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ON THE TUBE NBA Playoffs Utah vs. Houston, NBA (6), 6p.m. Emerald Crane playing well at championship, but not well enough ■ GOLF: Arizona State and UNLV probably won’t make the cut today By Ryan Halvorsen Spons Reporter The field of competitors at the NCAA Di vision I Men’s Golf Championship at Con way Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest, 111., played like true champions Wednesday, carving out low scores and leaving Ore gon’s Ben Crane in danger of not making the cut. The Oregon sophomore played a good round, scoring a 4-over-par 75 on the diffi cult course, finishing the day tied for 81st, but the leaders are running away with rounds in the mid 60s, leaving all competi tors in the dust. “Ben played very well today, actually,” Oregon head coach Steve Nosier said. “He kept the ball in play well and hit most of the greens. He’ll have to play [his] lights out GO IF to have a chance. Jason Gore of Pepper dine set the tone for the day, carding a 6-under par 65 to lead all scorers. Nineteen golfers shot un der par in the first round. The bie surprise of the day was No. 28 Northwestern taking the overall team lead with a 2-under-par score of 282. No. 8 North Carolina was one stroke behind with 283 while No. 2 Oklahoma State, No. 30 Texas A&M and No. 14 East Tennessee State are tied for third with 286. No. 6 Arizona State, last year’s national champion, is on the verge of elimination in 27th place overall with a score of 301. Top rated UNLV is in the same boat as the Sun Devils, tied for 23rd with 300. Four top-10 teams, including Arizona, are all in danger of not making the cut, which will include the top 15 teams. USC is the top Pacific-10 Conference per former after the first round. The Trojans shot a 289 to tie for seventh place. Play resumes today with the top-15 teams and top-nine individuals not on one of the top-15 teams making the cut and ad vancing to the final two rounds. NCAA TOURNEY ■ CRANE: 4-over-par 75 ■ TEAM LEADERS: Northwestern, 282 North Carolina, 283 ■ INDIVIDUAL LEADER: Jason Gore, Pepperdine, 65 rr p r 1 n If -/-T 111 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS NBA PLAYOFFS Miami.87 Chicago.100 American League Chi. White Sox.3 Boston.5 Baltimore.8 Detroit.1 Milwaukee.1 Minnesota.3 NY Yankees.6 Toronto.4 Cleveland.10 Kansas City.3 Anaheim.14 Oakland.10 Texas.0 Seattle.5 National League Chi. Cubs.1 Pittsburgh.4 NYMets.7 Montreal.0 Philadelphia.0 Cincinnati.2 Jake Plummer charged with felony sexual abuse PHOENIX — Jake Plummer, who led Arizona State to the Rose Bowl before being drafted by the Arizona Cardinals, was charged Wednesday on four felony counts of sexual abuse stemming from an incident in a nightclub. The charges were announced by Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley, who has said a settlement Plummer reached with three accusers didn’t free him from prosecution. The alleged incident occurred last March at Club Rio in suburban Tempe. Plummer, a four-year starter at quarterback for Arizona State, was a second-round pick of the Cardinals. Three women claimed Plummer reached un der their clothes while they danced. Last week, the women reached a civil settlement with Plum mer and said through a lawyer they didn’t want to pursue criminal charges. Romley said that an alleged fourth victim came forward later and made similar allegations against Plummer. Plummer also was charged with one count of misdemeanor assault, according to the criminal complaint. Mourning, Rodman fined $5,000 for Game 4 scuffle NEW YORK — Dennis Rodman of the Chica go Bulls and Alonzo Mourning of the Miami Heat were fined $5,000 each today by the NBA for their fourth-quarter scuffle during Game 4 of the East ern Conference finals. Mourning and Rodman became entangled with 8:14 to play in Miami’s 87-80 victory Mon day and tumbled to the floor. Replays showed Mourning tapping Rodman on the head before Heat coach Pat Riley separated the players. A double technical was called, extending Rod man’s streak of technical fouls in every one of the Bulls’ playoff games. EMERALD Olympian Mary Slaney is one of four panel members at the “Women in Sports: At the Crossroads,” symposium today in the EMU Ballroom at 4 p.m. Slaney to speak at EMU ■ SYMPOSIUM: The four-woman panel will feature representatives from the WNBA, ABC Sports and Nike in the second annual event By Ryan Frank Sports Editor Olympic runner Mary Slaney and four prominent figures in women’s sports will be part of the second annual Women in Sports Business Symposium today in the EMU Ballroom at 4 p.m. Donna Lopiano, executive director of the Women’s Sports Foundation, will moder ate the panel for the forum entitled “Women in Sports: At the Crossroads.” The panel includes Slaney, Kelly Krauskopf, director of basketball opera tions for the WNBA, Terri Wagner, market ing director for ABC Sports, and Sandi Bit tier, from Nike’s women's sports marketing division. The panel will discuss the future of women’s sports over the next 25 years, what it will take for professional women’s basketball to succeed, how the changing image of women as athletes will affect soci ety and the media and endorsement and sponsorship opportunities for women ath letes. Lopiano was listed No. 46 in The Sport ing News’ “The 100 Most Influential Peo ple in Sports,” and was No. 22 on College Sports magazine’s “The 50 Most Influen tial People in College Sports.” Before joining Nike, Bittler worked for the NBA where she marketed the 1992 Dream Team and the 1996 Olympic women’s basketball team. It’s the NBA playoffs; let’s get ready to rumble i he 1997 NBA playoffs have seemed almost like USA’s Tuesday Night Fights at -L. times. Tensions have flared to the point where a game without a minor scuf fle is a rare occurrence. But I assure you, there are some great bouts out there, so let’s fight. In the red corner, weighing in at 894 pounds, it’s the Houston Rock ets. In the purple comer, weighing in at 821 pounds, it’s the Utah Jazz. Round 1: Matt Maloney vs. John Stockton. Based on the fact that Stockton is widely considered the dirtiest player in the game, so he pulls out a lead pipe and beats Mal oney to the ground. Point: Utah. Round 2: Clyde Drexler vs. Jeff Hornacek. No contest here. Drexler went after Hornacek in Tuesday night’s game but was restrained. A quick left hook by Drexler com pletely disfigures Homy’s nose and sends him crying into the locker room. Point: Houston. Round 3: Charles Barkley vs. Karl “The Mailman” Malone. Mal one’s got an advantage in the reach department, but Barkley’s got too much raw strength for the Mail man. Point: Houston. Round 4: Rudy Tomjonavich vs. Jerry Sloan. Rudy T’s got a size dif ference and the intimidation factor. Sloan was a tough player in his day, but now he just whines to the offi cials. Tomjonavich learned how to fight from his altercation with Ker mit Washington in his playing days. Rudy T by TKO. Point: Hous ton. And your champion of Fight 1, the Houston Rockets. Next, in the black corner, the Turn to KWASNEY, Page 12 Kwasney
