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I mnilli -nniii TTiiimilnr mrf i pmvm ULLRICH READY FOR EASY RIDE Jan Ullrich, who leads by 9 minutes, could become the first German to win the Tour de France, 6C. MAGGERT LEADS PGA HARTFORD Jeff Maggert shoots a third-round 64 and leads the PGA Greater Hartford Open by two strokes, 6C. ULLRICH MAGGERT SUNDAY SECTION July 27, 1997 Tom Squires, sports editor, 242-3792, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 1 Sfejftp" Expos storm to title 3-1 Enders sparks What's next Southeast win Time flies when we're having fun "Where does the time go? -Yesterday, Don Shula was coaching. Today, Tie's in the Hall of Fame.

Next thing, someone is going to tell us is that Shula has had a son al-1 ready hired and fired as an NFL head coach. Time, it races by. Way too fast. those of us who lived here along the Space Coast in 1972, it seems the Polaroid shots embedded in our memory have hardly been developed from that year when Shula's Miami Dolphins went undefeated and won Super Bowl VII. For those of us who lived on Merritt Island then, we remember it as the same year the Mustangs By Gary Graves FLORIDA TODAY EDDIE ENDERS, left, of the Cocoa Expos gains control of the ball as Miami's Augusto Luna defends during Saturday night's USISL regional soccer final in Cocoa.

Enders scored two goals in Cocoa's 3-1 win. The Cocoa Expos will play at home against the Mid-South Division champions in the USISL regional final Friday or Saturday. Pairings will be announced Monday. tit "i COCOA Even by Cocoa "The difference wasn't just it being a soggy game, it was the individuals," said Expos coach Homer Bozorg, who leaped in the air after the final whistle. "I started with 52 people and ended with 17, and those turned out to be the right decisions.

It was a combination of the whole team and the organization. That's why we won." Cocoa (14-4) won its eighth in a row overall and its fourth in a row against third-seeded West Florida (11-7). That earned the Expos the right to host next week's regional playoff against the Mid-South Division champ. See EXPOS, Next Page Expo standards, Saturday night's USISL Premier League Southeast Division final was a soppy mess. Passes died in deep 1 "9 puddles, uniforms drooped down to players' knees and rain gear didn't stand a chance.

But this was old hat for the in the way. With that in mind, Cocoa created a downpour of its own, using Eddie Enders' two first-half goals to spur a 3-1 victory before 750 diehards at Cocoa Expo Sports Center. Expos, and besides, there was too went undefeated, too, winning the state champion- much at stake against the West 1 1 Jose H. Nieves, FLORIDA TODAY Florida Fury to let elements get )f '(-. ship.

A magical season for 1 so many reasons. Record: 347-173-6 (.665) grg Hall Of Fame Q) Super Bowl wins: '73 and '74 Where does the time go? Ben Hogan is dead. Eighty-four years of life and legacy over already. With Alzheimer's, a bad ticker and other ill- is. j.

LrvJ PFTER nesses encroaching, KERASOTIS -SPORTS nugau sunumucu ruuaj, leaving behind one of the most enduring names in all of golf and one of the sweetest swings the game has ever seen. Hogan was one of only four golfers to win all four Grand Dolphins in the Hall 0 WWMWIIIIIIW I 4 MIWMW mfmifmml I 1,111 WWII. Player Year Paul Warfield 1983 Larry Csonka 1987 Jim Langer 1987 Bob Griese 1990 Larry Little 1993 Don Shula 1997 Shula relishes lengthy route to gain Fame FLORIDA TODAY Wires CANTON, Ohio His famous jaw never slacked. His eyes never teared. Don Shula was the epitome of the great coach Saturday afternoon as he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Shula was in full control as he recounted the 67-year journey from Grand River, Ohio, to "the ultimate honor." He spoke of the early days his first coaching job was when he was in eighth grade, when he was placed in charge of watching over sibling triplets who were in the first grade. He mentioned his playing days at John Carroll University and in the NFL. He reflected on the great triumphs as the winningest coach in pro football history. He referred to the disappointments, too. At no time was Shula offstride.

51am events. Now it's all just a memory. i Where does the time go? Jack Nicklaus, also one of those four golfers to win all four Grand Slams, will be 60 yes, 60 in 2l2 years. Someday, sooner than we a think, it will be the year 2059 and Tiger Woods ''will be 84. Will he have made a name like Ben -Slogan by then? Where does the time go? "'Larry Bird is a coach now.

So is Danny Ainge. Magic Johnson's shocking revelation about being HIV-positive happened six years ago. Isiah Thomas is part-owner of an NBA franchise. The other day, I asked Julius "Dr. about coaching; about the possibility of succeeding Chuck Daly in that role with the Orlando Magic three years from now, when weare gasp! in a new millennium? sure you see a lot of your peers still in -tlie game, some of them in coaching," I noted.

Dr. J. smiled, running his palm through his which is entirely gray now, when he isn't dying it. "I see a lot of the children of my peers in the game," he said. "I'm even seeing the grandchildren of my peers popping up.

It's unbelievable." Where does the time go? Raise your hand if you remember Ken Griffey. Senior, that is. We're talking back before we even knew there was a junior going by the same name. Yet, the younger Griffey is fin his ninth Major League season. S-c-a-a-a-r-y.

Give yourself a pat on the back if you remember when it was your tube socks that And that's just what anyone who played for him, or against him, would have expected. "I was able to do something for a lifetime that I enjoy doing," said Shula, who along with New York Giants owner Wellington Mara, Raiders and Patriots cor-nerback Mike Haynes, and Pittsburgh and Kansas City center Mike Webster, were inducted in ceremonies delayed by a deluge. "I've relished every moment of the long route to get here," Shula said. "Thanks for letting me reflect on those moments." See SHULA, Page 7C Packers' Bennett sidelined touched your knees and not the bottom of your gym shorts. Still have your Chuck Taylor canvas high tops? Well, theyre considered retro, now.

