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I -s i It Recreation Calendar 12D Baseball Playoffs 4-5D Wednesday October 17 2001 A STAR TELEGRAM WWWDFWCOM TODAY Yankees at Mariners 3:20 pm KDFWCh 4 Braves at Diamondbacks 7:20 pm KDFWCh 4 Arizona's Randy Johnson ends his personal seven-game playoff losing streak by pitching an overpowering three-hit shutout of Atlanta Johnson mixing his fastball with a devastating slider to beat Greg Maddux walked one and struck out 11 in winning for the first time in the postseason since 1995 when he was pitching in the American League Division Series for the Seattle Mariners was great Jordan said after going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts be honest the best ever seen him pitch in my More on NICS on 5D By TJL SULLIVAN STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER PHOENIX Atfanta Braves catcher Javier Lopez said he was invincible Brian Jordan said his slider was unhittable Julio Franco simply said he was great The Atlanta Braves knew there was nothing left to do but express their awe and admiration after getting overwhelmed by Randy Johnson in the first game of the National League Championship Series Smashing his seven-game playoff losing streak to bits and sending it floating into the arid desert air Johnson pitched a three-hit shutout to give the Diamondbacks a 2-0 victory over the Braves at Bank One Ballpark on Tuesday An intimidating sight: Randy Johnson about to pitch Tuesday in his 11-strikeout three-hit shutout of the Atlanta Braves lawsuit settled STAR-TELEGRAM soccer essay rewarded with visit Lorrie Fair left and Cindy Parlow of the 1999 World Cup-champion team conduct a training camp as the prize in an essay-writing contest won by Alvarado High student Micah Stephens Story on 3D NBA Mavs owner mind high salaries Opening up his wallet to take care of his players allows Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to avoid the when it comes to contract talks Story on 7D 1 jllB 1 avoidedwhen Texas Motor Speedway and CART officials settle a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over the aborted Firestone Firehawk 600 COLLEGES OU backup QB is as good as advertised Jason White after two winning relief efforts is ready to start at quarterback for the defending national champions Story on 10D Slocum quick to defend QB Texas fans are oil quarterback Mark Farris but Aggies coach RC Slocum says he thinks being unfair Story on 10D Frogs receiver hurt QB Printers improving ITCU might get quarterback Casey Printers back sooner than expected but the team loses its third-leading receiver and kickoff specialist to a broken leg Story on 12D By JOHN STURBIN STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER FORT WORTH A 1 settlement of Texas Motor multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Championships Auto Racing Teams could pave the way for future business between the sanctioning body and TMS parent company Speedway Motorsports Inc CART and SMI officials announced an out-of-court settlement on Tuesday of the lawsuit filed by Texas Motor Speedway officials in May after postponement of the inaugural Firestone Firehawk 600 on April 29 Terms were not disclosed but an industry source said TMS had received the $21 million sanctioning fee it had paid CART unspecified damages for ticket and suite sales and unrealized profits that pushed the total into multimillions have reached a favorable agreement and are glad to have this behind said Bruton Smith the chief executive officer of SMI in a statement very happy to have this Joseph Heitzlcr chairman and CEO of CART said in a statement he was pleased the matter was resolved so that sides can now move on with our A condition of the agreement was that neither side may comment on the settlement publicly beyond the formal statements Eddie Gossage the executive vice president and general manager of TMS reiterated he was forbidden to issue any statement when More on TMS on 10D SCORES NL5D STAR-TELEGRAMJEFFERY WASHINGTON Pierre Turgeon says the Blues "gave me an offer at one point and then that was it They never came back We didn't talk A scapegoat for some in St Louis Turgeon seeks to show his grit tonight The Blues make much of a bid to keep Pierre Turgeon even though he had 15 points in 15 playoff games last season The Blues apparently agreed with their assessment Neither Turgeon nor his compadre in blame goalie Roman Turck was asked back after Colorado eliminated St Louis in last Western Conference Finals Turck was traded to Calgary and Turgeon says he hear from the Blues after rejecting their initial offer a week before free agency began July 1 did surprise me a little Turgeon said gave me an offer at one point and then that was it They never came More on TURGEON on UD By JENNIFER FLOYD STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER ST LOUIS Pierre Turgeon is to blame for St failure to win the Stanley Cup last season Or so scapegoat-seeking Blues fans believe was an avalanche of negative calls about Turgeon during the said Frank Cusumano an NBC sports anchor and sports radio host in St Louis "The finger was always pointed at Turgeon Too soft Fades in playoffs Not a Shreveport (0T)3 Brahmas 2 CORRECTION The Cowboys do not play the Oakland Raiders on Sunday Information about NFL games on television was incorrect in Tuesday's Sports section Victory eases rock-and-hard place position INDEX RECREATION 120 SCORE BOARD 130 SOCCER 30 SPORTS BUIEELY 130 THE DAILY TICKET 20 BASfBAlL 4-50 COLLEGES 100120 HOCKEY 10-11D M010RSPOR1S 100 NBA 70 NfL 60 When it was over and the last Emmitt Smith run had been run and when the horse had stepped on the final kicker they celebrated And who could blame the Cowboys? certainly want to go down in history" coach Dave Cainpo said appropriately aware of the alternatives day night It a classic in the vintage Cowboys-Redskins sense It even a classic in the Grou-cho and I iarpo sense But as Campo said extremely happy When trying to do what trying to do here there has to be Campo needed Monday night in other words I Ie needed it more than quarterback Anthony Wright who still faces the uphill struggle to show the league that lie belongs He needed it more than Owner Jones who continues to run the team and issue the proclamations with a lct-them-eat-cake defiance Campo needed Monday because frankly he has lost More on Ii BRETON 6D I'lTTTTEPI More than anyone taUUiLAl at Valley Ranch Dave Campo needed the message that the Monday night triumph over the Redskins brings Winless punchless and mocked on TV even by Richard Simmons the Cowboys overcame themselves and eventually the Washington Redskins 9-7 Mon Xf' I Gil LeBreton rOMMENTAKY To help you quickly navigate the Star Telegram look for summaries with our longer stories Each summary begins with a topic label In while type on a black bar i.