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VS-- ' vswyp -- Jf i 'V rry rt ' Hy i V The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday July 27 2000 — Page Jazz looking to woo Manning to Salt Lake Starzz still in the V SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Starzz kept themselves in the Western Confer- SALT LAKE CITY (AP — Veter- ”We have been focused in and we really got practice after it coming off a long road 7 the Milwaukee Bucks Next season the trip" Merlakia Jones led Cleveland with 18 points and Chastity Melvin had 16 but the Rockers shot just 43 per- “She is a double-doubplayer and she is going to give you that each and every night” Trailing by seven early in the first half Utah outscored the Rockers 14-- 4 to take a 7 lead The Starzz would lead by as many as IS on the way le 20-1- vH v t- - AP photo Cleveland Rockers center Ann Wauters left shoots past Utah Starzz center Margo Dydek during the first half of Wednesday's game at the Delta Center Despite two surgically repaired knees the Jazz like Manning's expe- rience and hope he can help John Stockton and Karl Malone pursue another NBA title run However Utah is over the salary cap and would be unable to offer more than a $223 million exception “We'd have to be creative but it might be something that can work out” O'Connor said D-bac- while striking out four as well as issuing four free passes “I really felt like (my pitching) was pretty poor” said Albrechtsen who also plunked a Hornet batter “Maybe I’ve been a little spoiled lately — I just expect (to win) a little bit more “A win’s a win so that’s all right But I didn’t feel very good about how I pitched” Aggies have been rolling Wednesday night was no different as Preston Masted die Hyrum Hornets 13-- 4 extending its winning streak to four games Schilling comes home to Arizona PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After three years of endless rumors Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ed Wade much about losing considering he was spotted a comfortable lead before even taking the mound After Wolfley pitched a perfect top of the first Pre- “That last time up” said Larsen of his at bat in the bottom of the fifth “I was trying for the double” right-haiid- for first 24 score-boar- Left-hand- has been traded to the son’s RBI double to left Following Albrechtsen’s perfect half inning Preston chased Hyriiml starter Nate S John WilkinHerald Journal Preston baserunner Bill Clark sneaks safely back to first as Hyrum first baseman the pickoff tag Wednesday night in Preston The Aggies took the contest 13-- 4 Dunn with two outs in the bottom of the second The Aggies ’ i added another run in that inning to up the lead to 0 6-- : scc-ondr- un -- u ut 7-- 8-- 17-h- attack which is one reason the Aggies are playing well of late However their pitching has something to do with it ings ! Preston will look to extend its winning streak to six games! Saturday as it travels to play a doubleheader against Rawlins (Wyo) Frank Kush returning contract to post at Arizona St 20 years after firing ar NASHVILLE Term (AP) — A worry that Pickens might slip away approach worked best to another team die Titans decided for both the Tennessee Titans and Monday night to ask him to visit ‘ ? ‘ “I don’t know exactly what hapreceiver Carl Pickens About 24 hours after Pickens pened By die time he got here he arrived in town they had agreed to had a proposal of his own to present contract Terms to me We sat down discussed it It terms on a five-yewas really considering everything a were not reasonable proposal and we s"I think we've improved our and forth a bit” tweaked back it team which is our objective every Reese said day” Titans general manager Floyd Pickens accepted the agreement Reese said Wednesday Wednesday morning and Reese said “It isn’t too often you have an was it nice to negotiate with the opportunity to do it with somebody dlohe of this caliber so right now l think player middle takes that “It guy out we’re pretty proud of ourselves” which always makes it easier” he The Titans had wanted Pickens ' said since talk started earlier this year The receiver talking to that the Cincinnati Bengals wanted before the agreement to release their disgruntled star only reporters was announced said he has months after signing him to a five- he needs to know learned all year $23 million contract a about contracts during his eight But they had to wait until a in the NFL years week ago when a settlement final“This is my third time going ly was reached and the Bengals through this situation” said Pick- released Pickens making him a ens “I’m the one that has to deal free agent with the deal at the end 'of the day : Then things became confusing so I kind of know what I want I can The Titans offered a five-yecome down here