European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes sports thursday july 29,1993 olympic festival Lii skaters hit with Gold san Antonio a figure skating and swimming Are Over. Basketball had the Day off. Boxing gymnastics diving and track and Field come later in the week. Tuesday was for some of the smaller sports in the . Olympic festival like Archery racquetball and Speed skating in which the athletes perform with As a Rich Sealas anyone else but just Don t get the notice. Two people who got themselves noticed were Speed skaters Becky Sundstrom Ana Todd Porter who each finished with three Gold med als. Sundstrom 17, of Glen Ellyn,iii., added the 1,000 and 3,000 Mcter titles tuesday to the 1,500-meter championship she won Mon Day night. Porter of Saratoga Springs,n.y., won the 1,000 and anchored the Gold medal winning 5,000 relay team after winning the 500 meters monday night. I thought i could win Bot races heading into today Sund Strom said. It was just a matter oncoming out Here and doing at the Archery Range Darrell Pace of Hamilton Ohio out shot fellow olympian Jay Barrs of Mesa ariz., 110-101, to win the Gold medal. Pace was an olympic Gold medallist in 1976 and 1984, and Barrs won Gold in 1988. The women s Gold medal went to Janet Schaffer of Mesa ariz., who beat 1992 olympian Jennifer Donnell of Farmington Hills mich., 106-90. After qualifying rounds saturday and sunday the archers were seeded and then went head to head by shooting 12 arrows from 70 meters. This hew olympic round is a adrenaline giver Pace said. If you want a Good High come an shoot a few arrows on this line. I love the pressure of one on one the North baseball team improved to 2-0 with a 10-3 Victory Over the East 02. Fines total hits $52,000 As Colts a a stays away by the associated press Jeff George is not a Happy Indianapolis Colts quarterback who reportedly wants to be traded i being fined $4,000 a Day for missing training Fine total increased to $52,000 tuesday but there was still nosing of him at training Camp in Anderson ind. I be had no Contact from him at All Colts coach Ted Marchibroda said. I Haven t heard a word from if George continues to miss practice he May not be ready to Start the Colts exhibition opener aug. 7 at Seattle. The More time he misses it s certainly can t help him Marchibroda said. George was due in Camp july 15, Buthe reportedly stayed in fort Myers fla., before returning to Indiana on monday. George has t commented on his Situa Tion but he. Apparently is unhappy wit the fans in Indianapolis who turned on the former Hometown hero last season. Jeff is a hell of a quarterback and Hasa Bright future but he s hurting himself linebacker Jeff Herrod said. We need him Back out Here but we need him to come Back with a positive Bills defensive end Bruce Smith made it official tuesday signing a four year $13.5 million contract with the Buffalo Bills. I m not complaining put it that Way said Smith the nil s defensive player of the year in 1990. I m very Happy. I m a wealthy contract is almost identical to the one signed last week by Bills running running Back Thurman Thomas. With a salary Cap on the horizon the Bill wanted to sign two of the stars who helped them win three consecutive of championships. This is a year when we be got to Takecare of things general manager John Butler said. Next year you never knowhow they re going to change the dolphins Miami safety Louis Oliver signed Aone year contract giving him a shot at the free agent Market next year. The strategy is risky for Oliver because the nil is expected to have a salary Cap i place for the 1994 season. I m a Gambler said Oliver a starter for the dolphins since 1989. Next year they la have to join the signed for an estimated nil Camps Jeff George. Unhappy with fans $900,000. He sought a two year $2.8-Mil-lion Deal. After dolphins cornerback . Brown signed a two year $2.5-Miiliondeal last week Oliver said he was Worth More. Bears Chicago cornerback Donnell Woolford signed a three year contract Extension estimated at More than $7 million. Wool Ford led the bears with seven interceptions last year. At the end of last season we named him our transition player to indicate the High value we place on Donnell s Abili ties said Ted Phillips the bears chief financial officer. We believe he is prob ably one of the top cornerback in the Woolford s contract which paid him abase salary of $350,000 in 1992, will keep him in Chicago through 1996. Giants the moving of Kanavis Mcghye from outside linebacker to defensive end is officially being classified As a Opportunity by the new York giants. The chances Are just As Good it s make or break Opportunity for the 1991 second round Choice who has t done much in two seasons with the 30 games Mcghee has Only 12 tackles which averages out to $50,000 tackle based on his $300,000 annual salary. If he does t do better at his new Posi Tion the former Colorado Star could be out of work. The Opportunity is there for me to either make or break myself this year he said. Browns Hassan Jones a 29-year-old wide receiver who signed