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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1997
Page
7
Desmond Howard returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown and finished with 244 return yards, becoming the first special teams player to earn Super Bowl MVP honors.
Steve Jones fired a final-round 67 to finish 26 under par and capture the Phoenix Open by 11 strokes over Jesper Parnevik. The dominant performance marks a commanding victory in a high profile golf tournament.
Floyd captures eight skins and $210,000 in the Senior Skins event at Kohala Coast Hawaii boosting his total earnings to $210,000 with multiple big-money skins. Nicklaus adds $150,000 to reach $170,000 while Irwin posts five skins for $160,000 in the field. Trevino, subbing for Palmer, earns no prize. Also, a Clearwater softball event called the Pre TNT Shootout is set for Friday and Saturday at Harrison-Cover Park with upper and lower divisions and home run rules. For details, call Steve Busbee or Earl Proctor.
Ridge Spring-Monetta Little Peach League will register boys and girls ages 5 to 14 for T ball softball and Pony League at Ridge Spring Town Hall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For details call Dean Derrick at 685-2026.
At 7 pm Nova Carolina visits Virginia and Villanova plays Georgetown at 7 30 pm South ESPN with 9 30 pm Middle Tennessee State at Oklahoma. A late 12 am Tulsa State versus Utah basketball game appears on ESPN.
Decision time nears for three area high school football recruits as Jason Cox of Strom Thurmond announces today between South Carolina and Arkansas. TJ Watkins of North Augusta weighs South Carolina Clemson or Georgia with in-home and on-site visits planned. Jamal Reynolds of Aiken weighs LSU visit after visits to Alabama Florida Florida State and Clemson amid prior commitments from Neely Page to Clemson and Mike Abrams to Virginia.
New England Patriots lost 35 21 to the Green Bay Packers as Bill Parcells failed to win a Super Bowl with a second different team and faced questions about his future with rumors he may leave for the New York Jets. Desmond Howard's 99 yard kickoff return amplified the setback. Parcells praised his players but offered no definite plan for returning next season amid lingering tensions with owner Bob Kraft. Drew Bledsoe, previously at odds with Parcells, said his goodbye before the game as Parcells entered the final stretch of his five year contract.
New Orleans witnessed Green Bay triumph 35-21 over the New England Patriots, reclaiming Titletown status with Desmond Howard earning MVP honors after a career-defining 99-yard kickoff return. Brett Favre connected for a 54-yard TD to Andre Rison and an 81-yard strike to Antonio Freeman, sealing the Packers’ first NFL title in 29 years.
Clemson suffered its 43rd trip to Chapel Hill with a 61 to 48 loss as North Carolina, ranked second, used stifling defense and late surge to end Clemson’s success streak in a game marred by Tigers fans chanting overrated after the defeat.
Clemson tumbled to seventh as Wake Forest and North Carolina victories helped reshuffle the top 10. South Carolina rose into the Top 25 for the first time since 1991 92, riding an eight game win streak and unbeaten SEC record.
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