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Section Page 2 I wwwstar-telegraincoin I Wednesday July 8 1998 1 4 I A I 0 4 1 At i i It 1 4 i A011-- kl 4 tf 44 :) NI 4 i MIKE FISHER if t7 i svv- 1 t' i' A 's ifiL k4k 1" -444 4' pe 0 te 44 4 itoo 'At i Moe f111 ot 9r Not even Big Apple can boast better superstars 4 0140 114'1'4441i I 4 1 4 4' i 4 i '''))464 kr' The Sporting News as ranked Gretzky Bill Parcells That's it musical group (led by his buddy 0 A Th 11if it ir America's be I I st sports towns Five Eddie Vedder) and proceeded to Detroit comes in first Folks we've got twice as cause a spectacle Rodman help- io tt mit ti t4t- rrltrilr vriewto vtnre tt711-141 ti-its t-s14x1 13111 ortri rinntiner Section Page 2 I wwwstar-telegraincom I Wednesday July 8 1998 Not even Big Apple can The Sporting News has ranked America's best sports towns Detroit comes in first No what the criteria MIKE FISHER VO 0 BRUME boast better superstars Gretzky Bill Parcells That's it Five Folks we've got twice as stars worth the musical group (led by his buddy Eddie Vedder) and proceeded to cause a spectacle Rodman lead and dancing ouke's Trajaii Langdon is one of 30 US world championship team beginning July 21 The Assodated Press players selected to vie for a spot On set to compete in Athens Greece USA Basketball picks replacements helping to sing wildly with a microphone had a bottle in hand and convinced all of his inebriation when he spilled the contents of the bottle causing a stoppage in the concert so security types could mop up the mess This is apparently big news on the music scene Me I thought Pearl Jam was some sort of oyster spread to combine with peanut butter on toast The buzz The major sticking point in the dispute between NBA players and NBA management is the free-agency wrinkle known as the Larry Bird Exemption You want irony? I betcha Larry Bird now a member of NBA management never thought he'd oppose his own namesake's rule Tab Ramos on the United States' World Cup failure: "I blame the coaches for the losses I have no problem saying that" One for all and all for one eh? And good morning NFL talent scouts De Berg? Wilson? What George Blanda wasn't available? many sports price of admission than just about any other locale on the planet Bask in it Roll around in it We are The Land of the Giants Aging Os Two signs that quarterbacking in the NFL is not what it once was: Steve De Berg last seen as Dan Reeves' QB coach with the Giants is now a Reeves backup QB in Atlanta De Berg is 44 Wade Wilson last seen considering retirement after being released this spring by the Cowboys is now a Raiders backup Q13 Wilson is 39 So let me restate something: Maybe quarterbacking in the NFL will be exactly what it once was just a little grayer Rodman's show Quite a weekend for local-boymade-bad Dennis Rodman who did his fake wrestling thing again this week on national TV but only after crashing a Dallas performance by Pearl Jam over the weekend Rodman wearing only blue shorts and a Panama hat muscled is way on stage to join the 1 01 th be pi ar cc yt in Jt th V4 th re Si al ju di 13 the are Mike Fisher (214) 525-250) Ext 4410 Gonzalez One of several superstars in Fort Worth-Dallas Rodman Stormed stage at Pearl Jam concert in Dallas Detroit? Sergei Federov Grant Hill Barry Sanders Three Boston? Rick Pitino One Miami? Pat Riley Alonzo Mourning Jimmy Jenius Dan Marino Jim Leyland Five Chicago? Michael Jordan Scottie Pippen Dennis Rodman Phil Jackson (all of whom might be short-termers) Frank Thomas Five OK and just for fun even though it's not fair to compare let's do the New York with its two NHL teams two NFL teams two baseball teams an NBA team and volumes of East Coast media bias to prop it all up George Steinbrenner Mike Piazza Patrick Ewing Wayne pm pm am CHANNEL III: 111 II4AlJDIE pm pm am 131AAIlz: IJCIM13 pm pm IVEREICI tilnliJC 441 SPORTS WACO phasing a live bear as "In the past found new wildlife parks" Brumley said The Associated Press -CHICAGO With NBA players ordered to stay home former Michigan and Plano East High School star Jimmy King and Duke standout Trajan Langdon among those who will be competing for a spot on the US world championship team USA Basketball released a list yesterday of the 30 players invited to training camp which is being held this week at the Moody Bible Institute The roster will be pared to a 12-man team next week with the 1998 MBA World Championships scheduled July 21-Aug 9 in Athens Greece "We feel confident that out of this group we can and will field a very competitive team a team that will go out and try to win the world championship" coach Rudy Tomjanovich said Those invited include four current college players Langdon Richard Hamilton of Connecticut Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State and Evan Eschmeyer of Northwestern