Thursday, August 19, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 9
Browns premiere practice in Cleveland draws 25,000
The Associated Press
The Cleveland Browns and some of their fans got their first chance to see the new home of the NFL's newest team.
As workers continued putting finishing touches on the $283 million, 79,000 seat.
Cleveland Browns Stadium on Tuesday, the team took the field for an afternoon practice after working out in the morning at its training facility in Berea. Ohio.
here for a practice. The turf is great, and I can't wait until we can get started for real."
"It's beautiful," linebacker Chris Spielman said. "I can't believe there's this many people here for a practice. The turf is great, can't wait until we can get."
A crowd estimated at 25,000 watched the team run through its drills for two hours. They roared as the defense jogged toward the famed "Dawg Pound," Cleveland's rabid bleacher section of 10,000 that was replicated and remodeled in the new stadium.
The team used the day, dubbed "Stadium Sneak Preview," as a dry run for Saturday's exhibition game against Minnesota, the first NFL game in Cleveland since Dec. 17, 1985, just before owner Art Modell took his team to Baltimore.
Season-ticket holders were invited to the event to check out their new seats. Concession stands served hot dogs, burgers and
beers. Videos were shown on the stadium's two giant scoreboards, and a high school marching band provided prepractice entertainment as if it was a football Sunday.
"I think it's gorgeous," Browns coach
ment to the city of Cleveland for what they've done, how they built the stadium and how they brought their team back."
Titans Defensive end Kenny Holmes will be out at least 10 days after undergoing arthroscopic surgery to
repair a flap of cartilage in his left knee. Holmes played in Tennessee's 22-20 exhibition loss to Kansas City on Sunday after missing a few practices with the sore knee. The knee stiffened up Monday, and Coach Jeff Fisher said they decided to fix the problem now rather than wait.
Colts
Running back Vaughn Hebron, a member of Denver's Super Bowl champion teams the past two years, signed with Indianapolis after a morning workout and
was returning kicks during afternoon practice
In six seasons. Hebron averaged 4.2 yards
on 273 carries, caught 41 passes for 303 yards and averaged 24.1 yards on 158 kickoff returns.
Hebron was the backup to NFL MVP Terrell Davis last season. He had only 58 carries for 253 yards the past two seasons.
Packers
Tight end Mark Chmura will miss the next two weeks while resting a bulging disc in his neck, but Coach Ray Rhodes cautioned against reading too much into the Pro Bowl selection's condition.
"We're just going to let that cool down," Rhodes said. "We'll reassess it when the time's right. It's too early to worry about."
Chmura has been treated with traction, ultrasound and massage. He has experienced periodic numbness in his upper body after contact drills.
Chmura watched practice from the sidelines Tuesday and will continue to do so. Both he and Rhodes expect him to be ready for the Sept. 12 season opener against Oakland.
Lions
Rookie defensive end Jared DeVries, who injured his foot early in camp, is expected to be fitted for a cast. It is not known when he will return.
"We're going to put a cast on him for a full week and see what happens," Coach Bobby Ross said. "If (it doesn't get better), we'll have another step to take. I don't know what that step will be. We'll have to walt and see."
Halfback Gary Brown, who underwent surgery to have a painful hematoma drained from his buttocks shortly after
Giants
training camp opened,
hopes to practice early
next week for the first
time. He was injured in a
motorcycle accident during
the summer.
The Giants' leading
rusher with 1.063 yards last season, Brown has been limited to running in camp. Doctors have been afraid contact would cause the hematoma to return.
"I'm getting itchy now," said Brown, who no longer has pain. "It's getting close. I'm like a caged dog who hasn't eaten in a year. I want to eat."
The condition of offensive lineman Ernest Dye was upgraded to serious from critical after extensive surgery to repair his right arm produced a pulse.
Dye, defensive end Carl Simpson and offensive guard Lester Holmes were injured Monday when their car overturned as they were driving to a team meeting.
Cardinals
"Ernest's situation is day to day, then week to week," said Dr. Jerry M罗, one of the surgeons who operated on Dye for more than eight hours Monday.
It isn't known how long Dye will have to remain in the hospital.
Eagles
Simpson was checked for pain in his hip and released. Holmes received a severe cut to the forehead and was released from the hospital on Tuesday.
