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'v ' t ‘S ' Utah State landed 21 on the Big West spring academic teams it student-athlet- es was announced by the league office Tuesday The Angies were represented in all of their spring sports including softball men’s golf men’s and women’s tennis and men’s and women’s outdoor track lb be eligible for the academic teams student-athlethave to maintain a 32 cumulative grade point average have attained a sophomore standing academically and competed in at least 30 percent of their team's contests ' it ' i r' ' si" v: 'C - - r IV ' ?-- ' T 4 i 1" ' - A ' c I f 'i i v ormets stm Sports brloffi Aggie spring scholars - Hyrum notches first win over Providence & By Shawn Harrison ’V- v 13 - sports writer ' ’i r jA ' i t ' S-'S- v ¥' iOp ' 's' ' es Thirteen of USU's selections came from its men's and women’s track teams which both won Big West Championships this spring wxnen's tennis had three selections while the softball and men’s tennis teams each had two recipients Men’s golf had one honoree NBA lockout starts (AP) — All around the NBA players and team officials took care of business before a lockout went into effect at midnight The NBA said it had no choice until finding a way to bring the growth of player sahnes in tine with revenues Scottie Pippen was one of 148 free agents who were looking forward to July 1 when they would be free to shop their services to die highest bidder At team offices staffs were briefed on lockout rules — no direct contact with last-min- players for the duration Trainers and on moving treatment sessions away team facilities Magic waive Price ORLANDO Fla (AP) — Mark Price e NBA All-Stin his a career was waived by Orlando after just four-tim- oneseason Price 34 acquired from Golden State four days before die regular season averaged 95 points and 47 assists in 63 games See HORNETS ou Page 11 - m A alOnn O TvMWrlBrVQJ afOUnlH Hynim second baseman Ken Albratsen steps on second to gat Providence baaaiunner to complete a double play in the second inning Tuesday night in Hyrum r al4MI0IM3 the Starzz By Christen staff writer 1 The adventures it provides are endless And last night had to be one of the best I attended my fint Utah Starzz game It’s fairly well known I have unconditional love for the Utah Jazz And now I will add die Utah Starzz to 75-7- AP photo Houston Comots canter Monica Lamb (40) has a hard time trying to reach Utah Starzz canter Margo Dydek Tuesday in the Delta Cantor around any shot taken in die paint would be contested But despite Dydek’s presence die Comets had a few missiles of their own They go by the names Sheryl Swoopes and Cynthia Cooper Last season's tandem accounted for 44 of Houston's 75 points nine of them on Swoopes’ half Fresno 6 Vancouver 2 That was thanks to Margo Pioneer WNBA Houston 75 Utah 73 20T Sacramento 58 Los Angeles 56 World Cup Croatia 1 Romania 0 Argentina 2 England 2 Argentina won on penalty kicks anti-Pbli- sh Dydek’s coming of age party She poured in 27 points and added 16 rebounds to her two blocks But she wasn't impressed “It’s nothing when you have your Great Fade 8 Lethbridge 2 1st game Lethbridge 3 Great Falls 2 2nd game Medicine Hat 10 Helena 1 Idaho Falls 9 Billings 0 (5) rain Ogden 11 Butte 10 4--3 On television high-scori- own great performance and your team loses” The Polish import said “Sometimes I’d rather score 12 and have my team win Personal performances mean nothing if you lose” It was evident from the momentum-breakin- g Starzz were hitting on almost all cylinders while the Comets sputtered — showing signs of their brilliant selves but certainly not the perfect compliment to Dydek down low grabbing 17 rebounds “We got good play from Wendy dominating the floor Cleve- land at Milwaukee 7 pjn ESPN2 — USAC Auto Racing sprints at Indianapolis 8:30 pm ESPN — Major League Baseball San Francisco at Anaheim FSR — Major League Baseball Col omdo at Seattle Part of that tentativeness by Houston was because of Dydek’s extremely long arms lurking like giant redwoods in the paint She blocked a Tina Thompson in the fust five minutes and without any or talking sent a