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1 SOUNDBITE "I just don't have that first-step explosion anymore." Seattle Mariners manager Lou Plnlella after he stormed out of the dugout to argue a call, tripped on the steps and fell face-first onto the field. COMMENTS For comments about this section, call executive sports editor Glen Crevler at 612-673-9096, or send an eail to 8portsegw.8tartrlMirte.com For complaints about individual stories, call our -reader's representative at 612-673-4450 or send PAGE C2 STAR TRIBUNE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 1999 0 '0 CALENDAR BRIEFLY ON THE AIR TODAY I JL 1T1 Home I I Awav Fri.3 Sat 4 Sun. 5 Mon.6 Tuet.7 Wed 8 Thur.9 I Bait I Bait i Bait I 705 I 7:05 I 705 I Ch.9 MSC if MSC MSC I Bay 6.05 MSC I Bay 535 Ch.9 MSC TBay 1235 MSC 338-9467 ItYJets 630 Ch.5 333-8828 NBw. 300 7.35 785-36S8 OHo mo MSC 624-8080 0 A OTHERS Associated Press Oregon's Robert Droughns, right, moves past Michigan State's Josh Thorn-hill during the second quarter of the Spartans' 27-20 victory on Thursday. Michigan St gets revenge vs.

Oregon Spartan? Campbell keys rally with 4th-quarter fumble return UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Women's cross-country: Today Intrasquad, 4 pm, -Women's soccer. Saturday vs. Arizona State, 7 p.m. Voleybat Today-Sumiay at University of Hawaii Tournament; Friday vs. Hawaii, 7 pm; Saturday vs.

Pittsburgh. 2 p.m; Sunday vs. UCLA, 3 pm Wednesday vs. Drake, 7 pm JMESOIA SCENE, Vulcans open camp for last season in Minnesota AUTO RACING time tv radio NASCAR: Pepsi Southern 500 qualifying 230 pm ESPN2 Legends Race (tape) 4pm ESPN2 BASEBALL MLB: Los Angeles at Chicago Cubs 2 pm WGN MLB: Twins at Tampa Bay 6pm. MSC 1400-AM MLB: Arizona at Atlanta TBS MLB: Chicago White Sox at Texas 7pm WGN BOXING Golden Johnson vs.

Ivan Robinson 8 pm ESPN2 FOOTBALL NFL Vikings at N.Y. Jets Ch.5 830AM High schoot Forest Lake at Blaine 630 pm 95.9fM GOLF European PGA: Canon Masters 8am GIF Niie: Utah Classic 1130 am. GLF Senior PGA: Waterhouse Championship Noon ESPN Midwest Team Championships 2 pm MSC PGA: Air Canada Championship 2 pm ESPN TENNIS US. Open, early rounds 10 am. USA US.

Open, early rounds USA US. Open, highlights (tape) 1135pm Ch.4 ON THE AIR SATURDAY: 0 LI AUTO RACING time tv radio NASCAR: Dura Lube 200 Noon ESPN2 CART: Molson Indy Vancouver qualifying 2 am ESPN2 BASEBALL MLB: St Louis at Milwaukee Noon Ch.29 MLB: Los Angeles at Chicago Cubs 3pm. WGN MLB: Twins at Tampa Bay 5:30 pm Ch.9, MSC 830-AM MLB: Colorado at N.Y. Mets 6pm FX MLB: Arizona at Atlanta 605pm TBS BASKETBALL WNBA Championship: New York at Houston 230pm Ch.ll FOOTBALL Cotege: Nebraska at Iowa 11 am Ch. 5 630AM College: Ohio at Gophers 11am MSC 83QAM Coiege: Baylor at Boston College 11am ESPN 8 Cotege: Stanford vs.

Texas Noon 690-AM Cotege: West Virginia vs. East Carolina 2 pm ESPN2 Cotege: Notre Dame at Michigan 230 pm. Ch.5 113QAM Cotege: Colorado vs. Colorado St 6pm. MSC College: Wyoming at Tennessee 6pm ESPN2 College: South Carolina at North Carolina St 630 pm.

ESPN Cotege: Georgia Tech at Navy Midnight MSC GOLF European PGA: Canon Masters 8 am GLF Nfce: Utah Classic 1230pm. GLF Senior PGA: Waterhouse Championship 2pm ESPN PGA: Air Canada Championshp 3:30 pm ESPN HORSE RACING Hopeful Stakes Ch.ll Ramona Handicap 5 pm ESPN TENNIS US. Open, third round 10am. Ch.4 US. Open, third round 6:30 pm USA ON THE AIR SUNDAY; AUTO RACING time tv radio NASCAR: Pepsi Southern 500 Noon ESPN 690-AM, 630AM SCCA: Vancouver Grand Prix 1pm TNN CARP.

