European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Duke swoons on sunday again Tallahassee he. A monday through saturday Duke is perfect. Sundays Are an entirely different Story. The Blue devils suffered their third straight sunday defeat As Byron Wells Sank a 3-Pointer with 3.6 seconds left in overtime to give Florida state an 89-88 Victory at Tallahassee Fla. Duke has lost on successive sundays to Georgia tech Virginia and the Sci in orcs. The Blue devils done to play another sunday game until feb. 21 at North Carolina state and they close the year More College basketball on p. 2d with sunday games against Urcla and North Carolina this sundays swoon did no to seem to faze coach Mike Krzyzewski who said he was Happy that his team played As Well As it did �?�1 done to judge things based on wins and losses. We judge things based on Effort a he said. Quot i thought our Effort was outstanding. Pm not going to fault my  Florida state 13-5, 5-1 had set up its final play for Sam Cassell but he  shake Loose and Wells wound up shooting from deep in the left Corner with 6-foot-tl Cherokee Parks hand in his face. The Ball rimmed around once and kissed off the backboard before falling through. Duke 13-3, 3-3 acc has More losses this season than it had All of last year when it was 34-2 and won the National championship. The stars and stripes ports january 26,1993 Pago 36 Buffalo Bill head conch Mary Levy left is greeted by tans sunday during his teams arrival at Long Beach Calif. America s teams i and ii arrive for number xxvii Ity Barky Wilner Pasadena Calif. A its not even close to a War of words. Maybe not even a skirmish. But As the Buffalo and Dallas teams arrived in Southern California on sunday opening the super bowl week hoopla they did strike a controversial chord. Not that Marv Levy meant to cause any headlines when almost As an aside at the end of his opening news conference sunday lie Laid claim to a title that clearly has belonged elsewhere for decades. That title Quot americans team a in fact has been the property of the Dallas cowboys. And it is the cowboys of course who will face Levy s Buffalo Bills for the nil championship on sunday. Quot americans team sometimes is what someone names themselves a Levy said. Quot we be had an outpouring of letters from All Over the country since our Houston game with people telling us we were America s team Quot the Bills staged the biggest comeback in nil history in that wild card game coming Back from 35-3 to win 4138 in overtime. That Victory might be More meaningful than any in club history because it displayed so obviously that this team can handle adversity and adversity rarely was an obstacle for Buffalo the last two years a until it hit in the big game and the Bills  Deal with it. Levy described those letters As saying a you re the ones we re looking at As the underdog the ones who fought their Way Back. You re the Blue Collar  a super bowl player sketches a p. 32-33 Quot i told our cars _ a you know who will be wearing red White and Blue out there when we play that game you Are a the Buffalo Bills a in overcoming injuries to stars such As Jim Kelly Bruce Smith and Cornelius Bennett the Bills have shown a Load of perseverance. After blowing the acc East title by losing their season finale to Houston while undermanned Ana on the Road they staged that memorable rally the next week to eliminate the oilers then they won two playoff Ganifas on the Road a place they Hadnot won in the postseason since 1981. And they got the first two of their three january victories with Frank Reich not Kelly at the Helm. Quot that a great for Marv Levy Quot Cowboy coach Jimmy Johnson said when told of the fan mail a and Levy a claim. "1 done to care. A 1 want to do is beat the team we play sunday and that a the Buffalo Bills. I done to get carried away with the american steam a a after so much National television time in this decade a the Bills Are the Only acc Champion in the 1990s and Are making a record tying third straight trip to the super bowl a they might be americans most familiar team regardless of Levy a protestations the cowboys still have that National Aura. Quot when i got involved with the cowboys 1 saw the interest As a big positive a team owner Jerry Jones said. Quot the Success and popularity motivated me to have the kind of team our fans deserve. If the Buffalo Bills Are getting some of that we know How they  australian open Capriati wins with another comeback Melbourne Australia apr just Call her the comeback kid Jennifer Capriati did it again monday losing the first set before advancing to a quarterfinal match against Steffi Graf at the australian open. Capriati a Gutsy comebacks while ill have won her plenty of fans Here. Last thursday the no. 7 seed trailed by a set and two Breaks. She was Down by a service break in both sets saturday. But monday against 14th-Sccdcd Katerina male Eva she was playing without pain or a fever for the first time in three matches in winning 6-7 2-76-3,6-1. Quot its All Cone thank god a she said. Still the 16-Ycar-old Capriati started slowly. Male Eva wasted three set Points while serving before taking the first set tiebreaker by winning the last six Points. Quot in the first set 1 thought that she played great a Capriati said. "1 started moving her around More and not cutting her take the advantage on the shots. I just got setter in the second and third sets .1 male Eva increasingly bothered by a pulled left thigh muscle suffered in her last match slowed the rest of the Way. But Capriati Wasny to the Only player who had to dig deep for something extra As the open entered its second week. 1 no 2 Stefan Edberg a two time Winner of the australian open had Back spasms so bad he had to withdraw from the doubles sunday and was Uncertain for his match against France s Arnaud Botsch until he was cleared after a morning workout. The stoic swede wearing a wrap for support refused to drop out of the tournament that has been something of a Jinx for him since it was moved from the grass of nearby Jooyong. Injuries have forced him to pull out twice Edberg beat Botsch 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 to set up a quarterfinal meeting with Christian Bergstrom of Sweden who knocked off his second seeded player no. 10 Wayne Ferreira of South Africa 6-4, 7-5, 26, 6-4. Ferreira was a semifinalist last year. No. 3 Pete Sampras ousted fellow american Mulivai Washington 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 and next will meet Brett Steven of new zealand who fought off two match Points monday night to beat Australia s Richard Fromberg 7 6 7-36-7 3-76-7 5-76-1,8-6 in a 4v4-hour Battle. No. 1 Jim courier one of the few players to finish a match on sundays rain plagued schedule will play no 7 Petr Korda of the czech Republic who finished off uns coded american Chris Garner in the completion of a suspended match no 1 Guy forget of France ended american qualifier Kelly Jones run with a straight set Victory and will take on no 14 Michael Stich of Germany in the other quarterfinal wednesday no. 1 Monica Seles won the last eight games to rout no. 16 Nathalie Tau Zlat of France and reach the women s quarterfinals when she will play unseeded Julie Lydard of France who conquered no. 6 Conchilla Martinez in straight sets on wednesday. No. 5 Mary Joe Fernandez ousted no. 9 Manuela male Eva Fragniere. She a matched against no. 4 Arantha Sanchez Vicario who won sunday As did no. J Gabriela Sabatini and no. 10 Mary Pierce