THE PLAIN DEALER TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1998 7-D BOWL INSIDER only wear it at times like this." Davis salutes 'soldier mentality' COVERING THEIR BASES Both coaches are paying a lot of attention to detail. Wary of distractions, Shanahan inSAN DIEGO It didn't take long for began his news conference with the media stalled the Broncos' game plan before they Terrell Davis to be asked why Denver play- by saying: "Flying in that helicopter was arrived, a practice that was successful durers salute each other after touchdowns. fun." ing his years with the San Francisco 49ers. "It's just the people on the team having SMILELESS SETH Green Bay line- Green Bay's Mike Holmgren saved some that type of mentality soldier mentality, backer Seth Joyner is following the foot- stuff for this week. Holmgren held two spesaid the Broncos running back.
"I think as steps of former Philadelphia teammate Reg- cial meetings before his, team arrived. He running backs we're asked to do a lot. We gie White, who won his first championship a presided at one with the players. His wife have to block, catch the ball; we have to run. year ago in his 12th NFL season.
Joyner held one with players's wives to review We're kind of like a three-headed monster joined the Packers this year, his 12th, and a team rules. at times and I think it's kind of tough. championship has become his quest. AROUND TOWN The last time the we came up with the concept of being "A lot of people have told me I don't smile per Bowl was held here, in 1988, tickets cost soldiers. Actually, we were warriors at first.
enough," Joyner said. "I think I am quite $100. Face value now is $275 and $350.... A As warriors, there wasn't anything we could misunderstood when it comes to that. Peo- 20-ounce beer at the Super Bowl will sell for do to say that we were warriors, so the sol- ple like to believe that I'm a miserable per- $7 in Qualcomm Stadium.
Of course, that dier thing was kind of slick. There's a rap- son because I haven't achieved what I comes in a plastic commemorative per, Master and he has a song, 'No Livin' wanted to achieve. Jim Brown is here trying to gather support and we thought that theme song fit "However, I have had a great career. Ev- to reinstitute his youth intervention prowell with us." erything I have wanted to accomplish in my gram in this area. Brown's Amer-I-Can career I have done, with the exception of Foundation benefited from a $100-a-plate BRONCO PARANOIA Denver coach this Super Bowl.
I will not allow myself to dinner Sunday night. A $20-a-person fan Mike Shanahan nearly freaked out when a relax or let my guard down or my emotions party is scheduled for tomorrow night. local television station helicopter hovered get the best of me until it is done and over Brown first introduced Amer-I-Can to San over Denver's practice field and videotaped with." Diego after an outbreak of gang violence about 20 minutes of practice yesterday. The NICE ROCK Green Bay quarterback five years ago. There are four NFL charBroncos had the videotape confiscated and Brett Favre is not a fan of jewelry, but he's ity golf tournaments scheduled in the area this week.
The one tomorrow includes destroyed. "That was inappropriate," Sha- wearing his Super Bowl ring from last events such as "shortest drive" and "clubnahan said. "I don't think we'll have a prob- year's championship. "First time I've had it lem the rest of the week." Later in the eve- on in several months," he said. "Look at it.
It throwing." ning, Green Bay coach Mike Holmgren kind of sticks out like a sore thumb. You TONY GROSSI NEWSWATCH Donahoe will remain with the Steelers For a change, the Pittsburgh Steelers won't lose a key free agent. Tom Donahoe will stay on as director of football operations. Donahoe, whose astute personnel moves have kept the Steelers competitive despite an annual emigration of players, said yesterday he had pulled his name from consideration to become the Seattle Seahawks' general manager. The Seahawks previously raided the Steelers for linebacker Chad Brown and cornerback Willie Williams, and they reportedly were willing to offer Donahoe five times his estimated Pittsburgh salary of $200,000.
But Donahoe said his first preference was always to stay with the Steelers, for whom he first worked as a ballboy in high school, and that money was never a factor in his decision. "This is what I've always wanted to do, this is where I've always wanted to be," Donahoe said. "It's always been about winning to me, and we have won in Pittsburgh and will continue to win in the future." MORA FILLS STAFF New Colts coach Jim Mora announced nine members of his staff, including two assistants to former coach Lindy Infante. Mora said defensive line coach Greg Blache and running backs coach Gene Huey were being retained from Infante's staff, and that Huey might switch to coaching wide receivers. The Colts' coordinators will be Tom Moore on offense and Rusty Tillman on defense.
Moore was the running backs coach for New Orleans last season and Tillman was special teams coach for Oakland. Former Browns assistant Howard Mudd will coach the offensive line. FROM WIRE REPORTS HORSE HARNESS RACING NORTHFIELD LAST NIGHT'S CHARTS ns-nose neck hd-head deadheat x-broke PP Horse, Driver Fin. Track: Good Track: GD Off stride Interference break 8 Holliday 1 3 4 FIRST: Pace. 3000CLCD 1,600 1 mi.
