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6hris Feaver 1 Sports Editor 274-9214 cf eaver ithaca.gannett.com 3B The Ithaca Journal Monday, October 21, 2002 www.theithacajournal.com PORTS almoe homer evens Series 1 Anaheim outslugs San Francisco, 11-10 Sunday's NFL Results Detroit 23, Chicago 20, OT Buffalo 23, Miami 10 Atlanta 30, Carolina 0 N.Y. Jets 20, Minnesota 7 St. Louis 37, Seattle 20 Denver 37, Kansas City 34, OT New Orleans 35, San Fran. 27 Baltimore 17, Jacksonville 10 Cleveland 34, Houston 17 San Diego 27, Oakland 21 OT Green Bay 30, Washington 9 Philadelphia 20, Tampa Bay 10 Open: New England, Cincinnati, N.Y. Giants, Tennessee Tonight's Game Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 9 p.m.

Details, Page 4B The World Series Sunday's game: Anaheim 11, San Francisco 10, (series tied 1-1) Saturday's score: San Francisco 4, Anaheim 3 Tuesday's game: Anaheim (Ra. Ortiz 15-9) at San Francisco (Hernandez 12-16), 8:27 p.m., FOX For complete World Series coverage, visit theithacajournal.com i Iter. The Hot Favre sprains left knee in game against Redskins decisive blow of a tempestuous 11-10 victory that sends the World Series up the coast to San Francisco, where the shots can sail over different walls for three games. The Angels needed both runs because Barry Bonds drilled a solo blast in the ninth, his second in two nights that left the Giants one run short. Salmon, with the most potent bat in town, crunched the first pitch he saw from Felix Rodriguez.

It was his fourth hit of the night, the fifth time he reached base. He was the proper star on a furious night of offense. This was the highest scoring World Series game since 1997. It also made a winner of the amazing Francisco Rodriguez, who tamed the unruly night with three perfect innings, The Associated Press Anaheim Angels' Tim Salmon watches the flight of his two-run home run in the eighth inning of Game 2 oftlw World Series on Sunday. The home run broke a 9-9 tie and lifted Anaheim to an 11-10 win, evening the Series at 1-1.

with both starting pitchers blistered and even the bullpens vulnerable. The Angels were ahead 5-0 after eight batters five singles, a double and a double steal. It is the story of their month. This was the fourth )i IMS 'blowing away all nine Giants he faced, four on strikeouts. He is the youngest man to pitch in a World Series game in 32 years, and has been a major leaguer barely a month.

How nervous was he? His first 12 pitches were strikes. That's how nervous. He is 5-0 this postseason, the only five wins of a career that has been shot out of a cannon. And Sunday, he set the table for the Anaheim bats to win it. The Giants went down with 12 hits.

They have seven home runs in two games, but could win only one of them. A night with six home runs was punch and counterpunch, the Big Red as Nathan Archer scored on a 1-yard run at 7:05 of the first quarter to cap a 68-yard drive, featuring a 22-yard completion by John Kellner from quarterback Mick Razzano, and a 32-yard run from Marcus Blanks (11 car-ries-86 yards) that got the ball to the 1-yard line. But it was all Colgate after that as the Raiders (4-3) reeled off 35 straight points, scoring touchdowns on six of its next eight possessions, including one possession that was brought to an end thanks to halftime. "Probably the biggest (rea Miami GREEN BAY, Wis. Brett Favre, who started for the 164th consecutive time Sunday, hobbled off the field with a sprained left knee Sunday after getting sacked by Washington's LaVar Arrington.

Favre, the NFC's leading passer at age 33, was replaced by backup Doug Pederson in the Packers' 30-9 win. "There's ne swelling hut not a lot of it. it Favre appears like fte's going to be OK," Packers 6oach Mike Sherman said. "There was a lot of concern by us on the sideline but it appears he'll be fine. We're going to MRI it tomorrow and see if there's more swelling and we'll go from there." 1 On second-and-6 from the Green Bay 24, Arrington and Oklahoma gains four Oklahoma gained ground on No.

1 Miami, picking up four first-place votes in The Associated Press Top 25. The second-ranked Sooners (7-0) Pbeat. Iowa State 49-3 Saturday, while the Hurricanes (6-0) were idle. Miami's margin over Oklahoma decreased 15 points to Four other undefeated teams followed: Virginia Tech (7-0), Ohio State (841), Georgia (7-0), and Notre Dame (7-0). The Irish moved up one spot from No.

