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Battalion Sports J^ag^A^Wednesda^March^^^W^ roncos still waiting on Elway’s decision ENVER (AP) — John Elway will retire from foot- financially secure and professionally revered, t is just a matter of when. ‘I don’t think John is any more comfortable with tirement than most players,” said Denver Broncos wiier Pat Bowlen, still awaiting word on Elway’s lure. ‘‘It’s a difficult decision.” JAs he demonstrated during his MVP performance in Denver’s sec ond straight Super Bowl victory, El- wav still has life left in his 38-year- Old body. JBfhe Broncos are hoping he re- Hns for a 17th season, but are not JBting a deadline as they prepare to offseason conditioning April 7. 5don’t think we’re putting any 8»^M** 0, -W ssur e on to U P his mind at any partic- point in time,” Bowlen said. ‘‘Whenever that is, umwww,p^rjBt’s fi ne us. I don’t know where he’s head- and exam rto ti ’ 1-1 ^.."..' ■Elway’s agent, Marvin Demoff, said he does not .zmcTaT fxpect Elway to keep the Broncos waiting much loager. ^HHH'The only thing 1 know is that he’d like to make , at-iMUsm* atfecision early enough so that his training would I cal Ty-fiaan* So > WANTED ho Ranch is looh^ X)wt)Oy NslOfyM’ jcades Heip^oi 'Ofasts and the (to, 3 3300 Airpoh Roac i to com Nl POSITIONS ELWAY be appropriate,” Demoff said Monday. ‘‘If I had to guess, we’re looking between the 15th of April and the 15th of May, but that is pure speculation.” When Elway announced his decision to return last June, he said he was 99.9 percent certain 1998 would be his last year. Pressed, Elway amended it to 100 percent. But now that he has won another Super Bowl, the question has surfaced again. Jay Leno unsuccess fully tried to get Elway to tip his hand last month, and radio talk show hosts and newspaper colum nists offer arguments for and against retirement. The debate always returns to one thing — the lure of becoming the first quarterback in NFL history to win three straight Super Bowls. ‘Tf we were to win three in a row and he were the quarterback, it definitely establishes a new level,” Bowlen said. ‘‘If you’re the only quarterback in his tory to win three Super Bowls in a row, I think that sets you apart from the rest of the pack.” Last year, Elway received input from a variety of sources, including his father. Jack, Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench and former Buffalo quarter back Jim Kelly. No one’s advice, however, meant more to Elway than that of his wife Janet and their four children — Jessica, 14; Jordan, 11; Jack, 9; and Juliana, 8. All encouraged him to keep playing, and family advice figures to be key again. “1 would think that’s the biggest part of his deci sion,” said Elway’s personal aide, Kathy Hatch. ‘‘They’re a very close family, so I know that’s going to weigh very heavily on his decision.” Elway made family a priority last summer, skip ping Denver’s first exhibition game to be with Janet when she underwent colon surgery. She later was hospitalized by complications. All of which put Colorado’s best-known couple and their multimillion-dollar lifestyle in a different light. ‘‘He’s a car-pool dad,” Hatch said. ‘‘When Janet wasn’t feeling well he even did grocery shopping. They’re a very regular family, just as normal a fam ily as you could find in this situation.” Elway has his own health to consider. After miss ing only 10 games in his first 15 years, Elway sat out four games and was sidelined for parts of two oth ers in 1998. Age has its ways of sending messages. Elway was sidelined by two non-contact injuries — a strained hamstring and back spasms — and he had rib trou ble after falling on the football. Going for 3? Career statistics for Denver Broncos QB John Elway, who is considering whether to return for a 17th season: GAMES 234 career highughts PASSES ATTEMPTED 7,250 * No 1 overaM P |ck in PASSES COMPLETED 4,123 1983 NFL Draft by Balti ‘ TOTAL PASSING YARDS 51,475 TOTAL YARDS RUSHING 3,407 TOUCHDOWNS 333 more Colts Participated in a record 41 game-saving, fourth-quarter drives PASSING 300 • One of only two quarter- RUSHING 33 backs to throw for over INTERCEPTIONS 22 6 50,000 yards in a career ‘That could have happened in the best part of his career, so John’s certainly capable of playing,” Bowlen said. ‘‘It’s really just a decision of whether or not he feels he can stand up to all the stuff he has to go through.” So while the automobile dealerships that bear his name offer a three-day, 150-mile money-back guarantee on all new cars, opposing linebackers offer no such se curity to vulnerable quarterbacks, legend or not. LLANEOUSj— SPORTS IN BRIEF the U S. JRCYCLE rime changes made for Men’s tennis J The defend ' n g Bi g 12 Tourna- toy j*** (pTt Champion Texas A&M Men’s Jrnis Team has set and changed some match times for their re- — inaining home matches. The April 4yea 1st match with Texas