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By Kent Larsen
Sports: Pollard Explodes in Playoffs, One WUSA Player Confirmed
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- The Sacramento Kings' center Scot Pollard exploded for
21 points over 2 games last week, even though he played just 17 minutes each
game. Pollard's performance helped the Kings best Phoenix in both games,
putting them up 2-1 in their five-game playoff series. Meanwhile, Mormon
News has verified that former BYU player Maren Hendershot of the WUSA's
Carolina Courage is an LDS Church member. Hendershot played all 90 minutes
of the Courage's second game against the Washington Freedom.
In baseball, San Francisco's Jeff Kent bounced back from a poor performance
offensively reported previously to a stellar week this past week. Kent went
8 for 22 (.364) with 3 RBIs. Fellow Mormon position player Wally Joyner
didn't bounce back as quickly, going 2 for 10 over five games. Mormon
pitchers, on the other hand, did well last week. San Francisco's Shawn Estes
shut out the Chicago Cubs in seven innings Saturday, giving up five hits.
Omar Olivares split two games, blanking Los Angeles over six innings, but
giving up four runs against San Diego. Relief pitchers Kyle Farnsworth and
Mike Fetters both pitched well, Farnsworth bringing his ERA down below 2.00,
a career best, while Fetters has managed a terrific 1.29 ERA.
For basketball players, Sunday ended with all Mormons still on playoff
teams, but with Shawn Bradley's Mavericks just one loss away from
elimination by the Utah Jazz. Travis Knight is faring the worst, however,
since he has yet to play in a playoff game, despite the Knicks troubles
getting all their starters to each game. Mark Madsen also played little,
just seven minutes over two games, and failed to score during that time.
In golf, the three Mormon players that entered the Greater Greensboro
Chrysler Classic were all cut, Keith Clearwater extending his streak of
being cut from every event he enters to seven. The best performance for the
week came from the senior tour's Bruce Summerhays, who tied for 19th.
The other former BYU players drafted by the WUSA are also Mormon, MN has
learned, but they didn't make their teams. Staci Reynolds was cut in the
Courage's tryouts, while Sarah Reading, drafted by the Atlanta Beat, tore
and ACL at the tryouts, leaving her out for the season. Former Utah player
Staci Burt is not Mormon, and MN is still trying to learn whether or not
Salt Lake City native Becky Hogan of the Boston Breakers is Mormon.
Baseball
Major League Baseball
Position Players:
| Brian Bean | Catcher | Chicago Cubs |
| [Playing in Minors for Iowa Cubs] |
| McKay Christensen | Center Field | Chicago White Sox |
| [Playing in Minors for Charlotte] |
| Wally Joyner | First Base | Anaheim Angels |
| | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | Avg |
| This Week | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .200 |
| Year to date | 19 | 48 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | .167 |
| Jeff Kent | Second Base | San Francisco Giants |
| | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | Avg |
| This Week | 6 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .364 |
| Year to date | 24 | 88 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 16 | .250 |
Pitchers:
| Shawn Estes | Starting Pitcher | San Francisco Giants |
| | G | W-L | S | ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| This Week | 1 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Year to date | 5 | 2-1 | 0 | 4.18 | 28.0 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 26 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | Relief Pitcher | Chicago Cubs |
| | G | W-L | S | ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| This Week | 3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Year to date | 12 | 0-0 | 0 | 1.98 | 13.7 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| Mike Fetters | Relief Pitcher | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| | G | W-L | S | ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| This Week | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Year to date | 7 | 0-0 | 0 | 1.29 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Omar Olivares | Starting Pitcher | Pittsburg Pirates |
