Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.sports From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: sports Thu, May 14 1992 Date: Thu, 14 May 92 05:42:12 EDT Message-ID: 05-14 0000 DECISIONLINE: Sports USA TODAY Update May 14, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network PENGUINS ADVANCE WITH WIN: The defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins eliminated the New York Rangers Wednesday with a 5-1 win. The Penguins won the best-of-seven Patrick Division final 4-2 and move on to face the Boston Bruins in the Wales Conference final sarting Sunday in Pittsburgh. New York was the last regular-season division champion still alive in the playoffs. CAVALIERS TAKE 3-2 LEAD: The Cleveland Cavaliers took a 3-2 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference playoff series with a 114-98 win over the Boston Celtics Wednesday. Brad Daugherty scored 28 points and the Cavs used a 34-point third quarter to pull a away. Boston's aging stars were held in check. Robert Parish had four points, while Kevin McHale had two and Larry Bird scored 13. ANDERSON WINS TOUR STAGE: Motorola's Phil Anderson of Australia won Wednesday's 85-mile stage of the Tour Du Pont. The race moves to the mountains Thursday and a 6-mile, 4,000 foot climb to Wintergreen resort. Greg LeMond, who is second overall riding for the French Z team, said of the 98-mile stage, "I'm a little nervous. I hope I don't explode." Coors Light rider Stephen Swart of New Zealand is the leader. PADRES SHUT OUT METS: The San Diego Padres got home runs from Gary Sheffield and Tony Gwynn off David Cone and beat the New York Mets 7-0 Wednesday. Bruce Hurst (2-3) pitched a six-hitter for the Padres. In other NL games: Montreal 5, Los Angeles 1; San Francisco 5, Philadelphia 3; Pittsburgh 11, Atlanta 10; Chicago 8, Houston 3; St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 2. WHITE SOX TOP BREWERS: Chicago's Kirk McCaskill combined with Bobby Thigpen on a two-hitter and got his first victory since opening week as the White Sox beat the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 Wednesday. In other AL games: California 7, Detroit 5; New York 12, Seattle 4; Toronto 4, Oakland 3; Minnesota 4, Boston 3; Kansas City 5, Cleveland 3; Baltimore 4, Texas 2. CAPRIATI STRUGGLES TO WIN: Jennifer Capriati struggled to a 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 win against Silke Meier Wednesday in the second round of the Berlin Open. Capriati's next opponent is Barbara Rittner, the Wimbledon junior champion who defeated Katia Piccolini 6-1, 6-4. Other winners: Mary Joe Fernandez, Sandra Cecchini, and Julie Halard. Top seed Steffi Graf, who had the day off, will play Helena Sukova Thursday. MOCHRIE LEADS STRONG FIELD: Dottie Mochrie, who won the Nabisco Dinah Shore in March, is among several legitimate challengers as the Mazda LPGA Championship begins Thursday. Last year, Meg Mallon won the tournament with a birdie on the 72nd hole, edging veterans Pat Bradley and Ayako Okamoto by a stroke. They will all be in the field, along with Beth Daniel, who won in 1990. COUPLES, LOVE III FACE OFF: Fred Couples and Davis Love III, 1-2 on the PGA Tour money list, will be battling again as the GTE Byron Nelson Classic gets under way Thursday in Irving, Texas. They have won three tournaments each and have left their closest pursuer, John Cook, almost $500,000 behind. This will be the last time the two meet in a tournament before the U.S. Open June 18-21 at Pebble Beach, Calif. GRANT IN QUESTION: A state grant of $60 million has been requested by the owners of Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami to pay for a $10 million baseball conversion. But the potential $50 million bonus has upset state Commerce Secretary Greg Farmer, who oversees the grants. Three of Robbie's children, trustees of his estate, said the $115 million cost to build the stadium should not be forgotten. SANDERSON DOES NOT RESIGN: Alabama men's basketball coach Wimp Sanderson, under investigation for allegedly striking a female assistant, met with university President Roger Sayers but did not offer to resign, the Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News reported Wednesday. School officials said an announcement on his status could come early next week. BENGALS WAIVE WOODS: The Cincinnati Bengals waived running back Ickey Woods Wednesday. Woods, 26, rushed for 1,066 yards and 15 touchdowns in 1988. But he injured his left knee in the second game of the 1989 season, missing that year and half the 1990 season, and injured his right knee in 1991, missing eight games. TOSE IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE: Leonard Tose, who sold the Philadelphia Eagles for $65 million in 1985, has unpaid bills that creditors claim amount to nearly $2.2 million. His Radnor, Pa., mansion, estimated to be worth $1 million, is scheduled for sheriff's sale June 19 to satisfy a $300,000 bank debt. "That won't happen. It really won't happen," Tose told The Philadelphia Inquirer. 24-HOUR TELEPHONE INFORMATION: USA TODAY Sports Hot Line. 95 cents a minute. 1-900-555-5555. Sports Editor: Jason P. Smith. (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