY RONALD BLUM MV! Pof the Or- Utah = AROUND inhigh school, Brown led Tucson's SantaRita toa ‘ championship “Hepossesses outstanding basketball skills as well as tre lership potential,” NEW YORK zuki won his fourth Most Valuable Player Award, just like Barry Bonds. Only the pan. no wayI can com the MVPs in the two .” Suzuki said Tues: iu JSU One coach Stew. Morrill scoutingservice ranked Brown the third-best point guard in the West. Hechose the Aggies Diego State and Pitts- 'No matter how y times I won MVPin Ja: pan, that does not mean | could play with total confidence Suzuki, who cameto the ma ajor leagues after nine sea sons in Japan's balloting by .the ri SUU Loses:Southern Utah lost 68-57 Monda day after he became only the second rookie MVP in the ma- Pacific League, received11 first-place votes and 289 points to win the American League MVPin Basketball Montana State on ally Johnsonled the Batting avg. Hits Steals Baseball Association of tightest MVPrace since Juan Gonzalez defeated Alex. Rodriguez 290-287 for the 1996 AL award and Hed for the 10thnarrowest ry margin since MVP suerte began in 1931 “I didn’t expect I would be the one to win,” Suzuki said througha translator. The only other rookie to win the MVP was Boston’: Fred Lynnin 1975. Last Suzuki received27 of28, first! placevotes inballoting for AL Rookieof the Year. n Giambi, last year’s ALMVP, got cight first-place 2 The 28-year-old outfielder, the first rookie to win a College Basketball: Maui Invitational | fifth-place game, Soto Hel ve. Kaneas, cei 342with 98 homers ahd 120 RBIs for the Oaklandf Athletics, then be- free agents, and the New York Yankees intend sively court him. 350 242 56 “The Assoctalpd votes and 281 points. It was the Open (tape), 9 p.m. hing important to me,” even one element can’t be a gbod playe World Series. He is expected to be oneof the most sought-after Ichiro Suzuki led the AL in multiple Categories this season. Ichiro Su. “I think balance is ny! Press to aggres- Seattle second baseman Bret Boone, whohit .331 with 37 homers and 141 RBIs, was sevenfirst-place votes and 259 impressing voters with his! speed andhis strong arm. His 242 hit8 were a rookie record, the mostfor anyonesince Bill Terry's 254 for the 1930 New York Giants. Suzuki was the Pacific League’s MVP in 1994, 1995 and 1996, and wonseven batting titles before joining the Mariners and becoming the first Japanese non-pitcher in the major leagues, Suzukisaid it’s his Variety of skills that make him an Seattle paid the Orix Blue Wave $13,125,000 after the 2000 season for the rights to Suzuki, then gave him a three-year contract that guaranteed him $14,088,000.It turned outto be a bargain. Suzuki, who got a $75,000 bonus for winning the rookie award, gets a $150,000 bonus for the MVP. Giambi: gets $75,000 for finishing second, Alomar $100,000 for fourth, Gonzalez $100,000 for fifth and Rodriguez $50,000 forsixth. ‘Thunderbirds with 16 points and BASEBALL NOTES signed Shantee Releford, a 6-0 Oates ceAfter Brain-Tumor Surgery guard/forwardfromLayton Christian High, and Annie Fish. er, a 6-1 forward from Bozeman, Mont. WSU coach Carla Taylor says Releford he oneofthe mostathletic playe ever had in theprogré Fisher is a “true [power whowill fit well intoours ers and Baltimore Volleyball UVSC Loses:Western Nebra e Collegein five games in the terfinals ofthe national jun: ior college tournament at West Plain: Mo.Ne fern Nebraska 6 2 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. aratee major aes manager Johnny Oates underwent surgery Tuesday for a brain tumorandwaslisted in good condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital Oates, who managedthe Texas Rang- 13. Orioles, was diag: nosed Nov. 5 with the most aggressiveform ofabrain tumor after he became weak and startedslurring his speech, During thefivehour operation, doctors removed a significant portion of Pac-10 player of the weekfor thethird week iing r nifens tiletyt ating ArizonaState and No. 4 Arizona. She recorded45kills in the two matches, All-Academic: BYU's Nina Puikkonen, UtahState's Tanya McArthur-Birch and Weber State’s Stephanie Metcalf were i to the Verizon Academic District VII