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Show DAILY HERALD ~ Tim “cae ae fervornian Utah Dahlberg 7 p.m., 1280 AM HOCKEY: r sled vecrsepepededaipaybebe ON THE AIR constantly on status of betting probe TRENTON,N.J. — Janet Jones will WinterOy husband Wayne Gretzky to Italy for the Winter pics, a few daysafter she was implicated in an alleged gambling ‘ LA, Television Olym- ring involving NHLplayers. Gretzky, ieee director of Canada’s Olymiously t Tratheweiealte eum oer3 publicist Elliot Mintz confirmed Friday. Jones allegedly placed bets with a gambling op- eration that authorities said was financed by Rick Tocchet, Gretzky's assistant coach with the Phoenix Coyotes. She bet at least $100,000 on football, according to a person with knowledgeofthe investigation who has spokento The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Upto a dozen NHLplayershave beenimplicated, say authorities, but none has beenidentified or charged. There was noindication that any wagers were made on hockey games,and no evidence Gretzky placed any bets,investigators said. Ata brief news conference following the Coyotes’ 5-1 loss to Dallas on Thursday, Gretzky said, “I've hino Budweiser Shootout 6:30pm. NHRA qualifying | Golf oe Old Dom.at Va. C-wealth 4 p.m. Unabomberprosecutorhired by the NHL. A second Rew Jerseystate trooper was suspended in connection with the ring, andthe state trooper charged this week with helping run the operationis now lookingfor a job, his lawyersaid. GOLF UNLV at BYU Stanford at Gonzaga With Clinton at his side, Woods opens ANAHEIM, Calif. — Tiger Woods didn’t havetohit a spectacular shot or pump his fist to find satisfaction. Instead, he gripped an oversized 2 of scissors and cut the ribbonto officially open his $25 million | ESPN2 ESPN — 2pm. | | | \| 7p.m. 1280 AM Basketball =, Utah at San Diego State ip.m. UNLV at BYU 6pm. 1160 AM at Texas A&M-CC__6 p.m. 1400 AM UVSC meas heii & Sere “This is by far the greatest thing that has ever Utah at Houston 700AM_ 1320AM_ | 5,000 children who wil pas through the doors ofthe Tiger Woods Center by the endof the year. The 35,000-square-foot facility is located next to the H.G. “Dad” Miller Golf Course, where Woods played when hewas in high school. Kids who apply by writing letters cometo the center after school for interactive programs in science, math andtechnology. award ceremony (same-day tape) ae —— NBC — Primetime replay (delayed tape) 8 TENNIS SAN DIEGO — Afteran ailing Andy Roddick was unable to hang on,he got somehelp from friend. James Blake wonin straight sets Friday to give the United Statesa 1-1 tie with Romania in the opening Hanescu 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-2 fol- lowing Andrei Pavel’'s6-7 (2), 26, 76 (8), 6-2, 64 upset of Roddick, who grew nauseated andlost after he had a match pointin the third set. “It’s great,” Roddick said. “When you'repart of a team, you pitchin and pick each other up.” Blakesaid he was more concerned about Roddick’s health than he was abouthis buddy’s defeat. “It was definitely unfortunate. He gaveit his all. Heedid everything he could to win that match,” Blake Roddick, ranked No.3 in the world, had match point in the third set against No. 82 AndreiPavel before becoming ill. Pavel cameback to win 6-7 (2), 2-6, 74 (8), 6-2, 6-4 in 3 hours, 43 minutes. GOLF ROUNDUP Jagr leads Rangers to win SSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Henrik Lundqvist's stellar rookie season has been that much better because he hasn't hadtofacethe rejuvenated Jaromir Jagr. Thatcould all change soon enough with an Olympic medal onthe line. “Jaromir Jagris on fire right now,” Lundqvist said. “It's going to be tough for Sweden next week.” Jagr, the Czech Republic's star forward, scored twice and added an assist in New York's four-goal second period, and Lundqvist won his 25h game asthe Rangers rallied to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs4-2 Friday night. Jagr connected twice onthe powerplay and got New York even at | and 2 ina 2:45 span of the middle frame. His first goal moved him past New YorkIslanders great Mike Bossy into sole possession of 16th place on the NHL careerlist. His second — No. 575 — was his league- leading 38th of the season. “Well it doesn't matter how 1 feel. Sometimes it's a matter ofluck,” said Jagr, who has 10 points in four games andis first in the NHL with 86 points. “Sometimes you have somany chances and you can't score and other times you feellike everyshot is going to goin. That's the way I havefelt the last couple games. » Avalanche 4, Blue Jackets 1: At Columbus, Ohio, Marek —Svatos scored twice in a 3-minute span of the third period to lead Colorado over Columbus. With the scoretied 1-1 and the Avalanche on the power play, Svatos took a quick centering pass from behind the goal from Brett McLean and went high over goalie Marc Denis’ glove side at the 1:08 mark. Joe Sakic then dug the off the wel and sent an setup Svatos in the highslot t eicverted far ths sea goaltt the year at 3:58. —_- Penguins 4, Hurricanes 3: At Raleigh, N.C., John LeClair whipped in a rebound for the go-ahead goal in the final minuteof the second period, Sidney Crosby added his 27th of the season and low ten burgh won on the r teh eg teas vee tel a month. Sebastien stopped 34 shots for the Penguins, who still have the worst record in the NHL. » Flyers 5, Capitals 4; At Phila- delphia, Sami K: scored the go-ahead goal and Brian Savage had two power-play scores, ing injury: pleted ja over undermanned Washington. 