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 Mon, Jun 8 1992 Date: Mon, 8 Jun 92 05:19:51 EDT Message-ID: 06-08 0000 DECISIONLINE: Sports USA TODAY Update June 8, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network BULLS TAKE 2-1 SERIES LEAD: The Chicago Bulls quickly regained their position in the driver's seat on the road Sunday, defeating the Portland Trail Blazers 94-84 in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Chicago holds a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Michael Jordan led the way for the Bulls, scoring 26 points. But defense was the key. Chicago limited the Trail Blazers to 36% shooting. COURIER THUMPS KORDA: Jim Courier successfully defended his French Open championship Sunday, disposing of Czechoslovakia's Petr Korda 7-5, 6-2, 6-1. He lost only one set in seven matches during the tournament and has won 23 consecutive matches, including a semifinal rout of Andre Agassi. In the women's final Saturday, Monica Seles edged Steffi Graf 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 to win her second straight French Open title. ORIOLES RECLAIM FIRST PLACE: Cal Ripken Jr. had three hits and three RBI as the Baltimore Orioles moved back into first place in the American League East Sunday with 7-1 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays. In other American League games: Boston 4, Cleveland 0; New York 6, Detroit 5; Milwaukee 10, California 3; Chicago 6, Oakland 1; Kansas City 4, Seattle 1; Texas 5, Minnesota 4. GIANTS, PIRATES GET SHUTOUTS: Trevor Wilson (5-5) pitched a two-hitter Sunday as the San Francisco Giants shut out the Houston Astros 3-0. Also, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York Mets 3-0 behind a six hitter by Randy Tomlin (7-3). The Pirates won three games in the four-game series. In other NL action: Montreal 3, Chicago 2; Los Angeles 1, Cincinnati 0; Atlanta 9, San Diego 4; St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 4. DEBARTOLO WANTS TO HELP GIANTS: San Francisco 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr. reportedly is interested in building a football-baseball stadium with the San Francisco Giants. The San Francisco Examiner reported Sunday that DeBartolo is interested in finding a way to keep the Giants in San Francisco. San Jose, Calif., residents voted down a proposal for a new $185 million Giants stadium. EDWARDS, OKAMOTO WIN AT GOLF: David Edwards won the Memorial golf tournament at Dublin, Ohio, Sunday, parring the second playoff hole to defeat Rick Fehr. Fehr bogeyed the second playoff hole. His drive went into casual water. When he took his drop, the ball stuck in the saturated ground. Edwards had a 15-under-par 273 for the tournament. In Wilmington, Del., Ayako Okamoto won the LPGA McDonald's Championship. PALMER NAMED TO BE HONOREE: Arnold Palmer, winner of 61 PGA Tour events and 12 more on the Senior PGA Tour, was unanimously chosen Sunday by the Captains Club of Muirfield Village Golf Club to be its honoree at next June's Memorial tournament in Dublin, Ohio. "I'm flattered to be joining many of the game's greatest figures who have been chosen over the years," said Palmer, 62. DAYTONA 500 FOUNDER DIES: William France, 82, the father of stock-car racing and founder of the Daytona 500, died Sunday at his home in Ormond Beach, Fla. He had been seriously ill for two years. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing was a personal dream that the auto mechanic turned into reality. He decided to build Daytona track in 1953. The first Daytona 500 was run in 1959. RAHAL WINS DETROIT GRAND PRIX: Bobby Rahal, biding his time while Paul Tracy and Michael Andretti fought for the lead, slipped inside and then went into overdrive Sunday to win the ITT Detroit Grand Prix. Rahal led the final 20 laps on the new Belle Isle road course as Tracy (broken gearbox) and then Andretti (bent suspension) fell behind. Tracy, subbing for injured Rick Mears, was in his seventh IndyCar start. IRVAN GAINS NASCAR VICTORY: Ernie Irvan, black-flagged for jumping the start, battled back through the field to win the NASCAR Save Mart 300 Sunday at Sears Point International Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. Irvan, who beat pole-sitter Ricky Rudd to the line at the start of the 74-lap race, pushed his Chevrolet past Terry Labonte's Oldsmobile on lap 67 and held on for his fourth career win at an event-record 81.412 mph. A.P. INDY WINS BELMONT: Horse racing's search to find a 3-year-old star took two Triple Crown races and all but the final 110 yards of the third, but ended at Saturday's Belmont Stakes. A.P. Indy ran the second-fastest time (2:26.13) in the race's 124-year history. Only Secretariat finished the 1 1:2-mile race faster (2:24). A.P. Indy has seven consecutive wins and is unbeaten in four starts as a 3-year-old. CLARKE COULD RETURN TO FLYERS: Two years after firing Bob Clarke as general manager, the Philadelphia Flyers are negotiating to bring him back as club vice president. Clarke, 42, general manager of the Minnesota North Stars, received permission from owner Norm Green to talk with the Flyers. 24-HOUR TELEPHONE INFORMATION: USA TODAY Sports Hot Line. 95 cents a minute. 1-900-555-5555. Sports Editor: Ed Kelleher. (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