Show 1 V ‘iV A t Section Sunday 21 2002 July Pagel The Herald Journal Lance still leading Insido Millar claims 13th stage of cycling race BEZIERS Ranee (AP) — Only the hot Armstrong crossed the finish line with die weather made Lance Armstrong sweat dur-- main pack 9:56 off the pace In the overall ing the 13th stage of the Tour de France rankings he's still 2:28 ahead of Spain's race’s thanks to victories in the for the JosebaBeJold Saving energy grueling final week theTexan was the' 30th rider opening two mountain stages in the Pyrenees Unlike last year when the Tbur ended across the finish line in Saturday’s leg with nearly a week of flat stretches nearly 10 minutes behind winner this year’s race saves some of die David Millar of Britain But Armstrong made sure his £QfcTiflfTA hardest cycling for last A Iff? closest pursuers for the title didn’t 14th stage Sunday’s 29 ends with He time him on his climb n®EW’ a daunting gain any kept up Mont Ventoux which rises to 6309 feet overall lead of nearly 2 12 minutes from flat surrounding countryside and remained on course for a fourth Aftfcr Monday’s rest day the riders straight title when the Tour ends in Paris on July 28 head into the Alps on Tliesday and “It was very hot” was all Armstrong had Wednesday’s 16th leg from Les Deux to say about the stretch from the foot of the Alpes to La Plagne is probably the most difficult of the three-weTour Pyrenees to Beziers near the Mediter- rancan where temperatures topped 8& It features three exceptionally tough Millar covered themosdyfbit route of 106 miles in 4 hours 8 minutes 18 seconds See LANCE on B7 a - Former Aggie hoopster takes his game overseas B2 Sports briefs - Robinson arrested ‘ 137-mi- le 1 ek CHICAGO HEIGHTS m (AP)— Milwaukee Buds star Glenn Robin-so-o was arrested early Saturday and mh chafed with domestic battery and ill firearm of possession Robinson remained in custody late Saturday waiting for a bond hewing Sunday mqnriqg Chicago Heights Police Department SgL David ''-- AP photo Lance Armstrong center rides in front of members of the Spanish Once team during the 13th stage of the Tour de France Saturday '! I'rf!'' - ' Vjt- Wierzbiddsaid ’' V Robinson had a firearm when he was arrested but (fid not have a valid Illinois Firearm Owner’s Identification card Wierzbicki said Robinson was Ae NBA’s top draft $68 pick in 1994 and signed a million contract with Milwaukee He later signed a $12 million contract extension for the 2004-0-5 season Before the 1999-0- 0 season Robinson W8S arrested outside a Miami nightclub on disorderly intoxication f‘4' :£' ' ' V 't't ‘V ' K M Vvj“ 10-ye- at ’ v - - all about ‘f kO survival ' ih Els moves in front GULLANE Scotland (AP) — Tiger Woods clenched his teeth on the short walk to the fifth tee feeling the sharp sting of a cold rain that blew sideways into his face The real pain came later ' While Eniie Els survived a brutal day at the British Open to build a e lead Woods posted his worst score as a professional — an 81! — that brought a shocking end to his quest to win the Grand Slam Instead of another coronation Woods was reduced to making a rare coaces-sio- n that his chances to win all four majors this year had been swept out to the Firth of Forth Saturday's koras t AL 'y NY Yankees 9 Boston 8 (11) Toronto 12 Tampa Bay 10 ICC 7 Cleveland 5 1st game Cleveland 5 ICC 3 (t0)2rid game Minnesota 14 Detroit 4 two-strok- Baltimore 4 Whits Sas£ t14) 6Texas 5 Anaheim 7 Seattle 6 I T3aMand r NL ' ‘ Houston 3 Chicago Cubs 2 Atlanta 4 Philadelphia 3 Los Angeles 4 San Francisco 2 Florida 3 Montreal 0 Pittsburgh 15 St Louis 6 NY Mets 8 Cincinnati 7 Colorado 6 Milwaukee 5 Arizona 7 San Diego 1 “Yeah probably" Woods tjf AP photo Tiger Woods hits tils second shot from the rough on the first hole during the third' round of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfieid goif course in Scotland Saturday PCL Pioneer league DliQQUQ(oJ 1 WNBA 7 Los Angeles 63 Cleveland 50 GULLANE Scotland (AP) rT The collapse was so brutal and so complete it was hard to believe it was rcallyTtger Woods under the swoosh This kind of thing was supposed to happen to those who play sgainst him not the great man himlf ' In a cold biting rain cm the Scot- tisn coast the facade dial Woods On television ARENA FOOTBALL TNN—v8an Jose at Carolina - AUTO RACING 11 non NBC - La Mans Series National Grand Prtx of Washington DC 4 pan ESPN2 — NHRA Mile-HiNatkxh als at Denver (same-da- y tape) - BOXING' 4 pun FOXSN— Champion Derrick Hap mon (22-2-vs Monteil Griffin (42-0for WBCiCondnsrrial Americas Ight heawwoight championship Jose Luis Juarez (23-4-vs Stove Quinonez (25-6-at Friant CaW ' r GOLF non v ABC —British Open final round at 'V East Lothian Scotland 0) 