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New York mostly ignores them and the various communities that surround their swampland home barely pay attention, except during the long postseasons. Their arena, which is more like an airplane hangar, is straight out of the 1980s and looks it. Past victory parades have be held in a sprawling parking lot. The cast changes regularly, but hardly ever involves a big name or big contract. But there’s something to brag about — a roster that doesn’t cost a ton of money but one that the Rangers, Penguins, Blackhawks and Maple Leafs wish they could own. To the Devils, winning the Stanley Cup isn’t something they do once in a lifetime. Every season, they believe they can win the Cup or at least compete for it. The Devils raised their third Stanley Cup in nine years in a sold-out-for-a-change Continental Airlines Arena on Monday night, ending the Anaheim Mighty Ducks’ improbable playoff run with a 3-0 victory in Game 7. Given their overall lack of fan support, the Devils would seem to have a home-ice disadvantage, but never before has an arena meant more in crowning an NHL champion. The Devils lost every game, all three, played in the Southland, as the Los Angeles area calls itself. They won every game, all four, played in New Jersey. To put into historical perspective what they’ve done, consider that only five other teams since the NHL began in 1917 have won as many Cups within a 10-year timeframe: Ottawa (not the cur rent-day Senators); Montreal, Detroit, the New York Islanders and Edmonton. “This is so hard to win, and I never would have thought this would have happened again, but we’ve built and worked hard as a team and we’ve got a lot of character and guys who work together,” said Scott Stevens, who, like goalie Martin Brodeur Has been there for all three Cups. “All year we found a way to win.” Almost every year they find a way; this was their third trip to the finals in four years. Dynasty, perhaps, is not the proper word; there were five years between the first and second titles; three years (and one failed Game 7 that prevented a fourth title) between the second and third. Only the much more prosperous Red Wings have won as many Cups since the Oilers won their fifth and last Cup in 1990. “Nobody talks about a dynasty until it’s over,” Brodeur said. Brodeur symbolizes what the Devils are all about. He has yet to win a Vezina trophy as the NHL’s best goalie, a Hart trophy as the NHL’s regular-season MVP, a Conn Smythe trophy as the playoffs MVP. What he has are three Stanley Cups, more than any other current goalie now that Patrick Roy is retired. As usual, the Devils changed coaches before winning this title; Three’s a charm as Lord Stanley comes home The New Jersey Devils captured their third Stanley Cup in the last nine years, defeating the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in seven games in the 2003 Finals. Finals results Game 1 New Jersey 3-0 Game 2 New Jersey 3-0 Game 3 Anaheim 3-2 (OT) Game 4 Anaheim 1-0 (OT) Game 5 New Jersey 6-3 Game 6 Anaheim 5-2 Game 7 New Jersey 3-0 Won’t go home empty-handed Anaheim's Jean-Sebastlen Giguere is only the fifth player on a losing team to win the Conn Smythe Trophy for playoff MVP. Other players to win the award: YEAR PLAYER TEAM 1987 Ron Hextall Flyers 1976 Reg Leach Flyers 1968 Glenn Hall Blues 1966 Roger Crazier Redwings Playoff comparison NEW JERSEY ANAHEIM Games Goals Goals Goals Shutouts Faceoff played per game against pet. won Team scoring leaders (G-A-TP) New Jersey Anaheim S. Niedermayer 2-16-18 4-9-13 ....;. A. Oates J. Langenbrunner 11-7-18 4-9-13 P. Sykora J. Madden 6-10-16 6-6-12 P. Karlya SOURCE: NHL AP Pat Burns oversaw this group, following in the skate marks of Jacques Lemaire (1995) and Larry Robinson (2000). Burns drove them hard, from the first day of training camp to the last possible game of the season; drove them without as much as a smile or a friendly wink. “Pat, as everybody knows, doesn’t smile a whole lot,” Ken Daneyko said. As usual, they lost key players (Bobby Holik to free agency, Petr Sykora to a trade). A man named Steinbrenner signs their checks, but they contain a lot fewer zeros than those of the Yankees. Last summer, their key pickups were Jeff Friesen from, of all teams, the Ducks and Grant Marshall. Friesen had an up-and- down