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It's easy to see who wins (and loses) when Tar Heels, Wolfpack play in Charlotte

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UNC and N.C. State fans will pay more to see their teams play at Ericsson Stadium.

Buck chasers and other notes: North Carolina and N.C. State moved their next two football games to Charlotte, which should raise questions among their fans. Such as: Do these sports bosses care about anything other than our money?

Sometimes you wonder. Carolina raised and spent $51 million expanding Kenan Stadium to 60,000 seats but now promotes the misguided notion of playing in fancy Ericsson Stadium, which seats 72,685.

State raised $22 million for the new Raleigh basketball arena and told longtime holders of football season tickets that they could lose their current seat locations

unless they pay a surcharge.

Now these athletics departments are informing fans that they will have to drive the 143 miles from Raleigh and 129 miles from Chapel Hill to renew a rivalry that belongs in the neighborhood. The 1998 game, State's home game, will take place on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The 1999 game, Carolina's home game,

will be played for ESPN on a Thursday night early in the season (and presumably would require an overnight stay for many fans). ? The $30 game tickets will be about $5 higher than on campus, and the colleges will charge their own students $8 for tickets instead of awarding them free tickets for home games as a sop for paying student athletics fees. Add up the costs and it's clear that the only winners are Charlotte-area fans and the schools' bank accounts.

Coach Mike O'Cain openly acknowledges that N.C. State is hitting the road to

See RAWLINGS, Page C6

Curry

Prieto is self-assured

after her ACC victory

By John Dell

JOURNAL REPORTER

Marta Prieto has had to battle injuries, a language barrier and self doubt.

With a stroke average that hovered around 80, Prieto - a Wake Forest freshman - didn't have many positive thoughts

about her game heading into the ACC Championships in midApril.

Despite nagging shoulder pain, and a sore back that has

bothered her since she arrived at Wake Forest, Prieto won the

ACC title with a 5-over-par 221 over 54 holes. She had rounds

of 72, 76 and 73 at the challenging Grandover Course in Greensboro.

"I hadn't played well all year, so I'm not sure where that all

came from," said Prieto, who became the fourth Deacon to win the ACC women's title. "The most pressure was that last day, because l knew that Jenny (Chuasiriporn of Duke) was right

there chasing me."

I Prieto, recently named All-ACCand co-rookie of the year, fended off second-ranked Chuasiriporn, who was trying to win

her third straight ACC title. A

NCAA Golf

tip from Coach Dianne Dailey helped Prieto' s putting, and that carried her to the title.

Dailey pointed out that Prie-

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?What: NCAA Women's East Regional

?Where: Duke Golf Club, Durham

?When: Thursday-Saturday

?Field: 19 teams, including Campbell, Duke, Furman, North Carolina and Wake Forest.

?Players to Watch: Jenny Chuasiriporn (Duke); Alexandra Armas 0f'/ake Forest); Reilley Rankin (Georgia); Jennifer Hanna (Furman); Megan Morgan (UNC); Nicolle Flood (UNCWilmirigton).

?Notes: Nicolle Flood of UNG-Wilmington qualified for the regional as an individual. . . . Wake Forest, a regionalchamp in 1994 and '95, is making its sixth straight appearance in regional play. Last year in Bloomington, 111., the Deacons were fifth.... The top eight teams and top two individualsnot on one of those teams will advance to the NCAA Championships, scheduled May 20-23 in Madison, Wisc., ... No. 3 Georgia is the highestrankedteam in the regional; Duke is fifth.

to'sputter was a little long, so an inch or so was cut off the club to give Prieto better control. Prieto, who was averaging about 37 putts for 18 holes, said that change was the biggest factor in her first collegiate victory.

"I knew that I could play better, so I wasn't totally surprised that I won," said Prieto, whose best previous finish this season was 19th, at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Tournament in Austin, Texas, in March.

Now that she has a shot of confidence, Prieto is hoping she and her teammates can put together three good rounds in this week's NCM East Regional at the Duke Golf Club. The 54-hole, three-day tournament will start Thursday, with 19 teams competing. The top eight teams will advance to the NCM Championships, scheduled May 20-23 in Madison, WISc.

