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THUFJ5DAY, OCTOBER 17, 19; roil ifxcc Prcso BEST BETS riFL (Jkl n. To see: How the Red Wings fare versus the Blackhawks tonight in Chicago (8:30, Channel 50 in Detroit) The Blackhawks are 3-3, but they are still looking for their Marino practices on sore ankle: 'Hurts every time' i I i i first point at home this season. The Wings (2-3) will be trying to I 1 1 1 break out of their early season scoring slump. Good luck against Chicago goalie Ed Belfour, right, who made 39 saves in the fith a pained expression, Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino admitted Wednesday that his right ankle still hurts. Blackhawks' 3-1 victory Tuesday night at Toronto.

vVY NATIONWORLD MORNING LINE Berrds doubleheader mixes political debate and baseball TOh'lGHT'S CAME MATCHUP: Seattle (2-4) at Kansas City (4-2). WHEN: 8. WHERE: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Mo. TV: TNT. LINE: Chiefs by 9.

STAFF PICKS (against the line): Kansas City Mitch Albom, Charlie Vincent, Perry A. FarreH Seattle Curt Sylvester. OVERVIEW: The Chiefs, who have beaten the Seahawks In 10 of their last 11 meetings, have allowed only four touchdowns In opponents' 18 possessions inside the 20. The Seahawks' defense Is rated seventh against the pass; defensive end Michael Sinclair Is tied for the NFL lead with eight sacks. INJURY REPORT: Seahawks Doubtful; DL Wall LsBounly (knee); queslkmaole: LB Terry Wooden (hamstring); probable: DE Antonio Edwards (Knee), vR Ronnie Harris (cMdien pox), Pele Kendall (knee), LB James Looan (leg).

Chiefs -Out: WR Victor Bailey (knee), LB Tracy Rogers (thumb); questionable: CB James Hasty (wrist), TE Derrick Walker (shoulder), William White (ankle); probable: John Alt (back), Tom Barndt (knee). fogi Berra, who once said you can observe a lot just by watch ing, had a good plan for observing both the baseball playoff and the presidential debate The concession came after Marino practiced for the first time since his ankle was broken Sept. 23 in a 10-6 loss at Indianapolis. Marino participated in about 25 percent of the workout, throwing with no defenders, running a few seven-on-seven plays, and then limping to the locker room. Marino has yet to test the ankle at full speed.

"There's pain every time," he said. "It felt all right It doesn't feel great. I'm making progress. It's going to be a day-to-day thing." Marino might be in uniform Sunday when Miami plays at Philadelphia, but Craig Erickson likely will make his third consecutive start. Marino, 35, is more likely to return for the Dolphins' game against Dallas on Oct.

27. NEW YORK JETS: Quarterback Frank Reich, who for nine seasons backed up Jim Kelly at Buffalo, said he doesn't like the way Kelly is being treated by fans and media. "Jim Kelly has not only done a lot for that football team, he has done a ton for the whole city of Buffalo," Reich said. "I was there for the last game in '85, when there were 12,000 people in the stands. Then they sold 45,000 season tickets when Jim signed and the first game of the next season was sold out.

I like to think they'll support him through the struggles he's having. I think generally they support him and he is their guy-" After missing two games, both wins, because of a hamstring injury, Kelly was booed ".7 1 1 nrf -ni-iimailliiiril- i -I i after Berra was asked about Dole's comment at a Columbus Day celebration in Newark, J. "Yogi was right when he said it ain't over till it's over," Dole said, countering polls showing him trailing. "And Yogi is one of my advisers." Berra laughed when asked about that last part "Advise him?" he said. "No, I don't get into that stuff." Berra added, however, that he'll probably vote for Dole.

ON THIS DATE in 1989, the Calgary Flames tied an NHL record by scoring two goals, both shorthanded, in four seconds, and three goals in a 27-second span of the third period to tie Quebec, 8-8. Doug Gilmour scored at 19:45 and fed Paul Ranheim off the ensuing face-off for the tying goal with 11 seconds to play. Wednesday night. "Ill start off with the game, and if that gets boring, I'll switch to the debate," the New York Yankees Hall of Famer said of his strategy for dividing his TV watching between the Game 6 of the National League playoffs and the debate between President Bill Clinton and Bob Dole. "Otherwise, I'll switch back and forth," Berra continued.