Molson Indy Vancouver 3 pm Ch.5 BASEBALL MLB: Twins at Tampa Bay 1230 pm MSC 830AM MLB: Los Angeles at Chicago Cubs lpm. WGN MLB: N.Y. Yankees at Anaheim 7pm ESPN 113QAM BASKETBALL WNBA Championship: New York at Houston 2:30 pm. Ch.ll DRAG RACING NHRA: Big Bud ShootoutPro Stock Bud Dash TNN FOOTBALL Cotege: Arizona at TCU 630 pm MSC GOLF European PGA: Canon Masters 8 am GLF LPGA: State Farm Rail Classic Noon ESPN2 HkK Utah Classic 1230pm GLF 11 NFLComic Relief Celebrity Shootout 2 pm Ch.29 PGA: Air Canada Championship 2pm ESPN2 Senior PGA: Waterhouse Championship 4:30 pm. ESPN Midwest Team Championships 5pm MSC TENNIS US.

Open, third and fourth rounds 10am. Ch.4 US. Open, fourth round 630pm. USA I Bay 1235 intrasquad scrimmage there but couldn't because of a conflict with the Twins. The Gophers open the season at the Metrodome at 11 a.m.

Saturday against nonconference foe Ohio University. In other Gophers news, the Tailgate lot at Washington Ave. South will open at 7 a.m. Saturday. Parking is $7.

The Plaza, located on the west side of the dome, opens at 8 a.m. Thunder vs. Milwaukee The Minnesota Thunder will be tuning up for the playoffs as it ends its home season against Milwaukee at 7:35 p.m. tonight at the National Sports Center. The Thunder (20-6, 79 points) has clinched the Central Division title and will be the No.

2 seed in the Western Conference playoffs. Pacific champion San Diego (20-8, 90 points) is too far ahead of Minnesota for the Thunder to earn the top seed, even if it wins tonight and Sunday at Milwaukee. Minnesota opens the playoffs Sept. 11 at home. Chaskawins Eric Welter's three-run homer in the 13th inning gave Chaska a 5-2 victory over Jordan in a Class state amateur baseball tournament game Thursday in Chaska.

The game, which started Sunday in Marshall but was stopped by rain, was moved 120 miles for the convenience of the two teams. -mm liv a 'I a' i ii '-i relays next year, her agent, Charlie Wells, said. Jones collapsed on the track in the semifinals of the women's 200 meters at the world championships last week in Seville, Spain, suffering from cramps and back spasms. GOLF Jobe leads tournament Japanese Tour veteran Brandt Jobe shot an 8-under-par 63 to take the first-round lead at the Air Canada Championship in Surrey, British Columbia. Veteran Peter Jacobsen shot 30 on the back nine and was at 64.

Kevin Pom-Arleau and Charles Rauler-son were two shots back. NHL Ludwig retires Dallas Stars defenseman Craig Ludwig, 38, announced his retirement after 17 years in the NHL He told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram he will be a scout in the Stars organization. Ludwig, who is from Bhinelander, played college hockey at North Dakota. Saying it is tired of paying high property taxes, beer giant Molson Inc. wants to sell the Molson Centre, a arena built for its Montreal Canadiens franchise.

Businessman Pierre Boivin was named president of the Canadiens. Restricted free-agent defense-man Aki Berg is returning to the Los Angeles Kings, having agreed to terms of a one-year contract. Berg will earn $762,500 plus bonuses based on performance. Berg played in his native Finland last year after failing to reach an agreement with the Kings. The Pittsburgh Penguins signed unrestricted free agent Tom Chorske.

Chorske, 32, a former Gopher, played for the New York Islanders, Washington and Calgary last season and appeared in 26 games. ETC. The Rockets finalized a contract agreement with forward Charles Barkley, sources close to the talks said, ensuring Barkley's return to Houston for his 16th season in the NBA Barkley is not expected to sign the one-year contract until next week at the earliest. The Golden State Warriors resigned veteran forward Terry Cummings, 38, to a multiyear contract Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Washington Wizards reached an agreement in principle with guard Richard Hamilton for the second time this summer.

