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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.”
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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.
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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.
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— 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
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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.
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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.
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championship game still fell to an
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'anted: 42-peof**onday night posted a 17.2 na-
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lowest since CBS began televising
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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.
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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. It
was the lowest-rated NCAA cham
pionship game since the 1972
UCLA-Florida State final, which
was played in the afternoon.
‘The games weren’t as close as
they had been last year,” said CBS
spokesperson Leslie Ann Wade.
“You’re always a little disappoint
ed even when it’s a high number
because you’d like to see it higher.
This is one of our favorite events
and this doesn’t do anything to al
ter our affection for it.”
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