Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 11, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba C2 sports Winn Pix me 2000 associated press Hermann Maier speeds Down the course in the mens giant slalom race in Val France i Brief Maier avenges old grudge Val France aping Overall world cup Champion Hermann Maier of Austria won his second race in As Many Days yester avenging his giant slalom Dis qualification of 1997 at this French resort when he had his Victory taken away for uns trapping his skis too soon in the finish who led an austrian sweep of the top four places in a downhill the previous led a Threeman sweep with teammates Heinz Schilc Hegger and Andreas Schifferer completing the Jeanphilippe Roy of was Erik Guay of Mont did not qualify for the second three years Maier had his Vic tory in the giant slalom Here revoked after he stepped out of his skis and flashed his sponsors name to to cameras before crossing the red line in the finish area where uns trapping is the win was subsequently awarded to archrival Michael von Gruenigen of be May Doan wins Gold Seoul up olympic Champion Catriona be May Doan of Saskatoon won the 500 metres while Mike Ireland of Winnipeg captured his first career International Victory As the first Stop on the world cup Lon track Speed skating circuit concluded in the mens Ireland clocked for the olympic Champion adne Sondra of Norway was second and Jeremy Wotherspoon of red in the mens olympic Champi on Hiroyasu Shimizu of Japan won in Ireland was second in and Wotherspoon was third in Kostelic rallies for win Italy a Janica Kostelic stunned her opponents and herself As she rallied from a first run 10th place to Victory in yesterdays world cup women with an amazing second the teenage croatian Star recovered from a Gap and moved to first place to capture her third straight Victory this season in the Kostelic had clinched her second slalom win in this Alpine resort last december before being sidelined for almost one year with torn right knee Allison Forsyth of was Emily Brydon of did not qualify for the second rangers continue shopping spree Dallas a making a major push at the Winter the Texas rangers agreed yesterday to contracts with former National league map Ken Caminiti and right hander Mark two Days after signing first base Man Andres Galarraga to a Mil oneyear the rangers were still in Pursuit of the biggest prize of the free agent Market shortstop Alex Petkovsek got a two year Deal and Caminiti a Mil oneyear contract with two option bugs sign Bell Dallas a the Pittsburgh pirates agreed to terms with free agents Terry Mulholland and Derek Bell on two year deals Bell hit with 18 homers and 69 Bis in 144 games with the new York mets last he want offered salary arbitration last week As the mets planned to go to a cheaper and younger terms were not disclosed on his two year which has an option for who will make Mil lion Over the two went 99 with one save and a Era in 54 appear ances for Atlanta last Rochon wins moguls Winter up Stephane Rochon of beat olympic Gold medallist Jonny Moseley of the United states in the fourth round to win the dual moguls title at the grand National freestyle ski meet who finished second in the world cup moguls standings last sea son with three podium beat world Champion Janne Lahtela of Finland in the first prevailed Over Sami Mustonen of Finland in the second and edged american Garth Hager in the third round to set up the showdown with Pierre Alexandre of was fourth yesterday after finishing third two Days the canadians Fly to France today for a world cup event at Canadian women fourth Austria up the Canadian bobsled team of Calgary Christina Smith and Kathleen Malikin of Prince barely missed winning a medal at a world cup event Canada piloted by finished just seconds shy of third claimed by Usa 2 in Usa 1s Jean Racine continued her domination with her fourth consecutive on the mens the Canada 1 team of Pilot Pierre Lueders of Ben Hindle of Jeff Knisely of and Ahmed Marshall of finished 10th in Vava hospitalized Rio de Janeiro a retired soccer great who played with Pele on brazils 1958 and 1962 world cup championship remained hospitalized Hospital officials said they were asked by family not to give details about his the journal do Brasil news Agency reported the 65 year old Vava May have had a arthritis the arthritis society puts lives Back together through education seminars and the arthritis self management program 9424892 labour Deal expires 31 baseball managers fear work stoppage by Ronald Blum Dallas baseball managers Are bracing for the sports ninth work stoppage since in just Florida marlins manager John Boles said yesterday at the Winter i Hope people can get this baseballs labour contract expires next 31 and commissioner Bud Cit ing payroll disparity and a Lack of competitive promised change when he testified last month before a sen ate who averaged about Mil lion in pay this dont want the significant salary restraint some own ers Are talking Mark perhaps baseballs