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NEW YORK (AP) - The NHL
and the players' association will
hold their next round of labor talks
Wednesday in yet another undis
closed location.
Only Bill Daly, the NHL's chief
legal officer, and outside coun
sel Bob Batterman were expected
to represent the league, while
NHLPA senior director Ted Saskin
and attorney John McCambridge
will take part for the players' asso
ciation.
Trevor Linden, the play
ers' association president. New
Jersey Devils president and gen
eral manager Lou Lamoriello, and
Harley Hotchkiss, the chairman
of the NHL board of governors,
are not expected to be part of
Wednesday's meeting after sitting
in last week.
Team misses series opener
MAZATLAN, Mexico (AP) - The
Dominican Republic and short
stop Miguel Tejada missed their
Caribbean Series opener against
Puerto Rico because the team
was kicked off its flight the previ
ous night.
The Cibao Eagles of the
Dominican Republic had been
scheduled to arrive in Mexico on
Monday night but were asked to get
off the plane before the flight took
off from Santo Domingo because
it was overbooked, International
Airport of the Americas spokes
man Ellis Perez said.
The flight had 172 seats but
was overbooked by 60 seats,
Perez said. When players and
other passengers started arguing
with crew members about who
should get to fly, the pilot asked
everyone to get off and flew the
plane to Miami empty.
Former coach testifies
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A
former Michigan State assistant
coach testified in federal court that
he was told money had been paid
to a high school coach to influence
a top Memphis recruit's choice of
college.
Brad Lawing said he was
recruiting for Michigan State in
2000 when he spoke with Lynn
Lang, who was Means' coach
at Trezevant High School in
Memphis. Lawing told a jury that
Lang demanded $200,000 to per
suade Means to pick Michigan
State and wanted a $50,000 pay
ment within about 10 days.
The rebuttal witness for the
prosecution was called after the
defense rested in the trial of million
aire businessman Logan Young,
accused of paying $150,000 to a
high school coach to get defensive
lineman Albert Means to sign with
Alabama.
Wte accepts invitation
(AP) - Michelle Wie has accept
ed an invitation to play in the Evian
Masters in France, and a new
policy adopted late last year by
the LPGA Tour makes it possible
for the 15-year-old to play in the
Women's British Open.
That would give Wie eight starts
on the LPGA Tour, including all
four majors. B.J. Wie said that
his daughter, a sophomore at
Punahou School in Honolulu, has
been offered a sponsor's exemp
tion to play the Evian Masters for
the second straight year.
Meanwhile, Golfweek Magazine
cited a source close to the Ladies
Golf Union as saying Wie would
be offered one of the two invi
tations for top amateurs to the
Women's British Open.
New steroid uncovered
(AP) - Canadian scientists
uncovered a new steroid designed
to avoid detection in standard drug
tests, but say they found no evi
dence it was used by athletes.
The World Anti-Doping Agency
said that the substance - called
desoxy-methyl-testosterone, or
DMT - was identified after a tip
from an anonymous whistleblow
er. WADA science director Olivier
Rabin said the drug had simi
larities to THG, or tetrahydroges
trinone, a drug at the heart of the
BALCO steroid investigation in the
United States.
Kings exerciso coach options
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -
The Sacramento Kings exercised
their one-year option on coach
Rick Adelman, keeping him under
contract through next season.
Even though Adelman has taken
the Kings to the playoffs every
year since coming to Sacramento
in 1998, owners Joe and Gavin
Maloof waited to see how the
team started this season before
deciding whether to pick up his
option for 2005-06.
I*loll return spolad
PATTAYA, Thailand (AP)
- Martina Hingis’ return to ten
nis was spoiled when she was
beaten by Germany's Marlene
Weingartner 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the
first round of the Volvo Women's
Open.
Playing in a tournament for the
first time since taking a two-year
break after severely injuring her
ankle, Hingis won the first set
easily but looked far slower than
she did when she was the No. 1
ranked player in the world.
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Perry celebrates its Region 4-AAA championship, won Monday in Sandersville. It was
the school's fourth in four years.
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there is an important life
lesson in their team’s expe
rience this year.
