Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.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 27 1992 Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 04:59:45 EST Message-ID: 10-27 0000 DECISIONLINE: Sports USA TODAY Update Oct. 27, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network KELLY'S LATE PASS TOPS JETS: Quarterback Jim Kelly's 12-yard touchdown pass to Thurman Thomas with 51 seconds left rallied the Buffalo Bills to a 24-20 victory against the New York Jets Monday night. The Jets (1-6), who lost their 10th in a row to Buffalo (5-2), had taken a 20-17 lead with 1:50 remaining on Brad Baxter's 1-yard run, set up by a 44-yard pass interference penalty in the end zone. TRADES, DEALS MOVE QUICKLY: Just two days from the completion of the World Series, the New York Mets and San Diego Padres worked a major trade, the Texas Rangers hired a manager and the free-agent filing frenzy began. The Mets got shortstop Tony Fernandez for two extra hands, pitcher Wally Whitehurst and outfielder D.J. Dozier. The Rangers named Kevin Kennedy, bench coach for Montreal, as their manager. BONDS AMONG EARLY FILERS: Barry Bonds, Greg Maddux, Mark McGwire, Ruben Sierra, Wade Boggs, Terry Steinbach and 20 other major league players filed for free agency Monday, the first day of a process that ends Nov. 8; 140 others are eligible to file. No one filed from the 12 players eligible from the World Series champion Toronto Blue Jays or four eligible from the National League champion Atlanta Braves. TORONTO CELEBRATES WITH JAYS: More than 250,000 fans were on hand to greet the Blue Jays Monday as they celebrated their World Series championship with a parade through downtown Toronto. Another 50,000 were in the SkyDome for a rally. Fans started lining up before daybreak to get into the SkyDome. GIANTS STILL BEING COURTED: The group trying to keep the San Francisco Giants from moving to Florida said Monday it would submit a new purchase proposal within 48 hours. Baseball's ownership committee called off Tuesday's meeting scheduled to discuss the Giants' situation. EARNHARDT PASSES $16M MARK: Dale Earnhardt has become the first driver in motorsports to surpass $16 million in career money-winnings, NASCAR said Monday. Earnhardt won $22,350 at Sunday's AC Delco 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race to push his career winnings to $16,001,164. GARTNER HELPS RANGERS TO WIN: Mike Gartner moved past Maurice Richard for ninth place on the all-time goal-scoring list by scoring twice as the New York Rangers beat Philadelphia 8-4. Gartner has 545 career goals. In other NHL games: Winnipeg 6, Washington 2; St. Louis 4, San Jose 1. STADIUM DESIGN ENDORSED: A general design concept for Atlanta's convertible Olympic Stadium was endorsed Monday by the city's stadium committee. With site construction targeted for the first quarter of 1993, some details remain in planning stages and will be addressed next month when Olympic organizers meet with the Metropolitan Atlanta Olympic Games Authority. The three-level stadium will seat 85,000. PROP 48 SHOWS PROGRESS: The academic standards of Proposition 48 appear to have had a positive effect on college athletes' graduation rates, a preliminary NCAA study shows. Findings: A 56.5% five-year graduation rate for athletes who entered school in 1986, when Prop 48 started, compared to 48.1% for 1984 or 1985. FISCHER BEATS PREMIER: Bobby Fischer has added Yugoslav Premier Milan Panic to his list of vanquished chess opponents, the Belgrade newspaper Vecernje Novosti reported Monday. The two met Sunday and Fischer won the first game. The second was a draw. Fischer's next game against Boris Spassky is scheduled for Wednesday. MAZDA PULLS OUT OF RACING: Mazda Motor Corp., owned 24.54% by Ford Motor Co. of the USA, will withdraw from sports prototype car races, including the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race in France, for at least two years, company spokesman Bob Inamoto said. He cited high costs. In 1991, Mazda became the first Japanese car to win the Le Mans race. Mazda placed fourth in the 1992 race. ARAZI SENT TO MILE: If Arazi is going to erase the disappointment of his eighth-place finish as the Kentucky Derby favorite last May, it will be in Saturday's $1 million Breeders' Cup Mile, not the $3 million Classic. French trainer Francois Boutin Monday decided to bypass the 1 1:4 mile Classic, the most talent-laden race, in favor of the Mile on Gulfstream Park's (Hallandale, Fla.) grass course. GROUP CALLS RUGBY RACIST: A black sports group allied with the African National Congress has withdrawn support for South Africa's participation in world rugby, citing racism in the sport. The congress also withdrew its support for South Africa as the site of the 1995 Rugby World Cup. The ANC's spokesman on sports, Steve Tshwete, said the group supported the congress' move. ESPN SHOWS POLITICIANS' SPORTS: A TV show Tuesday has surprises on details of presidential pursuits of pleasure. ESPN's hour-long "Outside the Lines" special (10:30 p.m. ET) deals with sports - from Herbert Hoover's White House medicine ball-throwing contests to Hillary Clinton's being a Chicago Bears fan. President Bush talks about baseball memories and Bill Clinton talks about rugby playing. 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