The Macon Telegraph du lieu suivant : Macon, Georgia • 6

2C Wednesday May 9 2001 (Ttlesraph Rick Nolte Sports Editor (478) 744 4401 rnoltemacontelcom SPORTS SportsTwo The Telegraph AnENTION COACHES Saturday was our final high school baseball stats listing of the season and last Tuesday was our final prep Players of the Week Nominations are now being accepted for the All Middle Georgia spring sports teams: baseball golf soccer track and tennis Coaches please contact Chris Hughes at 744 4248 or chughesmacontelcom through May 25 to nominate and include name class position and statistics COMING UP The GHSA girls state track meet begins Thursday at Hugh Mills Stadium in Albany and concludes Saturday The GHSA baseball playoffs start riday with doubleheaders The second round of the GHSA boys Class AAA state soccer playoffs continues riday the same day the GISA state baseball championship best of three starts Stratford hosts the GISA girls soccer state semifinals riday at 5:30 pm and finals Saturday at 7:30 pm YI The most searched forathleteson the Intemetforthe weekof April 30 May 6 according to Lycoscom: 1 Anna Kournikova 2 Kobe Bryant 3 Allen Iverson 4 Dale Earnhardt 5 Tiger Woods 6 Martina Hingis 7 Vince Carter 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr 9 Mike Tyson 1 0 Tony Hawk DIGEST Smoltz to pitch for Macon John Smoltz will be pitching for the Macon Braves again but he be pitching in Macon Smoltz who is trying to recover from last year's elbow ligament replacement surgery will take the mound Thursday night when Macon finishes up a four game series at Savannah ive days ago Smoltz made a suc cessful four inning rehab start for Class AA Greenville If he pitches well for the Braves he could be back in the majors with Atlanta by next weekend This will be third start as a Macon Braves He made a pair of rehab starts for Macon in 1999 both of which drew near sellout crowds This time Savannah will get the benefit as Macon return home until riday Auto Racing Texas Motor Speedway sued CART on Tuesday seeking millions of dollars that were lost because of the last minute cancella tion of a race The inaugural irestone ire hawk 600 was postponed just two hours befot it was to start because drivers com plained of dizziness I during practice when they reached speeds of more than 230 mph on the high banked track Eddie Gossage the general manag er said CART would have known about the potential problems had it done proper test ing The 24 degree banking is unprecedented for the Champ cars and contributed to the forces that made the drivers dizzy Gossage in letters and faxes to CART officials months before the event had questioned whether speeds of more than 230 mph would be safe in Texas He said he had been assured CART was ready to race at his track a UGA sports The 12th ranked Georgia Bulldogs won their 11th straight Tuesday edging Georgia College State University 5 4 at oley ield Georgia (37 15) got five strong innings from sophomore right hander Brandon Moorhead (2 2) who scattered five hits and one run with a walk and four strikeouts Georgia College starter Mark Smith gave the Bobcats seven innings and struck out seven but was hurt by a pair of home runs Junior right fielder Adam Swann hit a three run homer to lead the Bulldogs Nlercer sports Mercer University basketball coach Mark Slonaker has announced the hiring of former coach Jeremy Luther as the third assistant coach Tuesday afternoon Luther a native of Tallahassee was most recently the head coach at Windsor Academy in Macon According to Coach Slonaker are excited to have someone of Jere talent and expertise join our staff He is young enthusiastic and is a good fit for our program He has recently played at a high level and we have four new guards he will be able to jump in and help Prior to