“Life isn’t always great,”
she said. “But if you perse
vere, work hard and stick to
your goals you will reap the
rewards of your efforts.”
The judges scored each
team in 10 major categories,
which included tumbling,
stunts, spirit, pyramids,
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fault her not, said Warner
Robins head coach Tom
Mobley, who squad fell to
13-9 overall and 5-4 in the
region. Westside improved
to 19-5 and 7-2 in the divi
sion. “She played great,” he
said. “She got knocked into
the bleachers (a very rough
looking spill), brushed her
self off and got back up
ready to play.”
Besides, without hers and
the rest of the teams’ efforts,
Warner Robins would have
never been able to overcome
deficits of 10-8 in the first
quarter and 28-20 at the
half.
In the third quarter, and
thanks to the Demonettes
creating eight turnovers, it
took Westside until the 3:50
mark to get its first basket.
During that time Warner
Robins was busy chipping
away.
By the end of the third,
and after outscoring the
Lady Seminoles 15-8 during
that period, the score was
knotted at 35 heading into
the final eight minutes.
“We had gone back to man
(in the second quarter),”
Mobley said. “Then we went
back to zone (in the third).”
The Demonettes took their
first lead when Wilkerson
saw Cherie White, who fin
ished with 8 points on the
night, cut underneath to the
basket and hit her with a
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technique, dance, jumps,
cheer, transitions and execu
tion.
Within each category,
points were given based on
audience appeal, sharpness
of motions, confidence, pre
cision, originality, enthusi
asm, timing and difficulty.
Per the results, Perry
excelled in all.
During the victory celebra
tion, the team even called
pass for a layup. That came
with 4:37 left to play.
Drahcir Ross, who led
the team in scoring with
10 (and that still in lim
ited play due to recovery
from an injury), took the
ball away from Westside’s
big post player, Sina Hilbert,
on the visitors’ next two
trips down the court. She
converted the first into a
basket - via a pass from a
teammate and short jumper
- on the subsequent trip and
tried to do the same on the
one that followed. That one
bounced out, however, but
not beyond the reach of C.C.
Jackson who turned it into a
four-foot jumper and a 42-39
Warner Robins lead.
The Demonettes began to
nurse the clock from there,
hoping and getting Westside
to foul.
The game plan worked.
Warner Robins got the line
- Shaniqua Pauldo was also
l-of-2 during that time - but
Holloway was busy with the
old adage “two can play that
game.”
At least this time, she
played it better.
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The Demons’ game against
Westside started out much
better this time than the
last the two met - that one
in Macon, this one at home.
In that game, which
Warner Robins won 55-42,
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to the forefront former
Perry High School Athletic
Director, Chuck Conley,
whose daughter Cayte is a
member of the team.
“Papa Chuck,’ we just won
one, baby!” it was heard
said.
With the win, Perry is
exempt from the Sectionals
Friday and are pre-qualified
for the AAA state competi
tion Saturday in Columbus.
the Demons struggled on
the scoreboard in the first
quarter - in fact trailing,
thanks only to a late out
burst, 14-12 after the initial
eight minutes.
This time in the team’s
47-37 Region 3S-AAAA win,
the Demons - aided by two
3-pointers from Dominique
Davenport who finished
with 12 - jumped out to a
14-10 lead after one. Alton
Sanders also had six during
that same period, the two
accounting for all of Warner
Robins’ scoring. Sanders
finished the night with 13 to
lead the team’s effort.
In the second, the Demons
(7-12, 5-4 in the region)
forced 10 Westside turn
overs. They might have
turned that into a route but
they shot only 5-of-14 from
the field.
The Seminoles (3-6 in the
region) on the other hand
out-rebounded Warner
Robins during that same
timeframe, 9-6. But they
connected on only two out
of 10 tries. Subsequently,
the Demons led 27-17 at the
break.
A consistent third and
fourth quarter enabled
Warner Robins to keep their
lead and pull off the regular
season sweep over its Macon
counterparts. Pierre Miller
also added 10. He did half
his damage in the second
quarter.
