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♦ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2005
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Mosque front tor terrorism
WASHINGTON (AP) - A mosque
established and funded by basket
ball star Hakeem Olajuwon gave
more than SBO,OOO to charities
the government later determined
to be fronts for the terror groups
al-Qaida and Hamas, according to
financial records obtained by The
Associated Press.
Olajuwon told the AP he had
not known of any links to terrorism
when the donations were made,
prior to the government's crack
down on the groups, and would
not have given the money if he
had known.
Federal law enforcement offi
cials said they were not investigat
ing Olajuwon, a 7-foot center born
in Nigeria who played 17 seasons
for the Houston Rockets before
retiring in 2002.
Bettman issues iftknatum
NEW YORK (AP) - With just a
little bit of hedging, NHL commis
sioner Gary Bettman all but issued
a drop-dead date for saving what’s
left of the season: this weekend.
If a deal is reached, Bettman
said, there would be a 28-game
regular season and the 16-team
playoff structure would be pre
served.
Hours earlier, the players'
association rejected what was
described by the league as a com
promise proposal during a secret
meeting in Toronto, NHL chief
legal officer Bill Daly said.
The lockout has wiped out
813 of the 1,230 regular-season
games, as well as this weekend's
scheduled All-Star game.
Chow headed to Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Norm
Chow finally found an opportunity
that enticed him to leave the col
lege ranks after 32 years and
accepted his first NFL job, becom
ing offensive coordinator for the
Tennessee Titans.
Chow spent 27 seasons at
BYU, a season at North Carolina
State and the last four at USC,
where he helped the Trojans win
two consecutive national cham
pionships. Chow replaces Mike
Heimerdinger, who was hired by
the New York Jets as offensive
coordinator last month.
IWo to sit out Pro Bowl
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP)
- Philadelphia receiver Terrell
Owens and New England defen
sive 'end Richard Seymour will
sit out the Pro Bowl because of
injuries.
Owens, who played exception
ally well on his surgically repaired
ankle in the Super Bowl, was
replaced on the NFC's roster by St.
Louis receiver Torry Holt. Seymour,
who has a minor knee injury, was
replaced by Jacksonville's John
Henderson on the AFC squad.
Game returns to San Fran
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)
- Baseball's All-Star game will
return to San Francisco in 2007
for the first time in more than two
decades. This will be the city's
first time staging baseball’s fnid
summer classic since it was at
Candlestick Park in 1984 and the
third time overall.
Cubs trade Farnsworth
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago
Cubs traded right-handed reliever
Kyle Farnsworth and a player to
be named to the Detroit Tigers for
pitcher Roberto Novoa and two
minor leaguers.
Farnsworth, whose fastball has
been clocked at 100 mph, was 4-5
with a 4.73 ERA last season for
Chicago. He struck out 78 batters
in 66 2-3 innings.
noddcx nous on Gomsteii
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Andy
Roddick fought off a determined
bid from qualifier Paul Goldstein
to advance to the second round
of the SAP Open with a 6-3, 6-4
victory.
Roddick, the defending cham
pion of the event, overcame 21
unforced errors to beat Goldstein.
Thomas Enqvist upset sixth
seeded Mardy Fish and Cyril
Saulnier knocked off No. 5 Jiri
Novak.
Third-seeded Tommy Haas
beat qualifier Frank Dancevic to
advance to the quarterfinals and
fourth-seeded Vincent Spadea
also advanced, beating fellow
American James Blake.
wwams beats uoneo-Aioro
PARIS (AP) - Two-time
champion Serena Williams beat
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro of France
6-3, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals
at the Open Gaz de France.
Fourth-seeded Nadia Petrova
defeated Selima Sfar of Tunisia
and seventh-seeded Silvia Farina
Elia beat Virginia Razzano of
France. Sandra Mamie replaced
Wimbledon champion Maria
Sharapova in the draw. Sharapova
withdrew because of a respiratory
illness.