Bill Strickland, Hamilton's new agent, and Wizards general manager Wes Unseld seemed confident Hamilton would sign the three-year, $5.9 million deal early next week. Guard Teresa Edwards, who has been on four U.S. Olympic teams, was added to the USA Basketball women's team. That gave her a good shot at being an Olympian for a record fifth time. The Twin Cities Vulcans junior hockey team opened training camp this week for its 31st season of operation.

It will be the franchise's last year in Minnesota. U.S. Hockey League officials approved last week the sale of the franchise to Ted Baer, who will move the team next season to Kearney, where it will be called the Tri-City Storm. Jim Hillman will remain the team's coach. The move will leave Rochester as the only Minnesota franchise inthel3-teamUSHL The Vulcans fell victim to declining attendance in the Twin Cities and a geographical movement of the USHL power base to Iowa and Nebraska, said Vulcans general manager Jim Johann-son.

Kearney, in south-central Nebraska, has received commitments for nearly 3,000 season tickets. The Vulcans, who play their home games in the Columbia Arena in Fridley, have an average attendance of less than 500 per game. The Vulcans open their season Sept 25 against Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Dennis Brackin 'IT practices at dome The Gophers football team finally got to practice at the Met-rodome, working out there for 90 minutes Thursday afternoon. Coach Glen Mason had wanted to hold last Saturday's V3 i From News Services Amp Campbell, who broke his neck in a loss to Oregon last season, returned a fumble 85 yards in the fourth quarter to give Michigan State its first lead as the Spartans paid back the Ducks with a 27-20 victory Thursday night in East Lansing, Mich.

The Spartans, who trailed 17-7 in the opener for both teams, came back with 17 unanswered points, taking a 24-17 lead on Campbell's return of Herman Ho-Ching's fumble. Linebacker Julian Peterson set up the return by stripping the ball from Ho-Ching. The game marked the return of Campbell, a cornerback who fractured his sixth and seventh vertebrae while attempting a tackle on Oregon's second touchdown of a 48-14 rout last season. He required spinal fusion surgery that night Dee Brown ran for 136 yards and two touchdowns, and Syracuse held Toledo to 66 rushing yards in a 35-12 victory in Toledo, Ohio. The game ended with 1:28 remaining in the second half when Tpledo defensive lineman Dejuan Goulde passed out along the sidelines.

Doctors said he had an upper respiratory infection and was having trouble breathing. In his first game in almost two years, John Robinson coached' UNLV to a 26-3 victory over host North Texas, ending the nation's second-longest Division I-A losing streak at 16 games. It also ended the Rebels' 26-game losing streak on the road. Quarterback Sage Rosenfels accounted for two touchdowns in his first start, and Ennis Haywood and Darren Davis both rushed for more than 100 yards as Iowa State rolled over Indiana State 33-7 in Ames, Iowa. Kevin Glenn threw for 344 yards and two touchdowns in leading Illinois State past Truman State 41-9 in the season opener for both teams in Normal, 111.

The Gophers will play host to Illinois State on Sept 18. Brian Kopka kicked two short field goals in the first half, and Bryn Boggs made a game-saving block of a last-second pass as Maryland beat Temple 6-0 in a lackluster game in Philadelphia. A Chicago judge upheld an NCAA rule that bars Northwestern quarterback Zachary Kustok from playing in Saturday's opening game against Miami of Ohio. Circuit Judge Michael Getty refused to immediately overturn the rule, which would keep Kustok from playing for the Wildcats in their first seven games this season. Jones out for year Back spasms will prevent sprinter Marion Jones from competing again this year, but she still plans to seek an unprecedented five gold medals at the Sydney Olympics.

She still hopes to win gold in the 100 and 200 meters, long jump and 400- and rift mwom PECTATOR SPORTS SATURDAY Auto racing: NASCAR Winston Racing Series, featuring late models, sportsman, thunder cars, bombers and super trucks, 7 p.m, Efoo Speedway, Eko. Auto racing; Dragstrip doubleheader with bracket eliminations, 9 a.m. Oval track WISSOTA-sanctioned modifieds, super stocks, street stocks, mod-fours and creek stocks, also vintage cars, 7:30 p.m. Grove Creek Raceway, Grove City. SUNDAY Auto racing: NASCAR event featuring late models, figure-8s, short-trackers, hobbies and bombers, 7 p.m., Raceway Park, Shakopee.

Auto racing: Bracket racing and Harley bike drags, 9:30 am, Grove Creek Raceway, Grove City..