message that finger-waggi- ng ESPN — PGA Golf Greater Hartford Open first round at Cromwell Conn NBC — Tennis Wimbledon Championships woman’s semifinals at London (same-da- y tape) 1230 pjn WON — Major League BasebaL Arizona at Chicago Cubs and had some flashes here and there but I wish we could all be on on ooe given night" coach Denise Iky lor said Tfcylor probably was referring to how her Starzz scored only five points in the last 6:45 of regulation letting the Comets sneak hack into a game that should have been Utah's s- ' Vrf - : i V ' Comets shown through Houston had Cooper touching the ball as often as they could - she came in shooting 878 from the line but on this day in the final OT was only With 25 seconds left Dydek took an off balance turnaround jumper from 10 feet that hit nothing but net 9 Comets ahead Comer was then fouled on the inbound where she made both freebies for a 73-6- 9 71-6- lead Kim Williams did a Mark Jackson “shimmy” in mid-ste- p and scored a layin for the Starzz now down 73-7- 1 Cooper was then fouled and made one of two free throws followed by another speedy penetration by Williams worth two points Comets 74 Starzz 73 Again Cooper was sent to the line where she made one of two 75-7- 3 Comets See UTAH on Page SWa — Commentaiy - television fame if' ir l i -- w V when a Houston player was trying to II t V PARIS (AP) — England hates the penalty shootout English fans really hate die penalty shoutout For die third time in eight yean at a major tournament soccer’s founding nation fell victim to a newfangled quirk of the game The seemingly random arrow of used to bring an end to endless ties pointed the other Kohler Wis HBO — Tennis Wimbledon Championships women’s semifinals at London tape) “McGwire is so focused and locked in right now it’s unbelievable He may disagree but I see him hit a ball out of the ballpark on SportsCenter every night’ — Kansas City manager Tony Muter after Mark McGwire hit a 472-foupper deck shot Tuesday night in the ot 6-- 1 victory aver the Cardinals See STARZZ on Page 11 t - Penalty kicks decide match English go home 3 pjn Today's quote imt a foul survives V ESPN — USGA Golf US Women Open Golf Championship first round at y - i V way mice again To make it worse the opponent was longtime rival and political foe Argentina which beat England in the Diego Maradona “Hand of God” game 12 years aga " “We are almost distanght! England coach Glenn Hoddle said after Tuesday's AP photo loss that tent the Argentines to a quarterfiArgentine goakeeper Carioe Roe center is embraced by Me teammates after saving a nal against the Netheriands “B’s a bitter It’s a very difficult penalty kick to give Ns team a 4-- 3 win over England in penalty kicks Argentine advanced bitter pill to take to the quarterfinals of tfte World Of the to tournament” out of way go I I ! TWenty minutes after sitting at the same table wife Kathy Aiken from Channel 5 1 looked at one of the many television screens in the media area rad there she wu talking about foe upcoming game My seat for the game (in the media section) was the closest I’ll ever get to The purple seats” Shane and I found oar seats on the second row from the floor We were right behind Amanda Dickson who does the announcing for the game the background music guy and a number of score keepers And behind ns were other media people along wife mare itat keepers So sitting in this elite area of die Delta Cmtrr is supposed to be very posed and business-lik- e Right Sports editor Shawn Harrison remindedwamed me before we left that I couldn't get crazy cheering and A yelling while I was there to “cover the tame” test of my professionalism Sony but I slipped up a few times and couldn’t help but yelL But timt was all right because die 6975 fens at the game made enough noise to equal the reputation of those noisy Utah Jazz fans The mixed group of spectators were totally out of control and having a wonderful time There were plenty of adults and lots of groups of kids that didift quiet down the entire game And I promise those fans all sitting in the Tower bowl or the Delta Center made that floor nimble : ' pjn Royals’ OT