secondteam. Football BYU on ESPN2: ESPN2 has selected Brigham Young’s final two regular-season gamesfor na- ‘tionaltelecasts. The Cougars will visit MississippiState on Dec.1 (kickoff: 6 p.m. MST)and Hawaiion Dec. 8 (2 p.m. at in their questfor a 18-0 record and a Bowl Champion‘ship Series invitation. : All-Academic:Utah line‘backer Brooks Bahr (first team) and center Dustin McQuivey ‘(second team) were named to the Verizon AcademicDistrict VII ‘squads, glioblastoma multiforme tumor. The average survival rateis abouta year. Boston Claims Clark Tony Clark,an All-Star who led the Detroit Tigers in RBIs this year with 75, was claimed off waivers by the Boston Red Sox. Around the Horn Johnny Oates planted a chipto treat the remaining portion during chemotherapy. ‘The 55-year-old Oates, who was alert and awake afterthe surgery, is expected Expos: Claude Delorme, the Montreal Expos’vice president of development andstadium operations,said negotiations to replace the currentlease at Olympic Stadium — whichexpires on Ni 30 — to be hospitalized for several days, are takingplace with the provincial gov- tional information be released, hospital um. Oates’ family requested that noaddi- ernment agency that operates the stadi- spokesmanTrent Stocktonsaid. Oates, wholives in Matoaca, Va.,hasa Billy McMillon andutility infielder F.P. Santangelo.Santangelostarted at second base for Oaklandin Game4 of the divi- Clark, whohit .287 with 16 homers,is. eligible for salary arbitration this winter and free agency after next season. Detroit apparently did not want to payhis salary, expected to be in excess of $7 million. Clark,29, has a .277 career average with 156 homers;In 28 games at Fenway. Park,he has a .382 average with six homers and 24 RBIs. the tumor and im- Highland High, was Athletics: Oaklandsigned outfielder. Mike Colangeloandreleased outfielder sion series with the Yankees, making an errorthatstarted a rally during New York's victory. Cardinals: Catcher Mike Difelice, released by Arizona in September, agreed to.a $800,000, one-yearcontract with St. Louis. DiFelice has a .241 batting average in 352 majorleague games. Angels:Abe Flores, whospentthe semption into the finals after win‘ning twice in Japan this year and ‘will join former Cougars Jimmy ‘Blair and Eduardo Herrera in sthe field. The top 35 finishers (plus ties)in the 108-hole event ‘will advance to the tour in 2002; ‘the next 50 will earn full privi‘leges on the Buy.com Tour. Coral on: Hurricane’s ‘new Coral Canyon GolfCourse ‘will stage the inaugural Coral ‘Canyon Open Championship ‘tournament Jan.5-6, A pro-am ‘will be held Jan, 4, For more information,call (435) 688-1700. Radio NBA:Nets at Jazz,7 p.m. (KFNZ-AM 1320). Lack of Snow -Cancels Some Colo. Races America’s Olympicski season is off to a shakystart. Race officials announced Tuesday that some World Cup competitions scheduled during the next two weeks in Colorado have been canceled. Amen’sgiantslalom scheduled for Saturday at Aspen has been dropped, as well as a downhill and super-G slated for the next week at nearby BeaverCreek. ‘Temperaturesjust weren't cold enoughto coat the nearly 2-mile Birds of Prey course at Beaver Creek with artifi- por cial snow,resort IN BRIEF Officials said. “Crewsconcentrate on making. snowa sectionata timeto achieve an optimum racingsurface.It’s not a case ofjust pumpingout snow,” said John Garnsey, chief operating of- ficer at Beaver Creek. A women’sgiant slalom scheduled for today at Copper Mountain is still planned. Two men’sslaloms remain ficials are optimistic. the state Supreme Court on Tuesdayto reverse a judge’s orderthat forces the team to play next season. The appeal was filed just hours after ex-Twins Kirby Puckett, Kent Hrbek, HarmonKillebrew and Bert Blylevenpleaded with an 18member governmenttask forceto doallit can to keep the Twinsin the state. Base- ball owners voted Nov.6 to fold two teams next season. weatherforecastinto the weekend,of‘There was nospecific plan for = schedulingthe giantslalom, downh' and super-Graces,although it ee anticipated the events would be held sometimelaterin the season. NHL Panther Suspended:Florida Panthers center Jason Wiemer was suspended