Cams BMnated
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
(AP) - Third-seeded Guillermo
Canas of Argentina was eliminat
ed from the ATP Buenos Aires
tournament, losing in the second
round to Alberto Martin of Spain
6-4, 6-3.
ELIMINATES
From page 1B
3:03 mark, when King, who
led them in scoring with
10 points, went in and con
verted another layup.
As it turned out, that was.
all of Perry’s scoring for the
quarter, as the team con
nected on only 2-of-13 from
the field.
The Lady Golden Hawks,
on the other hand, were an
unimpressive 5-of-16.
They did have the lead,
however, taking it at the
six-minute mark and never
trailing from there.
The Lady Panthers
made one final run, clos
ing to within three, 34-
31, with 4:43 left to play,
but Washington County
outscored them 9-3 to the
buzzer.
All in all on the year: “We
struggled,” said Chance
who was also pleased with
a “huge” decrease in turn
overs on the night. “But we
accomplished some things.”
“We’ve got a young
squad,” he added. “I’ve only
got two girls (seniors Sabre
King and Stacey Askew)
SHORT
From page 1B
force the Demons to come
out and guard them.
“We couldn’t do that until
we got the lead,” Satterfield
said. “We wanted to take
advantage of our quick
ness.”
Warner Robins took
advantage of an 11-2 run in
the third quarter go ahead
34-33, but Henry County
staged a 6-0 comeback and
retook the lead for good
39-34. The Warhawks went
into the fourth quarter up
43-41.
In the first five minutes
of the final period, Hemy
County hit 7-of-8 field goals
SHOCK
From page 1B
their end, shoot and miss
a three-pointer then run
back to take the ball out of
bounds for the toss in after
Northside scored.
Northside didn’t need
offensive boards in the first
half, hitting 50 percent of
their field goals.
“Going into the game,
we wanted to contest every
perimeter shot,” Smith said.
“They set good screens to
get a couple of steps open.
I told our guys to box out
and get the rebound. If they
made the shots, so be it.”
Stockbridge attempted 31
three-pointers and hit seven
during the game.
Northside scored nine of
its 18 points in the first quar
ter courtesy of rebounds and
led 18-12.
GRAHAM
From page 1B
seventh place finish!”
What with a win being
only worth five more points
than second place you will
see drivers stroking their
machines in the final laps
as the computer geek in the
pit figures out how high they
have to finish to insure they
stay in the Top Ten.
I’m kind of surprised how
the drivers have seemed to
buy into this new concept.
Jeff Gordon seems as
happy as a clam with it and
it bit him hard last season.
He was sitting in first place
when the Chase started and
wound up in third. Had
there been no Chase and
had the points been figured
the same way they had been
the season before, he would
have won his fifth title when
all was said and done.
I guess when you have
four of them it is not as hard
to see the fifth go to Kurt
Bush. I for one would have
been chewing nails and spit
ting tacks.
I have to say that the Chase
was a thriller last season.
My only complaints were
the make-up of the final 10
races. This was something
that I thought NASCAR
might address over the off-
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Perry’s Ann Buck holts (25) grabs a rebound andpushes
the ball up the court while teammate Ashley Roberts
looks on Wednesday in Fort Valley.
who’ll walk away when this
is over (graduate), whereas
he (Washington County’s
and went 3-for-4 from the
charity stripe to pull away
from the Demons 60-44.
The Warhawks didn’t
need 3-pointers during their
shooting exhibition. Instead,
they took advantage of the
Demons’ fouls to produce
three three-point plays.
Trailing by 14, 60-46, with
2:41 remaining, Warner
Robins was forced to start
fouling to stop the clock. By
then, the Warhawks were
already in the double bonus
and going to the line to
shoot two.
Although, Henry County
made only one of two shots in
12 attempts, the Warhawks
The added six points in the
second that were inspired by
defensive rebounds and led
30-23 at the half.
The Eagles extended their
lead to 43-33 after three
periods, but were held to
just one field goal in the
fourth quarter and still out
scored the Tigers 17-16 for
the 60-49 win.
