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Show DAILY HERALD AMBRIEFING Ozao= HORSE RACING ON THE AIR Television Discreet Cat is on his way to the United States, but the undefeated colt won't be running in the Ken- tucky Derby. Ownedby Sheik Mohammed's Dubai- Inc., Discreet Cat is 3-for-3 atNad A horse, tos ded tht hs weld pete ogien sore time,” Crisford said Tuesdayin a news release. “We see him as an important horse forGodolphin both later in the season and next year.” Discreet Cat ‘will be shipped to Belmont Park in New Yorkand train for major races later in the season. Crisford said the colt won't run in the Preakness or the Belmont Stakes, the other twolegsof the eh Estrada__8p.m._ESPN2_ t Baseball N.Y. Yankees at Toronto 10:30 a.m. ESPN Atlanta at N.Y. Mets. Kansas City at ChiSox iiam. Noon AUTO RACING Graves steps down as team manager CHARLOTTE,N.C. — Andy Graves, the first em- ployee hired by car owner Chip Ganassi when he started his NASCAR operation,resigned as team manager Tuesday as part of a shakeup within the three-car operation. The move comes one dayafterJeff Vandermoss was replaced as crew chief on rookie David Stremme's struggling team. . Graves, who began his career as a crew member on Jeff Gordon's famed “Rainbow Warriors” team and worked his wayup to crew chief for Terry Labonte, joined Ganassi’s operation in 2000. A heavyweight in open-wheelracing, Ganassi was looking to catcher Jason LaRue off the disabled list. LaRue, whohad knee surgery during spring train- ing, ras activated aac ctjemedtha tao ea Toeutay: TBS WGN » Red Sox pitcher apologizes to commissioner: David Wells said Tuesday he was wrong tocriticize com- Cleveland at Baltimore 5 p.m. ESPN2 NBA LA.Clippers at Dallas 6 p.m. ESPN Golden State at Utah 7 p.m. KIZZ Denver at Seattle 8:30 p.m. ESPN > Arsenal FC vs. Vilareeal CF 12:30 p.m. ESPN2_ | Triple Crownraces, and added, “we have no specific ce ose aieeee Mohammed has been trying to win the Derby since 2000, but this will be the fourth straight year he will not have a horse in America’s greatest race. In other oe news, one-time top prospect First Samurai been pulled off the trail after a disappointing fiftieplae fe n Saturday's Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland. ready to play before he's eligible to return in 10 days. The move gave the Reds, an opening to activ: rate signed unexpectedly after four successful seasons as the Ramis coach last Mondayto take over the same position at Oklahoma. eree eepered oo eeere: Gonzaga forward Morrison is expected to forgo his senior year ae the NBA draft, according to numerous media reports. Morrison, first-team All-America and the nation’s leading scorer, has not commented on the reports, but has scheduled a press conference at Gonzagafor this afternoon. missioner Bud for ordering the New York Yankees to removea sign apologizing for the absence of star players who wereat the World Baseball Classic. The Yankees put up sign in early March at their spring training ballpark, apologizing to fans for the absence of players who were at the WBC. Major Baseball then directed that the Yankees removethe sign. In the interview withThe Hartford Couirant published March 8, Wells was quoted as saying, “Bud Selig needs to . That's what he needs to do. “He needs to resign and bring someone in who's capable of SR eee _ tion and the owners, as well as the players, there's so much hatredsean Bud right now. isa ‘sa joke. Nobody likes him. » Newspaper: Giants trainer to testify before Bonds’ grand jury: The head athletic trainer for the San Francisco Giants was told to appear before a federal penisjury investigating whether Barry Bonds lied about his connection to the BALCO steroids scandal, a newspaperreported. Stan Conte, who is not related to Bay aren Laboratory Co-Operative owner Victor Conte, was subpoenaed to appear in a San Francisco federal'courtroom April 27, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tues- day,citing three anonymous sources familiar with the investigation. Conteis scheduled to appear before the grand jury on the sameBos as Bonds’ orthopedic surgeo™ Dr.Arthur Ting. The grand jury subpoenaed Tir medical records related to Bonds a year ago, t Chronicle reported. The panelhas been hearing testimony for more than a month about whetherthe outfielderlied to. a separate grandjury in December 2003about his connection to BALCO. » PennState fines coach $10,000 for ‘hostile’ treatment of player: At State