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Page 10‘Tuesday, February 9, 1999 s PORTS I love this game NBA earns strong TV ratings despite delayeifj NEW YORK (AP) — Not even the loss of Michael Jordan or the impact of the lockout kept viewers away from their TV sets on the NBA’s opening weekend. Surprisingly, NBC’s Sunday af ternoon doubleheader averaged a 5.8 overnight rating — up 2 percent from 1998. The network’s opener last sea son, a doubleheader on Christmas Day, posted a 5.7 overnight rating. Each ratings point represents 994,000 homes. “It’s a good start, but everybody here and in the NBA knows that it’s just that — a start,” NBC spokesperson Ed Markey said. “We know we still have a lot of work to do to regain the fans and keep the interest.” NBC’s first game was a regional telecast in which 41 of the 44 overnight markets saw the Miami- New York game. It posted a 4.6 rat ing while the Indiana-Detroit game recorded a 9.5 mark. The reason Swimmer Continued from Page 7 “I think she’s a great swimmer and a good person. She’s wonder ful for the team.” The team seems to be a major reason for Clara’s decision to attend the University. “I love my team mates,” she said. “I don’t think I would get the support anywhere else that I get here. After I came here I didn’t want to go anywhere else.” Ho said she is excited about swimming against the best in the Big 12, which includes eighth-ranked Nebraska and llth-ranked Texas. Wagner thinks she will be a force in the Big 12. “While I can’t predict what she’ll finish, I can say she will definitely be a factor in the 100 and 200 butterfly,” he said. "She’s going to do great.” So what about a second shot at the Olympics? Considering her high finish three years ago, it would not be a stretch to say she has a good chance at making it in 2000. After all, the last time she tried she was a sophomore in high school and only missed it by seven spots. “I’m looking forward to the 2000 trials which will be August of my sophomore year,” she said. “I think that I have a real good shot at making it.” why the Pacers game was so high is primarily because it was only watched in the two host cities and Chicago. The rating for the second game of Sunday’s telecast that matched Shaquille O’Neal’s Lakers against Karl Malone’s Jazz was a 6.5. “There were probably a lot of factors that contributed to our strong ratings,” Markey added. “Fans were itching to see the NBA, they had a curiosity to see different players on new teams, and there are more teams whose fans feel they have a legitimate shot at a championship." Timer Sports had similar suc cess with its two games Friday night on TNT. The first game, New York at Or lando, posted a 2.5 rating while the Rockets-Lakers matchup received a 3.1 for an overall mark of 2.8. That was a 65 percent jump from Timer’s average last season. “People were predicting some League hmf a l es season’s first-j fteryec NEW YORK (AP)- r forward Charles Bark• ' X ami pe while Alb bb) Smith and KendallCii alias is con, Jersey Nets werefintiljHb / lor piece by the NBA on', 1 -wmicr Olyr Barkley was fined: arm s, the h ing obscene languasGnclr that cc. Ians" diii purr nptm son-opening 99-91 ty. L.lkr! ) With t he 1 Smith and Gill wer- r the prospe fight ing near the lock orit runner. ter the Hawks’ HHOb However,. the \ isimn Nets nia ' VOF on ih. dire results for m,fyh ( UympU \h:\\r\. : :a/c( • a last \ n-e president of purge numbe said. "It’s hard toptqndjdosedc forward, but this isy The next r great start for us.” lunced to t -e 2008 Sun bu I Viabil' Spawn creator annouii McGwire ball owners ^Rm’t lau; Emissions c lit Lake Cit alia, the 1C js it can be rice. All ac heavy dos< MCGWIRE NEW YORK (AP) — The man who spent more than $3 million to buy Mark McGwire’s 70th home run ball finally identified him self Monday and quickly admitted he was a “psycho fan” and a “sports geek.” Todd McFar- lane, the creator of Spawn comic books, held an offbeat news conference, saying his purchase “was a mixture of busi ness, charity and self-indulgence to the Nth degree. ” The 37-year-old Canadian, who lives in Tempe, Ariz., is a mi nority investor in the NHL’s Ed monton Oilers. He has a compa ny that makes action figures and said the timing of his announce ment was tied to the yearly Toy Fair in New York. McFarlane, who paid $3,005,000 for No. 70, had not seen the ball un- Fueled by til Monday, whenhec, )C, many v York fresh from a stay irced into \ more Orioles’fantasyc. ad unity th da. Behind him wasafenbodies. It "Todd McFarlane Pt. iealp that tl spelled out 103 times, cting and The balls were dp As report front of him in nine L era P | asl 1 nine columns — white|F ralian c for No. 70, black for the: 1 ^ 6 ^ * ie * 1 .‘ with four burgundy ve ie national separating them frontr^| a ant 1 and five men in blue sec. ;^ was sel forms standing to the sii ^ He said he would like the Hall of Fame to showL 70th home run ball attitTii h . make it available tomnr 3t j t()r g ej(( money, and would let in " sldly th major league teams disph) •vT,,,b th McFarlane. who wlXen S y graphs from Babe RutLfi c j a i s W e Gehrig, said purchasingthe r offers to cheaper than buying a hmjnittees mentioned the proposed: The Toro lion sale of the Washingtonkf p ¥ “The way I look at it, I'r million bucks,” he said. ttude ATTENTION ALL overa DEAD ELEPHANTS CLASS OF 1999! 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