Show I 4r The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday October 5 2003 sop rape case s t ' 0 M S' ' r MEXICO CITY (AP) --?k The NBA’s exhibition opener between the Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz in Mexico City on Sunday is more than just a ‘ preseason game for Eduardo Najera “For merit’s important to play here in Mexico City in front of my people" said the Mavericks’ backup forward who’s from the border state of Chi- huahua It also may' be significant for Dallas — which has a n large population — and for the NBA which hopesto improve its appeal in Latin America as well as among Hispanics in the United v States Najera appeared at a pregame news conference HONOLULU (AP) — Kobe the mud I’m scared for dim” ' Did Bryant feel more comBryant returned to this basketfortable walking back into a v ball court Saturday admittedly out of shape and scared about ' 'gym? v “No” he replied “You what lies ahead for his family know what? You can’t imag- -' as his rape case proceeds ine what it’s like going l After participating in a few drills with his Los Angeles through What I’ve gone Lakers tMmnmtw at training through still going through-camp the superstar guard said come out here to play and this is my job and I’m gang to he considered not playing come out here and do it well” until his case is settled “Basketball to me just took Bryant said his family was a back seat man” Bryant said die main reason he considered in his first public comments sitting out “I just wanted to spend as since July 18 the day he was' much time as I can with my charged with sexually assaultwoman in family” Bryant said “You go ing a through something like this Eagle Colo Surrounded by a throng of you realize how important media in a steamy gym at die your family is seeing my : neck “This is my job coming back to work” he said “My family and I we’ve been dealing with this for a while now and we’re going to continue to deal with it I’m coming back to work and do what I do" Bryant is accused of raping a woman June 30 in his suite at a mountain resort where she waked He has said die two had consensual sex Free on $25000 bond Bryant is scheduled to appear Thursday in Eagle for a preliminary hearing to determine whether he will stand trial Bryant smiled occasionally Continued from B1 effort from their middle blockers Just a serviceable pass from ' the Anteaters was good enough fa Ashley Haiti to set Dana either Kurzbard (10 kills 450 attacking percentage) or 3 Sam Cash (14 684) up the middle Even when the Aggies recognized it they were powerless to stop their taller opponents Saturday Bryant was asked if his presexperience with sure would help him deal with rt his problems “In this environment this world people think a seventh game is pressure” he said laughing “Are you kidding me? “Playing the game of bas- me ketball is not difficult Going through what we’ve been going through is diffon-co- 6-- off-cou- “It’s my hope that at the end of the night he will have the most icult” ' - Valley briefs “ y " 753-750- (ext 19) 0 Rocket information Providence 5k and 1 -- mile run fun run The city of Providence is sponsoring a 5K and in conjunction with die Providence Sauerkraut Festival which " will be held Oct 1 1 at 9 am at Zollinger Park (60 N 200 at the city office West) Registration is $2 You can 15 South Main up until Oct 10 as well as on the day of the race starting at 8:30 am Prizes will be awarded in each age cat- egory and a can of sauerkraut will be given to every participant the Fa more information contact Lisa Mangum at ' 1 office at city pre-regist- er 752-87- 68 a 752-944- 2-- its annual The Rocky Mountain School of Baseball will Fall Extravaganza tournaments in both Mesquite Nev and St George Tournament No 1 will be held Oct 16-1- 8 and Tourna2 The age divisions are as folment No 2 is from Oct 3 12-- u 14-- u 10-- u 13-- u 1 and 6 lows: 17-1- 8 Fa more information to register log on to call wwwxmsbcom (toll free) 1- -u 15-1- bleachers-“I- gives t yellow-carde- Clemens who earned his first major league victory at the Metrodome on May 20 1984 with Boston insists this season is his last right-handThe 41 year-old put on a vintage performance spotting his fastball with perfection keeping the Twins totally out of whack and unable to start the ' aggressive running game that helped ' them win Game 1 Minnesota crept to 1 on AJ Pierzynski’s leadoff homer in the third and had & runner on with two outs for ' Hunter in the fourth But Hunter struck out his 13th in 23 hitless career ts -- ' d In the second half the teams traded scores off penalty kicks First it was the Tribe's Charlie Carpenter scoring and then moments later Shelley's Francisco Pacheco scored for the Russets making the score 4-- 2 Sam Hatch managed one more goaj for the Indians in the waning moments of