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Orlando Sentinel: PRODUCT: OS DESK: SPT DATE: 12-15-2005 EDITION: FLA ZONE: FLA PAGE: D1.0 DEADLINE: 22.15 OP: pdowd COMPOSETIME: 23.32 CMYK Sport Orlando Sentinel OrlandoSentinel.com Thursday, December 15, 2005 Section TH Area swimmers honored INSIDE Lyman's Alex Forbes and Satellite's nT -u Ashley Paterson lead the area's top I I Lrl swimmers on the Sentinel's All-Central Florida team. Inside Varsity The Weekly Cuba barred from WBC The Bush Administration will not allow Cuba's national baseball team INDEX Pro Picks D2 NFL to compete in the inaugural For The Record D8 World Baseball Classic. D9 Outdoors Back Page rr Mai? Hawaii Bowl Magic 105, Knicks 90 UCF vs. Nevada Dec. 24, 8:30 p.m.

"jjijj J. CONRAD WILLIAMS JR.NEWSDAY David WHITLEY SENTINEL COLUMNIST Web site holder playing game with family's grim time Mike Dowd is a computer illiterate. Until recently, about all he knew about Web sites is that he didn't want one for his daughter. So what if she is one of the best junior golfers in America? "I always thought it was pretentious to build a Web site for a 12-year-old," Dowd said. Then things changed.

Maybe you're familiar with the story of Dakoda Dowd. The girl from Palm Harbor could be the next Michelle Wie, though that's a lot of expectation to lay on any seventh grader. What's generating attention now is her mother's grim battle against breast cancer. Kelly Jo Dowd wants to hold on until April, when her daughter will play in the LPGA' inaugural Ginn Open at Reunion Resort. You'd need a heart the size of a ball mark to not feel anything but sympathy.

Meet Ebenezer Jackman. I take that back. His real name is Shawn Jackman, and the Pinellas County businessman could just be terri The Magic's Grant Hill looks for an opening during Wednesday night's 105-90 victory against the Knicks. Bench pushes Magic to win bly misunderstood. Though you can see why the Dowds might be confused.

Ginn tournament officials wanted to set up a Web site for Dakoda. People could donate to cancer research. Money would also go to other children who need help BE' i DAKODA DOWD: Golf prodigy in Palm Harbor, whose mother has cancer Grant Hill scores just 7 points in his season debut as Orlando's reserves take charge. By BRIAN SCHMITZ SENTINEL STAFF WRITER NEW YORK The most encouraging news in the Orlando Magic's rout of the New York Knicks was that you could hardly tell Grant Hill was back. The Magic blistered the Knicks 105-90 Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, but Hill wound up being a sidebar to the main story.

Returning after missing 19 games because of sports hernia surgery, Hill made his regular-season debut. He had just seven points, two rebounds and five turnovers in 22 minutes. "Rusty Hill said. "I got tired. It was like a preseason game for me.

I feel good. Big fit fc thing is we got INSIDE the win." Orlando received exceptional play from its bench, the reserves stoking the big runs while Hill sat Former Magic guard Penny Har-daway says he is glad Brian Hill got a second chance to coach in Orlando. D5 chasing their dreams of becoming a golfer or pianist or whatever. Mike is a social worker, and knows what that could mean to his daughter. "She would know her mother's loss is not in vain," he said.

"She could help somebody else. How good would that be for the healing process?" People have been speculatively grabbing domain names for years. It's one thing to grab Beer.com to get a big check from Anheuser-Busch. It's anotherto register in hopes of shaking down a 12-year-old whose mother is dying of cancer. Not that we're certain that's Jackman's plan.

He did not return a call Wednesday, so all we can do is go by his conversations with tournament officials. They offered him 1,000 for the name. No dice. Jackman said he didn't like the fact the bid was made anonymously, but that he wouldn't have sold it even if he'd known it came from Bobby Ginn. A billionaire's check could always bounce, you know.

He said he wants to help the family by designing a Web site. If so, you'd think he'd solicit their input. "He's made no attempt at all," Mike said. Jackman also said he plans to give the Dowds the site. But he's held it for at least a couple of weeks, if not much longer.

You'd think he would want to do it while Kelly Jo could appreciate the gesture. "She's just really struggling," Mike said. "If it wasn't for the fact she can look in those little blue eyes of Dakoda's, she'd probably already have started to let go." The Dowds are hurting financially, but Mike doesn't want charity. He had to come up with $12,500 for a burial plot this week. This story didn't come from him, but he turned down offers of help, saying it was his responsibility.

Dakoda could always use another domain name. But in the jungle that is the World Wide Web, name confusion can torpedo any enterprise. All Dowd can do is hope Jackman's motives are more honorable than they appear. He's waiting to find out. He can't wait forever.

"I don't want to see the guy shamed," Mike said. If shaming is what it takes, so be it. Though in a sad way, Jackman might be doing Dakoda a favor. Since her story got out, the family has been overwhelmed by gestures of generosity and kindness. Now a 12-year-old is learning what Scrooges some grownups can be.

David Whitley can be reached at dwhitleyorlandosentinel.com. BOWLED OVER by high cost and watched. Not known as a 3-point shooting team, the Magic (9-11) put on a show near Broadway, nailing 11 -of-18 3s (61 percent). Pat Garrity hit 5-of-7 from long distance en route to a season-high 17 points. Hedo Turkoglu who returned to the bench with Hill's recovery canned 4-of-5 for 1 8.

Even Hill who seldom dabbles with the shot hit one to end a rousing, telltale second period. Reserve point guard Jameer Nelson added 11 as the Magic's bench accounted for 48 points to New York's 18. Dwight Howard led the scoring PLEASE SEE MAGIC, D5 Flying to Hawaii for UCF's first bowl is too tall of an order for most fans and students. UCF board approves stadium I Bl spirit but not in body. "My wife said I could go by myself but that she wasn't going to leave her mother by herself on Christmas," DePascale said.

So goes a familiar lament for Knights fans. They like their team, but they're committed to the families and to Christmas. Then there's the other not-so-sentimental part about UCF's first bowl run: It's not cheap. Flights that were available immediately upon UCF's acceptance of the bowl bid on Dec. 4 ranged from $750 up.

And the three-digit fares didn't last long, according to Brandon Helwig, who runs the fan Website UCFsports.com. PLEASE SEE UCF, D7 HILL'S LATEST COMEBACK The last time Grant Hill came back to play after an injury was Nov. 3, 2004, in a 93-92 victory against the Milwaukee Bucks. Here's how that comeback compares with his latest, Wednesday against the Knicks: By ALAN SCHMADTKE SENTINEL STAFF WRITER Bobby DePascale is enough of a UCF football fan that he shows up on campus to watch two-a-days on campus. He frequents spring practices.

He makes it a point to attend Coach George O'Leary's weekly radio show, produced at a restaurant near campus. But when the Knights kick off their first bowl appearance Dec. 24 against Nevada at the Hawaii Bowl, DePascale will be there in 1 Min. FG FT Pts. Reb.

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