European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Cowboys rip Falcons for division title Dallas Krinitt Smith rushed Tor 174 Yards and 2 touchdowns in Atlanta on monday. By de Shearer Atlanta apr coach Jimmy Johnson Isnit calling the Dallas cowboys America s team. Hell let others do that after the cowboys wrapped up the pfc East championship monday night with a 41-17 Victory Over the Atlanta Falcons. �?o1 think most people in the country will recognize the pfc East As the most difficult division in All of football and to be Able to win it with still one game to go it really says something about our football team a Johnson said. Troy Aikman threw for three touchdowns and Emmitt Smith ran for season High 174 Yards and scored twice on 29-Yard runs As the cowboys claimed their 14th division championship in history a the first since 1985. The cowboys 12-3 put this one out of reach with two touchdowns within 25 seconds after Fumble recoveries in the third Quarter helped build a 34-10 Lead. The Falcons 6-9 also yielded a Field goal after a lost Fumble in the opening period then drove 73 Yards for their Only Lead of the game scoring on a 6-Yard pass from Wade Wilson to Drew Hill with 5 21 left in the opening period. Aikman a scoring passes went for 11 Yards to Kelvin Martin and 18 Yards to Jay Novacek in the second Quarter and 23 Yards to Alvin Harper in the third. Lin Elliott had Field goals of 47 and 22 Yards. Thomas Everett got the cowboys going Early when he returned Mike Pritchard a Fumble 15 Yards to the Atlanta 35. But the Falcons forced the cowboys to Settle for the stars and stripes december 23,1992 b Page 28 Elliott a 47-Yard Field goal and a 3-0 Lead. The Quick strikes in the third Quarter came after Larry Brown recovered Steve Broussards Fumble on the Atlanta 48. It took Only three plays to score a on Aikman a 18-Yard pass to Harper. Deion Sanders fumbled away the ensuing Kickoff with Everett getting his second recovery on the Atlanta 29. Smith scored on the first play breaking out of a stack at the line of scrimmage. Aikman completed 18 of 21 passes for 239 Yards. Atlanta a other scoring came on a 27-Yard Field goal by Norm Johnson and a 10-Yard pass from Wilson to Andre Rison with 8 15 left in the game. Wilson threw for 342 Yards hitting 30 of 41 passes. Smith has 1,582 Rushing Yards five shy of nil Leader Barry Foster. Jordan shakes off 0-10 slump to Lead bulls surge past heat by the associated press Chicago a one word describes Michael Jordan when lie misses All 10 of his shots in the first three quarters and the Chicago bulls Trail by 15 Points. Dangerous. Jordan held to three free throws for three periods scored 15 Points Oil 6-for-9 shooting in the fourth Quarter As the bulls outscored Miami 30-11 in the final 12 minutes and heat the heal 86-82 on monday night "1 have to say that i will take the blame for the first three quarters the Way i was shooting a said Jordan whose 18 Points was far below his Aba leading 31.7 average Miami led 71-56 entering the fourth Quarter thanks to Jordan a miserable shooting. The bulls started the fourth period with an 18-4 run to close to 75-74 on Jordan a two free throws with 4 55 remaining. A jumper from the Corner by Jordan tied it 80-80 with 2 19 logo. "1 just needed that first one to go Down to get some Confidence a Jordan said. Veollie Pippen who led the bulls with 22 Points broke the lie with two free throws with 42 seconds left. When Miami a Bimbo Coles missed a Layup Bill Cartwright was fouled by Rony Seikaly As both went for the rebound with 35 seconds left. Cartwright hit one of two free throws for an 83-80 Lead. . Armstrong who scored 17 Points converted two free throws with 15 seconds left to Seal the outcome. Miami coach Kevin Loughery watched As his team missed 12 of 15 shots in the final period. A a a hey up Lemp oed their defense and we  gel into the offence in the fourth Quarter a Loughery said. A they went to Michael and Pippen in the Back court and that really  Glen Rice led Miami with 21 Points. In monday night s other games Cavaliers 111, bullets 107, of Landover my. A Mark Price scored seven of his 31 Points and backcourt partner Craig Ehlo nine of his 16 in overtime As Cleveland had 21 Points on 7-for-7 Field goal shooting in overtime against Washington extending its winning Streak to six. After each team scored 22 Points in the fourth Quarter the Cavaliers outscored the bullets 21-17 in the five minute extra period. Rex Chapman scored 37 Points including 11 in overtime but it Wasny to enough to prevent the bullets from losing their seventh straight game. Price who made Only 1 of 8 shots in the first half scored Cleveland s last nine Points in regulation. Brad Daugherty had 23 Points and 12 rebounds for Cleveland. Harvey Grant scored 20 Points and Michael Adams had 15 assists for washington.76ers 113, pacers 101 Philadelphia a Ron Anderson scored 17 of his season High 25 Points in the fourth Quarter As Philadelphia beat Indiana for its third Victory in 13 Home games. Detlef Schrempf had 23 Points and 17 rebounds for the  re signs with Oakland Oakland Calif. A now that the Oakland athletics have signed outfielder Ruben Sierra to a five year $28 million contract the team is turning its attention to its last Premier free agent a first baseman Mark Mcgwire. But a a general manager Sandy Alderson said monday that he is ready to look elsewhere for a first baseman if the team can to work out a Deal with Mcgwire. The first baseman who hit 42 homers and drove in 104 runs while batting .268 last season is said to be deciding Between the athletics and the Chicago White sox. A a we a like to sign Mcgwire a Alderson said. A your fans would like him to come Back. He certainly would make us More competitive than if we started to play this afternoon. A i done to think sierras signing adds any pressure sign Mcgwire. There Are first basemen we could acquire. Just As an example Randy Milligan of  sierras $28 million Deal included a $6 million signing Bonus $3 million in 1993, $3.5 million in 1994, $5 million each in 1995 and 1996 and $5.5 million in 1997, Sierra hit .278 with 17 homers and 87 Bis Overall last season. He played in 27 games for the athletics hitting .277 with three homers and 17 Bis