0) Ight-weigh- ts 1) 1) ( TGC— PGATbur BC Open final round at Endfoott NY L - w ESPN2— LPGA (Slant Eagle LPGA Classic final round at Vienna Ohio 7 NBC -- American Century Celebrity GoV Championship final round at J Lake Tahoe Nevv f 4 - 'j : L 1 ESPN2-Thoroug- hbreds ( star signed autoaphs and mingled wife butdidn’t qieak to shorten af his jannual Children's charity everiL decent Godfearing ) i "Ue’s a wholesome Maware Handicap (live) and Kent Breeders’ Cup Stakes (same-da-y i) at Wkmington DsL ij LEAGUE MAJOf Span ' - ii ' 1 NJ (AP) -- r Allen Iverson let ! ! his supporters do aU the talking i Making his first public appearance Since ' j Iris arrest Tuesday die Philadelphia 76ers’- - r- t BiBBIAl I ESPN— Seattle at Anaheim i SOCCER ’ I 1 r AT v'V: - v c — i- v j- ESPN — Women’s nationai team Norway vs US at Blaine Minn ke “Yeah probably tberc are too many guys between me and the lead” Woods said “All I can do tomorrow is shoot a low number and '' see what happens” That was actually the plan for Saturday’s third round which began as most major championships do with Woods primed to jump into the lead and his fellow competitors dreading the sight of his name moving np the leaderijosid He had won die Masters and the US Open with such little difficulty : See ' contention' V Setgio Garcia endured nine holes of wind and rain for a 72 and was among seven players at 211 Former British Open champion Justin Leonard and 21 --year-old Justin Rose finished their rounds of 68 before the 30 mph gusts ' and bone-chillicold arrived ng TIGER on B8 See SURVIVAL on B8 y WASHINpTON (AP) — Marie FCrdmanfl scored 21 points and Margo Dydek surge to ' sparked a gjve die Utah Starzz an 3 ' victory over die Washington ’ Mystics pn Saturdayj Itydek tbe' league’s tallest wasn’t! fee- playeral 'tor in die game’s first 28 nrin- - ' utes Then die Starzz then ' began feeding her the tyril and she scored 10 ynd had a key Mock and assist as Utah (15-AP photo tookcranmandwima l6--l ruiL Starzz guard Adrierma Goodson (15) looks “Margo finally decided to t ball the play Washington Saturday yid dominated the tq pass late-gai- ' ' CAMDEN CBS Senior PGA Tour SBC Senior Open final round at Chicago ' HORSE RACING i knewitwas i y-- : owns in major championships It was hardfor Woods to admit it was over but deep down even he ' - Bl- pjri 2 pan could love Els emerged with a 72 that gave him die S4-hlead and his best chance in a major since his second US Open title five yens ago Even better Woods was nowhere to be found 11 strokes and 66 players behind him The Big Easy has never had it so easy “It’s more comforting than when he’s around” said Els who was at 208 and held a two-stroadvantage over Soren Hansen of Denmark “But I can’t take it easy I have to play as hard as I can like I have all week There’s a lot of work left’’ There were plenty of others still in iawav 1230 pan 1 -- carefully built though his domina-fio- n of the majors didn’t just crack It crumbled along with his chances to win golTs Grand Slam ' Just when it seemed no one would challenge Woods on his way to history Scottish weather and Woods’ own stunning ineptness combined to all but end his bid for all foqr major championships in one year gh The conditions'were miserable v but so was his game For die first time in his ptotossional career Woods fouun’t even break8Qr On his face there was s look of bewilderment as if Woods couldn’t believe diis was happening to him The faces of die fans weie likewise -frozen in Shock— and not just because theywerc soCpldthey could hardly move “Thank God I was grinding” Woods said “It could have been a v realty high number” What ft was was an 8) lOboyff-pa- r and two shots worse than any thing Woods has shot as a pro What it did was (nit Woods 1 1 strokes behiUd Ernie Els a player he usually kid ole Collapse means no British open title Utah 83 Washington 73 Detroit 69 Miami 48 Houston 56 Seattle 54 - j “There are too many guys between me and the lead All I can do tomorrow is shoot a low number and see what happens It was frustrating to put myself this far behind” After a miserable day only the Scots Colorado Springs 10 Salt Lake 9 Provo 14 Billings 4 Great Falls 11 Ogden ( Open is r: v - fe yuipers(Xv”iakiNoveItaWiIliaispokes- -' 'woman for Iverson’s Celebrity Classic "I stand cdmnrittod wife iny odidr young wofaeri to fie he 83-7- - - - 7) paint” k ’ : Utah coach Candi Har- vey said TlthoUlt ? we’plajnbd with poise and didn’t let die v: crowd rattle us” t V scored six the first Dydek i points of the run and finished with 12 overall as toe Starzz knapped a two-gam-e losing v V1 'streak and handed Washington (13-its second home loss ' Utah also got 16 rebounds ' I 7) - SeenRST6niB6 'f See STARZZ ouB4 ' |