the game Hatch danced through a field of Russets before pushing the ball past the Shelley you goose bumips” i first-pitc- Fall baseball extravaganza hold the center-fiel- d Continued from B3 strikeout victims Derek Jeter fanned in 6 the first inning on a mph pitch After the first inning Torre told his team to be ready fa the high fastball Matsuiwas With Borne Williams on base after a leadoff double in the second the Japanfastball h ese League star sent a into the upper deck for a 0 lead “He’s such a student of the game” Torre said “It makes me relaxed not having to say a lot of things to him” Said Lohse: “I killed the momentum with the homer" neck-high9- - i er fa more souvenir salesman with a drawing of holding up a a goat with line drawn through the middle of it and the words “Believe Fans do “You see people weeping in the stands" said John Pavlick a salesman who lives just beyond 28-N- a call Preston me In 1984 the Cubs led the Padres 2-- 0 in the NL championship series r— Continued from B4 only to lose three straight games in San Diego dribbling ability as he weaved through a host of The Cubs returned to the playoffs in Shelley players before scoring unassisted to put 1989 and 1998 but failed to win a the Tribe up 2- - L series either time Tribe forward Jeremy Bums would later find This year though some fans took a the goal post on his shot but teammate Aaron Chavarria was there to dean up the mess blastgoat to Houston and put a “curse” on the Astros who ended the season by ing the ball deep into Shelley's goal losing six of their final nine games Preston continued its dominance and late in and losing the NL Central title to the v the first half Shelley began showing signs of Cubs frustration Shelley's Jose Vega pasted an elbow stated selling these yesterday” to the jaw of Tyson Hamblin and was promptly said Eddie Torres it” Sports Academy tennis tourney - fa irt 4-- Hallow-Weekend- points to tie it at clip an added a service ace It was much better than her battle USU five off s ensued fought performance Thursday night match points A Kelly Wing when she looked nervous and tentative in her first start of (15 kills It digs) winner finalthe Anteaters the year ly sealed it Erin Cartwright led the “(Graybill) did a nice job 18 kills while with Aggies ( hitting the ball tonight" Beth Hodge and Mari Ruddick Fuller said “She’s a good added 10 apiece but it was the athlete she’s strong she’s play of Erin Graybill that quick she just needs more Fuller found most encouragexperience” Said Graybill: “I felt a little ing In place of the injured better I decided that I wasn't Zuzana Cemianska the ' going to worry too much about what (the other team sophomore transfer from BYU nine kills with was) doing and (focus) on only rang up two errors hitting at a 389 playing with my team” 1 1 have been “You gotta be kidding - could happen couldn't it?” Najera noted that “there’s money here" as well as people — nearly 20 million in the city and its suburbs “If they have a team in Mexico City” Najera added “I’m coming here” back-and-for- th a - Sat-urda- y's the next 26 A nt : During the offseason l Bryant underwent surgery on his right shoulder and had minor knee surgery the day after he is charged with com- mitting the sexual assault He said stress affected him to the point where he couldn’t Najera said he’d like to see NBA games in other large Mexican cities “What I’d like better” he said ‘is a team in Mexico City — an NBA team That ball has an enormous grass roots following especially in rural Indian towns in southern Mexico where basketball courts are becoming tradi "They've had numbers like this against everybody” Fuller said “They’re formidable when they pass because they’re so quick” USU started to do that in the third game and saw immediate dividends Spurred by a change at setter from junia Andrea Delsigne to freshman Dominique Arsenault (26 assists) the Aggies jumped out to a seven-poilead and appeared determined to extend the match a game two UCI however would have none of it running off nine of Continued from B3 manager kisses a medal around his as he spoke Saturday neck during tense moments although he mostly appeared But whatever it is “he’s cast a spell serious on the players” Duffy said before the Asked if he was scared game about the case he replied: Duffy is even willing to consider “Terrified” the possibility that the Cubs owe ' “Not so much for ' myself something to a goat — the animal ‘ but just for what my family is train said to be responsible for the Cubs’ “I’ve got work to do” said going through” Bryant said long absence from the World Series The way the story goes the owner ' “They had nothing to do with Bryant who spent pail of ' this but just because their of a Chicago tavern put a curse on the practice riding a stanames have been dragged in Cubs when he and a goat were denied tionary bike entry to a 1945 World Series game against Detroit The Cubs went bn to lose that series 3 since then it’s been one heartbreak after another In 1969 the Cubs collapsed late in ' season passed in the standings by the tennis tournament The Sports Academy's York’s “Miracle” Mets In 1973 New 1 Youth will take place from Oct age divisions 10 to — their motto: “You gotta Mets the 1 8 and an adult NTRP division 30 to Open will be offered The believe!’