College, Penn., Penn State fined women's basketball coach RenePortland $10,000 after concluding she violated university policy in hertreat- . ment of a player sho warceceiiite a lesbian. The university said Portland would be dismissed for expand into NASCAR and Graves helped build the any futureviolation of the school’s nondiscrimination team from the gr up. policy. She was also ordered to take professional deHestarted as team managerfor the Indianapolis velopment “devoted to diversity and inclusiveness. Bonds aresced the latest probe publiclyforthe fis 500 effort that season and was on handfor Juan The university released the results of the investiga- time Tuesdayon his television show, “Bonds on Bonds.” Pablo Montoya’s victory. Graves was then instru“I knewI was still being investigated, but didn’t tion Tuesday. seein from a statement at a news mental in transitioning Felix Sabates' established race ~ ference, said she disagreed withthe rul- know that was particularly coming,” he said. team under Ganassi’s umbrella when he became the ing and that the conclusions wereflawed. She said majority owner. The team was competitive in its first would return as Penn State coach next season, but HOCKEY two seasons,wil five races and putting Sterling declined to answer any questions. Marlin on top ofthe points standings for 25 ae The school began the investigation after a former GMTaylor among those fired by Kings in 2002. But he brokehis neck in an accident and player, Jennifer Harris, alleged that Portland had missed the final seven races of the season. harassed her, told her she needed to look “more Bs SEGUNDO,Calif. — President and general The team has struggled since. feminine,” and had a policy of keeping women she ager Dave Taylor was among those dismissed io werelesbians off the team. byttheLos Angeles Kings on Tuesday during a maCOLLEGE BASKETBALL concluded Portland created “hostile,in- jor housecleaning. The moves came after the Kings tina and offensive environment” based on Harstumbled down the stretch of the season and failed to ris’ perceived sexual orientation. Harris has said that makethe playoffs for the third consecutive year. Horida assistant Grant hired at VCU she is not gay, but was perceived to be by Portland. The entire coaching staff,i interim head RICHMOND,Va. — Anthony Grant assumed his coach John Torchetti, will not havetheir contracts refirst head coaching job Tuesday, taking over at VirBASEBALL newed. But Torchetti, who took over when Andy Murginia Commonwealth University. ray was fired last month, was told he can interview Grant spent 12 years as an assistantforBilly Dono- Leg injury puts Griffey back on DL aSe ew Week a a Sneed van,including the last 10 at Florida, which wonthe ‘evin Gilmore, assistant GM, andBill O'Flaherty,dinational championship this season. CINCINNATI — Ken Griffey Jr. said Tuesday that cane of player personnel,also wererelieved of their “I'm looking forward to doing really big things,” he agreed to go on the 15-daydisabled list tolet his duties. Even Tim Leiwekesaid he is stepping aside as he said. leg heal fully and to help the Cincinnati Reds with a CEO toallow the incoming president/GM to havefull The 40-year-old Grant replacesJeff Capel, who re- roster predicament. control of the hockey operations. Shelton sixth in Detroit's lineup, and Leylandsaid he would be a “blooming idiot” to move him. Leylandalso saidhe isn’t think“Whenyou turn on the TV, ing about resting him soon. that’s all you see.It feels unreal “He's a young fella,” Leyto put me with all those names. —_landsaid. “This past week has been a ee eae little tougher to enjoy the suc-giving Detroit hope it mig! cess I’mhaving because we're finally have a player toe ae not winning.” on in the years to come. The Tigers wontheir first The Tigers have made five games, the last ALteamto countless moves that haven't lose a game, then dropped six worked out while going 12 oftheir next eight. straight seasons without awinAfter Tuesday's 4-3 loss to ning record. But they founda Oakland, Shelton, who played gem off the scrap heap on Dec, his college ball at the University 15, 2003, when the Pittsburgh of Utah, was among baseball's Piratesleft Shelton unproleaders with a .455 batting aver- tected at the winter meetings age, 17 RBI, 25 hits, including in the Rule5 draft. -five doubles and three triples “Our scoutstl ht he —an impressivetotalfor the 6- could hit at a big leaguelevel foot, 215-pounder. because he swung a good bat “He's a