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P age B 2 N ovember 13, 1996 • T he P ortland O bserver HOLLYFIELD TAKES HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE Evander H olyfield stunned the sports world by recording an I Ith- round technical knockout o f seem ingly invincible M ike Tyson to re gain the World Boxing Association heavyweight title for the third time Saturday night at the MG M Grand in Las Vegas. H olyfield joined the legendary Muhammed A li as the only three time heavyweight champions. “ Evander proved what courage can do, he came to the occasion and did what he said he would,” said King. “ But don’t write M ike Tyson o ff yet. We are going to dance again. We are going to see i f we can put together the greatest rematch in the history o f boxing.” Tyson received $30 m illion while H olyfield earned $11 m illion for Saturday’s fight. I f a rematch is staged, expect Holyfield to command more than $30 m illion. Meanwhile, King announced that Lennox Lewis w ill fig h t O liv e r M cCall forthe vacant World Boxing Council heavyweight title in January at Nashville No meetings scheduled after union rejects owners modifications There were no baseball labor meetings scheduled for Tuesday after the Players Association rejected the owners’ requests for modifications to a proposed labor agreement. Owners strongly rejected a tentative agreement reached by management negotiator Randy Levine and union head Donald Eehr during the W orld Series. Eighteen o f the 30 owners o ffic ia lly voted down the agreement last Wednesday in Chicago. Actingcommissioner Bud Selig asked Eehr for modifications on the labor deal Tuesday in a meeting at union headquarters in New York, but was turned down. “ I feel sad,” Fehr said ‘When you begin a process and deal with a negotiator, you expect to continue dealing with him . ( Management negotiator Randy Levine) is what the fifth guy we’ ve dealt with. How do you begin again (at this point)?” 49ers’ Young “very doubtful” for Sunday game San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young is “ very doubtful” for Sunday’ s game against Baltimore after suffering two concussions in the last three weeks. “ Steve’s status is obviously very doubtful,” said Niners coach George Seifert. “ He’ ll be visiting w ith a neurologist to examine the situation. Elvis Grbac w ill likely start Sunday for the Niners (7-3) with Jeff Brohmas the backup. Young suffered his second concussion in three weeks after he was hit by lineman Chad Hennings and linebacker Jim Schwantz in the second quarter o f last Sunday’s 20-17 overtime loss to the Dallas Cowboys. The 34-year-old Holyfield was not given much o f a chance by most o f the boxing experts against Tyson, but was in control for most o f the fight. H olyfield knocked the former champion down in the sixth round and finished him o ff 37 seconds into the 11th. After nearly taking Tyson out in the I Oth round, H olyfield stalked the former champ to begin the 11th. Tyson, who appeared dazed, was unable todefendhimselfas Holyfield landed a series o f combinations. Be ginning with left jabs and finishing with an overhand right, H olyfield picked apart Tyson. Referee M itch Halpern stepped in and stopped the bout, saving Tyson from further punishment. Following the fight, the always gracious H olyfield cited his religious dedication as the reason for his suc cess. “ You can’t choose against God,” he said. “ I did what it took to win. What the spirit leads me to do, I do.” “ He fought a good fight,” said Tyson, who was knocked down for Holyfield. Tyson’ s only other loss came against Buster Douglas in 1990, pos sibly the only greater upset in heavy weight boxing history. 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Permit required Jim Wacker is the latest coach to walk the Big Ten plank. Wacker Tuesday o fficia lly announced his resignation, effective at the end o f the season, and becomes the fourth Big Ten coach to lose his jo b in the last two weeks follow ing Indiana’s B ill M allory, Purdue’s Jim Collettoand Illin o is ’ Lou Tepper. Wacker had two years remaining on a contract extension that he agreed to last November. But after com piling a 12-32 record in his first four seasons, Wacker had a contract clause that obligated him to resign i f the Golden Gophers failed to win at least five games this year. Minnesota is 3-6 overall and 0-6 in the Big Ten w ith home games left against Illinois Saturday and Iowa on November 23rd. Joe L. Reese/President 434 N.E. 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Steffi G raf o f Germany plays in her first tournament since regaining the sole number one ranking when she takes on American Amy Frazier in a second-round match Wednesday night. Minor & Major Repairs Factory Trained Technician • 2 Shops Same Location * * # SER V IC E S P E C IA L S Few athletes dazzled the w orld lik e M ic h a e l Johnson at the O ly m p ic Games in A tla n ta this sum m er. In a su blim e p e rfo r mance in the 200 meters, Johnson sliced through the a ir w ith aston ishing speed and pow er, seem- in g ly je t-p ro p e lle d across the fin ish line by his shiny gold N ikes. H is b lis te rin g 19.32-second tim e was celebrated as the new w o rld record He was brash, but steely in his dete rm ina tion . He was the fastest man alive. Ten years e a rlie r, he had run that same race in 21 seconds. Ten years o f u n fla g g in g d ed ica tio n and tra in in g had earned him little more than a second and a h a lf But it was a second and a h a lf that meant the d iffe re n c e between m e d io c rity and the w orld record. In S p y in g the Dragon: How to Turn Y o u r Sm all Steps into Great Feats (R eganB ooks; N ovem ber 1, 1996), Johnson shows you how to use the w in n in g techniques that have made him a w orld-class ath lete to succeed in any endeavor, be it great or sm all. To strive passionately fo r success when it is measured in mere shavings o f a second is not easy. But Johnson rem inds us that the pattern o f all Faldo, Lehman, Jones and Brooks compete in PGA Grand Slam The most exclusive tournament in g o lf — the PGA Grand Slam — got underway yesterday at the Poipu Bay Resort GolfCourse in Kauai, Hawaii. The 36-hole, two-day event brought together N ick Faldo, Steve Jones, Tom Lehman and Mark Brooks, the winners o f the year’s four major tourna ments, and features a total purse o f $ l m illion TBS provided live prime time coverage through Wednesday. Faldo fired a final round 67 and benefitted from Greg Norman’ s collapse to win his third Masters title in A pril. The 39-year-old from Britain has also won three British Open titles and is the only player o f the four to capture more than one major title and compete in a previous PGA Grand Slam. Sean McManus named CBS Sports President Sean McManus was named as the new president o f CBS Sports, replacing David Kenin The appointment is effective on December 16th. McManus, the son o f ABC sportscaster Jim M cKay, joins CBS from Trans W orld International, where he was Senior Vice President, U.S. Television Sales and Programming. T W I is the television division o f International Management Group. 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