season, yet broke through with five goals against his old team in the finals, two in Game 7. He also had the winning goal in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals against Ottawa. In this era of frequent overhauls and quick fixes, the Devils don’t plan to tear down what’s not broken, to suddenly chase the high-priced talent that could aid their next Cup run. They are con tent to let history judge what they do and how they do it. “It’s not over for us and we are going to try to build on this,” Brodeur said. “Ten years, 20 years down the road, people will look back at what we accomplished and they will say if say if we Nets hoping to avoid devastating 3-1 deficit By Greg Beacham THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. —As they prepared for the game that might decide the fate of their NBA title dreams, the New Jersey Nets could smell a cham pionship. “You come into the building this afternoon, and you have a sense of champagne and beer,” Jason Kidd said Tuesday before the Nets’ practice at Continental Airlines Arena. About 13 hours earlier, the New Jersey Devils raised the Stanley Cup on the ice now below the freshly assembled bas ketball court. Kenyon Martin attended the hockey game to enjoy the winning vibe — and he sat next to George Steinbrenner, who knows a bit about champi onships. “It was great for them to win it here, and now the pressure is on us,” Martin said. “It’s a good pressure. That was a great feeling for those guys. I’m excited for them. We’re in a position where we can do the same tiling, so now let’s go out and play.” In Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night, the Nets will find out whether they’ve got any realistic hope of hanging a title banner on the opposite end of the arena from those belong ing to the Devils. A 3-1 deficit has never been overcome in the NBA Finals. Martin told the rest of the Nets, down 2-1 to the San Antonio Spurs, to treat Game 4 as if it were the last game of the season — since it might turn out to be the last one that matters. The Spurs won Game 3 in New Jersey, and they could take prohibitive control of the series with another dominating inside- outside performance from the tandem of Tim Duncan and Tony Parker. “Any team down 3-1 is dev astated,” Spurs guard Stephen Jackson said. “It would definite ly take the confidence out of them.” To win their first NBA title, the Nets must figure out how to score consistently against the Spurs’ ever-changing defense. Run-and-gun New Jersey has been stuck in neutral for most of the series, with San Antonio’s strong transition defense pre venting most of the fast breaks that are New Jersey’s specialty. And Martin, the Nets’ excitable power for ward, might be the key. New Jersey’s leading play off scorer is averaging 19.3 points in kidd the series, but he has van ished in the fourth quarter of all three games — particularly the Spurs’ two victories. Martin has a combined eight points on 4-of-17 shooting in the fourth quarters. Kidd carried the Nets to victory in Game 2, but New Jersey faded in Game 3 when Martin missed four shots down the stretch. With the reclaimed home- court advantage and their confi dence in Duncan, the Spurs can afford to approach Game 4 as a normal playoff meeting — but the Nets need this victory, not only for their championship hopes, but for their franchise’s growth. New Jersey entered the finals determined to improve on its four-game loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in last season’s final round. Kidd scored 30 points as the Nets got their first finals victory ever in Game 2, but San Antonio doused the Nets’ suddenly rowdy fans with an 84- 79 victory in Game 3. SPORTS IN BRIEF Sosa appeals eight- game suspension BALTIMORE - Sammy Sosa on Tuesday appealed his eight-game suspension for using a corked bat. After speaking for about an hour with Bob DuPuy, baseball's chief operating officer, Sosa could only hope for the best. “I’m waiting for the decision they’re going to make. Whatever punishment they’re going to do, I accept it,” he said. A decision from major league baseball could come as soon as Wednesday. Sosa made a short state ment to the media late Tuesday afternoon, then exited without taking ques tions. Cubs officials said Sosa would not speak with reporters again during a three-game