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tr i 'rr? ft nirn rrr rv pt vt iTTTrrrr? 7 ri CLASSIFIEDS 7-14C REASONS NOT TO RETIRE If Michael Irvin quits the Cowboys could make him repay $27 CROWDED SCHEDULE Three major golf tournaments will be held in the next tw weeks 2C HOPEFUL HOMECOMING For Richard Gropper the AD position at FIU would mean more than ajob3C TYSON HEARING TODAY The Nevada Athletic Commission may suspend Mike license indefinitely 2C Tyson INSIDE GOLF 2C SPORTS ROUNDUP 2C FOOTBALL 3C BASEBALL 4-5C SCOREBOARD 6C TV LISTINGS 6C SECTION WEDNESDAY JULY 9 1997 now time to deliver' Signed sealed 1D0LPHINSYCAMPJ Crawford: Adventurer or lunatic? 6 rookies sign on eve of camp practice Taylor was the only draftee who agreed to contract terms by the end of business hours Tuesday Linebacker Derrick Rodgers linebacker Ronnie Ward and offensive tackle Brent Smith all signed by Tuesday evening The team signed six players Tuesday although defensive end Dunstan Anderson defensive tackle Barron Tanner and cornerback Hud-haifa Ismaeli had already agreed to terms Monday Rodgers signed a three-year deal worth $810000 with a $270000 signing bonus His base salary this year is 1 3 1 000 plus a $20000 roster bonus His base salary will be $164000 plus a $16000 roster bonus in 1998 and $196000 with a $13000 roster BATARD was like Mike and the bear were looking at each other trying to size up who was friend Kevin Darby is saying bear was the one who walked Yeah Kevin but you had to have seen at least a little bit of fear? Darby says Crawford 22 is crazy Crazy in ways that can get you killed Crazy in ways football coaches love He jumps off cliffs and out of planes He water skis at 50 miles per hour behind cars on frozen roads He rides way too fast on those snowboards blindly doing flips off ledges which is how he ended up in that tree And when that bear got off him Crawford slump his shoulders breathe easier and run away He started What: The 32nd training camp will be open to the public starting with practices today through Aug 24 practice times: 9 amto 10:30 am and 4:15 pm to 6 pm Where: Nova Southeastern University 7500 SW 30 St Davie From 1-95 take 1-595 west to University Drive go south to 30th street then head east Admission: Free Seating is limited to 2000 fans New feature: The club has opened the Dolphins Pro Shop next to bleachers Information: (954) 452-7000 By ARMANDO SALGUERO Herald Sports Writer Jimmy Johnson was standing in the lobby of the ing facility Tuesday afternoon when undrafted rookie Melvin Cunningham walked up the steps opened the doors flashed a smile and cheerfully greeted the surprised and other-wise anonymous cornerback by name To say the coach is eager for training camp to start is an understatement Johnson will welcome approximately 32 players to the summer swelter that is training camp with a 90-minute practice starting at 9 am today Rookies first-year players and four selected veterans must report Only defensive end Jason Taylor may miss first day of The loopy linebacker is running his hands through his dyed-yellow hair talking about the bear incident which was much scarier than that time he landed his snowboard in a tree but produce quite the same kind of trembling as the time he swam through a freezing lagoon naked on a dare Dolphins rookie Mike Crawford is saying terrible They were nose-to-nose the linebacker and the bear The six-foot bear started eating the soap at camp site but then noticed something that looked tastier namely Crawford The bear scurried over got on its hind legs and put two clawed paws on chest Crawford stood there calmly for 30 seconds while the bear smelled his face This was in 1992 the same weekend a couple in Alaska had been eaten by bears DAN LE PLEASESEE DOLPHINS 3C PLEASE SEE LE BATARD 3C 1 MLS team lights fuse All-Stars Chung Jones jj give Fusion support MIAMI MLS TEAM REVEALS NICKNAME LOGO 1A MLS ALL-STAR GAME FACTS ROSTERS 6C 1 1 By MICHELLE KAUFMAN Herald Sports Writer NEW YORK The scene in the comer of Ithe 18th-floor ballroom Tuesday afternoon was enough to excite any South Florida soccer fan: Cobi Jones and Mark Chung in Miami Fusion T-shirts mugging for a photo with team owner Ken Horowitz Major League Miami expansion team got a name and a futuristic blue and yellow 3 logo Tuesday and two of the first players