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2C Tuesday, December 14, 1999 THE TENNESSEAN www lennessean.com SPORTS A.M. Jl Media watch News Irom TV radio, print and the Internet. A i I Joe Biddle Compiled from Tmnessean Staff and News Reports Waltrip: Life in the fast lane too fast for harried drivers Three-time Winston Cup champion Dar-rell Waltrip of Franklin says NASCAR racing is no longer just about going fast on the track. "A lot of people kxk at racing like it Ls only mechanical," said Waltrip, tied for third on the career list with 84 victories. "They think it's all cars, tracks and going around in circles, but now racing is way beyond that There is much more emphasis on entertainment." To deal with those added demands, Waltrip thinks drivers of the future will have to be competent time managers.

"With spoasors spending more money, wanting more races and more appearances, they want to capitalize on their investments," Waltrip said. "They want more than just their name on the side of the car." Beamer wins Camp award Virginia Tech Coach Frank Beamer was named the Walter Camp Foundation Coach of the Year after leading the Hokies to an 11-0 record and a berth in the Sugar BowL Virginia Tech ended the year ranked No. 2 in the nation behind 11-0 Florida State, their opponent in the January 4 national championship game in New Orleans. FSU seeks NCAA clarification: Florida State has asked the NCAA to clarify whether a Seminoles football player violated NCAA rules when he worked with a Houston personal trainer last summer and was not required to pay for the trainer's services. If the NCAA finds that Roland Seymour's contact with James Cooper was a rules violation, FSU would be required to rule him ineligible, possibly putting him out of the Sugar Bowl matchup with Virginia Tech.

Wyoming names coach Wyoming named Vic Koenning to replace Dana DimeL who took the job at Houstoa Koenning is a 1982 graduate of Kansas State, where he was a two-time All-Big Eight Conference selection at linebacker. LSI) assistants: Pete Jenkins will return to LSU as defeasive line coach and Derek Doo-ley is leaving SMU to coach tight ends under new coach Nick Sabaa Idaho names Cable: Tom Cable, a former player who was Colorado's offeasive coordinator this seasoa Ls returning to the Vandals as head football coach. Cable, 35, will replace Chris Tormey, who left to coach Nevada AP Downhill racer Norway's Fmn-Chris- tian Jagge speeds his way to a World Cup slalom victory in Italy. White House visit is set US. Open singles champions Andre Agassi and Serena Williams were invited to the White House to meet President Bill Clinton tomorrow.

Agassi defeated fellow American Todd Martin in five sets on Sept 12 for his second career U.S. Open Champioaship. Williams beat Martina I lingis of Switzerland a day earlier for the women's title, becoming the first African-American to win since Althea Gibson in 1958. BuchJ Center dedfcated: Before about 300 tennis enthusiasts, the Metro Parks and Recreation dedicated the Ruthelia Buchi four-court indxr center last night at Centennial Sportsplex. I.es Speyer, who made a major financial gift to the center, made remarks.

Mrs. Buchi's son Russell and Westside pro Greg Chambers beat former Tennessee All-American Mel Purcell, now on the Nuveen Senior tour, and Stuart Speyer, Les' soa 6-4 in an exhibition match. CBS scores a coup by luring Enberg away from NBC Dick Enberg, the longtime NBC broadcaster and one of the signature voices in sports, is set to leave the network at the end of the year and join CBS. An industry source told the Associated Press yesterday an announcement is expected in January after Enberg's contract expires. CBS apparently decided to pursue Enberg after choosing not to renew the contract of sportscaster Sean McDonough.

Enberg, winner of 11 Emmy Awards, is expected to work on the NFL at CBS. 1 le might also handle U.S. Open tennis, golf, regular-season college basketball and the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Enberg did NBC's last NFL telecast at the 1998 Super Bowl. He said before the game that he was hurt by the idea of no longer covering NFL games.

CBS will probably pair Enberg with Dan Dierdorf on NFL games. Enberg would replace Verne Lundquist, who would become CBS' top college football announcer, succeeding McDonough. Enberg joined NBC in 1975, beginning as a play-by-play broadcaster for college basketball. He has covered the last three Summer Olympics and done the play-byplay for eight Super Bowls. I le also has anchored NBC's Wimbledon coverage since 1979 and the French Open since 1983.