with Cleveland As a free agent after seven years with Minne Sota no longer feel capable of handling the Day to Day Rigours of the game both physically and mentally he a backup last year with the Vikings Jones caught 22 passes for 308 Yards an four touchdowns. He was on injured re serve for four games with a Back injury. Seaha rfcs Cortez Kennedy nil defensive player of the year in 1992, reported to the Seattle sea Hawks training Camp late tuesday after a six Day holdout in a con tract dispute. Kennedy passed a physical Examina Tion and should be ready to begin work outs assistant Trainer John Kasik said. Kennedy told a reporter he Felt he handmade his Point and did t want to let his teammates Down. It was a business Deci Sion with me and the sea Hawks and was with the contract and some other thing sin mind but hopefully we can work it out he said. Cowboys Dallas tight end Alfredo Roberts underwent surgery for a foot fracture on tuesday and the cowboys said he would miss at least two months. Roberts was Hurt monday during practice session involving the los an Geles raiders. We re Short at that position and we re looking around the league for help dal Las coach Jimmy Johnson said. The second string tight end Falle Wacasey went Down with a shoulder separation against the raiders. It was t immediately known How Long Wacasey might be but. Rald trs quarterback Jeff Hosteller returned to practice with the los Angeles raiders on tuesday one Day after getting poked inthe Eye by a Dallas cowboys lineman. Abc will pay $456 million to televise games new York a Abc agreed monday to pay a record $456 million for the 1996 Centennial olympics in atlant and will televise the summer games for the third consecutive time. The winning bid for the biggest prize in sports television was just ahead lot Abc s offer valued at about $450 million anyway ahead of lbs s $415 million proposal. And this time Abc sports president Dick Ebersol said we anticipate making As a former resident of the City of at Lanta i m proud to be associated wit this undertaking Abc president Bob Wright said. This is the most important sporting event that will take place in this country in probably 20 years Abc paid $401 million for the Barcelona olympics in 1992 and $300 million for the Seoul games in 1988. It was Esti mated to have lost $100 million on last year s summer games. Sixty percent of the Money $273.6 Mil lion will go to the Atlanta committee for the olympic games which also gets$160 million of the $250 million paid for european rights. Although it seems cog won t reach its original goal of $592 million in television Revenue cog president Billy Payne was in Atlanta have met our budgeted expectations said Payne who once predicted the games would sell for Between $500 million and $600 opened with its $456 million bid followed by Abc s first offer which Ioc vice president Dick Pound valued at about $440 million. The Abc Deal called for about 45 percent of the Money to be Aid upon signing rather than the usual percent making it More complicated evaluate Pound said. Is then offered $405 million an Pound s negotiating team broke for lunch. When he called the networks Backford second round in the afternoon lbs and Abc upped their offers by $10 Mil lion each while Abc stayed the same. As we reviewed the bids submitted to us it became Clear to us that the Market is a Little bit More Complex than it was inthe past Pound said. In the final anal Ysis it became Clear to us that the Superior bid was submitted by Abc sports president Dennis Swanso had no comment. Lbs sports president Neal Pilson said lbs made a serious attempt to acquire the broadcast Abc s loss last year was largely due tits Little watched pay per View triple cast. Ebersol said he was open to accept ing a Cable partner and the Atlanta Bas Dturner broadcasting system is said to be interested. It offered $75 million to Tele Vise part of the Barcelona games but by said no to the offer. " they Are prepared to make a Deal under the right circumstances Pound said of Abc. We clearly Hope there will be Ebersol said Abc plans to broadcast 163 hours an increase of seven from the Barcelona games. The opening ceremonies will move from saturday afternoon to Friday night stretching the olympics to 17 Days. Commercials will remain at 9v4 minutes per hour during prime time Ebersol said. Today which was t broadcast Dur ing the Barcelona games will be aired at its usual time from 7-9 . Edt during the Atlanta olympics. The morning olympic show on Abc will be from 10a.m.-l . Edt. Wright said he anticipates a reversal of the ratings decline in recent olympics partly because Many events will be live during prime time in the Eastern timezone and because it Marks the 100th anniversary of the first modern olympics held at Athens Greece. In 1984, at los Angeles Abc s aver age prime time rating was 23.2. Abc got a 17.9 rating at Seoul and a 17.5 rating a Barcelona. A ratings Point represents the percentage of televisions in the unite states and each Point equals 931,000 Homes. Wright said Abc has supplanted Abbas the network of the
