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notebook: Former NHL player John MacLean joined the New Jersey Devils as an assistant coach. MacLean, a member of New Jersey's 1995 Stanley Cup championship team, retired as a player in June after a 19-season career. He had 413 goals and 429 assists in 1,194 games with the Devils and three other NHL teams. Maclean joins a staff that includes head coach Pat Burns, assistant coach Bob Carpenter, and goaltending coach Jacques Caron. $9 sists and Geoff Sanderson added a goal and an assist for Columbus, Matt Davidson scored on a redirect of Spacek's shot from the left wing at 4:31 of the first period just as Pittsburgh's Dick Tarn-strom was coming back on the ice after a double minor for high sticking.

Spacek then tapped in the puck through traffic in the crease to make it 2-0. The Blue Jackets led, 5-0, after Sanderson's goal late in the first period and Pirjeta's back-to-back scores in the second. Pittsburgh, which had lost, 2-1, at home to Columbus on Saturday night, ended Pascal Leclaire's shutout late in the second period on Steve McKenna's goal off an assist from Kris Beech. The Penguins added goals by former Ohio State player Eric Me-loche and Colby Armstrong in the third period. TOM RUSSOAssoclatod PraM COLUMBUS, Ohio Finnish rookie Lasse Pirjeta scored power-play goals 24 seconds apart Sunday, leading the Columbus Blue Jackets past the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5-3, in an exhibition game.

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"Maybe I'd better keep my hel- met on when I get back to the I garage," said Schumacher, who i has won 10 races this year. "But I felt Rubens deserved to win this tfJ-V We Do It All And Better mm- 'tz-Ms mmzjrjm RVs priced from $5,000 to more than $300,000 onto the famous main straight, it seemed a dead heat was in the making. It almost happened. "We tried to cross the line together but failed by a tiny bit," said Schumacher, who promised he'd be harder on Barrichello at the final race of the year, in Japan in two weeks. "Neither of us knew who had won the race until we got out of our cars.

It is fair to say that both of us understood and accepted the decision in Austria because we know the interests of the team come first. I feel that today equalizes what happened there, even though we were trying to finish side by side," Schumacher said he'd made no pact with Barrichello before the race. "In fact, we agreed we wouldn't do this," said Schumacher. "But it just happened." Schumacher said he knew he would come under attack for not racing to the finish line. "In life, you can't do things that will satisfy 100 percent of the people," said Schumacher.

"I thought I did the right thing today." Jaguar drivers Eddie Irvine and Pedro de la Rosa struggled during the race after practicing well Friday. Irvine finished 10th, one lap down. De la Rosa went out on the 27th lap with mechanical problems. After tangling with Williams-BMW teammate Ralf Schumacher on the second lap, Juan Pablo Montoya stormed home to finish fourth. Schumacher, who had to pit for a new rear wing after the collision, lost several laps.

Fie finished 16th, the last of the cars still running. looking roR a RIDE: South African Tomas Scheckter was one of a number of drivers without a contract for 2003 touring the pits at Indy. Scheckter, 21, who drove for Red Bull Cheever Racing in the Indy Racing League this year, has been tipped to go to CART next year, or perhaps to another IRL outfit. Scheckter, who crashed more than he raced in his rookie season in the IRL, is the son of 1979 Formula One champion Jody Scheckter. Could he be about to follow in dad's footsteps? "I'll let my management do any deals, said Scheckter, who feuded throughout this year with his team boss, Eddie Cheever and decided to withdraw from the last three races.

"But Fl would be very interesting? DISAPPOINTING CROWD: There were plenty of empty seats in the giant straightaway stands at Indianapolis for the third running of the SAP United States Grand Prix. Speedway president Tony George had expected the crowd to be between 130,000 and 140,000. Under blue skies and balmy conditions, that number looked to be a stretch. The inaugural Fl race at Indianapolis attracted an estimated 200,000. Last year, around 175,000 fans attended.

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FALL IS tfkXJ, Barrichello, who crashed heavily in practice Friday, said he had run hard to keep Schumacher in his sights early in Sunday's race. "I felt we had a fantastic race said Barrichello. "We were going for it. We were fighting all the way." Schumacher looked set for his 11th win of the year after dominating the race from the beginning. But on Lap 69, he began to slow.

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