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NFL briefs

Compiled from Times wires

© St. Petersburg Times, published April 2, 2001

Druckenmiller leads Memphis over L.A.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Jim Druckenmiller threw three touchdowns Sunday as the Maniax beat the Los Angeles Xtreme 27-12 in the XFL.

The Maniax (4-5) beat the Western Division-leading Xtreme (6-3) for the second time this season. Los Angeles had won four straight after an 18-12 loss to Memphis Feb. 25.

Druckenmiller connected with Beau Morgan on a 7-yard touchdown to give Memphis a 20-6 early in the third quarter, and put the game out of reach with a 28-yard touchdown to Daryl Hobbs with just over 10 minutes to play.

Ketric Sanford ran for 82 yards for Memphis, including a 30-yard scoring run that gave Memphis a 13-0 lead.

The Maniax opened the scoring on Druckenmiller's 22-yard touchdown to Charles Jordan after Corey Sawyer's interception.

Los Angeles' Saladin McCullough scored on a 14-yard run late in the third quarter, and Jose Cortez made two field goals.

SAN FRANCISCO 14, LAS VEGAS 9: Mike Pawlawski's 25-yard touchdown to Terry Battle helped give the Demons a spot in the playoffs.

The touchdown with 5:17 left in the third quarter followed a 49-yard interception return by Dwayne Harper and broke a 6-6 tie. Pawlawski finished with 138 passing yards on 17 of 28 attempts for the Demons (5-4).

Las Vegas was driving in the fourth quarter but Toby Wright knocked the ball out of Rod Smart's hands at the 1 with 6:25 left. The ball bounced out of the end zone for a touchback.

RATINGS: The overnight numbers from Saturday brought more bad news for the fledgling league. Saturday's Chicago-New York/New Jersey game probably was the lowest-rated prime-time sports event ever, as preliminary ratings for the NBC broadcast fell 9.5 percent from the previous week.

The game was watched by 1.9 percent of homes in the top 49 U.S. media markets, Nielsen Media Research said. Of homes with televisions turned on, 3 percent tuned in to NBC's telecast.

When national ratings are released Tuesday, they likely won't surpass the 1.6 percent who watched the Las Vegas-Birmingham game March17.

Late Saturday

ORLANDO 29, BIRMINGHAM 24: Derrick Clark scored on a 1-yard touchdown run with 26 seconds left for the visiting Rage. The Thunderbolts (2-7) became the first team eliminated from playoff contention.

A Birmingham pass interference penalty and two personal foul penalties set up the winning touchdown.

Orlando started its final drive on the Birmingham 44 and threw two incomplete passes before the Thunderbolts' Chris Shelling was flagged for the pass interference and a personal foul, which put Orlando (8-1) on the 7-yard line.

The second personal foul came with 32 seconds left on an Orlando field-goal attempt.

CHICAGO 23, N.Y./N.J. 18: Kevin McDougal returned from a neck injury and threw a 19-yard touchdown to Willy Tate with 1:41 left for the visiting Enforcers.

McDougal also threw touchdowns of 9 and 16 yards to Luke Leverson and linebacker Jamie Beasley preserved the Enforcers' fourth win in five games by intercepting a pass at the goal line with two seconds to play.

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BEARS: In spite of Chicago's tradition, in the last several years the franchise has earned the dubious honor of being among the teams that some players told their agents they did not want to consider in free agency.

That has changed a bit.

Jacksonville linebacker Kevin Hardy, the second pick overall in the 1997 draft and a Butkus Award winner at Illinois, has let it be known that he would like to be traded to the Bears, the Chicago Tribune reported.

He has refused to restructure the final contract year from $4.6-million and the Jaguars initially were willing to take as little as a third-round pick for Hardy, whose 101/2 sacks in 1999 earned him All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors.

BILETNIKOFF TRIAL: The trial in San Jose for the man accused of killing the daughter of Fred Biletnikoff might have to start over. Lawyers for Mohammed Haroon Ali asked for a mistrial three times in four days.

The chief deputy district attorney also was admonished for telling jurors that Ali has a prior conviction for kidnapping a former girlfriend at knifepoint.

Ali has admitted strangling 20-year-old Tracey Biletnikoff two years ago. His lawyers are seeking manslaughter, with a maximum prison sentence of 22 years.

Fred Biletnikoff, a Hall of Famer, is the Raiders receivers coach.

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