real good young and had a good commandof hitter who has the potential to _the strike zone,” Tigers presibe an outstanding old hitter,” dent and general manager Tigers manager Jim Leyland Dave Dombrowski saidMonsaid. “He's the real deal. day night. “We weren't sure “He'll have times when he where he was going to play struggles, but right now,he's defensively, but weliked his hitting pretty much everything.” makeup as a hard worker and Shelton has beenbatting weput him atfirst base onthe u , Continued from C1 first day that we had. He's really worked harddefensively, and he’s becomevery solid.” Shelton, who had six errors last year, did not commit an errorin his first 13 games this season. . The Pirates said they didn’t have Shelton on their 40-man roster when Detroit selected him — for $50,000 — because they were hoping to pick up solid, veteran free agents as they hadin the past. “I wasn't surprised. I was moredisappointed that they only protected 37 guysontheir —_roster,” said Shelton, pickedby in the 33rd round in te June 2001 draft.“Allmy success is predicated on everybody telling me can't do this or that. It's given mea chip on my shoul_—_der to prove people wrong.” Pittsburgh general manager DaveLittlefield, leading a franchise that has struggled for more than a decade, has become testy when questioned about his decision to leave Shelton unprotected. “As much as you hateto have players selected, it made the most sense for us,”Littlefield said. To keep Shelton from going back to Pittsburgh, the Tigers hadtokeephimonthe major league roster in 2004. Shelton hit just .Sede games twoyears ago, then showed glimpses ofhis potential _last year after st: the season at Triple-A Toledo. He was called up May31 and hit .368 from June 14July 1 and hada 15game hitting streak later in July before finishing with a.299. average, 18 homers and 59 RBIs. Shelton is a career .332hit_ter in the minors with 48 home _runs in-1,186 at-bats. Even if Shelton can’t come close to keeping up his stag_gering pace, he willbe one of the best bargains in professional sports. The Tigers have an $82.3 3 million payroll, rank_ing 14th in baseball, and will pay him $365,000. “We're all very excited for Big Red,” Detroit outfielder C.aig Monroe said. “Weall just hope ne can stay focused aa keep it Shelton, Sey, surrounded by a slew of reporters, TV v ‘success stories of the 20th century,” added Johnson According to recent information compiled by Brett NWTF regional fi , there is now need Dallas John than ever, and Jack Nicholson looks as though he's had bit of a makeover,too. The beautiful people are still beautiful. The Clippers are no longerpitiful ‘And theLakers are back in the NBAplayoffs. Yes, those Lakers. You might rememberthem from a few years back when Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal were buddies, court- . side seats cost $2,000 a game, a and the biggest problem owner . Jerry Buss had was figuring out how many a to put on the championship ring: Not muveeee dl Sitting near Nicholson will still set you back a mortgage payment or two. The Laker Girls still look Hollywood perfect, and Bryant still shoots every time he touches eae of the bas- ae even in Tinseltownnot evae goes according to'script. The dynasty was unraveled quickly when Kobe andShaqstarted fexing, Kobe and Phil stopped , and Kobe had to go to Cokoraio to doa lot of Things got so bad that B-list celebrities were allowed tosit at courtside. Gone arethe old Lakers who used to swagger intothe playoffs knowing they could beat anyone. In their place is a team just happy tostill be playing this com- ing weekend. “Tt doesn’t really seem like we're overly jumping for Jj oy, but it is a great accomplishment for same time. Thatleaves the Lakers pretty _ muchwherethey've been since with his teammates. The good newsfor the Lakers ~ is they've won 10oftheir last 13 » and are playing better than at any. timethis year. Odom has of coming out of Bryant’s for a second NWTF chapter in eterna plecane med NWTF members and es reside whhin UtahComaty, Brown isbeginning to be ence on the inside and Luke Waltonhas filled in the gaps as a starter in recent games. So muck sninfect. that we split our original chapter <é bal toenconress both the. northand south ends of the . The ‘Utah County’and the Federation’s volunteers ‘Provo River Rio’s’ chapters who work side-by-side with the NWTF and all the Utah Division of Wildlife Se eeee Resources, U.S. Forest Service, to everyone from Bureau Land Management, \ ing Point to Spanish Fork and sister conservation organizaembody the finest in volunteer tions and supported financially leadership and dedication.” by private and corp sy continued. 