Prieto, 19, receives constant treatment for her injured back, and muscle spasms in her shoulder force her to use a pullcart instead of carrying her bag.

When asked to describe her

See MARTA PRIETO, Page CS

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? Hornets guard says team has? its bad game out of way, will make shots this time around

By John Delong

JOURNAL REPORTER

CHICAGO

Dell Curry is shooting 40.6 percent from the field in

the NBAplayoffs, and only 33.3 percent from 3-point

range.

In the Charlotte Hornets' 83-70 loss to the Chicago

Bulls to open their Eastern Conference semifinal round on Sunday, Cur-

ry was I of 7 from the

field and I of 3 from 3point range.

That's not going to

get it done, especially against a Chicago

team that is trying to

win its third straight

NBAtitle and its sixth in the past eight years.

"Ifwe shoot the way we're capable of shooting, we're going to be right there in the game with a chance to

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win," Curry said yesterday. "But if we

shoot like we did Sunday, we're going to lose again. It's

as simple as that."

So that's the challenge the Hornets face as they enter

tonight's Game Two in the best-of-seven series at the United Center.

Shoot better than the collective 35.8 percent they

shot in the series opener, or this could be a very, very quick series.

Curry has the shooter's mentality that a hot streak is always waiting to happen, and so he said he thinks that

the Hornets merely got their one bad game out of the way on Sunday.

"We shot the ball well all year, so just because we

had one bad shooting game doesn't mean we're going

to get down on ourselves or we're going to lose our

confidence," he said. "We've got to look at it like all year long we've shot the basketball, and if we get those

See HORNETS, Page C6

Keys hand Warthogs second straight loss

? It's Frederick's turn for late-inning heroics

JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

FREDERICK, Md. Frederick scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth to give the Winston-SalemWarthogs a 3-2 loss in a Carolina League game. The defeat in the second of a 1 four-game series with the Keys

:~ marks the second loss in a row for 1 the Warthogs, their longest losing

streak of the season. In the bottom of the eighth, Bob-

\ by O'Toolegot a base hit off starter Jason Lakman. Malake Fowler 'pinch-ran for O'Toole, and ad-

vanced to second on a bunt from Miguel Mejia. Darrell Dent struck out for the second out, and Craig Daedelow doubled to left to score Fowler to tie the score at 2.

Ivanon Coffie walked to put runners on first and second. Jason Se~ coda came in relief and gave up a base hit to Chris Bryant, which scored Daedelow to give the Keys a 3-2 lead.

Lakman went 7% innings, gave up three runs, five hits, had 10 strikeouts and walked three.

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PINCH-HITTER: Hendrick standing in for ailing brother

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John Hendrick has taken over Hendrick Motor Sports for his brother Rick Hendrick.

By Mike Mulhern

JOURNAL REPORTER

Rick Hendrick is getting closer to remission in his battle with cancer, his brother John says, but it has not been an easy fight.

"Rick is doing well, and he was very close to remission on the last test he had," Hendrick said. "His attitude is very good. That, to me, in light of taking him completely out of the racing this year, is good.

"The downside is, the treatment is so hard on him that some days he can't even talk to me. We talk a few times every week about things, just to see how he's doing. And he's doing real well. We're happy with his prognosis. And we hope to have him back at the track with us next year.

John said that being away from racing has affected his brother but that he has kept a positive attitude. He said that Rick marks the

races off and knows he'll back next year. "On

the other side, it's helped him to have the time

away from the sport because it allows him to

rest," Hendrick said. "It's helped him in his

treatment this year.

"It's very difficult for him, because he's used

to being so involved in all of it and making

decisions. And it's been hard on me not to pick

up the phone at times and call and ask 'He~ what do I do about this?' Because I know he'

got the answers and the experience. But I can't

use that; I have to rely on the crew chiefs and

Randy Dorton in the engine department. So we \

have to do the best we can this year without

him."

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One of the big questions facing John Hen

drick, of course, is the Ricky Craven team.

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RBI - McGwire, St. Louis, 38; Castilla, Colorado, 37; ChJones, Atlanta, 31; Alou, Houston, 28; Burks, Colorado, 28.

