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AT GIANT EAGLE CLASSIC
R ookie sensation Pak Se-ri m ade
it three w ins in four w eeks by ca p ­
turing the LPGA G iant Eagle t las­
sie Sunday as D ottie Pepper lost
track o f the score and m issed a putt
that w ould have forced a playoff.
T he 20-year-old South K orean,
w inner o f tw o m ajor titles this sea­
son, recorded the fourth victory of
her rem arkable freshm an season
on the LPGA T our w hen P epper
m issed a four-toot birdie putt, at
the last hole.
Pepper, w ho m istakenly thought
Pak had m issed a birdie putt at 18,
believed she w as headed for sud­
den-death after taking par before
realising she had let that opportu­
nity slip aw ay.
Pepper had a chance to win o u t­
right, but m issed her 60-foot eagle
putt before rolling the birdie try
left o f the hole.
A m azingly, 1 I nau
had HO
no idea w hat
/Ymazillgiy,
was going on,” Pepper said.
“W e had to w ait to hit our second
shots on num ber 18.1 saw Se-n miss
on num ber 18 and 1 thought it w as
for birdie. All along. 1 thought I had
to tw o-putt to win.
“I asked my caddie when he took
his bib off. Aren’t we going back to
the tee?’ He said, ‘No, Dottie.’ •»'
“1 w as flabbergasted,” she added. '
“1 had no idea.”
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Pak started the d ay tied for third,
three strokes behind Pepper, but
fired a five-under-par 67 to w in with
a 54-hole total o f 15-under-par 201,
o n e s tr o k e s h o rt o f M ic h e lle
McGann's 1996 tournam ent record.
“ I played well but 1 d id n ’t know 1
won.” Pak said. “I didn ’ t seeh cr putt.
1 w as w aiting for a playoff. I didn t
know w hat happened. Som eone said,
‘You have playoff.’ Som eone said,
‘You w in .’ So 1 d id n ’t know ."
W
ith the $120,000 first prize,
........
Pak took over the top spot on the
LPG A m oney list. A virtual un­
know n w hen the year began, Pak
increased h erearn in g s to $768,211
and m oved past S w ed en ’s A nnika
Sorenstam .
A t next w eek ’6 du M aurier C las­
sic, P ak can b e c o m e th e first
w om an to w iu three m ajors in one
year since 1961.
Pak became the first w om an to
m ake m ajor tournam ents her first
tw o career w ins w hen she follow ed
her LPG A C ham pionship w in with
an unprecedented 20-hole playoff
trium ph at the U.S.
W om en’s Open. O ne w eek later,
on July 12, she m atched the 72-
hole LPGA scoring record in w in­
ning the Jam ie Farr Classic.
“ I ju st w ant to play. I d o n ’t w ant
to think o f a m ajor or if it is big or
not,” said Pak. “ 1 d o n ’t w ant to
think about m aking history.
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Iordan Hus Mo Word on Bulls Conch
Thursday as director o f basketball op­
erations and made the team’s coach-in­
Phil Jackson ended his tenure as
»ach o f the Chicago Bulls last month
, riding off on his motorcycle. Could
lichael Jordan be next?
Jordan, driving a cream -colored
MW motorcycle, arrived at the sum-
ier basketball camp bearing his name
riday. Spotting TV cameras at the back
itrance, he zoomed to a spot in front of
le building.
Brushing past reporters, he had no
omment on the latest round o f the
ioap opera.
opera. Tim
was hired
hired
lulls’ soap
Tim Floyd
Floyd was
waiting.
Jordan has said he won’t play for
anyone but Jackson. The Bulls - throw­
ing the ball back in Jordan’s court - said
they will try to get Jackson back. But the
ex-coach said Friday he is not inter­
ested.
“It doesn’t mean it’s over for the
team. It just means it’s over for me,”
Jackson told Chicago’s WLS-TV from
his Montana vacation home.
“Michael hasn’t made up his mind
and probably w on't until October, from
what he talked to me about. Until then,
there is going to be a lot o f speculation.
It’s going to be hard to say goodbye to
Michael,” Jackson said.
