| Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday June 2 1997 Sporti naphot Papa 6 I Jordan’s jumper drops Jazz Bulls take Game 1 with buzzer beater CHICAGO (AP) — Everyone at the United Center knew — the couches the players the fans the ushers the bullhnys Everyone wutching on television knew — from Chicago to San Lake City from Algeria to Zimbabwe With 7 12 seconds left in Game I of the NBA Finals and the score lied Sunday night Michael Jordan was going to get the ball He got it He shot it He hit it Chicago Bulls 84 Utah Jazz 82 I can't really fathom the idea that everybody watchknows that you are going to get the ing the game AP photo Home plate umpire Steve Rippley holds the bat of Los Angelos Dodgers' Wilton Guerrero alter it split in the first inning against the Si Louis Cardinals The bat had been doctored ball knows you are going to take the shot and yet you are able to Sport! briofs come through in that si- Bailey smokes Johnson whose tuation'' said Jordan TORONTO (AP) — Donovan Bailey Olympic gold medalist at 100 meters pulled away from Michael Johnson 200-an- d 400-mctchampion who pulled up injured with about 70 meters remaining match race Sunday in their Johnson pulled up grabbing his left thigh as Bailey won in 1499 seconds and collected $1 million in the One on One Challenge of Champions nd Sorenstam wins Classic ST LOUIS (AP) — Annika Sorenstam d heat lliromi Kohayashi in a duel to win the Michclob Light Classic by three strokes her fourth tournament victory this year The LPGA's leading money-winnwho took home $90000 to increase her earnings to $696079 won the event by 10 strokes two years ago 72 for an Sorenstam shot an even-p277 total and her 10th victory in 23 months final-roun- back-breaker- s" er ar cr did" Bears release Carrier Malone who edged Jordan for league MVP CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago ar - I J CHICAGO (AP) — It was exactly what Karl Malone wanted He was standing on the foul line in the waning moments of an NBA Finals game with victory in sight Malone with a bothersome sore on his right hand rotated tire ball and went through his familiar routine at the free throw line with nine seconds left The NBA's Most Valuable flayer missed them both “It is agonizing but I never dwell t rV Sunday's scores I I NBA Finals Chicago 84 Utah 82 I AL I r H Milwaukee 7 Chicago White Sox 4 Kansas City 8 Texas 2 NY Yankees 11 Boston 6 IS innings Oakland 8 Toronto 2 Minnesota 5 Anaheim 4 Seattle 4 Detroit 1 Cleveland at Baltimore ppd rain on them Malone said after the MVP he unseated Michael Jordan hit a shot to give the last-seco- NL the Bulls are nearly invincible with an 18-- 1 playoff record the last two yean But the Jazz had MLS On tolovlsion 0) Pitts- Tuesday USA— Tennis French Open mart's and women’s quarterfinals at Paris at Chicago Cubs Basebal Pita-burg- h 1:30 pm ESPN — NCAA Basebal Colege WOrtd vs Auburn (50-1Series Stanford (44-1at Omaha Neb 6) 9) outplayed and out-pitch- ed out-hnstl- ed out-h-it We stunk the whole series" — Florida manager Jim LeyUtad after dropping m 9--‘t game to Colorado on Sunday The Rockies nwi three offont gamesin the tenet the kiariuu this reason and are S--l n Just days after it was announced that the Aggies would be facing mighty Minnesota in the Preseason NIT head coach Larry Eustachy headed to Chicago for an interview at DcPaul Coincidence? Absolutely But Eustachy nonetheless just happened to he in The Windy City at the same time as the Jazz were meeting the Bulls in the first game of the NBA Finals Minnesota coach Clem Haskins of course is an old friend of Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan The two play ed for the Bulls back in the late '60s Sloan who later coached die Bulls now coaches Stephen Howard who played at DePauL and Jeff Hornacck who played at Iowa State After interviewiag with the Blue Today! quoto "We got four-tim- shooting with eight assists and four rebounds Malone who had 23 points on shooting and 10-for-- See JORDAN on Page 7 Calvin bests USU pole vault record that's not going to change We'll By Scott Dum aootla writen Seven USA Track and Field national qualify- ing standards were met six stadium records were set and one world record was attempted at this past weekend’s Rocky