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Tyson will have to take Tiger heads to Valderrama supremely confident
show on the road
W oods it is the last m easure o f
redemption.
Tw o hours after he won the Tour
C ham pionship, W oods boarded a
charter forSpain. It was at Valderrama
w here he received perhaps the m ost
stinging criticism ofhis young career.
He w as 1-3-1 in another Ryder Cup
the United States was supposed to
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M ike T yson’s act has w orn thin in N evada.
State boxing regulators released T yson’s $8.7 m illion purse Friday, but not
before telling his handlers they should take future fights elsewhere.
“ M y advice is to pack M ike T yson’s bags up and take this act on the road,”
com m issioner Lorenzo F ertitta said. “ I’m not so sure we need him in the state
o f N evada any longer.”
The N evada A thletic Com m ission voted 4-0 to release the purse and not punish
Tyson for a late blow that prem aturely ended his fight last Saturday against
O rlin N orris at the end o f the first round.
A nd com m issioners w arned that Tyson will have a tough time getting a new
boxing license w hen his expires Dec. 31, and suggested he find another place
to fight.
“W e’re not prepared to have any hoodlum s fight in the state o f N evada,”
com m ission chairm an Dr. Elias Ghanem said.
Clearly frustrated at having to deal w ith Tyson outside the ring once more,
com m issioners spent little tim e at the 30-m inute hearing going over the
circum stances surrounding the prem ature ending o f last Saturday’s fight
betw een Tyson and Norris.
Instead, they tried to send a m essage that N evada w ould not tolerate rules
being broken in the ring.
Tyson did not appear at the hearing, w hich was in sharp contrast to the lengthy
proceedings a year ago that w on him the right to box again after being banned
from the sport for biting E vander H olyfield’s ears.
Drivers know the risk of
sitting behind the wheel
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Tw o days before his death, G reg M oore talked about the hazards o f racing at
230mph.
“The cars are as safe as they can b e ,” the 24-year-old C anadian driver said.
“It’s ju st that you’ll never be able to m ake race cars com pletely safe. Things
happen at speed.”
M oore was killed during the M arlboro 500 at California Speedway Sunday. For
a reason that m ight never be know n, he lost control o f his Reynard-M ercedes
and crashed into a concrete w all at m ore than 200 mph.
O nly m inutes before, Richie H eam crashed in alm ost the same spot at about
the sam e speed, but w alked aw ay w ithout injury.
It appeared M oore’s head, poking out o f the open cockpit o f his Cham p Car,
slapped the w all after the car dug into the infield grass and flipped.
At that point, the blue car broke in two, spraying parts and shards as the cockpit
spun w ildly four tim es. M oore was pounded into the ground several times
before the cockpit cam e to rest.
Few drivers knew w hat had happened as they raced tow ard the checkered flag.
A fterw ard, there was no traditional cham pagne, only tears.
M oore was the second CA R T driver to die this season. Rookie G onzalo
R odriguez o f U ruguay was killed during practice Sept. 11 in M onterey.
A nother young driver, Je ff K rosnoff, died during a race in Toronto in 1996.
K rosnoff w as the first driver to die in a CA R T race in 14 years, a fact that might
have lulled m any into a false sense o f security.
“W e keep w orking on the safety, finding more and m ore ways to protect the
drivers and the crews and the fans, ’ ’ team ow ner and form er driving star Bobby
Rahal said. “Y ou go m onths, then years w ithout anything serious and, bang,
all o f a sudden, som ebody is hurt badly or killed and everybody questions how
it happened.
Talent alone is reason enough to
believe Tiger W oods is capable o f
w inning more than the seven PGA
Tour titles he has accum ulated this
year.
W hat Davis Love III noticed about
him this w eek is even more telling.
A fter the first day o f 27 holes in the
Tour Cham pionship, Love spent two
hours w ith W oods on a flight to
Orlando, Fla., to attend the m em orial
service for Payne Stewart.
“ He just seems very, very confident
and very, very sureofhim self,” Love
said. “ He has gotten ev ery th in g
around him w here he wants it. I think
he knows w hat he has to do, and h e’s
going to do it. I d o n ’t see him easing
o ffa ta ll.”
W hen they returned to Houston, Love
spent all day w ith W oods during
another 27-hole round in w hich the
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d is s e c te d
Champions G olfClub to build a three-
shot lead. Considering W oods’ track
record w ith a lead, that was as good
as a win.
Sure enough, W oods never let anyone
close to him Sunday on his w ay to a
four-stroke victory, his largest margin
since a 12-stroke victo ry in the
M asters two years ago. It w as the
11th straight tim e he has w on after
having at least a share o f the 54-hole
lead.
W here does that leave W oods?
F ro m n u m b e rs a lo n e , h e is
approaching territory few im agined
possible considering the depth o f
talent on the PG A Tour. N ot since
Johnny M iller in 1974 has anyone
w on eight tim es in one year. Y et
W oods can m atch that this w eek in
the final W orld G o lf C ham pionship
event at V alderram a, Spain.
A nother victory w ould m ake it 8-of-
11 since the m iddle o f M ay, w hich
sounds more like a decent game at the
ffee-throw line. It also w ould leave
the rest o f golfw ondering what scraps
will be left.
“H e has gotten better every year,”
Love said. “I told the guys the first
couple o f years that he is not even
close to how good he can get. I think
w e’re ju st starting to see that.”
