COWBOYS DE CARVER SUSPENDED FOR SIX GAMES
Baseball talks
resume today; both
sides optimistic
On the second anniversary o il
I the start of the l o n g e s t s t r i k e in
baseball history, labor peace may
finally be in sight.
Round-the-clock negotiations I
I betw een representatives o f the I
players and ow ners through the
| w eekend produced considerable
I progress as both sides attem pt to I
reach a c o lle c tiv e b a rg a in in g !
agreem ent for the first tim e in f
| three years.
Mariners hope to
activate DH Edgar
Martinez today
The Seattle M ariners, in the I
I throes o f their worst losing streak
o f the season, may have the ser
vices o f designated hitter E dgar I
M artinez today for the opener oi l
their three-gam e series again st f
I Kansas City.
Bullets’ Juwan
| Howard to meet with|
media today
A ll- S ta r f o rw a rd J u w a n
I H ow ard, who officially re-signed
with the W ashington B ullets over)
I the w eekend after the league dis-
I approved
his contract with the I
1 Miami Heal, will m eet with the
I m edia today at 4 :3 0 p.m. ED T at j
| the U SA ir A rena T h e
NBA’
first $ I (X) m illion man returned to I
I his previous team Saturday after
the league, the Players A ssocia
tion and the M iam i H eal reached |
agreem ent in acase that o v ershad
owed ¡he biggest free agent frenzy
in NBA history.
Redskins release
veteran safety
James Washington
The W ashington R edskins to-1
I day released eight-year veteran
safety Jam es W ashington. T he 31
year-old W ashington signed as a
free agent with the R edskins last I
year and recorded 90 tackles and
two interceptions in 12 contests.
W ashington played his first two
seasons in the league with the Los
[A ngeles Rams (1988-89) before I
I joining the D allas C ow boys fo ri
1 five years. He led Dallas in inter-1
ceptions three tim es and helped
the club to back-to-back Super |
I Bowl wins.
Sampras, Ivanisevic,
Agassi top seeds at
RCA Championships
P e te S a m p ra s a n d A n d re i
| A gassi, tw o o f the top A m erican
players in the w orld, headline the I
$ 9 15,(XX) RCA C ham pionships I
w hich get underway today at In
dianapolis, Indiana. Sam pras, the [
top seed, is com ing off a straight-
set loss to T hom as Enqvist o il
Sweden in the quarterfinals o l Ia s i f
w e e k 's A T P C ham p io n sh ip in
Cincinnati. Sam pras has captured
four titles this year, but none since [
I A pril’s Japan Open.
D allas Cow boys defensive end
Shante Carver was suspended Friday
for six gam es for violating the Na
tional Football L eague’s substance
abuse policy.
The 25-year-old C arver left the
team ’s Austin, Texas training camp
July 20 for what head coach Barry
Switzer termed "personal reasons.”
The N FL would not disclose spe
cifics o f the suspension, but various
published and broadcast reports claim
Carver was penalized for repeated vio
lations o f the N FL ’s substance and/or
alcohol abuse policy.
Carver, a 1994 first-round draft pick,
w as expected to serve as Charles
H aley’s backup at right end. Carver
has only two sacks in two seasons.
Kavika Pittman, a 1996 second-
round pick, likely will em erge as the
Cowboys' backup to starting ends Tony
Tolbert and Haley.
Former Cow boys defensive back
Clayton Holmes was suspended for
the entire 1995 season and defensive
tackle Leon Lett sat out four gam es last
season for substance abuse. All-Pro
wideout Michael Irvin will miss the
first five games this season after plead
ing no contest to drug possession
charges.
Carver and Irvin can practice with
the team in cam p and play in pre
season games, but cannot be with the
Cowboys during the season until their
suspensions end.
In Other News.
M innesota V ikings kicker Fuad
Reveiz announced his retirement after
11 National Football League seasons
due to an ankle injury.
EMMIT SMITH SETS HEW DEAL
Four-tim e NFL rushing cham
pion E m m itt Smith, who was eli
gible for free agency after the 1996
season, reportedly has agreed to a
new contract with the D allas C ow
boys.
ning backs in his six-year NFL ca
reer, rushing for 8,956 yards and 96
touchdow ns. He has 100 to u ch
dow ns overall, tied for ninth on the
all-tim e NFL list with Franco H ar
ris.