The crystal ball A SI million prize is available at the FANSonly Network (httpAvww.fansonly.com) for the contestant who correctly predicts the winner of all 23 college football bowl games and the exact score of the Supr BowL SI picks soccer team The VS. women's soccer team, which captured the World Cup in July, was honored yesterday as Sportswomen of the Year by Sports Illustrated The only other team cited by the magazine was the 1981) US. men's Olympic hockey team. The soccer team joins Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Mary Slaney, Mary Lou Retton and Bonnie Blair among the female winners of the award, which has been presented by the magazine each year since 1954. "Not only did these young women display brilliance on the field, but their engaging personalities and interaction with fans clearly captivated the nation and exemplified sportsmanship," Managing Editor Bill Colson said.

Anti-Rose Web site In response to a Web site calling for IVte Rose's reinstatement, a New York radio station began a site (www.stevemason.com) ask Kidd out 2 months with injury Carolina Panthers goalie Trevor Kidd is expected to miss two months with a diskx-ated right shoulder suffered during a teamwide skills competition held today at the Natioail Car Rental Center. Kidd will be re-evaluated in the next seven to 10 days after the swelling subsides. The club has recalled goalie Rich Shulmistra from the Louisville Panthers of the American Hockey League, Florida's top minor-league affiliate. Kidd will be replaced as the starter by Mikail Shtalenkov, who has made only one appearance since he was traded last month by the Coyotes for Sean Burke. Sore hand: Philadelphia Flyers captain Eric lindros left practice carry to have X-rays taken of his left hand, injured in the third period of Saturday night's 6-4 loss at Toronto.

The X-rays were negative and he could be in the lineup tonight at Buffalo. Canucks moves: The slumping, injury-riddled Vancouver Canucks shuffled their aster, calling up Chris and reassigning Ryan Bonni and I larold Drukea Ankle surgery: Ottawa Senators defeaseman Chris Phillips will undergo surgery Liter this week to repair his injured right ankle. 1 le'U likely miss at least a month. Player of week San Jose Sharks right wing Owen Nolan was aimed the Nl 1L player of the week after leading all scorers with four goals and two assists in three games. Random ruminations while wondering whatever happened to Melvin Cheatum.

Ga. Tech's QB desened to Helsman Trophy When Peyton Manning finished second in the Heisman Trophy race to Michigan defensive back Charles Woodson, one of the main excuses was that it was not a career award. Now it seems that has changed as Wisconsin's Ron Dayne was a landslide winner over Georgia Tech QB Joe Hamiltoa Dayne became College football's all-time leading rusher, but did not have the most productive season. My ballot had Hamilton, Dayne and Virginia tailback Thomas Jones in that order. By the way, Jones gained more yards this season than Heisman Trophy winner Dayne.

NBA hopefuls Some players with SEC ties are trying to play their way into the NBA. Nashville's Dontae" Jones, who starred at Mississippi State, Is playing in the CBA with the LaCrosse (Wis.) Bobcats. Billy McCaffrey, a former SEC co-player of the year while at Van-derbilt, is in the IBL with the Baltimore Bay Runners. Former Kentucky point guard Wayne Turner is with the Cincinnati Stuff of the IBL Former South Carolina guard BJ McEae Ls hooping in the CBA with Connecticut. McCaffrey's teammate at Vandy, Frank Seckar, is playing in the Netherlands.

I lis team recently traveled three hours by bus for a game, only to have the officials no-show and the game canceled. Here to stay Kats owner Mark Bloom announced the AFL team is not for sale and will remain Nashville's only locally owned professional franchise. During a news conference yesterday, Bloom explained at length what the non-sale means. He did put a lot of media minds at ease when he said, "the hot tub is here to stay." No word yet on whether the Watson's Girl will put in an appearance. Good sports Titans tailback Eddie George's 199 yards rushing is still an NFL high this seasoa Barely.

It could have been surpassed by Cincinnati's Corey Dillon in Sunday's romp over the expansiorj- Browns. -Dillon, who abused the Titarjs defease in his rookie season, had 192 yards on 28 carries. OVC honors to IrrSU guard Ron McKnight, a junior guard for Middle Tennessee, is the OVC's newcomer of the week. McKnight came off the bench to score 21 points, grab two rebounds and make two steals as the Blue Raiders lost 78-77 to No. 16 Tennessee.

Roderick Johason of Southeast Missouri is the OVC player of the week. SGC honors: Georgia guard Adrian Jones, whose last-second shot gave the Bulldogs a thrilling win over Na 18 Wake Forest on Saturday, was honored as the SEC Player of the Week. Jones, a 6-fixt-5 junior from Atlanta avenged 18.7 points, 8 rebounds and 33 assists in wins over Furmaa Georgia Tech and Wake Forest during the week. Out a month: IHirdue senior forward Brian Cardinal will be sidelined from two to four weeks with a broken left thumb. Senior tour beckons Watson Tom Watson's arrival as a full-time player on the Senior PGA Tour in 2000 will generate attention lots of attentioa Help arrives in January.

