Show Section The’ Herald Journal USU’s Matheus watching and learning ' By Jeff Hunter sports writer ' ’ i V Following Utah State's loss at Utah earlier this season junior for- -: WTTB ward Spencer Nelson was asked if the Aggies’ horrendous start was due to astonishment over the' Utes’ formidable size “I know I wasn’t intimidated” Nelson replied “I know they're big but we go against big guys “We play against CassianO — the big" Brazilian — in practice every day and he’s eight times bigger than me” While that is obviously an exaggera- and 235 pounds Cas- tionat ' Virginia rolls to victory over B2 Pitt in Tire Bowl Sporfs briefs Steiribrenrier faints at memorial seivice v V " " ' Twice ! He’s so big his amis are so long and he’s able to finish around the basket” USU assistant coach Randy Rahe says of the Aggies’ prize recruit “He plays above the v rim which is nice to see” Inasmuch as Matheus is red- this season Utah State fans ' shirting won’t see that until next year But in the nemtime the Brazilian native is work- ing on learning Morrill’s system refining ' v SARASOTA Fla(AP) — New York Yankees owner George Stein-- :' brenner fainted Saturday at a memorial service for football great ' Otto Graham and was hospitalized in stable condition an emergency official said “flight now he’s Fine” Paul Dezzi of the Sarasota County Fire Department told The Associated V ' siano Matheus is certainly an imposing figure on the basketball court That’s why USU head coach Stew Morrill and his staff went after him hard See AGS on B7 " ' LuceroHerald Journal Eli Utah State Center Cassiano Matheus left is spending the 200344! season on the Aggie bench along with walk-o- n guard Jimmie Edwards National Football League i 'v' Press ! “He fainted When we arrived he was alert and orientedHe was very talkative in the ambulance” he said “He was stable” Steinbrenner was V' The taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospi- tal He was given oxygen 'an elec-Xtrocardiogram and intravenous X fluids in the ambulance Dezzi said blanks Bills to stretch streak to X - Based on the preliminary tests '“Everything showed up fine” Dezzi said'- ' ! ' jvari Calderon shot to death in Puerto Rico Tbe New Eng- FO)(BORO Mass ( APj land Patriots secured the top seed in the ART and avenged-a- n embarrassing playoffs ' ioss to thie Buffalo BilK Iii a game of strange coincidences the' ' Patriots won 3 Saturday behindTom Brady’s four scoring passes iii the first half and the defense’s third shutout inTour home ' : ' -0 X 'X LOIZA Puerto er Rico(APl-For-m- major leagiR: basebafiplayer ! Ivan Calderon was shot to death Saturday He was 42 f Witnesses said Calderon was in a store when two people entered and without a word shot the former out- -' :V fielder multipletimes in the back said police Sgt Maribel Arzuaga Calderon played 10 seasons iii the : X major league with Seattle the Chicago White Sox Boston and Montreal lie finished his big league career in 1993 with a 272 baiting average 104 homers and 444 RBIs X' Calderon was born in eastern X Puerto Rico and lived in Loiza a X ' X northern coastal town : 1 - Detroit 67 Atlanta 84 New York 100 Miami 79 f C f 'I - nv i: J - "' :V -J- Patriots quarterback Tom Brady ’ T':' On television MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL : ’v pm FOXSN — Maryland at Florida St ' -X '6v pm X XXFOXSN— Virginia at NC State - : 'X' nba -- X' ' : 5 (kin v 'v KJZZ— Utah at Sacramento i NFL -'' ii un’ xrxX'-- - v :X CBS Indianapolis at Houston FOX—Dailas at New Orleans 2pm M NHL F PuHKe ESPN2 — Detroit at Chicago - 'i APphotp : See NFL on B4 ::x Wanhstedt could be on the way out r : ' SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — passes to KorenRobinson and Alex Bannister to keep the Sea-- 1 The Seattle Seahawks’ bench MIAMI ( AP) —The Miami Dol- practically exploded when Jeff Z hawks’ postseason hopes alive r: "Seattle’s first win in San Garcia skipped a fourth-dow-n phins and the New York Jets expect- Francisco since 1979 wasn't ed so much more from this seasonpass off the turf at midfield ' with X teams both The Dolphins' envisioned returning with 1:06 left Several Sea- strugpretty the ball on a the playoffs for the sixth'time in X to move hawks charged onto the field ' 'to gling ' seven years TheTets hoped for a ' chilly dayat Candlestick Park " waving their helmets and sev- -' ' third consecutive postseason berth oral others threw most of their "But Hasselbeckand Shaun It didn’t happen for either of thern " Alexander came up with just-'--- ' uniforms info the crowd in cel- :!: XNow the AFC East rivals find ebration ’v'"' enough big plays to give the ! 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Seahawks (10-6- ) their recond The Seahawks’ 7 victory that one season a and die of road victory meaningless game Sunday over San Francisco on Sidutday' " could be the last for Dolphins coach earned them a chance at the sweep of the 49ers in 2003 Now' the Seahawks need AP photo Dave Wannstedt playoffs — and aq uneasy Sun- ' “That’s how it goes eyery season Afinnesota to lose at Arizona or Seattle's Koran Robinson right makes a day of waiting : ' V Frandsco'a MauHasselbeck passed for touchdown reception overSan ''XX See OUT on B7 Sim SEAri LEon B4 Jason Webster Saturday afternoon 315 yanls and threw scoring v - ! - : ' - :'J' J i XX'V i - ESPN — Pittsburgh at Baltimore 8 T"' as he fa taken oiit of Sahirday’s game: - Xs- SdOpjn - : ! 24-1- CBS — Denver at Green Bay - acknowledge the crowd v 3:30 - -' Seattle still in hunt aftervietbry at SR AHL X 8-- ' Chicago 4 Utah 0 -- (14-- 2) assured themselves of " advantage throughout the' AFC ' playoffs Their best regular season ever gives them a shot at their second Super Bowl ' and made them championship in three-year' the second team since the NFLr AFL merge! 'iii 1970 to win their last 12 regular-seasJ'-games Miami did it in 1972 Their first playoff game pn the field' where they went 0 this seasonwill be Jan 10 or 1 1 against the lowest remaining seeded team after next weekend’s' wild-car- d games “As exciting as it is you'ye gotto stay V ' calm'’’ linebacker Tedy Briischj 'raid' “The : 1 same things that win in the playoffs won in the regular season'7 For the third1 straight year there will be no ! " Coach- playoff berth for BulTalo (6-1Gragg Williams at the end pf his three-ye' contract might not return '' 'That’s not mydecision'’ he said after the '' Bills’ seventh loss in nine games “We’ve all ' got to get better” General manager Tom Donahoe said there ' V wajs no timetable for making that decision home-fiel- d ' 4 : ’ ar : "fa - 0) Dallas 4 Columbus 3 Carolina 2 Montreal 1 (OT) ! NY Islanders 3 Toronto 1 New Jersey 2 Pittsburgh 0 X 'Tampa Bay 4 Boston 2 X Florida 3 Anaheim 2 ' Nashville 3 Phoenix 1 V ' Colorado 3 Philadelphia 2 (OT) Edmonton 6 Vancouver 2 San Joae 4 tos Angales 4 tie V X- on NHL--!” Buffalo 3 Washington 1 1 - lie s!aid s ''xX' ' ' - The Patriots - New Jersey 82 Indiana 75 Chicago 100 Washington 86X Dallas 104 Memphis 98! ' Minnesota 1 04 Seattle 86 0 ! - ' r- I “We' proved we Were a different team than that firstday” NBA r -- ' Eagles wrap up NFC East title bye week in playoffs— Page B4 Y I Seattle 24rSan Francisco Philadelphia 31 Washington 7 ’' ! New England 31 Buffalo 0 :1 X ' Virginia 23 Pittsburgh 16 17- - - Continental Tire Bowl ' - That win the score of Buffalo’s win over New England in the season opener In both ' games the winnier stopped the opponent's to preserve ’! "final play from the theshutoUt And Brady rebounded from his disaster inthe opener Saturday's scores ' games!-- - s f |