and sell myself I contract to Pickens last Friday and don’t need an agent to tell me yea or ' started getting confusing signals " nay over a contract I can read and ' from his new agent Starting to understand”face-to-fa- compete with about anybody in the league I'm not saying we’re going to go out and kick everybody’s butt but we’ll compete” That’s one reason Preston finds itself 8 in Northern Utah League action all algne in third place Only the Smith-fiel- d Blue Sox and Providence Wolverines are ahead of the Aggies in the league stand- But it wasn’t enough to it overcome the Preston - truth” he said “If we have a good pitching performance I think wc can innings respectively Jeremy Howard (2 for 3 with a double and a homer) and Cawdrey (2 for 2 with an RBI and a walk) led the way for the Hornets offensively ce ar : -- ar - - - PHOENIX (AP) — Three decades after he put Arizona State on the col- lege football map Frank Kush is being asked to help revitalize the Sun Devils’ athletic program Interim athletic director Christine Wilkinson announced Tuesday that the 71 year-old Kush will start work Tuese a as special assistant to day new AD Gene Smith who was hired Wednesday “It’s going to be a great opportunity” said Kush who was fired as the school’s football coach in 1979 after nearly 22 seasons “I hope I can be an -- full-tim- asset” Kush's main job will be as an ambassador toward rebuilding corpora- Michigan on Wednesday and able for comment He told The Tribune a newspaper serving suburban Phoenix that he hopes to get people behind the school’s sports programs again “Hopefully we cah bring the former players the alums and people back to recognize how great an institution Arizona State is” Kush said “I’ll try to bring back that old spirit I’m sure it’s still there I just want to rekindle it and create a bigger — - tough-talkin- primary ng group “But Frank will go across the board all sprats He’s excited about being mis- take “I’m sorry It’s been one of those Curt Schilling days Wade did make a deal with Toronto sending reserve out- fielder Rob Ducey to the Blue Jays for a player to be named But that was nothing compared to the blockbuster with Arizona which gives the Diamondbacks a pitching punch of Randy Johnson and Schilling “Koufax and Drysdale come 1- -2 to mind” Arizona general manager Joe Garagiola Jr said “I'll take these two guys” Schilling who fra three seasons had openly campaigned to be dealt to a contender got his wish and is going home to Phoenix Arizona the defending NL West champion is in first place one game ahead of San Francisco Schilling will make his Diamondbacks’ debut Friday at Florida “I made up l£ 13 games in the standings in one day” Schilling said Schilling who admitted he envied Andy Ashby after the Phillies traded the to the Atlanta Braves on right-hand- er and alumni support of a fire” g Kush was The fiery football program struggling in the considered this state’s version of Vince face of apathy and increased compe- fund-raisi- before realizing here not because he needs a job but because this is his place The depth of his feelings for ASU is unmatched 12 is likely to pitch People can learn from that’ Kush was said to be traveling in July Ashby next Wednesagainst unavail- te-fan tition from pro teams in the Phoenix area “He will help the football program and football is the engine that pulls the train said Don Bocchi presidenLof the Sun Angel Foundation the athletic Jays’ Wade said the “That’s the Each team added two more runs apiece in the fifth (Hyrum) and sixth (Preston) too “We’ve had some real good pitching" said McEvoy who went 2 for 4 with a run and an RBI against Hyrum Larsen agreed Matt Hunt tries to apply Toron- Blue to Despite loading the bases with no outs in the top of the However it could have been a fourth Hyrum could manage 3 Larsen went for 4 with lot worse as Preston loaded the just two runs Second baseman bases with two outs But Matt Don Cawdrey drove in the two runs and three RBI “I’ve been getting ahead of Hunt relieved Dunn and got Hornets’ first run of the game with a chopper over Aggie the ball — getting a lot of pop Jeff Poulton to ground out third baseman Ryan Olson’s flies I just tried to mentally ending die rally tell myself to sit back and Hyrum had an opportunity head After getting the second drive it” Larsen said of why to cut into the lead in the top out of the inning Albrechtsen he performed so well at the of third by loading the bases then walked in Hyrum’s but Albrechtsen got Dunn to plate against the Hornets While Hyrum struggled bounce into a fielder’s choice ’ It didn’t take long for Preston to get those runs back from the mound Preston had to retire the side The Aggies hit paydirt again though good outings from its pitchers Larsen began a two-othe bottom of the third as Despite