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By Kent Larsen
Sports: Dallas' Bradley is Hot, Football Players Heap, Morris and Smith Strong
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Last week saw strong play from Mormon players
in both basketball and football. Shawn Bradley had an excellent week,
and even the weaker Mormon basketball players got on the court last
week. Todd Heap caught his first touchdown pass of the season and Rob
Morris earned his first sack of the season.
Shawn Bradley excelled this past week, scoring 37 points in just 74
minutes played over three games, and showing the kind of play that
got him in the NBA in the first place. While Mark Madsen is still out
with an injury, other Mormon players remained dependable. The
Milwaukee Bucks' Mark Pope played a strong game, only to be benched
the following game, and while Travis Knight was also strong, he only
played three minutes in a single game.
Football, meanwhile, saw outstanding performances from Todd Heap, Rob
Morris and Derek Smith. Heap, who played little before this past
week, caught a touchdown pass. Morris earned his first sack of the
season, and Smith was credited with a season-high 9 tackles in San
Francisco's game against Indianapolis. Meanwhile, Andy Reid returned
to his post at the top of Mormon coaches, winning his sixth game of
the season, maintaining the Eagles' spot at the top of their division.
In Hockey, the Minnesota Wild's Aaron Garvey scored his first goal of
the season, helping his team to a 4-3 win. But Nashville Predators
assistant coach Brent Peterson, who is responsible for penalties, saw
his team commit 21 minor and 1 major penalty in three games.
[If the listings below aren't clear, try looking at them with a mono-spaced
font, such as courier - Ed.]
Baseball
Major League Baseball
The regular season has ended.
We have identified the following Mormon players:
Position Players
McKay Christensen CF Los Angeles Dodgers
Jeff Kent 2B San Francisco Giants
Pitchers
* Brandon Duckworth SP Philadelphia Phillies
(MH) Shawn Estes SP San Francisco Giants
Kyle Farnsworth RP Chicago Cubs
Mike Fetters RP Pittsburgh Pirates
Roy Halladay SP Toronto Blue Jays
Jason M. Johnson SP Baltimore Orioles
* Omar Olivares RP Pittsburgh Pirates
(MH) Garret Stephenson SP St Louis Cardinals
(MH) Dave Veres RP St Louis Cardinals
(MH) Jaret Wright SP Cleveland Indians
Coaches
Iorg, Garth 1st Base Coach Toronto Blue Jays
Please help us find out if the following are Mormon:
Scott Eyre RP Toronto Blue Jays
Ryan Jensen SP San Francisco Giants
Minor Leagues
All Minor League Seasons are now over. However, we are still
interested in identifying Mormon players in the minors, especially
those at the AAA level. Also of interest are those playing in foreign
leagues, such as Japan and the Venezuela winter league. Here are the
minor league players we know:
AAA
Minors
Banks, Brian Catcher Calgary Cannons (Florida Marlins)
Perez, Santiago CF Portland Beavers (San Diego Padres)
Secrist, Reed 1st Base Nashville Sounds (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Please help us find out if the following are Mormon:
Nate Tebbs SS Richmond Braves (Atlanta Braves)
Ron Wright 1B Durham Bulls (Tampa Bay Devil Rays)
John DeSilva SP Las Vegas 51s (Los Angeles Dodgers)
Jeremy Lambert SP Memphis Redbirds (St Louis Cardinals)
Basketball
NBA
Bradley, Shawn Center Dallas Mavericks
G GS Min FG/FGA Reb Pts Ppg Pp60min
This Week 4 69 10/ 19 18 26 6.5 22.6
YTD 14 296 32/ 65 64 91 6.5 18.5
Knight, Travis Forward New York Knicks
G GS Min FG/FGA Reb Pts Ppg Pp60min
This Week 4 32 4/ 8 7 10 2.5 18.8
YTD 7 41 6/ 14 12 14 2.0 20.5
Madsen, Mark Center Los Angeles Lakers
G GS Min FG/FGA Reb Pts Ppg Pp60min
This Week 1 6 0/ 1 0 0 0.0 0.0
YTD 1 6 0/ 1 0 0 0.0 0.0
Pollard, Scot Forward Sacramento Kings
G GS Min FG/FGA Reb Pts Ppg Pp60min
This Week 3 91 5/ 13 27 13 4.3 8.6
YTD 14 406 33/ 71 113 86 6.1 12.7
Pope, Mark Center Minnesota
G GS Min FG/FGA Reb Pts Ppg Pp60min
This Week 2 17 3/ 4 2 6 3.0 21.2
YTD 8 108 9/ 20 18 19 2.4 10.6
WNBA
The WNBA's season has ended for 2001.
