FanFare 2/22/03

Briefly

Baseball

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig called Friday for new talks with the players' union to ban ephedra, the nutritional supplement that may have contributed to the death of Baltimore pitcher Steve Bechler. Bechler died Monday, a day after collapsing at spring training with heatstroke.

Golf

Charles Howell III finished with back-to-back birdies for a 6-under 65, giving him a one-stroke lead over Price going into the weekend in the Nissan Open.

Karrie Webb completed a round of 6-under par 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Laura Davies after the second round of the ANZ Ladies Masters.

Nine-year Champions Tour player Mike McCullough shot a 4-under-par 67 Friday to take a one-shot lead in the Verizon Classic at the TPC of Tampa Bay.

Motorsports

Dave Blaney won the first pole of his career on a cold, wet day at North Carolina Speedway. Blaney took the top spot by turning a lap in the No. 77 Ford at 154.683 mph. It was his first pole in 113 Winston Cup starts. His previous best starting spot was third, last year in Richmond, Va.

David Green won the pole for the Busch Series race at North Carolina Speedway, knocking Winston Cup rookie Jamie McMurray from the top starting spot with a late run Friday.

Tennis

Taylor Dent struggled with his first serve but still had enough on his second to beat Vladimir Voltchkov 7-6 (1), 6-2 Friday in the quarterfinals of the Kroger St. Jude tournament. Defending champion Andy Roddick advanced with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Robby Ginepri.

Area digest

Chip-A-Ways elect season officers

Waunita VanDyke was recently elected president of the Cape Chip-A-Ways women's golf club.

Other officers elected at the meeting were Liz Grimes (vice president), Mary Van Cleve (secretary), Deanna Peterman (treasurer) and Sharon Dow (public relations).

The Chip-A-Ways will begin play in April. For information on the group, contact Dow at 334-7360.

On the air

BoxingMike Tyson (49-4-0) vs. Clifford Etienne (24-1-1), 9 p.m., SHO

Golf

Malaysian Open, 8 a.m., GOLF

Nissan Open, 2 p.m., WSIL

Canadian Tour Challenge, 3 p.m., GOLF

Verizon Classic, same-day tape, 5 p.m., CNBC

ANZ Ladies Masters, 10 p.m., GOLF

College baseballSoutheast at Alabama, 5:45 p.m., KGIR-1220

College men's basketballIUPUI at Valparaiso, 11 a.m., FOX-Midwest

Georgetown at Miami, 11 a.m., ESPN

Fresno St. at Creighton, 11 a.m., ESPN2

Miami (Ohio) at Buffalo, 11 a.m., FOX-Midwest

Northwestern vs. Illinois, at Chicago or St. John's at Connecticut, 1 p.m., KFVS

Xavier at Dayton, 1 p.m., ESPN

Wis.-Milwaukee at S. Illinois, 2 p.m., ESPN2

N.C. State at Duke or Louisville at Cincinnati, 3 p.m., KFVS

Wisconsin at Iowa, 3 p.m., KFVS

Bowling Green at Ill.-Chicago, 4 p.m., ESPN2

Stanford at UCLA, 6 p.m., FOX-Midwest

Memphis at South Florida, 6 p.m., ESPN

Oregon at Washington, 6 p.m., FOX-Midwest

Southeast at Austin Peay, 7 p.m., KEZS-102.9

Missouri at Colorado, 8 p.m., ESPN, KZIM-960

Hawaii at Kent St., 8:30 p.m., ESPN2

Tulsa at Gonzaga, 11 p.m., ESPN

College women's basketballNebraska at Texas, 1 p.m., FOX-Midwest

Iowa St. at Oklahoma, 3 p.m., FOX-Midwest

Southeast at Austin Peay, 5:10 p.m., KAPE-1550,

MotorsportsBGN Rockingham 200, noon, FX

Grand Prix of St. qualifying, 12:30 p.m., SPEED

Subway 400, final practice, 2 p.m., FX

Checker Shuck's Kragen Nationals, qualifying, same-day tape, 10:30 p.m., ESPN2

NBA

Chicago at Miami, 7 p.m., WGN

Sailing

America's Cup, finals, 6 p.m., ESPN2

CHARTER CABLE SPORTS KEY --CNBC (ch. 53), ESPN (42), ESPN2 (43), Lifetime (49)Fox-Midwest (45), Fox-Central (352), Fox-Pacific (353), Fox-Sunshine (351), Fox-World (350), FX(50), Golf Channel (46), MSNBC (55), Outdoors (38), Outdoor Life Network (74), Oxygen (75), Speed Channel (44), TNT (48). Listings and times are provided by the networks and individual stations and are subject to change.

Area events

College baseballSoutheast at Alabama, 6 p.m.

College men's basketballAustin Peay at Southeast, 7:30 p.m.

College women's basketballAustin Peay at Southeast, 5:30 p.m.

College women's tennisSoutheast at Arkansas-Little Rock, 6 p.m.

High school boys' basketballOzark Christian Conference Tournament, New Salem Baptist, Marble Hill

High school girls' basketballOzark Christian Conference Tournament, New Salem Baptist, Marble Hill

High school wrestling

State Meet, Columbia