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4C Thursday, January 14, 1999 The Greenville News TODAY'S TV to expansion draft College Basketball Jacksonville at Central Florida. 7 30 F0XSS Virginia at NC State. 8 0 ESPN2 Cincinnati at UNC-Charlotte. 9 30 ESPN California at UCLA. 10.30 F0XSS Long Beach State at New Mexico State, midnight, ESPN Southern Methodist at Colorado State, midnight.

ESPN2 PGA Golf Hawaiian Open, 7:30 ESPN NHL Hockey Florida at Carolina, 7 p.m., F0XSS NHL STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE sion pool. Four of the five players were identified by both The Charlotte Observer and the Gaston Gazette. The Gazette identified the fifth player as outside linebacker Tarek Saleh, a fourth-round draft pick in 1997. Lacina and Fox were put in the draft pool for two reasons: The organization wasn't happy with their play last season and would like to dump their sizable contracts on the Browns. Lacina is scheduled to count $1,533 million against the Panthers' 1999 salary cap, and Fox $1.8 million.

If the Browns select either player, they would inherit the full amount of their contracts, including the remaining proration of signing bonuses. Lacina has $667,000 in proration remaining, and Fox has The Associated Press CHARLOTTE Starting right guard Corbin Lacina, defensive lineman Mike Fox and punt returner Winslow Oliver were among the five players the Carolina Panthers put in the expansion draft, according to published reports Wednesday. The Panthers were required to submit the names of the players to the NFL Tuesday afternoon, but didn't publicize them. The league plans to announce the full list Friday. The Cleveland Browns will get to select players from the other 30 teams in the Feb.

9 expansion draft. They don't have to pick someone from each team and are limited to a maximum of two players per team. The Panthers also put backup safety Tony Veland in the expan Panthers hire Musgrave as quarterbacks coach The Carolina Panthers hired Bill Musgrave as their quarterbacks coach Wednesday. Musgrave, 31, served in the same capacity with the Philadelphia Eagles during the 1998 season and was a backup quarterback with the San Francisco 49ers when Panthers coach George Seifert was there. Musgrave joins offensive coordinator Gil Haskell, wide receivers coach Richard Williamson, tight ends coach Don Breaux and running backs coach Chick Harris, all who were retained from the Dom Capers staff and offensive line coach Tony Wise who was hired on Tuesday.

Wise was the assistant head coach and offensive line coach with the Chicago Bears last season. Willie T.Smith III per return. Though he is a backup running back and third down specialist, he didn't play on offense. He is scheduled to count $375,500 against the salary cap, including $102,500 in bonus proration. The Panthers picked him in the third round of the 1996 draft.

Veland started five games early in the season when the Panthers were hit hard by injuries in the secondary, but his play was inconsistent. Saleh was drafted as an eventual replacement for Kevin Greene as the team's outside linebacker, but he became expendable with the arrival of new coach George Seifert and his 4-3 defense. i thin air miM Denver5! Atlantic Division Pts GF CA Philadelphia 22 9 10 54 123 82 NewJersey 22 12 5 49 116 104 Pittsburgh 19 11 7 45 110 99 Y. Rangers 17 17 7 41 114 114 Y. Islanders 13 27 3 29 99 128 Northeast Division Pts GF GA Toronto 24 15 3 51 136 120 Ottawa 22 13 5 49 124 91 Buffalo 21 12 6 48 111 82 Boston 19 14 6 44 104 89 Montreal 15 20 7 37 96 113 Southeast Division Pts GF GA Carolina 18 16 7 43 106 101 Florida 14 14 11 39 100 105 Washington 15 21 3 33 92 100 Tampa Bay 9 29 3 21 86 146 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Pts GF GA Detroit 21 18 2 44 125 111 St.