accepting the head coaching position at Windsor Academy Luther was an assistant coach at North Greenville College in Green ville South Carolina for two seasons a Golf Nancy Lopez mocked her age reminisced about college bemoaned a shaky putter and even gave one of her young playing partners an impromptu rules lesson When the round was over reality set in Lopez a Hall of amer with 48 victories on the LPGA Tour failed to earn a spot in the US Open during sectional qualifying north of Atlanta would like to be said Lopez who wept after shooting a dismal 6 over par 78 Georgia Tech Right handed pitcher Kyle Schmidt (Palm Harbor la) rated as one of the top 100 high school players in the nation has signed a national letter of intent to play baseball at Georgia Tech head coach Danny Hall announced College basketball Stanford center Jason Collins has applied for the NBA draft but hired an agent Collins who averaged 145 points and 78 rebounds last season while helping Stanford win its third straight Pac 10 title announced Tuesday he will withdraw from the draft if he doesn't expect to be picked in the first round Tennis Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi lost in the first round of the Italian Open on Tuesday a pair of big upsets on clay that does not bode well for them at this rench Open with a pair of losses Compiled from staff and wire reports SCOREBOARD High Schools GHSA Schedule Class AAAAA riday Warner Robins at Glynn Academy 4 pm (OH) "if" game Sat 12 pm Westside at Wayne Co 5 pm (OH) game Sat 12 pm Class AAAA Cairo at Jones riday 4 pm (DH) game Sat 5 pm Upson Lee at Statesboro 4:30 pm game SatTBA Class AAA riday Perry at Harris Co 2 pm (DH) game Sat TBA Southwest at Dublin 5 pm (OH) game Sat 1 pm Class AA Bleckley Co at Albany TBA (DH) game Sat TBA Turner Co at Crawford Co 2 pm (DH) game Sat TBA Monticello at Banks Co 3 pm (DH) game SatTBA East Laurens at Brantley Co 3:30 pm (DH) "if" game Sat TBA Americus at Dooly Co 4 pm (DH) game Sat 1 pm Class A Providence Christian at GMC TBA (DH) game Sat TBA Wheeler Co at Atkinson Co 12 pm (DH) game Sat TBA Pelham at Wilcox Co 2 pm (DH) game SatTBA Lanier Co at Hawkinsville 4 pm (DH) "if" game Sat 3 pm Taylor Co at Metter 4 pm (DH) game Sat TBA Treutlen at Clinch Co 4:30 pm (OH) game Sat TBA Soccer Class AAA riday Westside Augusta at Dublin 7 pm (If win Dub lin hosts again Tues) Basketball NBA 1 Playoffs Conference Semifinals (Best of 7) Saturday May 5 San Antonio 94 Dallas 78 Sunday May 6 Milwaukee 104 Charlotte 92 Milwaukee leads series 1 0 LA Lakers 108 Sacramento 105 Los Angeles leads series 1 0 Toronto 96 Philadelphia 93 Toronto leads series 1 0 Monday May 7 San Antonio 100 Dallas 86 San Antonio leads series 2 0 Tuesday May 8 Charlotte at Milwaukee 8 pm Sacramento at LA Lakers 10:30 pm Wednesday May 9 Toronto at Philadelphia 7 pm San Antonio at Dallas 9:30 pm Thursday May 10 Milwaukee at Charlotte 8 pm riday May 11 Philadelphia at Toronto 8 pm LA Lakers at Sacramento 10:30 pm Saturday May 12 San Antonio at Dallas 3:30 pm Sunday May 13 Milwaukee at Charlotte 1 2:30 pm Philadelphia at Toronto 3 pm LA Lakers at Sacramento 5:30 pm Sixth Man Award Voting Player Team Votes Aaron McKie Philadelphia 57 Tim Thomas Milwaukee 27 LaPhonso Ellis Minnesota 1 0 Bobby Jackson Sacramento 9 Travis Best Indiana 5 Ruben Patterson Seattle 4 Rodney Rogers Phoenix 4 Steve Smith Portland 4 Dorryell Marshall Utah 2 Austin Croshere Indiana 1 Tony Delk Phoenix Previous Winners 1 983 Bobby Jones Philadelphia 1984 Kevin McHale Boston 1985 Kevin McHale Boston 1986 Bill Walton Boston 1 987 Ricky Pierce Milwaukee 1 988 Roy Tarpley Dallas 1989 Eddie Johnson Phoenix 1990 Ricky Pierce Milwaukee 1991 Detlef Schrempf Indiana 1 992 Detlef Schrempf Indiana 1993 Clifford Robinson Portland 1994 Dell Curry Charlotte 1 995 Anthony