We know of the following players:
* Kristen Rasmussen Forward Miami Sol
(MH) Natalie Williams Forward Utah Starzz
Football
NFL
Quarterbacks
Ty Detmer Quarterback Detroit Lions
G GS Att/Comp Yds TD Int RushAtt RushYds RushTD
This Week 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
YTD 2 2 60/ 37 361 1 8 4 4 0
Joe Germaine Quarterback Kansas City Chiefs
G GS Att/Comp Yds TD Int RushAtt RushYds RushTD
This Week 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
YTD 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Mitchell Quarterback Cincinnati Bengals
G GS Att/Comp Yds TD Int RushAtt RushYds RushTD
This Week 0 1 12/ 4 38 0 3 0 0 0
YTD 0 1 12/ 4 38 0 3 0 0 0
Offense
Greg Clark Tight End San Francisco Forty-Niners
G GS Rec Yds TD RushAtt RushYds RushTD
This Week Injured - Hamstring
YTD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Todd Heap Tight End Baltimore Ravens
G GS Rec Yds TD RushAtt RushYds RushTD
This Week 1 1 3 39 0 0 0 0
YTD 7 2 11 136 1 0 0 0
Chad Lewis Tight End Philadelphia Eagles
G GS Rec Yds TD RushAtt RushYds RushTD
This Week 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
YTD 10 10 27 263 3 0 0 0
Brandon Manumaleuna Tight End St Louis
G GS Rec Yds TD RushAtt RushYds RushTD
This Week 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
YTD 10 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Itua Mili Tight End Seattle Seahawks
G GS Rec Yds TD RushAtt RushYds RushTD
This Week 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
YTD 10 5 7 95 2 0 0 0
Offensive Line
David Dixon Guard Minnesota Vikings
G GS
This Week 1 1
YTD 10 10
Edwin Mulitalo Guard Baltimore Ravens
G GS
This Week 1 1
YTD 9 9
John Tait Tackle Kansas City Chiefs
G GS
This Week 1 1
YTD 10 10
Kyle Turley Tackle New Orleans Saints
G GS
This Week 1 1
YTD 10 10
Defense
Marcus Bell Linebacker Seattle Seahawks
G GS Tkls Solo Assist Sacks Int Fumb
This Week 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
YTD 10 1 22 19 3 1 0 0
Brant Boyer Linebacker Cleveland Browns
G GS Tkls Solo Assist Sacks Int Fumb
This Week 1 0 4 2 0 0 1 0
YTD 10 2 41 35 8 0 2 0
Byron Frisch Defensive End Dallas Cowboys
G GS Tkls Solo Assist Sacks Int Fumb
This Week 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
YTD 7 0 4 4 1 1 0 1
Travis Hall Defensive Tackle Atlanta Falcons
G GS Tkls Solo Assist Sacks Int Fumb
This Week 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0
YTD 10 10 25 20 8 1 0 1
Chris Hoke Defensive Tackle Pittsburgh Steelers
G GS Tkls Solo Assist Sacks Int Fumb
This Week 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
YTD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Junior Ioane Defensive End Oakland Raiders
G GS Tkls Solo Assist Sacks Int Fumb
This Week 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
YTD 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Morris Linebacker Indianapolis Colts
G GS Tkls Solo Assist Sacks Int Fumb
This Week 1 1 6 5 3 0 0 0
YTD 10 10 60 38 21 1 0 0
Derek M. Smith Linebacker San Francisco Forty-Niners
G GS Tkls Solo Assist Sacks Int Fumb
This Week 1 1 7 3 4 0 0 0
YTD 8 8 56 36 18 1.5 0 0
Special Teams
Punter
Lee Johnson Punter New England Patriots
G GS Punts Yds TB
This Week [Released by Patriots 15 October]
