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By Kent Larsen

Sports: Two Mormons Remaining in NBA Playoffs, Estes on DL

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Rookie Mark Madsen and the Milwaukee Buck's Mark Pope still remain as the only Mormon players left in the NBA's playoffs, and Madsen's Lakers are well on their way to reaching the finals, leading their series with the Spurs. Pope's Bucks start their series against Philadelphia tomorrow. However, neither Madsen nor Pope have played much in the post season.

Meanwhile, baseball players Wally Joyner and Jeff Kent again both had better-than-average (.300 or better) weeks, again raising their batting averages. Kent added four RBIs, bringing his total to 30, but struck out seven times during the week. The four active pitchers who are Mormon, meanwhile, were reduced to three, as Shawn Estes was put on the disabled list, retroactive to May 9th, making him available again later this week. The other three had a poor week, Omar Olivares managing a mediocre six innings, giving up three runs, while relief pitchers, Kyle Farnsworth and Mike Fetters, both gave up nearly an earned run an inning.

On the Senior PGA Tour, pro Bruce Summerhays had his best week so far this season, tieing for sixth place in the TD Waterhouse Championship. PGA Tour member Mike Weir and Keith Clearwater managed to stay in the money for the week, finishing 58th and 66th respecively in the MasterCard Colonial. Meanwhile, the Carolina Courage's Maren Hendershot was again used as a substitute, this time coming in for 31 minutes.

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	17	2	6	0	1	0	1	.353
Year to date	36	105	13	30	2	9	7	13	.286

Jeff Kent

Second Base

San Francisco Giants

	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	Avg
This Week	6	20	2	6	0	4	3	7	.300
Year to date	43	158	18	43	6	34	13	32	.272

Pitchers:

Shawn Estes

Starting Pitcher

San Francisco Giants

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
This Week	[On the Disabled List]
Year to date	7	3-2	0	3.56	43.0	40	18	17	19	35

Kyle Farnsworth

Relief Pitcher

Chicago Cubs

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
This Week	4	0-1	0	7.36	3.7	3	3	3	1	6
Year to date	22	0-1	0	3.27	22.0	22	8	8	8	33

Mike Fetters

Relief Pitcher

Los Angeles Dodgers

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
This Week	2	0-0	0	9.00	2.0	2	2	2	1	1
Year to date	14	0-0	0	3.95	13.7	10	7	6	6	13

Omar Olivares

Starting Pitcher

Pittsburg Pirates

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
This Week	1	0-1	0	4.50	6.0	8	3	3	1	10
Year to date	8	2-4	0	5.65	43.0	44	28	27	16	35

Garret Stephenson	Starting Pitcher	St Louis Cardinals
[On the Disabled List - out for the season]

Basketball

NBA

WNBA

The WNBA's season begins May 28. We are working on identifying Mormon players.

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.

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

Senior PGA Tour

Soccer

WUSA

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