1 Frosted Spy W. Irvine 2 2 Track: GD Off Time 07:01 4 Merriman 5 40 300 3-2 PP Horse, Driver Fin. 3 Game Eddy B. Miller 4 20 10 6 Perky Frost. V.
Copeland 8 8 8 9 In Miller 3 20 20 9 Your Honor Harry, D. Hawk 6 e2 7 6 License To Pantaleano 7 40 40 2 Miller 3 5 500 7-7 7 Audi Quatro Miller 8 60 60 5 Lightning Loy 60 3 Storm Society. R. Angus 10 1 7 Last Starfighter, A. Miller to 9 9 1 You Send Hawk 2 3 3 Time: 29.2,59.4,1:30.1,2:01.4 8 Stare Upon, R.
Fisher Jr 9 80 90 NO SCRATCHES 5 Exit Konesky 6 9 8 6.60,4.80; 5.00 4 Jake Knockout Jones 4 5 7 Perfecta (8-1) Pald $164.20 2 Time: 29 and 4.1:01.3,1:32.1,2:04.4 Holliday 5 5 Trifecta (8-1-4) Paid $1,324.60 NO SCRATCHES 1st Half Doublesuper (8-1-ALL-ALL) Paid $160.40 6.60,6.20; 9.80 1st Half Carryover Doublesuper $69,964.97 (No Winners) Perfecta (9-6) Pald $35.40 SECOND: Trot, NW1CD 1,800 1 mi. SEVENTH: Pace, NW1R1200CD 2,400 1 mi, Track: GD Off Time: 07:19 Track: GD Off Time: 08:58 1 PP PP Horse, Driver Fin, Horse, Driver Fin. 6 Mr Hawk 4 4 20 Diesel Jones 1 3 Mighty Joyner 3 3 3 9 2 Road To ImpressiveMindale. Holliday Pntaleano 2 6 40 3 40 3 8 Rhapsodic, T. Crissman 6 40 7 Age Miller 5 5 6 3 6 Sno Speed Cat.R.
Ruler. D. Fisher Jr Rothfuss 3 2 20 2 Quesenberry 2 2 10 5-11 8 60 70 5-11 9 Lakewater Spearman 8 8 8 6-17 5 Rebate Copeland 9 9 4 Shrecks Deaton A 7 7 4 Radiant Loy 5 7 6 Bestoftherest, R. Fisher Jr 5 8-28 8 Impudent Miller 9 80 800 5 V-Anna's Irvine 9 X9X 9 9-DIS 7 Mannart Miller 40 5 5 9-15 Time: 29.3,1:01.3,1:33.4,2:05.3 Time: 28.3,1:00.0,1:29.3.2:00.0 NO SCRATCHES NO SCRATCHES 10.20.4.80; 4.60 3.80,2.60; 2.60 Perfecta (6-3) Paid $43.40 Perfecta Paid $24.40 Trifecta (6-3-8) Paid $619.20 Trifecta (1-2-9) Paid $75.00 Daily Double (9-6) Paid $12.80 2nd Half Tri-Super (No Winners) Carryover $7,828.86 THIRD: Pace, 2000CLCD 1,200 1 ml. Track: GD Off Time: 07:43 EIGHTH: Trot, NW1R1200CD 2,400 1 mi.
PP Horse, Driver Fin. Track: GD Off PP Horse, Driver Fin, 9 KF Schillaci 3 10 1 3 Klass Pantaieano 50 5 40 3 Cartridge T.D. Miller 20 2 3 2 Corkyshossnmangame, Hilliday 4 30 30 7 Gimme Cox 7 60 40 1 Silver Hawk 2 2 4 Over Fisher Jr 4 30 20 4 Harts Fisher 6 50 6 Vinci 60 7 60 5 Must ughtning, T. Jones 7 6 2 Lakota, T. Jones 3 5 8 Ki's Lingo 80 9 9 5 Solar Viking, R.
Miller 5 6-3 6 Dark Green 9 CO 09 1 Sotor Myrick 7 Michael Irvine 10 4 7 8 Welsh Miller 0 8 Time: 29.4,1:00.3,1:30.2,2:01.2 9 Get It Hawk 9X 9X tO 9-12 NO SCRATCHES Time: 29.4.1:01.1,1:32.1,2:04.0 10.80,2.20; 2.10 NO SCRATCHES Perfecta (9-3) Paid $149.20 8.60,4.20; 7.00 Trifecta (9-3-1) Pald $198.60 Perfecta (3-7) Paid $68.00 Trifecta (9-3-2) Pald $172.80 Trifecta (3-7-4) Paid $383.40 2nd Half Doublesuper (No Winners) FOURTH: Pace, 8000CL NW4 3,000 1 mi. Carryover $69,964.97 Track: GD Off Time: 08:06 PP Horse, Driver Fin. NINTH: Pace, 3000CLCD 1,600 1 mi. Track: GD Off 2 Truthful Holliday 6 60 30 PP Horse, Driver Fin. 9 Holdingittogether, D.
