Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.sports,americast.usa-today.sports From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: sports Tue, Oct 13 1992 Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 05:19:04 EDT Message-ID: 10-13 0000 DECISIONLINE: Sports USA TODAY Update Oct. 13, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network STEWART LEADS A'S BY BLUE JAYS: Dave Stewart mended the Oakland Athletics' broken hearts and pitched the A's to a 6-2 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays Monday afternoon in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series. The victory keeps the Athletics alive. The Blue Jays lead the series 3-2 going into Game 6 Wednesday afternoon at Toronto's SkyDome. An ALCS never has been decided in six games. PIRATES SEEK BACK-TO-BACK WINS: The Pittsburgh Pirates know it can be done, back-to-back victories on the road to win a seven-game playoff series. They know it can be done because the Atlanta Braves did it to them last year. The Pirates embark on Game 6 of their not-so-impossible dream Tuesday at 8:37 p.m. at Fulton County Stadium. They are emboldened by the pitching pairing, Tim Wakefield against Tom Glavine. SAN FRANCISCO GROUP MAKES BID: A group of San Francisco investors met with National League President Bill White Monday and submitted an offer to buy the Giants. The bidders, headed by Peter Magowan, chairman, president and CEO of Safeway Stores, submitted a $95 million offer to buy the team from Bob Lurie and keep it in San Francisco. The offer will be reviewed and referred to the other owners. MONK REACHES RECEPTION RECORD: Washington wide receiver Art Monk became the NFL's leader in career receptions Monday night, catching seven passes to surpass Steve Largent's record of 819 as the Redskins trounced the Denver Broncos 34-3. Mark Rypien passed for a touchdown and ran for two more. The Redskins improved to 3-2, the Broncos slipped to 4-2. MONTANA FACES ANOTHER SETBACK: San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana suffered another medical setback. Montana, who had surgery Sept. 12 to clear up scar tissue in his right elbow, last threw the football Sept. 26. Since then, numbness has developed in the two lower fingers on his right hand and he has been ordered not to throw. Team President Carmen Policy said there is no timetable for when Montana can throw again. BILLS' KELLY HAS X-RAYS TAKEN: Jim Kelly had X-rays on his throwing elbow Monday after waking up in pain. Still, the AFC's top-rated passer was optimistic about playing in the Buffalo Bills' next game in two weeks. Kelly injured the bursa sac on his right elbow trying to make a tackle two weeks ago in Buffalo's 37-10 loss to the Miami Dolphins. The elbow took another pounding in Sunday's 20-3 loss to the Los Angeles Raiders. SIMMS UNDERGOES ELBOW SURGERY: New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms had arthroscopic surgery to remove bone chips from his right elbow Monday. Coach Ray Handley said he anticipated Simms, 36, would be put on injured reserve. Likely replacement on the roster: Eighth-round rookie Kent Graham, who can come off injured reserve. Simms spent the Phoenix game on the sidelines as Jeff Hostetler took over. BRUINS HOLD OFF SENATORS: Vladimir Ruzicka scored three goals and the Bruins held Ottawa to 21 shots as Boston defeated the expansion Senators 6-3. Bruins fans showered the ice with baseball caps after Ruzicka completed his third NHL hat trick midway through the third period by tipping in Gord Roberts' shot. In other games: N.Y. Rangers 6, Hartford 2; New Jersey 4, Washington 2; Vancouver 8, Winnipeg 1. LINDROS TO FACE HOSTILE CROWD: Philadelphia Flyers rookie Eric Lindros makes his first appearance Tuesday night in the last place he wanted to be. A rude reception awaits at Le Colisee in Quebec City as Nordiques fans greet a player who refused to report to their team after being drafted No. 1 in 1991. Quebec radio station CHIK-FM asked fans to bring pacifiers to the game to present to Lindros. TUBBS CHARGED IN COCAINE BUY: Former World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Tony Tubbs, who is in the middle of a comeback, was charged with buying cocaine from an undercover police officer. Tubbs arrived in Jacksonville, Fla., Friday from New Jersey, where he's training for a fight this week, to face a warrant charging him with buying less than 28 grams of cocaine in May. He was released on $3,500 bond pending trial. BULLETS SIGN MACLEAN: The Washington Bullets and newly acquired forward Don MacLean have reached agreement on a five-year contract that will pay the first-round pick $4.5 million. MacLean also has the option to become a restricted free agent at the end of three seasons. The Bullets got MacLean in a trade with the L.A. Clippers. The Clippers signed another first-round pick, center Elmore Spencer. MAGIC WENT TO TWO MEETINGS: Magic Johnson says he attended two meetings - not one as President Bush said in Sunday's presidential debate - before resigning from the National Commission on AIDS. But Johnson's two appearances were one more than all three members of the president's Cabinet who have seats on the commission, said Carlton Lee, chief liaison officer of the commission. NBA CLINIC GOES TO ARGENTINA: The National Basketball Association's World Clinics continue with a visit to Buenos Aires Friday through Sunday. Jack Ramsay, Stan Albeck, Hubie Brown and Del Harris will conduct the three-day program for Argentine coaches in the league's first events in Argentina. 24-HOUR TELEPHONE INFORMATION: USA TODAY Sports Hot Line. 95 cents a minute. 1-900-555-5555. Sports Editor: Kate Coughlin. (919-855-3491) Making copies of USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1992) for further distribution violates federal law. This article is copyright 1992 Gannett News Service. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM