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Sampras and Graf in
action at the U.S. Open
T op seeds Pete S am pras o f the
United States and Steffi G raf o f
Germany play their first round
matches while tw o-tim e cham pion
Stefanc Edherg m akes, perhaps,
his final appearance at the U.S.
Open Tennis C ham pionships to
day in Flushing M eadow , New
York.
Sampras will face Adrian
Voinea o f R om ania in an early
match while Steffi G raf o f G er
many opposes Y ayuk Basuki o f
Indonesia later tonight.
Yankees’ Cone looks
sharp in second rehab
start for Norwich
N ew Y ork Y a n k e e s r ig h t
hander David Cone M onday night
continued his rem arkable co m e
back from an aneurysm in his
pitching shoulder, allow ing one
unearned run over six innings for
the N orw ich N avigators o f the
D ouble-A Eastern League.
Cone, w ho threw 58 o f 83 pitches
lor strikes, allow ed the H ardw are
City Rock C ats five hits and one
walk w hile striking out six. In
tw o r e h a b ilita tio n s ta rts , the
former Cy Y oung A w ard w inner
has given up three runs — one
earned — and nine hits in 10
innings, w alking one and striking
out 13.
Dennis Martinez to
start tonight against
Detroit
D ennis M artinez, the second-
w in n in g e s t L a tin A m e r ic a n
pitcher o f all tim e, will return
from lwt> second stm t on the dis-,
jiblcd list to n ig h t w ith a start
against the D etroit T ig e rs.T h e 4 1-
y ea r-o ld M a rtin e z su ffe re d a
strained pronator tendon in his
right elbow in a June 28th gam e
against the C hicago W hite Sox
and was placed on the disabled
list the follow ing day. He m issed
nearly a m onth before being ac ti
vated on July 24th and pitched
five scoreless innings in a 10-0
w in at T o r o n to th a t n ig h t.
M artinez started again six days
later and pitched five-plus innings
and allow ed three runs in a 3-1
loss to T oronto.
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T iger W oods, fresh o ff an un
precedented third consecutive U.S.
A m ateur G o lf C ham pionship, an
nounced T uesday that he is turning
professional.
The 20-year-old W oods issued
the follow ing statem ent at the G reater
M ilw aukee O pen, in w hich he will
com pete this week:
"T his is to confirm that, as o f
now, I am a professional golfer. I
will not answ er any questions, or
have any further com m ent, until to
m orrow (W ednesday) at 2:30 p.m.
(CD T) at my scheduled press co n
ference.”
On Sunday, W oods became the first
golfer to win the U.S. A m ateur title in
three straight years. He also won U.S.
Junior Amateurs in 1991, 1992 and
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A ll g o lf e r s h av e tw o c h a n c e s
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a 1996 F o rd fro m S u b u rb a n F o rd .
Last year, 124 people go lfed for
fun and prizes w hile helping raise
over $ 16,600 for the col leg e’s needs.
T he M t. H o o d C o m m u n ity C o l
lege D is tric t F o u n d a tio n h o ld s
its th ird a n n u a l g o lf s c ra m b le and
d in n e r, “ P a r E x c e lle n c e ,” S e p
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G re sh a m .
The cost is $125 for g o lf and
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1993 and joined the legendary Bobby
Jones as the only golfers to win USGA
events in six straight years. Jones won
the U.S. A m ateur or U.S. Open in
every year from 1923 to 1930.
W oods never led until sinking a
short par putt after Steve Scott had
m issed a sev en -fo o ter on the I Oth
hole — the 38th o f the day and 164lh
ol the w eek-long tournam ent for both
players. W oods trailed by as many
as five holes d u rin g the 36-hole
m atch-play final and by tw o holes
w ith ju st three to play.
T he N ew Y ork T im es reported
this m orning that W oods will sign a
five-year, $40 m illion contract with
N ike, as w ell as a three-year, $3
m illion ag reem en t w ith T itleist. It
w ould be the largest g o lf deal ever
fo r a ro o k ie .