Jordan said
said last
last week
week he
he wouio
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“The golf game is good,” was about
all Jordan would mutter as he entered
the door at Elmhurst College on Friday.
Once inside, Jordan had the young
campers enthralled. First, he made one
participant who lost his room key do 10
pushups to get it back.
Then he taught those in attendance
the art o f free throw shooting. He even
offered a small bribe to the lucky few he
called to the line to shoot in front o f the
whole camp - a new pair o f shoes if they
made it
“Don’t mind all the cameras,” he told
campers as flashbulbs from photogra­
phers and fans went offal 1 over the gym.
“I’m sure they're not here to see you
guys.’
guys
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A th re e -y e a r d eal has been
reach ed w ith K IN G 5 to te le ­
vise the S eah a w k s p re seaso n
g am es, th e team an n o u n c e d .
“ W e a re v e ry e x c ite d
a b o u t th e u p c o m in g p r e ­
sea so n an d o u r n ew T V c o n ­
tra c t w ith K IN G T V ,” sa id
S e n io r V ic e P re s id e n t/M a r-
k e tin g O p e r a t i o n s H a rry
H u tt. “ W e th in k th a t
S eah a w k s fan s an d sp o n so rs
are g o in g to lik e th e new
' S eah a w k s T V E x p e r ie n c e .'
K IN G h a s b e e n a te rr if ic
b ro a d c a s t p a r tn e r fo r th e
S eah aw k s o v e r th e y e a rs and
w e a re h a p p y th a t th e p a r t­
n ersh ip is g o in g to c o n tin u e ,
n o t o n ly w ith th e p re s e a s o n
TV g a m e s , b u t a ls o fo r th e
w e e k ly S e a h a w k s TV sh o w .
W e are d o u b ly e x c ite d to
h a v e th e p r o d u c tio n a n d
som e ta le n te d b ro a d cast p ro ­
d u c tio n a n d s a le s p e o p le .”
K IN G 5 w ill b ro a d c a s t
S e a h a w k s ‘98 th ro u g h o u t
th e p re s e a s o n fo r ea ch o f
th e S e a h a w k s f o u r p r e ­
sea so n g a m e s. T h o s e g am es
in c lu d e s tin ts w ith th e D a l­
las C o w b o y s (7 /3 1 , 6 :0 0
p m ); I n d ia n a p o lis C o lts (8 /
8, 7 :0 0 p m ); A riz o n a C a rd i­
n als ( 8 /2 2 ,7 :0 0 p m ) an d the
S an F ra n c is c o 4 9 e rs (8 /2 8 ,
7 :0 0 p m ). T h e S e a h a w k s ’
A u g u st 15 g am e a g a in s t th e
4 9 e rs in V a n c o u v e r, B C is
n o t in c lu d e d in th e p a c k a g e
and w ill b e b ro a d c a s t n a ­
tionally on C BS at th e A m eri-
c a n B o w l.
“ O u r p a rtn e rs h ip w ith m a r­
k e t le a d e r K IN G -5 g iv es th e
S eah a w k s a stro n g b ro a d c a st
p re s e n c e , w h ile o ffe rin g e x ­
c lu s iv e p ro g ra m m in g an d
s tro n g a u d ie n c e d e liv e ry to a
grow ing num ber o f regional and
n a tio n a l S eah a w k s sp o n so rs ,
said S co tt P a tric k , S eah aw k s
V P /C o rp o ra te S ales.
S e a h a w k s ‘98 c o n tin u e s
e a c h w e ek o f th e re g u la r s e a ­
so n w ith S e a h a w k s S a tu rd a y ,
a s e rie s o f 17 w e e k ly m ag a-
z in e sh o w s. E ach w e ek th e
sh o w w ill fe a tu re a b e h in d -
th e -s c e n e s lo o k a t th e te a m ,
p la y e rs an d the o rg a n iz a tio n ,
p ro v id in g e x c lu s iv e in s ig h ts
in to life in th e N F L , S a tu r­
d a y s at 4 :3 0 pm on K IN G -5 .
R ich W altz, E S P N /E S P N 2
and Fox S p o rts N o rth w e st a n ­
n o u n ce r w ill h a n d le p lay -b y -
play and form er S eah aw k Sam
A d k in s, w ho en ters his 1 1th
y e a r as c o lo r an n o u n c er, w ill
jo in R ich on th e b ro a d c a st
team .