! — once again overtook the deadline fa the tourney is Oct 20 Also take advantage of the Cubs whose motto might as well Halloween player's party with face painting raffle food and fun on Oct 31 Pick up your entry form at the Sports Academy - local village basketball teams At least a few people shot hoops wearing Zapatista ski masks- - ' : minutes” Nelson said Otherwise Nelson and Utah coach Jerry Sloan said they’d concentrate on the basics as they get their first look at heavily revamped ' teams in game conditions after only a few days of full Fans fa ’ play” v daughter grow up ami being at home Basketball to me is just a distant second” Bryant reported to training camp a day late telling the team through his agent that he was “under the weather” He refused to be more specific just learning to play together” Nelson said “We’d like to see if we can run an offense against a good team” Sloan said While Najera is not Mexico’s most famous athlete as the only Mexican now in the NBA — and the second ever —he’s still a national figure with an endorsement contract for a major brand of white bread that has put his face on billboards around the country While soccer is Mexico’s most popular sport basket- ' mo Hole t ‘ : tional fixtures of town ) ' squares When the Zapatista rebels recently held a major three-da- y gathering for thousands of people the main entertain- ment was a tournament among practice'' “It’s T-sh-irt Mexican-America- - University of Hawaii Bryant decided about a month ago that he would play a decision supported by his wife Vanessa “You know I have a job to do” Bryant said dressed in a gold practice jersey and purple shorts with a towel around his with the wearing a word “Frijolero” — a reference to a song by the can rock group Molotov that denounces bigotry on both sides of the border but par- ticularly in the United " States Mavericks coach Don Nelson said Najera would start for Dallas — “wherever he wants to '- 1 - troGr Dallas Mavericks take on the Jazz toddy in Mexico City 1" on V at the comers for rookie pinch-hittMichael Ryan who struck out in place of Luis Rivas' ' Doug Mientkiewic? singled to center to ‘start the sixth and went to second on a bobble error by Williams — whose costly misplay in Game 1 turned a single by Hunter into a triple But Clemens retired the next three Matthew LeCroy ort a groundout Jacque Jones on a strikeout and Hunter on a groundout — to silence the crowd and basically crush any chance the Twins had er er 3-- of coming back at-ba- in the seventh and They went Rivera struck out three Lohse took the loss on his 25th birthday giving up six hits and walking two in five innings against Clemens “It’s sad to see a Hall of Famer have to go” Hunter said “But maybe he’ll come back so I can get my first hit off him” Two-osingles in the fifth put runners -- ut a a 62 trot baseball tourney Turkey Mountain School Baseball will hold its annual The of Rocky Turkey Trot tournament in Mesquite Nev and SL George from 10-- u The age divisions are as follows: Nov 28-3- 0 14-- u 11-- u 13-- u 12-- u informa6 more and 17-1- 8 Fa tion or to register log on to wwwrmsbcom or call (toll free) 15-1- fall basketball leagues Logan Rec is the Parks and under Utah Sta Aggies Recreation Department fall basketball leagues Play begins the e season The entry fee week of Oct 6 and features an is $215 (Mondays) Leagues being offered include: American (Tuesdays) Men’s Open (Wednesdays) Boys Prep 9-- Game Sponsor: 62 Registration currently way fa Logan Wyoming Cowboys eight-gam- grades (Thursdays) American (Saturday afternoons) Women's Open (Mondays) Nights could change depending on ' the number of teams and interest to form a league For more information call 7 1 12 - Saturday Octojber fall e tennis tennis children up for Pee-wSign your - and classes at the Sports Academy The classes run every Wednes coordina-tio- n day from pm The children learn hand-to-efootwork and tennis play There are only six students per class to ensure lots of attention and teaching opportunity Fee session is $28 nonSARC members and $36 per members Call the SARC tennis office at 753-750- 0 ext 19 to sign up 4- - ee ye 45 fa fa 1 1 6:05 pm atnair 50 Pee-we- B5 QtJDo CQKD Don’t Miss Aggie Fest! 3 pm to 6 pm Behind tiie Bull 800 East 1000 North It’s FREE and includes activities for all ages! |