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; • - • , r . • -a fe Page 112 . ' a, • • . •< : • w6 . « • » ♦ » #*• •/> i. *'*. , a ', ' • »•* -* »* • < - t* .? f _ • * '• ,1 a ‘ * T r*^ y • .« * * • <• > T •* >.* * .* j » • * * V • ^ > • .- V 7 ' ** '-•■•'• •••*■ • V • .»..••• ✓ /. .a • *. . * - ’ • .♦ • • * .• • ‘ -%* Jerry Rice, w ho m ade an astound ing return to the San Francisco 49ers 15 w eeks after m ajor knee surgery, apparently bruised the surgically re paired right knee in Monday night s gam e against the D enver Broncos and is uncertain for the playolfs. Rice, the N FL s all-tim e touch dow n and receiving leader, caught a 14-yard touchdow n pass midway through the second quarter ot the 34- 17 win over Denver. I he wide receiver held on tor the score despite taking a hard hit as he caught the ball Rice finished the first half w ith three catches lor 40 yards, but sat out the second half w ith an ice pack on the knee. N iners general m anager Dwight C lark said R ice’s status is uncertain for the playoffs. "Jerry Rice suffered a knee injury totally unrelated to the injury he sus tained and com pletely recovered from earlier in the season. Clark said af ter the gam e. "W e are going to do som e im aging (M RI) and we will know m ore about it then." The 49ers had planned to sit out Rice for the regular season finale at Seattle this w eekend in any event because o f the K ingdom e’s artificial turf. San Francisco will not play its first playof f gam e until the weekend r . D E C . 17, 1997 CCI ir IJortlanò <()b«frwr Rice re-injures knee, playoffs uncertain ' ’ • ’ oí • • drive in 17 plays ended with a one yard plunge by David Ruler and successful kick for a 10-7 tally. W illam ette answ ered m inutes later Bv N eh H eilpern T h e W illa m e tte U n iv e r s ity B earcats claw ed their way at P ort land Civic Stadium Saturday to earn ¡heir first spot in NAIA s national cham pionship game next w eekend. The Salem team toppled the Sioux Falls (S.D .) C ougars, last y e a r's cham ps, in a 17-7 game w hich held both team s scoreless in the second with a backfield pass. W ith q u a r te r b a c k C huck Pinkerton tem porarily out of the gam e nursing injuries, replacem ent quarterback Jay D ouglass handed off to third string fullback Stephen Person. S printing to his left. Person pivoted, tossed and hit flanker I im Blair for a 44 yard TD. T h o m so n 's kick capped the scor half The win culm inates a five year effort that has brought W U from a I -9 season to a perfect 13-0 record. S atu rd ay they face top ran k ed Findlay of O hio, 1995 national co cham pions am ong sm all colleges, in Savannah. Tenn. Earlier in playoffs, W illam ette outscored F in d lay ’s co-cham p title holder. W estern W ashington. Bearcat Fullback Rich Rideout Scored on an eight yard sprint five m inutes into the first quarter fol low ing an eight play, 75 yard drive w hich began on a C ougar fumble recovery by C hris C alaycay. and the Cougars kept stum bling. B ran don F o lk ert re c o v e re d an o th e r fum ble late in the third quarter with Sioux Falls deep in W U turf, on the ing for the rest ot the day. Cougar's nationally second best of fensive line crumpled several times against a top rated Bearcat defense whichcrashed thri >ugh for si x OB sacks. WU tackle Jackson Baures came up with five tackles and two sacks. A field-length fourth quarter push by the S outh D akota team w as thwarted by several sacks, including three by Eric Thom son costing the Cougars 33 yards. Sioux Falls final possession ended on W illam ette’s 49 when a f ourth and 26 desperation II. Late in the first quarter, WU trav eled dow nfield in 12 plays to the 20 w here G o rd o n T h o m so n ’s kick upped the score to 10-0. A Cougar second quarter 93 yard Willamette Bearcat defender Rai Washington lifted the Sioux Falls ball carrier for a dunk-slam in a 17 10 football game at civic Stadium to take WU to the NAIA championship match Saturday Photo by Neil Heilpern pass fell short. A key factor for W illam ette’s five year w inning streak is the holis tic philosophy brought to tow n by C oach Dan H aw kins in 1993. "Hawk: taught his players to build character, strength, courage, co u r tesy, scholastics and a sense of co m m itm ent on m any levels. o f January 3-4 NBA Eliminates Dunk Contest T h e d u n k c o n te st w as o ften slam m ed in recent years. C