9 Wild 6, Oilers 3: At Edmonton, Alberta, Pierre-Marc Bouchard set a team record with two goals in span of 16 seconds ashe to Minnesota 1on for the third time in four meetings. » Mighty Ducks 3, Canucks 1: At Vancouver,British Andy McDonald had a goal and an assist and Ilya Bryzgalov made 14 of his 27 saves in the third period, lifti i over Vancouver. McDonald set up the Ducks’first goal and scored the second, ext his point streak to 10 games as Anaheim built a 3-0 lead in the first period and held on for its second win in five games. » Flames 3,Blues pecsaay 2: Alberta, Dion twice, the gamewinnerin venias: to lead Calgary over St. Louis. After Blues defenseman Barret Jackra oe Se ene 1:37 into the extra period, t! Flamescontrolled the puck and fired six shots a at Patrick Lalime before Phaneuf got one past him at 2:40. » Sharks 6, Stars 3: At San Jose, Calif., Jonathan Cheechoo scored two of San Jose's four goals in the second he Sharks beat the Pacific Divi: ing Dallas Stars. Milan Michalek had two and Joe Thornton and Alyn McCauley also scored as the Sharks won second straight Weir takes second-round lead at Pebble Beach Pro-Am ASSOCIATED THE PRESS day kept Weir afloat, and he PEBBLE BEACH,Calif. — Mike Weir closed with three birdies at Poppy Hills to finish with a Sunder 67 0n Friday, moving into the lead after two rounds at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Weir finished his first nine holes in even par, but after the turn he moved briskly up the leaderboard as firstround leader Luke Donald sputtered through his round at Pebble Beach. Aaron Oberholser followed up his first-round 65 witha 4-under 68 at Spyglass Hill to moveinto second place at ll-under, three shots back of Weir. Oberholser will play Pebble Beach t 5 Jonathan Byrd and Fredrik Jacobson were tied with Donald at 10-under. Players basked inthe sun on Thursday but on Friday the coastal fog rolled in, os players to their bags clubs to carve rhe the moist air. A slight wind also tested Weir early, but he made a strong movelatein his round. “I birdied mylast three holes, which isa great way to finish,” Weir said. A few par-saving putts about midway throughthe said he started swinging better during the latter part of the round. Weir stares down Spyglass Hill on Saturday, a course where he has not fared as well as the other two tournamentcourses. “I haven't been able to pinpoint it, really,” he said. “Some years I haven't putted those greens very well. Other years | haven't hit it well there.” In sharp contrast to Weir'shistory there, Donald scorched Spyglass Hill on Thursday, matching Phil Mickelson’s course record 62. But he failed to capitalize on that quick start and turned in an even-par 72 Friday, giving him total of 134 for the first two rounds. D Johnnie Walker Classic: At —_Perth, Australia, K.J. Choi _shot a 6-under-66 in the second roundof the Johnnie Walker Classic to take a twoshot lead over Kevin Stadler, Choi had six birdies on the —_fast greens of the $2.1 million —_event at the Vines Resort and Country. Stadler had a 69 with an eagle on the 18th, _twobirdies and a bogey. He shared the overnight lead with Adam Scott, who four shots back with a 71. | | ve won't go awayby the time old medal is desided on the have been told — sofar is dam- WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25 Register Now Ol ic Qumpic No. 2 Dukehas little trouble with Virginia Cam? Starts with , THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS DURHAM,N.C. — Mistie Williams scored 16 points and second-ranked Duke staked its claim to No. 1 by beating Vir- ginia 88-65 on Fi nigh ‘ added point: sand Aine Goa Catered ec in the first 13 minutes to build a doubledigit lead it would not relinquish, twice eeeeeecreeseeree rTBion Devils donload the kvecior behind Williams and Chante Black. Wilpodigheruscudaoe i §-for-9 and ht rebounds, while Black — a 6-5 = in with 11 od doers. — They helped Duketo a 36-20 advantage ieee iets eee 5 Peaks Arena aE YAEL ttn BR Devils are poised to return to het second time this season. Sharnee Zoll scored 20 for the Cavaliers (13-9, 2-8), who lost five BRerrmcairtnrred ts) series. No. 7 Ohio State 74, Michigan $5; At Ann