and two others irl Boyldns of Eastern Michigan and Purdue's Brad Miller who jnst completed their eligibility Also invited to camp are Wendell Alexis Ashraf Amaya Chucky Atkins David Booth Tim Breaux Acie Earl Bill Edwards GUN SHOW BIG TOWN EXHIBIT HALL HWY 80 BIG TOWN BLVD JULY 11 129 1998 Sat 9-6 Sun 10-5 (214) 341-2895 tD All Credit Types! Equity Cash-Out Free Pre-Qualification si- ''----7 1 GUN SHOW si BIG TOWN EXHIBIT HALL I HWY 80 BIG TOWN BLVD i JULY 11 129 1998 1 Sat 9-6 Sun 10-5 (214)341-2895 -i 0 ayayrow pail All Credit Types! Equity Cash-Out Free Pre-Qualification matter how does Detroit come in first? The Sporting News' rankings: 1 Detroit 2 Boston 3 Fort Worth-Dallas 4 Chicago 5 Denver You want to boost the Metroplex in the rankings? Create a separate category for Superstars Within The Area With Brett Hull coming to town I submit that only New York with its seven teams in the four major sports comes close to Fort Worth-Dallas when it comes to marquee sports names headline-grabbers guys worth the price of admission candidates to be Sports Illustrated cover boys or ESPN Sunday Conversationalists and figures with superstar status both because of what they do between the lines and outside the lines Here's our local qualifiers: Troy Allman Juan Gonzalez Brett Hull Michael Irvin Jerry Jones Mike Modano Don Nelson Pudge Rodriguez Deion Sanders Emmitt Smith That's 10 nationally recognized marquee names Now shop and compare ON TV MINOR-LEAGUE BASEBALL Triple-A All-Star Game Double-A All-Star Game (T) Triple-A All-Star Game (R) WNBA BASKETBALL Comets at Liberty BOXING Fight Time on Fox GOLF Loch Lomond first round TIME 630 7 9 Murphy's Irish Open final round (R) 1 Loch Lomond first round (R) 8 7 10 2 PEOPLE Unbearable decision awaits Kiwane Garris Michael Hawkins Bernard Hopkins Troy Hudson Nate Huffman Tim Kempton Warren Kidd Gerard King Randy Livingston Gerald Madkins Richard Manning Mike McDonald Jimmy Oliver Jason Sasser Larry Stewart and David Wood USA Basketball had selected 12 NBA players to represent the United States in the world championships But with an NBA lockout looming the NBA players threatened to boycott the world championships USA Basketball moved first announcing June 16 it was dropping the NBA stars and replacing them with current college players CBA players and Americans playing overseas The 12 NBA players on the US team were: Tim Duncan (San Antonio) Tim Hardaway (Miami) Vin Baker and Gary Payton (Seattle) Terrell Brandon (Milwaukee) Kevin Garnett and Tom Gugliotta (Minnesota) Grant Hill (Detroit) Allan Houston (New York) Christian Laettner (Atlanta) Glen Rice (Charlotte) and Chris Webber (Sacramento) The United States with a team of NBA players won the World Championships in Toronto in 1994 "Placing a bear is not like placing a dog" said Rosie Roegner nongame per- mit coordinator for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department "Black bears require a special diet you just can't go down to the store and get bear chow and special facilities They're not easy to place" Baylor used to send its former mascots to zoos and wildlife parks such as defunct Texas Safari in Clifton However Roegner said such sites are no want out-of-work bears because aren't a big attraction for zoo visitors The so-called Bear Pit gave way in to a plaza across from the student that features a large roaming area waterfall and a viewing area for spectators Baylor bears have marched in home- coming parades been photographed with governors and even a president Ronald Reagan helped Abner the Bear down a Dr Pepper during a 1980 campaign stop in Brumley said a decision on whether to the bears probably won't be made the fall ye marched in home- photographed with a president Ronald ler the Bear down a Dr 80 campaign stop in decision on whether to )ably won't be made The Associated Press Baylor University is considering out its tradition of using its mascot when we retired bears we homes for them at zoos and Baylor spokesman Larry "Now we're running into FREE DEMO MASSAGE "mn r- uu k') i ag--3-- challenges finding acceptable places for WORLD CUP SOCCER I i ettett (817' ll Croatia vs France 2 pm ESPN the bears to retire to That's part of what's since i i tl tor il sd War cots the Otl" g-----7 CZ1 KUVN23 tio MASSAGE MI Baylor has useil wlivheenbeaarbsearasnmaamsecd lonl mascots eve 868-1412 FEMALE THERAPISTS 8683 it 4908 Central DiVivkliedlont Ted was given to the university by the the -II is" if TODAY'S TICKET c14'crav Army's 107th Engineers after they tors 1 received orders to leave Camp HORSE RACING MacArthur in Waco 197 Refinance 100 Finance Program Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie Gates open at 10:30 am Th cen tw We Do Housecalls ears now ac ting as masco for simulcast racing 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