Smith credits assistant
coach Scott Wynn with devis
ing the winning strategy.
“He told the guards to
make sure that Anthony
Williams got the ball, even
on rebounds,” Smith said,
“and they got it to him.”
Smith scored 11 of his 19
points points in the fourth
quarter, going 11 for 14 from
the free throw line.
At one point in the final
eight minutes, the Eagles hit
season but I was to be disap
pointed.
A Chase for the
Championship without a
visit to Bristol? Give me a
break. The most exciting
track on the circuit needs to
be in the Final 10. I would
also like to see a road course
among the final 10. I know
that not all NASCAR fans
see eye-to-eye with me on
this, but if you are going to
have road courses on the
schedule you should have
one in the final 10.
I will go even further and
say they should add a third
road course race to the cir
cuit. '
I’m sure the NSACAR boys
get tired of only turning left
all the time. The Formula
One guys visit Indianapolis
once a year and use a road
course carved out of the
infield here. The NASCAR
guys ought to do the same.
It is another opportunity to
put 250,000 fannies in the
seats.
And the final race of the
season should not be at the
dippy Miami track. Take it
to Daytona where it belongs.
That way you can open and
close the season there and
you would have a true Super
Bowl of Racing.
SPORTS
coach) will have nine. I feel
pretty good about that (for
next year).”
scored enough to keep the
Demons at bay.
Warner Robins attempt
ed 13 3-pointers and made
three. Henry County was
2-for-9 from three-point
range.
SC BOARD
HENRY COUNTY 74, WARNER
ROBINS 61
HC: 6231431 -74
WR: 13 10 18 20-61
Halftime: (HC) 29-23. Scorers: (HC)
Herman Maines 23, Simmons 7. Darryl
Miller 14, Greg Lindsay 13, Duffie 9,
Rhymes 3, Watkins 3. Carter 2: (WR)
Dominique Davenport 17, Pierre Miller
16, Alton Sanders 12, Farms 2, Dugger
6, Wright 6, Willis 2. 3-pointers: (HC)
Rhymes, Watkins; (WR) Miller 2,
Davenport, Dugger 2, Wright. Records:
(HC) 19-8, (WR) 7-13.
10 consecutive free throws,
but suddenly missed five in
a row before getting back on
track and closing out with a
five-for-seven performance.
During the Eagles dry
spell, the Tigers failed to
take advantage. They man
aged only three points in the
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ASKETBALL
Wednesday's Women’s Major College
Basketball Scores
Connecticut 80, Boston College 55
Hartford 83. Northeastern 58
Notre Dame 75, Providence 57
Rutgers 67. Seton Hall 40
St. Peter's 67, Loyola, Md. 53
Stony Brook 78. Vermont 67
Villanova 62, Syracuse 45
Florida St. 82, Clemson 61
High Point 75. Radford 61
Liberty 74, Winthrop 50
N.C-Asheville 63, Charleston Southern 49
W. Kentucky 91. North Texas 40
E. Michigan 71, Buffalo 51
111.-Chicago 74. Butler 70
Kent St. 61, N. Illinois 48
Marshall 72, Ohio 63
Miami (Ohio) 70, Akron 56
Wright St. 61, Youngstown St. 51
Baylor 73. Oklahoma 72
Oklahoma St. 57, Kansas 54
Texas 83, Nebraska 53
Texas-Pan American 53, Prairie View 50
Missouri 58, Colorado 55
Wednesday's Men's Major College
Basketball Scores
Binghamton 67, Albany, N Y. 53
Boston U. 61, UMBC 51
Fordham 84, St. Bonaventure 62
George Mason 62, Towson 57
Hofstra 95, James Madison 88, 30T
Maine 76, New Hampshire 70
Massachusetts 49, Rhode Island 44
Northeastern 86, Hartford 66
Old Dominion 56, Delaware 49
Temple 78, Dayton 70
Va. Commonwealth 62, Drexel 59
Vermont 82, Stony Brook 55
West Virginia 67, Providence 65
Alabama 72, Tennessee 54
Appalachian St. 95, ETSU 73
Charlotte 91, Houston 71
Duke 71, Norlh Carolina 70
LSU 90, Auburn 69
La Salle 76, Richmond 68
Marshall 81, E. Michigan 75
Memphis 85, Louisville 68
N.C.-Wilmington 80, William & Mary 72
Saint Louis 55, South Florida 47
Tulane 75, Southern Miss. 72
Virginia 56, Florida St. 55
Creighton 83, N. lowa 82
Kansas 74, Kansas St. 65
Kent St. 57, Akron 54
Miami (Ohio) 54, Ball St. 52
Michigan St. 83, Ohio St. 69
N. Illinois 65, Cent. Michigan 46
Northwestern 55, Minnesota 53
Purdue 77, Penn St. 50
S. Illinois 64, Indiana St. 53
SW Missouri St. 80, Bradley 66
final minute of play.
