European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes december 11,1994 r Page 36 saturday update Lions 181, jets 7 East Rutherford . A the Detroit Lions 8-6 enhanced their playoff chances by handing stumbling new York its third straight defeat. Dinardo reported leu bound Nashville Tenn. A Vanderbilt football players were told 4at coach Gerry Dinardo is leaving for leu and Media sources in Louisiana and Tennes see reported the move but neither school commented. Unidentified sources told the new Orleans times Picayune and the Nash Ville tennessean that Dinardo agreed to general terms with leu on Friday Story on Page 31 Paterno named coach of year new Haven Conn. A Joe Paterno who coached m pen state to an 11-0 record this season was selected Walter Camp coach of the year. N. Alabama tops division ii Florence Ala. A North Alabama became Only the third team to win Back to Back Mcaa division ii championships relying on its purple swarm de sense to preserve an 16-10 title game Victory Over Texas am Kingsville. Albion nabs div. Ill Crown Salem a. A Jeff Rob Inson s Rushing and Albion s big play defense led the britons to then Caa division i championship with a 38-15 Victory Over washing ton & Jefferson in the Amos Alon Postag Gbowu. College basketball Arkansas 94, Murray St. 69 Fayetteville Ark. A Clint Mcdaniel and Corey Beck made 6 of 8 3-pointers in the first half and Dwight Stewart hit 3straight 3s in the second half As third ranked Arkansas romped. Mass 85, Maryland 74 Baltimore a Mike Williams scored 12 of his 18 Points after halftime saturday As no. 5 mass beat the Lith ranked terrapins overcoming a 30-Point Effort by Joe Smith. Virginia 67, Rice 50 Houston a Junior Bur rough scored 21 Points including nine Row in a breakaway Sec Ond half leading no. 20 Virginia Over cold shooting Rice. V Foreman plans april defense new York a George Foreman will defend his Aba heavyweight championship sin april at the Louisiana super dome promoter Bob arum said. -. N. Sox land Canseco new red sox Jose Canseco left will be aiming his big Bat at the Green monster. Sam pros survives 41 Boston a Kevin Kennedy does t hit or throw. He Only manages. But the new skipper of the Boston Redfox has already helped the team. He lured slugger Jose Canseco to the Only reason i considered Boston is because of Kevin Canseco said Friday after he was reunited with his former manager in a Trade Between the red so and the Texas rangers. Boston got the designated Hitte but fielder in Exchange for outfielder Otis Nixon and minor league third base Man Luis Ortiz. Kennedy who managed Canseco in Texas before rejoined the red sox in october said he plans to use the right handed Power hitter As a designated hitter although Hewill be available As an outfielder. Canseco hit 31 Nixon. Home runs with 90 Bis in 111 games of the strike shortened season. The former Al map and Rookie of the year batted .282 and stole 15 bases. In june Canseco showed he is comfortable playing in Fenway Park especially with its famed Green monster Inlet Field. The 37-Fpot-High Wall sits Only 315 feet Down the line from Home plate. Canseco blasted four Home runs three doubles and 10 Bis in a three game series Between the Ranger and red sox. Canseco has one year left on his con tract calling for $5.1 million. He said he hoped he would finish his career in bos ton but said he would t talk contract until after the strike is settled. Munich Germany a pet Sampras and Magnus Larsson will play for the richest prize in Tennis today after taking vastly different routes to the final of the grand slam cup. Sampras no. 1 in the , took More than three hours and five Long sets to beat Goran Ivanisevic on saturday to reach the final. Sampras the Champion Here in 1990 and loser last year of another Marathon in the semifinal survived 41 aces by Ivanisevic and prevailed 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 5-710-8. ,.--.t- v v. In today s final for the $1.5 million first prize Sampras will meet Larsson who cruised past Todd Martin of the United states 6-4,6-1,6-1 in the other semifinal. I did t play the match Points aggressively enough Sampras said after Mak ing sure of collecting at least the $750,000 guaranteed to the runner up. Ivanisevic got $425,000. As Winner of two grand slam title this year in Australia and at Wimbledon he will also collect a $250,000 Bonus an could go Home sunday $2 million Richer. Cardinal hires a ill hdm Stanford Calif. A after 17years As an assistant football coach Tyrone Willingham is solving a lot of prob lems. He solved Stanford s head coaching vacancy when he was named to succeed Bill Walsh who resigned last month. And he partially solved College foot Ball s dearth of Black coaches on the major level. When he signed a five year contract Friday to coach at Stanford Willingham became Only the fourth Black coach to Lead a football program out of107 Mcaa division i a schools. Athletic director Ted Leland said Thunder representation of Blacks in the head coaching ranks was disgraceful but we did t particularly set out to solve that terms vere closed. I think we were looking for the Best person Leland mid. Willingham 40, has spent the past six years As an assistant to Minnesota Viking head coach Dennis Green starting in 1989 As Green s running backs coach at Stanford. When Green left for Minnesota after the 1991 season Willingham joined him to coach the Vikings running backs Willingham acknowledged his resume May not be As impressive As other Candi dates but said he was just As qualified. Think one thing you have to consider is that often the Depths of a person s experience is not necessarily measured on paper he he added he was proud to follow inthe footsteps of Green and Walsh calling it a great Willingham will continue to work for the Vikings through the playoffs and As sume his Stanford Post once Minnesota finishes its nil season. Willingham joins Jim Caldwell of Wake Forest Ron Cooper of Eastern Michigan and Ron Dickerson of Temple As the Only Black head coaches in inca division i a football. There Are two Black head coaches in the nil Green and Art Shell of Angeles raid ers. Monk sets catch Mark East Rutherford . A Art Monk set one of the nil s More prestigious records saturday by catching a pass in his 178th consecutive game. Monk 36, caught a 5-Yard pass from new York jets quarterback Boomer Esiason on the first Offen Sive play of the game. That broke the Mark set by Seattle s Steve Lar gent who was at the game and congratulated Monk on the Field after the reception. Monk lined up tight on the left Side and ran Short crossing pattern. He caught the Ball at the jets 41 and was tackled immediately. The. Catch was the 930th of Monk s 15-year career the first 14 seasons coming with Washington. 0i24685qii000504
