Show Section Sunday May 2 2004 r L'V Inside stay alive thanks to Sakic Avs Colorado closes gap to SAN JOSE Calif (AP) — Peter Forsberg had no need to look He knew Joe Sakic would be in position for his blind backhand pass — and he knew the Colorado captain would keep the Avalanche in the Host Indians finish third at B2 Hansen Tournament playoffs Sakic scored his second goal 1:54 Sports briefs Fleisher out into overtime and the AvalancK avoided elimination for the second time beating the Sharks 1 Saturday to cut San Jose’s lead to 2 in the second-roun- d in front at Memorial Classic 2-- HOOVER Ala (AP) — Bruce 68 to take a Fleisher shot a lead over DA Weibring into the final round of die Bruno’s Memorial Classic Fleisher the runner-u- p last 132 total year had a Weibring shot his second straight 68 Hale Irwin (67) Tom Jenkins (66) and Jay Sigel (67) were five strokes back at 7 under ' four-stro- Pagel The Herald Journal Kiprusoff blanks the Red Wings 3-- 2 senes Sakic also tied it midway through the third period for the Avalanche who dominated the final two periods and overtime to hand the Sharks their first home loss in six playoff games Colorado also caused serious cracks in the confidence of the young Sharks who seemed to wilt under the pressure of a closeout DETROIT (AP) — When Calgary’s Miikka Kiprusoff made the final save of his shutout against the Detroit Red Wings he held the puck above his head as the game-endin- g blue light went on behind him “It was so loud I didn't know if it was over right away” Kiprusoff said “Then I looked up and saw the score and held my glove high That was a great feeling” AP photo Colorado canter Joe Sakic is mobbed by teammates after he scored the winning goal in overtime Saturday See AVS on B7 3-- The scoreboard hanging over center ice read: Calgary 1 Red Wings 0 Craig Conroy scored with 3:53 left in the second period and Kiprusoff See BLANKS on B7! ke Run for the Roses er J®fi)(SS IF®!? Saturday's scores AL Detroit 4 Seattle 2 Cleveland 3 Baltimore 2 (13) NY Yankees 12 Kansas City 4 Chicago White Sox 4 Toronto (10) 1st game Toronto lO Chicago White Sox 2nd game Texas 4 Boston 3 1st game Texas 8 Boston 5 2nd game Oakland 6 Tampa Bay 5 Anaheim 1 Minnesota 0 races to on wet LOUISVILLE Kyi (AP) — Make it two in a row for the people choice at the Keri- tucky Derby Smarty Jones splashed his way past Lion Heart in die stretch and won America’s pre- mier horse race Saturday a year after Funny Cide captured the fancy of the racing world The victory triggered the biggest payoff in the game with the undefeated favorite earning a $5 million bonus from Oaklawn Park along with the Derby winner’s share of $854800 and Smarty Jones ran his record to became the first unbeaten Derby winner since Seattle Slew in 1977 Seattle Slew went on to win the Triple Crown a'feat Smarty Jones will attempt when he heads to - ::a NL- Colorado 3 Atlanta 2 1st game Atlanta 11 Colorado 7 2nd game San Franciscos Florida 3 Houston JO Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 8 Milwaukee 7 (10) r Arizona 6 Philadelphia 4 Chicago Cubs 4 St Louis 2 San Diego 3 NY Mats 1 Los Angeles 5 Montreal 4 - : PCL ’ SaltLake13Tacoma5 NHL playoffs 1 Detroit 0 Calgary Colorado 2 San Jose 1 KentuckyiDerby (OT) the Preakness in two weeks “He seems to be thepeople's horse” Derby rookie rider Stewart Elliott said Even over a sloppy track at Churchill Downs — the first in 10 years — Smarty Lion Jones raced just behind field came off the Heart As the On television ARENA FOOTBALL pm 1 NBC — Regional coverage New at Dallas Philadelphia at Colorado or Chicago at Detroit - pace-sett- York final turn the chestnut colt moved up to challenge for Ihclead Under Flfiotl Smarty Jones staged his patented stretch surge and pulled away for the win