HITS - Bichette, Colorado, 53; DeBell, Houston, 49; ChJones, Atlanta, 43; Vina, Milwaukee, 43; Sosa, Chicago, 42; Gwynn, San Diego, 41.

DOUBLES - DeBell, Houston, 13; Bichette, Colorado, 13; DYoung, Cincinnati, 12; Bonds, San Francisco, 12; Gomez, San Diego, 11; Biggio, Houston, 11; LWalker, Colorado, 11.

TRIPLES- DeShields, St. Louis, 5; Collier, Pittsburgh, 4; NPerez, Colorado, 3; Hollandsworth, Los Angeles, 3; Vina, Milwaukee, 3; 18 are tied with 2.

HOME RUNS - Castilla, Colorado, 14; McGwire, St. Louis, 12; ChJones, Atlanta, 10; Burks, Colorado, 10; Galarraga, Atlanta, 10; Floyd, Florida, 9.

STOLENBASES- Biggio, Houston, 14; EcYoung, Los Angeles, 12; Stynes, Cincinnati, 10; Womack, Pittsburgh, 9; Clayton, St. Louis, 9.

PITCHING (4 Decisions) - Hampton, Houston, 5-0, 1.000, 2.84; Karl, Milwaukee, 4-0, 1.000, 3.22; Millwood, Atlanta, 41, .800, 3.41; Tomko, Cincinnati, 4-1, .800, 2.64; Lima, Houston, 4-1, .800, 2.61; Tapani, Chicago, 4-1, .800, 4.40; Glavine, Atlanta, 4-1, .800, 2.13.

STRIKEOUTS- Schilling, Philadelphia, 78; Nomo, Los Angeles, 44; RMartinez, Los Angeles, 44; KBrown, San Diego, 43; Stottlemyre, St. Louis, 42; Millwood, Atlanta, 40.

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Grieve, Oakland, 24; Jeter, New York, 24; FThomas, Chicago, 24; BWilliams, New York, 23; !Rodriguez, Texas, 23.

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24; RPalmeiro, Baltimore, 24; McGriff, Tampa Bay, 24.

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Kansas City, 47; McCracken, Tampa Bay, 43; MVaughn, Boston, 43; Erstad, Anaheim, 42; ARodriguez, Seattle, 42; JuGonzalez, Texas, 41.

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12; TWalker, Minnesota, 11; 6 are tied with 10.

TRIPLES - Garciaparra, Boston, 4; ARodrlguez, Seattle, 3; 18 are tied with 2.

HOME RUNS - Griffey Jr, Seattle, 12; ARodriguez, Seattle, 10; MVaughn, Boston, 9; Palmer, Kansas City, 9; Stevens, Texas. 8; JKing, Kansas City, 8; Canseco, Toronto,

8. STOLENBASES- TGoodwin, Texas, 14;

BLHunter, Detroit, 11; Lofton, Cleveland, 11; Jeter, NewYork, 9; Durham, Chicago, 9;

Erstad, Anaheim, 8; Henderson, Oakland, 8.

PITCHING (4 Decisions) - Helling, Texas, 6-0, 1.000, 2.93; CFinley, Anaheim, 40, 1.000, 1.79; saoernagen, Boston, 4-0, 1.000, 2.77; Sele, Texas, 5-1, .833, 2.72; KHill, Anaheim, 5-1, .833, 2.50; Rogers, Oakland, 5-1, .833, 3.17.

STRIKEOUTS- PMartinez, Boston, 66; RJohnson, Seattle, 59; CFinley, Anaheim, 4 7; Moyer, Seattle, 41; Pettitte, New York, 36.

SAVES-Gordon, Boston, 11; MJackson, Cleveland, 10; Percival, Anaheim, 8; Taylor, Oakland, 7; Wetteland, Texas, 7.

NO EGO: Griffey? can live with $100 million

By Jerry Crasnick

BLOOMBERG NEWS

NEW YORK When Yankees' fans taunted Ken Griffey Jr. with obscenities from the outfield stands last week, he responded with three obscenely long home runs.

Griffey is oblivious to static. Given the public's fascination with anything Junior-related, that's a blessing.

Take finances. After catcher Mike Piazza of the Dodgers turned down a long-term contract offer worth more than $80 million, baseball agents, club executives and fans began speculating which player will be first to cross the $100 million threshold.

