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June 30, 1999
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Spurs Celebrate NBA Title
US Women Say,
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B y BARRY WILNER
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T he A s so c ia t e d P ress
F O X B O R O , M ass. - S tarte rs,
su b s, w h a t’s the d iffe ren ce ? N ot
m uch on the U .S . so c ce r team .
B ackups S h an n o n M acM illan
an d T ish a V en tu rin i did the sc o r­
ing, w h ile reg u la rs Ju lie F oudy
an d T iffe n y M ilb rett p ro v id e d the
sp ark com ing o f f the b en ch S u n ­
d ay as the U nited S tates b eat N orth
K o re a 3 -0 to a d v a n c e to th e
q u a r te r f in a ls o f th e W o m e n ’s
W o rld Cup.
“ M y jo b is to get ready and take
w h atev er tim e I get,” M acM illan
said after sco rin g once and setting
up tw o goals b y V enturini in the
second half. “ Som e o f us have to
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step up w hen w e rest som e players.
“ I th in k I se ale d m y statem en t
th a t 1 w ill g iv e m y h eart and soul
to this te am .”
U .S. coach T ony D iC icco had
the luxury o f resting som e stars and
he used it w isely. M acM illan and
V enturini, form er starters, play ed
the w hole game. Foudy and M ilbrett
cam e on for the second h a lf w ith
the m atch scoreless, and ignited
the A m ericans to their third straight
w in and first place in G roup A.
“ W e feel w e have a strong group
B> KELLEY SHANNON
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w h o h a v e n o t b e e n s ta r t in g ,”
D iC icc o said afte r the w in set up a
s e c o n d -ro u n d e lim in a tio n g am e
w ith G erm an y . “ T his w as a ch an ce
for them to help us out.
“ S h a n n o n p la y e d a S h an n o n
M a c M illa n ty p e o f gam e to d ay . A
goal lik e S h a n n o n ’s w ill m ake any
c o a c h lo o k lik e he sa id th e rig h t
th in g s .”
D iC ic c o ’s d ec isio n to rest sta rt­
ers M ic h elle A k ers, K ate S o b rero ,
F o u d y an d M ilb rett sh o w ed in the
sc o re le ss first half. A lth o u g h the
A m eric an s d o m in a te d the ball and
h ad m an y sco rin g ch a n ce s, th e ir
a tta c k w a s n ’t crisp , p a rtic u la rly in
m idfield.
" I th in k th a t M illie c re a te s
th in g s. W h a te v er gam e she p la y s
in, i t ’s a sp a rk ,” F o u d y said. “ W e
sta rte d to go at th e d efe n se and
th e n th ey c o llap sed an d w e co u ld
go w id er on them . W e w e re n ’t
d o in g that in the first h a lf.”
M a c M il la n ’s s h o t fro m 2 0
y ard s, o f f F o u d y ’s feed , sk ip p e d
o f f th e grass and p ast g o alk ee p er
K ye Y ong S un on th e sh o rt sid e in
th e 56 th m inute. T h e cro w d o f
50,584 at F ox b o ro S tad iu m , so m e­
w h at su b d u ed u n til th en , eru p te d
in c h e ers as M a cM illan slid face-
first alo n g the g rass.
SAN A N TO N IO (A P) - Spurs
fans d id n ’t w ant the party to end.
A ll w eek en d the c ity ch eered
th e first N B A c h a m p io n sh ip w on
b y its o n ly m ajo r leag u e sp o rts
team a fte r 26 years o f stru g g le.
The celebration peaked Sunday
night w ith a Fiesta-sty le river parade
attended by 230,000 people and a
tribute afterw ard for the team at the
Alam odom e.
“ It feels good. E very th in g cam e
to g eth er this year p erfec tly ,” Spurs
center D avid Robinson told ecstatic
p arad e-g o ers. “O u r team cam e to ­
gether. T he city cam e to g eth er.”
P lay e rs, co ach es, team e x e c u ­
tiv e s an d a few d ev o ted fans rode
d ec o rate d , m o to rized b arg es along
th e S an A n to n io R iv er th ro u g h
d o w n to w n as sp ectato rs lin ed the
R iv er W alk to w atch. It w as rem i­
B> DOUG FERGUSON
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W ILM IN G TO N , Del. - W inning
the career G rand Slam turned out to
be a m arathon for Juli Inkster.
O f the eight players w ho have
w on the four m ajor cham pionships
o f their era, no one took as long as
Inkster - 16 years from the tim e she
w on the D inah Shore as a rookie to
her victory in the LPG A C ham pion­
ship as a 39-year-old m other.
But, oh, w hat a kick.
In a span o f 21 days, Inkster sepa­
rated herself from the pack and took
herplace in history by winning the U.S.
Open and the LPGA Championship.
Her finish at DuPont Country Club
on Sunday was ju st as swift.
In a span o f three holes, she shot
out o f a three-w ay tie for the lead with
a staggering display o f shotm aking
and putting, an eagle-birdie-birdie fin­
ish to win by four strokes.
“I can't com prehend this,” she said
after her 6-under 65. “I kept looking
up and the ball was going in the hole.
It’s just been a phenom enal year.”