ritics said all the good dunks had already been done and lam ented the lack of par ticipation f rom the league's best play ers. T he NBA , wary of an event gone stale, has decided to do away with it. For the first time since 1983, All -Star W eekend will be held without adunk contest. “ I think it was getting to be m o notonous. and maybe it's good to do s o m e th in g d if f e r e n t." C h a rle s B arkley said "It was the same dunk over and over. T here’s really nothing you could do. I think som e dunkers w ere really good, but nobody got excited about it dunk contest is kind of a tradition, but it’s been dow n in the past few years and the com petitors have not stepped up,” said Kobe Bryant, who won the dunk contest last season in Cleveland. “I think a little change right now w ould be appropriate. But in a couple o f years, th ey ’ll probably go hack to because they had seen it before." T h e d u n k c o n te s t w ill be r e p la c e d by an e v e n t c a lle d “ 2- b a ll" th a t w ill team on e N B A and o n e W N B A p la y e r fro m the sam e city in a sh o o tin g c o n te st in w hich p o in ts are a w a rd e d on a slid in g sc ale for sh o ts ta k e n from d if f e r en t sp o ts on th e c o u rt o v e r a span o f 60 se c o n d s. T h e fu rth e r the sh o t, th e m o re p o in ts . It d o e s n ’t so u n d q u ite as e x c itin g as a w in d m ill, b e tw e e n - th e -le g s, 3 6 0 -d e g re e th ro w d o w n . A nd it re m a in s to be se en how th e fan s p a y in g $ 1 0 0 p e r tic k e t w ill re a c t w h en th e e v e n t is h eld it," Bryant said. The league plans to unveil it s "2- ball” plans at a new s conference W ednesday, and no one at the league office was w illing to com m ent M on day on the dem ise o f the dunk co n test. Players had mixed opinions. “It’s probably som ething that will be m issed because fo ra lot ol tans, a F eb . 7. “It’s a big change. The N BA slam- Iverson suspended for one game T he Philadelphia 76ers suspended guard A llen Iverson for M onday n ig h t’s gam e against the Boston C eltics for m issing practice a day earlier. Sixers vice president o f basket ball adm inistration Billy King an nounced the decision before the game, saying that Iverson had violated team rules. “It’s unfortunate, but team rules have to stand and be upheld." King said. "W e look forw ard to having Allen back soon." Iverson had 29 points against New York on Saturday night, but only two assists as the Knicks beat the Sixers 95-83. On Sunday, he m issed prac tic e , P h ila d e lp h ia c e n te r E ric HAWKS 99, BLAZERS 90 Tyrone Corbin scored a season- high 19 points and Christian I uicttner added 19 points and 13 rebounds Montlay night as Atlanta won its thud straight game, 99-90 over Portland. Reserve Ed Gray atlded 16 points for the Hawks, who were playing their fourth road game in five nights. Gray took over at point guard in the second quarter for the slumping Mookie Blaylock, who scored only eight points on 3-of-12 shooting. Gray, who entered the game av eraging 7.3 points, scored nine dur ing a 16-8 run that gave Atlanta a 54-47 halftime lead DikembeM utombohad I9points and nine rebounds for the Hawks. Kenny Anderson scored 20 points and Rasheed Wallace added 16 f< ir the BlazersThe Blazers have lost six straight to the Hawks, dating to Jan. 3, 1995. J M ontross confirm ed. Iverson sat on the S ixers’ bench in street clothes during M onday nig h t’s gam e at the FleetC enter, w hich the C eltics won 100-83. He declined to com m ent after the gam e as he sat in the locker room listening to music on his headphones. "The rules have to be enforced. He happened to be the first one to step over the line," M ontross said. “ I think w e’re all disappointed,” he said. “H e’s our floor leader and we need to have him out there. He realizes that w e need him and h ope fully that will keep him in good stand ing in the future." Iverson’s behavior has com e un der scrutiny before. lot of little kids, that was probably the part of the A ll-Star w eekend that they enjoy." said Shareef A bdur- Rahim o f the V ancouver G rizzlies. "G row ing up, I looked forw ard to the slam dunk co n test," R ockets rookie Rodrick Rhodes said. "But they changed the form at a little bit the last couple o f years and kind of screw ed up the w hole dunk contest." 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