European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. December 29, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Pago 35 pack s Sharpe sidelined by Arnie Stapleto Green Bay  a pro bowl receiver Ster Ling Sharpe of the Green Bay packers will miss the playoffs due to a career threatening neck abnormality the team said wednesday. Sharpe sustained stinger nerve injuries in each of the last two games. He missed practice tuesday to be examined by a neck specialist in Indian Apo Ilis.  team physician Patrick Mckenzie and Trainer Pepper Burris said wednesday that the injuries resulted from looseness Between the top two vertebrae in Sharpe s  to fuse the two Verta Brae will be required whether Sharpe continues to play or not Mckenzie said. It will take eight months for Sharpe to recover Sharpe from the procedure which has t been scheduled Mckenzie said. After the recovery period the. Team and Sharpe will decide whether he should play again Mckenzie and coach Mike Holmgren said at a news conference. Certainly any cervical spine injury is career threat ening Mckenzie said at a news conference. Sharpe s loss is a big blow to the packers going int saturday s playoff game against Detroit at Lambeau Field. He has 94 catches this season 18 of them for touchdowns for 1,119 Yards. We will miss Sterling that goes without saying said Holmgren his mood downcast. He s a great foot Ball  despite the magnitude of the diagnosis Sharpe was his usual Jovial self in the packers locker room. He joked with teammates Between chats with defensive end Reggie White and receivers Robert Brooks and Anthony Morgan who will get most of the work in his absence saturday when the packers face Detroit. Sharpe As is his habit refused to talk to reporters. Sharpe was injured dec. 18 against Atlanta when he hit his head on an or Ament while blocking. The hit caused a tingling sensation in his limbs and Sharpe sat out the second half. He was Given a magnetic resonance imaging test the next Day and was cleared to play saturday at Tampa Bay. He again experienced numbness in his limbs after he was tackled in the fourth period. The abnormal looseness Between the vertebrae is a gradual problem that announced itself with the injuries Burris said. Holmgren said tuesday that the packers Are especially sensitive to Heck injuries because they have had one in each of the last two years. Linebacker Johnn Holland retired in the of season because of a neck in jury. Cornerback Roland Mitchell May retire after undergoing neck surgery this season. In seven nil seasons Sharpe has 595 receptions for8,134 Yards and 65 touchdowns. He is a five time pro bowl selection and is a backup on this year s pfc squad. R " he broke the nil single season record for receptions in 1993 with 112, surpassing his own Mark of 108 set the previous year. Cris Carter of Minnesota eclipse that Mark this year with 119 catches. Sharpe walked out on the eve of the 94 season opener against Minnesota saying he wanted to be pro toot Ball s highest-pa5-1 receiver. The team restructured his contract giving him $2.7 million this season and ensuring hell be the nil s highest paid receiver from 1995 through 2000. Running Back Marcus Wilson was placed on injured Reserve tuesday. The packers re signed wide receiver Keith Crawford to take Wilson s place on the roster. Sports on an Central european to fit Friday dec. 30 to College football Copper bowl Brigham Young is. Oklahoma 2 . Sun bowl North Carolina is. Texas 8 30 . Radio College football Copper bowl 2 . -.-. Saturday dec. 3i to College football Holiday bowl Colora do state is. Michigan 3 . Fro football de troit at Green Bay 6 . Kansas City at Miami 10  College football Gator bowl ten Nosce is. Virginia tech 1 30 . Pro football Detroit at Green Bay 6 30 . Kansas City at Miami 10p.m. Sunday.Jan.1 to College football Alamo bowl Baylor is. Washington state 2 . Pro football new eng land at Cleveland ? 