The story says that W oods will
participate in seven tournam ents b e
fore the end o f the year, and will
need to earn m ore than $ 150,000 in
the events for w hich he will get
sp o n so r’s ex em p tio n s to crack the
top 125 and earn his 1997 PG A T our
card.
The Stanford student becam e the
youngest U.S. A m ateur cham pion in
1994 and edged Buddy Marucci last
year in Newport, Rhode Island, to
become the ninth back-to-back winner
and first since Jay Sigel captured co n
secutive titles in 1982-83.
W oods has p articip ated in 17 p ro
fessional ev en ts since 1992, m aking
seven cuts. H is best finish was a tie
for 22nd at Ju ly ’s B ritish O pen.
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MODELL BREAKS HEARTS IN CLEVELAND
chaired the television, labor and NFL-
AFL m erger com m ittees and even
served as NFL president for three years.
His teams made the playoffs 20
times in 35 years, including winning
the 1964 W orld Cham pionship and
advancing to three other title gam es in
the 1960’s and three AFC Cham pion
ship gam es in the 1980’s.
However, Modell, w ho owns 51
percent o f the team, is one o f a few
NFL owners whose main source of
income is the football club. And with
an average o f $450,000 in rent due
every year, no parking or concession
revenues and having to shell out over
$60 million over the years for refur-
bishm ents to the 64-year-old Cleve
land Stadium, the Browns were report
edly over $40 million in debt.
Plus, the city helped finance the
Rock and Roll Hall o f Fame and the
new state-of-the-art facilities dow n
town for the Indians and Cavaliers,
“I didn’t get into this business to go
bankrupt. I’m in it to win, and I can ’t
continue to make the best effort to win
in Cleveland with the current Stadium
situation.” — ow ner Art Modell to his
Cleveland Browns,- N ovem ber-7th,
1995.
There are 16 letter “i”s in those two
sentences — probably because team
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first these days in the world o f over
paid athletes, labor strife and salary
cap restrictions. But when Model!
officially announced his intention to
move the team to Baltimore the day
before, he was making a decision that
affected quite a few more people than
just himself.
First some background. M odell, a
high school dropout, purchased the
Browns in 1961 for $4 million and
quickly became one o f the most re
spected ow ners in the league. He
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something Modell had been after for
years for the Browns.
But instead o f playing hardball in
negotiations with the city or perhaps
selling the team — as others usually do
when they have financial problems —
Modell opted to move to Baltimore,
leav ing behind arguably the most loyal
fans in the league.
His deal in Baltimore — where he
is being treated as the next messiah, as
opposed to Benedict Arnold in C leve
land — is sweet. He gets a new stadium
in two years, pays no rent, keeps all
parking and concession revenues and
will be reimbursed by the league for
moving expenses.
And w hy shouldn’t the deal be sweet.
Baltimore has been trying desperately to
reacquire an NFL franchise since Bob
Irsay moved the Colts to Indianapolis in
the middle of the night in March 1984.
There were minors about other teams
rekx:ating there or receiving an expan-
sion club, but the best the city got was a
CFI.leamfortwoycars, which just wasn’t
the same.
Meanwhile in Cleveland, led by Mayor
Michael White, the city put up a big fight
to block the move with restraining orders,
lawsuits and media campaigns. They
eventually succumbed in adeal that grants
the city a new team by 1999, a new
stadium and the right to keep the nick
name, colors and history.
That is little consolation for Cleve
land, as this relocation fully eclipses that
of the Colts or of the Raiders back and
forth from Oakland. It even rivals the
magnitude of baseball ’ s Brooklyn Dodg
ers leavingfor Los Angeles in 1957, as far
as the relationship of the team to its fans.
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past and present players as well as oppos
ing teams. And sure every team from high
school to the pros has their share of die
hard fans who have been toe very game or
can recall every player, game or down,
but it’s just different in this case.
The bond was indescribable, for what
other team has some 200 chapters of
booster clubs from Los Angeles to Aus
tralia from England to Japan, totaling
better than 63,000 members. And what
other team would average more than
70,000 fans in the 1990’s despite a cumu
lative record of 39-57.
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