Louis 16 14 9 41 107 98 Nashville 14 22 4 32 94 129 Chicago 11 25 6 28 90 136 Northwest Division Pts GF GA Colorado 19 19 4 42 103 107 Edmonton 16 19 6 38 116 111 Vancouver 14 22 5 33 106 123 Calgary 13 25 3 29 102 127 Pacific Division Pts GF GA Dallas 25 7 7 57 115 76 Phoenix 23 10 5 51 105 79 Anaheim 16 16 8 40 100 93 San Jose 13 17 10 36 91 95 Los Angeles 15 22 4 34 96 108 Jets gasp cans JIM MONE The Associated Press Just running around: Minnesota Vikings quarterback Randall Cunningham, left, runs around running back Robert Smith prior to practice on Wednesday as the Vikings prepare to meet Atlanta for the NFC Championship. Vikings awaiting Atlanta's challenge PANTHERS $400,000. If the Browns don't draft them and the Panthers decide to cut them, those bonus amounts would count against Carolina's cap. Lacina, who was signed as an unrestricted free agent last year, said he was told by the Panthers Tuesday afternoon he was included in the pool. "I was shocked," he said.

"That's all I can say. It's definitely a downer. But you take it with a grain of salt. It's a business. It's the NFL." Fox started seven games at nose tackle and defensive end and had a disappointing season after playing well in preseason.

He finished 12th on the team in tackles with 32. Oliver ranked 12th in the NFL in punt returns, averaging 10.5 yards days are behind him by saying Elway "doesn't want to be like another quarterback I won't name, but he's a guy who plays in the southern part of the United States who is no longer the player that he was." Marino shot back in September, referring to Sharpe as "Stanley," and said Elway is the main reason Sharpe has been selected to seven Pro Bowls. Things remained quiet until last Saturday when Denver eliminated the Dolphins from the AFC playoffs. After the game, Sharpe walked into a group of reporters and declared: "Don't ask me about Marino because I don't talk about losers." Sharpe's comment drew criticism from Broncos coach Mike Shana-han, who said he was disappointed in his veteran tight end. Even Sharpe's grandmother, Mary Porter, who helped raise Sharpe, scolded him during a phone call earlier this week.

She said Marino's feelings were probably hurt and that Sharpe should never say such mean things about anyone. "I wasn't calling Dan Marino a loser," Sharpe explained Wednesday. "I was saying I didn't want to talk about anybody that had lost the game, so therefore I didn't want to talk about Dan Marino or anybody else on that ballclub." Ex-Buccaneers guard Logan dies at 42 TAMPA, Fla. David Logan, a nose tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who later was a color analyst for the team's flagship radio station, has died at age 42. Holmgren to bring Shurmur to Seattle KIRKLAND, Wash.

Defensive coordinator Fritz Shurmur was among seven assistants moving from the Green Bay Packers to the Seattle Seahawks with Mike Holmgren. Also agreeing to join the Sea-hawks' new coach was Packers assistant Mike Sherman, who will be Holmgren's offensive coordinator. The other Packer aides coming to Seattle are linebackers coach Jim Lind, offensive line coach Tom Lov-at, wide receivers coach Nolan Cromwell, defensive line coach Larry Brooks and defensive backs coach Bob Valesente. OLYMPICS PROSE Payne met Wednesday with officials of two other sponsors, United Parcel Service and The Home Depot, at their Atlanta headquarters. He launched a series of meetings this week to reassure sponsors worried about the scandal's impact on the Olympics.