Watson turned 50 in September, placed 22nd in his first event, then won his second and called it a year. "There are a lot of gtxxl players coming onto the tour in the next couple of years and I look forward to competing with them," Watson said. i i'i i ITT 5 IBF chief to fight charges 1BF president Robert lee Sr. has taken a leave of absence from the group he founded so he can defend himself agaiast charges he t(xk bribes to rig boxing rankings. The IBF hopes the move will persuade fed-end prosecutors to dnp attempts to iastall a court-appointed monitor for one of the sport's major governing bodies.

Tech forward gets OVC award Sophomore forward Janet 1 lolt of Tennessee lech is the OVC women's player of the week. The Lynchburg native averaged 23 points and nine rebounds in two games last week. The OVC newcomer award went to MTSU sophomore Chrissy Davenport of Shelbyville and the nxikie award went to Austin I'eay freshman guard Raige Smith of Livingstoa SGC honors go to Cherry: Arkansas guard Dana Cherry, who helped the Razorbacks defeat Southwest Missouri for the first time in three years, was named the SEC Player of the week. Cherry is a freshman from Pine BlulT, Ark, i ITU I I "lilTTiH Samaranch to Washington Juan Antonio Samaranch succeeded in pushing reforms through his own assembly. Now he has to sell them to a tougher audience: (Congress.

Samaranch Ls to testify tomorrow before a I louse panel considering punitive legislation agaiast the KXL 1 lis task Ls to convince lawmakers the IOC has fixed itself by enacting substantial not cosmetic reforms. "We must make sure that these reforms do indeed have the teeth behind them to bring about real and lasting change landl to ensure they're worth more than just the paper they're written on," said Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich, who will chair the hearing. Greene, Johnson not talking Maurice Greene and Michael Johason won't run agaiast each other. Now, they're not even speaking.

"I le doesn't talk to me," Greene said after being honored as the BBCs overseas sports personality of the year. rr iTtu" IS i 1 ill III 1 l.M.illllT,ill1ill Rays get big boost in Castilla, Vaughn Cincinnati Coach Bruce Cosier, gave Dillon the fourth quarter off: "We knew he was just under 200 yards and we thought abodt putting him back in to go over 200, but then we realized that wouldn-'t be a team record or anything Coslet said. "And, there is such a thing as sportsmaaship." Cleveland, meanwhile, managed to gain a whopping yards on the ground agaiast that fierce defease. ANAHEIM, Calif. In a major power shift, Greg Vaughn and Vin-ny Castilla landed in Tampa Bay yesterd.iy, leaving the IX-vil Rays ready to trot out a Murderers' Row.

Gist ilia was part of a rare four-team trade that al i I''-- 1 I I ing baseball to keep his lifetime ban in place. Steve Mason and Sue Kolinsky of New York radio station 1 in preparation for an interview today with former commissioner Fay Vincent, decided to bunch the Web site, calling it a petition to protect the integrity of major league baseball. On the air fctevtyon and radio listings. Today Na The Jefl Fisher Show 6 pm 104.5-FM NHL Nashville at Tampa Bay 6.30 pm Fot SN, 99 7-FM Philadelphia at Buffalo 7 pm ESPN CoSege basketbaS John's at DePaU (men) 630pm ESPN 2 N3A Now at Houston 7 pm TNT Tomorrow NHL Lo Angoto at Now ttxk Raogen 6 pm ESPN 2 NashviNa at Florida 630pm 997FM Anaheim at Colorado 9 pm ESPN 2 NBA Toronto at Philadelphia 7 pm TBS CoBese bastetbal VWanova atlompte (men) 8 pm ESPN so involved Jell Cirillo and Rolando Arrojo, while Vaughn was signed as a free agent. World Series star Chad Curtis was traded from der shrunk by Dr.

Craig Morgan this morning at Wilmington Hospital in Wilmington, Del. He's not expected to begin throwing tor six to eight weeks, in time for spring training, the team said. He's not expected back until May. Tumbow picked: Among 17 players selected in the Rule 5 draft was ex-Franklin High righthander Derrick Tumbow (12-8, 3.35 tor Class A Piedmont in 1999) by Anaheim from Philadelphia The Twins made right-bander Jared Camp the first selection in the draft, witti Florida taking lefthander Johan Santana second. Mouton stems Outfielder James Mouton agreed to a minor league contract with the Brewers as a non-roster player.

