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Show 968 Saturday, March 1, 1997 SPORTS Standarc+Examimar Teed . | : ' SPORTS BRIEFS Twenty-fifth running of IditarodAg a have marked ithe waning days «of winter with an ‘hibition endurance con- Penguins’ Jagr could be gut for another two weeks nized the race in ritics Who bie. 1973 despite nce again said It Was Impossi- crosses he heart of Jaromur Jagr ‘iret-game abdse ithe a little more ‘tate and ends in ‘Nome thadnit been used in more than 40 Zo ears. @ 4! might. ‘Bven as imushers gath- if [ditarod ‘be acing for a Miss boday's game < ‘horwards Ron Francis Hicks pot through and Ale» ithe Rec ‘Wings game with mo apparen unju Bothenseman ypracticed raig riday, as Muni on a ‘trail meticulously groomed lc by snowmobiles and staked who had a hamstring jpropiem ou ae with more than 9;000 markers a TENNIS: Iwo-game suspension Sampras, Schalken, Stafford advance to Advanta semis NEW YORK — Genter Bernie ‘Nicholls of ithe ‘San Jose Sharks drew Only Temamimg seca continued ‘to cruise ‘through ithe Advanta Championships Sampras moved onto ithe 18ti semifinals and won this straight maich ‘by beating Doug Flach 6-4, 6-2 ‘ umpras Sampras v will face face N Ne RS Sieng ;Schalken, a qualifier2 who , a two-game NH] suspension Finiday for deliber ately injumng Hlorida Panther: defenseman hd Jovanovski an a game Tuesday Nicholls, who will mot ‘be faces another itoday as ‘the ‘tourNnaments ; Sharks’ Nicholls receives PHILADELPHIA paid for those two games, ye also 4s‘ ‘fined2ditithe maximumr ¢‘$1,000 . | Riy, Nicholls dlso was involved i @ #an. braw! an ithe closing als By CHRISPETERSON ‘ a game in mids » ver. : Thar + Tha ee ght af ‘ted Vancou- eo to 7 Sie D/,00 : ‘mes for ithe ‘Sharks and ‘52,50 ear for fhe €anncdic ‘I ines lor te FOOTBALL: Steelers renewtheir interes jn ‘Raiders’ ‘Hostetler a PITTSBIL RGH het" scasOn semifinals, ‘Stafford will face Patrick Rafter of Australia, who a et oe ~ * MS0UTBD Steels ee ee ee ee cere Spee See = ivanisevic, Prinosil advance newly signed Jef! wil Th to falian Indoor semifinals oo we ae se po ae LOA Dlil Wt C alt le 1, sEUSO MILAN, Italy champion Defending Goran willing Iwvanisevic fought back from a 4- aelicit against unheratdec LN ire-sign are ‘last Dame! 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Rand uniform deal : Pay an Chicaro D win Fini € Viinnesote Vv Twit nnesota ae u Tas Willie Knight. Sanders thane spring 1 ‘ ; sez ndins ‘ Yankees. strug de a 7 Chicar ST eg ae Ap . a . . ee anud 4 cheer the action, Thetwo schoots will clase out the reguiar seasor tonight ina rematch at The ice Sheet set for the ; muct so well. CHEE ve wen . we the tatters during that game, which WSU won 10-3. 'Notito ihe outtcione, WSU tans Toru Konno (above, iatt) anc Brandon Smtr WSU coach Shawn msid rr la 1 ne ¢ waa, lice thus Fa. 15 gam a ine ND SOO eryear-oldWarissa Paterson of Layton (tap) acids tothe morse said ‘loaded. bases moun ithe vn eer daz to pole i augeinwn ill prolici won he ve sume I , why Drag so series gam ty National race wa } “ace - heptathion, atrone cat on ce A the . " - “ whose Marino te ) start wo put 7 Tagiis Decame the event tha at . eve coming wmong wome : 7 ) . . wt la tree-lailing Jtaglia hac Deen a heplath rit erations, WHET IT} ‘i sal gt fora im . Belle rst ene neur Grand ‘base thamnion. m i : wa ‘ wus her { . ia wus Busch Wi Sac afin 1m ae we stepped up in thee ecotine White S ieee vi four pre - he ly ‘ Dravi SCdTea her to 5 rT) ihe American tea Athert er ee to , of qualifiyime Thicker Friet ~~ oa Hardee int tt w eompele mM Next weet — il @ : = : ends World Championships a Pari ; be } nese rounds Both } Mer Won the * wv determined