Mason New York 1 996 Toni Kukoc Chicago 1997 John Starks New York 1998 Danny Manning Phoenix 1999 Darrell Armstrong Orlando 2000 Rodney Rogers Phoenix 2001 Aaron McKie Philadelphia Hockey NHL Playoffs CONERENCE SEMIINALS (Best of 7) Thursday April 26 Toronto 2 New Jersey 0 Pittsburgh 3 Buffalo 0 Los Angeles 4 Colorado 3 0T riday April 27 St Louis 4 Dallas 2 Saturday April 28 Pittsburgh 3 Buffalo 1 Colorado 2 Los Angeles 0 New Jersey 6 Toronto 5 0T Sunday April 29 St Louis 2 Dallas 1 Monday April 30 Buffalo 4 Pittsburgh 1 Colorado 4 Los Angeles 3 Tuesday May 1 New Jersey 3 Toronto 2 0T SI Louis 3 Dallas 2 20T Wednesday May 2 Buffalo 5 Pittsburgh 2 Colorado 3 Los Angeles 0 Thursday May 3 Toronto 3 New Jersey 1 St Louis 4 Dallas 1 St Louis wins series 4 0 riday May 4 Los Angeles 1 Colorado 0 Saturday May 5 Buffalo 3 Pittsburgh 2 0T Buffalo leads series 3 2 Toronto 3 New Jersey 2 Sunday May 6 Los Angeles 1 Colorado 0 20T series tied 3 3 Monday May 7 New Jersey 4 Toronto 2 series tied 3 3 Tuesday May 8 Buffalo at Pittsburgh 7 pm Wednesday May 9 Toronto at New Jersey 7 pm Los Angeles at Colorado 1 0 pm Thursday May 10 Pittsburgh at Buffalo 7:30 pm if necessaty ootball arenafootball2 At a Glance American Conference Northeast Division Pct PA Charleston 4 1 800 260 217 Carolina 4 1 800 196 135 Richmond 4 1 800 240 173 Greensboro 3 2 600 201 181 Roanoke 1 4 200 159 254 Rochester 1 4 200 157 225 Norfolk 1 4 200 150 202 Southeast Division National Conference Midwest Division Pct PA Augusta 5 0 1000 289 141 Jacksonville 4 1 800 212 196 Macon 2 3 400 210 229 Pensacola 2 3 400 175 180 Tallahassee 2 3 400 178 186 lorida 1 4 200 152 209 Columbus 0 5 000 109 295 South Central Division Pct PA Quad City 5 0 1000 294 76 Tulsa 5 0 1000 249 185 Peoria 3 2 600 168 168 Wichita 3 2 600 197 155 Lincoln 2 3 400 175 219 Louisville 1 4 200 126 217 Iowa 1 4 200 193 212 Tenn Valley 5 0 1000 269 114 Birmingham 4 1 800 277 217 Baton Rouge 3 2 600 183 199 Lafayette 2 3 400 252 240 Bossier City 1 4 200 257 263 Arkansas 1 4 200 210 259 Memphis 0 5 000 93 296 riday's Games Norfolk 39 Roanoke 29 Jacksonville 41 Pensacola 38 7 Carolina 38 Rochester 14 Tallahassee 60 lorida 45 Peoria 48 Iowa 34 Quad City 55 Bossier City 43 Games Augusta 62 Columbus 10 Greensboro 52 Charleston 21 Richmond 61 Macon 46 Birmingham 60 Lafayette 49 Tulsa 65 Louisville 37 Wichita 48 Lincoln 37 Tennessee Valley 67 Baton Rouge 17 Arkansas 49 Memphis 28 riday May 11 Macon at Carolina Tennessee Valley at Pensacola Lafayette at Wichita Saturday May 12 Greensboro Norfolk lorida at Augusta Tallahassee at Columbus Rochester at Richmond Roanoke at Charleston Iowa at Jacksonville Arkansas at Bossier City Quad Cities at Tulsa Peoria at Birmingham Louisville at Memphis Lincoln at Baton Rouge Soccer WUSA Standings Pts GA Philadelphia 2 0 1 6 5 2 Washington 2 1 0 6 3 3 Atlanta 1 0 2 5 1 0 New York 1 0 2 5 3 1 Boston 1114 2 2 San Diego 1114 2 2 Bay Area 0 2 11 3 5 Carolina 0 3 0 0 2 6 NOTE: Three points for victory one point for tie Saturday's Games Atlanta 1 Boston 0 San Diego 2 Washington 0 Sunday's Games New York 3 Carolina 1 Philadelphia 3 Bay Area 2 Saturday May 12 San Diego at Atlanta Noon Boston at Washington 4:30 pm Sunday May 13 Carolina at Bay Area 5 pm Philadelphia at New York 6 pm Tennis ATP Masters Series Roma At Rome Purse: $295 million Surface: Clay Outdoor Singles irst Round Yevgeny Kafelnikov (5) Russia def Andrei Pavel Romania 7 5 3 1 retired Harel Levy Israel def Pete Sampras United States 7 5 2 6 6 4 Wayne erreira South Africa det Dominik Hrbaty (16) Slovakia 6 2 6 4 Alex Corretja (10) Spain def Carlos Moya Spain 5 7 7 5 6 1 Nicolas Kiefer Germany def Cedric Pioline rance 6 3 6 0 Julien Boutter rance def Todd Martin United States 6 3 6 3 Lleyton Hewitt (7) Australia def Bohdan Uli hrach Czech Republic 6 1 2 6 