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Show Sp TL IESDAY, January 30, 1996 Che Salt Lake Cribune OBITUARIES Page D-5 i GORDON MONSON SECTIOND orts BUSINESS Page D-7 Will Utes’ Top 10 Ranking Pay Off With High NCAA Seed? By Patrick Kinahan THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE As Utah pushesits run at a secondcon. numberoffactors in determining post- season participants and seeds. Included secutive WAC championshipinto over- But unlike football rankings aren't gospel in determining postseason posi drive. the jostling also begins for NCAA Tournament seeds TheUtes are ranked No. in the latest Associated Press men’s basketball poll. a Commercials Were Better Than the Game its opponents scheduleandlate-season results are a team’s schedule tions, ‘The rankings are not directly related If you're ranked seventh in the AP poll that doesn’t meanyou're going to get toany of that.” Hill said. “But I’m sure there is somesubjectivity, and the rank In 1991. the Utes were rankedas high as sixth, finished the regular season 10th seed in one of the four regions of the 64 letic director Chris Hill When the NCAA’s selection committee think Once they spit out their formula. we'll @ See UTES, Page D-2 teamtourney said Utah ath- ings would influencethat a little bit. I and were awarded the West Region's No Can Magic Bring Back Showtime? half of football's overpumped marie America The commercials. The best were fantastic. The worst uperdays All of them expensive: $1.2 million per 30-second pop By John Nadel Based solely on entertainment value, on characteristics that made you feel OK, after all, about inviting over LOS ANGELES — Magic Johnson concedes his return to the Los Angeles Lakers won't necessarily be “Showtime” revisited. but the Forumis sure to be hundreds of people you don’t like all that much to wateh the game/trash rocking every time he reverse order, are our top 10 spots NBA championships during the its a longing for speed. felt by anyone 1980s who's everridden a motorcycle on an Lakers basketball was a happening during that time. Celebri open road, I actually, momentarily ties like Jack Nicholson and Dyan wanted to sell my house, my soul, draft on my kids’ education fund to drop Cannon were front-row regulars. and Johnson was the maestro of Showtime.” with Kareem Abdul James Worthy and Mi Jabbar $14,000 on a mode of transportation for which I have no practical need 9. Bud Light's Johnny meets Moses. An imbibing Charlton Heston, accostthe ever-thirsty tim Kelly/The Salt Lake Tribune Utah's JohnStocktonflies toward the hoop past Detroit center DonReid in Monday night's 106-97 Jazz win deflects Johnny's approach and_ instructs himto“'say it withfeeling, like this; Aaah luuuuuv yoouuuu, mon 8. Doritos. Life without Doritos, a fat masseurinsipidly works over two fat guys in towels. Life with Doritos, the suddenly energized masseurtrans- Pepsi's Sparky. Pet goldfish sees kids cometo its bowl with Pepsi in dad comes in should give Dr. call 6. MeDonald Skeleton T-rex in museumcomes alive, angrily makesits Approaches a security guard whois eating french fries. T-rex roars in his face. then, suddenly, whimpers like a After the Jazz bolted to first geloesque statues out of creamy spuds. them get closer TimKelly The Sait Lake Tribune Utah’s Felton Spencer grabs for a rebound over Detroit's Terry Mills in the Delta Center margin. Karl Malone 3. Pepsi's frozen tundra. Guy hiking in snowy mountains hefts a Pepsi can that freezes to his ip Gay meanders to F nearbyvillage’s medical clinic where. in the waiting room, he spies seven Raia ; others, including a bowser, with Pepsi st * Small-Town‘Little Guy I Wowsto cans frozen to their lower lips 2. McDonald's. Camera focuses on face of baby swinging, alternately | Camera, now swinging. too, pans out @ window reve a McDonald's sign coming in and out of view 1. Pepsi's caught in the act. To the | | . Leena | Phat was obvious in practice. Following the formal M See MAGIC, Page D-2 Bradshaw, @ senior. ) the attention of everyone in | seen He went ints Saturday against Grand. is scoring aver age to 29.1 best i the state by morethan five points. He also averages more than five steals a seven assists ard And if there's a player who wo! er to improve, longtime Beaver coach Cal Albrecht would like to know how. Braden known to play or practice ht hours a day —and more they think you've got no game,” said with such ar S : mi hiladely Be Big 5 Basketball si 70. nd ship last fall for the D St. 6 Top 25 Basketball Tribune Lake Trib The Salt Lake Drew Jay neenil Justin Bradshawplays a big game. @ See BRADSHAW, Page D-2 St. 7 Joe's , State Men's Basketball: Weber 7:30 = 7 i ; ie with a sprained ankle s NHL er 9 : , ck , has Won like he # : . which in shape for also tur: 0 a su the Class 2-A cross ¢ school’s out said Albrecht NBA tas of the Week Se? He's possessed. that’s all I can say r seen anybody and you are from Beaver, This is a teen-ager who has worn his hair in a“mycrew cut since he was little be grandpa liked to feel it and cause everyone knows that’s my look. Besides combing your hair takes time awav from and Who is that?” the coach asked Aw, just some kid from Timbuktu Utah,” replied an assistant That exchange, captured on video cam era by Justin Bradshaw's mother. only makes Utah's leading scorer want to work People see class ofeee 66: the only avout blemish onsom his ster chem ie point average being the A-minus his cot in save him in a junior-year computer eae oe ynd-smallest classification. 