ele nz i emption will cm Championship ic ; NSnly guaiiiied tor . ee plus set dT firs starting positions, he cerlaim ait ciactat Sechindl at 10-12 The stage was perfectly ithe Rick ement 40 " ational Racev ‘ — Challens: 7 un out caving arivers rriday, au anc ncmeiiaet aeeee i one shot to make the ficic Instead of two wounds, all das tir ‘time - year. 80 eanier olin Belle hitless in debut for White Sox adidas mull ‘round.of qualiiymg for Sundi women s _ vault TT ATLANT ‘Sr an hk mithe Waber State and Lian State hockey clubteames arounc Y¥INStor Cup drivers RICHMONI Vi sialic c Ip “Thi take ithe title outnigh Crivers downed Kiefer, i 22 points), and must have a wit 4 backup position 9" youngest player m the tourna play Spain's Sergi ment, will i eae standing an 11 BETTLE OW THE ICE: Fans pack the siands to overfiowmy tor meatings “ mi aia ; vouiidl flanieh : : In another quarterfinal match German qualifier Nicolas Kiefer 246, 6-3, 6-4. the ith Wichor its ain canoais quaifiyime Kucera into lleads HEGAN/StandarciExamme ROBERT ; ntti Coa 4 Nate, Son Kael and Yr UISU iz L me | Karol Ryujin piled wp 15 points tc grab ithe score llead'by ra seomagonhanxs MOCHE: = Slovak assists an tthe first game.” lhe said ‘iit vam moss SPRING TRAINING ROUNDUP mervousness Ivanisevic will play unseeded Kuyoshi passes. | even got twe - i cor Sinn ‘Skillen Ane “Evervone was feesdlit w oan! Weenies e eee dn ithe a . the (team made «a concerted effor to wet Ryayin ithe jp acvantase . thes ibe a backup io — th Re the The Steelers ito t settle for a backur spoi with league's tap scorer ‘by 1 points Ryuji was tthe RMOHA's top 2asOn , ai) gouhe Jay Stevens said ASsactalio1 E> Ge Our pune ee Iphy seal George, Game iano the > gaeors, Cats captain Konyosh Ry uyin trailed SI ee Nate Anderson «as ithe Championsnry Oakland Raiders, whose t Starting ‘spot has ‘been ttdken 1b irD Flagstaff last —_end = “ he 1-6 6 A = 14.4% and 12(12-7, Arizona. wnizona the Racks Mountair POOKEY ce € The Wildcats set wp the showdown \by defeating Norther The State an AIL Weber CUM JAC ath ith State hadkey chips cles ta late NOCKeY ClUDS Clas wisi et Whe Toe Shact t HEE SEE GREER of Zimbabwe Black beat Byron Canucks - U 9 jen = GDEN — Locking to ir bicoe seca Gaciualied? DINE TOW it u 2r p th | ISU heat WSU beat Jonathan Stark 6-2, 6-4 5 = earlier Friday Aliso, Grant Stafford, wh upset second-sced and tournament defending champion Jim Courier on n Thursday Tt 1y might, AOL might be a Sandon ‘Stolle 6-4, 6-2. iin ithe 6-3, a Aeast ‘Ties. Top-ranked Pete ‘Sampras ‘bea one Qualifier Friday might an¢ _ ihn (Problems from their gro $400,000 purse. They'll travel y a There was some good mew As ithe mushers thead out this theyll ar li NOW JLOTSOS rail Committee president Rick Koch said ear, period weeks after mempunime @! ithe strengtt ‘his personality,” one Frednit Defensemen g7om. ©Olausson and Jason Woolley suffe similar injumies and wil his race is attribute to Joe. 5 a testament ito (than loss at Det He could miss ‘wo ered at ithe starting lline, Redingion didnt have the $50,000 purse he'd promised ; ‘Derme rom their healthiest to bemg ban jor answet ‘UP and searcoing The ‘historic Iditarod Trai] hat ONLY ® - ‘Pittsburg! ithe Wet Pengu nS the racers out of ithe ROW ivi ly 'Pa CANONSBURG, just .a few hours, Leading : wome hey will do it again Saturday as 53 teams gather indowniown Anchorage for the start of starting chute will be Joe Redington, ‘80, ithe man who orga- 7 -E ithe (to be approved for the Summer (Game; HOCKEY Race 2 vet iest played oul across more ithan 00 miles of unforgiving iter- the 25th iditarod Trail Sled Dog a nce wauilt ‘has are a0 a . . rumor commer £ Con |