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Sports j Pa£e9^Monda^Februar^K_R>99 attalion Broncos buck Falcons, 34-19 ^d). This rate i h . an additional! MIAMI (AP) — What a perfect way for John sd to end too Sljpy to say goodbye. ■The man who spent his first 14 NFL seasons ^mMhnut a Super Bowl ring got his second Bright Sunday, weaving his magic for what RSONAI be the final time and 8 ain ' n 8 reven 8 e o n ML former coach and adversary Dan Reeves and his —ng to talk jnktart Atlanta Falcons. >'uit be,8yi5 « The final score was 34^9 over an Atlanta -900-854 42.- team that was its own worst enemy as the 38- ie r smY ^r-old Elway, who was the unanimous choice to second straight Super Bowl title for MVP, completed 18 of 29 passes for 336 ^ - yards and one touchdown and ran 3 yards for PETS Electr =3Bvice. love« comqp _ another score. The total yardage was third best in Super Bowl history. —=* Midway refused to say whether he would re tire or come back for a chance to win a third stmight Super Bowl. Ca!s “T. wTm going to take some time, relish this ye.tr,” he said. ‘‘You got to love those challenges. 8 0t tbe tei3m ; we got the nucleus here to do it. it definitely throws a kink into my thinking.” “^TBBut for all the Broncos did, the game turned on what the Falcons did not do — getting only six points on their first six forays into Denver territory. Their first TD came on rookie Tim Bvight’s 94-yard kickoff return with 11 minutes lef' in the game. Part( ire^ On the others, Jamal Anderson was dumped ssasMK 69Mr f 0I a 2-yard loss on fourth and 1 from the Bron- <=t 2bdrm36a- c0 . 26, Morten Andersen missed a 28-yard field )MMATE$ -•ng '99, S8-2282. Call Veconc 2bdrm/2balh. ft >. ♦! 2b(lls. Janui goal, and Chris Chandler threw an interception to Gordon. In all, Chandler threw three interceptions, two picked off by Darrien Gordon, who also had two in the AFC championship game. The Atlanta loss was the fourth defeat for Reeves as a Super Bowl coach, the first three with Denver in 1987, 1988 and 1990. In each of those games, he said, his teams played nowhere near their potential. Dwight returned the opening kickoff to his own 37 and the Falcons went 48 yards in 10 plays to set up Andersen’s 32-yard field goal that gave them a 3-0 lead. The Broncos responded with an 80-yard, 10-play drive capped by Howard Grif fith’s 1-yard dive for a touchdown. The key play was a 41-yard Elway pass to Smith on third and 7 from the Denver 35. On the Broncos’ next possession, a pass de flected off Shannon Sharpe’s hands to Bradford, giving the Falcons a first down at the Denver 35. But the Falcons came up short on third and 1, and then lost two yards going for it on fourth down when Keith Tfaylor stopped Anderson try ing to run wide right. From there, the Broncos drove 63 yards in 11 plays to set up a 26-yard field goal by Jason Elam that gave them a 10-3 lead 5:43 into the second quarter. Once again the Falcons threatened and did not score when Andersen missed a 26-yard field goal wide right. On the next play, Rod Smith caught Elway’s pass for the 80-yard touchdown. Once again, Atlanta moved well — down to the Denver 11 — but it couldn’t get the ball in the end zone and had to settle for Andersen’s 28-yard field goal that made it 17-6 at the half. On its first possession of the second half, Denver threatened yet again. But a holding penalty by Duane Carswell, who replaced Sharpe, pushed the Broncos back and Elam missed a 38-yard field goal attempt. Four minutes later, Elam missed again from 48 yards after Darrins Johnson’s interception gave the Broncos the ball at the Atlanta 42. On the next series, Atlanta moved spiritedly to the Denver 21 on runs of 13 and 15 yards by Anderson and a 13-yard pass from Chandler to Terance Mathis. But on the next play, Traylor tipped Chan dler’s pass and Gordon picked it off and raced 58 yards to the Falcons 24. Five plays later, on the first play of the fourth quarter, Griffith went in for the TD that made it 24-6. The Falcons moved again to the 26. But on first down, Gordon picked off his second pass, returning it 50 yards to the Atlanta 48. Three plays later, Elway went in from the 3 to make it 31-6 and effectively end the game. Following Dwight’s TD return, Elam added a 37-yard field goal with 7:08 left. Chandler’s 3-yard pass to Mathis with 2:04 left capped the scoring. A 2-point conversion at tempt failed. ^ a s a p. 2Mm/2 rr>o +1 futilities. 7 d for Spring a.saj usHed duplex, wtfnH Jog lover. 774-9423 m/2bath. near art'* Call Kelli 06804325 Super Bowl MVP Elway uncertain of future tti/1 1/2balh apartn 1/3utili1ie*. 680-951 rm/1 bath house 5 s. Call 694-0388. MIAMI (AP) — For John Elway, the best times have been the recent ones, consecutive Super Bowl vic tories to perhaps close out a Hall of Fa i re career. rMElway added another exclama- SSTSaS UOn point Sunday, joining Bart „,.