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Baseball Fireworks Predicted This Season, The Weather
Channel Says High Heat + High Humidity = Hits, Homeruns
N ext week ’ s All-Stargame at Coors
eld in Colorado may set o ff some
ist-4th fireworks that look rem ark-
ily like baseballs.
M ore and m ore baseballs are tak-
g to the high sky this season, as Mark
IcGwire threatens to beat Roger
laris’ homerun record set nearly 40
sirs ago, and Ken Griffey Jr. and
ammy Sosa stay close behind, knock-
ig them out gam e after game.
So w hat’s it all about? And does that
iuch-maligned El Nino have anything
i do with it?
A ccording to the m ost reliable
¿eather in form ation source. T he
Veather Channel, chalk it all up to the
VUVEM theory. (That’s pronounced
W ah-Vum.")
“T h e ' W UVEM theory’ is tried and
true, and it makes for a great baseball
season,” according to M ike Eckert,
The W eather's Channel’s CEO and a
die-hard Chicago Cubs tan. “Any ob­
time o f it.
For more information or to sched­
ule an interview with The W eather
Channel, contact Becca Parrish at 212-
780-1900 or Kathy Lane at 770-226-
ject, be it a baseball, a frying pan or a
boomerang, will travel farther when
both the temperature and the humidity
2102.
COM PANY BACKGROUND:
The Weather Channel, television’s
24 hour national weather network, is
seen in more than 70 million U.S. cable
households. The W eather Channel
website, www .weather.com, attracts up
to 20 million hits and 1.5 to 3 million
page views per day. It is owned by
Landmark Communications, Inc., a
Virginia-based media company with
operations in newspaper, magazine
publishing, broadcast and cable televi­
sion as well as other video enterprises.
are high.”
It all comes down to science: high
heat + high humidity = higher number
o f hits and homeruns. To be more
specific. W ater V apor M olecules
(W VM s) are lighter than most other
gases that make up the air. High hu­
midity means more W VM s and less
air resistance, thus a smoother path
for that frying pan. And, because it a
sphere, a baseball has an even easier
Three Fans Killed in US. 500 Crash
|v MIKE HARRIS
As they heard the noise of a
rash below, brothers Gerald and
Lich Bramer stood up to see what
vas going on during the U.S. 500
>n Sunday at Michigan Speedway.
“The next thing 1 know, a tire was
flying in the air right at us,” Gerald
Bramer said.
Three spectators were killed and
rix others injured when the one-car
CTash hurled a tire and other car
parts into the grandstand at the
fourth turn. It was the first time in
more than a decade that spectators
were killed at a major auto race.
Dr. Gregory Baumann, the chief
m edical d irecto r at M ichigan
Speedway, said two people died
instantly from the impact of the de­
bris. A third person was taken to a
track medical unit, where resuscita­
tion failed.
Officials identified the victims
as Michael Teny Tautkus, 49, and
Sheryl Ann Laster, 40, both of Milan,
Mich., and Kenneth Dale Fox, 38, of
Lansing, Mich.
Six spectators were taken by he­
licopter to Foote Hospital in Jack-
son. Hospital spokeswoman Robin
Kirkpatrick said the six had injuries
ranging from a fractured leg to neck
and back pain. All were expected to
be released Sunday night, she said.
The area where the fans were hit
included a block of seats that the
hospital had complimentary tickets
for, and one of the injured worked
at the hospital, Kirkpatrick said.
Gerald Bramer said he threw up
his arm to block the tire from Mexi­
can driver Adrian Fernandez s car
as it brushed by him. It hit Rich
Bramer in the back, but neither was
injured seriously.
Becky Lutgen, the news direc­
tor of Lansing’s WLNS-TV, was at
the track with her boyfriend watch­
ing Fernandez’s car as it rounded
the bend. She said they didn’t see
the tire from his car until it hit the
stands and then landed about four
or five rows behind them.
“It ricocheted in the stands and
came to rest between some rows. It
went by so fast,” Lutgen said.
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