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GAMES EVENTS PEOPLE SECTION i Is MONDAY NOVEMBER 6,1995 CCt floa Angeles Slimes i "1 HIGHLIGHTS Top to inFreeFali THE NFL -X Young and Old A took at 49er offense In six games with Steve Young, and In test two tosses: With Young Yds TD TO Points 380.7 3.2 1.3 25.6 Last Two Games Yds TD TO Points 345 1 4.5 7 "It seems like one of the more improbable things, to come in as a rookie and beat the world champions on their home turf," Panther quarterback Kerry Collins said. "We expect to win. Today it Said Mills: "We have to realize we can do something special next week against; the Rams, and that's to be a .500 team. iWe can't waste focus on the whole San Francisco (5-4), which faces Dallas next week, was again without Steve Young. He sat out a third consecutive game because his bruised passing shoulder 'has not healed.

Said a glum San Francisco guard Jesse Sapolu, "Nobody expects us to win hext week. We're going to go out there and give it our best shot." Elvis Grbac, who threw for 327 yards," went down with an ankle sprain late in the fourth quarter, and the 49ers were left with third-stringer Cary Conklin leading them on a last-ditch drive that fell far short. I Shut down by Carolina's defense and their own mistakes for three the 49ers finally scored on Derek Loville's one-yard run with 13:43 remaining, sparing Please see NINERS, C8 yj I J. TT-T--- Associated Press Minnesota's Cris Carter (right) and Green Bay's Reggie White converse on the Packer bench. Oakland 20 Cincinnati 17 New England 20 New York Jets 7 Houston 37 Cleveland 10 Atlanta 34 Detroit 22 New Orleans 19 St.

Louis 10 Minnesota 27 Green Bay 24 Carolina 13 San Francisco 7 Kansas City 24 Washington 3 Buffalo 16 Indianapolis 10 Pittsburgh 37 Chicago (OT) 34 Denver 38 Arizona 6 Seattle 30 New York Giants 28 Miami. 1 24 San Diego 14 Pro football: Super Bowl champions turn the ball over five times and lose, 13-7, to expansion Carolina. From Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO-Call it what you want shocking, stunning, or inconceivablebut you'd better believe it. Carolina became the first expansion club to win four games and defeat a defending Super Bowl champion in its inaugural season, topping the San Francisco 49ers, 13-7, Sunday. "We're hurting.

I thought it couldn't get any worse," San Francisco safety Tim McDonald said. It was just the opposite for Carolina. "This is a very special day for us," Carolina Coach Dom Capers said. In the end, the 49ers were without their top two quarterbacks and committed five turnovers. Three occurred inside the Carolina 10, including Tim McKyer's 96-yard interception return for a touchdown.

is -T- Terry Kirby is willing to stand on his head if xK: i or Key: Averages shown; TO is turnovers. HOUSTON MITCHELL Los Angeles Times "I saw Tim grab the ball and I thought, 'Oh, baby! Home, sweet Carolina linebacker Sam Mills said. "He took it in there and that was a big play." Carolina (4-5) surpassed the previous high for an expansion club with its fourth consecutive victory and is by no means out of playoff contention in the NFC West. Associated Press for a Miami first down during 24-14 victory. Associated Press Injured Steve Young took San Francisco's loss hard, and he didn't even play.

Cleveland May Lose Its Browns Pro football: Move to Baltimore could be announced today, although majority of NFL owners must approve it. From The Washington Post Cleveland Brown owner Art Modell has told sources he intends to announce today that his football team has reached an agreement to move to Baltimore next season, a deal that still must be approved by at least 23 of his fellow NFL owners. Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening and Baltimore Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke will also attend the news conference, scheduled to be held at a parking lot outside Camden Yards where a new, $200-million stadium would be built for the team.

Modell did not attend the Browns' game Sunday against the Houston Oilers at Cleveland Stadium, the first home game he's missed since he bought the club in 1961. Team spokesman Kevin Byrne confirmed that Modell will be in Baltimore and that "most people assume he will go there to announce he'll move the team there. I really think it's coming, yes I do." The NFL owners will convene Tuesday in Dallas for their regularly scheduled annual fall meeting and BaltimoreCleveland will be at the top of the agenda. A three-quarter majority of owners must approve the move; A Maryland official familiar with the negotiations said he believes Modell will be able to move eventually. "Art Modell is a popular and powerful owner," he said.