E S P N ’s C hris M o rten sen re
ported M onday m orning on “The
F abulou s S p o rtsB ab e” show on
ESPN Radio that the C ow boys will
announce they have agreed to term s
on a new contract with Sm ith at a
M onday news conference.
The 27-year-old Sm ith has be
com e one of the all-tim e great run
T he C ow boys had been negoti
ating with Sm ith off-and-on since
the team won its third Super Bowl
in four years last January. Sm ith
was entering the final year o f a four-
year contract worth $13.4 million.
Sm ith rushed for a career-high
1,773 yards and an N FL -record 25
touchdow ns last season.
CRAVIHG FOR THE GAMES
W ith the conclusion o f the Atlanta
Sum m er G am es, O regonians can b e
gin to anticipate the sam e thrill and
dram a to unfold here in O regon.
In 1998, Portland will host the
W orld M asters G am es attracting ath
letes from around the world.
The com petition will include tra
ditional O lym pic disciplines such as
track and field sw im m ing, basket
ball, volleyball, as well as less-tradi
tional events as w ind surfing and
rugby. 'Die host nation m ay choose
som e of the non-traditional events
that it w ould like to have.
"The W orld M asters G am es in the
O lympic equivalent for older athletes,
em bracing the same spirit of com peti
tion and dram a that we watched unfold
on TV the past couple o f weeks. These
G am es are also an occasion for O r
egon tohighlight is internationally rec
ognized scenic beauty and diverse rec
reational opportunities, and dem on
strates Portland’s ability to com pete
for world class events,” said State
Treasurer Jam es Hill.
T he 1998 W orld M asters G am es,
sponsored by N IK E , is the single
largest m ulti-sport event in the world
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O regon. B risbane, A ustralia, hosted
the 1994 G am es and brought an esti
m ated $30 to $40 m illion to the local
econom y.
D ue to increased popularity and
m ore w orld-w ide notoriety, the P ort
land G am es are estim ated to gen er
ate betw een $50 and $ 100 m illion in
eco n o m ic stim ulus to the State o f
O regon.
T o u rism dollars in every region of
the state are expected to increase
d u rin g the G am es because partici
pants and spectators typically make
the G am es part o f a larger trip. F ur
ther, events like w ind surfing will be
held in H ood River.
Ireasurer Hill w astheseniorelectcd
official in the delegation responsible
for bringing the G am es to Oregon.
Hill, along with officials from Nike,
Inc. and the Portland M etropolitan
Sports Authority, traveled to A ustralia
in 1994 to make the successful pitch
for the 1998 Games.
T he W orld M asters G am es are held
every four years for participants 30
years o f age and older.
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THE VOICE OF HOPE
Costa, Berasategui
top seeds at Croatia
Open Umag
A lb e rto C o sta and A lb e rto I
B erasategui o f Spain headline the
field at the $400,000 C roatia O pen
Umag, w hich gets underw ay to
day at U m ag, Croatia. Costa, who
earlier today eaptuied h it MCOttd
claycourt title o f the ycai at the
San M arino International in Italy, I
is the top seed and will face O m a ri
C am porcse of Italy in his first-1
round m atch Tuesday
B erasategui, the second seed, I
I will be seeking his third title o f the
year on clay, having prevailed at
the Tennis International in June
and the E.A G enerali O pen three
w eeks ago He takes on B razilian
G ustavo Kuerten in the opening
round.
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bothered by an injury to his left ankle
and he underwent offseason surgery to
re m o v e
bone
c h ip s
Reveiz, w ho
was on the physi-
cally-unable-to-perform list, was told
by doctors that he risked more serious
injury if he continued kicking.
Reveiz set an N FL record by con
verting 3 1 straight field goalsattempts,
The N ew Y ork Jets on T uesday
f in a lly s ig n e d w id e r e c e iv e r
K eyshaw n Johnson, the top overall
pick in the 1996 N FL draft who had
been holding out d u rin g contract n e
gotiations.
