Page B2 November 3,1999 Sortlanb CPb«ru»r Çorf lanb ffibaeruer Metro/Sports 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 T he A ssociated P ress ___________________ T he A ssociated P ress ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- 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 T he A ssociated P ress ___________________ ___ ____________________ ___________________ 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 2 3 - y e a r- o ld s ta r 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. 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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. 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In fact, it kills him that he c a n ’t play anym ore.” 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.” k 0 2 4 6 8 11 12 13 16 18 yy 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 k 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 • P r o c ë ê à s 'tië n ^ Door Prizes f Senii F ^ l Had lésion Aotéì' H441 N.E. 2nd Avenue ? November 20,1999 • [ 8:00gm-1:00am Appetizers NoHostBar b r J e ffe r s o n B o o s te rs $20.00 Advance $25.00 @ Door Tickets plastic. I f your eye does sustain a serious hit, im m ediately check your vision, resist the urge to rub the eye and head for an em ergency room or ophthalm ologists 0 1 2 3 4 2 4 0 0 Old School Groove Dance H ttM racquetball eye protection w ith full lenses rather than open eye guards. The best bet is protective eyew ear m ade o f polycarbonate, a highly-durable 8 7 6 5 4 2 2 0 0 Grant Lincoln Franklin Cleveland Wilson Madison Benson Marshall Roosevelt FOOTBALL -Wil Jefferson ‘Wilson ‘ Madison Lincoln Grant Health/Briefs The aches and pains of a pulled muscle GIRLS - FINAL BOYS - FINAL 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 A ssociated Press________________ 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. 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