„„ w =r7St,irr, Bob Criese Terry Bradshaw, ts. Must love pef$ ^ Joe Montcirici cHid Troy Aikman as thb only quarterbacks to win con- Preferably student "^Bcutive Super Bowls. At age 38, he ► JMutiHties. Nsa, jg ^ t0 do ^ noeded-ITITTr There was speculation a yew can Sara 07646f a go that Elway would retire alter fT 3bdrm2tT winning the Super Bowl, but he in- fi/3uniities Da- gtead c ]-, ose to defend the title. .biease a.s.a.p’ And ] ie j t brilliantly, passing shulTshanTs: for 336 yards and tying the record for the second longest TD in Super is. caii 764-4744 Bowl history, an 80-yard hookup a.p. own roombaT with Rod Smith, as Denver beat At- L^^ll^laiita 34-19. .real house, big yad W ,. a | so scored 3 TD Oil a 3- * MU 5255 yj rc j keeper, his fourth career rush- ing touchdown in the Super Bowl, ob.o was 18-for-29 passing for the jpscale furnished i. $315/mo, a** aw mobile home, n* 1 is. 823-0381. ^ immale needed ; w/d. $212.50/mo. O Chandler falls one rrasL game short 4.9059.1-888-444-to'- rnVIPFS I MI AMI ( AP ) _ In the NFC EHVICCO championship game, Chris Chan- . so% off carison cst; d|er looked like John Elway. lie for you fo borrow 8 '^ Jn t | ie super Bowl, Chandler lilST looked like ... well, the old Chris Chandler. TRAVEL The journey- y ER angel fire.NE* 1 man who rico- sieeps i6. $125-^ dieted to five teams in his first KS-TS n "'e f aSOnS L Best oceaniront • resurfaced mieed 1 ! iBoo)38" 1 against the Den- TSiSTgbiS^: ver Broncos, throwing three inter- deniadvantage.com'sp ce p tjons Sunday night to doom id-IT LOSS any chances of an upset for the At- b lanta Falcons. eiaboismThrough^.; Both chandler and his team- , N oFad C' e „. mates were new at a H this, SO maybe it was understandable they froze up against the savvy Broncos, who won their second straight championship with a 34-19 victory. I A few days earlier. Chandler chuckled when a reporter pointed out he had a better quarterback rating than Elway the last two sea sons. Chandler, who had thrown inlv 13 interceptions all season, was picked off on three straight ^ possessions in the second half, the irst two coming when their was still a glimmer of hope for the Fal lons. I The 33-year-old Chandler final ly found a home with the Falcons, ^ who acquired him for mere fourth- lu> and sixth-round draft picks prior to the 1997 season. I Since then, he has been a Pro Bowler twice and actually posted better numbers the last two sea- _ Ions than Elway. But the traits that marked chandler’s turn in life deserted Jim in the biggest game of his ■ life. And Elway walked off the |eld as a unanimous choice for MVP and his second straight Su- 11* 1 ' per Bowl victory. rm HSittW w ' •fete. - (ool J, level, •Decrease S productivifl/. T® ioimatw; 690-0786- third highest yardage total in Super Bowl history. That is why it is hard to come to grips with Elway possibly leaving the NFL. He is simply too good to stop playing football. of his chief weapons, tight end Shannon Sharpe, who missed most of the game with a twisted left knee. If this was his last game, it was memorable. He walked off the field “It would always be nice to go out on top and be able to walk away from this game winning the Super Bowl” — John Elway Broncos QB and Super Bowl MVP Elway blistered the Atlanta Fal cons over and over again, com pleting passes to a half-dozen dif ferent receivers and picking apart one of the best defenses in the NFL. He beat them short and beat them long, and did it without one with less than a minute left, thrust ing both hands skyward with a huge smile on his face. When he ran a lap around Mile High Stadium after the Broncos won the AFC championship two weeks ago, some considered it a farewell to the home fans. Not even Elway is sure, though. ‘T thought about it last year,” he said before the game. “It would al ways be nice to go out on top and be able to walk away from this game winning the Super Bowl. That was one of the thoughts that I entertained last year.” He put it aside, though. ‘‘I think the thrill of winning the game is really hard to walk away from,” he said. “I have to cross that bridge.” Elway said retirement would be a family decision. ‘‘We’ll sit down and talk about it,” he said. ‘‘Sometimes you run out of physical ability before you run out of mental desire. If you run out of mental desire before you run out of physical attributes, then it makes it a little easier.” Neither quality was missing Sunday, and that’s why the Bron cos have another Super Bowl tro phy. Hot to Trot SALUE TURNERA hi-. Bahai .ion Whether antagonizing the referees (top) or confounding the New York Nationals, the Harlem Globetrotters entertained fans during their performance Saturday at Reed Arena. 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