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ABL BEGINS SECONB
SEASON DETERMINED
S a b o n s s c o re s 2 6
A r v y d a s S a b o n is h a d 26
p o in ts an d 13 r e b o u n d s in the
P o rtla n d T ra il B la z e rs 9 1 -8 7
e x h ib itio n v ic to ry o v e r th e L os
A n g e le s C lip p e r s on M o n d a y
league, but it was a very lugfi-protiieo
one as regular-season M V P Nikki
M cC ray ju m p ed ship.
C E O and co-founder G ary C avali
expressed optim ism about the sec
ond year, noting the deal w ith Fox
and the additions o f new sponsors,
including N ike, and the announcing
of a revolutionary stock plan that
will allow players to own shares o f
Despite the clanu>r lor a merger o I i I k -
two women s professional basketball
entities, the American Basketball League
begins it second seasi in more determined
n ig h t.
T h e 7 - f o o t- 3 L ith u a n ia n
p la y e d 28 m in u te s , m o st o f
them in the first an d th ird q u a r
te rs . H e h ad 12 p o in ts an d
se v e n r e b o u n d s in th e o p e n
in g q u a r t e r a n d a d d e d 14
p o in ts an d fiv e re b o u n d s in
than ever to blaze its own trail
The leag u e, lo o k in g to u p g rad e
its te lev isio n p ack ag e from last
seaso n , sig n ed a deal w ith Fox
S ports N et for 16 w eek ly g am es, at
least seven p la y o ff g am es, in c lu d
ing the finals, and the A ll-Star G am e
in O rlan d o in Ja n u ary . T h e B lack
E n te rta in m e n t N etw ork returns tor
its second season o f w eekly S atur
day night contests.
Exapansion fever was also in the airas
th e th ird
Jo h n C ro tty a d d e d I 3 p o in ts
an d fiv e a s s is ts fo r th e B la z
ers (2 -0 ). R o d n e y R o g e rs led
th e C lip p e r s ( l - l ) w ith 16
p o in ts , a n d 7 - fo o t- 3 ro o k ie
c e n te r K eith C lo s s a d d e d n in e
p o in ts, eig h t re b o u n d s and fiv e
stock in the league.
'W e 're very exicited about our
second year.” said C avali during a
teleconference. “O u r season ticket
sales our up over 50 percent and and
w e'v e retained virtually all ot our
players despite a fairly aggressive-
assault from another league.
The C olum bus Q uest was the talk
o f the first season after w inning its
first I I gam es and defeating the R ich
m ond Rage in live gam es to capture
the fu st cham pionsip.
the Long Beach StingRays will begin
olav this season as the ninth ABL
b lo c k s.
S to c k to n o u t 6 -8
w e e k s a fte r s u rg e ry
The Utah Jazz will be w ithout
All-Star point guard John Stock-
ton for at least the first six to eight
w eeks o f the regular season after
he underw ent successful ortho-
scopic surgery on his left knee
M onday night
Team orthopedic surgeon Dr.
Lyle M ason, w ho term s the injury
as significant, perform ed the one-
hour surgery at B ountiful U tah ’s
Lakeview Hospital. He rem oved
a loose piece o f cartilage in the
jo in t and then perform ed a m icro
fracture technique to seal the de
fect
T he nin e-tim e A ll-S tar had
been experiencing soreness in the
knee since the opening of training
cam p on O ctober 3rd. He re
corded 14 points and eight assists
in U tah’s first preseason gam e on
O ctober 1 Ith, but did not play in
S unday’s contest.
B a s e b a ll f a c e s
r e a lig n m e n t
M ajor League Baseball faces
yet another deadline for com ing
to an agreem ent on a realignm ent
plan, and speculation now cen
ters on just one or tw o team s
sw itching leagues for the 1998
season B aseball o w ners w ere
unable to reach an agreem ent du r
ing m eetings last m onth in At
lanta. and the date for reaching a
resolution was pushed back until
W ednesday.
The ow ners will likely m eet by
conference call on W ednesday
w hen they could announce plans
for one or tw o team s to switch
leagues or decide to push back
any decision until after the W orld
Series. V ariousreportsclaim the
K ansas C ity R oyals could be
m oving to the N ational League,
but the M ilw aukee Brew ers and
the M innesota Twins have also
been m entioned as possibilities.
The m ove o f any o f those three
A l. Central team s to the N ational
League w ould clear a space in the
A m erican L eague for the expan
sion Tam pa Bay Devil Rays in
either the East or C entral D ivi
sions. The Detroit T igers could
m ove to the AL C entral it the
All for the sport of it
U C L A c h a rg e s to O re g o n w in
A little headache w asn 't going to
stop Jim M cElroy.
T he big-play guy tor 18th-ranked
UCLA was sidelined with a slight
concussion early in the tirsl quarter
against O regon on Saturday and was
pronounced out for the game.
But in the third quarter, he was
back, racing dow n the m iddle of the
field to catch a 40-yard pass from
Cade M cNow n to put the Bruins in
the lead for good en route to a 39-31
victory over the Ducks.
"I was kind of m ad.' M cElroy
said. “ 1 w anted to get back in the first
half after everything started clearing
up. but they told me no. They said 1
had to wait until halftim e and it I
passed a test I could com e back.
He passed the lest, and so did the
Bruins, w ho won their fourth in a
row after an 0-2 start. •
“ If we lose this game, w e’re out of
the race for the Rose Bowl lor su re,”
M cNow n said “ Right now it s not
exactly in our hands, but it some
things happen, wc still have a chance
to go. W e have to run the table for
that to happen.”
M cN ow n. who rushed for two
touchdow ns, also connected with
M cElroy on a 30-yard p a s s play to
set up a fourth-quarter score tor the
Bruins (4-2 overall. 2-1 Pac-10).
U C L A 's C h r is Sailer kicked field
goals of 32, 40. 35 and 56 yards.
A three-man panel unanimously up
held an arbitrator’s decision last week,
validating the “sign-and-trade agree
ment and making center Chris Dudley a
member of the New York Knicks, who
sent forward John Wallacetothe 1 oronto
Raptors. The panel ruled after hearing
hours o f arguments from lawyers forthe
NBA. NBA Players Association. Knicks
and Portland Trail Blazers, who receive
Toronto’s first-round pick in the unique
three-way trade.
Claiming it violated salary cap rules,
the NBA voided the deal that saw the
10 the rest o f the way.
"I d o n ’t know about the state of
the team .” said a bitter O regon coach
M ike Bellotti “I think th ey 're upset
I think th e y 're mad. I hope they are
B ello tti b lam ed h im s e lf after
w atching his team tail to make the
necessary plays in the late going,
som ething that has happened in con
secutive losses to Stanford. W ash
ington State and UCLA.
"1 h aven't done a very good job ol
teaching this team how to take adv an-
tage of opportunities.” Bellotti said.
Trail Blazers sign Dudley to a one-year
min imum contract ot $272.500and trade
him to the Knicks. who were over the
salary capandcouldnotsignhim. But on
Sept. 17. arbitrator Kenneth Dam said
the trade did not circumvent the salary
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