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ASBURY PARK PRESS I TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2011 SFRTp For live scores and stats, send text message with team name (e.g. Mets) or player name (e.g. Derek Jeter) to 446364 (4INFO). CEU. PHONE CHARGES MAY APPLY Sports Editor Steve Feitl 732-643-4227 tfeitlnjpressmedia.com Emm warmer 5e- It appears the cod bite is beating up Ti I I rigor atong wno toe weaioer.

1 'vx i Brick gife beat Manchester in final GIRLS BOWLING Tournament of Champions By CHRIS PARKER STAFF WRITER NORTH BRUNSWICK The Brick Township girls bowling team emerged victorious in an all-Shore Conference final of the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions on Monday. The Dragons won their enth TOC title, defeating Man-Chester 3-2 in the best-of-5 Baker-style final. Brick head coach Cara Lu-kosius knew she had a special team this year. "They were so great all year, and (Monday) they never gave up," Lukosius said. "They all made the adjustments that they needed to.

They were a true team." GALLERY See more photos at app.comsports strikes, she was able to get the Dragons off to the start they needed. "Madison had a fine line today, and she did very well for us in the leadoff position," the coach said. Junior Kaitlynn Nardiello anchored the Dragons with her tough, consistent play. "She was just awesome," Lukosius said. Nardiello was happy with the way her team battled all day.

See Bowling, Page C3 Hawks in Game 4, as they fired four straight strikes and won, 214-181. In the fifth and final game, the Dragons were able to come out on top with a 200-168 victory. The depth of the Dragons was a big part of their success this season. "When I made changes throughout the day, it didn't affect their attitudes," Lukosius said. "They were still trying to help each other and get the win for the team." The coach pushed all the right buttons in the TOC.

One key change was putting her daughter, sophomore Madison Lukosius, in the leadoff spot. With several opening-frame BREEN 'f STAFF PHOTO: TANYA Brick Township's Kaltlynn Nardlello bowls on Monday. Lawsuit vs. NCAA threatens Hollywood THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO There was a time when Sam Keller and his teammates couldn't wait to get their hands on Electronic Arts Inc. '8 latest edition of NCAA Football, which included their team and images down to Keller's distinctive visor he wore while playing for the University of Ne-'' braska in 2007.

COLLEGE SPORTS 3.l Girardi waits for 4th, 5th starters THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TAMPA, Fla. The Yankees could take a month or more to decide on the fourth and fifth starters in their very unsettled pitching rotation. "The chances of the fourth and fifth starter roles being answered sooner than later are not very good," manager Joe Girardi said Monday as pitchers and catchers reported for spring training. "You want to see who we feel has the best chance to help us during the course of the season." YANKEES After winning the Group HI title, Brick matched up against Washington Township in the TOC semifinal. After losing the first game, 212-181, the Dragons won three straight games to advance to the finals.

Manchester took home the Group II title and defeated Bordentown in the other semifinal match. Manchester got off to a good start in the final, taking the first game 191-172. The Dragons came back firing and took the next two games. But there was no quit in the be football foremost, both sides are divided on how to split about $9 billion of football revenue. Players cur rently rake in close to 60 percent of the pot, after one billion is first skimmed off for owners.

Owners have asked for an additional billion from the top, which represents an approximate 18 percent paycut for the players. 2 Why Is the March 4 date so important? That's the official expiration date of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement, which was last extended in 2006. If an agreement isn't in place by then, a lockout will ensue and close to 500 free agents will be prohibited from signing contracts. Teams will remain dormant and, therefore, won't be able to im- prove by adding or cutting per-sonnel until a new CBA is in place. 3 What's the difference between a lockout and.

a strike? The players aren't striking. (7 STAFF PHOTO: BOB KARP NFL stadiums like New Meadowlands Stadium might be empty mora often than planned If an NFL lockout cuts Into the 2011 season this fall. The deadline for a new collective bargaining agreement between players and owners Is less than three weeks away. I A fvl I 1 1 I I An FAQ for an Nit worn EA shares undisclosed royalties with the NCAA for use of college stadiums, team names and uniforms and the players' images in a game that racks up hundreds of millions of dollars in annual sales. Because they are amateur athletes, the players don't receive any direct benefit from the appearances of their nameless images in the game.

