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Show SPORTS | oD DailySHerald _ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2006 SPORTS EDITOR | Darnell Dickson - 344-2555 - ddickson@heraldextra.com 0@9 torino 2006 MEDAL COUNT As of Saturday Country Total Davis skates into Olym Norway a6 U.S. speedskater Geary” 18 becomesfirst black us. "48 to win individual gold Russia 13 Canada 42 Austria j 10 Paul Newbe: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TURIN,Italy — Say what you South Korea 7 vant about Shani Davis. Call him a Switzerland China. Italy 7 7 6 fae 5 Sweden 5 trailblazer. Accuse him ofselfishness. Snicker at him for being a momma’s boy. han don’t forget this: He’s- also an mpic champion. “Davis became the first black to claim an individual gold medal in Winter Olympichistory Saturday, winning the 1,000-meter speedskating race and justifying his decision to focus on himself first, his team second. Joey Cheek madeit a 1-2 American finish, adding silver to his victory in the 500. “I’m oneof a kind,” Davis said, fully aware of how much he stands out in the mostly white sport. “I’m a different type of person.I havea different charisma.A lot of people don’t understand me.” That muchwas clear from the racially charged messages to his personal Website — “people saying they hoped I wouldfall, break myleg, using the n-word,” he said. Even the BYU WOMEN e e | great Eric Heiden had some choj words for America’s newest geld medalist, regarding his decision to skip the team pursuit. “Heis going his own way,” said Heiden, who won five gold medals at the 1980 Lake Placid Games. “He's very differentto a lot of speedskaters, and we haveto respect that, but he is not a team player.” Maybe not, but the 23-year-old from Chicago's South Side is building a heck ofa rivalry with Texan Chad Hedrick. Hedrick won'the first speedskating gold with a dominating performancein the 5,000. Davis got JASPER JUINEN/Associated Press U.S. athlete ShaniDavis, from Chicago,Illl., races on his way to the gold medalduring the Winter Olympics men’s 1,000 See OLYMPICS, D3 meter speedskating competition on Saturday. BYU MEN’S BASKETBALL ROAD WARRIORS Cougs get boost from Emery to beat Wyoming Jason Franchuk DAILY HERALD LARAMIE, Wyo. — Wyoming Wyoming knocks off BYU women No. 19 Cougars have dropped twoofthree: Darnell Dickson DAILY HERALD This 1s not the way BYU wants to lead into the Mountain West Conference tournament. The 19th-ranked Cougarslost their second gamein the past three on Saturday, dropping a 57-56 decision to Wyomingin frontof1,161 fans at the Marriott Center. BYU(10-2 MWC,20-3 overall) rallied from a late eight-point deficit to tie the gameat 56 ona pair of Dani Kubik free throws with 36.7 sec———s onds left. WyWYOMING 57 oming’s Hanna BYU 56 Zavecz made oneof two foul shots with 13.4 seconds remaining to give the Cowgirls a one-point lead. On the offensive end, BYU took too muchtimeto get the ball to leading scorer Ambrosia Anderson.andher forced jumper was an air ball. Unlike at Utah last month, nobody was there from BYU to swoopin and get the rebound. The ball was snagged by Wyoming’s Erin Hicks, who watched the clock tick to triple zeros and then began her team’scelebration. “Wecould have executed better, but the end wasn't the game,” BYU head coach Jeff Judkins said, “The gamewas the way westarted the first and secondhalf. I told the girls to come out like we did against them in Larariie andget a lead. But welet them pay their game. “I don't know whatthe problem is. Someplayers don't want to take the shot, some players don't want to makethe play.” Wyoming (8-5, 18-6), which was coming off an of No. 19 New Mexico, controlled the tempo and shot much better than it did on Jan. 18 in Laramie, The Cougars cruised to a 60-44 victory then as the Cowgirls shot just 11 of 51 (22 percent) irom the field. This time, Wyoming didn’t really know much about Jackson Emery. That's surmised from asking a te Cowboyplayer and the head coach about him after BYU's 74-68 win, in whichit thrived onthe rarely needed shooting hand of the freshman guard. Apparently no onespent time watching old film of his Lone Peak High days. “Who's that?” Wyoming guard Brandon Ewing asked, before having his eyes light up when he noticed that the newcomer,jersey No.4 as it was Jackson Emery explained, scored 13 points — the second most by a Cougar on Saturdayat the ArenaAuditorium. “Wow,” Ewingsaid. “We heard he cue shoot, but he did a. pretty good job.” That's an understatement, considering the circumstances. Emery didn't play in the last garne against UNLV,andhadn't scored in the four games prior to’that, either. But the formerprep scoring threat turned DivisionI spot player, mostly for defensive assignments, found the old strokein his 17 minutes. Hehit 3-of-4 3-pointers,including . consecutive ones early in the second half that stretched BYU’slead to eight points and helped to create a margin that the Cougars(16-7 over- all, 8-4 MWC) needed. They shot just 26.5 percentin the secondhalf,hitting 9-of-34 shots, but were buoyed by offensive rebounding See BYU MEN, D4 BARBARAJ. PERENIC/Laramie Daily Boomerang Wyoming's Brandon Ewing(23)tries to shoot under heavy defensive pressure from BYU's Fernando Malaman,left, and BrockReichneron Saturdayin Laramie, Wyo. Ewing scored 23 pointsin a losing effort as BYU won 74-68, DAYTONA 500 ; NBA DUNK CONTEST New start for Earnhardt, Gordon Little man can JennaFryer Gordon has no doubt he'llbe THE ASSOCIATED PRESS st DAYTONABEACH,Fla. — The slate is wiped clean for Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon, twodrivers temporar- strictor-plate tracks hasn't seen restrictor-plate racing for the last couple of years,” Gordon ily sprung from the shadows of their mortifying 2005 seasons. They werefailures, Busts. A pair of chumps ineligible to race for the biggest prize in NASCAR. All that was erased the mobig out ofits patterned offense late ment heycrore through the in the game. ates at Daytona International BYU, meanwhile, got 21 from ray. This track belongs See BYU WOMSN,D4 | to Sarnhardt and Gordon -v J . ink anybody that feels like we'veslipped on the re- said. “I mean,I think that no they've combined for 20 wins herein various events, includ_ing the past two Daytona 500s. Now they'll both try to kickstart the 2006 season with strong runs in today’s seasonopening event. matter what our seasons are like, what's happening with our team, we always seem to be pretty steady at restrictorplate tracks:” Gordon won Daytona last year — his third title — only to see his season fall See DAYTONA 500, D6 \WWW.HERALDEXTRA.COM — CALL 375-5108 TO SUBSCRIBE . §-foot-9 Robinson arc, the New York Knicks’ wins dunktitle 20 years after Spud Andrew Bagnato THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 5-foot-9 rookie Nate Robinson became the NBA's new jam king. Robinson beat out 6-foot-6 Andre Iguodala of Philadelphia, 6-9 Hakim Warrick of Memphis and 6-9 defending champJosh HOUSTON — The NBA's AlbStar Saturday turned basketball inside-out. A big guy won the 3point shootout, A little guy won the slam dunk contest. After 7-foot Dirk Nowitzkiof Dallas proved the best sniper from beyond the , SmithofAtlanta, conjuri up memories of Spud Web! — andthen dunking over the smallest slam champ the NBAas everseen. Miami's Dwyane Wade wonthe skills competition. Robinson and Nowitzki See ALL-STAR, D2 nc] |