SpratSn to Royals: The Royals acquired right-handed reliever Jerry Spradlm from the Giants for a player to be named. Ann to Pttsburgfc The Martins traded outfielder Bruce Aven to the Pirates tor first basemanoutfielder Brant Brown. Aven, 27 hit 289 with 12 homers and 70 RBI for Florida last season. Designated Deiorc Deion Sanders was let go by the Reds, who designated the former outfielder for assignment to clear roster space for pitcher Elmer Desserts, signed to a one-year contract Trade cornptcta: Outfielder Abraham Nunez was traded to the Marlins to complete In the July 9 deal that sent reliever Mall Mantel to the Diamondbacks. -NEWS SERVICES Griffey narrows choices: Ken Gnfley has heard enough talk; It's Seattle or Cincinnati tor him, nowhere else.

"Trie main reason Junior's list has narrowed really is because the Mariners are pursuing us constantly about teams and situations not on the original list," Griffey's agont, Brian Gokfcerg, was quoted as saying in several newspapers. "He doesn't like the misleading and the game-playing, so he decided to shut it down." Griffey, eligible lor free agency after next season, asked the Manners to trade him to a team nearer his home in Orlando, Fla. Seattle General Manager Pat Gilltck has said all teams that have spring training in Florida are possibilities. Cordon out far 200ft Tom Gordon, the ALs top closer in 1998, apparently has pitched his last i game tor the Red Sox after under-! going elbow surgery that is ex- peeled to sideline him tor the 2000 season. I The usual recovery period is 1 12 to 16 months.

Gordon. 32, is under contract through the 2000 season, and the Red Sox have i the option ot extending It after I that. But that option must be exer-; cised by Nov. 1. SchBhg out untl May: Phillies i pitcher Curl Schilling underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his pitching shoulder.

Schilling, who started for the NL In last season's All-Star game, i had the capsule in his right shoul VAUGHN Vaughn's 45 home runs and 118 RBI for Cincinaiti earned him a $34 millioa four-year contract to play at Tropicana Field. "They say it's a great hitter's park," said Vaughn, 34. While a lot of rumors floated, Tampa Bay, Colorado, Milwaukee and Oakland turned nearly a month of talking into a nine-player swap. Baseball officials said it was the first four-team trade since 1985. "There almost was another team involved, if I could have gotten another type of player," Rockies CM Dan O'Dowd said.

When it was sorted out, here's where everyone was headed: Third baseman Cirillo J26, 15 I IRs, 88 RBI), pitchers Arrojo (7-12, 5.18 ERA) and Scott Karl (1111, 4.78) and inficldcr Aaron Iidcsma (.265, 0.30) to Colorado. Third baseman Castilla (.275, 33, 102) to Tampa Bay. Pitchers Jamey Wright (4-3. 4.87) and Jimmy llaynes (7-12, 634) and catcher Henry Blanco (.232, 6, 28) to Milwaukee. Pitcher Justin Miller (1-2, 4.14 in Class A) to Oakland.

Curtis, who hit two home runs in Game 3 of the World Series and caught the fiad hill in Game 4 to complete a sweep, was traded by the New York Yankees to Texas for two minor league pitchers. Potshots Don Meyer gives the citizens (if South Dakota high marks. The former Lipscomb University college basketball coach, now at Northern State in Aberdeen, says they even forgave me for wondering if there were actually people living in South Dakota. Says they want to invite me fin-one of their favorite pastimes. They said you don't even have to bring a gun," Meyer cracked yesterday.

They'll call it the Joe Biddle Memorial Ilicasant 1 lunt" Meyer lives only 10 miles from where PGA star Payne Stewart's airplane went dowa "If you see the hole the plane made, you would never know that anything crashed there," he said "Everything disintegrated." Joe Brtte fenoMse) sports wrtK and cckrmet Ha cart mactod at 259-8255 ot awTwl jUtlwOtannowinun oom. Ha an be heard weekday 4-6 pm on 997-FM Sports Night. the New York Yankees to Texas. The Devils Rays also got Chad Ogea, who won two games for the Cleveland Indiaas in the 1977 World Series, in yesterday's Rule 5 drift, A few other deals spiced up the busiest day of the winter meetings. The last-place Devil Rays made the biggest noise.

Ncxt-uvList in the AL with 145 home runs this seasoa the middle of their lineup now features Vaughn, Casiill.i, Jose Canseco and 1 red McCriff. The quartet combined for 144 homers and Air) RBI this year. "We're heading toward being an American League club," lcvil Rays General Manager Chuck laM.ir joked. nim. -i uiu.

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