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10-Time All-Star
Ryne Sandberg To
Return To Cubs
T heC hicagoC ubs announced
to d ay that 10-time A ll-Star second
baseman Ryne Sandberg will com e
out o f retirem ent and rejoin the
team for the 1996 season.
The C ubs said Sandberg has
signed a one-year contract. Finan
cial term s w ere not disclosed.
The C ubs granted Sandberg
free agency, effectively canceling
his five-year, $30 m illion contract
which ran through the 1996 sea
son, and then signed him to the
one-year contract.
Sheffield Shot In A
Carjack Attempt
F lorida M arlins o u tfie ld e r
I G ary Sheffield was released from
a Tam pa, Florida, hospital M on
day night after being shot in the
shoulder during an apparent car-
| jack in g attem pt.
A round 7 p.m. EST when
Sheffield, who lives in the neigh-
I boring area o f St. Petersburg, was
on his way to pick up one o f his
children in the Belm ont Hills sec
tion o f Tam pa w here the 26-year
| old Sheffield was born and raised.
Sheffield was stopped at a red I ight
in his 1993 w hite M ercedes when
an unknow n suspect sudden'y ap
peared at the d riv er’s side w indow
and fired one shot from an un-
| known caliber weapon.
A spokesperson for St. Jo
sep h ’s H ospital said Sheffield was
treated for a “puncture w ound’’ in
| his left shoulder and released.
NBC Reportedly
Agrees To Baseball
Deal
N -B -C S ports, w hich four
m onths ago said it would perm a
nently part com pany with M ajor
League Baseball, reportedly has
reached a deal to televise baseball
along with Fox Sports for the next
five years.
Fox will pay between $105
and $120 m illion annually to tele
vise a G am e o f the W eek, two All-
Star G am es, three W orld Series
and h alf the playoffs.
Hornets Reportedly
Trying To Trade
Star Center Alonzo
Mourning
A t la st, A tla n ta h a s rid its
L oserville image. T he B raves finally
did it, bringing a W orld S eries ch am
pionship to the city in its 30th season.
The title becam e a reality S atur
day night when T om G lavine pitched
one-hit ball for eight innings, and
D avid Justice, w ho had chastised the
A tlanta fans Friday, hit a sixth-inning
hom e run in the B raves' 1-0 victory
over the C leveland Indians for a 4-2
Series trium ph
Skip C aray , longtim e voice o f the
Braves, d escribed the feeling on radio
after center fielder M arquis G rissom
caught the final out o ff the bat o f
C arlos Baerga.
"Y es! Yes! Y es!" he scream ed.
B y E ric N oon
C arlesim o on the B lazer pre-season.
"Y ou hate to say it, but you w ipe it
clean .”
W ith expectations high and d e
m ands skyrocketing, the pressure is
on to m ake another cham pionship run
for the C hicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns,
San A ntonio Spurs and the Indiana
Pacers, but here in P ortland the play
offs could be out o f the picture for the
first tim e in over a dozen years.
O nly Buck W illiam s rem ains
from the great team s that brought
Portland so clo se to the N BA title only
three years ago.
T his year the questions are d if
ferent o f the rebuilding Blazers. Will
P.J. C arlesim o and his coaching staff
w alk a team with new energy out for
the 95-96 season, or will the sam e old
effort w ith a few new faces open up
the Rose G arden for the seaSbn opener
on Friday? T here isn ’t great ex pecta
tions for this squad and m ost experts
are picking the B lazers to finish well
short o f qualifying for the post season.
A 6-2 record in pre-season with
num erous injuries and som e great
perform ances by the new faces do
give the B lazer fans som e hopeful
signs. Sure it w as only pre-season and
most team s have their rosters set, but
when you have a brand new arena and
sell-out streak in je o p ard y y o u ’ll take
any sign.
W ith early injuries to W illiam s
(thum b), James Robinson (broken fin
ger), Bill Curley (ankle surgery) and
Aaron M cKie (facial surgery, the Blaz
ers hobble into the regular season with
som e questions on the bench. The
likely scenario isC urley and Robinson
on the injured reserve list and W il
liam s m aking it back by Friday as
M cK ie plays with a protective mask.
The B lazers are still short-handed at
point guard and m ight find room for
M ichael H aw kins, a free agent rookie
out o f Xavier.
T w o more free agents D ontonio
W ingfield and Reggie S later look to
be locks to m ake the opening night
roster. Slater, who played for D enver
last year, had knee surgery nine months
ago but still show s the skills at for
w a rd n e e d e d by th e B la z e rs .
W ingfield, the youngest player in the
N BA last year with Seattle, show s the
desire and skills to contribute to this
team this year. Free agents are the
w ave o f the future when rebuilding on
the run. and these two Blazer hopefuls
m ight ju st offer som e help.