by the NHL for seven games for high-sticking Toronto’s Darcy Tuckerandleaving him with aconcussion. Wiemerwill also forfeit $41,043.80 in salary. Parsley, Dewitt U.S.’s Best Hopesin Igls Austrian track is geared for the fast sprint-starters LemieuxAiling: Mario Lemieux’s sore hip, that was oper- ated on last month,will keep the Pittsburgh Penguins star outat least one more gameand probably two. Lemieux will miss his secondstraight gametoday against Vancouver and mostlikely will sit out Friday’s game at Nashville,too. College Football BY SKIP KNOWLES ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Northridge Cuts Football: Cal State Northridgepresident Jolene There are sports Koester announced theschoolis discontinuingits DivisionI football program to avoid looming budget deficits that were heading toward $1 million with pressure,and thenthere is skeleton. Knowing the gforces will force her helmetto theice at 80 mph when she enters the circular 360-degree turn in the Igls, Austria, World Cup race today, top U.S. female pilot Leeann Parsley will lay her per year. CougsPencil In Sun Bowl: face mask downon theice, count out a pinned totheice. If she guesses wrong, she pinballs her way to the bottom. When a pilot falls off the sled at freeway speeds, she mustroll around in a spin to keep one piece of skin from being exposedfor more than a second, A painful, lasting burn is the penalty for not makinglike acat on ahot-tin roof. “It’s like being onahotgriddle,” Parsley explains. “You slow down, but your sled doesn’t,so youfight togetbackonit. It feels like someone is trying torip it away from you.” ? The whole American team is on a hot griddle rightnow, in ‘Shootout, indiana vs. Alaska-Anchorage, 9:30 p.m. (ESPN2). NBA:Nets atJazz,7 p.m. (FSN). Twins:Lawyers for Major League Baseball and the Minnesota Twins asked After a loss to Washingtonin the Ap- ple Cup, No. 15 WashingtonState accepted a conditional invitation to to fly on downthetrack. She won't be ableto see it with her face Golf NIT semifinal, Wake Forest vs. Fresno State, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2); Great Alaska scheduled at Aspen for Sunday and Monday. Aspenis close to sae its slalom courses prepared, and with a cold rhythm mentally andtry andto hit the exit + Q@-school: Former BYU ‘golfer Dean Wilson, a Japan ‘Tourstar, will play in the final istage of the PGA Tour Qualifying eerie beginning Nov. 28 ‘at West Palm Beach, Fla. Wilson ‘was awarded an international ex- consolation last nine yearsas a scoutfor the Colorado Rockies, was hired by Anaheim as manager of baseball operations. Flores replaces Tony Reagins, promoted to director of player development. SKELETON WORLD CUP IGLS, AUSTRIA — 1:30 p.m. (ESPN); Maui Invitational third in the balloting with batting title since Tony Oliva points, followed by Cleveland in 1964, led the AL with a 350 second baseman Roberto Aloaverage and topped the major Thar(165), Gonzalez (156) and leagues with 56 stolen bases, i Rodriguez (141). CarolineHeatonadded 14, SUU will meet Marshall on Thurs nightin Fresno Sta e's tourna ment. WSURecruits: Weber State's women’sprogramhas | Television | Golf: PGA of America, PGA Grand | Slam of Golf (tape), 6 p.m lg PGA Tour of Australasia, Holden Australian cameaffree agent after the Head of the class THE SSOCIATED PRESS state tournament. He was named MVP-caliber player. UR Point Guard several ways, Parsley is fighting an ear infection. Park City's Lincoln Dewitt was ranked first in the world going into the Konigsee, Germany, race last week butlost the yellow jersey and failed to makethetop15. Jim Shea and Chris Souleare off to goodstarts and must dowell to keep a high team ranking. Igls is a great track for fast sprintstarters such as Dewitt and Swiss pilot ‘Salt Lake Tribune File Photo Leeann Parsley, America’s top female skeleton pilot, will take on the track in Igls, Austria, with its 360-degree turn,in World Cup competition today. last week’s victor at “T like this track because it has such a Konigsee.Stahli is a former world cham- long start,” said Pederson, a former sprinter and world champion.