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LO SPORTSLOOK Associa Saseball >8 I SEATTLE ? The effort to keep the >eattle Mariners from leaving the city ;ot a boost with approval of a plan to mild a $320 million retractable-roof ^tadium. The Metropolitan King County Council voted 10-3 to approve the plan, srhich prompted a dissenting group 0 file a lawsuit to block the move, vlariners owners had set an Oct. 30 leadline for agreement on a stadium dan. 1 LOS ANGELES ? The Los Angeles Dodgers have decided to let go shortstop Jose Offerman and third .paseman Tim Wallach, the Los Anjeles Times reported today. c Offerman earned $1.5 million last , season and is eligible for arbitration. ?red Claire, Dodgers executive vice president, told Offerman and his agent \dam Katz that they will try to trade lim. The Dodgers told Wallach they will not exercise their option on him. NFL DALLAS ? Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones asked a federal judge to throw out an NFL lawsuit over his corporate sponsorship deals and hinted he might sue if the dispute isn't settled by a "business solution." The motion, filed in federal court in New York, calls NFL Properties Inc. the league's "marketing cartel" in alluding to antitrust issues. The league went to court last month, filing a $300 million suit over Jones' agreements with Nike and Pepsi, which the NFL called "ambush marketing deals" that violate the revenue-sharing policies. Jones also has deals with Dr Pepper and American Express. FOXBORO, Mass. ? Drew Bledsoe completed a seven-year, $42 million contract with the New England Patriots, a deal described by the team as the most lucrative in NFL history. The Patriots said the contract, first announced in training camp, was signed during the weekend and was to be submitted today for league approval. The club said the quarterback . . -, . -,A i ted Press signed a standard agreement on July 20, but that several issues were unsettled at the time. LOS ANGELES ? Brian Hughes, the NFL's former vice president of corporate sponsorship, pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to defraud the league of $350,000. ITurrliAa fn UA OAAI-AA IXUgllUO, OU1CUU1CU IAJ UC SClllCUtCU Feb. 5, admitted to one count of mail fraud in connection with submitting invoices for goods never received. Michael Ornstein, another former NFL executive, pleaded guilty to similar charges Oct. 16. Hughes and Ornstein face up to five years in prison and $250,000 in fines under the terms of their plea agreements. SAN FRANCISCO ? The San Francisco 49ers were fined $60,000 for illegal campaign contributions, an announcement 49ers president Carmen Policy branded as politically motivated. The California Fair Political Practices Commission said the 49ers illegally funneled $7,500 to the unsuc cessful 1991 re-election campaign of San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos. PHILADELPHIA ? Philadelphia tackle Bernard Williams, suspended for the first six games for testing positive for marijuana, will miss the rest of the season for a second violation of the NFL's drug policy, a team source said. EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. ? Minnesota linebacker Jack Del Rio signed a two-year contract extension worth $3.2 million. He is earning $1.3 million this season in the final year of a three-year deal. LINCOLN, Neb. ? Nebraska running back Lawrence Phillips can stay in school although he is being disciplined for attacking his former girlfriend, university vice chancellor James Griesen said. The decision could lead to Phillips' return to the dpfpnding national champion Cornhuskers. Coach Tom Osborne has said that could happen once the university completes the disciplinary process. ? Stop by tb 4th floor, I sro Lady Game Patrick pohektt senior wnter Hie USC women's soccer team took it to the Wofford Terriers Tuesday night, winning the rescheduled match, 3-1. USC played well as a team the entire game and shut down the Terriers early by dominating the first half. In the first half, Carolina amassed 14 shots on goal and only one foul. Smith scored first for USC at the 15:42 mark falling away, but she was able to get enough on it to put it in the net Freshman, and Spring Valley alumn, Jen Miller assisted on the play. USC stayed aggressive, consistently challenging the Wofford defense. The aggressiveness paid off soon, with Carolina scoring at the 28:12 mark. Debbie Smith, who now leads the team with 21 goals, scored again. This time, she went streaking down the left side of the field unassisted. After putting a quick fake on the keeper, Smith found the back of the net for her second goal of the night "She really gets involved," coach Sue Kelly said of her star forward. "We're Gamecocks Associated Press Suddenly, South Carolina's trip to Tennessee is a little more than a chance to hear the Volunteers' band play "Rocky Top" 20 or 30 times. The Gamecocks have a shot to show they belong with the best teams in the Southeastern Conference. "We already think we're one of the better programs in the SEC," South Carolina quarterback Steve Taneyhill said. ?nr?