Hawk 7 7 8 6 Q's Black Miller 10 20 2 4 Trouble With Harry D. Miller 6 7 4 1-NK 5 Lookin Tuff, R. Fisher 8 80 40 6 Raque-N-Bullwinkle, K. Holliday 2 2 2 2-NK 7 Cd's Noble Rothfuss 9 9 70 2 Jones 3-NK 8 Tricky Copeland 30 5 9 8 Sand My Ena.T. Loy 9 91 CA 4 Highstakes Poker, T.
Loy 5 40X 50 0. American Fisher Jr 3 3 5-10 1 Kinda Ideal. J. Joyner 2 4 Steam Valley Hawk 40 30X 6DQ-DIS 3 Rinestone Rocky. R.
Miller 3 7 Tip Top Torino, V. Copeland 8 80iX AC DNF. Time: 28.3,58.4,1:29.4.2:01.4 3 Last Rothfuss 5 50lX DNFNO SCRATCHES 5 Kentucky Miller 7 6olX AC DNF. 3.60,3.20; 2.80 Time: 29.1,1:00.1,1:30.3,2:01.3 Perfecta (2-9) Pald $33.40 NO SCRATCHES Superfecta (2-9-6-5) Paid $204.20 6.80,4.20; 6.00 FIFTH: Trot. NW1R1200CD 2,400 1 ml.
Trifecta Perfecta (4-6-2) (4-6) Paid $133.00 Track: GD Off Time: 08:23 Pald $1,808.20 PP Horse, Driver Fin. TENTH: Pace. FMNW1R800 1,600 1 mi. 5 Catch The Rothfuss 6 50 50 14 Track GD OH 9 Touch Score.L Merriman 10 10 2-4 PP Horse, Driver Fin. 3 Happy Jones 30 3.5¼ 1 Dr Holliday 2 2 5 Earna Miller 10 1 7 Lizzie Mckirgan 2 4 4 5-11 3 Gourmet, C.
Wyers 2 2 2 2 Decisively Hawk 9 8 4 Cedar Chest.D. Rothfuss 3 3 3-11 8 Vega Macomber Jr 8 7 6 Rg Firefly. S. Cox 40 6 4 4 Welcometothejungle, Schillaci X7 80- 9 1 Classy Mink Hawk 7 7 5 6 V-Annas Good Stock, Irvine X4 60 7 9-DIS 8 Lala Schillaci 6 50 600 Time: 30.1.1:01.3,1:33.0,2:04.3 9 Kehm Pantaleano 8 8 8 NO SCRATCHES 7 Jane Miller cD 9 9 6.20.3.80; 6.20 JD Jogger. T.
Jones '5 40 70 Perfecta (5-9) Pald $138.20 Time: 28.2,59.1,1:29.0,1:59.1 1st Half Tri-Super (5-9-3) Pald $1,127.00 NO SCRATCHES Pick Three (3 of 3) Paid $978.80 19.80,9.40: Perfecta (5-3) Pald $63.40 SIXTH: Pace, NW1R800CD 1,600 1 mi. Trifecta (5-3-4) Pald $631.60 AT OTHER TRACKS SANTA ANITA British-bred year with a second-place finish in Prize Giving overtook 7-5 favorite the Tropical Park Oaks at Calder Martiniquais in the late going and Race Course. Last year, the Will then held off Bienvenido to win Farrish homebred won 3 of 8. the $162,300 San Marcos Handi- starts, winning one stakes and cap by lengths yesterday. placing in four others.
She has Ridden by Alex Solis and carry- earned $184,625 and has been. in ing 114 pounds, Prize Giving cov- the money in 8 of her 10 races. ered miles on the turf course Quick Lap, ridden by Pat in 2:04 2-5 and paid $9.80, $5.20 was timed in 1:42 4-5 and paid: and $3. The win was the second in the United States and fifth in 16 lifetime starts for Prize Giving and was worth $97,380, raising the career earnings of the 5-year-old son of Most Welcome to $235,160. Bienvenido, ridden by Chris McCarron and carrying 115 pounds, crossed the finish line a half-length in front of Martiniquais and returned $5 and $2.80.
