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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.
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“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.”
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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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