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Falcons vs. Broncos looks like a
Super matchup
Duval Ties Record
59 to Rally for Hope
Victory
L A Q U IN T A , C a lif.- B eh in d
th o se w ra p a ro u n d su n g lasses and
h is sim ilarly cool d em ean o r, g o lf s
Broncos, naturally, will use the * ‘w in one
for John” angle to get him a second
consecutive ring. E lw ay will be starting
his fifth Super B owl, the m ost by any
quarterback. B ut history says it will also
be a good, com petitive gam e, as it has
been in the last three Super B ow ls last
y ear’s a 31-24 victory by D enver over
G reen Bay that broke a 13-gam e losing
M IA M I, F L -N o , it’s not the Stupor
Bowl any more. The gam e finally has
com e o f age. For the last decade, there
have been as many exciting Super Bowks
asclunkers.adeparture from the first 20-
h o tte st p la y e r w as pum ped.
D avid D uval hit a m agic n u m b er
S u n d ay a ro u n d o f 5 9 th a t m atch ed
th e b e st sco re in P G A h istory.
D uval, uncannily accurate in ev­
ery p h ase o fth e gam e, su rg ed from
sev en stro k es o f f the p ace to w in
th e B ob H ope C h ry sler C lassic.
W h en he ram m ed his 8 -fo o t eag le
plus gam es, w hen only three or tour
w ere w orth watching. A nd Sunday’s
gam e betw een the Atlanta Falcons and
D enver Broncos figures tobe com peti­
streak for the AFC.
Three o f those w ere b y D enver,
coached by Reeves, w hich lost by an
average o f 32 points in 1987,1988 and
1990. The game in between in 1989broke
the trend o f Super B ores — a 20-16
victory by San Francisco over C incin­
nati 10 years ago at Pro Player Stadium ,
then know n as Joe R obbie Stadium.
That w as the gam e in w hich Joe M on­
tana drove the 49ers 92 yards in the final
3m inutes,20seconds,capping the com e­
back with a 10-yard T D pass to John
T aylor w ith 34 seconds left.
‘T O FINALLYCOM E A ND SH O W
them is unbelievable," E lw ay said at the
time. “Y ou w onder ify o u ’re going to run
out o f years. But, fortunately, I hung on.
All the questions w e ’ve been answ er­
ing for the last um pteen years, it m akes
tive again.
Denver, the defending cham pion, is
favored by only a touchdow n, largely
because the Falcons w ere 14-2 during
the regular season and proved them ­
selves b y winning at M innesota last
w eek. B ut Atlanta also has another in­
centive, one that was rekindled last week,
w ith Falcons coach D an Reeves o n one
side and Broncos coach M ike Shanahan
and quarterback John Elw ay o n the
p u tt d ea d -c e n te r into the cu p on
th e final h ole, th e u su a lly stoic
D uval let go, p u m p in g his arm sev ­
eral tim es, then raising b o th arm s in
celebration.
Bears Go With
Choice No. 2
L A K E F O R E S T , III-It took the
N F L ’s oldest franchise tw o tries, a
p u b lic relatio n s d isaster an d a re­
ally re d face to fig u re o u t th e rig h t
other.
R eeves, w ho coached D enver for 12
seasons, believes Shanahan and Elway
got him fired by the Broncos after the
w a y to h ire a new coach.
A n n o u n c in g D av e M c G in n is’
h irin g b efo re offerin g h im th e j ob?
W ro n g w a y . G e ttin g s e c o n d -
1992 season.
“ It w ould probably m ean more to him
getting the Super Bowl trophy against
us because he w as here and the w ay he
w as dism issed and all the things that
have circulated about his career here,”
D enver tight end Shannon Sharpe says
o f Reeves. “It w ould give him m ore
am m unition ifhe could get it against us.”
c h o ic e D ic k Jau ro n ? R ig h t w ay.
T h e C h ic a g o B ears in tro d u ced
Ja u ro n as th e ir n ew c o a c h S u n ­
d ay , on e d ay a fte r M cG in n is w ith ­
d rew his n am e an d flew b a c k to
P h o en ix , still u p se t th e B ears h ad
a n n o u n c e d his h irin g b efo re h e ’d
T hen there’s history.