He won by 2 34 lengths over Lion Heart ridden by Mike Smith w ith Imperialism Kristin Mulhall trained by pm FOX — NASCAR Nextei Cup Auto Club 500 at Fontana Calif 5 pm ESPN2 — NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals final round at Bristol Term (same-da- y tape) GOLF 6 am TGC — European PGA Tour Italia Open final round at Milan Italy 11:30 am TGC — Nationwide Tour BMW Charity Greenville 1 Pro-A- final round m 1 at three-eight- ESPN2 — LPGA ty Championship - third The winning time for the Derby was a slow 2:0406 over the fourth sloppy track in Derby history While it didn't rain during the race there was a downpour two hours earlier that left the track a muddy mpss and filled the infield w ith small lakes “At the pole I was biding my time” Elliott said “I knew I had a loaded gun beneath me He straightened up switched leads and I figured it was time to go “When I had the chance I took it I was pretty confident when we passed Lion Heart My horse was running” he said ' Winning trainer John Servis couldn't have asked for a better first Derby: “Thai w as a SC pm Chick-Fil-- A Chari- final round at Stockb ridge Ga CBS — PGA Tour HP Classic of New Orleans final round 3 pm TGC — Champions Tour Bruno's Memorial Classic final round at Birmingham Ala MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 12:05 pm WGN — Chicago Cubs at SL Louis 1 pm TBS —Atlanta at Colorado 6 pm 2 pm ESPN — Boston at Tsxas MOTORSPORTS SPEED — AMA 600 Supersport at Sonoma Calif 4 pm SPEED — AMA Superbike' race 2 at Sonoma Calif (same-da- y tape) NBA 11 am ESPN — Playoffs First Round Game 6 Miami at New Orleans 1:30 pm ABC — Playoffs Second Round Game 1 LA Lakers at San Antonio NHL 2 pm ESPN — Playoffs conference semifinals game 5 Toronto at Philadel-pN- r (if necessary) er se AUTO RACING 1 win 14-mi- le hs AP photo Smarty Jones beats Lion Heart to the Downtime fills Playoffs take Saturday night off NBA By The Associated Press nas “We’re trying to keep sharp and keep fresh at the same time It's a little bit of a challenge” said Indiana schedule second-roun- d Pacers coach Rick Carlisle whose team is going through a longer state of limbo than any other playoff team The Pacers who e completed a s ' las Boston of sweep Sunday are awaiting the outcome of the Miami-NeOrleans series to determine their second- round opponent By the time they play Game 1 the Pacers will have had 11 daysofresL four-gam- The glacial pace of the NBA playoffs produced a day without basketball Saturday the nine remaining teams — seven of which have already advanced to the second round — spending their time on practice courts instead of inside are- See JONES on B4 finish line to win the 130th Kentucky Derby Saturday I series Game 1 of the second-roun- d between the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs The NBA fearing an entire weekend without any playoff games moved up the start of the Spurs-Lak-e- rs PLAYOFFb w ts Game 6 of the series with Miami leading 3-- 2 is Sunday afternoon to be followed by Heat-Horne- series by several days to ensure there would be at least one game Sunday in the league's national television slot on ABC The Detroit-NeJersey series w ill Sacnmento-Minnesot- a and begin Monday starts Tuesday All four of those teams will have three days off before playing their Game 2s The w Nets and Pistons could have another three-da- y break between Games 6 and 7 “1 don't understand waiting till Friday (for Game 2)” was Pistons coach Larry Brown's first reaction schedupon seeing the second-roun- d ule following his team's clincher over Milwaukee Indiana meanwhile won't open the second round until Thursday night — even if Miami finishes off the Hornets on Sunday “It's a little difficult I'm going insane We're knitting our own See NBA on B7 ) |