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wtrMi super mim xm somiM»mm ay, mmm 1597 TOUGH TIMES: Three big plays puts end to New England’s defensive resurgence as the deficit was too much to overcome/11 Patriots 14 0 0 21 Packers 10 17 8 0 35 ■ SUPER BOWL MVP: Desmond Howard erased all the doubts that have haunted him during his time in the NFL with a Super Bowl MVP performancet\ 0 ON THE TUBE Men’s College Basketball, Tulsa at Utah, ESPN (34), 9p.m. J DAILY TRIVIA What’s the record for most combined points scoredin the 1st quarter of a Super Bowl? See scoreboard lor answer. Green Bay sends Patriots packing with 35-21 win ■ MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Desmond Howard, Green Bay Packers ■ RECORD BREAKER: Howard’s 99-yard kickoff TD return ■ GAME: The Packers brought the Lombardi Trophy back to “Titletown, USA” with a convincing win Sunday The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — The Green Bay Pack ers finally have a present to go with their past. The 35-21 Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots on Sunday hardly brought back memories of Vince Lombar di’s grind-it-out champions of the ’60s. Instead, this was a high-powered Pack — doing it with big plays, especially by MVP Desmond Howard — that returned Green Bay to NFL prominence and put the title back in “Titletown, USA.” “I think it’s time that the Lombardi Tro phy goes home to Lambeau Field, where it belongs,” Packers president Robert Harlan said. Not that Lombardi would have recog nized the way this team won. There were no pulling guards, none of his classic pow er sweeps. Rather, it was Brett Favre finding the duckwalking Andre Rison for a 54-yard touchdown on the Packers’ second offen sive play, then throwing an 81-yard TD pass to Antonio Freeman in the first minute of the second quarter to put Green Bay ahead for good. And it was Howard scoring on a 99-yard kickoff return, then striking an abbreviated Heisman pose in the end zone, a dagger in the heart of the Patriots, who had closed to 27-21. Howard, the first special teams player ever to win MVP, finished with a record 244 return yards. Not bad for someone who was considered another Heisman Trophy bust before joining the Packers this season. “Through all the adversity and the trials and tribulations, I’ve always had confi dence in myself,” he said. The win was the 13th straight for an NFC team and kept Bill Parcells, who had two of those 13 with the Giants in 1986 and 1990, Turn to GAME, Page 10 H I’m disappointed, because I do think we had a chance fora moment. We played hard, we just cracked a little bit under pressure. — Bill Parcells New England head coach —-99 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS NBA New York.95 Seattle .103 Miami.89 L.A. Lakers .104 Milwaukee.94 San Antonio.76 NHL Washington.1 Montreal.2 Edmonton .3 Pittsburgh .5 Track and field star Carl Lewis to retire from sport in June SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Carl Lewis, the most decorated track and field athlete in history, will end his career in June in his hometown of Houston. "A lot of people have been encouraging me to stay on and this is the first time I've said it will be my last season, but I intend to make my final race at Houston in June," Lewis said. Lewis, 35, has won nine Olympic gold medals and eight world titles. He he has been involved in setting 10 world records and he recorded 65 consecutive vic tories in the long jump be tween 1981 and 1991. “I don’t know what it's go ing to feel like not being on the LEWIS track any more'aut'm not going to sever my connection with the sport or with the Olympics," Lewis said. Not since Jesse Owens dominated track and field during the mid-1930s has there been an athlete with the speed and explosiveness of Lewis. And no one performed so well, for so long. Lewis’ nine Olympic golds and one silver include four golds at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, match ing Owens' feat of four golds at the '36 Berlin Games. Lewis also equaled discus thrower Al Oerter’s record of winning the same event—the long jump — in four straight Olympics. DAILY TRIVIA ANSWER In 1997, the Patriots and Packers combined for 24 points in the 1 st quarter, a Super Bowl record. mam Oregon 57, Arizona 60 Wildcats find redemption ■ WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Oregon loses its first home game of the season to Arizona at McArthur Court By Ryan Frank Sports Reporter With the stinging memory of last season’s NCAA Tournament snub on their minds, the Arizona Wildcats capitalized on Ore gon’s poor shooting performance for a 60-57 victory at McArthur Court _ Saturday night. “There was no lack of motivation,” Arizona head coach Joan Bonvicini said following Arizona’s win in front of 3,805 fans. Late last season, Arizona came into Mac Court and stole a 56-51 win from the Ducks, then fin ished in a third place tie with Ore gon in the Pacific-10 Conference. Yet, un like the Ducks, Ari zona did not receive an invitation to the NCAA Tournament. “We felt we got cheated,” Bonvicini said. If the Wildcats (14-4 overall, 4-3 Pac-10) are to receive a bid to the 1997 tournament, they took a step in the right direction Satur day night — but it was not easy. ■ LEADING SCORER: UO, Boyer 17 ■ LEADING REBOUNDER: UA, Barnes 11 ■ ASSIST LEADER: UO, Bowyer 4 Turn to WOMEN, Page 13 Player of the Game Arizona’s Monika Crank tied her career-high with 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field, including two three-pointers. Quote of the Day “It was a must-win game here. We put our backs against the wall, but I like the way our kids re sponded” — Joan Bonvicini, UA head coach CHAD PATTESON/Emerak) The Wildcats’ DeAngela Minter (32) and Mikko Giordano close off the passing lane of Ore gon’s Natalie Hughes in Arizona’s 60-57 victory at McArthur Court Saturday night.
