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Show ports SECTION( Che Salt Lake Tribune SUNDAY, January 28, 1996 HOCKEY Page C-3 SCOREBOARD Page C-11 Can Pittsburgh Keep It Close? DICK ROSETTA Soft-Spoken Steelers Meet Cocky Cowboys Old Steelers Could TakeIt On The Chin Phil Roof @ Super Bow! Kickoff Cowboys 24. Super Bowl XXX will kick off at 421 p.m MSTandbetelevised locally by Channel 5 Bowls. They've won two ofthose titles them- 10,000 fans When Sammy Baugh and Sid Luckman White and Don a really good crowd w and Byron “Whizzer Hutson were the marqueeplayers. Andfor lesser-known Herbert Beauregard Farmer — Youcan call me Bo” it was a magical three-year stay in the NFL. ‘Hey, myunclehad wife and two a month for @ See STEELER, Page C-6 3: NFL HasIts Share of Super Problems Gibbs, Diedorf Head Hall of Fame Class @ How the Teams Match Up ThePittsburgh Steelers? Low-key, soft-spoken ‘just happy to be here vho are 91 and C-2 C2 C6 4:21 p.m. MST at Sun Devil Stadium, the majority of neutral fans in Americaare likely to be rgt e i; got Mike Norseth Steelers 24, Cowboys 20: turnovers by the Ce “It hile Foner NFU cuarteria coulk Pitt ofthe spotlight has made him as well known as Boyd summerhoys Irnowraa get Goce lio have been ties Thus, for the 30th Super Bowl, the team in black jerseys wear the white hats: the team in Neth Baro any ofhis players 95? But when the Cowboys andSteelers meet at Pitt: Megan Jensen. Cowboys 38, Steelers 17) up for it. Plus. they've Nobodyhas to ask the millions of fans who wear blueandwhite jerseys — especially Nos. 8 and 88 — the namesoftheirfavorite players Barelya star in the bunch. Quick Sail lake Bure mar BicGl te spread. bu selves, in 1993 and 1994 a game. When smenllh “I don't think They're everythi iT are the Dallas Cowboys and they repre. sent a conference that has won 11 straight Super burghSteelers in the leather helmet days. kids and was working for Cowboys 35, Stee rs 21; By Dave Goldberg THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TEMPE Ariz. — They are glamorous and cocky. They almost have to be. Hewas a two-way starter forthe Pitts- Whenyouplayedfor$12 UTAHNSPICK THE WINNER Frank Layden whitejerseys the black ones rooting for Pittsburgh for all those reasons. They're tired of NFC dominance, of one-sided Super Bowls and perhaps most of all of Je ry America’s teamisn’t so small and dainty like everybody thought it was.” said Nate Newton Jones, the Dallas owner whose unceasing pursuit @ See STEELERS, Page C-6 Naturally. a gymnast figu € meee. Rober's eelers 2 like their owboys hey 20 ge kad US ft body's-expe y Fi Hdone Picabo Get @ Australian Open Boris Becker ruined Michael Chang's perfect run at the first majorofthe year, beating the American for the men’s title. Cup Race Page C-7 Canceled Road Proves Friendly In WACfor Utes, Cougs U.S. Skier Claims Italian Course Unsat Utah Proves Itself by Demolishing Lobos For Two-Game Lead SESTRIERE, Italy en's World Cup do led Saturday UTEP CoachIs Sick, So It’s BYU That Gets Well in El Paso By Patrick Kinahan THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — All is right, halfway through the18 By Joe Baird sympatheticto the plight of Texas-El Paso Saturday night game lead by virtue of sending problems oftheir own downforfirst place, with New Mexico hoping to forgeatie. Instead, the Lobos discovered the gap separating the teams. Theybeat us on everything — defense and offense,” Mexico guard said New Charles Theyjust outhustledus. Smith They also swept the New Mexi- co-UTEProad swingforthe first time in 15 years NewMexico (16-3, 6-3) stayed with Utah for thefirst five minutes before the Utes started to pull away. Utah went on a 29-11 run over the next 10 minutes. leading to a 44-29 halftime advanKeith Van Horn and Ben Caton combined for 24 points inthefirst half as the Utes shot 56 percent from the field and made 6-of-9 three-pointers It got better in the second half as Utah shot 60 percent. The Utes werethefirst team to shoot over 50 percent against New Mexico this season. The Lobos, losers of three straight to Utah at home also had their 11-game homewinning streak snapped fly,” But only to a point. They had Downby sevenpoints withless than nine minutes to play and “Theguys didanicejob on the said Coach Rick Majerus We hadone day ofpreparation. Offensively, the Utes came out gunning, shaking off the earlygamerut that has hampered them this month. They scoredonsix of their first 10 possessions, includ- ing four in a row Weplayed smart basketball,” Van Horn said. “When you play of Cougar attack with 22 points ff by race officia 1Is and ‘ancellation It was a dec Even if it was over a