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9 099999999' 9 1 Sicljmoni) Ehnco-Sispatd) SECTION WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1 2000 -i THE PROS E4 PREPS E7 SCOREBOARD E8 Editor Jack Beminfar (804) 649-6445 Jbemki(HftlnwadlspatciiJOffl 1 Warrick Dunn developing bits a premier running back for Tampa Bay E4 Beamer mo interest in Ude Coach content to stay at Virginia Tech No 2 Virginia Tech at No 3 Miami Saturday noon TV: WTVR-6 Radio: WXGI (950) WBBC (935) 10:30 am DAVEKNACHEL area has become BLACKSBURG The phone rings in Mike office on the first floor of the Merryman Center an off-tackle carry from the whirlpools rub-down tables and stainlesfrsteel gizmos that repair broken Virginia Tech athletes and the person on the other end of the line has this to say: Take the ankle put it in a brown paper bag andsoakit in vine-gar Bob And Goforth UPPER hang up Bneer snicker He is polite and thanks the caller and says goodbye Then he briefly mulls the idea over before filing it in the I Beamer said yesterday ridiculous I do hot have a desire to leave Virginia Tech If it has been reported that I do it is DuBose is under contract at Alabama through the 2003 season His compensation package ia $525000 Beamer in his 14th year at his alma mater makes less than that in salary but his total package ia believed to be in DuBose's neighborhood base salary for this year is $193978 He has a rollover contract that always has five years to run and it calls for a 5 percent salary increase each year Beamer also stands to benefit from two annuities if he stays at Tech through 2005 One is guaranteed to be worth $1 million and becomes on July 1 2005 Another calls for Tech to contribute $75000 per year starting Aug 1 1999 On Aug: 1 2005 Beamer is entitled to all the principal and inter- est If Beamer voluntarily leaves Tech before the annuities become payable he forfeits his rights to them Contact Mike Harris at (804) 649-6839 ormharristtlmesdispatchcom BY MIKE HARRIS Times-Dhpatch State Warns BLACKSBURG 2000 football season finished yet and already Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer ia hearing his name crane up in connection with other jobs This time Alabama Beamer denies having any interest in the position that ia expected to come open at the end of the season if not sooner Alabama ia 3-5 this season and coming off a 40-38 homecoming Beamer loss to Central Florida Mike DuBose in his fourth season with the Crimson Tide has a record of 24-20 Beamer reportedly is me of three coaches Alabama will target The others are Tommy Bowden of Clemson and Butch Davis erf Miami even heard one account that Td figured out my coaching staff who was coming with me and who was Hokies quarterback Michael Vick still is listed as day to day with a sprained ankle "My mind-set right now is Dave Meyer will be our starting quarterback in the game against -coach Frank Beamer said Senior tailback Andrd Kendrick is preparing to be the Hokies' emergency No 3 QB behind Dave Meyer and Grant Noel if Vick cannot Play Tech notebook Age E5 sa -a uti at wbm miner men wmiui applies hBing hands to hurting HoMes at Mtfiian Canter general category of medical exotica which also has included in the past four frantic days such advice aa horse liniment and the oil from an emu the latter remedy dismissed out of hand cm account of a general scarcity of emus in Greater Montgomery County This is what happens when SEE UPPER PAGE E5 Magic act THE ASSOCIATED PSESS Washington Redskins quarterback Bead Johnson suffered sprained knee ligament In Monday homo loss to Tennessee QBs sprain could stir Iverson fuels rout by Sixers Tha Associated Puss new YORK The first game of the post-Ewing era was total humiliation for the New York Knicks Alien Iverson scored 25 points Toni Kukoc shot 10 for 12 from the field in adding 23 and the Philadelphia 76ers did as they pleased last night in a 101-72 thumping of the Knicks The game was a debacle fra New York which played slow sloppy basketball and suffered its worst sea-son-opening defeat The fans started booing in the second quarter as the Knicks fell behind by 10 