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Palmer, Bengals agree to term
By Joe Kay
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CINCINNATI — Heisman
Trophy winner Carson Palmer
agreed to a contract Thursday
with the Cincinnati Bengals,
who have the draft’s top pick
and a history of ruining young
quarterbacks.
The Bengals narrowed their
candidates for the No. 1 pick to
Palmer, quarterback Byron
Leftwich and cornerback
Terence Newman, then target
ed the passer from Southern
California this week.
Palmer’s agent, David
Dunn, agreed on contract
parameters late Wednesday,
and filled in the rest of the
details a day later.
Getting a pre-draft deal with
Palmer was a priority for first-
year Head Coach Marvin
Lewis, who is trying to change
the Bengals’ reputation for
bungling away chances to
improve through the draft.
The Bengals have been the
NFL’s worst team over the past
12 years, in part because
they’ve mishandled their quar
terbacks. They moved up to
take David Klingler in the first
round in 1992, and chose Akili
Smith with the third overall
pick in 1999.
Neither one had much of a
chance on a team that hasn’t
had a winning
PALMER
record since
1990. Both
missed train
ing camp in
contract dis
putes, then
got thrown
into the line
up as unpre
pared rookies.
Klingler, who came from a
run-and-shoot offense at
Houston, and Smith, a mobile
passer from Oregon, were con
fined by the Bengals’ passing
philosophy. They tried to turn
both of them into Ken
Anderson clones — stand in
the pocket until the last second,
then dump it off if necessary.
Klingler lasted only four
years with a weak offensive
line and an unimpressive
receiving corps — Jeff Query
was his top target at the outset.
The Bengals did even worse
with Smith, who got less than
one full season as a starter
before he was discarded. The
Bengals teamed him with rook
ie receivers Peter Warrick and
Ron Dugans in 2000, when
Head Coach Bruce Coslet quit
three games into the season.
Coslet was in charge of
developing Smith, who got lit
tle guidance and wound up rel
egated to third string for the
past two seasons. He’s still on
the roster.
Palmer has one thing in his
favor: Lewis understands the
importance of bringing a young
quarterback along slowly. Plus,
Lewis needs to win right away,
so he’ll let veteran Jon Kitna
run the offense this season,
with Smith currently in line as
the backup.
The Bengals were willing to
trade down with the firstpi
but found no suitable
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Leftwich and Newman
interviews with the staff
front office this month bt
finally deciding to go wift
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with confidence that he will
different.
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people like me,” he said an
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Anthony declares draft eligibility
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse
freshman Carmelo Anthony, who led the
Orangemen to their first national champi
onship, will make himself eligible for the
NBA draft.
Anthony said Thursday he will forego
his final three years at Syracuse to play in
the NBA.
Anthony delayed making the decision
until after the season, preferring to focus
on winning the national title.
He led the Orangemen in scoring, averag
ing 22 points, and broke Lawrence Moten’s
freshman scoring record and Derrick
Coleman’s freshman rebounding mark.
Anthony had a career-best 33 points
and pulled down 14 rebounds in
Syracuse’s victory over Texas in the
national semifinals in New Orleans earli
er this month. He scored 20 points as
Syracuse beat Kansas in the title game
and was named Most Outstanding Player
of the Final Four — just the third fresh
man to earn that honor.
“I’m here in front of you today to
announce that I will not be coming back
next year,” Anthony said at a news con
ference. “I will be moving on, moving on
to the pros.”
Anthony said he reached his decision
after talking with his mother and Head
Coach Jim Boeheim.
“It was a tough decision for me to
make,” said Anthony, who began crying
as he spoke.
Boeheim agreed with Anthony’s deci
sion and said his star player is ready for
the next level.
“This is a very happy day for Syracuse
basketball, and a sad one, too,” Boeheim said.
“The guy sitting here has doneir;
for Syracuse basketball than any plait
we’ve ever recruited or that’s everpte
here. To lead his team to a nationalcbai
pionship as a freshman is truly a histon,
moment in college basketball. I’m w
thankful that he was here with us.”
The NBA draft is scheduled for Jim
25. The NBA’s deadline for undercl®
men to make themselves eligible forik
draft is May 12. Anthony is expected!
be a lottery pick. The draft lottery *1
held May 22.
Anthony is the first Syracuse unde
classman to declare early for the f®
since Billy Owens opted not to return (a
his senior season in 1991. Owens wastls
No. 3 pick that year. A11-America guifi
Pearl Washington jumped to the NBJ
after his junior season in 1986 and M
the No. 13 pick.
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By Steve Herman
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
INDIANAPOLIS — Mario
Andretti was hardly fazed after
flipping a race car at more than
200 mph.
And the spectacular crash
Wednesday at Indianapolis Motor
Speedway while testing a car
owned by son Michael won’t
change the elder Andretti’s plan
to help the team prepare for the
Indy 500.
“Oh, yeah,” he said without
hesitation when asked if he
would get back in the driver’s
seat next month should injured
driver Tony Kanaan be unable to
practice or qualify the car for the
May 25 race.
In fact, the 63-year-old former
Indy 500, Daytona 500 and
Formula One champion seemed
worried about only one thing —
the reaction of his wife.
“I won’t tell her,” he said,
laughing.
Andretti, the oldest driver ever
to test an Indy car, hit debris and
went airborne. The impact sent
his car flipping end over end.
“I’m OK, a little bump on my
heel and my chin,” he said. “I
didn’t hit anything hard.”
But he found himself in an
unfamiliar position — wheels up
and over.
“I haven’t been upside down
too many times, and I didn’t want
to do it here,” he said.
The crash occurred when he
hit debris between the first and
second turns. After striking the
debris, the car went into the air,
flipped at least twice and landed
on all four tires, said Carol
Wilkins, spokeswoman for
Andretti Green Racing.
Andretti was checked out at
the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway’s hospital, IRL
spokesman John Griffin said.
“What I hit wasn’t big, but it
was solid, and it was able to
launch me, and then all I saw was
sky,” Andretti said.
The debris apparently was left
on the track after a crash involv
ing former Indy 500 champion
Kenny Brack, who hit the wall
coming out of the first turn. Brack
was not injured.
“I was going for it, obvious
ly, and I came off of Turn 1 at
full throttle, and all of a sudden
there was debris everywhere,”
Andretti said. “It’s just a freaky
situation. It will not happen
again. I’m sure.”
Although Andretti retired
from Indy car racing in 1994, he
might try to qualify one of the
team’s cars for Kanaan, who has
a broken arm.
The team has no problem
with that.
What I hit wasn't
big, but it was solid,
and it was able to
launch me, and then
all I saw was sky.
— Mario Andretti
Professional car racer
“He proved he can drive the
car, and the debris wasn’t his
fault. It could have happened to
anybody,” Wilkins said. “The
debris was in front of him. It was
just there.”
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Indianapolis 29 times, the
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