Show Section ' Monday October 6 2003 :' V V‘'r The Herald Journal Inside DAS SPOILERS Germany shuts out USA on its own home turf hide the tears Aggies win a thriller in the Big West tom Hamm by countless young girls and the dominant force in US women’s soccer was shut out in her last World Cup semifinal The US defense of its World Cup title ended in a 3--0 loss Sunday toa 2-- 0 B2 Sports briefs Mexico City Vf'utesleft A The Jazz committed nine " turnovers in the third quarter and v trailed 9 entering the fourth before mounting a comeback :v A A 'gh Raul Lopez and Aleksandar Pavlovic scored 10 points each to V ! v lead die Jazz Antawn Jamison and Dirk Nowitzki had 16 points apiece fix die Mavericks ' : 68-5- Moods takes AMX that s !5?WgShc8toI’ legaqr rTTjrr gnpif I piyq nn r ' at I AP photo Germany's Birgit Prinz (9) celebrates after scoring her team's third goal of the match X aflainst the United States in the Women's World Cup semifinals ‘ l' ' 'V ' Cubs hurler sparkles as team wins series - in postseason for-first time in 95years 5 r ATLANTA(AP)— Sammy Sosa sprinted g his teammates across the outfield along die way Thousands of Cubs fans sang'' “Take Me Out lb The Ballgame” over and over Mike Remlinger strolled toward home plate — a beer in one hand a cigar in the other— and simply shook his head in disbelief Ron Santo and Ernie Banks College of Coaches and the curse of die goat Harry Caray and Jack Brickhouse— this one’s for you In one magical evening die Chicago Cubs ended 95 if years of frustration Vf?- ' ' Kory Wood pitched another ? dominating- game and Aranda Ramirez began the celebration with a mammoth home run pushing the Cubs past Atlanta 1 in the decisive Game 5 ' Sunday night for their first O' if Vt postseason series victory since the 1908 World Series The Cubs — yes the Cubs — move on to play Florida in the NL championship series Game 1 is Tuesday night at Wrigley Field “We heard a lot of negatives from people and manthey have reason to be negative’’ first-yeager Dusty Baku1 said “They haven’t had any reasons to be positive for a long time”' They do now When Andrew Jones struck out final swinging on the pitch flashbulbs went off around the stadium Catcher Damian Miller threw his aims in the air then charged the mound to embrace closer Joe Borowski Sosa tore across the grass with his arm in the air Wood sitting in the dugout pumped his fist before heading to the field to join the celebration In the stands Chicago’s fans shouted hugged and derisively performed the ‘Tomahawk Chop” — the Braves’ signature cheer Back in Chicago thousands of Cubs fans streamed into the streets surrounding Wrigley Field when the game ended Police had to shut down the streets surrounding the ballpark and fans danced cheered and hugged each other in an impromptu victory celebration high-fivin- ’tj -- Championship ' - WOODSTOCK Ga (AP) — Against the best players in the world in the toughest conditions this side of a major Tiger Woods felt right at home winning the v American ExpressChampionship on Sunday 'A-A- i With bogeys he could afford on the final two holes Woods closed with a 72 — only die fourth time in 39 victories on the PGA Tour he won with a final round over par — fora two-shvictory over Vijay Singh Tim Herron and Stuart Appleby ' It was his fifth victory of the year ' and his seventh World Golf Cham' pionship in 13 tries Only Darren’ Clarke has won more than one since the series began in 1999 - 2-o- ' ot Thrashers’ Snyder dead at 25 ATLANTA AP) — Atlanta Thrashers forward Dan Snyder died Sunday night six days after he was involved in a horrific car crash with teammate Dany Heatley Snyder died at Grady Hospital from massive brain injuries without ever regaining consciousness the team said He was 25 ' wl“”eIfrow good painful because it came on home turf where the Americans had been : MEXICX) CITY (AP) — The : Utah jazz rallied for a 90-8- 5 victory over local favorite Eduardo Najera and die Dallas Mavericks in an exhibition game on Sunday v: Najera the only Mexican in the f: NBA was heartily cheered as he was introduced during pregame festivi- (ties He made four of his first five V shots and finished with eight points —in the first half — and three ' 33 minutes rebounds in a game-hig- h hlBut Najera committed two of Dal- las’ 14 fouls in the final quarter and £ l fouled out with just over five min-'- j: s - —many of them young- sters wearing No 9 jerseys with die name “Hamm” on the back — chanted “USA USA USA” to the finish and then after die game ended Hamm hugged her team- mates tears streaming down her chks then gamely clapped along a—The defeat was even more Jazz defeat Mavs in invincible The capacity crowd of more than 25000 in cozy but raucous PGE Park ° PORTLAND Ore (AP)— Four years after Brandi Chastain ripped her jersey off in celebration Mia Hamm pulled hers over her face to i Pagel i - - &$ SL' oojr 5-- - - ar - - AP photo r See CUBS on B4 Sunday's scores KC having Hall of a year Ags bumbled ALDS Boston 5 Oakland 4 New York Yankees 8 Minnesota 1 nLds along to loss Bears comeback shocks Oakland Cubs 5 Braves 2 NFL By Chicago 24 Oakland 21 Dallas 24 Arizona 7 Miami 23 NY Giants 10 Minnesota 39 Atlanta 26 Green Bay 35 Seattle 13 Kansas City 24 Denver 23 Buffalo 22 Cincinnati 16 OT Carolina 19 New Orleans 13 New England 38 Tennessee 30 Jacksonville 27 San Diego 21 San Francisco 24 Detroit 17 Philadelphia 27 Washington 25 Cleveland 33 Pittsburgh 13 The Associated Press Dante Hall gave the Kansas City Chiefs plenty of happy returns — again Hall switched directions three times on a record-tyin- g punt return with 8:20 left Sunday as the Chiefs rallied to beat the Denver Broncos 24-2- 3 in a game that matched unbeaten' AFC West rivals Hall extended his NFL record of returning a kick for a touchdown to four straight games and equaled the season record for kick returns 93-ya- rd On television MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 6 pm FOX— Playoffs American League Division Series game 5 Boston at Oakland NFL FOOTBALL 7 pm ABC — Indianapolis at Tampa Bay Cubs pitcher Joe Borowski reacts to striking out AffantabAndaiw Jones for the last out of the ninth inning ' for semes for the The Chiefs are first time while the Broncos dropped to 1 5-- 0 4-- With the Chiefs trailing 23-1- 7 the Hall put on a dazzling display By Shawn Harrison sports editor of speed Just minutes after getting the wind knocked out of him on a return Hall took the 7 and went left the on punt then right turned and went The sun did shine on Sunday but the Aggies were probably not feeling any better There is a good reason it felt more like a cloudy day for die Utah State 41-ya- rd football team The Aggies had their worst outing Saturday night at New Mexico and the final score represented exactly that The Lobos backward before bearing left and racing to the end zone Hall began his streak with d a kickoff return against Pittsburgh then had a punt return against Houston and followed with a kickoff return for a score against Baltimore The Broncos had a from the line late in the third period but three runs netted only 2 yards and Jason Elam kicked 100-yar- 73-ya- rd 97-ya- rd first-and-g- rd AP photo See NFL on B2 Kansas City's Dante Hall (82) returns a punt for 93 yards and a touchdown vs Denver Aggie footbll won easily 34-- 7 It was me biggest deficit USU (1-- 4 overall) has had this year and head coach Mick Dennehy was none to happy after the game “We appeared as if we were completely unprepared” Dennehy said " We’re not good enough to just show up and play like we did tonighL I thought New Mexico played very well We were outplayed from See AGS on B4 |