"I Please see BROWNS, C6 MIKE DOWNEY Floored byNBA's Ugliness Has anyone noticed anything really ugly while watching the TV highlights of the basketball season's opening games? Not only a little ugly, but seriously, seriously ugly? I don't mean the players. I don't mean the coaches. I don't mean the cheerleaders, the referees, the towel kids, the fan with the nacho cheese on his chin, the owner, the owner's date, the owner's date's tattoo or those media people sitting there in their $29 suits. I mean the floor. Yes, the floor.

Check out the paint job on the hardwood court of the Charlotte, N.C., arena, where the Hornets play. Or the floor in the Summit arena, which the two-time NBA champion Houston Rockets call home. They are the gyms from hell. I've seen better art on parents' refrigerators. Andy Warhol i Please see DOWNEY, Cll sfciA.

fc. jih, irik ifci jkV Mt 0 tfk, Ms 0 mxx'm Dolphins on Target After Win Pro football: Marino-led offense, tough defense too much for Chargers, 24-14, in rematch of AFC playoff game. By BILL PLASCHKE TIMES STAFF WRITER SAN DIEGO On a day when a three-month-old team whipped the world champions and Jim Brown began packing Baltimore, a late Sunday mist here produced some blessedly familiar NFL sighfs. Dan Marino tucking in his lower lip and pumping his fists. Don Shula jogging happily off a field in clunky black shoes.

Bryan Cox blowing kisses and curses. The Miami Dolphins back on the highway marked Super Bowl. The Dolphins shook off their midseason blues Sunday night while turning the Chargers a noticeably different color inthe Dolphins' 24-14 victory at San Diego Jjack Murphy Stadium. The Dolphins, with two touchdown passes from Marino and a defense that recorded three sacks and two turnovers, improved to 6-3 with four of their final seven games at home. The Chargers, who lost Natrone Means early (groin injury) and their composure throughout, fell to 4-5 with as much hjope as Leslie O'Neal has hair.

They are four games behind the first-place Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC West. They must win their remaining seVen games to match last season's record. The goal of the defending AFC cham-Please see DOLPHINS! C9 Part of Deal Series in 1996, '98 and 2000, the Ail-Star games in 1997 and '99, and each year will share in ithe first two rounds of playoffs. NBC, according to sources, jwill televise the All-Star games in the even-numbered years duringlthe contract and the World Series during the odd-numbered years and will also be involved in the playoffs but will not show any regular-season games. Fox will pay $575 million over Please see BASEBALL, Rose Bowjl Poll Vaulti But will it? Sunday's shake-up in the $-sociated Press college football poll suddenly put the Rose fiqwl back in the national championship picture as undefeated Ofiio State vaulted two places intoj the No.

2 position behind Nebraska "The Rose Bowl, if played; tomorrow, would certainly have national championship implica- Please see POLLS, C12 Overcome Fox Gets Baseball; NBC Is COVERAGE: CI, C4, C6-9 NBA Sacramento 99, Clippers 82 C3 Houston 106, Phoenix 104 Portland 109, Utah 105 Vancouver 100, Minnesota 98 (OT) Roundup C3 NHL Mighty Ducks 6, New Jersey 1 C2 Florida 4, Tampa Bay 1 Winnipeg 4, Buffalo 3 Philadelphia 6, Hartford 1 Colorado 7, Chicago 3 Roundup C2 TRIATHLON Si GARY NEWKIRKAllsport 90-degree temperatures and winds of 30 m.p.h took a heavy toll on Paula Newby-Fraser. PROVING HER METTLE: In the Ironman Triathlon, Paula Newby-Fraser's body shut down. She sat with her body rebelling. Then she walked across the finish line. C10 Sports Updates By Phone Call TimesLine, 808-8463, and enter one of the codes below.

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