E lw ay, w in o r lose, is alm ost sure to
retire after 16 glorious N FL seasons. The
b e e n o ffe re d th e jo b .
Gretzky Lives Up to
Billing as Great One
Dan Reeves (above) and his
coaching sta ff will have their hands
filled at the Super Bowl. Jamal
Anderson (right) will be one o f the
players to watch Sunday, as well as
Terrel Davis (far right), who has
become a household name for the
NFL.
it that m uch sw eeter.”
This year, the Falcons face the ques­
tions. A fter 33 years as a franchise,
they’re tw o steps farther than they’ve
ever gone. A dd R eeves’ feud w ith the
B roncos and it adds up to another gam e
that lives up to its nam e.
Blazers Promote Cam Wilson To
Director O f Executive Suite
T A M P A , F la .- W ay n e G retzk y
c o u ld n ’t sa y i f h e ’d p la y e d in his
la s t A ll-S ta r gam e. W h e n y o u ’re
tw o d ay s a w a y fro m y o u r 38 th
b irth d a y a n d still p la y as w ell as h e
d o es, y o u d o n ’t ru sh retirem en t.
T h e N H L ’s c a re e r g o als, assists
an d p o in ts le a d e r w as a su rp rise
sta rte r S u n d a y an d w a lk e d aw ay
w ith h is th ird M V P aw ard a fter
sc o rin g o n e g o a l an d a ssistin g on
tw o o th e rs in N o rth A m e ric a ’s 8-6
v ic to ry o v e r th e W o rld o n S unday.
G retzk y ac k n o w le d g e d th at durin g
the g am e, h e h a d th o u g h ts a b o u t it
p o ss ib ly b e in g h is last A ll-S ta r
T he Portland Trail Blaz­
ers a n d O re g o n A ren a
C o rp o ra tio n an n o u n ced
T hu rsd ay that they have
nam ed C am W ilson as the
new d irecto r o fe x e c u tiv e
suite and p referred seat
sales.
“C am has been a m em ­
b e r o f the sp o n so rsh ip
sales sta ff for o v er four
a p p earan ce.
years and has pro v en to
be a valuable m em b er o f
Davenport-Williams
quarterfinal clash
set a t Australian
Open
the B lazers organization.
H e h as an o u tstan d in g
sales b ack g ro u n d from
serv in g m a n y y ears in
O reg o n and W ashington
T V station m anagem ent,
and w e believe h e w ill do
an ex cellen t jo b ,” said
H arry H utt, sen io r vice
p re sid e n t o f m a rk etin g
M E L B O U R N E , A u s tra lia -F or
th e se c o n d s tra ig h t y ear, to p seed
L in d sa y D a v e n p o rt a n d fe llo w
A m erican V enus W illiam s w ill slug
it o u t in th e A u s tr a lia n O p e n
quarterfinals afterm eth o d ically de­
featin g th e ir fo u rth -ro u n d o p p o ­
o p eratio n s.
W ilson w ill oversee the
sales efforts o f all executive suites
and preferred seating for the P ort­
land T rail B lazers and the R ose
G ard en arena.
W ilson beg an his career w ith
the B lazers in 1994 as a C orporate
S ales M anager. P rio r to jo in in g
the B lazers, W ilso n w as the V ice
P resident and G eneral Sales M an­
ag er o f K M T R -T V in E ugene for
n ine years. E arlier in his career, he
h eld positions in b ro ad cast sales,
m arketing and m an ag e m en t w ith
reg io n al an d n a tio n al rad io /tv
sales m arketing organizations, in­
clu d in g K atz B ro ad castin g M ar­
keting, Sim pson R eilly & A ssoci­
ates, C am eo B ro ad cast S ales and
K IX IA M /F M - Seattle.
A native o f S eattle, W A , W il­
son and his w ife, P erce, both avid
skiers, live in B eav erto n and have
tw o m arried sons and four grand-
ch ild ren w ho live in the P ortland
area.
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