Show B4 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday July 12 2002 - Storm fight beat Sparks By The r Associated Press An ugly finish in which a fight broke out marred Seattle's 79-6- 0 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday night in Seattle With 9:5 1 left Seattle's Michelle Marciniak and Los Angeles’ Latasha Byears were ejected Byears was dribbling for a fast break layin when Marciniak fouled her Then Byears tossed the ball from close range off Marcini-ak’- s head Marciniak came at Byears with her hands up before Byears shoved her to the ground Sparks coach Michael Cooper who already had a technical for arguing about the physical play charged onto the court The fight followed a play in which Sparks star Lisa Leslie and the Storm’s Lauren Jack- -' son battled for a rebound and Leslie elbowed Jackson in the chest No foul was called Jackson scored 21 points and made three of 13 Leslie Seattle's franchise-be- st scored 21 points had nine rebounds and six who lost for blocks to lead the Sparks ( 14-the second time in four games Mwadi Mabika added 17 points for Lds Angeles Monarchs 71 Rockers 69 At Sacramento Calif Lady Grooms’ layup 3) By J The Associated Press 25-foo- ter le first-rou- nd ot eight-gam- (3-1- 4) 20-fo- ot Stewart Ginn was at 66 while Mark McCumberv who took Jack Nicklaus’ place after he withdrew with muscle spasms on Wednesday shot a 67 as did Ibm Jenkins Three others were four strokes bdiind Irwia int ki one-stro-ke Irwin here in 1999 has finished second twice and has been tied for fourth or better five of the last six years He has shot in the 60s in 18 of 29 rounds and owns the tournament record with a 6886 scoring average Defending champion Allen Doyle who played with Irwin shot a 75 who-wo- (6-1-2) 10-ga- six-ga- (8-1-0) I hack nine snd was after five hofes Site chipped in from 30 feet at 15 rolled in a Greater Milwaukee Open m Armour for birdie atl6 and then who Tbtnmy won the Rioesix Open 12 yean hit wedges to 4 feet and S feet on the consecutive par5 She ago for his only PGA Ibur vicin shot an 63 die tory paired eight of the last nine holes making a first round of the Greater Milbirdie waukee Open in Milwaukee putt on No 4 to take (be lead Bo Van Pelt Kenny Ferry Defending champion and foree-tun- g Deane Pappas and Jeff Farr winner SeRi ' Pak stumbled to a 72 her first Shimanwereat64 round over par at the tournaDefending champion Shige-ment since 1997 Maruyama was two shots off the lead along with Steve Scottish Open Strieker Bryce Mdder and Justin Rose winner of four tournaments this year shot a Kelly Gibson 65 to take a Jerry Kelly coming off a lead after the first victory in last week’s Western ’round of foe Scottish Open in Open shot a 70 Luss Scotland Jamie Farr Kroger Classic MUes Dmnicliff and Fredrik Rachel Tsske strung together four birdies in a 67 Jacobson were tied for second lead in white former Masters and to take the the Jamie Fair Kroger Classic British Open champion Sandy at Sylvania Ohio Lyle had a 67 to tie for fourth Teske who lost a playoff to IWtime UJS Open champiAnnika Sorenstam two yean on Ernie Eli was in a group at 68 that also included Brad Faxoa ago at die Fan started on the Hale Irwin set nine-hoand records Thursday in taking a two-shlead in the Senior Players Championship at Dearborn Mich Irwin who bindied six of the first seven holes shot a 29 on the front nine and finished with an 64 off an inbounds play with 65 seconds to play gave Sacramento the victory and snapped the e Monarchs' losing streak first her game since the season openPlaying er Yolanda Griffith had IS points and 10 rebounds for the Monarchs with 16 Ruthie Bolton led Sacramento points while Grooms had 13 and Ticha Penicheino who missed the previous eight games with a sprained right shoulder added 10 points and seven assists Cleveland tied the game at 69 on Merlakia Jones' jumper with 77 seconds left Cleveland’s Brandi McCain missed a running shot line with 1 second left inside the Ann Wauters had 18 points for the Rockers who lost their sixth straight Mercury 58 Comets 52 At Phoenix Gordana Gnibin hit a with 407 seconds left helping the Mercury snap the Comets’ winning streak slide as The Mercury ended their Grubin had 12 points 10 in the second half and four assists Jennifer Gillom added 14 points and five rebounds to help the Mercury bflU I -- first-rou- nd spokesman Jogi Muller said “He’s always ready to give something back but he doesn’t need any hoopla around it” “He's obviously one of the most focused people in the sport and meticulously prepares for the Tour He leaves nothing to chance” said Dan Osipow the team’s director of operations “The fact that he took time to do that is remarkable yet natural Everybody wants to show compassion for the families” Visits Continued from B1 show his support for the fami‘ lies I also want to wish him good luck for the race” Officials at Armstrong’s US Postal Service team said he wanted to be discreet about the visit with the Talty family "He wanted to see these people on a private basis — no cameras no journalists” team Iverson - Continued from Bl the Sixers to the NBA Finals for the first time in 18 years Iverson's dazzling play has made him one of the most popular NBA players and his : Sixers jersey is the league's top seller But he’s also been in trouble with his team and the NBA squabbling with his couch and making a rap CD in 2000 that used terms for women and gays that drew-hars- h criticism The charges in the gun case are just his latest problems with the law - leads at Senior Players Irwin A As a teenager he was arrested in a Hampton Va bowling alley brawl in 1993 and spent four months in prison before then- Gov Douglas Wilder granted clemency The conviction was overturned on appeal in 1995 In 1997 Iverson pleaded no contest to a gun charge after police near Richmond Va stopped a car in which he was a passenger and found a gun belonging to Iverson and two marijuana cigarettes A marijuana- IMPORTSI IIM P15580R13 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