Late in the third quarter the crowd chanted as the home team fell behind by 26 Nowhere was New deficiency more pronounced than in the middle where Marcus Cam-by Ewing's replacement in the pivot for the time being repeatedly was scored upon Kukoc scored nine points while being guarded by Camby hi the second quarter and the Sixers found more success by giving the ball to Theo Ratliff and Tyrone Hill when Camby was switched to them defensively Ratliff added 12 points Eric Snow had 11 and George Lynch contributed nine points and 11 rebounds 'Em Sixers shot 58 percent from the field Allan Houston had 21 points but was the only to find an offensive rhythm for the Knicks SpreweU shot 1 fra1 9 and had six points and Glen Rice came off the bench to shoot just 3 fo 8 while scoring nine points ii 1 1 I i I 1 I i I 1 I i i I 1 i 1 i i i I i 1 i controversy BY PAUL WOODY TmesDbmtch Staii Witte The quarterback plot for the Washington Redskins is about to thicken On Monday night against Tennessee someone rolled up the left leg of Redskins starting quarterback Brad Johnson as he was attempting to pass After the game Johnson told trainer Bubba Tyer that his knee didn't fed right Yesterday Johnson was sent for an MRI and an examination by the team physician Dr Ray Thai The diagnosis is that Johnson has a Grade 2 sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee Tyer said I had to list him now I'd say he's questionable for The Redskins play at Arizona on Sunday It seems unlikely Johnson will be able to play Linebacker Shawn Barber had what Tyer described as a sprain in his knee and was not able to practice last week or play Monday night 4 However the ability to play in a game also de pends on the position Barber as an outside linebacker has to run and cut a great deaL A SEE REDSKINS PAGE E5 fe- THE ASSOCIATE PRESS Tracy McGrady of the Orlando Magic dunks the ball in front of Rod Strickland in season opener in Orlando Fla The Magic won 97-86 (Details Page E6) Its love American style for Jones Inslda sports Love isn't just a term used in tennis as Virginia Commonwealth University 1 women's soccer coach Denies Schttte and assistant Chrie Brown can attest i Story Page E2 'j Two prominent managers 4 deckled to stay put aa Bobby Valentine returns to the New' York Mets and Lou Pfnlella remains with the Seattle Marine The Mets also retained the services of General Manager Steve Phillips 1 Story Pfe E2 Penn State quarterback 1 Rashard Casey is cleered of -charges he beat an off-duty police officer stemming from a i New Jersey bar incident in May Story Pago ES sary Virginia appeared in five NCAA tournaments and won the NIT during eight seasons as coach That run included trips to the Sweet 16 (1993) and Elite Eight (1995) But his last three teams went 41-47 (17-31 in the ACC) and Jones was asked to leave a school at which he had played or coached for 21 consecutive years Jones took 1998-99 off then returned to the bench as a Rhode Island assistant last season That was hard I had to make myself sit there It wasn't my team It was my place to just offer he said 1 do feel fortunate to be a head coach again but I never entertained the idea that I'd never get another When American hired Jones last April the Eagles remained committed to the Colonial SEE JONES PAGE E3P- BY JOHN Tmes-Dbpatch St ait Wuteb In 1990 at 29 he became the youngest head basketball coach in ACC history A decade later Jeff Jones still looks closer to 30 than 40 but this apparently is a wiser man who now directs American program-in- College basket-need-of-boost ball aotes you go through experiences any life experiences you should get smarter you should learn I think I said Jones the former Virginia guard who guided the Cavaliers from 1990-98 any changes made as a coach are subtle I might not even be aware of Maybe significant changes neces THE ASSOCIATED PStSS UNO? NEAST HOOMANmMES DISPATCH After guiding the Meta to the World Series manager Bobby Valentine agreed to a three year extension Jeff Jones served UVa ss a player and a coach for 21 seasons before ha was fired following the 1997-98 season I raw j'iww 4 Hi I a J- A Jk.