“It’s taken Gregor Stahli, pion who came outof retirement after years ofwaiting for skeletonto be accepted into the Olympics. Skeleton last appeared in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and this headfirst luge returns to the Gamesat Salt LakeCity in February. Stahli has blistering start this year, and he, Dewitt, Jim Shea and Martin Rettl of Austria are favorites at Igls because of their start speeds, said Snorre Pederson, top malepilot for Norway. U.S. coach Ryan Davenport said Shea is driving well in training runs and Chris Soule is even better. German pilotSteffi Hanzlik and Swiss pilot Maya Pederson (Snorre’s wife) are the women to four years butI feel I can driveit now.” Igls is an easily navigated buttechnical track, The slightest errors cost hundredths. Manypilots know it intimately, having raced onit for years, and they are tough to beat, said Parsley. “You need a million runs to do well here,” Snorre said. “They rebuilt the outrun three times because people keep getting faster on it and ran out of room to. play in the Sun Bowlon Dec.31. The acceptance is contingent on the Cougars not being selected for a Bowl ChampionshipSeries game. Soccer ; English Strike Looms: Englands soccer players called an unprecedented strike for Dec. 1 after union chief Gordon Taylor said talks overtelevision revenue broke down. The leaguesaid it would seek a court injunction to stop the strike, which wouldbe thefirstin the history ofthe English game Boxing son Bout Set: Mike Tyson, Stop. Paley is the top U.S. gun right now with teammate Tricia Stumpf injured, Stumpf, of Park City, hopes to return in December. in line to challenge WBC and IBF champion Lennox Lewis,will fight Ray Mercer on Jan. 19. The 10-round pay-per-view match was announced by Showtime. Softball College : Alta High's Sinn signed with the University of Utah and teammate Quela Henderson has ‘signed with Utah State. — The Salt Lake Tribune Canadians Reload Roster for 2002 With NaganoVets BY PHIL MILLER ————— ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Today BYU vs Cal Poly at Long ot ., 6 p.m, MST; Boise State at 5 p.m.;Utah vs. Hawaii at Stockton, Bouck ‘p.m. MST; Weber State at Long ‘State, 3 p.m. MST ante at Women's Basketball; Westminster at Mesa Stato, 6 p.m. Lynx Guard Has Sui Minnesota guard Betty Len- inalwilhaearthroszpihip ive ichip ‘on Monday.Le was in- oe Campus Calendar Men's Basketball: Pro Hoops ‘Australia at SLCC, 7:30 p.m. WNBA OLYMPIC WOMEN’S HOCKEY i CALGARY, Alberta If the 2002 Olympic women's hockey—final is a U.S. core of each team remembers well the Americans’ 3-1 victory in the first Olympic women’s hockeyfinal, It’s a history the Canadians, who have wonall seven world championships since will rely on goaltenders with no Ona ae a: Small, the team’ “ " goalie jagano who maar played, is the iikely ‘aoe morthis time, with ee Labonte her backup, ee Game,asexpected, the uniforms willnotbe the only things that seem the same. jing for our team,” emphasized coach Daniele Sauvageau. and Delaney Canada rematch of the 1996 gold-medal correct. {he touramnent in1990intend to “Today began represent ‘The Canadian national women’s team was selected Tuesday,and 11 players from the silver medalists in Nagano are among the 21 who will try to win gold in Salt Lake ie ee, ‘The current U.S. roster, which will be pared from 25 players in about three weeks, includes 14 Nagano veterans, sothe if ‘The Canadian roster includes defender ‘The Canadian team meetsTeam USA in ‘Therese Brisson, who scored five goals in of the 1998 games, second most in the tournament, forward Hamilton, Ontario, The teams meet again who had 10 points and nine assists. Also in early January in Chicago, Detroit and included is forward Wickenheiser, Vancouver heading to 2002 Canada’s all-time leading scorer. Butforall the veterans, Team Canada Games, pmiller@sitrib.com y fared June 2during Minnesota's 7163 victory at Detroit. Etc, Wheaties to Feature Thorpe: Jim , the American Indian once “the world’s greatest athlete,” will soon the cover ofa Wheaties box. Thorpe is known for winning both the pentathion and detathion in the 1912Olympics in Swe. den, ane eththe New York lant, and the Boston Braves, — Staffand News Services |
