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276
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278
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269
15-under
900,000
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271
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450,000
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nal Ryder Cup practice round
wound down last September,
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alongside a tee box. 1 Us foot w as in a
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ioii the other side of a crowd that had
si died to five deep.
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1 'pack!" of the golf ball. As the gallery'
I marched off', Harmon turned, “Wait
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(ijig on.”
■ What followed on a short walk to
the clubhouse was a conversation only
golf junkie could love. Hannon said
bods' swing had progressed so far —
[aining consistency without sacrificing
ower — that they were experimenting
ith shots nobody else touched.
He gave this example: Players hood
the face on their clubs to create
“knockdowns”—-typically mid- to
short-iron shots that bore through the
ivirttJ. Woods was liittine knockdowns.
too, but w ith a 3-wood. The ball was
traveling 75 feet high, but a ridiculous
270 yards down the fairway by the
time it quit rolling.
“That's not all, either,” he said.
“Honest.”
The shot Woods needed to shape
Sunday to kick-start his comeback at
the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
needed less than a third of that dis
tance, a higher trajectory and it had to
stop a lot faster. Until recently, it was a
shot Woods didn't own.
From 100 yards, he usually hit a
sand wedge with enough backspin to
put Tommy Smothers’ yo-yo tricks to
shame. But on this day, with 97 yards
left at the par-4, 15th hole. Woods
throttled back to a pitching wedge.
With a stiff-armed swing, he landed the
ball just right of the flag, where it
promptly made a left-hand turn into the
cup for an eagle.
At the next green, from 115 yards,
See Woods on Page 11.
SPORTS
THE BATTALION Page9
Blood clot causes Thomas’ death
MIAMI (AP) — Derrick Thomas' legs weren't red or
swollen and his body temperature was normal.
There were no visible signs of a blood clot, doctors said
Wednesday. But when Thomas was being moved from his
hospital bed to a wheelchair on his way to therapy Tues
day morning, something triggered a massive blood clot in
his pulmonary artery that provides blood and oxygen from
the heart to the lungs.
Thomas, 33, told his mother he wasn’t feeling well just
before his eyes rolled back, said Dr. Frank Eismont, an or
thopedic surgeon at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
The Chiefs star, who held the NFL record of seven
sacks in a game, went into cardio-respiratory arrest.
Thomas, paralyzed from the chest down in a car crash two
weeks earlier, died minutes later.
The cause of death, confirmed Wednesday by an au
topsy, is common for paralysis victims.
“A certain percentage of people with paralysis suffer
from blood clots,” said Dr. Barth Green, a neurosurgeon
at Jackson Memorial Hospital. “Sometimes you can see
them and sometimes they’re hidden in the deeper veins of
the body, and that’s what happened with Derrick.”
Between 3 percent and 15 percent of spinal cord injury
patients suffer from blood clots, Green said.
Thomas was driving a car during a snowstorm on Jan.
23 as he and two friends headed to the Kansas City airport
to fly to St. Louis for the NFC championship game. He
lost control of tlie ear, and it overturned several times.
Police said Thomas was speeding and weaving in traf
fic, but no charges were filed.
Thomas and passenger Michael Tellis, 49, were not
wearing seat belts and were thrown from the car. Tellis was
killed and Thomas’ spine and neck were broken. Tlie third
person in the car was wearing a seat belt and received mi
nor injuries.
Thomas was brought to the hospital in Miami, his
hometown, where he had surgery to repair his spinal col
umn.
The nine-time Pro Bowl linebacker had been on
blood thinners since the accident, doctors said. Thera
pists also used mechanical devices on Thomas daily
that intermittently contracted his legs to help circulate
blood.
“We took all the
aggressive precautions
that are available to
people today. It just
wasn't enough/'
— Dr. Barth Green
neurosurgeon, Jackson Memorial Hospital
“We took all the aggressive precautions that are avail
able to people today,” Green said. “It just wasn’t enough.”