Philadelphia waived place-kicker Chris Boniol and signed Norm Johnson to a two-
year deal. Johnson, 39, is entering his 18th NFL season after a four-year stint with Pittsburgh. He ranks sixth on the NFL's career scoring list with 1,657 points.
Seahawks
Starting tight end Christian Fauria will be sidelined for up to three weeks because of torn cartilage in his right knee, Coach Mike Holmgren said. Fauria, who hurt the knee in Saturday exhibition loss to Buffalo, underwent arthroscopic surgery yesterday. Itula Mili will start in Fauria's absence, with Deems May backing him up.
Star Jamaican sprinter in drug scandal
The Associated Press
SEVILLE, Spain — On the eve of the World Championships, track and field got the last thing it needed — another drug scandal.
Already reeling from a series of high-profile doping cases, the sport took a massive blow yesterday with the news that one of its most prolific stars, spinner Merlene Ottey, had tested positive for a banned steroid.
The 39-year-old Jamaican pulled out of the championships, which open Saturday, after learning that traces of Nandrolone were found in her urine sample at a meet in Lucerne, Switzerland, on July 5.
Nandrolone, a performanceenhancer has produced a recent rash of positive tests in track and field and other sports.
Experts said this could be the result of more sensitive testing procedures or a sign that Nandrolone is being ingested unwittingly in other products or food supplements.
Otley, who has won more World Championship medals (14) than any other male or female athlete, said she was the victim of a terrible mistake and would fight to prove her innocence. She offered to undergo another test.
"To write this statement has been the most difficult and emotionally draining experience of my life," Ottey said in announcing her withdrawal. "I have lived my personal and athletic life with the utmost honesty and integrity.
"I have applied only the highest ethical standards to myself and expect the same from others. I have
always proclaimed fairness in sports and adamantly oppose the use of banned substances."
The International Amateur Athletic Federation, the sport's world governing body, confirmed that Ottey's "A" sample turned up positive for Nandrolone. The backup "B" sample is due to be analyzed in the next few days at the International Olympic Committee-accredited laboratory in Lausanne, Switzerland.
If the "B" sample is also positive, Ottey faces a possible two-year ban that would effectively end her career and erase her hopes of competing in her sixth Olympics next year in Sydney.
Otley's agent, Daniel Zimmerman, said the spinner was adamant that the test result was wrong.
Since 1979, Ottey has been tested
approximately 100 times and all results were negative, her management company FKG said. The most recent tests at Ljubljana, May 12, and in Stockholm, July 30, also have shown negative results, the group said.
JIAF and Jamaican track officials said they were upset the news of the positive test had leaked out before the "B" sample test. Under confidentiality rules, an athlete is not supposed to be identified until both samples have been analyzed.
Otley has won 34 medals in major championships, including three golds at the worlds. She has won seven Olympic medals — five bronzes and two silvers.
Known for her glamour and grace as well as her speed, Ottey has been a dominant figure in the sport for two decades.
St. Louis Cardinal apologizes as feud with Phillies grows
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — Ricky Bottallico moved quickly to resolve the latest twist in the budding feet between the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies.
Bottalico, the Cardinals' closer, went to the Phillies clubhouse prior to the Cardinals' 6-5 win Tuesday and apologized to Philies manager Terry Francona for cursing at him a day earlier.
Bottalico, traded from Philadelphia to St. Louis in November, escaped a ninth-inning jam and got his 18th save Monday in the Cardinals' 4-3 win. As the game ended, he turned toward the visiting dugout and cursed loudly at Francaona.
Bottalico would not talk about the conversation.
The incident is the latest in a developing rivalry between the two teams. It began last summer when the Cardinals signed J.D. Drew — the Phillies' No.1 draft pick from a year earlier — to a $7 million, four-year contract.
Bottalico was upset when he was traded along with starter Garrett Stephenson to St. Louis for outfielder Ron Gant, reliever Jeff Brantley and pitcher Cliff Polite.
After the trade, Gant and La Russa exchanged words.
Stephenson left the Phillies on bad terms, exchanging public insults in the newspapers and public a grievance against the team that claimed he was sent to the minors while he was hurt. The grievance was settled, with Stephenson receiving service time but no money.
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