7 5 ranco Squillari Argentina def Max Mirnyi Belarus 6 1 7 6 (5) Alex Calatrava Spain def Andre Agassi (3) United States 6 3 6 3 Albert Portas Spain def Nicolas Escude rance 7 6 (5) 6 4 Tommy Haas Germany def Andre Medvedev Ukraine 7 5 6 3 Nicolas Lapentti Ecuador def Gaston Gaudlo Argentina 6 3 6 2 Thomas Enqvist (13) Sweden def Gianluca Pozzi Italy 6 2 6 1 Jacobo Diaz Spain def Mariano Puerta Argen tina 6 1 6 2 Tim Henman (9) Britain def Albert Costa Spain 6 2 3 6 6 1 Sebastien Grosjean (12) rance def Andrew Hie Australia 6 4 6 2 Sergi Bruguera Spain def ilippo Volandrl Italy 7 6 (2) 7 6 (2) elix Mantilla Spain def Mose Navarra Italy 6 3 7 6(5) Roger ederer Switzerland def Thomas Johansson Sweden 7 6 (3) 4 6 7 6 (5) Gustavo Kuerten (1) Brazil def Ivan Ljubicic Croatia 6 7 (4) 7 5 6 4 Guillermo Coria Argentina def Jan Michael Gambill (1 4) United States 7 5 6 4 Michael Chang United States def ernando Vicente Spam 6 4 7 5 Marcelo Rios Chile def Davide Sangulnetti Italy 4 6 6 3 6 4 Doubles irst Round Lucas Arnold Argentina and Cyril Suk Czech Republic def Giorgio Galimberti and Elia Grossi Italy 6 4 6 3 Juan Carlos errero Spain and Andreas Vin ciguerra Sweden def Albert Portas and German Puentes Spain 6 2 7 6 (3) Auto Racing IRL Indianapolis 500 Practice Top speeds in practice Tuesday for the May 27 Indianapolis 500 with car number in parentheses driver chassis engine and fastest lap in mph around the 2'? mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval (r rookie): 1 (28T) Mark Dismore Dallara Oldsmobile 224823 2 (5) Arie Luyendyk orce Oldsmobile 223986 3 (35) Jeff Ward orce Oldsmobile 223716 4 (91) Buddy Lazier Dallara Oldsmobile 223315 5 (51) Eddie Cheever Dallara Infiniti 223146 6 (68) Helio Castroneves Dallara Oldsmobile 222997 7 (44T) Jimmy Vasser orce Oldsmobile 222587 8 (2T) Greg Ray Dallara Oldsmobile 222467 9 (14) Eliseo Salazar Dallara Oldsmobile 222166 10 (52) Scott Goodyear Dallara Infiniti 222132 11 (33) Tony Stewart orce Oldsmobile 221810 12 (22) Greg Ray Dallara Oldsmobile 221698 13 (77) Jaques Lazier orce Oldsmobile 221289 14 (41) Robby Gordon Dallara Oldsmobile 221220 15 (8) Scott Sharp Dallara Oldsmobile 221083 16 (3) Al Unser Jr orce Oldsmobile 220630 17 (12T) Buzz Calkins Dallara Oldsmobile 220483 18 (15T) Sarah isher Dallara Oldsmobile 220414 19 (4) Sam Hornish Jr Dallara Oldsmobile 220235 20 (60) Tyce Carlson Dallara Oldsmobile 220104 21 (33T) Tony Stewart orce Oldsmobile 220076 22 (66) Gil de erran Dallara Oldsmobile 219844 23 (98) Billy Boat Dallara Oldsmobile 219745 24 (31) Casey Mears orce Oldsmobile 219731 25 (39T) Michael Andretti Dallara Oldsmobile 219725 26 (66T) Gil de erran Dallara Oldsmobile 219591 27 (21) elipe Giattone orce Oldsmobile 219327 28 (28) Mark Dismore Dallara Oldsmobile 219249 29 (99T) Davey Hamilton Dallara Oldsmobile 219132 30 (32) Didier Andre orce Oidsmobile 218911 31 (6) Jon Herb Dallara Oldsmobile 21 8432 32 (27) Jim Guthrie orce Oldsmobile 218395 33 (15) Sarah isher Dallara Oldsmobile 218328 34 (88) Airton Dare orce Oldsmobile 217689 35 (12) Buzz Calkins Dallara Oldsmobile 217064 36 (39) Michael Andretti Dallara Oldsmobile 216774 37 (92) Stan Wattles Dallara Oldsmobile 216330 38 (44) Jimmy Vasser orce Oldsmobile 214775 39 (55T) Shigeaki Hattori Dallara Oldsmobile 214347 40 (30) Brandon Erwin orce Oldsmobile 213836 41 (16) Cory Witherill orce Oldsmobile 213500 42 (51T) Eddie Cheever Dallara Infiniti 211640 43 (7) Stephan Gregoire Dallara Oldsmobile 211240 44 (61) Memo Gidley Dallara Oldsmobile 206652 45 (8T) Scott Sharp Dallara Oldsmobile 195405 NASCAR Winston Cup Leaders Points I Dale Jarrett 1559 2 Jett Gordon 1545 3 Rusty Wallace 1497 4 Johnny Benson 1480 5 Sterling Marlin 1421 6 Ricky Rudd 1411 7 Steve Park 1387 8 Tony Stewart 1387 9 Bobby Hamilton 1309 10 Dale Earnhardt Jr 1302 II Matt