9 Dallas John can be “It is considered by many to be pee ae rat one of the biggest conservation djohn@heraldextra.com. On Hunting ll seems well in Tinseltown. again. Tom and Katie are about, « us,” Bryant said after the Lakers beat Phoenix to clinch a playoff spot Sunday. “We came from last season when wedidn’t makeit. This season ni expected us to makeit and here weare.” Credit Bryant for most of that. He's the dominantplayer in the gameandwill end the season as the first player since Michael Jorcamerasandradio station midan in 1987-88 to average 35 points _crophones,tries to downplay or more. his start and point out what Give a big assist to Jackson, too, _he’s not doing well. who called Bryant uncoachable ‘Tm ing out too in his book yet somehow found a much,”said Shelton, who fanned wayto coach him whenthe Lak-* out 16 times in his first 51at-bats. eae eeteped i #10 Salam, A 7a “I'm either hitting the ball out of to come back. the getting an. Notthat Jackson has spent hit — or I'mstriking out.” muchtime coaching Bryant. The . ‘Shelton became the first major Zen philosopher now seemsto ~. leaguer to hit nine home runs have a new philosophy — let Brythis season when he pulled Paul ant:do what he wants and hope Byrd's 02pitch over the left-field Lamar Odom and a generic colfence in a 10-2 loss Monday to lection of understudies pick up the Cleveland Indians. enoughof the slack for the Lakers “He has tremendous bat to pull out a win. speed,” Byrdsaid. “He's a leJackson barely batted an eye gitimatehitter. I don’t know if when Bryantscored 8] points in he'll end the season leading the January to lead the Lakers to a league in home runs,but he’s win over Toronto. noflashin the pan.” “It's not exactly:the way you In Tigers history, which want to have a team win a game, dates to 1901, only Cecil Fielder but when you haveto win a game,’ — with 10 in 1996 — and Shelit’s great to have that weapon to ton havehit at least nine hombe able to do that,” Jackson. ers in the entire monthof April. Bryantwill have to score and “Maybe when the season is then score some moreif the Lakover, I can realize what I did ers have any hope of making it out to start the season andthat I ofthe first round of the playoffs. did something special,” Shelton | He-maybe the leading candidate’ , said. “Right now,it’s about for league MVP,but, unlike Stevé _ _getting some wins.” Nash, he doesn't seem to have either the desire or the knack to makehis better at the. ~ Turkey hunting gains popularity with help from NWTF s most of you hunters such an event would seem to only 1.5 million wild turkeys already know,Utah's fall on the shoulders of Utah's across the U.S., Canada and 2006 spring turkey hunt Division of Wildlife Resources, is vaunder way. there is yet another active manWhile many of our bird hunt- agement team known as the said. “Utah's wild turkey resers— drawing out National Wild Turkey Federatoration effort continues to be favre have been rewarded for their Satetos een have since entered the field and ‘i the h bei ininterest and to our curbird population. actordng to eee Re growing, recent years has allowed for hunters to enjoy even greater Saeinetos Ghiepot toes 100,000 wild turkeys roam the success. According to these feesapers Hayeice aa overs cottonwood river bottoms, pinsame officials, an increase in whelming diffe bird population also means _ “Dedicated iiaconserva moreinterested hunters. Obyou pursue wild turkeys as a pathers AimBaha tradition,” is the mission stateing these magnificent ment of the National Wild Tur- iter ahurabeuerudincicgsthe key Federation. The NWTF is time to view wild turkeysin that and so much more. Utah has never been better. “When the NWTF was first “Atthe forefront of this drafounded in 1973, there were matic return in Utah have been IN TINSELTOWN, EVERYONE HAPPY INCLUDING LAKERS The bad newsis they may not even be the best team in their own building (see LA ), will likely end up facing the Phoenix Suns in the first round the playoffs. That bring a smile to the faces of networktelevision executives because the Lakers are still the biggest draw in the NBA the series will feature a headto-head matchup of leading MVP in Bryant and Nash. ‘Who would have imagined a . See DAHLBERG, C4 _ Discreet Cat won't run in Derby |