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Show SPORTS DailySHerald MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2006 ‘SPORTS EDITOR| Damell Dickson - 344-2555 - ddickson@heraldextra.com Cornerbacks coach moving on to Texas Tech BYU losing 12-“year sition at Texas Tech, a team coached by BYU graduate Mike and only black growprofessionally,” coach on staff 12 Conference and a program on the pay up Mitchell will replace the late coaching veteran “I saw After 12 years coaching at BYU,Brian Mitchell has decided to make a move. The Cougars’ cornerbacks coach confirmed on Sunday thathe is taking the same po- eps é asan ‘exas Darnell Dickson DAILY HERALD Tegel : ; Mitchel is in the Big Dave Brown, who passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 10.. “Brian has been an integral part of the success of BYU football as a player and a coach, and weare sorry to see leave,” BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall said. “I'm grateful NBA £ i | Baw itas an Opportunity to grow ‘ . persone Texas ister m Pee progies on the Way up. Brian Mitchell BYU coach whois leaving fora coachingposition at Texas Tech for his excellent service to our program.Brian is one of the bright young coaches in the prctemion, and we wishhimthe ye LaVell Edwards, Gary Crowton and Bronco Mendendall and ence corner! _—my beliefs. BYU is always gon- re Mttebel vasaf abootfs: at ‘om lew live my life within {9670.90 and was also allcon- mabe school I root for. ference on the Cougar track * “] just think now is the right team as a sprinter. He played in the NFL from 1991to 1993. The following season, Mitchell time to grow professionally to reach the goals I've set for joined the BYU coachingstaff and has been at the schoolever since. “I give BYU lot ofcredit for who I am,” Mitchell said. “They weretremendoustomeandmy family. I learned atremendous amountabout football from See MITCHELL, C6 nn ROBERT JOHNSON/Associated Press BYU cornerbacks coach Brian Mitchell, right, has accepted the cornerbacks coach position at Texas Tech. NASCAR 0OQ@D torino 2006 Johnson wins Daytona 500 amid storm of Figurefalling controversy Jenna THE ASSO! DAYTONABEACH,Fla. — Cheater or champion? Suchis the stigma that Jimmie Johnson has to bear after winninghisfirst Daytona 500 just 10 daysafter his crew chief was kicked outforillegally altering his car. Johnson won a two-lap shootout Sunday to claim thevictory, cap- SUE OGROCKI/Associated Press EastAll-Star Vince Carter shoots past WestAll-Star Tracy McGradyatthe NBAAll-Star ping a roller-coaster week that saw NASCARsend Chad Knaus home after he cheated during qualifying. Just momentsafter Johnson crossed thefinish line, his rivals were wonderingif the win was legitimate. “This couldstill be the first opportunity for NASCARtopull away victory if the thingis illegal,” third-placefinisher Ryan Newmansaid.“It's disappointing. I think lot of Jimmie Johnson _ and his talent, but I'm pretty sure atleast three ofhis last four wins havehad conflictions with the cars beingillegal. “You know, it’s not necessarily good for the sport.” But with a bottle of champagne onhis lap, Johnson defended his team and his win. “This is a huge statement and somethingthatI'm very proudof,” he said. “We knowthatthere are rules, a set of rules. Chad broke the rules. He's admitted that. He's in Charlotte watching the race. He missed the event. We're serving Game in Houston on Sunday. LeBron leads as Eastrallies for victory MIKE RIDEWOOD/Associated Press Patrice Lauzon of Montreallooks over at partner Marie-France Dubreuil of Montrealaftera fall in the figure skating original dance at the Turin Winter Olympics on Sunday. Threeof thefinal five couplesfell on Sunday. Andrew Bagnato THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MaRAR Original danceevent turnsinto freefall HOUSTON — pushfrom the Detroit Pistons plus an MVP performance by LeBron James decided an NBAAll-Star gamethat went downtothe final seconds. Trailing by 21 points, the East rallied for a 122-120 victory Sunday night behind King James and the Pistons’ Fab Four. The East didn’t wrapit up until hometownhero Tracy McGrady of the Houston Rockets missed As of Sunday Country Germany ASSOCIATED THE PRESS Total 4g Norway us. i 16 13 dance, glare at him could have burned wihives ofthe finalfive Belbin and Agosto were helped immeasurably by an _epidemic offalls that allowed them to move from sixth after the compulsories to second overall. No U.S. dancers have won an Olympic medal in 30 holes in the ice. Their fall probably burned holein their medal chancesas they dropped to seventh. Appropriately, Fusar Poli broke downin tearsin the “Kiss and Cry”area. local favorites Barbara Fusar Poli and Maurizio Margaglio of Italy, twotime world champions Tatiana Navkaand Roman Kostomarov of Russia surged The Americans,the final duo to skate, began their passionate Latin routine while the crowd was still