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Show NATIONAL SPORTS SPORTS DIGEST UNC'S WOMAN SOCCER TEAM FINALLY LOSES: One of the longest college unbeaten streaks ended when Y North Carolina's women's soccer team was beaten 3-2 by Duke. The loss was North Carolina's first in 101 games and its second in 206 games. The Tar Heels, who have eight straight NCAA titles and 12 of the last 13, played Notre Dame to a 0-0 tie on Oct. 2 to end a 92-garne winnir.g streak. INJURIES ABOUND IN NBA: Charlotte forward Larry Johnson could be sidelined for two months with a possible stress fracture in his left foot. Team doctor Glenn Perry, traveling with the Hornets on their European tour, said a bone scan was performed Wednesday in Italy. Johnson left Tuesday's game against Golden State in Paris after complaining of soreness. Cleveland guard Gerald Wilkins will miss the NBA season after rupturing his right Achilles tendon in an exhibition against Boston on Tuesday night. Wilkins is scheduled to undergo surgery Friday. This is the same injury Gerald's brother Dominique suffered two years ago. Philadelphia :.._ar..-.&--:.....-----' center Shawn Bradley re-injured his Shawn Bradley surgically-repaired left knee 31 seconds into the 76ers' 105-98 exhibition victory over Minnesota. "SLICK" BECOMES A FREE AGENT: He cleaned out his house in a Pittsburgh suburb months ago, and sold it just last week. Andy Van Slyke knew what was coming. And when it came - in a phone call from Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Cam Bonifay - he accepted it gracefully. The Pirates said Wednesday they will not attempt to sign Van Slyke, a three-time NL All-Star. Van Slyke, who won Gold Gloves in five of his eight seasons with the Pirates, will join Doug Drabek and Barry Bonds as high-profile Pirates who left the team as free agents after Pittsburgh won NL East titles in 1990, 1991 and 1992. Another big-name player, Bobby Bonilla, left after the 1991 season.Bonifay said Van Slyke's age and declining offensive performance influenced his decision. If the writing wasn't already on the wall, it became even clearer last week, when the Pirates received Jacob Brumfield in a trade with the Cincinnati Reds. Brumfield, 29, reportedly stands a good chance of becoming the Pirates' starting center fielder. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARDS PRESENTED: Bob Hamelin became the first DH to ever earn the AL rookie of the year honor when he was a clear winner Wednesday over C leveland outfielder Manny Ramirez. Hamelin drove in 65 runs and batted .282. He led AL rookies in homers, RBIs, runs (64), hits (88), doubles (25), walks (56) and games (101 ). Ramirez, who hit .269 with 17 home runs and 60 RBIs, was runner-up with 44 points. Texas outfielder Rusty Greer, who hit .3 14 with 46 RBIs and also made a diving catch that finished off Kenny Rogers' perfect game, got the other three firstplace votes and was third with 42 points. In the NL,outfielder Raul Mondesi unanimously won the rookie of the year award Thursday, the third straight Los Angeles winner, an honor the Dodgers have dominated since its inception. Mondesi, who batted .306 and led major league outfielders with 16 assists, was the seventh unanimous Raul Mondesi winner in the NL. Dodgers catcher Mondesi, 23, received all 28 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America and finished with 140 points. Houston reliever John Hudek was runner-up with eight second-place votes .and 27 points and Atlanta outfielder Ryan Kleso was third with six second-place votes and 25 points. Mondesi had 16 home runs, 56 RBIs and 11 stolen bases in the season that stopped Aug. 12 because of the players' strike. He also hit 27 doubles and eight triples and scored 63 runs. I Steve 'Air' McNaiI warms up for practice. McNair will most likely surpass Ty Detmer as the NCAA total offensive leader in his game tomorrow. McNaiI will also likely grab the records in career and season total offense per game. 'Air' McNair to pass Detmer By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS When Steve "Air" McNair becomes the NCAA career total offense leader, he will not have fully lived up to his nickname. McNair has taken a different route to the record than Ty Detmer, the Heisman Trophy winner he' ll replace in the record book. Alcorn State's senior quarterback is just 264 yards shy of breaking the 3-year-old record of 14,665 total yards set by Detmer at Brigham Young. "My dream was to play in the NFL. As a kid, I wasn't looking at becoming the NCAA total offense leader," McNair said Thursday. "It's something I' m looking forward to now." Detmer set the total offense record through the air. McNair could easily surpass the record with a run. McNair has 14,402 total yards - 12,337 passing and 2,065 rushing. He became the Division I-AA total offense leader Oct. 1 with a 22-yard scrambling touchdown run against Mississippi Valley State. "Detmer was a pure passer. I'm a scrambler as well," McNair said. "I elude the rush and get yards on the ground as well." This season, McNair already has four 100-yard rushing games, including three in which he also threw for more than 300 yards. He has thrown for 2,704 yards and 28 touchdowns and rushed for 6 72 yards and six scores. Detmer will keep his career passing record of 15,031 yards. But the minus-366 career yards rushing brought his total offense numbers down. Now playing a backup role with the Green Bay Packers, Detmer said Thursday that he hasn't had time to think about his total offense record being broken. But he said he has heard about McNair, and seen him on TV. "(McNair) is a great athlete. He's the main focus of their team. They just give (McNair) the ball and let him go with it," Detmer said. "He mixes it up pretty good. Most of my rushing yards were minus." Even though Alcorn (5-2) is hosting Southern University, the top-ranked defense in Division IAA (allowing 190 yards per game), McNair will likely break Detmer's record Saturday. "Our offense is basically wide open. If we execute as good as we can, the record will take care of itself," said McNair, averaging 482.3 total yards per game this season and 3 79 in his 38-game career. McNair is on pace to break the career and season records for total offense per game. Former Mississippi Valley State quarterback Willie Totten, who threw most of his passes to Jerry Rice, holds the career mark at 325 yards per game. David Klinger set the single-season record of 474.6 yards per game at Houston in 1990, the same year Detmer won the Heisman. On Sept. 10, McNair set I-AA records with 647 yards total offense (491 passing and 156 rushing) and eight TD passes in a 54-28 victory at Tennessee-Chattanooga. Despite the records, many still question McNair being considered for the Heisman because he plays I-AA football. Others believe he is a legitimate candidate. "Everybody has got their own opinion about it," McNair said. "I don't even pay m uch attention to it. I know what I'm trying to do, I'm trying to make it to the next level. All I have to do is perform an on the next level, that's the NFL. That will quit the talking." But he's got a few more college records to break before getting there, he gets his first chance tomorrow. |