2 : Bradshaw also runs five miles a dav to the family dairy farm to milk 70 S ae “i cows. And he ay will graduate No. d1 in his “You have to over hasketball camp in Las Vegas last sum mer, University of Arizona Coach Lute Olson spotted a 5-foot-9 yercdominat ing a game despite being the smallest. harder — or wish for more hours in the his commercial } aved bet Imagine, _D-2 come that Every coach and neayer in the state’s least-known guy on the floor | _ By Jay ‘Drew SA THE BEAVER At an All-Star high school “Your Chea. Wa did a Kevorkian @ See JAZZ, Page D-4 M Rankings Find Beaver No. 1in2-A —— Play in College . grinning andcrying. grinning, crying in the | TV Sports ESPN 5:30 | | r 0 Action Tonight TNT) 6 % ae PSP sketball: S IHL Hockey: G 4 p.m, Bas NE 8 pm ‘oxing, TAT) sire B80 pact = aa = NEA Baik padies Come Back to Win ad Stat 6 p.m. ‘ . ESPN) 7:30 i f hal back inthe se t New Mexi ended a ae 1 A F a Byrd vs USA . fPa Bird said Johnson added: “I know what to do, I know what not to do. I still know howto play this game. than the final Beaver’s Bradshaw Makes Name for Himself ton, is blown to smithereens. Staveley He'll make a big improveme nt for them,” 33 — and the Jazz never let A jet trail comes toward machine pauses — it’s Deion! — and pushes a button, gets Pepsi, beep-beeps, then jets off Coyote angrily pushes a but- ie very many as 26 points in the first half 4. Pepsi's Deion. Wile E. Coyote placesin roadarigged Pepsi machine designed to blow up the Roadrunner ar didn't believe Johnson would be “at the form he was back when he was 28 in the mid-'80s, but he’s still a good basketball pl ayer tons had no chance. Detroit eventually trailed by as figures and landscapes and Michelan- It’s not lik Larry Bird. the Boston Celtics star who was John son's friend and main rival during the 1980s. said he quarter leads of 17-4, 26-7 and finally 30-12, the road-weary Pis. tos, lunch ladies go berserk, sculpting h I knowit’s going to take me some time. I’m not iir NBA shape.” hesaid. “It's goingto take me a mo! or two. This team has other people. have to come in and dominate Turn out the lights. potatoes in lunchline. Life with Dori- the Forum June 12, 1991 Pull the plug 5. Doritos. Life without Doritos, two : Warriors tonight Johnson said he's 27 pounds heavierandconsider ably slower than when heplayedhis last gameor Suicide Doctor lunch ladies lamely shovel up mashed S Jack Kevorkian a surely needs Michigan's infamous sit, roll over and play dead Brit Staveley i Athlete of th Last night, I was just going crazy Johnson said I want my [3-year-old] son to see me pla right here in the NBA Johnson signed for the rest of the season andwill play his first game back against the GoldenState game is quickly determined and played without quality or life — pup. Security guard holds up afry like a dog bisquit and commands T-rex to and the Steelers. FT Reb Mig; WAFG MAO APE Py A gamelike the Jazz's 106-97 win over Detroit when the way downhall knockingoverexhibits It was Super Sunday’s best Johnson considered coming back several times since. Johnson will replace ex-Bingham High, BYL and Utah Jazz star Fred Roberts on the Lakers ros ter, though the Lakers already have made their two regular-season trips to the Delta Center this season Displaying his characteristic smile, Johnson said he was so excited about returning that he couldn't his Pistons finally get home, they lieve what Sparky can do. garnering That sleep for the last two or three nights UTA When Coach Doug Collins and “Hey, Dad, you won't be- ter than the Cowboys DETROIT Min WA WA OT APE By Steve Luhm HE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Dad flushes fish downtoilet, while kids are the store n after a handful of exhibition games. others connected with the NBA complained about competing against someone who had the AIDS virus Rub Out Detroit hand. Fish plays dead, then propels itself upward to take a gulp, acts like tin’ Heart.” a Coke delivery man is seen through a convenience store secu rity cameradiscreetly swiping a can of Pepsi from a refrigerated shelf. The shelf collapses and 500 cans of Pepsi clank the ground, burying his feet. Showtime was over Johnson returnedthe followingyear, onlyto retire GAME SUMMARY Mailman Hits For 40 as Jazz two fat guys like sets of bongos and steel drums, while more fat guys in robes play air guitars in background tune of Hank Williams’ rus comeback was cut short when several players and forms into Buddy Rich, slapping the heard saying, Magic Johnson ter learning he had testedpositive for the AIDS vi Malone Delivers — A Eulogy Heston promptly pounds a cold brew Flipper on speed. Later, chael Cooper. among others. the supporting cast Johnson, 36, left the game suddenly on Nov. 7, 1991. just before the start of the 1991-92season. af- disingenuous “I love you, man. with Pepsi. Fish plays dead. a bulked-up Johnson ended a retirement of more than four years Monday to play again for the Lakers. whom he ledtofive 10, Yamaha’s Royal Star, Shot in B&W, the co: ercial’s retro feel elic- one, who whines, ot the ball on the break. Saying“it’s now or never,” your home/raid your fridge, here, in ed by seed twice a No. 2 seed, necessarily,” on. but you knowall that let's get to Sunday's lasting memories, the better typical of fourth position that could accompany a second Sunday’s Super Bow] was OK, in a limitedsort of way, would have been truly exciting without Neil O'Donnell or if Deion Sanders hadactually at tempted to tackle Bam Morris head- riage to corpor see where we we uld get placed. I don't want to be premature Since the field was expanded to 64 teams in 1985. Utah has goneto the NCAATournament four times, earning convenes March10. it will consider a ™ Georgia WomenJoin UMass as No. 4s D-5 ia |