Kenseth 1208 12 Kevin Harvick 1204 13 Bobby Labonte 1202 14 Bill Elliott 1188 15 Jimmy Spencer 1166 16 Elliott Sadler 1163 17 Jerry Nadeau 1139 18 Kenny Schrader 1115 19 Ward Burton 1098 20 Kurt Busch 1096 Money I Jeff Gordon $2694183 2 Dale Earnhardt Jr $1897305 3 Dale Jarrett $1868208 4 Michael Waltrip $1843543 5 Rusty Wallace $1776091 6 Ricky Rudd $1411723 7 Steve Park $1260825 8 Bobby Labonte $1230743 9 Tony Slewart $1209903 10 Mark Martin $1173537 II Bill Elliott $1155449 12 Jeremy Mayfield $111 3874 13 Jeff Burton $1070284 14 Kevin Harvick $1026250 15 Sterling Marlin $1021203 16 Terry Labonte $1016306 17 John Andretti $988051 18 Mike Skinner HAPPENING Today Thursday riday at Savannah at Augusta at Augusta 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm Today at San Diego 10:05 XSS riday at Los Angeles 10:10 TBS Thursday at San Diego 5:05 pmTS lib Next Game: riday vs Carolina in Greenville SC 7:30 923 WMKS Wednesday Television Auto Racing: USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series 7 pm XSS Baseball: Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees 7 pm ESPN lorida Marlins at Los Angeles Dodgers 10 pm ESPN2 Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres 10 pm XSS NBA Playoffs: Toronto Raptors at Philadelphia 76ers 7 pm TNT San Antonio Spurs at Dallas Mavericks 9:30 pm TNT NHL Playoffs: Toronto Maple Leafs at New Jersey Devils 7 pm ESPN2 Los Angeles Kings at Colorado Avalanche 10 pm ESPN Soccer: UEA Champions League Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich 2:30 pm ESPN2 Wednesday radio Baseball: Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres 10 pm WMAC AM 940 $985650 19 Ward Burton $980724 20 Joe Nemechek $940373 Golf PGA Schedule Jan 3 7 WGC Accenture Match Play Champi onship (Sieve Stricker) Jan 11 14 Mercedes Championships (Jim uryk) Jan 11 14 Touchstone Energy Tucson Open (Garrett Willis) Jan 18 21 Sony Open in Hawaii (Brad axon) Jan 25 28 Phoenix Open (Mark Calcavecchia) eb 1 4 Pebble Beach National Pro Am (Davis Love III) eb 8 1 1 Buick Invitational (Phil Mickelson) eb 15 18 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic (Joe Durant) eb 22 25 Nissan Open (Robert Allenby) March 1 4 Genuity Championship (Joe Durant) March 8 11 Honda Classic (Jesper Parnevik) March 15 18 Bay Hill Invitational (Tiger Woods) March 22 25 The Players Championship (Ti ger Woods) March 29 April 1 BellSouth Classic (Scott McCarron) April 5 8 The Masters (Tiger Woods) April 12 15 WORLDCOM Classic (Jose Coceres) April 1 9 22 Shell Houston Open (Hal Sutton) April 26 29 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Clas sic (Scott Hoch) May 3 6 COMPAQ Classic (David Toms) May 1 0 1 3 Verizon Byron Nelson Classic TPC at our Seasons Las Colinas Cottonwood Valley CC Irving Texas May 17 20 MasterCard Colonial Colonial CC ort Worth Texas May 24 27 Kemper Insurance Open TPC at Avenel Potomac Md May 30 June 3 Memorial Tournament Muir field Village GC Dublin Ohio June 7 10 edEx St Jude Classic TPC at Southwind Memphis Tenn June 14 17 US Open 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Transactions BASEBALL American League TEXAS Placed LHP Darren Oliver on the 15 day disabled list Activated RHP Tim Crab tree from the 15 day disabled list Recalled RHP Aaron Myette from Oklahoma of the PCL OOTBALL National ootball League BUALO Signed Larry Centers CINCINNATI Waived Craig Heimburger CLEVELAND Signed LB Anthony Har ris to a one year contract DALLAS Signed WR Jeremaine Copeland PHILADELPHIA Named coach Andy Reid executive vice president for football operations TENNESSEE Signed RB Chrys Chukwuma COLLEGE BOWLING Named Curt Miller basketball coach MANHATTAN Signed Bobby Gonzalez basketball coach to a contract extension through the 2004 05 season MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL