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(Elje ‘JJortlanò ©bscruer January 09,2002 Page B3 u rtla u ò Sports/METRO Packers, 49ers to Clash at Latnbeau Field (AP) — Brett Favre is the quintessential cold-w eather quarterback. He has a perfect home record when the flakes fall, the winds howl, the tem peratures plum m et and the opponents chatter. But the Green Bay Packers aren’t counting on the cold to bother San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jeff Garcia, a vet eran o f the Canadian Football League. “I’m sure they had a cold day once or twice up there,” Packers coach Mike Sherman said. “So, I don’t envision that to be a heck of an advantage. Because o f his upbringing in football, 1 don’t think that will bother him at all. M aybe it will affect some other guys.” Both the 49ers and Packers are returning to the playoffs after a two-year drought with a w ild-card gam e Sunday at Larnbeau Field between two 12-4 teams. After unseasonable warmth during the week, the long-range forecast calls for temperatures between 19 and 32 degrees with snow showers Sunday, slightly above the normal range. The Packers have never lost in 12 home playoff games, in cluding 10 at Larnbeau Field, and Favre is 29-0 at home when the temperature at kickoff is 34 or below. That ’ s why the Packers were ecstatic to beat the New York Giants on Sunday, ensuring them a playoff game at Larnbeau instead o f Candlestick. But the matchup isn’t great forG reenBay. The 49ers have an offense that could exploit the Packers’ plethora of injuries and a de fense that has three shutouts in its last six games. And they have Garcia, who threw for 3,568 yards and 32 touchdowns, half o f them to Terrell Owens, whose dramatic last-second TD catch beat the Packers 30-27 the last time these teams met in the playoffs three years ago. DUCKS WIN FIESTA, FINISH 2N0 IN NATION Olympic Torch to Arrive Jan. 22 The Oregon Sports Authority will host a 2002 Olympic Torch Relay Celebration at Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square Tues day, Jan. 22 from 5p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The event will feature Oregon Olympians, Olympic torchbearers, city officials and Olympic dignitaries. The relay will begin at OMSI and travel about 8 miles through the streets of Portland to Pioneer Courthouse Square. Michael Jordan, Wife to Divorce (A P)— Michael Jordan’s wife has filed for divorce, citing “irrec oncilable differences” with the basketball superstar after 12 years of marriage. Juanita Jordan is seeking per manent custody of the couple’s three children, their 25,000- square-foot house in Highland Park, north o f the city, and half the couple’s property. Michael Oregon 's Sarnie Parker celebrates after scoring the Duck 's first touchdown in a 38-16 Fiesta Bowl victory over Colorado. photo by D avid G iezyng /T he P ortland O bserver (AP) - The dazzling Ducks of Oregon made their case for a share of the national championship - and then some with an impressive Fiesta Bowl victory on New Year’s Day. But a Miami win in the Bowl Champion Series Title game two days later, clinched the top spot for the Hurricanes. Miami beat Nebraska 37-14 in the Rose Bowl Thursday. Oregon beat No. 3 Colorado 38-16 in the Fiesta Bowl and fin ished second in the Associated Press poll of sports writers and broadcasters. The Ducks were hoping fora Nebraska win toclaim a share o f the title. The Fiesta Bowl victory was an impressive end to the college ca reer o f Duck quarterback Joey Harrington who threw for350y ards and four touchdowns. , Sarnie Parker caught njne passes for 162 yards, including a perfect 79-y arder for a touchdown that put Oregon ahead for good in the second quarter, when the Ducks outgained the Buffaloes 198 yards to 53. O regon’s Steve Smith set a Fi esta Bowl record with three inter ceptions, and the Ducks’ defense - ranked 81 st in NCAA Division I - shut down Colorado’s running game and forced the Buffs to throw. Maurice Morris ran 49 yards for another Oregon score, landing on top of a Colorado defender at the Buffaloes 21. He got back on his feet and ran into the end zone to make it 28-7 early in the third quarter. The Pac-10 champions had a 500-328 advantage in total yards, 150-49 on the ground. JIM • STEVE • MIKE McMurphy ’s Appliance 4011 NE M.L.K. Blvd. Portland, OR 97212 “W e got ourselves behind the 8-ball the last couple m onths and know we have a lot o f m aking up to do,” Pippen said. “W e are a potent team now .” Pippen said the Blazers were not particularly set on gaining revenge against the C avs - but did. W hen the B lazers were at G und A rena last Jan. 22, they scored a franchise-low 58 points and lost by 26. “W e know things like that happen,” Pippen said. “1 do n ’t think w e were thinking about last year.” D am on S to u d a m ire , w ho scored 19 points, said he had other m otivation. “All we really w anted w as to start our road trip on the right track,” Stoudam ire said. D avis’ hustle put Portland on track. Seven o f his rebounds cam e at the offensive end as the Blazers won the first o f four road gam es in five nights. Port land had lost seven o f its last eight on the road. “D ale was great,” B lazers coach M aurice Cheeks said. “He set the tone.” 503-288-3233 PORTLñHD MEñPOWK Wins Give Blazers Needed Bounce (AP) - Scottie Pippen says the Portland Trail Blazers are starting to make up for lost time. “ We have a long w ay to go,” Pippen said after D ale D avis scored 20 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead the Port land past the Cleveland C ava liers 98-72 M onday night. A fte r lo sin g six stra ig h t gam es to drop to 13-18, the Blazers have won tw o in a row for the first tim e since Dec. 15- 18. The Blazers have had only tw o three-gam e winning streaks all season. Jordan, who is playing this year for the W ashington W izards, was paid more than $30 million in his final season with the Bulls and is one o f the w orld’s richest athletes. Juanita Jordan filed the peti tion F rid a y in su b u rb a n W aukegan, the Chicago Sun- Times and the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday. 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