Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 11, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Soundbite Well play flyers hockey Well be Bill who replaced Craig Ramsay As head coach in Philadelphia sports on to c7 sports record scorecard i nil Nashville 2 Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 4 Louis 6 Dallas 1 Columbus 1 los Angeles 2 i nil Green Bay 26 Chicago 24 Baltimore 24 Tampa Bay 16 Kansas City 15 giants 30 Jacksonville 44 Tennessee 35 Philadelphia 35 Denver 31 Dallas 32 Louis 40 new Orleans 31 Oakland 31 Aba Phoenix 95 Boston 104 Dallas 99 Sacramento 101 lakers 112 Minnesota 1 islanders 2 Detroit 3 Chicago 1 Anaheim 0 Phoenix 1 Vancouver 1 Detroit 13 new England 17 san Diego 3 Miami 13 Carolina 14 Pittsburgh 10 Arizona 10 Cincinnati 3 Cleveland 24 Seattle 24 Washington 13 Minnesota 29 san Francisco 27 jets 7 Toronto 87 Denver 102 of new Jersey 73 Miami 97 Detroit 88 i Brief jays resign Gonzalez Dallas Cap the Toron to Blue jays resigned shortstop Alex Gonzalez to a fou year contract plugging a gaping Hole in the teams jays general manager Gord Ash and new manager Buck Martinez lobbied Gonzalez hard to spurn More lucrative offers and remain a Blue his Only team through seven major league Gonzalez was reportedly look ing for million us for four the Deal got done when the jays told Gonzalez they were prepared to go in another were Here trying to obtain another shortstop and i dont think he wanted to Wake up tomorrow and hear we acquired one and Hes Ash said from baseballs Winter meet Gonzalez decided to stay with the team that drafted him and the one he said was his first Choice All Ive always loved the team and the City and always wanted to come Back he Gonzalez set career highs with 15 Home runs and 69 Bis last season while batting in 141 but the 27yearold shortstop was More important to jays for his Stellar defence at Short Stop and losing him would have created big problems in the jays this is a big thing for for Martinez we think he has a lot of i spoke to him and he was very he knows this is a Good some expected Gonzalez to remain on the Market until after superstar Alex Rodriguez hoping that would drive up his briefs continued c2 december 2000 sports c1 David press our Golden boy Winnipeg Mike Ireland speeds to a Gold medal in the mens event of the assent Isu world cup Speed skating tournament in Korea it was Ireland first career International Ireland also won a Silver medal placing second in the 500metre rams regain stymie vaunted Vikings Bob n weave returns As Faulk rushes for four is editor Buzz Currie 6977285 by Fallstrom rams 40 Vikings 29 Louis bringing the Bob n weave out of Mothballs brought out the Best in the Louis the swagger was Back for the defending super bowl who ended a three game losing Streak in sometimes Brazen fashion in a 4029 Vic tory Over the Minnesota Vikings mar shall Faulk scored a Tea record four Rushing touchdowns and the who also had lost three in a Row at celebrated their first two touchdowns with the banned they also signalled their own first Downs and spun the Ball after big its real fun seeing the Guys do the Bob n quarterback Kurt Warner that what were All showing we knew we had to break it Vikings coach Dennis Green is co chairman of the Nils Competition and he was behind the league crackdown on Celebration dances this in the Days before the several rams said they mind paying a it has nothing to do with Dennis said wide receiver Torry who invented the dance last year As a Rookie and marked its return with nine catches for 172 it didst matter who we were we were going to do Green said he had no reaction to the rams cel the rams 95 opened the game with an 80yard scoring drive capped by Faulks 1yard and seven rams did the Bob n on the second another 1yard run by six players the third wide receiver Isaac Bruce called a halt to the celebrating after another Bunch of players convened in the end Faulks touchdowns gave him a league leading and career High and they were his first visits to the end zone in three after a couple of quiet weeks following his return from knee he had 135 Yards Rushing on 25 Topping Yards for the fourth straight and 43 Yards on six who threw four interceptions in a 163 loss at Carolina last week in a disastrous return from a broken Little was 27for32 for 346 the rams also played error free Ball a week after committing seven and in the pre Vious three they had John Baker didst punt until there was the Victory was critical to the playoff Hopes of the who had lost five of seven after a 60 they remained tied for the pfc West Lead with the press Complete nil coverage Gretzky poised to Captain coyotes its a near certainty nil will approve Ellman s plan Phoenix on the Southeast Corner of a Busy Scotts Dale intersection sits a stucco and Terra Cotta an empty Shell of a shopping mall that is simply another reminder to developers and civic politicians that times new Bigboy stores become the new near newer housing get in a Gem of a desert Community East of the los Arcos mall is Noth ing More than Dinosaur a blight at the Southern end of a massive Community that is growing North and Developer Steve Ellman wants to change he wants to resurrect this Shell of a mall near Scottsdale old town and he wants to put a hockey suitable for a National hockey league right in the Middle of of he needs the nil team first and getting it Hast been for almost a Ellman has been negotiating with Phoenix coyotes owner Richard Burke in an Effort to Purchase the Money losing fran Chise a franchise that was once the Money losing Winnipeg jets for million that int much Money considering that Burke bought the jets for million us in 1996 million us in Cash plus million per year for 10 years As a consulting fee to former owner Barry questions about Ellmas ability to not Only Purchase the but operate it in the ridiculously inadequate America West Arena while he builds a new building have haunted his this morning Ell Man and his hockey legend Wayne expect to be told that the nil Gover nors have accepted their plans and will be allowed to take owner ship of the at 8 Ellman and Gretzky will sit in front of a committee of 10 nil owners and be questioned about their intended acquisition of the its expected be tossed if Ellman and Gretzky dont take Over the the coyotes will move perhaps to port although there is still some question As to whether Microsoft co founder Paul Allen really wants an nil nil commissioner Gary Bettman desperately wants to keep a team in especially if there is a Glim Mer of Hope that a new Arena will be and that Why the Ellma Gretzky Purchase of the club will be rubber stamped this i dont know what ill do Gretzky have a drink or do 10 pushups to bet heavily on an ice cold despite speculation based on some pretty solid facts that the new ownership group probably Doest have the Cash Nec Essary to carry the losses while Ellman figures out a Way to redevelop the los Arcos the Board of governors will vote unanimously to give them the thanks in no Small Way to Gretzky As a matter of if Gretzky want there was no Way Ellman would get his hands on this this after the same Guy who reneged on a Deal to Purchase Portage place shopping As he a single shopkeeper refused to keep a Portage skywalk most real estate experts believe it was because Ellman didst have enough its hard to imagine he has enough Money Gretzky knows coyotes would leave Arizona if he we rent in the continued please see Gretzky 02 Royal sports the reviews Are in Winnipeg hottest Board clothing store shoes clothing to make you wow Roxy eunies Globe spy Ocke y skates 3000 or 33yr249 179 1000jr 79 helmets Nike hh0004 w 79 All Winter jackets on Sale 1060 f snowboard jackets from team Jaike snowboard is from Jan Ahji u cry 1769 Portage 8975464 l Yal sports 650 Raleigh 6684584 new Stock just 68 Higgins 9438811 ;