7, because Oregon (6-1) slipped from sixth to 14th after a 4542 loss to Arizona State. 'j Iowa State's defeat also dropped it eight places, to No. 17. The first Bowl Championship Series standings will be released Monday. That's a compilation of the AP's media poll, the coaches' poll, seven computer rankings, strength of schedule and Rockets No.

1 pick Yao HOUSTON Yao Ming has finally joined the Houston Rockets. Yao, the NBA's overall No. 1 draft pick, landed in Houston on Sunday in time to see his new team play the Orlando Magic in an exhibition game at Compaq Center. His arrival came after months of contract negotiations, releases from the Chinese government and a pledge of allegiance to the I xC'l in if i 't. time in the postseason they have batted around.

But what did a lead mean Sunday? Not much. Except the last one. The five-run Anaheim first See SERIES, 7B MAMTA POPATJournal Staff Cornell Football Saturday's Game: Colgate 42, Cornell 13 Record: 14 overall, 0-2 Ivy Next game: Saturday at 1 p.m. at Brown Raiders a 14-7 lead. On the first play after the ensuing kickoff, Razzano dropped back to pass and was See RED, 5B 7instonCup Busch seemed in total control when he beat the field out of the pits after a 15.3-second pit stop with 91 laps to go.

A breakaway on a restart with 70 laps left seemed only to certify that he would win going away. But Benson, making his 224th career start and with possibly his best chance at securing his first Winston Cup victory, made it real close. Busch won by 0.46 seconds. "1 know how hungry he is," Busch said. "But we're starving too." The victory, Busch 's second this year, was the seventh for Roush Racing, and a bonus for owner Jack Roush in a remarkable year.

The Associated Press Philadelphia's Darwin Walker sacks Tampa Bay Buccaneers quar-teiback Brad Johnson on Sunday, a Corner fellow linebacker Jeremiah Trotter blitzed Favre and sandwiched him. Arrington was credited with the 12-yard sack. With running back Ahman Green and right guard Marco Rivera both running left, right tackle Earl Dotson was left to pick up both linebackers. Trotter went around Dotson's left, Arrington went right, and the Redskins converged on Favre as he backpedaled. Favre got up quickly but limped off.

Team doctors examined him on the sideline, and the Packers announced he wouldn't return. Favre, a starter for the last decade in Green Bay, was given a standing ovation from the Lambeau Field crowd when he was carted off the sideline with six minutes left in the third quarter. He finished ll-for-14 for 89 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions. He has just three interceptions in 230 pass attempts this season. first place votes won-loss records.

The BCS standings determine which teams will play for the national championship. No. 12 N.C. State (84)) and No. 24 Bowling Green (6-0) are the other ranked unbeaten teams.

No. 7 Texas (6-1) is the highest ranked team with a loss. Michigan (6-1), Washington State (6-1) and LSU (6-1) round out the top 10. Air Force picked up its first loss 21-14 to Notre Dame and fell four spots to No. 22.

Arizona State's victory over Oregon put it in the poll at No. 23. The other newcomer this week is No. 25 Minnesota. Mississippi and Washington fell out of the Top 25 after losses.

The top five in the USA Today ESPN coaches' poll are Miami, Oklahoma, Virginia Tech, Ohio Slate and Georgia. arrives in Houston Chinese national team. Yao, who led the Chinese' national team to a silver medal the recent Asian Games, signed an agreement to return home for future international competition. His four-year contract with Houston is worth $17.8 million. The 7-foot-5 center will begin workouts with the Rockets to try and get ready for the Nov.

1 season opener at Denver. that's the case, then don't ask." He said he was surprised his opinion in this particular debate has become so important. "I didn't see it coming to this degree," he said. "Yes, I've always wanted to impact lives in a positive way. But I like to pick my own causes, and not be forced into having to do something." Woods denied he avoids political controversy to protect his corporate interests and endorsements.

"There's no validity to that at all," he said. "I'll say what I believe, but I'll choose when," Woods told the paper on Friday from Lake Buena Vista, Fla, where he finished third in the Walt Disney World Golf Classic. TV 9 p.m., ABC By MIKE LOPRESTI Gannett Mews Service ANAHEIM, Calif. Here was the essence of the Anaheim Angels. To relentlessly attack, and persistently rally, and keep scoring until the other team finally gives way.

It took 1 1 runs and 16 hits for the Angels to even the World Series Sunday night 1-1. It took 3 hours and 57 minutes of ups and downs. It took blowing a 5-0 lead, and then erasing a 9-7 deficit. It took another night of sensation from the one pitcher in the ballpark who could not be touched a 20-year-old bent on owning this October. And in the end, it took a two-run, two-out rocket into the left field stands by Tim Salmon in the eighth inning, his second of the night, the Colgate gains 509 total yards to win 42-13 Ithaca College shut out by Brockport, 5B By CHRISTOPHER FEAVER Journal Staff ITHACA Coming into Saturday's football game against upstate rival Colgate, the Cornell defense was looking for a little consistency.