biggest has said he would retire if theres another work no doubt in my mind he meant it when he said cardinals manager Tony la Russa Hes real con in sure he was sincere when he said even though the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement is More than 10 months la Russa thinks a work stoppage is a real what i i dont like to think about he when i Start think ing about i get really in fearful of what might cubs manager Don a former predicted the Union will have a Tough time winning fans Over to its View i dont see people being sympathetic for the he we need to find some kind of every time we have a labour Dis More people stay away from the sport and go someplace in some attendance still Hast recovered from the 232day strike in 199495 that cancelled the world series for the first time in 90 the aver age attendance this year was the Best since the strike but still per cent below the 1994 average of the average dropped per cent in 1995 to the following the last strike Hurt Kansas City More than any other royals manager Tony Muser when i came Here and talked started going out Shak ing hands and meeting a lot of people said they still didst go to games because of the both sides need to get together and work out the economic Equality in baseball has had strikes in and and lockouts in and weve Hurt the Minnesota twins manager Tom Kelly it would be a shame if that happened associated press umps agree 05 Gretzky continued from Page c1 Ellman would not have been Able to close out this Deal had he not secured an insured loan from the Sumitomo Bank of the society general Bank of France had already pulled the plug on the Deal Back in August when it became Clear that burkes Contention that Hes losing million us million us per year was Burke says Hes lost million us million can in the four plus years that the coyotes have been in Phoenix and financial projections suggest the team will continue to lose As much As million us per year while playing in the sight obstruct de America West so How did Ellman and Gretzky get the Money to buy the team and demonstrate to the nil governors that they can pay the inevitable losses according to the secured loan was the the group has also raised million from what one coyotes executive said was hundreds of Ellman also sold three shopping centres to come up with the million required for the non refundable Dow payment to has apparently put up million us in which is quite surprising to those who know while coyotes president Shawn Hunter has invested about of course million us wont pay the monthly salary of left Winger Keith who now makes million per and therein lies the its very Likely the nil governors will give Gretzky and Ellman the team but not without a list of among the new owners will have to assure the league that the present payroll of million us does not Rise until a new building is word the Sumitomo Bank May have demanded an even smaller the which went through the coyotes books along with Ellmas concluded that the players make far too much Money and expenses Are far too great when com pared to in other the team loses Way too much of Gretzky and Ellman will have other problems once they take Over the while most people in this wealthy golfing Community believe Ell Man will eventually get the godhead and a whole Sand trap full of Public Money from Scottsdale City Council to Start construction on his new its not going to take place there Are still a number of questions that must be including the obvious one if you needed a million loan to make an Pur How Are you going to come up with the Money to build a shopping project its not a stupid but its a question that would never have been asked if Gretzky haunt become involved in the if i haunt done this the team would be moving out of Gretzky it was Burke was moving the in glad i could get involved and help keep hockey Short term at least Hes going to keep hockey Here for the Short fact this franchise is not out of the Woods the team has yet to sell out a Home game this there were thou Sands of empty seats for last nights game with the new Arena wont be ready for at least two More sea sons probably financial decisions will have to be made on the huge con tracts of Tkachuk and Jeremy Roenick million us and if things dont pick Gretzky might have to pull a Mario Lemieux and return to the no Gretzky in i have no desire to return to the ill leave that to Mario and when he comes to Phoenix next month ill thank right hockey fans in the Valley of the Sun must thank without this franchise would be playing somewhere of even with Gretzky among the new ownership there is still no guarantee that Phoenix or Scottsdale will be the coyotes permanent this the Nils Board of governors will make an ownership it will allow the beaten and Defeated Richard Burke to sell the Phoenix Coy it will then be up to Steve Wayne Gretzky it to pay the Good Luck to chaos Toque i l j where Christmas and the great outdoors imagine if the people 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