Northside will face the
winner of the Carver-Eagle’s
Landing game in the semifi
nals at 8:30 p.m. today at
Westside.
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Toledo 58, Bowling Green 50
Wisconsin 72, lowa 69
Arkansas 62, Georgia 47
Stephen F.Ausfin 76. Texas St. 59
TCU 63. Marquette 62
Texas Tech 83. Baylor 67
Texas-San Antonio 79, Texas-Arlington 72
San Diego 69, San Francisco 61
UNLV 74, Missouri 71
NBA Scoreboard
Wednesday's Games
Milwaukee 110. Toronto 107
Boston 94, L A. Clippers 89
Indiana 94, Charlotte 87
Washington 95, San Antonio 87
Memphis 98, Philadelphia 95
Miami 116, New York 110, OT
L.A. Lakers 104, New Jersey 103, OT
Minnesota 98, Denver 92
Houston 105, Chicago 92
New Orleans 91, Portland 80
Thursday's Games
Atlanta at Orlando, 7 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Detroit. 8 p.m.
Sacramento at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
Friday s Games
Houston at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Miami at Charlotte. 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Toronto, 7 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Washington, 7 p.m.
New York at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
San Antonio at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.
Denver at Cleveland, 8 p.m.
Portland at Memphis. 8 p.m.
Golden State at New Orleans. 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Utah, 9 p.m.
Seattle at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Dallas at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.
f RANSACTIONS
Wednesday's Sports Transactions
KANSAS CITY ROYALS-Agreed to terms
with OF Brian L. Hunter on a minor league
contract.
CHICAGO CUBS-Traded RHP Kyle
Farnsworth and a player to be named to
Detroit for RHP Roberto Novoa. 3B Scott
Moore and OF Bo Flowers.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS-Named Steve
Shiftman vice president of ticket sales.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS-Agreed to
terms with OF J.J. Davis and RHP Danny
Rueckel on one-year contracts.
DETROIT LIONS-Named Fred Graves
wide receivers coach.
GREEN BAY PACKERS-Signed LB Shawn
Morgan to a reserve-future contract.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS-Signed FB
Tom Lopienski. Claimed RB Johnathan
Reese off waivers.
TENNESSEE TITANS-Named Norm Chow
offensive coordinator.
ASSUMPTION-Announced the resignation
of Tom Ackerman, men's basketball coach,
effective at the end of the season.
NS: 18 12 13 17-60
Halftime: (NS) 30-23. Scorers: (SB)
Lockett 2, Holmes 4, Markel Humphrey
19, Stodghill 4, Legette 2, Patrick 5,
Taylor Harps 13; (NS) Anthony Williams
19, Stewart 9, Lewis 5, Holden 7, Taylor
2, Grayer 6, Brunson 2, Kenith Ward 10.
3-pointers: (SB) Humphrey 3, Stodghill,
Harps 3; (NS) Sewart, Lewis. Records:
(SB) 22-5; (NS) 14-11.
Next: (NS) vs. Carver/Eagle's Landing
winner, Fri., 8:30 p.m. at Westside.
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