arriving late to his scheduled start on the hiU Ken Larsen led off the inning with four-ru- n rally in the last of the with fourth a two-ru- n No Albrechtsen replaced Brian: a triple to right 9 hitter dinger to had five hits die The second in of left then in die Brett drove Aggies Wdfley McEvoy top to record the win for die Aggies ' Larsen with a single to right! in the inning four of which went for extra bases Albrechtsen allowed four making the score 0 to live-ye- er Schilling first baseman Brett Thomp- ed baseman-outfield- “Curt rrr&rz d The Aggies batted Perhaps No 10 was trying around in the bottom of the just a bit too hard j“Thfcwhotei)igbt rjB(jusOL --first as they septft) five runs trying to hit the ball so I hit on five hits highlighted by the ball well” Larsen said “The last time up (I said) ‘OK I'm going to smash it ' this time’ “It didn’t happen” reliever Sean Robinson (Hyrum’s fourth pitcher of the night) got Larsen to chase a high fastball Still hitting out of the eight-hol- e er Travis Lee and pitchers Omar Daal Vicente Padilla and Nelson Figueroa ston’s offense wasted little time in getting on the " announced that Curt Schilling indeed was traded The problem was Wade forgot to which team The Phillips traded the ace to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday Regardless Albrechtsen really didn’t have to worry Designated hitter Garrett Larsen was the hottest of the Aggies as he eame within a double of hitting for the cycle against four different hurlers from Hyrum ks trade for another top ace runs (all earned) on six hits over two weeks ago the ‘J al Larsen leads the way in 13-- 4 rout of rival Hornets PRESTON — Since upsetting the Providence Wolverines on their home turf a little ?! 169 first-roun- rah fourth straight By Wade Denniston sports writer in d minutes But in a playoff series against Indiana he played in one game Manning played on the 1988 NCAA championship team at Kansas and the bronze-medUS Olympic team in 1988 He was the top overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft by the LA Clippers ar 233-pou- ft ft- 1 games for Milwaukee averaging 46 points and 29 rebounds back- up forward would have entered the final year of a $38 million deal originally negotiated with the Phoenix Suns Manning's agent Mark Bartlestein forsaid the ward will be available to sign with other teams Aug 1 And the Jazz at least want to talk “We have a lot of interest iii him” said Kevin O'Connor Utah's vice president of basketball operations Under the deal the Bucks will pay Manning $7833 million the guaranteed amount for next season but disperse of it over several seasons By releasing Manning the Bucks will reduce a glut of forwards that includes Glenn Robinson Scott six-ye- cent from the floor and committed 27 personal fouls Utah picked up 23 points at the free throw line compared to just 13 for the Rockers Geveland pulled within six with under three minutes to go but the Starzz made four of seven free throws in the closing minutes and the Rockers couldn’t close the gap The Starzz travel to Cleveland for the two teams’ second meeting next Thursday Utah coach Fred Williams Williams Jason Caffey Billy Owens Tun Thomas and Danin Ham Thomas and Ham are free agents but both are expected to return to the Bucks Manning played in 72 regular-sea-so- n an forward Danny Manning has drawn interest from the Utah Jazz after reaching an agreement to buy out the final year of his contract with nt victory over the Cleveland Rockers Wednesday in the Delta Center Natalie Williams grabbed a franchise-recor- d 19 rebounds and scored 21 points Adrienne Good son tied her career high with 27 points and Jennifer Azzi added 12 points in 40 minutes her longest outing in a Starzz Uniform “Natalie is a warrior” said 84-7- s to a seven-poivictory “Overall we played a good team game” Williams said ence playoff hunt with an 11 Lombardi and Woody Hayes combined when he coached Arizona State from 1938-7- 9 — compiling a 1 undefeated record seasons in 1970 and 1975 nine conference championships and six bowl victories in seven ances He sent 129 players to the pros including Hall or Famers Charley Tay-f' Ira and Mike Haynes 76-54- -1 appear-departmen- t’s or day They could fact each other in the playoffs as well Schilling’s job is to help Arizona get there “With the addition of Curt it’ll make things a lot easier fra everybody" Johnson said “Maybe we can push one another too” As part of the deal Schilling waived his right to demand a trade following the season a power given to veterans traded while under a multiyear contract “He can only pitch once every fifth day” Arizona man- ager Buck Showalter said before the Diamondbacks' 4 loss to SL Louis “Hopefully this will be a new chapter for us We’ve taken a lot of blows after 100 gajncs and we're still 8-- -- |