stunned from the fall taken by Fusar Poliand most noteworthy flop of the _night, it was not the most painful. Marie-France Dubreuil of Canadahada brutal fall. Near TURIN,Italy — Fiestatime oniceturned into an Olympic fallfest, with only the Russians a ae avoiding real Russia 13 13 dunk on the other endjust before South Korea 7 into the lead in ice dancing. Margaglio, who plunged near _the end of herroutine, she was Knaus was suspended for two the buzzer. McGrady led all scorers with 36 points. The 21-year-old James, playing in his second midseason showcase,scored 29 and became Italy i China Netherlands 7 7 6 6 the end oftheir program. Fusar Poli seemed to get out —_ofposition during a lift, Margaglio lost his balance and they _—crashed. ina split with both her hands wrapped around partnerPa_trice Lauzon’s arm. Her hands slipped and shefell hard on her Sweden Their cha cha, rhumba and samba — andability to stay upright — put them 1.38 points infrontof Americans Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto head- races, but appealed and had the penalty reduced to probation. Then,following a September win Dover,Del., the No. 48 Chevrolet againfailed inspection, Onlythis ing into Mondaynight's free Whentheyfinished,her Whilethe Italians madethe penalty.” Canada f Austria Switzerland the youngest AllStar MVP. years. our | There's probably more to come. | Johnsonhas indicated that the team expects NASCARto suspend Knaus anadditionalthree races. The team will probablyalso be docked points, knocking Johnson off the leaderboard. a jumperwith the clock ticking down.Kobe Bryant then had the ball slip out of his hands for a turnover,and it hardly mattered that Vince Carter missed a breakaway 10 § couples taking spills, including | See OLYMPICS, C4 “It was more impressive that we camefrom,at one point, 21 points down and willed ourselves toa _ win,” James said, Detroit teammates Chauncey Billups, Rasheed Wallace, Ben Wallace and Richard Hamilton, all selected as reserves from the team with the league's best record, came off the bench togetherto help the East rally. “I talked to the guysat halftime andbasically said that we were not as competitive,” said East coach See ALL-STAR, C2 ee ¥ See DAYTONA, C3 GIRLS PREP GIRLS STATE BASKETBALL No clear favorites as 44, 5A tourneys start up Saunders of the Pistons, “I thought that the second half t! played exceptionally well. In these type of games,it takes a lot of time to get used to playing with guys. Every guy did something in a very positive way.” The West took a 74-53 lead 2 minutes into the third fer. But the East responded with a 28-13 run over the next 6 minutes as James, scored 13 points. The East grabbed a 117-107 lead with 3:29 to go. But the West tied it at 120 on Bryant's fadeaway jumper The team hasa history of mis- deeds and questionable conduct NASCARaccused Knausof cheating following Johnson's win in Las Vegas last March whenhis carfailed post-race inspection. Jaré 1Lloyd state is muchbetter. Only Murray DAILY, NeRALD (18-2) and Olympus (15-6) have better records than the Pioneers. Last year's state champs dealt with the cruelest ofironies, taking the floor _at Lehi on Feb.14 needing a win to secure the Region title. When the Pioneers pulled out the victory, Payson discovered it had tumbled into tie for second with Orem and Timpview.Because of tiebreakers, the Lions ended up as the fourth seed. Everything's new and exciting for Lehi, who won the title in its first year moving up from Class 3A with In 2004, the 4A stat championship baskethé 4 game pittedto Utah Vai xy teams.Ina thrilling } nale toa great season, P yson defeated _ Timpview, 57-52, to ear, the first ever sia state title fo» the Lions. 't been near y as friendly tove Is basketball. newsis that t stead of boasting the top twotee’ \s in the State, no one in the area 1as better than Lehi’s 13-8 record. The good newsis tha noone in the ‘ » See 4AGIRLS,C3 Neil K. Warner “WhenI lookat it, there areeight to 10 teams that could win this andit wouldn't be a surprise,” Flood said. “I Lone Peak coach Keith Flood can think this is a lot like the year Provo picture his Knights wonthe boystitle (2004) when they holding up the state5A_-—camein as the fourth seed and_wonit championship trophy, I think that could happen this year.” posing for pictures, and Flood’s sentimentis a popular one. cutting down the nets. Thereare eight teams with 15 or more But he can also see Layton,Bingwins and four teams that havejust ham, Brighton, Mountain View, Timtwolosses. Bingham coach Rand Raspanogos and Clearfield doing the same mussen believes the winner could be thing. oneof several teams with the excepIn other words,with a few exception of his Miners, who are 18-2. tions,if you'rein this year's state 5A “Wehave no chance. Wehave no girls basketball tournament, you could winit. See 5A GIRLS, C3 WWW-HERALDEXTRA.COM — CALL 375-5103 TO SUBSCRIBE DAILY HERALD | |