W hen she w as 23 and playing her
first full season on the LPG A Tour,
Inkster thought w inning the four
m ajors was sim ply a m atter o f time.
It was hard to blam e her for such
confidence.
She w as T iger W oods and Se Ri
Pak rolled into one, the first player to
win three straight U.S. A m ateur titles,
the first professional to w in tw o m a­
jors as a rookie.
“I always thought this is what I
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C a rd in a ls r o o k ie p itc h e r Jo s e
Jim enez, w ho threw the first no-hit-
ter o f the 1999 season on Friday,
today was nam ed N ational League
Player o f the W eek for the period
ending Sunday.
Jim enez, w ho is 4-7 w ith a 6.02
ERA overall, w alked tw o and hit a
batter as he com pleted the C ardi­
n als’ first no-hitter since 1983 and
becam e the first player in the N a­
tional L eague to throw a no-hitter
since K evin Brow n threw one for
wanted, to win the four majors,” she
said. “I won two really quick, and didn ’ t
think it was going to be that tough.”
C om pared to the other seven who
have w on the G rand Slam, it was
plenty difficult.
Washington Holds
Oregon at Bay In
The Northwest
Shootout
E ast L ake H ig h , led all players
w ith 22 p o in ts an d 9 rebounds.
H ay w o o d , a L atrell S p rew ell look-
alik e from F ran k lin H ig h , chip p ed
in 11 w h ile Je su it’s M ike D unleavy
le d O r e g o n w ith 18 p o in ts .
B e n so n ’s T e rre n c e G reen had 17.
T he first h a lf w as play ed evenly,
w ith W a sh in g to n ah ead 44-42 at
th e b re a k . W a s h in g to n su rg ed
ah ead to a 12 -p o in t lead w ith 8:00
rem ain in g b efo re O reg o n scrapped
th eir w ay back into the gam e. They
g ot w ith in tw o b efo re W ash in g to n
se ize d u p o n an erran t p ass w ith
0 :12 le ft to w rap th e gam e up.
• The Oregon A ll-S tars
closed a 12-point deficit to
2 before tim e ran out, losing
8 4 -7 8 in th e Oregonian
Northwest Shootout
P o rtlan d — T he W a sh in g to n
A ll- S ta r s w o n T h e O re g o n ia n
N o rth w e st S h o o to u t fo r the first
tim e b ehind the M V P p lay o fC u rtis
B o rch a rd t and the q u ic k n ess o f
Jim m ie H ay w o o d , 84-78 at the
U n iv e rsity o f P o rtla n d ’s C h iles
C e n te r on F rid ay night.
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so he could attend the N BA Finals.
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Jimenez Wins NL
Player of the Week
Inkster Took 16
Years To Get Slam
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n iscen t o f the c ity ’s a n n u a l F iesta
celeb ratio n each spring.
A v ery Jo h n so n , th e 5 - fo o t-l 1
p o in t g uard w ho h it th e w in n in g
ju m p shot a g a in st th e N ew Y ork
K nicks on F rid ay to c a p tu re the
title, w as the sta r o f th e show at
th e dom e.
Johnson introduced his fellow
players, cracked jo k es about their
personalities, m ade fun o f the fact
that he was twice cut by the Spurs and
led approxim ately 40,000 fans in
chants and cheers.
The Spurs cam e to San A ntonio in
1973 as part o f the A m erican B asket­
ball Association and m erged into the
NBA in 1976. San A ntonio is the
first old ABA team to w in an NBA
title.
This was the team ’s first trip to the
NBA Finals.
“It’s been so fantastic to see David
Robinson and Avery Johnson get
their due,” said 11-year season-ticket
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ev e ry th in g w ith th e m in i-cam he
also tu rn ed on a fte r th e S purs ’ v ic ­
tory in M adison S q u are G arden.
H e w as jo in e d by sev eral o th e r
S p u rs, w ho p o in te d th e ir cam eras
at the crow d.
“ M -V -P , M - V -P ,” th e fan s
chanted when D uncan was intro­
duced.
Spurs coach G reg g P op o v ich
told the fans they w ere crucial in
the te a m ’s p la y o ff v icto ries, e sp e ­
cially in urging on the g am e-w in ­
n in g , tip p y -to e 3 - p o in te r S ean
E lliott sunk to d efeat P ortland in
G am e 2 o f the W estern C o n feren ce
finals on M em orial D ay.
“W ithout your energy, Sean Elliott
can ’t stand on his toes and he m isses
that shot,” Popovich said.
“W hen he hit that shot, it m ade it
possible for A very Johnson to hit
another shot,” the coach said.
And everyone knew what came next.
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The 25-year-old Jimenez also be­
came the first rookie to throw a no-
hitter since W ilson Alvarez turned the
trickin 1991 and the first to do so in the
seniorcircuit since Burt Hooton hurled
one for the Chicago Cubs in 1972.
O ther players considered for the
aw ard w ere M ichael Tucker, Sean
Casey and Pokey Reese o f the Cin­
cinnati Reds, Todd Hundley and Gary
Sheffield o f the Los A ngeles Dodg­
ers, outfielder Jerom y B u m itz o fth e
M ilw a u k e e B rew e rs an d L arry
W alker o f the Colorado Rockies.
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