European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 34 b the stars and stripes super bowl notes sports wednesday february 3.1993 Bills hurting but Kelly won t need surgery. From wire reports los Angeles there was no Joy monday at the Hyatt Heartbreak hotel otherwise known As the Headquarters for the Buffalo Bills. It was so quiet in the lobby at 7 . As a half dozen players shuffled off to the pro bowl in Honolulu you could have heard a football drop to the White Marble tile. The Bills were a hurting team less than a dozen hours after they d been smashed in super bowl xxvii 52-17, by the Dallas cowboys. It was Buffalo s of third straight loss in the title game and the ninth win in a Row for the  Only Good news was on the medical front quarterback Jim Kelly suffered Only a sprained right knee and will not need surgery. And there was no truth to a Rumor that Buffalo coach Marv Levy had suffered a heart attack after the , 64, said he had two Calls from news organizations around Midnight asking about his health. I never even saw a doctor after the game it s totally unfounded he told reporters after he d checked out of his room monday morning. I was sick at heart but that was  about his emotions the Day after Levy said deep deep disappointment. A few hours after the game and this morning it almost hurts More. Disappointment but i want to distinguish that from despair. There s tomorrow another season and we be got Good  . Legislator wears bag Albany . The Deputy speaker of the new York state Assembly showed up for work with a bag Over his head monday. He s from where else  Assembly speaker Saul Weprin froth new York City paid off a bet with his Texas counterpart by taking the podium to open Mon Day s session sporting a Cowboy hat and a Dallas Cowboy  speaker Arthur eve a Buffalo demo crat sat silently in his Assembly chair. The Brown paper bag Over his head said it All Buffalo Bills fan. Can t talk.". To audience 2nd highest new York More than 120 million people watched the super bowl on sunday but even More tuned in to Sec the halftime show starring Michael  . Nielsen company reported monday that the Dallas cowboys 52-17 Victory Over the Buffalo Bills was the second most watched super bowl in history after the 1986 Chicago new eng land Gamp also on . Abc received a 43.9 overnight Nielsen rating and a 64 share for sunday s game. Each ratings Point represents about 931,000 households. A share is the percentage of to sets in use that Are tuned into a particular show or network. The heavily promoted halftime show had a 44.4 rating and a 65 share meaning an estimated 125 million watched lip halftime program. Bookmakers clean up Las vegas while the Dallas Cowboy were administering a lopsided beating to the Buffalo Bills Las vegas bookmakers made a heating of their own on the millions of dollars wagered on the game. Bettors wagered heavily on the Bills and ended up losing big in betting that was expected to set a record for the super  blew pm out said Bob Gregorka who said the sports Book he manages at the Sands hotel took in More than $1 million and won $180,000. It was one of our bigger  the Mirage hotel which has one of the busiest books in the state Book manager Jimmy Vaccaro said volume was the biggest Ever. Vaccaro said bet tors wagered More than $10 million at the Mirage and its sister hotel the Golden  handle was 20 percent higher than last a Vaccaro said. He declined to say How much the two resorts won on the betting but admitted it was substantial. Red men Down Hoy As to gain big East Lead. 1________,, College basketball from wire reports new York Brian Mahoney s St John s red men continue to Surprise the rest of the big East but no More than they Surprise the first year coach. Sophomore Sergio Luyk started and finished a 16-0 run in the second half with 3-pointers monday night and St. John s took Over first place in the big East with a 79-61 Victory Over no. 23 Georgetown. I m so Happy for him because he can contribute something to this team that we Don t have outside shooting Mahoney said of Luyk. The 6-foot-8 Sophomore from Madrid Spain has been playing Well in practice but has seen most of the redmen s games from the Bench. I was Happy that my coach showed Confidence in me Luyk said. I just waited Formy time to come and i finally got off the  the Rcd Man who were picked to finish ninth