A lot is talked about o f chem istry
with a NBA team, and with only 12
players and a lot o f tim e on the road
“W e played w ell at tim es, said
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Action Today At
Paris Open Tennis
Third seed Boris Becker o f
I G erm any and num ber four M icha-
| el C h a n g o fth e United States head
line to d ay ’s second round play at
the $2 m illion Paris Open Tennis
Cham pionships.
B e c k e r w ill g o a g a in s t
A lexander V olkov o f Russia and
[ C hang will take on Byron Black o f
Zim babw e
S atu rd ay 's win also was a head
line w riter’s dream.
The headline on the front page o f
S un d ay ’s edition o f The A tlanta Jour
nal-C onstitution said it boldly, but
kept it sim ple. "W orld C ham ps!"
On the new spaper’s front page of
the sports section, the headline was:
“At L ast!”
this might be a big key for the Blazers
First you need leaders, Clyde Drexler.
Terry Porter, and Jerom e Kersey are
gone and it’s tim e C lifford Robinson
and Rod Strickland step up and take
this team into a new era.
"W e have a lot o f versatility on
our team ," said the old veteran Wil-
liam s on this years squad “ It will be
kinda interesting how this season un
folds.”
W ith the lack o f quality depth
and some players forced to play posi
tions that th ey ’re not accustom ed to,
the Blazers are going to have to have
lady luck on their side if there going
m ake a serious run at the play-offs.
T he w estern co n feren ce isn ’t any
easier and the talent level on team s
like Phoenix, Seattle, San A ntonio,
Utah, and m any others appears higher
than that o f the Blazers, but only tim e
will tell how good this years squad can
be.
Ducks' Rose Bowl Hopes Dim
A riz o n a S ta te sc o re d tw o
to u c h d o w n s in a 2 :1 6 sp an late
in th e fo u rth q u a rte r S a tu rd a y to
s u r p ris e lO th -ra n k e d O re g o n ,
3 5 -2 4 , in a P a c ific 10 m a tch u p .
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o f s c o rin g p a s se s, in c lu d in g a
3 -y a rd e r to S tev e B ush w ith 4 : 12
r e m a in in g th a t p u t th e Sun D e v
ils a h e a d to sta y , 2 8 -2 4 . M ich ael
M a rtin ran six y a rd s fo r h is s e c
o n d to u c h d o w n o f the g am e w ith
1:56 le ft to c lo s e th e sc o rin g .
A riz o n a S ta te (4 -4 o v e ra ll,
2 -3 in th e P ae 10) b ro k e a fiv e-
g am e ro ad lo sin g s tre a k an d beat
th e D u c k s fo r o n ly th e se co n d
tim e in th e ir la st se v e n m e e t
in g s.
T h e lo ss d e a lt a c rip p lin g
b lo w to O r e g o n ’s h o p e s fo r a
se c o n d s tra ig h t R o se B ow l a p
p e a ra n c e as th e D u ck s fell to 6-
2, 3 -2.
T o n y G ra z ia n i c o m p le te d
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an d a to u c h d o w n . He s c a m
p e re d 33 y a rd s fo r a sc o re e a rly
in the fo u rth q u a r te r to g iv e
O re g o n its la st le a d , 2 4 -2 1 .
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3 5 -2 4 lead
T h e S u n D e v ils led at h a l f
tim e, 14-10, a fte r M artin sc o re d
on a 5 -y a rd run and P lu m m e r
c o n n e c te d w ith K enny M itc h e ll
fo r a 3 8 -y a rd to u c h d o w n
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W ashington C apitals forw ard
Pat Peake will miss four w eeks
after suffering a throat injury in
S un d ay ’s 3-1 loss to the St. Louis
Blues.
T he 22-year-old Peake is tied
for the team lead with four goals
and is second on the team with
The NBA Hawks, the N FL Falcons
and the Braves had been shutout for a
com bined 84 seasons before Saturday
night.
On M onday, the Braves were
honored with a parade down Peachtree
Street. The festivities featured the play
ers, coaches and m anager Bobby Cox
riding atop fire trucks.
lazers May Need Lady Luck On Their Side
The Charlotte H ornets report
edly have reached a contract im
passe with A lonzo M ourning and
Ijave decided to trade the star cen
Caps’ Pat Peake To
Miss Four Weeks
With Throat Injury
"The A tlanta Braves have given you a
W orld C ham pionship!"
It was the first cham pionship for
A tlanta in any of the three m ajor sports
- baseball, basketball and football.
The Braves had com e close twice
before, losing the S eries in seven
gam es to the M innesota Tw ins in 1991
and in six gam es to T oronto in 1992.
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