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Tuesday's Men's Major College
Basketball Scores
Boston College 62, West Virginia 50
Siena 68, Manhattan 66
Clemson 88. Maryland 73
Delaware St. 63, Bethune-Cookman 61
E. Kentucky 83, Morehead St. 69
Kent St. 70, Marshall 63
Liberty 84, High Point 81
Mississippi St. 71, Florida 57
Richmond 72, Duquesne 71
Creighton 73, Wichita St. 69
DePaul 64, TCU 62
Illinois 81, Michigan St. 68
Illinois St. 59, Drake 58
lowa St. 77, Baylor 51
Nebraska 91, Utah Valley St. 57
Tuesday's Women's Major Basketball
Scores
Buffalo 55. Akron 49
New Hampshire 70. Northeastern 64
Penn 61, Princeton 59. 20T
Belmont 80, Lipscomb 76
Davidson 59, Appalachian St. 51
Delaware St. 55, Bethune-Cookman 44
E. Kentucky 79, Morehead St. 57
Eton 65, UNC-Greensboro 59
Furman 64, Wofford 60
Southern Miss. 73, New Orleans 53
Houston 48, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
46
Nebraska 73, Oklahoma St. 71
Oregon St. 57, Utah Valley St. 43
NBA Scores from Tuesday's Games
Detroit 105, Washington 96
Orlando 105, Cleveland 102
New Jersey 107, Chicago 97
Memphis 108, Phoenix 97
Milwaukee 91, Minnesota 86
Dallas 109, Miami 104
Charlotte 109, Utah 105
Denver 96, New York 76
Seattle 106, Sacramento 101
L.A. Lakers 92, Portland 79
Today's Games
Cleveland at Miami, 8 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Memphis. 8 p.m.
San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Tuesday's Sports Transactions
BOSTON RED SOX-Agreed to terms with
RHP Scott Cassidy, RHP Jack Cressend,
RHP Jeremi Gonzalez, RHP Kris Wilson,
LHP Jason Kershner, C Jeff Bailey, C
Shawn Wooten, INF Dave Berg. INF Tim
Hummel, INF Kenny Perez, OF Chip
Ambres, OF George Lombard. OF Billy
McMillon, OF Simon Pond and OF Chip
Ambres on minor league contracts.
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS-Agreed to
terms with RHP Jesus Colome on a one
year contract.
NBA-Suspended Golden State Warriors F
Clifford Robinson five games for violating
Warner
Robins'
Pierre
Miller,
left, and
Westside's
Gerald
January
appear to
be choreo
graphed
as the first
puts up a
shot and
the second
hopes for
a rebound,
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Robins.
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TV to kick off Super
coverage super early
By JIM CARLISLE
Scripps Howard News
Service
Perhaps one day we’ll have
a 24-hour TV channel with
nothing but Super Bowl pre
game shows.
Don’t laugh. We’re not that
far away from it now.
Fox’s first pregame game
show next Sunday starts at
10 a.m. Eastern. For a 6:30
p.m. game.
And that doesn’t even
include another 21/2 hours
on Saturday afternoon.
Guess those infomercials
will just have to wait.
Three years ago, the last
time Fox televised the Super
Bowl, the network was
restrained in its coverage,
coming as it did less than
five months after the terror
ist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
However, the time before
that, in 1999, the network had
the first 61/2-hour pregame.
This time in Jacksonville,
Fla., it’s going for 81/2.
In previewing that game
six years ago, Fox Sports
president David Hill predict
ed that within 10 years the
Super Bowl pregame show
would start at 10 o’clock
Saturday morning. He’s only
24 hours away.
Super Bowl coordinating
producer Scott Ackerson said
the scope of the day is huge.
The event figures to be, at
least at the start, a celebra
tion of Fox Sports as well.
Super Bowl Sunday will start
at 10 a.m. with the one-hour
“NFL Films Presents: Buck,
Aikman & Collinsworth _ All
Access.” NFL Films follows
Fox’s No. 1 NFL broadcast
team as they prepare for a
regular-season game.
From 11 to noon, James
Brown hosts “Untold Stories
of the Super Bowl.”