IOC rules out action against Salt Lake LONDON The IOC has ruled out sanctions against Salt Lake City officials in connection with the Olympics' biggest corruption scandal, an IOC investigator said Wednesday. "The commission will not recommend any action against Salt Lake City," said Jacques Rogge, a mem NFL NOTEBOOK NFL PLAYOFFS Conference Championships Sunday's games Atlanta 1 1 at Minnesota, 1 2:35 p.m., Fox New York Jets 10) at Denver, 4:05 p.m., CBS Super Bowl Jan. 31 Conference champions at Miami, 6:18 p.m., Fox boys running back Emmitt Smith was selected to the Pro Bowl to replace San Francisco's Garrison Hearst, who suffered a broken ankle in the 49ers' divisional playoff loss to Atlanta on Saturday. Smith will be making his seventh trip to the Pro Bowl, but just his first appearance since 1995. He'll join NFC starters Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions and Jamal Anderson of the Falcons.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers fullback Mike Alstott is also on the NFC roster. Sharpe apologizes for Marino remark DENVER After being admonished by his coach and 77-year-old grandmother, Shannon Sharpe admitted he misspoke. Sharpe, Denver's loquacious tight end, offered a public apology Wednesday to Miami quarterback Dan Marino, whom he labeled as "a loser" following the Broncos' 38-3 victory over the Dolphins in last week's AFC playoff game. "Dan, if I offended you, your family, your wife, your kids, your mother, your father, your brothers and sisters, I stand before you and I sincerely, sincerely apologize," Sharpe said. "The way you feel about me as a player, I can understand.

Whether you like or dislike me, I can live with that. But I would never want you to dislike me or disrespect me as a person. I'm sure you will get this message as you have all the other messages that I have sent." The animosity between Sharpe and Marino began last summer when Sharpe was asked to compare Marino with Broncos quarterback and 1983 NFL Draft classmate John Elway. Sharpe suggested Marino's best Wire Reports EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. The Minnesota Vikings should be careful when they tackle Atlanta's Jamal Anderson this Sunday.

They might get an NFC Championship-caliber smush in the face. San Francisco's Merton Hanks took one last week when he wandered too close to the 5-foot-ll, 234-pound running back in the open field. Hanks had the angle and was all geared up to make the tackle when out came a stiff-arm. SMUSH! Hanks crumbled, allowing Anderson to complete his 34-yard jaunt to the goal line. The end of the run was the most spectacular part of it as Anderson, flying out of bounds, had the presence to change ball hands and reach over the corner pylon for the second-quarter score.

But he wouldn't have gotten there if not for a good, straight shot to the chops. "I've been using that since I was 9 years old," Anderson said. "My dad taught me how to do it. I think people like to see when you smash somebody like that. But it hurts me.

It kind of makes my hand sore, and my arms. But it's been very effective for me." Apparently so. After four years of wearing the up-and-coming tag, Anderson broke through this year with a season, finishing second only to Terrell Davis of Denver. Wire Reports DENVER The New York Jets could be gasping for air in Sunday's AFC championship, and it will have nothing to do with chasing Denver running back Terrell Davis. Denver's thin air the city is 5,280 feet above sea level and dry climate are likely to make it more difficult for Jets players to catch their breath and to recover between plays, medical experts said.

It's a factor that sports teams in the region have long tried to use as a weapon against their opponents. The Broncos, for example, have made it known that an oxygen tank with four hoses will available on the Jets sideline. "When you went on the field in the fourth quarter, you could really tell the difference," said Denver defensive end Neil Smith, who used to visit Mile High Stadium once a year when he played for Kansas City. John Reeves, a physician at the University of Colorado Health Center said that in thinner air the body must produce more red blood cells, which carry oxygen. The problem is that it takes time for the body to make enough red blood cells.

That forces a person to breath more to bring in oxygen, tiring the body and creating a burning sensation in the lungs, he said. Frank Shorter, an Olympic marathon runner who won a gold medal in the 1972 Olympics and a silver medal in the 1976 Olympics, knows the feeling well he lives and runs in Boulder, Colorado, just 25 minutes west of Denver. Smith replaces Hearst in Pro Bowl lineup IRVING, Texas Dallas Cow- HIGH SCHOOLS Abbeville Ware Shoals 73 64 ABBEVILLE (73): J. Phillips 10. Brian Brownlee 16, Burton 16.

Paul 12. Wardlaw 10, Dawson 5, Evans 2, Smith 2. WARE SHOALS (64): Richard Frazier 23. Terrance Leverett 16, Andre McDowell 12, Tumblin 6, Bagwell 2, Mansel 2. Half: Ware Shoals 35-27.

