European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lbs int caught Between soaps As Winter olympics begin today by Hal Bock Lillehammer Norway a the Tonya har Ding Nancy Kerrigan Saga has All the elements of a Good soap opera violence intrigue drama. So How come lbs won t telecast a possible ultimate showdown Between the two skaters live try another favorite element of the soaps Money. Cd so plan for most of the two week Winter game beginning today is to broadcast the action on tape Dur ing prime time. With the time difference Between Norway and the United states the fek 25 women s figure skating finals scheduled for 7 . At the games Start anywhere from 1 . On the East coast to 10 . On the Westcoast. That s soap opera time and lbs has no plans to disrupt the fictional variety for this real live one. Saturday s schedule Central european Tunit opening ceremony 4 . 2 . Sunday on an to. A. Hockey Finland is. Czech Oslavia noon Russia is. Norway 8 30 . Austria is. Germany 9 . An to update 5 35 . Sunday. We have a lot of sponsors who be signed of to advertise in prime time said Mike Pearl coordinating producer of the olympics for the network. Showing the figure skating live would significantly affect ratings. That would be a disservice to those who  like other elements of the Sag such As whether Harding will even be allowed to skate lbs plan is of course subject to change. As we get to next week there will be discussions and there will be some pressure to do it Pearl said. There will also pressure from the other Side to protect the  Pearl s news training makes him want to turn the cameras on live for the Harding Kerrigan drama. As far As pure to and thinking about the viewer i d do it sure he said. But he said it s not As simple As that. Caught in the Middle of All this is int which bought the rights to 45 hours of live daytime coverage from lbs. The figure skating timing is perfect for the Cable network which will be on the air live from 1 . To 6 . Eastern time. Not so fast though. The Cable Deal allows lbs to keep the big names of any event for itself leaving int with the also rans. The stars and stripes ports Yount Calls it quits february 12,1994 Page 32 a ii Wilkins slips by Baylor on scoring list by the associated press Dominique Wilkins was Happy about becoming the loth leading scorer in Aba history but not As Happy about How Well the Atlanta Hawks Are playing heading into the All Star break. The 34-year-old Wilkins surpassed Elgin Baylor on the All time list by scor ing 33 Points in a 114-98 Victory Over the Miami heat on thursday night. Wilkins in his 12th Aba season has the los Angeles lakers had 23,149 Points in his career. Moving into the 10th spot ranks pretty High Wilkins said. It s really special. I never saw Elgin play but i know i m in Good company. He s on most of the All time All Star  More importantly the Hawks finish the first halt of the season tied with Chi Cago atop the Eastern conference stand Ings 34-13. The 34 wins is the most Ever for the Hawks before an All Star break. Their previous Best was 32 in 1980. Who would be Ever thought around the country that the Hawks would be where we Are right now he said. I saw where some Magazine picked us seventh in our division. So i feel Good about the Way we re  Glen Rice led the heat with 22 Points. In other games thursday night Golden state beat new York 113-105, Houston beat Detroit 104-81, Chicago beat Mil Waukee 97-80, Dallas beat Washington 87-77, san Antonio beat Denver 94-87, and Sacramento routed the los Angeles lakers 103-84. Milwaukee a Ever since he started for the Milwaukee Brewers As a1 baby faced 18-year-old shortstop 20 years ago Robin Yount has played second string to no one. And he chose to retire rather than be a Reserve in 1994. Even $3.2 million could t entice him Back for a Farewell season. I m not really looking Forward to this Day but it s Here Yount said at a news conference Friday morning. Yount 38, who helped bring the City its Only american league Pennant and was the last Brewers player from that 1982 world series team finished his career with a .285 average and 3,142 hits 13thon the career list. There is no player in the first 25 years of this franchise who typifies this City this state or this franchise like Robin Yount Brewers president Bud Selig said. The three time All Star suffered through one of the worst seasons in his career last year hitting just .258 with eight Home runs and 51 Bis following knee surgery on april 27. After the season Yount said he wanted to go out in better fashion and hinted he would return for a 21st season. But general manager Sal Bando told him his role would be reduced playing some Outfield and some at designated hitter and Yount began thinking about retiring instead. Yount said he had been offered a Posi Tion with the club but he planned to take a year off before deciding what to do. Another old pro five time All Star Jack Morris has already decided. After a disastrous 1993 season with Toronto he will take his career to Cleve land. Morris was 7-12 with a 6.19 Era last season for Toronto and missed the Al playoffs and world series. He had a $10.85 million two year Deal with Toron to that ended in 1993, but the Blue jays decided to pay a $1 million buyout rather than guarantee a $5.15 million salary Fortis season. I m confident that i can help bring the world championship to Cleveland said Morris a member of three straight world series champions starting with Minnesota in 1991. I be really wanted to come to them the indians All  Morris signed for $350,000. He can earn an additional $2.25 million in performance bonuses $500,000 for pitching90 innings and $250,000 each for 150, 170,190,210, 220, 230 and 240 innings. Among players in arbitration Outfield baseball Robin Yount Waves to the crowd after getting his 3,000th hit on sept. 10,1992. Or David Justice and Atlanta agreed to a $27.5 million five year Deal. The average annual value of $5.5 million ties him for 21st place. Justice 27, hit .270 last season with 40 homers and 120 Bis and made$1,875,000. Montreal first baseman Randy Milli Gan lost his Case becoming one of Only a handful of players to have an arbitrator Cut his salary. Milligan was awarded $600,000, a Cut of $35,000, by arbitrator Nicholas Zumas rather than his $1 Mil lion prep showdowns v j -. To a �?.v-.a  a 1t pc Fife Ite-s4. Pc  i1 Minnesota second baseman Chuck Knoblauch agreed at $1.55 million triple his $510,000 salary last season and Mon Treal Pitcher Ken Hill agreed at $2.55 million a raise of $550,000. Toronto Pitcher Al Leiter agreed at $565,000, nearly double the $287,500 he made in 1993. Philadelphia Pitcher David West agreed at $600,000, nearly double his $315,000 salary last season. _ los Angeles dodger Catcher Mike Piazza who would t have been eligible for arbitration until after the 1995 sea son agreed to a $4.2 million three year contract. Piazza hit .318 with 35 homers and 112 Bis last year and made $126,000. He gets $600,000 this season $900,000 in 1995 and $2.7 million in 1996. Among free agents the indians agreed to a minor league contract with 37-year old right hander Steve Farr 2-2 with a 4.21 Era for the new York Yankees Las season. Outfielder Gary Thurman Cut by de troit in december agreed to a minor league Deal with the Chicago White sox. Thurman who hit .213 last season with no homers and 13 Bis would get a $250,000 contract if he makes the team. I246850"00050411