But Keller and an increasing number of players, such as former UCLA basketball star Ed O'Ban-non, think they should and have filed at least nine federal lawsuits against the NCAA and EA over the last two years. Today, Keller will be in Pasadena to watch his team of lawyers urge the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a trial judge's decision that EA and the NCAA appear to owe the former Corn-husker and by the extension thousands of other former players millions of dollars for using their images in the video game. "When you are playing, you are kind of naive to the idea that you are being taken advantage of because you are so caught up in playing college football," said Keller of his decision to sue long after his college career ended and he failed to make the Oakland Raiders 2008 regular-season roster. "They are making billions off of our images." A Keller victory could dramatically reshape the commercial relationship between the NCAA and its athletes, which are prohibited from receiving com- pensation tied to their performances.

Keller's attorney and his support-era are floating the idea of setting up a trust fund of sorts with any proceeds from the lawsuits to benefit the athletes. They envision the NCAA continuing to fund the trust fund with the billions in dollars it receives from its deals. Candidates include Ivan Nova, Freddy Garcia, Sergio Mitre and Bartolo Colon. Girardi repeated that Joba Chamberlain is hot an option, even though he lost his setup job late last season. "We've seen how dominant he can be in the bullpen," Girardi said.

"Joba has a chance to be extremely important to our bullpen, and I'm looking forward to that." StaffaceCCSabathia, Phil Hughes and A. Burnett fill the top three slots of a rotation that will be without Andy Pettitte, who retired. "I know that's going to be a question that I'm asked a lot about, our rotation, and I understand that," Girardi said. "But, that question is not going to be answered, really, until we get into the middle of the season. I feel good about the guys that we have here in camp." Burnett struggled to a 10-15 with a 5.26 ERA last season, lost seven of his last eight regular-season decisions.

"I know how disappointed he was about some of his starts last year," Girardi said. "I saw how it affected him. He's made adjustments already with (new pitching coach) Larry Rothschild. I know how much A. J.

cares. I've just got a feeling in my gut that he's going to have a good year." Sabathia is not concerned a provision in his seven-year contract that gives him the ability to opt out after this season will become a distraction. Sabathia, who went 21-7 with a 3.18 ERA in 34 starts last year, said Monday he still felt as though the clause wouldn't be used. See Yankees, Page tQ stoppage in 2011? They'd prefer to play under the current CBA, although they've acknowledged their responsibility in negotiating a newer one. But the owners last year voted out of the CBA and have vowed to rectify their perceived wrongs of the 2006 extension.

They refuse to let players play under the old deal and therefore will close their doors when the CBA expires. 4 What's wrong with the 2006 deal? The players had leverage at the time, and used it to their advantage. Plans for gaudy, new stadiums, like the monstrosity that houses the Cowboys, were in the works and the owners needed to ensure these stadiums would be filled. Then-NFL com- missioner Paul Tagliabue, on the brink of retirement, convinced the league's owners to accept a deal that gave players a 59.6 percent cut of total revenue. See NFL, Page C6 Will there By GEOFF MOSHER STAFF WRITER Less than three weeks remain for NFL players and owners to settle their business differences at the negotiating table before the labor dispute burgeons into a full-fledged war.

Talks between both sides broke down last week when, according to an ESPN report, the owners interpreted the union's "illustration" of a deal as ah official proposal and walked out of the room. Despite the vengeful rhetoric that followed, ESPN is reporting that talks are expected to resume soon, perhaps this week, as both sides try to hammer out an agreement in time to avoid a lockout. We took some time to examine the key issues and help fans understand why labor peace and the 2011 NFL season is being threatened. IWhat are the two sides fighting about? Money, of course. First and See Lawsuit, Page CS.