Announced the resignation of Gary Manchel basketball coach to become an assistant at Ohio University MERCER Named Jeremy Luther assis tant basketball coach MICHIGAN Named Charles Ramsey men's assistant basketball coach Announced sophomore basketball Tom Cockle has left the team ST Announced freshman Omar Cook will forgo his last three years of eligibility to enter the NBA draft Announced sophomore Jason Collins will forgo his last two years of eligibility to enter the NBA draft Named Joe Godri baseball coach and Mary Beth Sneil assistant basketball coach Playing in pain: Niedermayer practices Sakic will go Associated Press EAST RUTHERORD NJ Scott Niedermayer sidelined since being elbowed by Tie Domi late in Game 4 worked out for 40 minutes Tuesday and might play for the Devils against the Maple Leafs in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series The New Jersey defenseman skated hard took shots and had no post concussion problems have a better idea after the skate Nieder mayer said feel pretty good Like I said I say exactly how I feel because afterward after you do things like this that you feel The series ends Wednesday in New Jersey and Devils coach Larry Robinson said he would wait until a few hours before the 7 pm EDT faceoff to decide on availability he is out there because not risking his health in this Robinson said Niedermayer was knocked out in Game 4 when NHL PLAYOS Domi a Toronto forward hit him with a vicious elbow to the head Domi was suspended by the NHL and must sit out at least the rest of the playoffs Niedermayer said Monday that Domi planned the attack in retaliation for a hit from the New Jersey defenseman Nieder mayer cut Domi over the bridge of the nose with his stick in Game 2 of the series and was not penalized Niedermayer never had a con cussion before attack He has spoken with his brother Rob who plays for the lorida Panthers and has had several concussions asked what he felt like after riding the bike like yesterday and after the skate like Scott Niedermayer said told me what to look for and what to expect if you feel good or feel so Devils goalie Martin Brodeur said it was good to see Nieder mayer skate but hopes the defen seman plays only if he gets clear ance from doctors he is not ready they are not going to play Brodeur said game is not going to make up a career really important that he take his time You see a lot of head injuries cost careers Yes Game 7 is impor tant but we have other guys who can step up like they did yesterday the doctors clear him good! But we count on Devils captain Scott Stevens said Niedermayer play if there is any doubt about his health or stamina go out there in the first period and play five minutes and say play Stevens said SAKIC WILL PLAY: The closed eyes and wincing expression said it all The pain in Joe shoulder promises to persist for the remainder of the playoffs After missing two games of the Western Conference semifinals Sakic returned for Game 6 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday night only to land hard on his right shoulder in overtime The Avalanche captain gri maced noticeably on the bench but plans to be on the ice again for Game 7 on Wednesday night Coach Bob Hartley said Sakic will not take faceoffs and could be held out during penalty killing going to be his call on where I play and when I Sakic said Tuesday he calls my name be out there more than Sakic the second leading scorer in the regular sea son had five goals and three assists in first six playoff games before being hit by two Kings players less than five minutes into Game 3 With both teams facing playoff elimination there is little reason to sit Sakic on Wednesday night was no damage after game Hartley said with pain is part of playoff co fr ac ft AnENTION COACHES COMING UP.