"I can always find out what happens in the debate by listening to the TV news and the analysts that come on afterwards. That's how I find out, anyway, about what they said." The matter of the debate came up Sunday in a 21-7 loss to Miami. PHILADELPHIA: Cornerback Troy Vincent, who left Miami to join the Eagles as a free agent, suggested this code of conduct for Dolphins fans who will be at Veterans Stadium for Sunday's game: "You can come and be supportive of your team, but don't be too supportive. You can wear your jacket and hat. But if something big happens, don't be jumping up and down and hollering, because you will get hit in the head with a bottle." Pt'TRJOStKReuters Lansing's Todd Martin returns a shot against Italy's Cristiano Caratti during their match in the Czech Open.

Martin won, Top seed Martinez ousted from European Indoors lop seed Conchita Martinez was knocked out of the European Indoors tournament Wednesday, losing, 64, 6-4, to Belgium's Sabine Appelmans in THE NEW MA2DA I $18.345 pras to whom he lost the No. 1 ranking earlier this year for the title. BOWLING: Liz Johnson took the third-round lead in the LPBTs Delaware Open in Claymont, Del. Second was Marianne DiRupo, followed by Lisa Wagner, Julie Gardner and Jackie Sellers. OBITUARY: Texie Waterman, the choreographer who helped craft the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders' glitzy, sexy image, died Monday of lung cancer.

She was 64. Cowboys president and general manager Tex Schramm hired Ms. Waterman in 1972 as the cheerleaders' first choreographer. She retired in 1983. Ms.

Waterman played herself in the 1979 made-for-lelevision "Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Movie" and its sequel. BOXING: Former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes (65-5), who four months ago said he would not fight again unless the opponent was George Foreman, announced he will fight Brian Nielsen of Denmark on Jan. 24 at Copenhagen. The 12-round bout will be for the IBO championship, held by Nielsen (300). A -Ml IS i 1 Zurich, Switzerland.

I "Everything went wrong," Marti- nez said. "It was a bad day." Martina Hingis, her game improv-l ing week by week, beat Romania's Irina Spirlea, 6-3, 6-3, to advance to the quarterfinals. "I feel good and I'm ready to take on anybody I must," Hingis said. The 16-year-old Swiss, the No. 5 seed, had a far easier time than No.

4 seed Jana Novotna of the Czech Republic, who struggled in the sec-1 ond round past Austria's Barbara Schett, 7-5. MORE TENNIS: Seeking his second title in a row, Boris Becker beat Denmark's Frederik Fetterlein, 6-3, 6-4, to advance to the second round of the Czech Indoor tournament in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Fifth seed Todd Martin of Lansing cruised to a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Italy's Cristiano Caratti, and home crowd favorite Petr Korda routed Nicolas Lapentd of Ecuador, 6-4, 6-2. World No. 1 Pete Sampras took a 64, 6-2 victory over Canadian doubles specialist Grant Connell in the Marlboro Championships at Hong Kong.

Second-seeded Austrian Thomas Muster also got off to a winning start but had to fight harder to beat South African Neville Godwin, 64, 3-6, 64. Muster is expected to meet Sam- yyy METROSTATE Hall of Honor will induct niiimrmimfc TODAY I TV HIGHLIGHTS 1997 MAZDA 626 LX-5 Complete TV schedule, Pages 3-4G. noon OKD Drag racing: NHRA (taped). 4 p.m. (DJD Golf: Nike Tour Championship, first round.

6:00 Baseball: National League championship series, St. Louis at Atlanta, Game 7. 8:00 QBD NFL Seattle at Kansas City. 8:30 Bed Wings: Detroit at Chicago. 9:00 CI8D NHL: Florida at Colorado.

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Introducing the new Mazda 626 LX-5 Sport Friday. Besides Boros, who played base-; ball for the Wolverines in 1956-57, and Dierdorf, a U-M offensive line-! man in 1968-70, others to be inducted are Mark Churella (wrestling), Elaine 1 Crosby (tennis and golf), David De-; bol (hockey), Diane Dietz (basketball), Len Ford (football), Ray Sen-kowski (tennis) and John Tidwell (basketball). BASKETBALL: Eastern Michigan hired Tony Harvty as assistant men's coach. Harvey, 31, has been an associate head coach at Compton (Calif.) Community College and an assistant at McNeese State, South- ern University and Benton Harbor High, from which he graduated in 1983. Grand Ledge High Is seeking opponents for boys varsity scrimmages on Nov.

29 and Dec. 7. Contact coach Tony Swt at 1-517-' 627-4625 weekdays or 1-517-627-4363. SOCCER: Miriam Cavanaugh and Cindy Fix scored goals, leading the Detroit Titans (11-3-1) to a 2-1 victory at Dayton (8-7). The victory was the Titans' eighth straight, tying a school record.

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