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Show ' SPORTS OCTOBER 29, 2003 WEDNESDAY, Good Riddance, Malone c3y it ain't so, Malone on the Laker tandwagon jjmps by Chris Taylor Guest ( Columnist Karl ingratulations, I'jlone. By don- officially the ning purple and this gold week at the top of the NBA v. season, you sold have pur soul to the NBA equiva-- i nt of the devil. And for at9 So someone could win iur championship for you, ats what. , 2003-0- 4 -- ; Tiough a Laker hater by admission, its not the fact that r s the Lakers that bothers me Its the money. r ost insult to injury, youll be aying for close to the league n inimum, something you lever considered while in I ah. Did it ever cross your c.md that while maybe you cclnt stand between the Jazz '.d a championship (though a Lrnover or two and some passed free throws might sug-:.different), your pocket-tj add E st k did. suggest that you were erpaid, but had you been 'ailing to make a similar sacri-1ceven once, youd have .or championship. ot to c e, If the next two years does bring you a championship, there will always be an asterisk beside it. You couldnt get the job done yourself. You had to piggyback off of someone else, the very tiling you criticized New Jersey Nets head coach Byron Scott for last sea- DIXIE SUN This 3-- into the One more win is all Florida needed, and all. The Florida Marlins watch falling confetti during their World Series victory parade in downtown Miami, Florida. If you had gone to Dallas or Sacramento, at least you could then say that you helped put them over the top. Aside from one semi-of- f year last season, the Lakers have been on top the past four years, and theyve done it without you. Pitcher comes up big for Fish in World Series hate to admit it, a and theyve dynasty, theyre achieved that distinction with- MIAMI by Greg Cote Knight Ridder Newspapers As much as I - There is your metaphor for ihe miracle in the making, for the mountain these Marlins have almost climbed now'. The New York Yankees bet a $156 million payroll Thursday night - against a Penny. Pitcher Brad Penny, whos fastball reached 98 miles per in a hour, beat New York, World Series Game five that 6-- DSC Penny allowed only one earned run in a tough seven innings that made a pulsating party of the finish of the Marlins' 2003 home season as 65,975 fans made a blizzard of white Marlins towels, a galaxy of blinking flashbulbs and a thoroughly desperate team of the most famous, accomplished franchise in American professional sports. "To beat a team like that? I've got the most respect in the world for them," said Penny, Oklahoman. the "I mean, you can't explain it, " of it. "It just feels right, the World Series being there," Marlin Derek Lee said Thursday. "Playing on the biggest stage of the world, against Ihe Now York Yankees. probably of people A lot never heard of most of us before all this, but now' we get an opportunity to show the world what we can do " Thursday's latest drama ended when Lee nabbed a shot off screaming Hideki Matsui's bat - a bullet meant to punch the wall in one-ho- p MARLINS page 13 football shows respect for teammate's family Ihe before Staff Writer On Thursday Oct. 23, the Dixie State football team traveled to Salt Lake City to show support for teammate Paulo (Bobo) Fuaalii. 65 players and coaches traveled on two buses to attend a viewing of Fuallis deceased rela- More than tives. Utah Jazz cornerstone and future Hall of Famer, Karl has turned in his 32 for Laker purple and gold. delivered Florida to the edge of, well, of everything. Now they go to the place where you cither get crushed by history, or make it. The place where you bow reverently to that history, or leave w'ith your permanent piece see Dixie Sun e ll So now' they go back up to the place w'here baseball tradition was invented and has resided for a century, that's by Jake Hendy Malone figured I Rebels attend SLC viewing before playing Phoenix College last week Long-tim- it would be back up here. 11 seems right Hey, if you're going to go mountam-climb-mg- , why not the highest The only difference is Scott was with the Lakers from the You instead took the If get-gyou cant beat em, join em route. i at Stadium9 peak? i weekend Yankee two-gam- e crescendo turns out, youre no better than he is. He rode Magics and Kareems coattails. Youll be riding Kobes (barring hes not behind bars) and Shaqs. Just hope, Laker fans, that your fourth championship in five years doesnt come down to a Malone free throw. Because, as Jazz fans know all too well, the Mailman doesnt always deliver - especially on Sundays. home victory pushed the Marlins' Series lead to heading As it you. 11 Yankees Penny is worth millions againstsecond straight son. out you. And they would have again been the favorite to win it all this year, with or without -- Fualliis mother and cousin passed away in a tragic car accident on the Oct. 18. Fuallis family was traveling to St. George to watch Fuallii and the Rebels play against Arizona Western. making haul to Phoenix, Ariz. The buses the Rebels took w'ere provided by Merlin It definitely was tough in that we had a lot of traveling, but I feel that Bobos part of our family and it was a much needed time for us to be their for Bobo. It was good for Bobo and for us as we got to show Bobo our care for him and he in turn showed us his care and gratitude for us. The long drive cant even compare when its for family, said Rebel runningback Anthony Parker. Tell you what, it was a great deal that we had the opportunity to show Bobo our support for him and let him know that were there for him, said Rebel coach Greg Croshaw. Sullivan and his busing company. Donations from local residents helped to make it possible for the Rebels make the trip. The Rebels didnt practice last Thursday - they left St. George at 11:30 a.m. and didnt return until 11:30 p.m. that night. The Rebels left at 8am the next morning to play Phoenix College. The team is a family. Bobo is my brother and (going to the viewing) was the best show of support we could give him, said DSC wide-receiv- Travis Brown. The Rebels traveled a ten to Salt Lake hours round-tri- p nine-hou- r |