SPORTS IN BRIEF
Elliott victorious at
Brickyard 400
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Bill
Elliott passed Rusty Wallace 12‘
laps from the end, then held
him off on a restart to win the
Brickyard 400 on Sunday.
It was the second win in a
row for the 46-year-old Elliott,
whose career has been rejuve
nated by car-owner Ray
Evernham.
Elliott had the dominant car
all day but found himself fifth
after the final pit stop by the
leaders on lap 130. No prob
lem for the red No. 9 Dodge on
this day.
The green flag came out
again on lap 134 of the 160-
lap event. The former Winston
Cup champion was third by lap
137, took second from Tony
pole-winner Stewart on lap
139, and quickly chased down
Wallace, another former series
champion.
It took Elliott some time to
set up Wallace's Ford for the
pass, but finally pulled it off
with ease coming off turn two
on lap 149.
Debris on the track brought
out the eighth and final cau
tion flag of the day on lap 152,
frustrating Elliott, who had
begun to pull away.
Wallace was not able to
make a challenge as Elliott
steadily moved ahead, beating
the runner-up to the finish line
by 1.269 seconds — about 15
car-lengths.
Arbitrator awards
Arnott $7.5 million
IRVING, Texas (AP) -
Arbitrator Carol Wittenberg has
awarded Dallas Stars forward
Jason Arnott a two-year, $7.5
million contract, Stars general
manager Doug Armstrong said
Sunday.
Arnott, 27,
will receive
$3.65 mil
lion for next
season and
$3.85 mil
lion for
2003-2004.
Last sea
son, Arnott
had 25
goals and 20
games with
ARNOTT
assists in 73
the New Jersey
Devils and three goals and one
assist in 10 games with the
Stars.
The Stars obtained Arnott in
a March 19 trade, also getting
Randy McKay and a 2002 first-
round draft pick in exchange
for Joe Nieuwendyk and Jamie
Langenbrunner.
Saarloos, Astros
take out Montreal
MONTREAL (AP) - Kirk
Saarloos won his fourth
straight start and got his first
career RBIs with a two-run
double to send the Houston
Astros to a 5-4 win over the
Montreal Expos before a crowd
of 20,027 for a Gary Carter
bobblehead promotion.
Saarloos (4-2), the NL
Rookie of the Month for July,
hit one of Houston's four
doubles off Javier Vazquez
(8-7) with runners at first and
second and two outs in the
second.
The Astros made it 3-0 on
Geoff Blum's RBI single in the
fourth and added two more
when they got three straight
hits leading off the fifth, includ
ing Daryle Ward's RBI single to
chase Vazquez.
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Texans ready to show their stuff
Franchise’s first game against Giants in Hall of Fame Game
CANTON, Ohio (AP) —
OK, Houston Texans. Let’s see
if you’re ready for some NFL
football.
The league’s newest expan
sion team will take another his
toric step on Monday night,
when the Texans make their pre
season debut against the New
York Giants in the Hall of Fame
game.
“It will be the first time any
one has seen the Texans,” coach
Dom Capers said. “Right now,
nobody knows a thing about the
Houston Texans.”
We’re about to learn. On
prime time national TV. In
broadcaster John Madden’s
debut with partner A1 Michaels
in ABC’s Monday night booth.
And against the Giants, a veter
an team eager to put a 7-9 sea
son behind.
It would be understandable if
the Texans were feeling a little
pressure.
“We don’t
have much time
to sit around and
evaluate this,”
Capers said. “We
have to look for
ward to the next
game.”
It’s been near
ly three years
since the league
awarded Houston
an expansion
franchise, and
now the Texans
will get a chance
to showcase what
they’ve been up to.
Rookie quarterback David
Carr, the No. 1 overall pick in
April’s draft, is expected to play
the first few series, but Capers
said Houston will keep its game
plan “fairly simple.”
The Texans
have been
pleased with
Carr’s progress,
and their young
quarterback
won over a few
more team
mates by jump
ing into the
middle of a
fight with the
Dallas
Cowboys in
Friday’s scrim
mage.
“You see
the ground and
top of him and
It will be the first
time anyone has seen
the Texans. Right
now, nobody knows
a thing about the
Houston Texans.
— Dom Capers
Texans' head coach
your center on
somebody on
you step in to help,” Carr said.
“It just shows you how far we’ve
come as a team.”
When the Texans’ $60 mil
lion investment wasn’t mixing it
up, Carr, whose first attempt
was batted down, went 2-of-4
for 36 yards. He made a nice
throw over the middle for a 35-
yard gain to tight end Billy
Miller.
“We’re trying to build on the
good things and get through the
mistakes,” Carr said. “There
were some ugly things out there
in the scrimmage. We have to
eliminate some of those.”
Still, Capers called Carr’s
debut “a good start.”
Houston’s defense is eager to
get off on the right foot, too.
“It’s time to see where we
are,” linebacker Kevin Mitchell
said. “It’s time to stop talking
and take this chance to see how
far along we are as a defense.”
Search for Cowboys’ third receiver continues
SAN ANTONIO (AP) —They’re talent
ed, fast and looking for a job. The Dallas
Cowboys, it just so happens, have some
openings.
For the second consecutive season, the
Cowboys are sifting through a collection of
young, raw receivers to be the third wideout
behind starters Joey Galloway and Raghib
Ismail.
New offensive coordinator Bruce Coslet’s
West Coast-style offense will likely provide
plenty of opportunities for as many as five
receivers, and unlike last year, the competi
tors seem to be seizing the opportunities.
“There’s no question that we have the
best receiving corps, including depth, since
I’ve been here,” said Cowboys owner Jerry
Jones. “We’ve seen a lot of improvement
from that group. The skills of our wide
receivers is going to be a real plus for us this
year.”
The mostly likely candidates for the third
receiving role are Antonio Bryant, a prodi
gious second-round pick from Pittsburgh;
Reggie Swinton, a second-year speedster
and special teams star; and Ken-Yon
Rambo, a second-year wideout who has
shown flashes of playmaking ability during
training camp.
Others in the mix are Jeremaine
Copeland, who’s been a star in both NFL
Europe and the now-defunct XFL; Randal
Williams, who’s been timed at under 4.1
seconds in the 40-yard dash; and Richmond
Flowers, who spent much of last year on the
Cowboys’ practice squad and was one of
NFL Europe’s top receivers this spring.
“I’m real pleased with our receivers,”
said Cowboys coach Dave Campo. “If we’re
going to win, we’re going to need to make
some big plays. I think all of our guys can
do some good things.”
From that group, the Cowboys will need
to cull a dependable option to take pressure
off of second-year quarterback Quincy
Carter and a running game that was the
NFL’s third-best last season, but far from
dependable.
It also wouldn’t hurt if the receivers can
help out Ismail and Galloway, who finished
with 53 and 52 receptions last year. The
third-best receiving output on the team?
Running back Emmitt Smith, who caught 17
passes.
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