The three-year, $15 m illion co n
tract includes a $6.5 m illion signing
bonus and $2 m illion in incentives,
the team announced.
" I ’m finally here now , so it’s tim e
to get dow n to b u sin ess,” Johnson
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“I’m excited, I’m happy about the
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form er USC star, adding he "w as
anxious to get into ca m p .”
Johnson was the first w ide re
ceiver chosen with the num ber one
pick since N ew E ngland selected
Irving F ryar in 1984.
W ithout Johnson, the Jets lost their
exhibition opener Saturday, scoring
only one touchdow n in a 31-13 d e
feat to the H ouston O ilers at Jack-
son, M ississippi.
J o h n s o n ’s sig n in g le a v e s o n ly
fo u r f irs t-ro u n d p ic k s u n sig n e d
— d e f e n s iv e en d S im eo n R ice o f
th e A riz o n a C a rd in a ls , ru n n in g
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A Healing Sport
T he road to recovery follow ing
surgery may include a stop in the
pool.
W ater is therapeutic and improves
circulation to injured areas. Patients
often stay motivated since they can
begin rehabilitation as soon as the
stitches have been removed.
By using a flotation device patients
have complete range o f motion, with
out placing weight on injured limbs or
joints. W ater-based exercises include
jogging and pushing the water in vari
ous directions with the arms.
"The pool is an excellent environ
“Swim m ing pools can provide a
gentler, less intimidating environment
forrehabilitation,” said David Brennan,
an exercise physiologist at Baylor
College o f M edicine in Houston. "P a
tients, who have undergone m ajor sur
gery on the knee, hip or foot, can begin
pool rehabilitation sooner than tradi
tional physical therapy.”
Tuinei
Injured
Hegamin has been inconsistent and
didn’treccivemuchpraisefromSwitzer.
‘ ‘Sometimes y ou ’ ve just got to play
the default and hope they play well,”
Switzer said.
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Pro Bowl offensive tackle Mark
Tuinei will be out two to four weeks
after rupturing the medial collateral
ligament in his right knee, Dallas Cow
boys trainer Jim Maurer said Tuesday.
Tuinei was injured Monday night in a
31 -7cxhibition loss toNewEnglandas
wasbackupreceiverOrandeGadsden.
Coach Barry S wi tzer said Gadsden
is out indefinitely and may need sur
gery after fracturing an orbital bone
surrounding his right eye.
Gadsden had performed well in
training camp and preseason, making
catches of 40 yards or more in two
exhibition games and shining on spe
cial teams.
Switzer said Tuinei’s injury forces
Pro Bowl right guard Lany Allen to
replace him at left tackle. Thiid-year
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The Chicago Tribune and Chicago
Sun-Times,citing unidentified sources,
reported Friday that the fine was
e q u iv a le n t to fo u r g a m e s ’ pay
($ 4 12,5CO). NFL Com m issioner Paul
Tagliabue is expected to decide next
week whether to suspend the 30-year-
old com erback.
The league office and Woolford’s
agent, Steve Zucker, confirmed to the
Tribune only that Wixilford had been
fined. The Bears declined comment.
Wixilford was convicted of driving
under the influence following a May 18
incident in the Chicago suburb o f
Lincolnshire. It was the second such con
viction for Wixilford, who was involved
in a 1994 drunken driving incident.
Woolford played only nine games last
season, but led the Bears with four inter
ceptions.
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a streak that ended early last season.
He made 26 o f 36 field goals in 1995
and all 44 of his extra points for 122
points last season.
Reveiz has made 188 o f 250 field
gols for 931 points in his NFL career
with Miami, San Diego and M inne
sota.
The Vikings recently signed kicker
Lin Elliott, who was released after
missing three field goals in Kansas
C ity’s 10-7 playoff loss to Indianapo
lis last January. Elliott is competing
with Scott Sisson for the starting job.
Chicago Bears comerback Don nell
W(X)lford. who last month was found
guilty of driving under the influence of
alcohol, will reportedly be fined more
than $400,(XX) for violating the National
F<x ubali League ’ s substance abuse poi icy
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