European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 3, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 21 Phe outstanding player of the final four Jennifer Azzi Points the Way after the cardinals 88-81 Victory Over Auburn sunday. Vanderveer joins Stanford winners. _ a a j1 Rte Imti Lla 11 Mist a Ortyl by Chuck Schoffner Knoxville Tenn. Apr Tara Vanderveer now can look some of her How Stanford coaches in the Eye. Women a basketball still has a Long by to go to match Stanford s feats in volleyball swimming baseball and ten is but at least there has been a Start. Vanderveere steam gave Stanford its first National title in women a basketball Ven it Defeated Auburn 88-81 sunday 0 top a first trip to the final four. A the first summer i was there 1 went to 1 banquet and met the swim coach and nay be won three National championships a Vanderveer said. A the Tennis Oach has won nine. That a the menus. The women have won three. The baseball coach von two National championships. A a volleyball a been in the final four the ast six years. Menus volleyball was in the final two last year. Its really a situation where i feel like in a just trying to keep up with everyone else around  the basketball team reached the top in Vanderveere a fifth year. She left a successful program at Ohio state where she was 110-37 in five seasons to Lake Over a team that had won Only 14 games the two previous years. There were hard times a a 13-15 record her first year 14-14 the next. Then when this years seniors were sophomores the Cardinal made a move. Stanford went 27-5 in 1987-88 and lost in the regional semifinals. Last year Stanford was 28-3 and lost in the regional final. And now a a 32-1 team that won the title with an offence that could score inside or outside on the run or in a half court set. In sundays game Stanford made a tournament record 11 3-pointers. A it seemed like every year we came Over a different hurdle Quot said Jennifer Azzi who was voted the outstanding player of the final four. A we beat Montana in Mcaa play at Montana our Sophomore year. Then my Junior year we made it to the regional finals against sports Why Bounce Brent lbs by Ray Frager the Baltimore Sun sundays Shockroo was firing Brent Musburger. It Means that Musburger s familiar face and voice were to be making their last scheduled broadcast on the network during the Mcaa basketball championship game monday night. The reason lbs announced that Louisiana tech and still came up Short. A i just think we kept working and working and finally everything has paid off All at  with veterans such As Azzi Kay sted ing Sonja Henning and Trisha Stevens coming Back Vanderveer knew she had the makings of championship team this season. Stanford won its title in front of record crowds at Tennessee a Thompson Boling Arena. Ticket sales for the two Day tournament totalled 39,490, and the actual number in the Arena was 34,196. The previous High was 31,230 for the 1987 final four at Austin Texas. Musburger it had broken off negotiations on a new contract with him. Lusburg cry a 5 / year contract for a reported $1.75 million per year expires june 30. Negotiations on a new contract a with Lusburg cry a brother Todd representing him a had been going on several months lbs spokeswoman Susan Kerr said in a news conference from the final four in Denver sunday. A going into the negotiations we fully expected to sign him a Kerr said. A we ended up having a different sense of direction for Brent than he did for  Ted Shaker executive producer of lbs sports said the network thought Musburger a work Load was a too much and wanted to give its other sportscasters More assignments. A a we simply fell we wanted to give More opportunities to some of the younger people who currently work for us Quot lbs sports president Neal Pilson said. The most immediate of those opportunities May be As main play by play announcer on major league baseball games. Lbs begins a four year package of baseball telecasts april 14, and Musburger had been scheduled to work with Tim Mccarver on the games seen in most of the country. Asked who would replace Musburger on baseball telecasts Kerr said a no decision has been made on baseball. Obviously a decision has to be made  speculation on cd so new baseball voice immediately entered on Al Michaels whose relationship with Abc is said to have cooled. Michaels play by play announcer for baseball and a monday night football a reportedly was suspended a month for violating the networks nepotism policy. The incident which apparently involved Michaelso daughter working As a Gofer during a telecast was Dis see Brent on Page 23 an sports radio pro basketball a Golden state at Orlando 1 30 . Wednesday