European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 31,1993 sports the stars and stripes b Pago 29 v nil commissioner Paul Tagliabue holds the super Boyl winners trophy at his news conference in . Friday. Tagliabue says steroids not a problem in nil by Hal Bock los Angeles apr despite the arrests of two nil players on steroid charges commissioner Paul Tagliabue feels the league does not have a problem with those substances. A steroid free is a strange Way of putting it a Taglia buc said Friday at his annual pre user bowl news conference. A we Are confident our jesting program is effective and reliable steroid fix is an Ideal no sport will get to. We Are confident us Ess Way Down and testing  \ Eric Moore of the new York glints and sex giant Mark Duckens now with the Tampa Bay buccaneers were arrested this month on charges of steroid and human growth hormone trafficking. Both Are cooperating with authorities according to their agents. A you Are not delighted when there Are arrests a Tagliabue said a this is the second time players have been allegedly involved. A we have had a relatively Low number of positive tests for prohibited substances in 1992. We Are optimistic the problem is under control. We done to think there a a substance problem in the  in 1990, a television report shortly before the super bowl charged that drug use in the nil was widespread and testing haphazard. The league reworked the program and installed two new drug advisers. Former player Clark Gaines now a regional director for the nil players association said a the players believe the samples and procedures they use now Are valid and protect their right to  Tagliabue said human growth hormone use is controlled by drug manufacturers. A there Are questions about the effect of those hormones on performance in state of the league address Han Cement we continue to Monitor them Quot the commissioner touched on a number of other subjects in his annual state of the Long us address. A labor Tagliabue hailed the recently concluded collective bargaining agreement with the players. A we expect to use this foundation of peace and partnership to build and shape the nil for years to come a he said. A expansion owners will meet in March and May and expect to pick the two expansion cities by this fall with the teams expected on the Field by 1995. The five finalists for teams Are Baltimore St. Louis Charlotte Jacksonville and Memphis. _ Tagliabue said a 30-team league consisting of six divisions with five teams in each would be a a competitive plus a for the nil. A a a super bowl Sites the commissioner said arizonans approval of the Martin Luther King Holiday returns Phoenix As a candidate to Host the super bowl. Phoenix was to have been the site for sundays game but it was switched to Pasadena because of Arizona s previous rejection of the King Holiday. Future games Are set for Atlanta next january and Miami in 1995. A instant replay Tagliabue is opposed to restoring instant replay which was tabled after last season. A your officiating is very Strong Quot he said. A i think most clubs feel that Way. My recommendation will be that we continue without instant  a pay per Vlco although the commissioner said per View games might be a future television option e said the league prefers to work with the five networks now holding contracts. Nil games arc shown on lbs Abc Abc esp and int. E super notes Light rain possible from wire reports Pasadena Calif. A a Chance of rain is in the forecast for super bowl sunday. Nothing drenching though. A some rain and Snow is expected in mountains cast and North of the los Angeles Basin sunday the National weather service said in a revised forecast on Friday a there is no threat of significant precipitation during the super bowl game sunday afternoon a said Pion Hamilton a news forecaster. A however there is a Good Chance of showers in the san Gabriel mountains. Brief showers arc possible at the Rose bowl which is very close to the  whether the rain reaches the stadium 10 Miles Northwest of downtown los Angeles depends on movement of a weak upper level Low pressure system that was entered Over southwestern Idaho on Friday morning the forecaster said. The Low was expected to move slowly southward saturday Ana sunday on a path to the cast of the los Angeles Basin. A was of now the forecast for Pasadena on sunday afternoon Calls for partly Cloudy and Cool with a Chance of Brief showers. Winds will be 10 to 15 Niph with temperatures in the lower 60s,&Quot the forecaster said. The temperature is expected to drop into the 50s in the later stages of inc game he said. Ref making his debut los Angeles a Dick Hantak a 15-Ycar nil official will be the referee for sundays super bowl Between Buffalo and Dallas a career educator who graduated from Southeast Missouri state Hantak will be refereeing his first super bowl. He was the alternate referee for last year s game Between Buffalo and Washington in Minneapolis and the Back judge for the .1983 game Between Washington and. Miami at the Rose bowl in Pasadena. Joining Hantak on the super bowl Crew arc Umpire Ron Botchan head Linesman Ron Phares line judge Dick Mckenzie Back judge Jim Poole Side judge Dean look and Field judge Donnie Hampton. Referee Dale Liamor and John Keck were named As alternate officials. First mom to attend los Angeles Buffalo Bill owner Ralph Wilson said wednesday mrs. Virginia Kelley Mother of president Clinton had accepted his invitation to attend the super bowl. A i heard she had picked the Bills to win a Wilson said. A i called her in hot Springs and invited her to the game. Without a moments hesitation she answered id love to come. Call me Virginia and my husbands name is Dick what a yours a �?o1 told her my name is  Wilson said the Kelleys would sit with him at the game sunday. A in talking with them after two conversations Quot Wilson said a i Felt like i had known them my entire life. I look Forward to seeing them on  coaches hint at a wide open game by Mike Rabun los Angeles up in their la Public appearance before facing each other across the Field in super bowl a xxvii coaches for the Dallas cowboys and Buffalo Bills suggested their teams would play a wide open Brand of football. A we Are not going to go out there thinking this is our last Chance a a said Buffalo coach Marv Levy whose team has tried and failed to win the super bowl the past two seasons. A we Are not going to Send our team out there with caution or any inhibitions. We Are going to go out and play to the limit of our abilities have fun and let it All hang out. And  win we will celebrate like  Dallas coach Jimmy Johnson said the same thing although he used different words. A if you gel conservative a he said Friday a it might put seeds of doubt in the players minds. All the players feel like it they have the Opportunity they can go out and win. A and if you handcuff them it plants seeds of doubt in their mind and they might not play As Well As they Are capable of playing. You turn them Loose and you have an exciting football game. That a what we plan to  t he Levy and Johnson news conferences provided a contrast of the two men both of whom Are intense but one of whom Levy has a hard time hiding that intensity. Although no one at his Friday news conference asked Levy about a Story that had circulated earlier in the week concerning an alleged shoving match Between Buffalo linebacker Darryl Talley and a bodyguard for retired basketball Star magic Johnson Levy brought it up himself. A i thought it was a cheap shot a Levy said of the Story one that Talley has repeatedly denied a it was a poor attempt to distract  both teams conducted Brief workouts Friday both planned to take a look at the Rose bowl on saturday and both teams planned to move to different hotels saturday night to escape the fans. \