I f Love saw contentm ent and focus
on that plane ride to O rlando, he also
saw a young m an w ho w as not getting
wrapped up in his success. W oods
was asked tw o m onths ago after
w inning the N E C Invitational about
SPORTS STANDINGS
FALL STANDINGS
1999
Finally, no one has been coach o f the
year in consecutive seasons. I f Red
Auerbach couldn’t do it, and Pat Riley
and Phil Jackson haven’t, D unleavy
probably w o n ’t.
A s if he cares.
“ Som ebody else can have the honor
— as lo n g as w e g e t th e
cham pionship,” Dunleavy said.
“ I was honored to have won the award
last season,” Dunleavy said. “But
it’s not in my thought process right
now. It’s not like I’m thinking, * I want
to achieve this ag ain .’ “
U pon receiving the award, Dunleavy
said it should be considered m ore o f
a c o lle c tiv e th a n in d iv id u a l
accomplishment.
Tw o other things stand out about
Dunleavy: His relentless desire to
win and his appreciation o f those
around him.
“ I d o n ’t know if the fans realize how
ultra-com petitive M ike is,” Brown
said. “H e has that N ew Y ork attitude
— he can be extrem ely feisty. A nd he
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Even m inor muscle pulls can be a sore subject for
m any recreational athletes. T he good new s is that
m any tim es these types o f injuries can be avoided.
“T he more w arm ed up the m uscle is, usually by
light exercise beforehand, the less likely it is to
tear,” said Dr. Jane Corboy, a fam ily physician
specializing in sport m edicine in H ouston.
T he m ore com m on, m inor pulls are the result o f
stretched m uscle fibers, m icroscopic tears, or
inflam m ation o f the areas where the m uscle and
tendon attach.
T hey are usually associated w ith an explosive
contraction o f the m uscle or an attem pt at an
explosive contraction that is blocked by an object,
like kicking a soccer ball.
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W ork on regaining range o f m otion with light
exercise and stretches.
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If you d id n ’t feel pain imm ediately, you could
be su fferin g from d elayed onset m uscle
soreness. A lthough physicians aren ’t sure
w hat causes it, the sym ptom s usually crop up
about tw o days after you perform the activity.
Don’t lose sight of eye
protection on the
racquetball court
I f you’re thinking about leaving your protective
eye gear on the sidelines w hile enjoying a gam e o f
racquetball, you m ight w ant to think again.
“The m inute you set foot in an area that is dangerous
you need to w ear the appropriate gear," said Dr. M.
B o w e s H a m ill, a s s o c ia te p r o f e s s o r o f
ophthalm ology at Baylor College of M edicine in
H ouston.
Balls often reach speeds in excess o f 100 mph,
w hich is enough force to cause m ajor dam age to the
eye. Such an im pact can cause the eyeball to bleed,
be pushed into the socket or even rupture.
But d o n ’t be fooled into thinking that any eyew ear
will do the trick. Everyday eyeglasses are not
constructed to w ithstand the impact o f a speeding
racquetball. Eyes can easily be injured by shattered
lenses or broken frames
Hamill advises players to stick to specially designed
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w ant to play. In fact, it kills him that he
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E yen has been at D unleavy’s side
alm ost continually since D unleavy
replaced Pat Riley in 1990 as coach o f
the Los Angeles Lakers.
“M ike is terrific to w ork for,” Eyen
said. “He allows you the freedom to
do your job, and he respects the jobs
that others do.”
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his hot streak, and all he talked about
were the countless hours o f practice
that no one saw but sw ing coach
Butch Harmon.
He said it again after winning at Disney
World last week, and again on Sunday
after w inning $900,000 to push his
season earnings past $5.6 million.
A nd in all th ree c a se s, W o o d s
w ouldn’t even dare speculate how
far he could go.
“W hat do I w ant to get to? I guess like
the A rm y com m ercial, be the best I
can b e,” he said. “W hat that is, I
don’t know. But I will continue to
work and ju st pay m y dues. I d o n ’t
know how m uch better I can get.
W e’ll see.
"O ver the course o f the next 20 years,
w e’ll see w hat happens w hen I look
back on my career. Then y o u ’ll be
able to understand w hen my peak
w as.”
Looking back on a 3-year-old career,
every o n e know s w h en his peak
w asn’t.
After winning the W estern Open in
that whirlw ind 1997 season when
“T igennania” was at its peak, W oods
won ju st once on the PGA Tour until
February in the Buick Invitational
toward the end o f the W est Coast
swing.
But he knew the w ork he was putting
into the game, along w ith a strong
m ind that enabled him to contend
even as his swing was slowly going
through an overhaul, was beginning
to pay off.
“I ’ll let you in on a little secret,” he
offered. “A fter I cam e o ff the W est
Coast swing, I told Butch, ‘D on’t ’ be
surprised if I w in seven tim es this
y ea r.’ A nd I ’ve w on eight tim es
(including one in Europe), w hich has
been nice, with a few more tournaments
to g o .”
O nly one o f those is official, and for
Dunleavy’s tough act to follow is his own
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O d d s are , M ike D u n lea v y is a
longshot to repeat as the N B A ’s
coach o f the year.
For one thing, D unleavy has too good
a team. T he Trail Blazers are better
than they w ere going into last season.
M any expect them to go all the way,
o r close to it.
Secondly, Dunleavy no longer has to
d e a l w ith Isa ia h R id e r, w h o se
unpredictable presence brought the
coach added support and sympathy.
w in and d idn’t.
W oods, the No. 1 player in the world,
w as beaten by form er factory w orker
C ostantino Rocca in a pivotal singles
match. W oods caught the brunt o f
the blame. “ I’m excited about going
to Spain. I’m really looking forward to
it,” W oods said. " I ’d like to have
another run at it."
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