Miner team that hadlost five straight athletes did not get involved She added. however, “It was and was playing its second game without longtime Coach Don Has- very wise decision. a right deci sion kins. He underwent triple-bypass Barbara Merlin of Italy sa most skiers were igainst racing Saturday and will miss the rest of the season ‘I didn’t feel too sorry for Both Kurt Hoch of Austr them,” said Cougar guard Randy “That's a good basketball ector they showedalot ofguts. It’s very let play.” Coming off consecutive setbacks to Colorado State and New Mexico, BYU improved to 11-7 overall and 5-4 in the WAC — barelystaying alivein the conferencetitle chase We'vebeen in every ballgame and now we'regoing into the sec ond half of the [WAC] schedule New York 104, Minnesota 95 L.A, Lakers 100, New Jersey 98 Jazz’s Second WindBatters Warriors eee ute BESALE SA RETMEUN With half a season remaining, the Jazz will like Washington 102, Vancouver 77 | C5 Charlotte 110, Philadelphia 105 Miami 102, Cleveland8 Indiana 102, Orlando 79 Sanna 112, Tee Dallas Ga Beis 103 eee 92. Toronto 88 5 LAr Clinpers OF F Weber St. 119, E. Washington 88 UC Irvine _78, Utah St. = 72 ¥ : Big 5 Women’s Basketball Utah 57, Wyoming 55 Paes scan ante SUU 71 CS Northridge 39 = eberSt. St. 69 shington 49 Weber 69, E. Washington 4 de ypel a ath “ ac : i gd ed:a difficul Be Hee eae ase It wa _ AUR Eat, matic than Saturday night's 108-91 decision over. peached doublefigures as Utah won Golden ae z fifth timein six games and moved with eCiath Nee He ee ratifying Playingtheir fourth game in five nights — and comingoff a are one-point loss at Seattle on gameof first place in the Midwest Divisior Wereally didn't have much energ said Coach Jerry Sloan. But | was really happy wit! | | Friday — the Jazz put together an exceptional the way our players hung in there and won the secondhalf at the Delta Center Karl Malonescored25 points andall fivestart WSeeJAZZ, Page C-4 | WAC Basketball #14 Penn State 82, Indiana 6 | Colorado State 94, Air Force 71 Louisville Wyoming 96, Fresno State 81 Top 25 Basketball #1Bus U Mass 72, Seen St. Bonaventure 47 = st S$. 59 . _ 81, S.S. Miss. M 68 Arizona 70, Or 4 0 Bos, Coll. 73 Clemson 61 I shington 71 Washing one ee Montreal 4, Winnipeg 1 N.Y. Rangers 5, Boston 3 Pittsbu Philadelphia 4 = ~ Detroit 5, Ch St. t Louis e ahr eo : muse Tischhaiser of S$ 1 1 I l Stre t had hos t 1 1 4. Minnesot | TV Sports | (2) 10 a.m. — Skiing, World Cup | A ne (tapec | CPSP) 10 am as x 1 Sk . (2) tam 4 tam —y 5) ila NBA ee I ESPN) 11:30 a.m NHL 90, Miami is is #19 Purdue 70. 0 ‘ UCLA 76 Carolina 57 #6 G'town 72 m Syracuse N.C. State 64 vin Y Meee ly post wins that are more artistic and moredra | @ See BYU, Page C-5 10 Utah 82. New Mexico 64 _ c UTEPfell to 10-8 and 2-7, and BYU 90, UTEP 82 SUU 72, CS Northridge 65(OT) ma’ ski¢ Steve Griffin The Salt Lake Tribune Felton Spencer seems to be laughing at how badly he’s faked Warrior rookie Joe Smith with five games at homeandfour on the road,” said BYU Coach RogerReid. lot canstill happen.” Big 5 Men’s Basketball Utah 108, Golden State 91 1 ancellation of the race The jury took a Hock said. “We can't sat ying to beat this teamon the road —a teamthat cameready to HSUU Sneaks Past Northridge C-5_ Narrow Escape U. Women C5 C-5 W Heels’ Comeback Tips Wake C-4 ml BYU WomenLosein OT NBA W e Sestriere or tee, suggested the Coach Haskins in the hospital reno of the women's and Giuseppe Zunino. team. They've got great shooters and great penetrators. With lm WSU Sharpshooters Romp ion by the jur m coat hes and captain: were behindit Street said “TH wecan get ‘em The Miners appeared on their pra said did not feel responsible for th This is a good winforus,” said Ruffner, “We'll take ‘em any way haslost six straight for thefirst timesince 1979. her Street ble figures heart surgery Tuesday Worle mplaining while Byron Ruffner added 18 and Justin Weidauerhad 16. All five BYU starters scored in dou- @ See UTES, Page C-5 Disappointing Ags Fallto vine C-5 dir nhill champion and win: ner of two downhills this seaso long the track after or aring at a third straight loss. BY U rallied for a 90-82victory at the Special Events Center. Kenneth Roberts led a balanced Reid. tage. Street led THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE EL PASO, Texas The Brigham Young Cougars were game WAC race. Utah, the heavy preseason favorite, has a comfortable twoNewMexico back toreality in an 82-64 rout Saturday at The Pit At 8-1 (16-3 overall), Utah is ahead of New Mexico, Fresno State and ColoradoState. The game wasbilled as a show- - s \ 2) ty Koni mn 5) 4 p.m. — NE | per BowlPY XXX’ SLs s Ss |