Saluda 60 Batesburg- Leesville 44 SALUDA Saluda outscored Batesburg-Leesville 18-4 in the fourth quarter to take the lead and held on to defeat the Panthers. The trio of Robert Etheredge, Wayne Everett and Keith Wharton paced the Tigers with 19, 15 and 11 respectively. BATESBURG-LEESVILLE (44): Johnson 8. Jamile Watson 16, Austin Childers 13. Derrick 3, Coleman 4.

SALUDA (60): Robert Etheredge 19. Wayne Everett 15. Scruggs 4, Stevens 7, Keith Wharton 11, Davenport 2. Boyd 2. Half: Saluda 28-25.

Records: Saluda 1 2-1 BL 5-6. em HEALTH SPA IIIASSAGE 10 AM -12 MIDNIGHT CLOSED SUNDAY CC4r200-0230 3904 Augusta Rd. Greenville eV4 NFL While the two have one thing in common that is, neither team would be where it is without them they are different runners. Davis is more of a corner guy. Anderson pushes piles, but has the athletic ability to bounce off- tackle if a crack doesn't open up.

But they are similar once in the open field. Davis runs over you. Anderson, who scored i4 touchdowns, spins through defensive backs, and when he can't spin, he blasts them downfield. Either way, they eat up seeming miles of real estate. Coach Dan Reeves fell in love with him, much in the same manner he did Rodney Hampton during his early Giants years.

He called Anderson's number time and again. In fact, Anderson carried a league record 410 times, with nary a complaint. "I've been around a lot of great running backs, but I don't know anybody who had as great a year as Jamal," Reeves said. "He's as good a blocker in the passing game as there is. He's got great hands and a combination of size and quickness.

"And he's a load. If he breaks free, all you see is a helmet, shoulder pads, and knees, and that's not a fun thing to hit." But he said such action was ruled out when the organizing committee's two top officials, president Frank Joklik and vice president Dave Johnson, resigned last week amid four investigations of cash payments, lavish gifts and scholarships from Salt Lake bidders to IOC members. "The people who were in the bid are no more," Rogge said in a telephone interview. "They took the actions they thought were needed." Robert Garff, chairman of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee board, said he had been assured Salt Lake would not be punished if it took action to root out bid officials responsible for lavish gifts and payments. Wednesday's Games Philadelphia 3.

Washington 0 St. Louis 4. Buffalo 2 Y. Rangers 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, 0T Toronto 3, Florida 3, tie Phoenix 5, Pittsburgh 3 Calgary at Anaheim (n) Dallas at San Jose (n) Thursday's Games Florida at Carolina, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Nashville at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Calgary at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Friday's Games Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m.

Boston at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Anaheim, 9:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. CBA STANDINGS AMERICAN CONFERENCE Pts Ppg Connecticut 14 9 92.0 4.0 Fort Wayne 14 10 92.0 3.8 Rockford 11 13 79.0 3.3 Grand Rapids 10 16 83.5 3.2 NATIONAL CONFERENCE Pts Ppg Sioux Falls 14 10 95.5 4.0 Idaho 12 13 84.5 3.4 Yakima 12 15 91.0 3.4 LaCrosse 12 14 85 5 3 3 Quad City 14 13 88.0 3.3 Wednesday's Game Fort Wayne 99, Rockford 95 (5, 2) Thursday's Game Yakima at Sioux Falls Friday's Games Grand Rapids at Fort Wayne Idaho at Quad City Rockford at Connecticut PRO TENNIS ADIDAS INTERNATIONAL MEN At SYDNEY, Australia Second Round: Gustavo Kuerten def. Todd Wood-bridge, 6-4, 6-0; Albert Costa (7) def. Jan-Michael Gambill, 6-3, 7-5; Lleyton Hewitt def.