where the experience of the that obsession I’m just sorry it has taken me tins long to discover a great way to spend an evening I went to Salt Lake City with Shane Rrazier who was to cover the game for the uxxts department The media passes we received enabled us to “ill area - ill access” which meant wq even dined in the media room with a few Thursday bjil (same-da- third victory Regulation finished at 55-5- 5 bringing overtime lumber one Both teams scored eight in the fint OT tied at 63 forcing the second f-8 The Starzz took a 38-3- 5 lead into halftime and when play resumed Dydek sunk her first shot picking up where she’d left off Utah clung to their lead getting help from Wendy Palmer off the bench and Elena Baranova trim was the get-g- o V S'ALttAlCECrrV—IlovemyJob win over the now 2--7 Utah squad But are the Starzz really all that bad? No way In fact Utah led for most of the game once by 11 and held a comfortable lead for most of the second Calgary 9 Salt Lake 2 New Orleans 10 Edmonton 3 Nashville 8 Las Vegas 7 Omaha 6 Memphis 4 Albuquerque 6 Oklahoma 5 Tacoma 1 Colorado Springs 0 Tucson 3 Iowa 2 A Heipingstine incite vt Bff' esaa mu ipn Starzz would painfully below-p- ir not embarrass themselves too bad In the end it was die Comets who were embarrassed after all it took two overtimes to escape with a 3 PCL 5:30 pint ESPN — Major League Baseball tv Frazier sports writer ?Shfcflfb SALT LAKE CITY — When the WNBA champion Houston Comets waltzed into Salt Lake City Tbesday most in attendance only hoped the Lm Angeles 4 Texu 1 Colorado 6 Seattle 4 Anaheim 4 San Francisco 3 Josh Mums out and throws to firat Utah drops heartbreaker A night with loss to Comets Florida 7 Baltimore 5 NY Yankees 9 Philadelphia 2 Arizona 5 Chicago Cuba 4 Milwaukee 5 Cleveland 4 Houston 17 Chicago White Sox 2 Kansu City 6 St Louis 1 1 V points in overtime MLB 11 V Dydek scores 27 Tuesday's scores Cindnn&tTSMinnesota 4 Toronto 6 NY Mats 3 Atlanta 7 Tampa Bay 2 s 0-1- 12-ye- ar ar Oakland 12 San Diego 10 Boston 7 Montreal 4 Detroit 8 Pittsburgh 0 HYRUM — When wu the last time the Hyrum Hornets beat the Providence Wolverines? “Actually 1 think it hu been quite a while" said Hornet cenierfielder Nate Dunn afire Hyrum stung the Wolverines Tuesday night in Northern Utah baseball action 7--5 “I’ve only been here two yean and it hasn’t happened since I’ve been playing” “We’ve never lost to them (Hornets) in die two yean I’ve been playing for Providence" Wolverine centerfidder Jeff Hedman said So before Tuesday night when had Hyrum been victorious against their neighbors to foe north? “Never” Providence first basemanmanager Jared Jensen said “Before this pme we had never lost to diem They were 9 against us before tonight” But the Hornets have been ou aroll lately Tuesday night’s win was die third in a row for Hyrum “We are finally coining together” arid Dunn who at the plate including a home run and went three RBL “We just played really well tonight It was a good game almost perfect “Give credit to die pitchers (Starter) Jeff Hanoi had a good solid night pitching nixed with good defense And Brett Thompson has been hitting the ball wed for us” Hanni went six innings striking out two walking two and allowing seven hits Tbdd Dawson came in to finish the game for Hyrum “The defense was there tonight” Hanni said “It’s also nice to throw when you are not behind You can loosen up a little” While the Hornets are surging the Wolverines have been struggling a bit Back borne the losers were lionized “Heroes” the tabloid Express-declare- on its front page British Prime Minister Tony Blair who watched the match with hu children at 10 Downing Street said die team “showed die English spirit at iu very best” “I think people do feel a sense of ftus- tration because the team hft really come into its own” Blair said An estimated 28 million people in Britain watched the match and the national power service said electricity usage singed to levels registered when the “Who Shot J episode of “Dallas” was shown in Britain in 1985 British Air-ways said it wu sending n supersonic Concorde to bring the team home Jtr See SOCCER eoPagt 10 : |