| | G | W-L | S | ERA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| This Week | 2 | 1-1 | 0 | 3.27 | 11.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| Year to date | 5 | 1-3 | 0 | 5.88 | 26.0 | 26 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 20 |
| Garret Stephenson | Starting Pitcher | St Louis Cardinals |
| [On the Disabled List - out for the season] |
Basketball
NBA
| Shawn Bradley | Center | Dallas Mavericks |
| | G | Min | FG/FGA | Reb | Pts | Ppg | Pp60min |
| This Week | 2 | 60 | 5/ 9 | 18 | 19 | 9.5 | 19.0 |
| Year to date | 85 | 2078 | 225/458 | 631 | 600 | 7.1 | 17.3 |
| Travis Knight | Center | New York Knicks |
| | G | Min | FG/FGA | Reb | Pts | Ppg | Pp60min |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0/ 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Year to date | 45 | 256 | 10/ 53 | 53 | 29 | 0.6 | 6.8 |
| Mark Madsen | Forward | Los Angeles Lakers |
| | G | Min | FG/FGA | Reb | Pts | Ppg | Pp60min |
| This Week | 2 | 7 | 0/ 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Year to date | 73 | 651 | 55/117 | 154 | 137 | 1.9 | 12.6 |
| Scot Pollard | Forward | Sacramento Kings |
| | G | Min | FG/FGA | Reb | Pts | Ppg | Pp60min |
| This Week | 2 | 34 | 9/ 11 | 12 | 21 | 10.5 | 37.1 |
| Year to date | 79 | 1674 | 196/418 | 478 | 517 | 6.5 | 18.5 |
| Mark Pope | Center | Milwaukee Bucs |
| | G | Min | FG/FGA | Reb | Pts | Ppg | Pp60min |
| This Week | 2 | 28 | 3/ 5 | 9 | 6 | 3.0 | 12.9 |
| Year to date | 66 | 984 | 66/145 | 159 | 159 | 2.4 | 9.7 |
WNBA
The WNBA's season begins May 28.
Football
NFL
The NFL season has ended.
CFL
Wide receiver Ben Cahoon of the Montreal Alouettes is LDS, but I don't
yet have a source for statistics on him.
XFL
Offensive Line
Eric Bateman - Las Vegas Outlaws
Juan Johnson - San Francisco Demons
[No statistics available]
We have also identified the following possible Mormon players and
would appreciate if anyone can confirm either that they are or are
not Mormon. Letting us know if any other player is Mormon is also
appreciated.
Blaine Berger - Las Vegas Outlaws - Played for Utah, from Idaho Falls
Richard O'Donnell - San Francisco Demons - Played for Weber State
Hockey
NHL
The NHL's regular season has ended, and the only Mormon player we
know is not on a team playing in the playoffs.
Golf
PGA Tour
| Jay Don Blake | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Idle | | | |
| Year to date: | | Entered 12 events, made cut 9 times, earned $222,418.66 |
| Keith Clearwater | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic | Cut | 71-75 | |
| Year to date: | | Entered 7 events, made cut 0 times, earned $0 |
| Dan Forsman | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic | Cut | 79-72 | |
| Year to date: | | Entered 8 events, made cut 5 times, earned $68,492.16 |
| Mike Reid | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic | Cut | 77-70 | |
| Year to date: | | Entered 3 events, made cut 1 times, earned $15,566.66 |
| Mike Weir | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Idle | | | |
| Year to date: | | Entered 9 events, made cut 8 times, earned $1,255,540 |
| Richard Zokol | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Buy.com Charity Pro-Am | T25 | 66-66-72-75 | earned $3,814.28 |
| Year to date: | | Entered 6 events, made cut 5 times, earned $21,799.28 |
Senior PGA Tour
| Billy Casper | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Idle | | | |
| Year to date: | | Entered 2 events, earned $6,568.50 |
| Johnny Miller | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Idle | | | |
| Year to date: | | |
| Bruce Summerhays | Event | Results | | |
| This Week: | Bruno's Memorial Classic | T19 | 74-69-67 | earned $15,733.34 |
| Year to date: | | Entered 11 events, earned $218,040.34 |
Soccer
WUSA
| Maren Hendershot | Carolina Courage |
| | GP | GS | Min | G | A | Pts | Sht | SOG | FC |
| This Week: | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Year to date: | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
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