Added Eismont: “If I were to have it all to do over
again, 1 wouldn’t do anything different.”
Thomas had been progressing quickly in rehabilita
tion. Fie was allowed out of the hospital last weekend —
although a nurse and a physician stayed with him — and
he had been talking about returning to Kansas City with
in the next few months, said Dr. Jon Browne, Chiefs team
physician.
A news conference had been discussed that would have
informed the public of Thomas’ upcoming moves.
Thomas left behind thousands of grieving fans and
nearly as many friends and relatives trying to cope with
his sudden death. He will be remembered in both Kansas
City, Mo., and Miami within the next 10 days.
Memorial services are set to begin in Kansas City and
then move to Miami, Thomas’ hometown and the place
where he will be buried.
There will be a viewing Monday at Thomas’
church in Kansas City, then a memorial service at
Kemper Arena the following day. Chiefs president
Carl Peterson said.
“I’m not sure it can hold all the people who want to at
tend,” Peterson said. “It will be a public opportunity for
Derrick’s fans and friends to honor him.”
Thomas will be transferred back to Miami, where there
will be a viewing Feb. 18. He will be buried Feb. 19.
The reason for the delay is because Thomas’ aunt,
Edith Morgan’s sister, died last weekend, Peterson said.
Thomas’ family will be at her funeral Saturday in Tal
lahassee.
A week before he died, Thomas dictated a thank you
letter for the outpouring of support he and his family
had received since the accident. It will be released soon,
Peterson said.
An All-American at Alabama, the 6-foot-3,255-pound
Thomas became an immediate star as a pass-rushing spe
cialist after being taken in the first round of the 1989 draff.
I Je was an All-Pro in his first nine seasons and ranked ninth
on the career list with 126 1/2 sacks.
He set the sack record of seven against Seattle in 1990.
That game was on Veterans Day, and Thomas dedicated
his performance to his father, an Air Force pilot killed in
Vietnam.
Thomas is survived by his mother; his son, Derrick
Thomas Jr., 8; and a half-brother, Gregory Morgan, 19.
Rodman makes return to NBA with Mavericks
DALLAS (AP) — It didn't take long
for Dennis Rodman to make his presence
felt in Dallas, on and off'the court.
Playing before a
boisterous sellout
crowd that featured
Deion Sanders and
Emmitt Smith sitting
courtside, Rodman
grabbed nine re
bounds and took a
hard foul that briefly
knocked out Seat
tle's Ruben Patterson in just his first half
as a Maverick.
Rodman, who wore No. 70, didn’t
look like a 38-year-old guy who has been
out of the NBA for 10 months. In 16 min
utes, he also had three fouls and a length-
of-the court assist following one rebound.
There was one sign of rust: he got caught
playing illegal defense twice, the second
giving Seattle a technical free throw.
Rodman was aggressive from the get-
go, snatching the game’s first miss and
being fouled by Vin Baker. Then Patter
son made the mistake of trying to drive
to the hoop through Rodman. They both
went down, but only Rodman got up. Pat
terson, who was called for a charge, re
mained Hat on his face for several min
utes.
Rodman sat out the first few minutes
of the second quarter, but he grabbed
the first available rebound when he re
turned. There was a near blowup soon
after, though, as he was called for two
quick fouls — both of which he dis
agreed with.
An obviously peeved Rodman ran up
the court cupping the ball as if he were
going to heave it, but instead marched to
the far sideline and placed it down softly.
I le spent the last 2:42 of the quarter
on the bench, then walked silently to the
locker room at hal flime with a towel over
his blonde head. Seattle led 59-51.
The fans who made this just the sec
ond sellout of the season made it obvious
who they were here to see as they howled
for everything Rodman did.
Some had homemade signs, such as
“Welcome back Worm. We missed you.
Go Mavs.” Six shirtless teen-agers wore
goofy hats and w igs and had R-O-D-M-
A-N spelled on their chests.
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