A certain Seattle center fielder ranks high on everyone's list - if only he cared.

"Do the people who say those things pay the bills at my house?" Griffey asked. "If you do what you're capable of doing, you're going to get the money. So why worry about it?"

Almost 20 years ago, Houston pitcher Nolan Ryan made history when he became baseball's first $1 million-a-year player. Now a ninefigure package seems inevitable.

General Manager Gerry Hunsicker of the Astros said he expects someone to sign a $100 million contract before the turn of the century, and Cincinnati GM Jim Bowden said $20 million a year for one lucky star isn't out of the question.

Griffey's biggest obstacle might be bad timing. While Piazza is eligible for free agency this winter, Griffey's four-year, $34 million contract with Seattle runs through 2000.

The $100 million gap is closing in a hurry. The Atlanta Braves made Greg Maddux baseball's highestpaid pitcher with a five-year, $57.5 million contract last August. In December, pitcher Pedro Martinez signed a six-year, $75 million contract with Boston to set a new standard for baseball compensation.

Griffey's popularity and record of accomplislunent make him a prime candidate to reach the next level. At 28, he's made eight AllStar teams and won eight Gold Gloves. When he hit his 300th career homer earlier this season, he became the second-youngest play-

er to reach the milestone. OnlyJimmie Foxx got there sooner.

The ESPN SportsZone took an unscientific Internet poll in April asking, "Who should be baseball's first $100 million player?" Of 17,808 responses, 67.1 percent mentioned Griffey. Piazza finished second with 9.3 percent, and San Francisco's Barry Bonds was third at 8.2 percent.

Griffey will earn a shade under $8 million this season - placing him 11th on baseball's salary list for 1998. He'll make an additional $5 million in endorsements.

When Griffey signed his current four-year contract, he was the highest-paid player in the game. Even though Gary Sheffield, Sammy Sosa, Albert Belle, Martinez, Maddux and several others have passed him, he's managed to keep his ego out of the equation.

"Kenny is happy with what he's paid," said Griffey's agent, Brian Goldberg. "He never sets number guidelines. He never looks at-other people and says, 'I have to make this much more than him.' "

The Mariners will move into a new stadium in July 1999, and they know it's imperative to keep Gfiffey in town for the sake of credibility and ticket sales. Pitcher Randy' Johnson is in the final year of his contract and could leave Seattle as a free agent this winter.

Seattle President Chuck Armstrong compares Griffey with Kirby Puckett, Cal Ripken Jr., Carl Yastrzemsk:iand Ted Williams - popular stars who played their entire careers with one team.

While Armstivng declines to address the possibility of an early contract extension for Griffey - at least publicly - the club will do everything in its power to try to keep its marquee player in Seattle.

"In our view, it's not simply that Ken is signed through 2000 and that's the end of it," Armstrong said.

When Griffey was a teen-age phenom at Moeller High School in Cincinnati in the mid-1980s, he never dreamed of making so much money to play professional baseball.

While he's grateful for his wealth, he wonders why the media and public care what he and other players earn.

MARTA PRIETO

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freshman year, Prieto starts rattling off a long list of activities that has her head spinning most of the time. In addition to practicing, studying and having her injuries treated, Prieto has also had to learn a new language.

WHEN SHE ARRIVED on campus last fall from Sevilla, Spain, Prieto spoke limited English. But with help from Alexandra Armas, a senior teammate, she learned quickly.

"Everything is so different," Prieto said. "At the beginning, it was hard because I couldn't speak English that good. I was so uncomfortable because everyone here speaks perfect English. So I was kind of scared to even say anything.''

Prieto also learned quickly how busy a studentathlete' s life can be.

"You are running here and running there," she said. "I mean one month we played four tournaments, and that was crazy trying to catch up with my studies. Sometimes, I just have to give myself a half hour or so a day to relax because it can become stressful."

Despite the hectic pace of her freshman year, Prieto is quick to talk about the positive things.

"I like meeting new people and getting to know about the culture," she said. "I really like it."

Prieto, the 1997 Spanish National Amateur champion, hasn't had time to select a major. She's leaning toward business, but her coach suggested something

else. "Coach (Dailey) says I should be in theatre or something like that because I'm always being funny," Prieto said.