30 . Chicago at Minne Sota 9 30 .radio pro football new England at Cleve land 6 30 . Chicago at Minnesota 10 . Monday Jan.2 to College football Orange bowl miamis. Nebraska 2 aunt Citra bowl Alabama is. Ohio state 7 . Rose bowl Oregon is. Pc state 10 30 . Radio College football Orange bowl 2 . Cotton bowl Southern California is. Texastech., 7 . Fiesta bowl Colorado is. Notre Dame 10 30 . Tuesday Jan. 3 to College football sugar bowl Florida  state 2 30 . Radio College football sugar bowl 2 . Few by the associated press new York just As he did on the Field Marshall Faulk ran away from the Competition in voting for the 1994 a offensive Rookie of the year. Faulk the no. 2 selection in the draft rushed for 1,282 Yards and 11 touch Downs for the Indianapolis Colts. Those numbers impressed 96 of the 9.8 members of a nationwide Media panel. Tampa Bay running Back Derrict Rhet tand Washington quarterback Heath Shuler each got one vote. Miami tackle Tim Bowens selected 20th Overall after starting Only seven games at Mississippi was the defensive Rookie of the year with 41 votes. Bowens beat cornerback Antonio Lan Gham of Cleveland who had 28 votes and another tackle Bryant Young of san Francisco who got 21. Miami set a team record by allowing just 89.4 Yards Rushing per game Jefferson May play san Diego receiver Shawn Jef Ferson apparently will play in the san Diego chargers first playoff game Jan. 8 despite being arrested for investigation of Drunken driving and gun violations. General manager Bobby Beathard said he and coach Bobby Ross met with Jef Ferson on tuesday shortly after the play world notes or was freed from a Short jail stay and any decision on disciplinary action would have to wait until the chargers saw the police report. Krumrie joins Bengal staff Cincinnati Cincinnati added Tim Krumrie its coaching staff  a defensive line , 34, re tired As a Bengal player saturday ending his 12-year Ca reer As a defensive  will share the coaching Posi Tion with Bobby Depaul 31, who gets the title of defensive line coach. Broncs wafers resigns Denver Charlie Waters resigned As Denver s defensive coordinator tues Day amid speculation head coach Wade Phillips May be next to leave Waters who succeeded Phillips As defensive coordinator two years ago when Phillips was named head coach resigned in a statement released by the club say ing he planned other pursuits. Waters joined the Broncos in 1988 a special teams coach took Over the defensive Backfield in 1989 and was promoted to defensive coordinator in 1993 when Phillips succeeded Dan Reeves. Nil Gate tops 14 million new York nil attendance went up for the fifth straight year in 1994, top Ping the 14 million Mark for the first time. The total attendance was 14,034977, an average of 62,656 for 224 games. Jaguars Ink 7 free agents Jacksonville. Fla. The Jack Sonville jaguars have reached agreements with seven free agents bring ing their roster to 17 players once the contracts Are signed. Agreeing to terms with the flex pension team tuesday were linebackers Jason Carthen Reggie Freeman a Dandy Mason defensive backs Deral boy Kin and Marcello Simmons guard Paul Siever and tight end Carlos Etheridge. 3 sign on with Valentine los Angeles when Bobby  Entine begins his Maiden season As the first american born manager in japanese baseball history he will have three of his former players at his disposal. Valentine and his new team the Chiba Lotte marines announced the signings tuesday of veterans Pete Incaviglia an Julio Franco and left handed Pitcher Eric Hillman to contracts for the 1995 season. Incaviglia and Franco played for  Entine when he managed the Texas rangers and Hillman pitched for him last season with the new York mets Norfolk,va., farm club. Mass loses 2 in France Strasbourg France it s rare Tosee the fourth ranked Massachusetts basketball team lose one game in a  tuesday though the minutemen lost twice dropping a pair of 20-Minutcmini-games to French professional teams Strasbourg and Pau Orthez in the Buckler Christmas Challenge. Neither the 57-52 overtime loss to Strasbourg nor the 44-43 decision to Pau Orthz realty matter. Both Are consid ered exhibition games for the minute men who remain officially at 5-1. . Juniors Bow ree Beer Alberta Sweden beat the United states 4-2 tuesday night to improve to 2-0 in the world Junior hockey  Bonsignore of the Del s Niagara Falls Thunder and Chris Kelleher of Boston University scored for the . Team 1-1 in the second game two time defend ing Champion Canada routed Germany 9-1 to tie Sweden for first place to an to . 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