They found it, just not in the way they were looking for. Cornell allowed more than 500 total yards for the third time in four games, giving up 279 yards rushing and 230 yards passing, as Colgate cruised to a 42-13 victory on Saturday night in front of 5,642 fans at Schoellkopf Field. The win was the seventh straight for Colgate over the Big Red and it gave the Raiders a win in the football game played in Colgate history. Thanks to 21 Colgate points in slightly more than a two-minute segment of the second quarter, the Raiders were able to savor the win long before the game officially ended. "It was a good effort," said Colgate coach Dick Biddle.

"It was probably the best we've played consistency on offense for awhile." Cornell falls to 1-4 on the year as its non-league schedule is now concluded. Five more Ivy League games remain on the schedule, beginning with a trip to 0-5 Brown this Saturday. The Cornell offense did not help out its defense, committing two costly turnovers in the second quarter deep in its own territory. "I'm very, very proud of Buffalo Jets beat Minnesota, 4B By STEVEN WIN TJie Associated Press MIAMI The Buffalo Bills had the better quarterback, which was no surprise. They also had the better defense, which was a shock.

Taking advantage of an erratic effort by Miami backup Ray Lucas, the Bills came up with four interceptions their first this season and recovered two fumbles to beat the Dolphins 23-10 Sunday. Nate Clements tied a team record with three interceptions for the Bills, who entered the game last in the NFL with four takeaways. "I forgot what it felt like, almost," Clements said of taking the ball away. "We said that when they come, they're going to come in bunches, and they did today." He returned his second interception 29 yards for a item? I- Marcus Blanks of Cornell reels off a 32-yard run tluit set up a first-quarter Cornell touchdown as Colgate defenders Ainsworth Minott, 38, and Tern Lukabu, 41, pursue during Saturday night game at Schoellkopf Field. Colgate won 42-13 though Blanks gained 86 yards nishing on 11 carries and had a touchdown.

son we were able to run) was that we were throwing the ball well and run play-action passes," Biddle said. "If you got one, it opens up the other." Cornell helped Colgate get off to its second quarter run, as Razzano lost fumbles on two straight Big Red plays. With the score tied 7-7 midway through the second quarter, Razzano dropped the ball while running an option and it was recovered by Colgate's Josh Sabo on the Cornell 38-yard line with 8:29 remaining. Five plays later, Justin Polk crossed the Cornell goal line with a 1-yard run giving the these guys this game, because one of the things they do consistently is they' keep trying," said Cornell coach Tim Pendergast. "We did some uncharacteristic things tonight offensively and we turned the ball over a couple of times," he added.

"That really hasn't been in our bag this year. We turned it over in bad field position, put our defense in some tough spots and I think that we have to once again put this game down, and jump right back into the Ivy League next week." The game started well for blasts Woods at center of Augusta debate Busch gets 2nd NASCAR win 0 lJr-iS 3 NEW YORK Tiger Woods has given his opinion on whether women should be members at Augasta National Golf Club, and the world's top-ranked player said people should respect it or not ask for St. Woods, in an interview published Sunday in The New JYork Times, said he is trying to avoid situations in which he can't seem to come out on the )-ight side. "I have the feeling that kometimes I can't say anything, because I'm going to get criticized," Woods told the paper. 'And what's unfair about that is, people always ask my opinion.

They ask for my opinion, and then sometimes when I give it to them, they don't irespect what I have to say. If Top jNFL Football Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, ia More television, 6B 1 By HANK KURZ Jr. The Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. Kurt Busch paused repeatedly, trying to catch his breath and recover from a typically grueling afternoon on a short track. But Busch also had a victory to celebrate, having held off a furious charge by Johnny Benson over the last few laps of Sunday's Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville Speedway, and that made talking about his day easy.

"Nobody can be hungrier than I am," Busch said following his second career victory. "This is sweet. This is racing with the best of the best. "It was a great race, a great ride for us." And it was harrowing at the end. The Associated Press Buffalo Bills comedxwk Nate Clements, 22, celebrates one of his three interceptions against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday in Miami.

Tlie Bills defeated Miami 23-10. touchdown to put the Bills Miami (5-2) in the AFC East, ahead to stay. The Bills won for the first time Buffalo, which went 3-13 in their past five games against last season, improved to 4-3 and closed within a game of See BUFFALO, 4B From staff and wire reports..