Show Section Tuesday April 27 2004 Page The Herald Journal Kobe’s trial lingers on Decision time for Jazz as expansion Accuser’s past a target for attorneys draft approaches EAGLE Colo ( AP) — Attorneys in the Kobe Bryant rape case opened a hearing Monday with more arguments over whether the accuser can sex life of his be used against her at trial Defense lawyers say injuries found on the woman could have been caused by sex with multiple partners before and after her encounter with Bryant The prosecution says her sexual history is irrelevant in determining whether the woman was assaulted Among those called to testify Monday three-da- y closed-doo- Trainer hoping to accomplish B2 the unprecedented Sports briefs r Burton named Aggie Athlete of Week See TRIAL on B4 AP photo NBA basketball star Kobe Bryant leaves the courtroom during a recess in a pretrial hearing on his sexual assault charges Monday SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Jazz have to decide which players to leave unprotected when Charlotte takes its picks in the NBA expansion draft in June It’s not going to be an easy choice Of the 10 players the Jazz have to choose front none is an obvious choice to let go All are either established or fiw Track standout Kelli Burton was named the Utah State Athlete of the Week The weekly award is selected by a state media panel Burton a sophomore from Kaysville Utah won both the discus arid shot put while also placing sixth in the hammer throw at last week- ttSKSfl wins in Dallas goes up 3-- 1 49-11- - put during her freshman year last season was 24th in the country in the shot put in 2003’ By QB Dinwiddie signs with Chicago nt weekend' Dinwiddie the Western Athletic Conference player of the year last fall completed 622 of 992 passes for 9819 yards 82 touchdowns and only 21 interceptions in his career 1 Sacra- mento nearly blew it though letting a 3 lead with 3:23 left come down to a final play Steve Nash took an ihbounds pass with 84 seconds (eft Stojakovic wound up on him because of a with Dirk Nowitzki and he was able to contain Nash behind the foul line A fading jumper at the buzzer bounced off the rim Stojakovic scored 16 of his 20 points in the second half and had f rebounds Mike Bibby led the Kings with 22 points while Chris Webber had 7 points and nine rebounds Doug Christie had j 3 points 1 5 rebounds arid five assists and Brad Millercontributed 10 points 16 rebounds and five assists Bibby had a chance to ice the game but missed a tough jumper with about 10 seconds left Webber got therebound but was standing out of bounds setting up Dallas’ last Webber also missed a free throw wjth 39 seconds left that would have put Sacramento up by five' ' 91-8- -- pick-and-r- 1 1 NBA playoffs ap photo AL Sharks shut out Avalanche ' 6-'- - Colorado 0 : 1- -0 - TBS — Atlanta at San Francisco NBA’ 6 - ‘ TNT -- r Playoffs first round Game 4 Miami at New Orleans 8:30 pm 'O ' TNT FSN — Playoffs first round ' Game 4 Minnesota at Denver NHL’ ' - - ESPN2 — Playoffs conference semi- finals Game 3 Tampa Bayat Montreal ’7pjn"''' — - ESPN Playoffs conference semi- finals Game 3 Detroit at Calgary : T V - See SHARKS on B4 Kelly Rawlings did it all for the Preston Indians : on Monday afternoon The senior righthander pitched a complete-gam- e as well as drove in what proved to be the game- winning iran helping Preston to a 2 road victory oyer the American Falls Beavers Rawlings allowed one earned ran arid stnlck out 12 in a game that lasted just an 7 hour and 10 minutes With the win the Indians reriiai’ncd the ': only perfect team in Fifth Dis- trict play at overall) a “ft was probably as well as (Rawlings) has thrown this year" Preston Coach Mikie Hanscnsaid“(His performance against) two-hitt- ' er ’ 3-- Damp-houss- pm 5pm- : : MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL pm ByWade Denniston sports writer : All-Sta- ns high-price- On television 8 hurt on Beavers Jean-Sebasli- en NHL playoffs 1 ' DENVER CAP) — Evgeni Nabokov could be on his way to becoming this season’s Giguere Nabokov stifled Colorado's lineup d for the third of shots Mori- 33 straight game stopping San Jose Sharks to the day night help beat the Avalanche and move within : one game of their first trip to the con- Terence finals ‘‘I think Nabokov was great” said e Vincent who scored v San Jose’s only goal' “He stold the win for us You peed that to go far in the playoffs” Giguere did jiist that in 2003 when he helped the Anaheim Mighty Ducks reach the Stanley Cup finals : :V San Jose fought off Colorado’s early : rush and got an improbable goal by v PCL San Jose See NBA on B4 1 1 Late 10 Portland a rebound Sacramento’s Doug Christie left pulls on the jersey of Mavs guard Marquis Daniels while grabbing rain Cincinnati 5 Pittsburgh 2 Florida 6 Colorado 3 Arizona 9 Chicago CubsO San Diego 3 Montreal 2 San Francisco 3 Atlanta 2 SaM j pos-sessi- Detroit 109 Minwaukee 92 Sacramento 94 Dallas 92 NL" 94-9- day night Monday's scores Toronto 6 Minnesota nd on Thurs- SALT LAKE CITY ( AP) — A former Utah ticket broker wassen- - Seattle at Baltimore ppd Peja Stojakovic came out of his shooting slump just in time to send the Sacramento Kings home on the ' verge of closing out their playoff series And on the game’s final play his defense helped too Stojakovic who felt so out of whack the previous game that he took only one shot in the second half missed 10 straight in the first half Monday night then came back with five straight swishes to get Sacramento rolling to a 2 victory over the Dallas Mavericks The Kings lead 1 with Game 5 in Sacramento 3-- Utah man sentenced in ticket scam tenced to prison Monday for charges in an online ticket scam during last year’s college football championship game Mark Beaver of Salt Lake City was sentenced to one to 15 years in ' prison for each of eight counts of communications fraud and two counts of theft Under a plea deal prosecutors dropped eight additional' theft charges two communications fraud charges and one count of unlawful activity Judge Sheila McCleve also ordered the sentences to ran concurrently and for Beaver to pay more than $200000 in restitution to the 86 victims ' Beaver was accused 6f taking ’money from hopeful football fans wanting to attend the Jan 32Q03 and Fiesta Bowl between Ohio State ' Miami The Associated Press first-rou- BOISE Idaho (AP) — Former Boise State quarterback Ryan Dindeal ' widdie agreed to a with the Chicago Bears after going unpicked in the NFL draft over the - See JAZZ on B4 Sacramento end’s Clarence Robison Invitational Her discus mark was 163 feet S inches while her shot put was Burton who set the school record in both the indoor and outdoor shot free-age- have impressed' Jazz management enough to believe there is some potential for the future But the Bobcats may also see the promise and choose one of the young members of the Jazz among Charlotte's 13 expansion picks “1 think it will be a tough choice" said Kevin O’Connor the Jazz vice president of ' ' Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabotov reaches out through raised by skaters as they brake to stop a shot See HURT on B4 |