Mountain Elite Open Held at Utah Stale's Ralph Maughan Stadium the Open offered athletes from as far away as Texas and Alabama a last chance to qualify for the USA Tack and Field Federation Senior Nationals and seven of them did so The Open also saw three Utah State school records fall Aggie Mark Calvin surpassed Ids of being a little anxious Irving to make things happen too quickly and — you know — guilty as charged" Malone said there were no excuses For his missed free throws or the loss “I don't want to that because they've been here before it made a big difference Absolutely not" Malone said “We didn't win the game down the stretch and they did That's why they are champions" Malone agreed with his longtime nmniiig mate Stockton that the Jazz had Meyer broke pole vault record with a vault of 12 feet and Logan High alum Rebckah Nielsen established a USU standard in the women's steeplechase with a time of 11:417 Calvin'i Demons Eustachy plans on heading down to Ames Iowa to see old friend and current Cyclone coach Tun Floyd who b reportedly heir apparent to Phil Jacksoa ia Chicago Bulls general manager Jerry Krause has already given Eustachy his recom- mendation for the DcPaul job and a seat for him Sunday probably had of time in the middle last season That makes the Nov 17 date with the Golden Gophers who lost to Kentucky in the Final Four a little easier to take "We could put Justin Saxon Neal United Center Not that that means any- thing The Blue Demons will have to present a pretty appetizing package to hire Eustachy away from Cache Valley "Some coaches have their resume oa their desk ready to fax if something happens" said Eustachy who is signed with OSU through the 2004 reason "But I'm happy I don't think I could ever leave this mace I'd be here forever That would be fine with me" Eustachy also knows that he'll have one of his best teams back next season All-BWest point guard Marcus Saxon now has a Division I season nnder his belt and Kevin Rice and ig Jastin Jones will be back for their reninr seasons leaving the Aggies just two big men short of a Big West Championship Much heralded newcomer Donnie Johnson should hi of the power forward slat and Dave Isaacson saw a lot I I record-settin- performance said g USU assistant track and field coach Curtii ColUtah Jazz guard John Stockton (12) drives lier was perhaps the most surprising of aft "When I saw him running down rite runway I in for a layup in the first quarter over thought 'My gosh he's never run that fast See UTAH on Page 7 Chicago BuHtf Scottie Pfppon Sunday before" Collier commented Calvin's increased runway speed threw off his plant on his fust few attempts Collier said AP photo night at the gorawmer 1) WGN — Major League turnovers By Jeff Hunter 5:30 pm ESPN — NCAA Basebal College WOrtd vs Mississippi Series UCLA (45-20-at Omaha Neb State (46-28:35 p m TBS — Major League Baseball San Diego at Atlanta 7ajn “It is agonizing but I never dwell on them They were big free throws but it shouldn't have come down to that" e Jordan a MVP finished with 31 points on Eustachy blows into Windy City Turner Cup WGN — Major League Basebal burgh at Chicago Cubs this season missed two free throws with 92 seconds left ruining an otherwise fine performance “I'm from Summcrficld La and we don't have any excuses down there" said Malone who had a wound on his right hand that needed frequent attention during the game “I didn't make the free throws It was just me up there and I didn't come back Wednesday night with the same attitude" The Jazz had no jitters in their first NBA Finals game They adjusted quickly and outplayed the defending champion Bulls most of the game “I didn't see any nervousness or anything like that" said Stockton who had 16 points and 12 assists despite his career playoff high number of turnovers “The turnovers are maybe a sign a close game and had turnovers Long Beach 3 Detroit 0 Opjn 18 including seven by John Stockton as they lost Game I “We didn't come in here expecting to get beat we expected to w in" Jen Honucek said "Just because wr lost Colorado 2 Tampa Bay 0 New England 3 Dalaa 1 Washington DC 3 San Joee 2 l I Sun- points and appeared ready several times to take control on a court where Tacoma 7 Las Vegas 0 Edmonton 1 1 Calgary 5 1st