Prieto stumbled into golf when she was 9. After her grandfather died, she picked up his clubs and started playing. She got hooked in a hurry, and three years later was traveling on the junior-golf circuit throughout Spain.

"It's weird because I MARTA PRIETO never thought golf would get me this far, but it's nice that I started playing at such a young age," Prieto said.

THIS WEEKEND, the 19th-ranked Deacons will be trying to qualify for their sixth straight trip to the NCAA Championships, and Prieto said that the team's confidence is soaring.

"All our confidence increased a little bit because we had been struggling," Prieto said. "But we did pretty good at the ACCs (second behind Duke), and we think we can do good at the regionals. We want to get to nationals."

The self-doubt that crept into Prieto's mind earlier this season has disappeared.

"Now I know I can win here and my teammates have seen it," she said. "Before they, may have just thought that I was all talk or whatever.... Now, they know I can play."

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hits, no walks and seven strikeouts. Casey Richardson pitched a perfect

ninth inning for his first save of the year.

The third game of the series will be today at 7 when Mark Roberts of the Warthogs (1-2, 5.32 ERA) will face Cameron Forbes (2-1, 0.64).

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Craven pulled himself out of that car in March, after it was discovered that he had post-concussion syndrome, with headaches and some balance problems. Randy LaJoie has been filling in, and WallyDallenbach will be in the car next week at Charlotte. The rest of the season, Hendrick said, is still up in the air.

"Wally will be in the car for the Winston Open, and then Randy will be in the car for the 600 and at Dover," Hendrick said. "It's questionableright now whether it will be Randy or Wally in the car at Richmond. And Wallywill definitely run the road courses (Sears Point and Watkins Glen) for us. Wally will probably be in the car as early as Richmond, or right after that (Pocono is the next weekend).

"It looks like right now that Randy would still be available to us on short tracks if we needed him later on. We know Randy will be in the car through Dover. When we first made this agreement Randy didn't want to Kurt his Busch team any, and he's dropped a little bit in the points. And this deal is wearing him out some. It will be difficult on him running both the 300 and the 600 at Charlotte. 'We don't want to

do anything to jeopardize his Busch championship chances.

"I think it's clear Randy LaJoie has proven that if he wanted a Winston Cup ride next year he could have one," Hendrick noted. "Six races and three top 1 Os. He had some tough luck Sunday. But he's held his own, and I've been very impressed with him, as has our sponsor, and a lot of people who have called me."

Craven wants to be back in the car for the July 4th race in Daytona, but Hendrick said he can't commit to anything until he hears more from Craven' s doctors in Chapel Hill.

"Ricky has a doctor's appointment for an evaluation in the next couple of weeks, and we should know more then about how quickly he can return," Hendrick said.

"Ricky comes by the shop about weekly. He has a workout program at the shop, and he's keeping himself in shape. He very much wants to be back in that 50 car this year.

But Hendrick concedes he has considered the possibility Craven may not be able to get back in that car.

"We have, because we have to be prepared for that," Hendrick said.

And 1999? "We haven't gotten to that point yet where we can talk about next year yet, because we want to see how Ricky is going to be," Hendrick said. "But af-

ter what Randy has done, if it worked out, I would certainly think he would be a candidate, if he were available. But I don't know what his contract is with his Busch program."

Hendrick says that his first season in charge of one of the sport's biggest and most powerful operations has been an eye-opener.

"It's been different," he said. "It's a lot more than I thought it would be.... with three Winston Cup teams, the truck team, and the engine programs.

''But Terry Labonte is second in the points, and Jeff (Gordon) is third. We would like to have won more races, but our goal is to win that fourth championship, and consistency is very important for us, in the next few races and over the rest of the year.

"I think the biggest surprise has been that these teams are really working together, and we still seem to be faring well, even though we feel we're at a disadvantage to the Taurus. Mark Martin Sunday in California had a car that could just go whenever he needed to go.

"Our goal is to win that fourth championship, and we are on track, even though we have some concerns among ourselves. You've heard Ray (Evernham, Gordon's crew chief) say he thinks it would be awfully hard for us to do that."

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