YTD 5 5 24 1045 3
Kicker
Owen Pochman Kicker New York Giants
G GS FG/FGA XP/XPA Kicks Yds TB
This Week 0 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 0 0 0
YTD 7 6 0/ 1 0/ 0 23 1454 2
Coach
Andy Reid Head Coach Philadelphia Eagles
W-L Yds Plays PassYds/PassAtt RushYds/RushAtt Possess Pen Yds
This Week 0- 1 186 49 92/ 27 94/ 22 00:22:11 6 52
YTD 6- 4 3036 601 1816/ 316 1220/ 257 04:45:54 59 429
George Henshaw Asst Head Coach - Offense Tennessee Titans
W/ L Yds Plays PassYds/PassAtt RushYds/RushAtt Possess Pen Yds
This Week 0- 1 405 60 324/ 37 81/ 21 00:29:25 6 45
YTD 4- 6 3050 642 2064/ 339 986/ 275 05:12:28 68 633
Dave Campo Head Coach Dallas Cowboys
W/ L Yds Plays PassYds/PassAtt RushYds/RushAtt Possess Pen Yds
This Week 0- 1 191 53 164/ 33 27/ 16 00:23:26 5 34
YTD 2- 8 2531 575 1237/ 260 1294/ 292 04:50:48 49 388
Darrell Bevell Offensive Asst Green Bay Packers
W/ L Yds Plays PassYds/PassAtt RushYds/RushAtt Possess Pen Yds
This Week 1- 0 339 55 235/ 26 104/ 27 00:29:49 8 63
YTD 7- 3 3512 589 2437/ 316 1075/ 259 04:57:27 54 403
CFL
The CFL season began June 20th. We still have identified only two
Mormon players!
Wide receiver Ben Cahoon of the Montreal Alouettes is LDS, and
Winnipeg Blue Bombers Linebacker Sefa O'Reilly is LDS.
While we are compiling a list of Mormon players in the CFL, that
league doesn't make available player by player statistics.
We have also identified the following possible Mormon players, based
on the 2001 Rosters:
Rob Hitchcock, Hamilton Tiger-Cats -- Weber State
Trevor Shaw, Hamilton Tiger-Cats -- Weber State
Kevin Alexander, Montreal Alouettes -- Utah State
Anthony Calvillo, Montreal Alouettes -- Utah State
Josh Cochran, Montreal Alouettes -- Utah
Neal Fort, Montreal Alouettes -- BYU
Chad Folk, Toronto Argonauts -- Utah
Profail Greer, Toronto Argonauts -- Utah State
Errol Martin, Toronto Argonauts -- Utah
Morgan Welch, Toronto Argonauts -- Weber State
Brandon Dyson, Winnipeg Blue Bombers -- Utah State
College
NCAA - Division I
We plan to begin limited coverage of NCAA Division I football players
and coaches who are Mormon. Here is a list of the players OUTSIDE OF
UTAH we have identified to date. Many of these come from H.B.
Arnett's "Cougar Sportsline," with the assistance of Mormon News
subscriber Brent Romney:
Brittain, Brad TE Arizona
Feula, Vince DL Arizona
Fraser, Keoki DL Arizona
Fraser, Keoni DL Arizona
Brittain, Grant TE Arizona State
Fulton, Skyler WR Arizona State
Miller, Matt WR Arizona State
Niko, Damien OL Arizona State
Pace, Tom RB Arizona State
Unck, Mason LB Arizona State
Wallin, Kurt DT Arizona State
Wolfgram, Jared DL Arizona State
Gustaveson, Josh Cal
Jensen, Mark K Cal
Lupoi, Tosh DL Cal
Hoover, Adam QB Cincinnati
Flores, Jeremy P/PK Colorado
Kay, Russell LB Colorado State
Porter, Guy DB Colorado State
Findlay, Garren OL Georgia Tech
Ilaoa, Nate WR Hawaii
Peters, Hyrum DB Hawaii
Peters, Leonard DB Hawaii
Tafuna, Sione OL Hawaii
Ross, Ethan WR Houston
Dunn, Marc QB Kansas State
Brinton, Spencer QB Michigan
Probst, Jake DL Michigan
Weathers, Brad OL Mississippi State
Bowen, Jake LB Navy
Bingham, Ryon DL Nebraska
Brown, Manaia DL Nebraska
Fonoti, Toniu OL Nebraska
Johnson, Cody OL Nevada
Kretschmer, Chance RB Nevada
Fife, Jason QB Oregon
Line, Scott LB Oregon
Loftin, Ryan LB Oregon
Casper, Cameron OL San Diego State
Thompson, Tyson TE San Diego State
Hunter, Tommy TE South Florida
Blackhurst, Cooper DE Stanford
Chambers, Kirk OT Stanford
Giles, Scott OLB Stanford
Heitman, Eric OL Stanford
Leonard, Matt DL Stanford
Schindler, Greg Stanford
Coffin, Junior DL Washington
Kava, William OL Washington
McLaughlin, Derek P Washington
Stevens, Jerramy TE Washington
Ena, Tali QB Washington State
Belshe, Matt QB Wyoming
Gough, David OL Wyoming
Merrill, Peter, DB Wyoming
Ralph, Brock WR Wyoming
Rollins, Josh DL Wyoming
Stansbury-Ieremia, Ed UCLA
Bair, Brandon OL UNLV
Palepoi, Anton DL UNLV
Parkhurst, Matt OL UNLV
Parkhurst, Scott LB UNLV
Mailo, Faaesea OG USC
Coaches
Afoa, Ulima Assistant Coach San Diego State
Chow, Norm Offensive Coordinator USC
Crowton, Gary Head Coach BYU
Holmoe, Tom Head Coach CalState
Leach, Mike Head Coach Texas Tech
Mallory, Rick Offensive Line Memphis
Uperesa, Keith Offensive Line USC
Hockey
NHL
Gavey, Aaron C Minnesota Wild
GP G A PTS SOG
This Week 4 0 3 3 5
YTD 21 2 6 8 26
Konowalchuk, Steve LW Washington Capitals
GP G A PTS SOG
This Week [Injured - Shoulder - Out 3-4 months]
YTD 5 0 3 3 6
Coach
Peterson, Brent Asst Coach, Nashville Predators
Coach Peterson's responsibilities cover penalties and goalkeeping,
and the statistics listed are team statistics that reflect his
responsibilities.
GP PIM MAJ MN MC SOGA GA SV
This Week 3 37 3 11 0 85 9 76
YTD 23 272 8 116 0 622 63 559
Len Barrie, formerly of the Florida Panthers, is now an unrestricted free agent.
Soccer
WUSA
The WUSA's season has ended.
We know of the following player:
Maren Hendershot Forward Carolina Courage
Golf
PGA Tour
Jay Don Blake
This Week: Idle
YTD: Entered 31 events, made cut 21 times, earned $436,576.39
Ranked 118 on money list
Keith Clearwater
This Week: Qualifier School 2nd round T32 76-71-70-74--
YTD: Entered 24 events, made cut 7 times, earned $66,178.33
Ranked 208 on money list
Dan Forsman
This Week: Idle
YTD: Entered 25 events, made cut 16 times, earned $456,194.03
Ranked 114 on money list
Mike Reid
This Week: Idle
YTD: Entered 13 events, made cut 5 times, earned $47,607.66,
Ranked 216th on money list.
Buy.com Tour
* Richard Zokol
This Week: Idle
YTD: Entered 22 events, made cut 18 times, earned $194,617.75
Ranked 13 on money list
JPGA Tour
(MH) Dean Wilson
This Week: Phoenix T5 67-70-68-70 6,975,000 Yen
YTD: Entered 20 events, made cut 16 times, earned $115,114,750 Yen
Ranked 2 on money list
Playing on Exemption
Jeff Quinney
This Week: Idle
YTD: Entered 3 events, made cut 1 times, earned $11,400.00
Senior PGA Tour
Billy Casper
This Week: Idle
Year to date: Entered 3 events, earned $6,568.50
Johnny Miller
This Week: Idle
Year to date: Idle
Bruce Summerhays
This Week: Idle
YTD: Entered 34 events, made cut 34 times, earned $904,616.57
Ranked 20 on money list
* Mormon News has enough information to make it likely that this
athlete is either Mormon or has Mormon heritage. But we have so
far been unable to confirm this suspicion.
(MH) - Mormon Heritage - This athlete is either an inactive LDS
Church member, or has Mormon heritage.
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