Arbor, Mich., Jessica Davenport scored 23 points and Ohio State extended its win- ning streak to11 games larscilla Packer scored 13 points and 2, 10-1), who moved into a tie with Purdue for first place in the Big Ten. shee i wa 5 Rutgers ores Morgantown, W.Va., Cappie Pondext scored 22 points and became the secondleading scorer in Ri ‘utgers history. The Scarlet Knights (19-3, 110) 11 East) survived e Big Sat vesics No. 19 Temple 62, Saint Louis 43: AtSt. Louis, Candice Dupree had 16 points and 12 rebounds to lead Temple toits fourth bapa Kamesha Hairston added 11 points and Patina Maceo 0for? Atlantic 10), which limited Dukeheld the Cavaliers to just 15 points Kim Wilburn had 10 for the Buckeyes (20- 15-of-50 shooting. ( (185, 9.2 Louis to ; meen destroyed by American eeplayers in Na in 1998 could be repaired. The age to Wayne Gretzky’s reputi tion may not be fixed so ety Gretzky arrives in this factory city Tuesday,flying in with a Canadian team favored to win Olympic gold. He'll havea lot to think about onthe flight overseas, most ofit nothingto do with what happens onthe ice. The Great One comes immersed _ in a betting scandal so shocking —and so unexpected — that it threatens to overshadow anything , ” Team Canadadoes with the puck. The first questions he'll fee won't be about body even about hockey Czechs. They'll be about $75,000Super Bowlbets, his alleged bookmaking conned coach and a wife who could edly wager money big enough to. movethe lines in Vegas,albeit not _ on hockey. ion will ask Gretzky why he is caught on wiretap recordingstalking about wayshis wife, Janet Jones, could avoid being implicated. Mostly, though, they'll want to know how Gretzky wasn't aware of anything even while his righthand man and the woman who shares his bed wereallegedly exchanging money and betting slips more teitian than his Phoenix Coyotes were scoring on power plays. The answersso far are less than satisfactory. “I'm just too tired mentally and physically to talk any more about it,” Gretzky said before leaving Phoenix. “There’s nothing more for meto talk about. And if you have questions for people involved, contact them.” Uh, Wayne,that would be your wife and your coach. And they haven't exactly beenleaving their home numbers for us. Maybe you could put in a good word, though. Because there has to be a reasonable explanation for all of this. Maybe it’s nothing more than a desperate housewife looking for some action and an — coachtrying to supplement per diem. alin Fenton pone caught up in the excitement of the NFL playoffs and has nothing to do with hockey. Whateverit is,it's not good. Not for Gretzky,not for a sport that seemed to be making a promising start toward respectability once again. ‘And certainly not for a that covets a gold medal cane more than it a good “ewe rate with its southern NBC — Skijumping: K95 individual competition; figure skating: pairs analysis; Medals Plaza: ROUNDUP NHL ae Farrarto this, trashing a fear roar Beato like child’s final; luge: men’s singles competition; Alpine skiing: men's downhill final timed training (same-di ta 10 p.m. | \| : ; : =: GRETZKY’S MIND FSN_ || Blake wins after ailing Roddick loses to | 82nd-ranked Pavel | League New York at Utah NBC-— Luge: men’s singles competition; Nordic combined:individual Gold Medalfinal; Alpine skiing: ney8 downhill final timedene figure | skati lew 6 pm. final; speed skating: men’s 5000m Gold Medal = mn pcos Seen Spam oN | | Women's College Basketball \| Texas A&M at Nebraska Noon FSN | | Washington at UCLA JUST GOLD ON NBC — Figure skating: pairs short program; FSN 6pm. 7pm. 7 freestyle skiing: women’s moguls Gold Medal Tamme louston .m. || NHL |. learning center Friday aimed at helping children find happened to me,” said Woods,a winner of 57 tournaments worldwide and 10 major championships.“This is bigger than golf. This is bigger than anything I've doneonthe golf course. Because wewill be able to shape lives.” But even a grand-opening ceremony came off with the kindofflair that has marked his career. Woods was joined by former President Clinton and Maria Shriver, the wife of California Gov. Amold Schwarzenegger, along with dozens of the estimated ae, ESPN2_ 4 p.m. P MORE THAN | hockey: CNBC Women's Canada vs. Italy SBN ESPN | ESPN2 CBS ESPN ESPN2 WIZZ ESPN + ESPN2 Radio his learning center i 204m SS | Ysa — Women’s hockey: U.S. vs. Switzerland 2:30 pm. Lacrosse USC at Washington St. a “He's plugged into what in e we're aeecscty, doing on a daily, even ieee” said Robert Clearythe former | 20Km USA— Biathlon: men's 7pm. SvUatCalifomla _—____/ pm. felt like the last three daysI've defended myself over closely NHL commissioner Gary Bettmanis monitor- ESPN2 10 a.m. 10am. iiam. Noon Noon _1 p.m. 2p.m. 2 p.m. A | ow@sudneResa | Classic Johnie am. PGA, Pebble’Beach pm. 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