to give the thumbs up were MLS All-Star reserves Jones and Chung Jones the speedy LA Galaxy midfielder likes to vacation in South Beach and 1 Kansas City midfielder Chung is a Pembroke Pines native The Fusion kicks off in April at the Orange Bowl and Jones and Chung smiled when asked if they would like to join the new team course it would be fun to play in said Chung whose family still lives in South Florida even like the name Miami Fusion cool Broward and Dade always fought over soccer and now have a team to unify them I remem- ber going to the Orange Bowl when I was in junior high watching Carlos Valderrama play with the Colombian national team It would be i great to go back there as a player Speaking of Valderrama the mop-haired Colombian and Tampa Bay Mutiny midfielder there is talk he would be a perfect match for South South American fans It also hurt that he endorses Umbro clothing supplier is a perfect place for soccer and an important place to help soccer grow in this said Valderrama who will start for the East All-Stars tonight at Giants Stadium (7:30 ESPN) the interest would have to come PLEASESEE FUSION 6C HOME TOWN HERO: Sandy Alomar Jr (15) is congratulated by teammates including his brother Roberto (12) of the Orioles after his homer IAN INFUSION ORFACTSI Two -run 3-1 victory NEXT GAME: VS PHILLIES 7:05 PM THURSDAYSPORTSCHANNEL When is the first game? First week of April 1998 Where will it play? The Orange Bowl which also Is team headquarters Where can I get tickets? Tickets are not on sale but fans can put their names on a season-ticket waiting list by calling (305) 63 1-2800 or writing to Miami Fusion FC Major League Soccer PO Box 1090 Miami Fla 33135 I want to get a job with the Fusion Where do I send my r6sum6? Send It to above address or to owner Ken Horowitz at South Florida Soccer Inc PO Box 391 Palm Beach Fla 33480-0391 Who will play for the Fusion? Major League Soccer will assign five International players to the Fusion this fall and other players will be made available in an expansion draft in late October dedicated to her I know my mother call me because she wanted me thinking about this game It was a blessing from Pitching was stealing the All-Star Game and the score was knotted 1-1 when Alomar took a Shawn Estes fastball and sent it into the ieft-ficld bleachers scoring Yankee outfielder Bcrnic Williams who had walked When blast landed 403 feet from home the hometown crowd of 449 14 the largest crowd ever at Jacobs Field erupted was another of those storybook said Yankee Manager Joe Torre who won his first All-Star game as a manager By MIKE PHILLIPS Herald Sports Writer CLEVELAND Too bad for Sandy Alomar Jr that his home run Tuesday night in the 68th All-Star Game count toward his 30-game hitting streak His two-run shot in the seventh counted for the American League and after all what really counts this morning as the AL beat the National League 3-1 to stop a three-year losing streak As for Alomar? He rode into the game with the longest hitting streak (30 games) in the majors this season and rode out on a cloud as he became the first player to win the All-Star MVP award in his home ballpark And will ride out the rest of the season with the memory of his grandmother to inspire him Alomar and his brother Roberto wore black ribbons in honor of their grandmother Tonec Valaz-quez 96 who died last week in Puerto Rico still know what I just Alomar said is a dream for every baseball player I want to dedicate this game to my grandmother who died four days ago This is something incredible This is a dream and I want to wake up want to thank God for giving me the strength the whole week This game is dedicated to her and the rest of the season is I Moises Alou: Singled to right in the sev- enth and lined out to second to end the game Kevin Brown: Started the fifth and gave up a leadoff single to Cal Ripken He then -forced Ivan Rodriguez to ground to second Joey Cora who pinch-ran for Ripken reached -third on Javy Lopez's passed ball but Roberto Alomar grounded out to Brown Brady Ander- -son filed to left to end the inning Brown a for-! mer Oriole faced three Orioles In the Inning Charles Johnson: Entered as a defensive replacement in the eighth then was struck out by Mariano Rivera in the top of the ninth MICHELLE KAUFMAN PLEASESEE ALL-STAR 5C i 7 A- AA A rj.