Cool, in sort of an uncool way. Where does the time go? EDGAR BENNETT of Green Bay, a former Florida State standout, is taken off the field by cart Saturday night after tearing his left Achilles tendon in the Packers' 20-0 preseason victory against the Miami Dolphins. He will miss the upcoming season. Story, 7C. The other day, John McEnroe was hyping a tennis exhibition that will feature him, Bjorn Borg, Jimmy Connors and Noah, all great -champions, all now a generation past their prime.

McEnroe noted that Borg's hair still looks the same. "Except it's all McEnroe ry, 4, Photos by AP DON SHULA, 67, enters the Pro Football Hall of Fame as the NFL's winningest coach with 347 victories. gray now," he said. Borg? Gray hair? It's true. "I'm just hoping I can keep all of a McEnroe added.

Where does the time go? DeShields' home run pinches Marlins 3-1 It's been exactly two decades since Reggie Jackson sent three home runs into an October Los Angeles night. Saturday will mark the 18th anniversary of Thurman Munson's death -in, a plane crash; the sons he left behind all grown into young men now Closer to home, Clint Hurdle turns 40 on 1 Today's game Thursday. Bruce Bochy's son was selected by the San Diego Padres in baseball's amateur draft. The Mustangs' and Dolphins' magical in front of 34,668 fans at searing Busch Stadium. Matt Morris (8-6) got the win.

Temper-a reached 104 football seasons officially happened a quarter Florida pitcher Kevin Brown (9-7) will oppose St. Louis' Andy Benes (6-4) at 2:15 p.m. at Busch Stadium. opened the seventh in relief of starter Tony Saunders and walked the first batter he faced before DeShields took him deep. "The pitch I made to De-Shields wasn't too bad," said Helling, who had not allowed an earned run in his first 6 innings since the All-Star break.

"It was low. At 3-1, as a hitter you can be real aggressive. I imagine he was looking for a fastball, and I threw him one and he went down and got it." Despite what he considers his best effort since coming off the disabled list, Saunders again missed out on a win. The rookie went 6 innings, giving up one run on three hits while striking out six. During one stretch, Saunders retired 10 of 11 batters.

Florida is hitting .226 in Saunders' last three outings. In fact, the Marlins' offense produced no runs his last two times out. Against the Padres on July 20, three San Diego pitchers combined on the shutout. Five days earlier, Dustin Hermanson tossed his first big-league shutout. "I know it isn't going to be like this every time I go out there," Saunders said.

"It'll come around. I'll get out of this." Hernandez steps up, 5C. By Juan C. Rodriguez FLORIDA TODAY ST. LOUIS Not long after his appearance on Saturday afternoon, Rick Helling was in the Florida Marlins' clubhouse watching the tape.

He wont be adding this one to his video library. Helling's performance wasn't a complete bomb, but it was sufficiently off the mark for his team to lose. Delino DeShields' pinch-hit homer off Helling with a runner on in the seventh inning broke a 1-1 tie and proved to be the game-winning stroke as St. Louis defeated Florida 3-1 of a century ago. 'here does the time go? Don Shula stood in Canton, Ohio, yester HELLING day, holding a bust aloft next to his mug, and it was hard to tell which was which.

He is in the Hall of Fame now, a resting place for all the greats. His hair is thinner and his body thicker, his life's accomplishments the stuff of degrees by the ninth inning, but that setting proved too low for the Marlins (58-43). Their offense didn't so much as simmer. Florida's six hits produced one run in the second, but from that point, no Marlin reached third until the ninth inning. St.

Louis was nowhere near the boiling point, either, until De-Shields hit his seventh homer of the season and second as a pinch-hitter. Helling (2-6) museums now. It happens. When you're not even looking, i it happens. Best on TV Monty Ward I Member: Team USA.

Fishing hotline Live pigfish, fished under bobbers to keep them out of the grass, will account for fair numbers of larger seatrout on the edges of flats where the water is about 4 feet deep. Some of the better catches are coming from the Micco-Sebastian area. Outdoors report, 10C. National League Saturday's results St. Louis 3, Florida 1 Cincinnati 7, Atlanta 6 (11) Pittsburgh 10, San Francisco 3 Colorado 6, Chicago 3 Houston 9, Montreal 8 (10) Los Angeles 4, Philadelphia 1 San Diego 5, New York 3 Box scores, 4C.

American League Saturday's results Texas 4, Chicago 1 Cleveland 6, Oakland 1 Seattle 9, New York 7 Toronto 6, Kansas City 5 Anaheim 7, Boston 6 Milwaukee 3, Detroit 1 Baltimore 2, Minnesota 1 (12) Baseball report, 4-5C. PRO FOOTBALL 1 p.m. Chicago vs. Pittsburgh (Fox) AUTO RACING 1 p.m. PPG CART U.S.

500 (ABC) PRO BASEBALL 8 p.m. Texas at Chicago (ESPN) Complete TV log, 2C. Favorite players: Nolan Ryan. Favorite teams: Cleveland Indians and San Francisco 49ers. Hobbies: Snow skiing and golf.

Drafted: By the Brewers in the sixth round in '95. Position: Right-handed pitcher. Hometown: Lubbock, Texas. College: Texas Tech. Class: Sophomore.

Last season: Went 9-4, 4.07 ERA and 117 strikeouts in 86 innings. 1.