Tech Univer- -Sity has been moved to 6 p.m. ■The April 9th date with the Uni- -isity of Colorado will now begin at 6 p.m. ■ April 17th’s match with the Uni versity of Texas starts at 1:30. The April 24th macthup with Baylor Uni versity will now start at noon. 000 Mustset 1545 s great, easy sj 1 22-5387 iSONAL 900-3280052 EX • Serv-U:|6IW ere! 1-900-3 st be 18+ ets Vining named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week 5belter-775-575S s, CFA regSesT >93-0239 ale lerret, M I* sking $200 Mi * Tiffany. C register ’ Ii * 1 call Sha#rr® ESTAit s 8 Invesws' * v less than W- ^ I. Call Andre* 5^ /I MATES sded for hilly •u* kyard, $330*™ ( T Texas A&M sophomore pitch er Amy Vining was -named Big 12 Softball Pitcher of the Week for this past week, a dis tinction she has e|rned three times this sea son. ■ Vining went 3-1 last week giving up only one run with three complete games and three shutouts. dp The Deer Park native had a per- VINING feet game heading into the sixth in ning in a 1-0 eighth-inning win over Iowa State University. Against the University of Ne braska, she pitched a two-hitter en- route to a 1-0 victory. Against Sam Houston State University, Vining notched a career best 12 strike outs. Her record on the season is 17-6. Volleyball to host exhibition tourney The Texas A&M Volleyball Team hosts a spring exhibition tourna ment today at G. Rollie White Coli seum. Other teams participating in the tournament are Baylor Univer sity, the University of Houston and Rice University. Each match will consist of three games to 21 and one game to sev en. All games will be scored using rally scoring. Play begins at 3:15 and matches are expected to last approximately 1 hour, 15 minutes. There will be a 10 minute break be tween each match. Admission is free. The Aggies return 12 letter win ners, including five starter from the 1998 squad that advanced to the second round of the NCAA tourna ment. A&M finished the season with a 21-9 record and was ranked 19th in the final USA Today/AMC,A Top 25 poll. in exihibition game 8r. Summer-W d 764-8294 99 and/or Fa! s* rbath. W/D. dei‘ : nnifer 694-9051 ^ drm/11/2bafhapi' ( ills. 774-8094 Mport CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) ,nd onetaFree 1 s''— p a t Rapp held the Texas Rangers to a run and four hits through 5 2/3 ud"tiesS«tings, leading the Boston Red _lDx to a 7-1 exhibition victory on si 92,50/mo •; : ; ||esday. wtr/m Mte25> R ap p (2-0), signed as a free upperclassman agent from Kansas City during the ^■season, surrendered a solo •sterling a.saT^omer to Juan Gonzalez leading off on Free.'! soam the fourth inning. He walked one -jBd struck out three. ■mes^S 1 Scott Hatteberg and Donnie 3bd r m/2biiii~M^i ad ' er eac h knocked in two runs AMU. 764-1082 for the Red Sox (16-9). Hatteberg Bad a run-scoring double during a ■ir -run second against Texas ng Lots-oMun,u®rter Esteban Loaiza (0-1) and a -8pm) 0U 8Saii- fun-scoring groundout in the sixth. Jations-Bank wi ! Sadler had an RBI single in the sec- ly'^show^r onc ' and squeezed home a run in H? sixth. Jp Gonzalez’s homer was his Cny. 8 Y 4°6 U 742 ? jotirth of the spring for the Rangers, -Tvho have scored two runs in losing :c. ? CPIeaseca.- the . rpast ^ games -I Loaiza, who likely has lost out e freell! Any AS 1 ' f:, iy only, at Inspire /ICES Texas sign Bournigal PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) — The Texas Rangers signed free-agent infielder Rafael Bournigal to a minor-league con tract with the Oklahoma Red- hawks of the Pacific Coast League. The team also announced Tuesday that it was bringing Bournigal to major league spring training as a non-roster invitee. Bournigal, 32, spent the past three seasons with the Oakland A’s. Last season, he batted .225 with one homer and 19 RBIs in 85 games. He did not make an error in 279 chances at short stop and second base. in his bid to become the Rangers’ fifth starter, allowed six hits and five runs in five innings for Texas (11-13). His spring ERA is 8.08. — Ratings down for finals S 693-6294. f Kj ■ NEW YORK (AP) — The na tion’s top two teams staged a ■Peaker required ^11^8 finish t0 the Final F ° Ur ~ >usiness attom and yet the TV ratings for the championship game still fell to an r LOSS a ^' time i° w f° r CBS - ; » Connecticut’s upset of Duke on 'anted: 42-peof**onday night posted a 17.2 na- 279.9 8 e 9 n 9 ded '' t'onal rating and a 27 share, the lowest since CBS began televising I ' event in 1982. The 1999 tournament as a ole had a 6.8/15 share, down 7 rcent from last year’s 7.3/17. The levious mark of futility was a 7.2 1997, the year Arizona defeated fntucky in the title game. DRS s - Enjoy Sluder- Jr 9y booster-sla) ? 5 O' 693-2650-L«’ Ca sh, Checks# This year’s championship game was down 3 percent from last sea son’s Kentucky-Utah final, which had a 17.8 rating and 28 share. 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