Show - I r' y j FrkJ December ' 2003 19 v Pagel i The Herald Jourjnal Utah St football Insido Is Boston says so but Texas still has hope six " ' ’ ' Roethlisberger leads Miami to B6 win in GMAC Bowl Two Yanks charged in Fenway bullpen fight BOSTON (AP)— Yankees Jeff Nelson and Karim Garda and a Fenway Park groundskeeper werccharged ” with assault and battery Thursday for V brawling in New York's bullpen after die groundskeeper cheered for Boston durin a playoff game Clerk Magistrate Michael Neighbors called the case against Nelson and Garcia “weak” because no eyewitnesses or police officers who were ' at the game testified during a probable : cause hearing last week Buthe said the police report contained enough' ' evidence to charge the players Neighbors also niled there was : enough evidence to go forward with nt Nelson’s against ' Paul Williams 24 a part-tim- e V groundskeeper and middle school ' teacher from Deny NH Yankees spokesman Rick Cerrone '' said the team had no immediate com-menLRed Sox spokesman Kevin Shea said the team was Confident authorities would handle the case appropriately' ' ''night'' - - ' V- 9) V With Southern Utah leading 9-- 5 ' ' with 13:44 remaining in the first 'half David Palmer scored a layup to start a 21-- 1 Thunderbird run Southern Utah led 43' 14 at half - time Dallas Rensch had points for the'Thunderbirds PalmeF and Jasori Baker each added 1 0 V De Angelo Newsom had seven rebounds and fivesteals for South- 1 1 ' Utah''- 'em ! '' - "i Thwrfdqy scores i Beehive basketball v Utah State 67 Jackson State 42 Southern Utah 78 Montana Tech 41 :':v ::''''''-'NB' Minnesota 1 14 Dallasl 09 Sacramento401 New Orleans Portland 10t Phoenix 94 NHL v" - ? - 90--- - pm - 1) boxing ' "5pm" ': ESPN2 — Division I AA Chan -- onship Colgate vs Delaware at Term GOLF''-:-'- : ' KJZTh- - Utah St Boston 6 PJTL ESPN t -- Detrort af Indiana 80ESPN pjn— Sari Antonio at Seattle FOXSN — Denver ' "V” ' ’ : w ‘c& ‘SeeTRAPon B5 - Yi&xmishfoxKjm' Eli " - : X---'- Bm mm A mm I I lm mm m P"' at LA Lakers 5 mM I M ' cl mM ‘ times as 'an injury replacemenL ' NEW YORK (AP) — Steve " " Amting those shut out in the " McNair made his first Pro Bowl on Thursday joining ' Keith Bulluck wide recei ver voting Was LaDainian Tomlin-- : ' son of an Diego who leads Derrick Mason knd punter thiree teammates a year after ihe Tennessee Titans were' iheJ4FL with 2BL combined Heptrich Craig ' shunned entirely but ended up ' This season's versipitof last yards He is fourth in rushing " ’ - arid was Jbeaten in (lie AFC title game - dufby the top year's Titans werelhe NFL’:-seasoarid New three: Jarrial Lewis of Balti- McNair in his ninth Philadelphia Eagles ' more Clinton Portrsof Den- has thrown 22 touchEngland Patriots each with ' ver and Holmes! down passes and just six inter- - : two The Patriots (12-2- ) are There wercthe usual strange --' tied with Kansas City forthe ceptions for the Titans (10-- 4) selections such as guard Larry AFCs best record and the Kansas Qty and Baltimore are tied with St Allenof theCowboys each had eight players select- Eagles (1 Allen has been hurt much of Louis atop the NFC----- ' ed for the Feb 8 all-stgame were The Patriots the in Honolulu Fanscoaches picked year arid has been in and out of the lineup: Offensive defensive lineman Richard and players voted with each line positions in the game- Seymour and cornerbackiy V group counted equally : are permanent --r- once a often were Law Baltimore while the Eagles The contingent McNabb Donovan was led by linebacker Ray quarterback player makes it he makes it forever and thiswill be Lewis and offensive tackle andCornerbackTroy Vincent ‘To have the IlMt'tMm in f"‘ Allen's eighth PmRnttfl Jonathan Ogden both multi-p- ie ' ' Also selected was New York the NFC and to only have two Pro Bowl selections The ' Giants tight end Jeremy : Chiefs chosen included runplayers (ricked — we were Shockey the only rookie who slighted” said McNabb who ning back Priest Holmes and ’ the ' the for made it last year Shockey has to was team Gonzalez voted end AP photo tigl5 y Tray he’s time been the first McNair In addition to although one was four McNair o( Titans: Tennessee quarterback Stove ' : See MCNAIR ion B6 to the Pro Bowl three other ' Titans also had linebacker v named to the AFC Pro Bowl roster announced Thursday - - ' LucdroHerald Journal Utah Stata's Spencer Nelson right steals the ball from Jackson State's pakari Wallace Thursday night at v theSpectmm W ‘ '"' v:-'i'- ' ' ''' I jmm : '"NBA - " ar Midnight : TGC — PGA Tour of Australasia Australian Open Championship third round at Rye Australia (delayed tape) nm ' 3) -- : Chattanooga - I ESPN2 Champion O'Neil Bel vs Derrick Hannon (23-4-- 0) for NABF cmiserweight championship at RosemonL ill : COLLEGE FOOTBALL i (21-1-- 4) J? V' : 7While watchipg film the coaches hype the players up so much