The show counts down the
top 10 moments in Super
Bowl history as voted by visi
tors to Fox Sports’ Web site.
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the league's drug policy.
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS-Placed G
Bernard Robinson and F Emeka Okafor
on the injured list. Activated F Theron
Smith and C Jahidi White from the injured
list.
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS-Signed F
Jerome Mcise to a 10-day contract.
DALLAS MAVERICKS-Placed C D.J.
Mbenga on the injured list. Activated G
Marquis Daniels from the injured list.
NEW JERSEY NETS-Placed F Richard
Jefferson on the injured list. Signed F
Donnell Harvey to a 10-day contract.
SACRAMENTO KINGS-Exercised their
2005-06 contract option on Rick Adelman.
coach.
UTAH JAZZ-Activated G Kirk Snyder from
the injured list.
DENVER BRONCOS-Named Bob Slowik
defensive backs coach.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS-Signed LB
Matt Farrior, OT Josh Burr, FB Darryl
Kennedy, S Janssen Patten, C Joe lorio,
LB Lewis Moore. WR Sam Simmons, FB
Travis Wilson, QB Jeff Krohn, WR Chris
Collins, WR Walter Young, TE John Frieser,
C Ben Claxton, OG Lenny Vandermade.
OT Ulish Booker, CB Vontez Duff, LB
Dedrick Roper, DE Brandon Calton, DT
Grant Bowman. DT Bob Dzvonick, DT Eric
Taylor and P Mike Barr.
NICHOLLS STATE-Signed Jay Thomas,
football coach, to a two-year contract
extension through 2007, and Jay Piper,
men's basketball coach, to a one-year
contract extension through the 2005-06
season.
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NFL Playoff Glance
St. Louis 27, Seattle 20
N Y Jets 20, San Diego 17, OT
Sunday, Jan. 9
Indianapolis 49, Denver 24
Minnesota 31. Green Bay 17
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 15
Pittsburgh 20. N Y. Jets 17, OT
Atlanta 47, St. Louis 17
Sunday, Jan. 16
Philadelphia 27, Minnesota 14
New England 20, Indianapolis 3
Conference Championships
Sunday, Jan. 23
Philadelphia 27, Atlanta 10
New England 41, Pittsburgh 27
Super Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 6
Jacksonville, Fla.
Philadelphia vs. New England, 6:30 p.m
(FOX)
Pro Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 13
At Honolulu
AFC vs. NFC, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Then things go astray from
football altogether from noon
to 1 p.m. with “Boom Boom
Huckjam,” an extreme sports
competition taped Jan. 14 in
Glendale, Ariz., featuring,
among others, Tony Hawk.
Then comes “Best Darn
Super Bowl Road Show
Period,” a live Jacksonville
based “tailgate party” from
1 to 2 hosted by Tom Arnold
and John Salley from FSN’s
“Best Damn Sports Show
Period.”
Fox’s “traditional” pre
game show starts at 2 p.m.
and runs for 41/2 hours. “Fox
Super Bowl Sunday” with
Brown, Bradshaw, Long,
Johnson, reporters Pam
Oliver, Chris Myers, come
dian Frank Caliendo and
weather forecaster Jillian
Barberie figures to be any
thing but traditional.
Along with the typical
profiles, features and break
downs, will be a golf tourna
ment. That’s right _ a golf
tournament. Fox baseball
analyst Tim McCarver and
NASCAR analyst Darrell
Waltrip will host a hole-in
one contest at the PGA Tour’s
nearby TPC at Sawgrass.
The contest will consist of
three four-member teams,
representing the NFL,
Major League Baseball and
NASCAR. Each team will be
captained by a current PGA
Tour member, and they will
shoot to win cash for various
charities.
The Saturday offerings
include a recap of the sea
son from NFL Films, “Road
to the Super Bowl,” the
11th annual presentation of
“Howie Long’s Tough Guys”
and a “College All-Stars
Skills Challenge,” featuring
Cal’s Aaron Rodgers and
Oklahoma’s Jason White.
Somewhere after all that,
Fox’s broadcasters may have
enough energy left to show
the game.
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