game Calgary 14 Edmonton 4 2nd game Colorado Springs 7 Tucson 3 Phoenix 8 Atouquerque 5 I I victory didn’t get done" The Jazz led by as many as seven Vancouver 11 Salt LakaS I 84-8- 2 day night “They were big free throws but it shouldn't have come down to that We had some things we PCL I I nd Chicago Bulls an Atlanta 4 San Francisco 3 Pittsburgh 11 Montreal 2 NY Mats 8 Philadelphia 8 Los Angeles 8 SL Louis 1 Chicago Cube 7 Ctodmal 1 San Diego 6 Houston 3 Colorado 9 Florida 2 ! last-seco- steal one iif Chicago Carrier a three-tim- e Pro Bowler and sixth overall pick in the 1990 draft was slated to earn $1 million in the third deal year of a four-year 1 1 AP photo Utah Jazz cantor Greg Ostortag (00) goes tor a rebound between Chicago Buds center Luc Longtoy (13) and forward Dennis Rodman in Game 1 of the NBA Finals The Bulls won 84-8-2 on a shot Utah misses chance to Bears released starting free safety Mark Carrier Sunday after the seven-yeveteran refused to accept a sizeable 'cut in “w' jumper as Bulls within three victories of their fifth championship in seven yean “It is an unbelievable feeling" he said “I don't want to be put in that situation loo often But when I am I warn to be successful" Jordan has succeeded so often — last-secojumpers that eliminated Cleveland in both 1989 and 1993 leap to mind though there have been many others — “it's old hat to see it Utah's John Stockton said Jordan dribbled for most of the final 7 12 seconds him He thrilled that the Jazz weren't double-teamin- g went airborne a stride inside the arc faded away slightly from defender Bryon Russell released the hall perfectly and swished his shot through the hoop as the horn sounded Jordan then raised a celebratory fist into the air soaking in the cheers "He did what Michael Jordan is known for — said Russell the latest on a long list of players to be victimized by the NBA's supreme clutch performer "The shot just went down And that's all" Now Utah has two full days to think about it before the best-of-- 7 series resumes Wednesday night at the United Center “Anytime you lose a tough game you want to jump we right rack into ii" Kail Malone said “Obviously - 150-met- er salary! 21-fo- ot time expired put the but when the sophomore finally tamed his approach foe record tumbled “It was an awesome performance” Collier remarked "We were all stoked” Not to be outdone Lance White foe former Aggie whose benchmark Calvin bested established a new Ralph Maughan Stadium record in winning Saturday's event with a vault of IS (Geddcs) Rice and Dave out their and feel 4 inches White's vault also qualified him have a nice little team early" Eustachy for foe USATF Championships In the women's pole vault a world record said "That would seem pretty small to was attempted Rocky Mountain Elite's Stacy go into Minnesota" But it’s certainly more than he'd Dragila foie world inooar champion ia foe pole vault just missed clearing the bar at IS feet have to work with at DePauL in ConferThe vault had it been successful would have The Demons went 13 overall ence USA last season and lost two games to Cincinnati by a combined 66 punts So if Eustacfay's decision came down to facing Minnesota on one night in or playing the likes of the Bearcats or Louisville an a nightly well expect to see him basis for par oa Na 4 later this week putting 3--23 er broken Australian Emma George's outdoor record of 14 fed 11 25 inches "She is just so fit" Collier said of Dragila "And her technique is on I have no doubt she will get that world record before it's over with" thrower Amy ChrisBrigham Young red-shitiansen met USATF standards in two events rt winning the shot put (54-87- 5) and hammer (2034)1)1 Three men's hammer Arowen also qualified at the Logan Golf & Country dubi bag far foe USATF Championships They were Dallas-They used to call these 'body native fiu Brian Miner (220-- 1 1 ) USU Arowing coach and RME clubber Craig Ctetcr (2134)6) and Idaho State's Scott Boothby (2I2-05- L In the decathlon unattached participant Bin and get burl and really ruin a "But in basketball what's die wont Shuffenhaur became the first decafolcte to top that could happen? We lose a little 8JJ00 points ia Utah track and field history His rs See EUSTACHY on Page 7 Sec RECORD an Page 7 |