series that con cludes Thursday. Sosa was suspended for eight games Friday by Bob Watson, baseball’s vice president in charge of disci pline, but the appeal allows him to play until a ruling is made. Legendary horse Spectacular Bid dies at 27 By John Kekis THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UNADILLA, N.Y. — Spectacular Bid, a steel gray colt whose drive to win the Triple Crown in 1979 was derailed by a safety pin on the day of the Belmont Stakes, died at 27. He died of a heart attack Monday at Milfer Farm in upstate New York. The thoroughbred will be buried at the farm in Unadilla, 65 miles southeast of Syracuse, according to the owner of the farm where he still stood at stud. The death came two days after Funny Cide failed in a bid to win the Triple Crown. “It seemed almost prophetic, I suppose, that he was showing maybe not quite himself Saturday and Sunday, which was the weekend of the Belmont,” said Jonathan H.F. Davis, veterinarian and farm owner. Davis said Spectacular Bid was still an active stud and he will produce a 2004 foal crop. Bred by Madelyn Jason and her mother, Mrs. William Gilmore, Spectacular Bid, whose sire was Bold Bidder and dam was Spectacular, was foaled Feb. 17, 1976. Purchased as a yearling for $37,000 by Harry and Teresa Meyerhoff, “Bid”, as he was nicknamed, was spectacular from the moment he entered a starting gate. He won 26 of 30 career starts — he also finished second twice, third once and was fourth in the Tyro Stakes at Monmouth in the third race of his career — and earned $2,781,607 and three Eclipse Awards. He was voted champion 2-year-old colt, champion 3-year-old colt and champion older horse in succes sive years (1978-80). Groomed throughout his career by Charlie Bettis and carrying the colors of Hawksworth Farm, Spectacular Bid went to post for the first time on June 30,1978. He ran just two-fifths of a second off the Pimlico track record for 5 1/2 furlongs and three weeks later came back in an allowance at the same distance, this time equaling the track record. Bid won five more stakes that year on his way to being named the top 2-year-old colt. Carrying a five-race win streak into his 3-year- old season, Spectacular Bid reeled off five more wins and entered the Triple Crown series undefeat ed for the season. Spectacular Bid went up on the tote board as the Kentucky Derby favorite at Churchill Downs. As he walked the horse to the paddock area, trainer Grover “Buddy” Delp was so convinced he had a sure thing that he shouted to nearby fans, “Go bet! Go bet!” When Spectacular Bid came on in the stretch to overtake General Assembly, it didn’t seem like that big a deal. He was the favorite. He won the race. That’s what was supposed to happen, according to the handicappers. Two decades worth of beaten Derby favorites that followed, however, made the accomplishment more noteworthy. “He was the greatest horse that ever looked through a bridle,” Delp said. “The only two horses that I believe would have given him a run were Citation and Secretariat.” Both, coincidentally, were Triple Crown win ners, just like Affirmed and Seattle Slew in the two years before Spectacular Bid. Horse racing legend dies Spectacular Bid, whose quest for the Triple Crown in 1979 was derailed by a safety pin on the day of the Belmont Stakes, died at 27 of a heart attack Monday. Year Age Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings 1978 2 9 7 1 0 $384,484 1979 3 12 10 1 1 1,279,333 1980 4 9 9 0 0 1,117,790 Totals 30 26 2 1 2,781,607 Career highlights ► Won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes (1979) ► 1980 Horse of the Year ► Won his last 10 races and undefeated as a 4-year-old, winning nine of nine starts SOURCES: New York Racing Association; Associated Press AP Jfofie Pneatumoif GenteftA * * * OF BRAZOS VALLEY WANT SOMETHING FREE YOU CAN REALLY USE? FREE PREGNANCY TESTS & STD TESTING Peer Counseling for women & men Post Abortion Peer Counseling Pregnancy Support Services Open M-F 9-5 and some evenings & Saturdays Call for an appointment 695-9193 205 Brentwood College Station 846-1097 3620 E. 29th St. Bryan Riviera Day Spa fk stes of summer school rod debt forget other’s D^y! i To%off ANY SERVICE i Must present coupon to receive offer. Does not include include packages. 1800 Brothers Blvd., College Station 695-0327