Nicolas Kiefer, 6- 4, 6-2; Alex Corretja (1) def. Marc Rosset, 4-6, 6-3, 7- 6 (7-2); Karol Kucera (4) def. Cedric Pioline, 6-4, 6-0; Todd Martin (8) def. Mariano Puerta, 7-6 (10-8), 6-4; Jason Stoltenberg def. Richard Krajicek (6), 6-3, 6- Thomas Muster def.

Carlos Moya (3), 7-6 (7-4), 7- 5. Women Second Round: Venus Williams (4) def. Amanda Co-etzer, 7-6 (7-5). 6-2; Steffi Graf (6) def. Serena Williams, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5; Arantxa Sanchez Vicano def.

Anke Huber, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; Lindsay Davenport (1) def. Mary Joe Fernandez, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6); Patty Schnyder def. Karina Habsudova, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Dominique Van Roost (8) def. Anna Kournikova, 6-1 6-2. AUCKLAND OPEN At AUCKLAND, New Zealand Second Round: Felix Mantilla (2) def.

Adrian Voinea 1-6, Tommy Haas (5) def. Juan Antonio Marin, 6-3, 6-4; Dominik Hrbaty (8) def. Fernando Meligeni 7-6 (7-2), 7-5; Andrei Pavel def. Fernando Vicente 6-3, 6-4; Sjeng Schalken def. Daniel Vacek.

6-4. 6-4; Brett Steven def. Marat Safin, 7-5, 6-2; Guillaume Raoux, def. Alberto Martin, 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 7-6 (7-1); Mariano Zabaleta def. Magnus Norman, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.

TASMANIAN INTERNATIONAL At HOBART, Australia Second Round: Julie Halard-Decugis (1) def. Elena Tatarkova, 6-3, 6-4; Sarah Pitkowski (4) def. Anna Smashnova. 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; Cara Black def. Fang Li (8), 6-3, 6-3; Amy Frazier, def.

Nicole Pratt, 6-1 3-6, 6-4. TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League TEXAS RANGERS Agreed to terms with John Marzano on a minor-league contract. National League MONTREAL EXPOS Agreed to terms with OF Derrick May and Darrein Cox on minor-league contracts. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHICAGO BULLS-Announced the retirement of Michael Jordan. LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS-Named Chris Ford coach and Jim Brewer and Jim Todd assistant coaches.

FOOTBALL National Football League JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS-Signed Tom Coughlin, coach, to a four-year contract extension through 2003. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Fired Paul Boudreau, offensive line coach, and Steve Walters, wide receivers coach. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS Added Paul Chryst and Mark Banker to the coaching staff. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS-Named Fritz Shurmur defensive coordinator. Mike Sherman offensive coordinator, Jim Lind linebackers coach, Tom Lovat offensive line coach, Nolan Cromwell wide receivers coach, Larry Brooks defensive line coach, and Bob Valesente defensive backs coach.

Coke satisfied with IOC presentation ber of the IOC panel looking into allegations of bribery in the city's winning bid for the 2002 Winter Games. "There is no action to be taken." Rogge confirmed that up to 12 International Olympic Committee members have been implicated in the inquiry but rejected calls for IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch's resignation as "ridiculous." He also said the IOC was prepared to investigate charges of corruption in other host city election campaigns, including claims that Sydney officials were approached for bribes during their successful bid for the 2000 Summer Games. Rogge, a Belgian member of the IOC's executive board, said the six-man investigative panel had considered sanctions against Salt Lake officials connected with the 2002 bid. The Associated Press ATLANTA One of the Olympics' oldest and best-known sponsors said Wednesday it was satisfied with the IOC's efforts to deal with the Salt Lake City bribery scandal. Coca-Cola Co.

officials had a "very productive" meeting Tuesday night with IOC marketing director Michael Payne, company spokesman Ben Deutsch said. "We're confident that they are going to do what they said they would do take swift and decisive action," Deutsch said. He said Payne answered questions and briefed Coke, a major Olympic sponsor since 1928, about the IOC's response to allegations of bribery in the awarding of the 2002 Winter Games. I.