by the league s coaches during the preseason improved to 12 5 Overall and Lead the league a 7-2  now things  going pretty Good for us but in this league anything can happen shawnelle Scott said. Georgetown which has lost three of its last four games fell to 12-5 and 5-4. I Don t even know who i voted for Georgetown coach John Thompson said. That stuff Means nothing. Who in the hell knows who s in first place Well wait until the end of the sea son and then Sec who s in  Scott paced a balanced Rcd Man attack with 19 Points on 8-of-8 shooting from the Field. Derek Brown and Charles Vineland had 12 Points each and Luyk and lament Middleton had 11 apiece for St. Johns which out rebounded the hoyas 43-31. Otholla Harrington plagued by foul trouble in the second half led the hoyas with 21 Points but Many came after the game was already out of reach. With the score tied 42-42, Luyk drilled a 3-Pointer with 11 03 left to ignite the redmen s decisive spurt. After Scott completed a 3-Point play Vineland scored inside on two straight trips and made a free throw to give the Redmon a 53-42 Lead with 8 minutes remaining. Scott scored underneath and Luyk nailed another 3-Pointer from the Wing to Cap the 16-0 Bur stand make it 5842 with 6 52 left. In the second half i Don t know if we can play any better Mahoney said. It takes contributions fron six or seven Guys and tonight we got  the hoyas desperately tried to get Back in it with 3 pointers but repeatedly misfired Down the stretch. The hoyas turned the Ball Over 15 times in a physical first half which in True Georgetown St. John s fashion had its share of Elbow exchanges by both teams. In other games involving top 25 teams no 3. Kansas 86, Missouri 69 Lawrence Kan. Eric Pauley scored 18 Points and Steve Woodberry added 17, helping the Jay Hawks extend their big eight Home winning Streak to 19 games four shy of the league record. The Jay Hawks 18-2 Overall and 5-0 in the big eight have won their last five games against the tigers 13-6 and 3-2. Missouri was the last big eight team to win at Kansas in 1990. Mark Atkins led Missouri with 30 Points and Melvin Booker added 18. Georgetown s Joey Brown loses control of Ball As St. John s David Cain tries not to foul him in monday s game. No. 4 Cincinnati 74, Miami Ohio 68, of Miami Ohio Nick Van Exel scored 23 Points and Cincinnati outscored the redskins 20-14 in Over time. The bearcats 16-1 extended their winning Streak to 13 games the longest current Streak in Divi Sion i. The Streak also matches Cincinnati s longest since the bearcats won 16 in a Row in 1974-75. Matt Kramer scored 21 Points to Lead Miami which had a winning Streak snapped at four games an slipped to 10-5. Is Knight playing court Jester Indianapolis a Bob Knight apparently scored either a recruiting coup or is running a co Job. The coach of the nation s no. 1 College basketball team says a 6 foot-8 recruit from the former Yugoslavia will enrol at Indiana but no one knows who Trie player is or whether he even exists. One National recruiting analyst says it s a hoax. I be heard the name but i was informed that the kid does t exist said Bob Gibbons editor of ail Star sports report in Lenoir  s playing  on his television show sunday Knight said Indiana had received word that a player named Ivan Renko intends to enrol and play basketball for the hoosiers a final addition to an already impressive freshman class for next season. But who is Ivan Renko there is no such person Gib Bons told the Indianapolis Star. I m positive. He was supposed to be located in new Hampshire. I called people that i know there not to mention every prep school in the area to see if there was such a player. There was none. I think he s tired of people dab Blina in a bruising Gibbon said. I think he s going to show All of us that he s still Bob Knight. I m totally convinced that it s bogus and Knight s just playing  Knight could not be reached immediately for comment tuesday. But on his radio show monday night he said Renko was brought to his attention in july when Jih spoke at a coaches clinic in Europe. Knight cited Mcaa rules and the situation in Renko s Homeland As precluding further comment. Anybody who follows the Politi Cal situation of civil unrest in Yugo Slavia can appreciate the fact that we d just like to let it go at that Knight said. Let it suffice to say that we re very