> i.i Li _n _i ? vve ve uiuugiiL uiai au aiong. However, South Carolina hasn't won anything except some consoling pats on the back during its four years in the league. The Gamecocks have never finished above .500 in the league and started this year 0-3 in the SEC, something that still mystifies coach Brad Scott. But the past month, the Gamecocks have recovered to go 3-0-1 and set up a win-or-fall-from-bowl-contention game lira Get a head start c The Gamecock Department is see self-starters a Executives. Incre you learn" op Experience is not positive atti tjjfe e Student Media > lussell House ant RIS icocks send a lot more dynamic with her on top." f USC shutout Wofford for the rest \ of the first half, and kept up the pressure even though they didn't score j again in the half. With the halftime score 2-0, USC looked confident heading into intermission. Carolina's pressure offense kept Woflford from challenging USC in the first half, as the Terriers were limited to a measly six shots on goal. Carolina came out with a different look in the second half, as freshman Emily Crain started in goal for the second 45 minutes. The substitution could not have been due to bad play by starting keeper Amy Toms, as die played spectacular for the Gamecocks in the first half. USC started the second half scor- 1 ing early, as freshman Pam Abrams scored Carolina's third goal at the 55:12 mark. Junior Happy Payne sent a pass right to Abrams' feet, and she promptly shot it past the Woflford keeper to the left side of the goal. Woflford showed signs of life with about 30 minutes left to go. Off a foul shot at the top of the box, a WC for( looking to st next Saturday. ' "Our football team is playing ex- < tremely well right now," Scott said. "We ( have the momentum and we have jelled. Whether that's good enough to win up 1 there, I don't know." ] But to still be alive for the postsea- i son is enough to make Scott giddy. Af- s ter winning the school's first bowl game ] in history a year ago, Scott was set to be South Carolina's biggest flop since ( the Confederates started the Civil War t bv bombing Fort Sumter. j A tie with then-ranked LSU got 1 things and Taneyhill rolling. Since there s have been large victories over Kent (7714), Mississippi State (65-39) and Van- 1 derbilt (52-14). There's also a sense that South Carolina may be able to hang ( with the fifth-ranked Volunteers. ( "The way we've played has turned this into a big game," said Taneyhill, ] who's thrown for 1,090 yards and 12 1 tp n /TP r\ J uuuw >n your career. Advertising king energetic, s Account dible "earn as portunity. required but a itude is! % D Advertising Depi ! start your Terriers p< JL lie Lady Gamecocks beat Woffon vard sent a header into the center of ;he net. The goal gave WC the momentum and cut USC's lead to two joals with a lot of time left. This scelario might have put worry into the learts of the USC fans before last light's match. However, the Gamejocks responded well with the lead ind kept the Terriers off the board iow they be IDs the past three weeks. "We have a chance, it may be a slim one, but it s a ihance." South Carolina must win two of its anal three games with No. 6 Tennessee, Mo. 3 Florida and Clemson to get the six victories necessary for the postseason. After a week off, the Gamecocks play the Gators and Tigers at home. Scott has avoided talking about South Carolina's difficult finishing stretch undl the team finished offVanderbilt. But is soon as that ended, the coach began jlaring "Rocky Top," Tennessee's fight song, in the team meeting room. "I hate hearing that song," Taneylill said. Unless South Carolina's defense stiffins this week, Taneyhill may have to ?ver his ears. Vanderbilt had managed only 41 xiints and three touchdowns in its first ive games. The Commodores scored two _ Wednesday, October 25,1995 icking, 3-1 ImIm ^ ..X1^ JAMIE CLARK The Gamecock I Tuesday in their last home game. and out of the game. Last night's match was the final one at home for the Gamecocks in this inaugural season. U S C ' s last two games of the season will be played on the road with a 4 pm match on Thursday at Georgia Southern, and a noon-time showdown in Gainesville with the Gators on Sunlong in SEC i ds against soutn uaronna. <* Tennessee's Peyton Manning is having nearly as wonderful as season as Taneyhill, with 14 touchdowns and three interceptions. The Volunteers have scored almost as easily as the Gamecocks have given up points. "We know this isn't going to be like anything else," defensive tackle Eric Sullivan said. We've got to play better and be more ready than we ever have before." And, although Scott won't say it, a loss could crush his young and emotional team. Hie Gamecocks would face a nearly impossible feat to beat Florida, which defeated Tennessee 62-37 a month ago. We've still got some difficult ball games ahead, but this one is definitely a big enough factor to let us know where we stand at the end of it," Scott said. "Right now, we're believing in the right ways we can beat Tennessee." irtment. ?r today!