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[Times photo: Pam Roayl]
Mat "The Condor" Hoffman of Oklahoma City throws his signature move en route to winning the Bicycle Stunt Vert final.
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May 21, 2000
X Games Trials
- An extreme turnaround for this man
Listen up you parents, teachers and assorted authority figures who think the so-called "extreme" sports are corrupting American youth: Troy McMurray has a story to tell.
- Bike riding on a higher ground
When riders learned to build bikes and started their own companies, that's when bicycle stunt riding soared.
- Skateboard Street Style goes to Senn
ST. PETERSBURG -- Chris Senn bounced back from a seventh-place showing in the preliminaries to win the final of the Skateboarding Street Style competition at the X Games Trials on Saturday.
Devil Rays
Rays show some fight
It's 1, 2, 3 players out as Devil Rays and the Mariners mix it up in a 4-3 Tampa Bay victory.
- Yan impresses in starter's role
SEATTLE -- The Mariners were all talking about the one pitch near Mark McLemore, but the Devil Rays were raving about the other 97 pitches Esteban Yan threw Saturday.
- Rays tales
FROM THE BULLPEN: The recent lunacy in the bullpen at Wrigley Field had several players recalling memorable moments with fans at Wrigley and other places.
- Williams shows leadoff power
SEATTLE -- When discussing his philosophy as a leadoff hitter, Gerald Williams tries to be succinct.
Baseball
As A's win, interest wanes
There is an American League team that plays in a renovated stadium in a football-mad town by a beautiful bay that is having attendance problems.
Gary Shelton
Blame game all that's left
Oh. So this is what they mean by "going ugly early."
Horse racing
- Bullet spoils bid for Crown
Fusaichi Pegasus, the 1-5 favorite, finishes second in the Preakness.
- Belmont field taking shape
BALTIMORE -- If Red Bullet and Fusaichi Pegasus contest the Belmont Stakes, they likely will go against at least seven other challengers. Trainer Bobby Frankel has been angling Aptitude, the Kentucky Derby runner-up, for the race, and early indications are Globalize, Curule, Chief Seattle, Unshaded, Tahkodha Hills and Tampa Bay Derby winner Wheelaway will follow.
Mutiny
A road loss -- with twist
Diallo scores twice but Mutiny collapses in final 30 minutes of 3-2 loss.
College baseball
Bucs
Lynches reach out to bay area youth
TAMPA -- As the son of an All-Pro safety and a former Southern Cal tennis player, Jake Lynch has the chance to be athletically gifted.
Lightning
Lightning deflects trade talk
Lightning general manager Rick Dudley called it "total drivel."
Darrell Fry/NBA
The best? Go West, young man
The NBA Finals officially won't start until at least early June. But is there really any doubt that the Los Angeles-Portland series ultimately will decide the championship?
Olympics
His chase not synchronized with his sport
Athletes in every sport will miss the Olympics this summer by the narrowest of margins. They may be off by a second, an inch, a point. Bill May is off by a chromosome.
Outdoors
- Ultimate shark survival story
The sharks arrived on the second day.
- Captain's corner
The first two weeks of May produced some of the finest gag and red grouper in several years, no matter in which direction we went.
- Ask the experts
Can an inexpensive reel and rod hold up to the stress of a big snook or redfish, or even a small tarpon?
State baseball
Running
Clearwater woman outruns entire field at Hog Hustle 5K
DUNEDIN -- In an unplanned battle of the sexes, Judy Maguire of Clearwater not only won her fourth consecutive race among her gender, but took the overall title at the Hog Hustle 5K in Dunedin.
Mizell mailbag
Knight columns are lauded, lambasted
Having earned my MA from Indiana University, I can tell you Bob Knight is a coward to intimidate with acts of violence. A disgrace who should be fired. Maybe at IU he's some god. Elsewhere he is seen for what he is, a coward.
Letters
Flash! IU officials say Knight has a temper
That sweet, laid-back man who coaches basketball at Indiana University, whom we all lovingly refer to as "Bobby," is accused of mistreating his players? Come on now, next they will accuse him of arguing referees' calls, or throwing chairs, or having an altercation with the police in Puerto Rico, or even losing his temper once or twice in his coaching career.