Martiniquais was two lengths ahead of Da Bull at the wire and paid $2.20 to show. GULFSTREAM Favored Quick Lap edged Social Storm by a head in the $75,000 Sweetest Chant Stakes for 3-year-old fillies. Blessed was lengths back for third. Quick Lap, a Texas-bred daughter of Nicholas, started the RACING LEGEND NORTHFIELD PARK RACING ABBREVIATIONS FFA free for all; Opn open; NW non-winners; MI mile: Pref preferred; CD conditioned: CL claiming: CLCD PM parimutuel; INV Invitational; MC handicap; LC late neck; hd head; I- interference; ix interference closer; EC early closer; PP post position; nk break, dq disqualified; pl placed, pu pulled up; dnf did not finish; be broken equipment; dis distanced; scr scratched; ch choked; ac accident. fl fell; parked out: 00 double parked out; broke stride; Tdis time disallowed.
TRACK CONDITIONS Ft last; Gd good. St slow; Sy sloppy. $5.20, $2.80 and $2.40. FROM WIRE REPORTS Top two drivers back for challenge Dave Miller and Dave Hawk, who had the most overall victories among current Northfield Park sulky regulars last year, will return to the fourth Challenge of. Champions driving tournament Feb.
16 at Freehold (N.J.) Raceway. Defending tourney champion Miller, 33, obliterated last year's Challenge field with four victories and 265 points. Hawk, 35, finished third among nine top North American challengers. FREE PROGRAMS Northfield will give away free simulcast program booklets throughout all of Sunday's sessions. Gates.
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He's won more games at quarterback than anyone. He has more comeback wins that anyone. He has everything but a Super Bowl. He's a great guy on top of all that. "I'm going to do everything in my power to see he doesn't win, but if we lose, I'm happy for him." To which the star-crossed Elway responded: "Well, that's good.
Tell him to stub a toe or Green Bay is 3-0 in Super Bowls and Denver is 0-4, counting a pre-Elway loss 20 years ago. Besides these teams' histories, the greatest mismatch lies in the NHL STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Team Pts GF GA New Jersey 29 14 3 61 137 94 Philadelphia 25 11 9 59 137 100 Washington 23 17 8 54 135 124 N. Y. Rangers 15 20 12 42 118 129 Florida 15 23 10 40 120 137 N. Y.
Islanders 16 25 6 38 120 134 Tampa Bay 9 29 8 26 82 148 Northeast Division Montreal 25 16 7 57 145 115 Pittsburgh 24 15 8 56 131 110 Boston 21 16 9 51 117 109 Ottawa 19 21 7 45 111 115 Buffalo 17 20 8 42 111 117 Carolina 17 25 6 40 118 137 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Dallas 30 11 8 68 149 99 Detroit 28 11 10 66 158 111 St. Louis 26 17 6 58 143 119 Phoenix 21 18 8 50 131 125 Chicago 18 20 9 45 111 108 Toronto 14 24 7 35 106 136 Pacific Division Los Angeles 19 19 8 46 129 San Jose 16 24 6 38 128 Calgary 12 26 10 34 147 Colorado 24 9 16 64 116 Anaheim 15 25 8 38 9898828 143 Edmonton 16 22 9 41 136 Vancouver 12 28 8 32 169 YESTERDAY No games scheduled TODAY Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 St. Louis at N.Y. Rangers, 7.30 Detroit at New Jersey, 7:30 Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7:30 Y. Islanders at Chicago, 8:30 Phoenix at Edmonton.
9 Calgary at Los Angeles. 10:30 SUNDAY North America 8. World 7 4.. trenches, where championships are won and lost. Denver has the league's lightest offensive line and Green Bay has the heaviest defensive line.
Green Bay enjoys a similar advantage with its offensive line against Denver's defensive line. Holmgren and the Packers are fast at work minimizing those huge discrepancies. "I've always felt that was overrated," Holmgren said. "It doesn't make any difference how small or big you are," said 304-pound Green Bay defensive end Reggie White. "They wouldn't be lined up in this league if that was the case.
They played against guys bigger than they were and they beat them down. We want to be able to do that, but the thing is, there's no way we're going to underestimate this team because we see what they can do." HOCKEY Despite their diplomatic talk, the Packers have that confident air of a champion about them. "I think we've got the loosest team in America," safety Eugene Robinson said. "If you came and saw a slice of our practice, you'd say, 'These guys are not Early in Super Bowl week, you couldn't find a Bronco to decry Green Bay's arrogance. "They should be," said Denver safety Tyrone Braxton.
"That's the way I'd be, too. They were here last year and everyone was gunning for them all year and they still made it back. You have to give them credit." Super Bowl week has a way of breaking down such lovey-dovey talk. But hearing a player rip his opponent this year might be the longest shot of the week. Wilkinson sent back to 'Jacks Goaltender Derek Wilkinson was expected as the Lightning acyesterday was reassigned to quired goaltender Mark FitzpatCleveland after appearing in rick in a trade with the Florida eight games with the Tampa Bay Panthers last week.
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