that it gets me mad I'm gonna guard 'em Who- - V ever we play it doesn't matter I'm gonna guard 'em" Much like in USU's previous game at Idaho State Butler not only turned in an excellent defensive per-- " formance against the other team's top scorervbut he ! also found Away to score himself' 27 points in the win Butler who had a carrer-be- st from the field over (he Bengals went " from the free-thro- w from range anci 19 (joints line Thursday on his way to a game-hig- h He also added four steals four rebounds and a'1 ' blocked shotin 28 minutes The only other Aggie tofeach double figures" was sophomore forward Nate- against the Tigers (2-15 points whileHarris who racked up a career-hig- h free-thio- w ifteld both the and tine! from going ' ' Harris'performance off the bench helped offset 'quiet' offensive nights from forward Spencer Nelson (three pointsftve rebounds) point guard Mark - Miami Of Ohio 49 Louisville 28 8 free-thr- ' GMAC Bowl On 12 '' : : -- - - ' Calgary 5 Boston 0 Carolina 2 Pittsburgh 1’OT V- Tampa Bay 5 Philadelphia 4 OT Ottawa 6 Chicago 1'' Montreal 5 NashyiH4 OT New Jersey S Atlanta 0 St Louis 4 San Joee 2 Ny Rangers 4 NY Islanders 3 Minnesota 1 Edmonton 1 tie Phoenix 4 Los Angeies 4 tie' - --! - - ts l) (3-4- - si 1 The Thunderbirds ) scored the first seven points of the game and nevei trailed the Orediggers (6-- ' See DEAD on B4 67-4- 78-4- V ' ' ' While it would be extremely shortsighted to refer' n stow it was hard not : to Cardell Butler as a to notice that with just over two minutes left in the first half of Thursday's game against Jackson State Utah State's senior swingman had more points (14) than all of the Tjgers combined (11) ' Jackson State eventually surpassed Butler’s offen-ve output but the visitors from Mississippi never came close to catching up to the Aggies who pulled away for a 2 Victory at the Spectrum "1 thought they were a little tired especially in the second half" USU head coach Stew Morrill said of third road game In the Tigers who were playing 'their ' SIX day S "But 1 thought we were a lot ' USU MEN’S better defensively than we have BASKFTFAI been We took them out of some For the most part we Ag9ln things: '' Tflet42 : were aggressive and caused ' turnovers by getting deflectipns ' "1 was encouraged by our defense' The numbers certainly back that up as Utah State recordcd season-besin defensive field goal V (5-' percentage (313) turnovers (20) and steals (11) Thanks in a large part to Butler JSUs leading sew- from the field eight points) erlshmael Joyce : was held nearly eight points off pf his averageAticf ' o w line 18 times in the ' after going to the up Tigers' win at Montana Tuesday night Joyce ended ' shopting just two free throws against the Aggies ' -- "I krvea defensive challengeMButler proclaimed : over Orediggers : ' ' one-ma- thirds cruise to easy CEDAR CITY tAP) — Tim points off the Gainey scored-1as Southern Utah beat Montana Tech 1 Thursday ' ' By Jaff Hunter sports writer cross-complai- - " two highest-pai- d players in baseball ‘There is a likelihood the deal is dead" Texas general manager John Hart said "‘But at the same time we haven't issued a statement that it’s completely dead" Rodriguez oiffered topeduce salaries in his contract by $12 mi- llion in exchange for increased miu--- ' keting and logo use rights agent Scott Boras said He also would have had right to become a free agent after the 2005 season a Defense leads the way for 5--1 Uta h St : '" receiver a tight end a linebacker and ' acometback S Sports briefs win NEW YORK (APjs-T- he Alex Rodriguez trade is “dead” or so the Boston Red Sox say The Texas Rangers and the shortstop still have hope Just hours after commissioner Bud Selig ended talks to restructure ' $252 million contract Thursday the Red Sox said Manny Ramirez would not be sent toTexas ' for the AL MVP “The proposed trade between the Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers is dead” Red Sox presi- dent Larry Lucchino said The Rangers though believed they could rekindle the swap of the "Our biggest needs were on the offensive side of the ball and we feel When Utah State's 2003 football like we really helped ourselves season came to an end last dr I Bma on the interior with (Brent) month Aggie head coach Mick Dennehy said hewould I I EBil DeLadurantey and (Justin) be looking for some early Schlirngen" Dennehy said' ' BafeSaAsI "With us graduating our center junior college signees football Aggla USU we needed to six and both signed guards Thursday : athletes that will start school bring some guys In and both of these guys are big physical players in January go through spring drills 'that will help us immediately"- in March and be available to play' " next year The new Aggies include See SIX on B6 two offensive linemen a wide M deal dead? 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