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Jl ATIJ Sports The Battalion e 3 ied, Kett ne-ol re conti lush’s [ ixon grabbing chance at more time By Stephen Hawkins THE ASSOCIATED PRESS iver S Tony Dixon is getting watched more closely by mceit. Bill Parcells than most players in Dallas Cowboys ( m ltraining camp. t’s cleT With Darren Woodson missing all of camp and prob ers Wijably the beginning of the season while recovering from idthatiiick surgery, Dixon is getting an almost uninterrupted le as ciance to prove himself as the No. 1 strong safety, he' ll “His opportunity has come to the forefront,” Parcells depuliisaid. “It’s a challenging thing for him. I don’t think he’ll ns dire, Uver be able to look at this year and say, 'Gee whiz, I ation; d dn’t have the opportunity to play.'” saidfel Starters at other positions get rotated often, with earl^wrec-time Pro Bowl linebacker Dexter Coakley and P rc - defensive tackle La’Roi Glover among players who have already spent time away from the first team the first four on jiys of camp. Dixon hasn’t been moved around. ?lJ1 l ^ es g°i n g t0 8 et a really good long look probably more than anybody at any position,” Parcells said. I And the alternative if Dixon doesn’t work out? larcells doesn’t know. I For now, it’d be Keith Davis or Lynn Scott, the two playing behind Dixon in camp. But Davis, before a l:andout NFL Europe season, sat out last fall and Scott is a special teams player who has never started |n defense. Dixon has played in 33 straight games, but his pri- ary role last season was on special teams (team-high tackles). He made seven defensive starts at the end of [002, filling in for an injured Woodson. I “It’s a lot better this is not my second year. Had it been as Air fly secon d year, I’d probably still be out there eyes wide firstPlBP en ” Dixon said. “But it’s my fourth year. I’m comfort- lot thirl ie teriil ie of d ressk as ash; able in the scheme. I’m out there eager to play and ready to do it.” Dixon was drafted in the second round in 2001, three picks after the Cowboys got quarterback Quincy Carter. He’s going into the final year of his contract. Woodson had surgery the week before camp to remove a herniated disc from his back. He is expect ed to be out up to eight weeks, which would go past the Sept. 12 opener at Minnesota. “I don’t want Woody to be rushed to come back,” Dixon said. “I want it to be a situation where I’m out there playing good and they can look and say Tony’s getting the job done, and when Woody is ready to come back, he can come back. So I have to stand up, I have to fill that void.” Doctors told Woodson, the team’s career leading tackier going into his 13th season, to remain home and rest. He hasn’t made an appearance at camp yet. Before coming to camp, Dixon told Woodson how much he was going to miss him. Now he’s trying to apply what he’s learned just by watching and hanging around with the defensive captain over the years. “Woody and I have been close since I got here, so it’s almost one of those you don’t have to say any thing,” Dixon said. “We both understand the business of it, and we both want what’s best for this team.” Defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer said it’s dif ficult to determine just by practice if Dixon is going to be able to maintain the spot until Woodson returns. He’ll know more after the first exhibition game Aug. 14 at Houston. “It’s hard to really say this is the guy until it really gets into the heat of the moment and you see all of the bullets flying at you,” Zimmer said. “He’s not doing anything to say, no he can’t do it. But he hasn’t done anything to say, hey, this is our guy.” TONY GUTIERREZ • THE ASSOCIATED PRESS With incumbent safety Darren Woodson sitting out a back injury, Tony Dixon (above) is expected to take over starting duties. Bryant transcripts released Teen player dies after practice 'DO ■ tsmtkfl By Dave Zelio THE ASSOCIATED PRESS of slul roppeiil Transcripts released from a closed 31 totwo-day hearing in the Kobe Bryant sex ual assault case provide rare detail of the iside sii nd, wte de don fierce battles over evidence, including a candid assessment by the prosecution about its chances should the judge rule on a number of issues. District Judge Terry Ruckriegle withheld 68 lines out of some 200 pages of June 21-22 testimony deal ing in part with Colorado’s rape-shield law. “If in fact you were to rule that all of the rape-shield evidence were going to come in in this case, I’m thinking the prosecution is going to sit down and re-evaluate the quality of its case and its chances of a successful prosecution,” ovate I BRYANT prosecutor Ingrid Bakke told the judge. However, a prosecution spokeswom an cautioned Tuesday that the tran scripts provide only limited details. “It is one-sided information, and we hope that people will keep that in mind,” spokeswoman Krista Flannigan said. “That’s what the trial is for.” In releasing the transcripts, Ruckriegle said he concluded he must disclose the details despite concerns about compromising the privacy rights of Bryant’s accuser and the Lakers star’s right to a fair trial. “It is with great reluctance that this court releases these transcripts,” Ruckriegle wrote. “The effect of this release is to present nar rowly limited, one-sided evidence and argument to the public prior to the selection of a jury and without refer ence to the totality of the evidence.” By Sheila Flynn THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A football player at Carter High School died and two others were hospitalized after the team’s first practice of the season. Senior Eric Brown, 17, was Carter’s 5-foot-ll, 275-pound center. He fin ished practice around noon Monday and went home, where he fell ill, said Troy Mathieu, spokesman for the Dallas Independent School District. “He didn’t do anything in practice that would’ve warranted concern,” Mathieu said. He said Brown left the practice with several other players and they stopped for food before returning home. Once he got home, however, the player began experi encing health difficulties, Mathieu said. “His sister noticed he wasn’t feeling too great and then called 911,” Mathieu said. Brown was taken to Charlton Methodist Hospital and pronounced dead at 3:09 p.m., officials said. The Dallas Medical Examiner’s office said Tuesday it would wait for the results of several tests, which could take weeks, before determining a cause of death. An ambulance was called for anoth er player immediately after practice, Mathieu said, and a third player later went to the hospital. He said one was discharged and one was kept overnight for observation. Temperatures Monday reached the mid-90s. Mathieu said the practice began around 8:30 a.m. and ended before noon, and players took frequent breaks for water. The National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury reports that 21 young foot ball players across the country have died from heat stroke in the past eight years. No high school athletes died from heat stroke in 2003, according to the center. Texas high school football has only seen one heat-related death in the last 22 years, said Charles Breithaupt, athletic director for the University Interscholastic League. oigust 4, 2004 SPORTS IN BRIEF A&M coach hired by New Mexico Texas A&M associate eques trian coach Pam Bruemmer is switching schools and positions. Bruemmer accepted the head equestrian coaching job at New Mexico State University on Tuesday, becoming New Mexico State’s first varsity women’s equestrian coach. Bruemmer was one of the original members of A&M’s first equestrian club team in 1989 and graduated in 1992 with a degree in journalism. It will be the second time Bruemmer has coached at New Mexico State, with her first stint as assistant English coach, last ing from 1999 to 2001, before returning to coach at A&M. Bruemmer helped lead the A&M English squad to a sixth place finish at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships this year, the highest finish ever for the English members of the equestrian team. NMSU will field a varsity women’s equestrian program for the first time in 2004-05 after successful years as a club program. Armstrong victory festivities date set AUSTIN (AP) - The Tour de France is finished and Lance Armstrong won his record sixth straight title. Now it’s time to party. Armstrong's adopted home town will host a celebration of his victory Aug. 13 at the state Capitol. 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