S. t ssing Tampa Bay coach contacts team TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Tampa Bay coach Tony Dungy spoke with a Buccaneers assistant who has been missing since last weekend but shed little light Wednesday on his where- bouts. "There's not really a lot new to report:' Dungy said of Wendell Avery. "The only thing I know is he is fine. But other than that I don't really have a lot of information." Avery, 44, was last seen by the team during a staff meeting Saturday night in Atlanta, about 15 hours before the Bucs played the Falcons at the Georgia Dome. He did not attend the gatte Sunday and a missing person's report as filed the following day with tlanta police, who have asked for the public's help in locating him. Dungy declined to say when he had spoken with Avery, a former college teammate who is in his second season as an offensive assistant with the Bucs. Gretzky named Team anada's manager TORONTO (AP) - Wayne Gretzky, intent on bringing a gold medal to Canada, will lead his country's hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics. He will be the executive director of the team for the Salt Lake City Games, with Toronto coach and general manag- er Pat Quinn the coach. "We all understand the pressure we're under," Gretzky said yesterday. "We all understand the situation that Cere it, but we feel confident about our team." "We have a vision," Quinn added, "and that vision is Canada with the gold." Gretzk's last iternataioal gate a a player catte during Catada's loss to Finland in the bronze-medal game at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. "He is the ideal Canadian for this sition," Canadian Hockev ssociation president Bob Nicholson said. McSorley suspension extended to 1 year NEW YORK (AP) Marty McSorley received the last rulintg for his hit on Donald Brashear. and he'll have to wait a little longer to resume s NHL career. McSorley on Tuesday had his sus- pension extended by NHL commis- sioner Gary Bettman to Feb. 20 one day short of a year - for a stick-swinging attack to Brashear's head. The ban is the harshest penal- tv for on-ice violence in NHL histo- ry. The vicious hit in the waning see- ds of a game no longer in doubt ded McSorley in trouble with the league and the law. The former Boston Bruins enforcer was convicted in a Canadian court on Oct. 6 of assault with a weapon and received a sus- pended sentence. McSorley was banned for the final 23 games of last season after he struck the Vancouver Canucks for- ward, and needed to apply to Bettman before returning to the ice. "I have eliminated immediate reinstatement asan appropriate result," Bettman said in an eight- page decision. "Nor, however, am I comfortable with imposing a 'life- time ban' on Mr. McSorlev" Bettman's ruling Tuesday, after an Oct. 31 meeting, was that McSorley must sit out a total of one year. hite Sox' Manuel amed top AL skipper NEW YORK (AP) -- Jerry Manuel had just been voted American League Manager of the Year, and to listen to him speak, he had nothing to do with it. "I try to do is make sure I remove myself and put the team first in all aspects," the Chicago White Sox manager said yesterday after winning award in a runaway. -In a race that was no cliffhanger. Manuel received 25 first-place bal- lots and three seconds for 134 points in voting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Oakland's Art Howe, whose team won the AL West title, was second for the second straight season, getting 74 points with two firsts, 20 seconds and four thirds. P "You don't have to necessarily like me," Manuel said, recalling his spring-training speech to the team. "I'm not going to be a player's man- ager or whatever they want to call it. I just want you to do what's best for the team and respect the office of manager more than anything else. Hopefully that has worked here for the White Sox" 11I s NHL results PiTTsBURGH 5, Philadelphia 2 Montreal 4, FLoRIDA 2 TORONTo 5, Carolina 0 Nashville 4, NEW JERSEY 3 NBA results PHILADELPHIA 103, Detroit 94 NDIANA 108, Milwaukee 97 New Jersey 102, WASHINGToN 86 Cleveland 99, NEW YORK 97 MAMI 87, Seattle 81 riotte 96, ORLANDo 90 Harriers' NCAA fate rests in Ypsi By Shawn Kemp Daily Sports Writer For the Michigan men's cross country team to qualify for the NCAA championships, it would take a whole lot of talent and a little bit of luck. Fortunately, the Wolverines have the talent that could earn them that trip. The fate lies in the hands of their opposition Saturday at I i a.m. in Ypsilanti, Michigan will com- pete in the NCAA regional championships. Among the ranked teams Michigan will face are No. 6 Wisconsin, No. 15 Indiana, No. 18 Eastern Michigan and No. 23 Michigan State. Although the Wolverines are unranked, a second-place finish would send them to Ames, Iowa, on Nov. 20 for the NCAA championships. Michigan coach Ron Warhurst said a third-place finish would give the Wolverines a "way-outside chance" to qualify. "There are 38 schools in our regional," Warhurst said. "It'd be great if (the Wolverines) ran out of their heads M and we qualified, but if we're in the top 10, that's a Michigan faces a tremendous accomplishment." if it wants to adv Warhurst expects junior Mark Pilja and senior Tom Caughlan to run well. Pilja, who has been the used to racing1 I Wolverines' No. I runner all season, should qualify for The vovng r the NCAA individual finals "unless lie falls down," throughout thes Warhurst said. ning 30-40 mil The younger runners who round out the varsity squad miles per week have two challenges. Not only do they have to run excep- "The young k tional races for the Wolverines to advance, but they also want to undertr have to adapt to running a 10-kilometer race -- used in Warhurst said. the regional and national meets - rather than the 8-kilo- After last we meter race they have been running all season. finished sevent Warhurst said the weather could be a factor in how fast regional as defi the runners go out in the race. Michigan would benefit "Maybe we from sloppier weather, as its younger runners are not "But if this is it Red-liners f orake goals, know their roe The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 9, 2000 -13A Cal, Penn State await 'M' tankers in Houston By Eric Powell Daily SportsWriter The Michigan woimen's swimming team won't have Carolina on its mind this weekend at the Continental Airlines Classic in IHouston, lexas. Michigan suffered a heartbreaking loss last weekend at North Carolina, 207-163. Going into the meet, the Tar Hecls were tied with the Wolverines for the No. 9 national ranking. "Carolina is a very tough team," Michigan coach Jim Richardson said. "We played well we ijust got beat by a better team. We will have an opportunity to show our real strengths at Rice this weekend, though." With the loss to North Carolina behind them, the Wolverines will head to Houston this weekend to face California, Illinois, Missouri and Penn State. "Our team chemistry is great right now, and we expect to play well and maybe set sonte records this weekend " co-captain Jennifer Crisman said. Michigan is looking for big perfor- mances from freshmen Samantha Arsenault and Annie Weilbacher. Arsentault, a gold medalist at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, has been stellar in the first three meets of the season, win-s ning at least one event in each meet. "Samantha is a swimmer who is giv- ing this teamt a winning edge with her skill and intensity," Richardson said. Arsenault's performance has also had a psychological impact on the team. "Samantha is a young athlete who can elevate the performance of the rest of the team through example. She gives the girls confidence to win by bringing fire to the pool,' Richardson said. While Arsenault has quickly assurted a starrin" role with the Wolverines, team co-captains Crisman and Melissa Sugar have consistently led the team by exam- ple both in and out of the pool. Aside from their myriad accomplish- ments in the pool, Crisman and Sugar have been superb in the classroomits well - both are academic All- Americans. "The two captains are prototypical student-athtetes, smart girls with moti- vation that excel not only inside the pool but out," Richardson said. Standing in the way of a Michigan victory this weekend will be California, which comes in ranked No. 2 in the country. "We might not win a single event against Cal" Richardson said. "But we should beat Illinois and Missouri quite handily. But Penn State, with its new recruiting program and rigorous train- ing schedule, should give us a hard tite in the pool. The meet in Houston will help set the tone for Michigan before the start of the Big Ten season. "We think that we can be Big 1n champs," Crisman said. "And break a few records along the way" steep uphill battle in Ypsilanti on Saturday ance to the NCAA championships. onger distances. tunners posed a challenge to Warhurst season - most of them were used to run- es per week but are now averaging l0 at Michigan. kids got me out of my rhythm - I didn't rain them, but I couldn't overtrain them," ekend's Big Ten meet, where Michigan I, the Wolverines head into the NCAA nite underdogs. wont end it this weekend," Warhurst said. t, want it to be a positive experience. THISWEEKEND YosT ARENA/EwGLETBEN ARENA Who: Michigan (440 CCHA, 6.1-2overall) vs. Ferris State-(01, 24-2) When: 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, 7:05 pm. Satrday Radio: WTKA 1950 AM will broadcast both games Latest: Caning vffno a difficut 1.0 os on le Saturday against Michigan State, Michigan ot wil attempt to get back on the horse d against a pesky Ferris State squad ina nt weekend series. -u- By Ryan C. Moloney Daily Sports Writer In the world of,.hockey, it's not a player's overall game that receives the most acclaim - it's his statistics. Statistics grab the spotlight. Statistics mean all-star games. Women dig statistics. For a good example, look no further than the NHL. Many people consider Steve Yzerman to be the best two-way player in the league, but just about everyone would take Jaromir .lagr to start a team. Therein lies the plight and pride of the Michigan hockey team's fourth line. While scoring talent permeates every position on the top three lines, the fourth line - or red line, as dictat- ed by the color of their practice jerseys - more often attempts to stop pucks from hitting twine on the penalty kill and in even-strength situations. "Our red line doesn't get as much ice time" as the other lines "and they are normally fresh," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "They do a good job and they have got the energy - that's what you need your fourth line to do. They know that it is their job to kill penalties and that's an important role on the team" The fourth line is a gateway for Michigan's fringe forwards to make their mark on the ice when they can. Bill Trainor, Craig Murray, J.J. Swistak, Dave Wyzgowski and Joe Kautz have all seen time on the fourth line this season. There is no set lineup - often the combinations are switched from one game to the next. "Coach is going to play everybody - everybody will get a chance," Swistak said. "It won't be guys playing two or three games in the whole season - everybody will play a lot. This weekend I probably won't play both nights. I'm starting to play better, at the beginning of the season I wasn't play- ing that well - but Coach is always going to change lines because we are the fourth line" Swistak sat out three of the first four games, but has suited up for each of the last five. Trainor has seen action in all but one came this season and has tearned with Swistak on the pena has established hiT defensive forward, blocks against Bo Miami as well as faceoffs in the defen "Cr hit, nu ni lty kill. The senio self as a reliab making key sho Wsing Green an winning importan sive end. lt there bocaulse hi An all-American boy is overwhelmed by unacceptable sexu- al impulses. To compound the problem, he's starting his first day at the University of Michigan! But-those damned perverse urges! What's he to do? 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