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Show ---- --- -------~------------------------------- SPORTS· DIGEST LOCKED OUT HOCKEY STARS WILL PLAY IN EUROPE: The Vancouver Canucks won' t stand in Pavel Bure's way if he wants to play in Europe during the NHL labor strife. Canucks vice president George McPhee said players have a legal right to play elsewhere during the labor dispute, but the club will be unhappy if its marquee player risks injury and a lucrative future by joining a European team. Bure, who last spring signed a $24.5-million, five-year contract to stay with the Canucks, would rather play than wait out the squabble between NHL players and owners. Teemu Selanne, one of the NHL's brightest young stars, received permission Thursday from the Winnipeg Jets to rejoin his old Finnish club, Jokerit, during the lockout. ATLANTA'S WILLIS WANTS A NEW CONTRACT: Kevin Willis walked out on the Atlanta Hawks saying management is not committed to winning. Willis, the 7foot center-forward, told Hawks president Stan Kasten he would not play until his contract is renegotiated. Willis has two years remaining on a six-year contract for $2.95 million this season and $3 .65 million next season. The 32-year-old led the Hawks last season with 19.1 Kevin Willis points and 12 rebounds per game. Clifford Robinson also failed to show at practice and media day, following through on his promise to hold out unless the Portland Trail Blazers renegotiate his contract. CHAMPION TURNS AWAY 16TH CHALLENGER: Orlando Canizales successfully defended his International Boxing Federation banfamweight t itle Saturday for a record 16th time with a 12-round unanimous decision over Sergio Reyes. The 28-year-old Canizales, fighting before a hometown crowd, surpassed the previous record of 15 straight title defenses in the bantamweight division that Manuel "Mannie" Ortiz set between 1943 and 1946. Fighting outdoors in the 90-dcgrec heat before a hometown crowd of nearly 5,000, Canizales survived one of the closest fights of his career, helped by a sixth-round knockdown of Reyes. CLINTON CHOOSES USERY TO MEDIATE BASEBALL STRIKE: In an effort to revive talks between striking baseball players and owners, President Clinton picked former Labor Secretary W.J. Usery to mediate the dispute. Usery was mediator dunng the 1974 NFL strike, labor secretary and head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service under Presidents Nixon and Ford. Union head Donald Fehr said free agent filings will begin Saturday. Owners asked for a 45-day freeze on filing and signings, but players won't agree to it. Approximately 167 players are eligible to file until Oct. 29. "PENNY" MAKES A DEAL FOR $70 MILLION: Orlando' s Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, who made the NBA all-rookie team last season but stayed away from training camp in a contract holdout, signed a nine-year deal Saturday with the Magic that puts him among the NBA's highest-paid players. The contract, estimated at $70 million, includes an option year. The 6-foot-7 guard averaged 16 points, 6.6 assists, 5.4 rebounds and 2.3 steals in his rookie season. He was voted Anfernee Hardaway unanimously to the NBA all-rookie team and was six votes behind Golden State' s Chris Webber in rookie of the year voting. Magic owner Rich DeVos said he was pleased to make Hardaway a rich young man. Published reports had said Hardaway was seeking as much as $134 million over 12 years from Orlando. No NBA player has signed a deal worth $100 million, although Glenn Robinson, the 1994 draft's top pick, is trying. - s Auburn free safety Brian Robinson steps in front of Florida wide receiver f ack f ackson to steal the pass from Terry Dean. Robinson bad three interceptions on the day in the 36-33 win. Au urn shocks N o.1 F orida By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Auburn silenced its critics and a record crowd at No. 1 Florida. Sixth-ranked Auburn, the team that does not lose, surprised Florida 36-33 when Frank Sanders leaped above two defenders to catch an 8-yard touchdown pass from Patrick Nix with 30 seconds left. There were four lead changes in the fourth quarter. It marked the second time this season Auburn has won m the final period. Auburn got its final chance to win after Brian Robinson's third interception of the game with 1:20 left. Nix then moved the Tigers 55 yards for the TD. The Gators cheered by a record crowd of 85,562 at Florida Field, lost at home for only the second time in 28 games since Steve Spurrier became coach in 1990. At Manhattan, Kan., No. 2 Nebraska beat the No. 16 Kansas State Wildcats 17-6 for the 26th straight time despite depending on third-string quarterback M att Turman to start. Turman, a sophomore walk-on, spent most of the first half handing off to Lawrence Phillips, who ran for 126 yards and one touchdown. Berringer, who had been out with a partially collapsed lung, played the second half. N ebraska has lost Frazier for the season because of blood clots in his leg. Chad May threw a 29-yard touchdown pass early in the second quarter for Kansas State but had trouble throwing during a rainy second half. At Ann Arbor, Mich., Collins' third touchdown pass of the game lifted No. 3 Penn State over No.5 Michigan. Ki-Jana Carter ran for 165 yards for the Nittany Lions. Tyrone Wheatley ran for 144 yards, including scores of 67 and 21 yards, for Michigan. The Wolverines overcame an early 16-0 deficit before a crowd of 106,832 before losing 31 -24. At College Station, Texas, Corey Pullig threw two touchdown passes and Texas A&M won its t- -.su 25th straight game in the Southwest Conference over Baylor 41-21. T he Aggies extended the longest winning streak in the nation to 24 Baylor had not allowed so many points agamst Texas A&M since a 48-0 loss in 1941. At Seattle, Damon Huard threw for three touchdowns and 268 yards, leading No 9 Washington to its fifth straight win, 35-14. Napoleon Kaufman, the nation's leading rusher, was held to 80 yards. He scored on a 7yard run for the Huskies Arizona State was shut out until the final 4:24 Sherman Williams ran for 142 yards and the go-ahead touchdown with three minutes left Saturday to lift No. 10 Alabama to a 17-13 Southeastern Conference victory over Tennessee. At Fort Collins, Colo., Anthoney Hill threw two touchdown passes and E.T. Watson scored on a pair of 2-yard runs·to win 47-9. Sam Rogers of UTEP was tackled for a safety on the opening kickoff. No.13 Colorado State faces Utah next weekend in a meeting of undefeated Western Athletic Conference teams. At South Bend, John Walsh passed for 216 yards and Brigham Young won a non-conference road gam e for the first time since 1989. No.17 Notre Dame is off to its worst start since 1986, when coach Lou Holtz went 5-6 in his first season with the team. Quarterback Ron Powlus was injured late in the game, and backup Tom Krug stalled at midfield in the final minute. BYU twice stopped the Irish inside its 10. The Cougars recovered a fumble, intercepted a pass and had four sacks on their way to a 21 -14 win. At Salt Lake City, Sylvester Cooperwood ran 6 yards for the game's first score with 13:54 left to play and No. 21 Utah broke away to win 14-3. Cooperwood later went 46 yards on a swing pass, setting up an 18-yard touchdown catch by Curtis Marsh. The Utes and Hawaii both had trouble on the wet and slippery artificial turf. 0 ~ |