Here we are just a couple games into the season and we have already seen that the Jazz aren't ready to play defense or even if they can. It is going to be a long season if they don't get the defense turned around. Already early in the season Boozer and D-will have looked great.
Wayne Estes was already Utah State's career-scoring leader when he took the court this Monday evening against the University of Denver. The 6-6 senior forward was in the midst of an All-American season, averaging 33.7 points per game. Only Barry (37.1) was ahead of Estes, who was also averaging 13.7 rebounds a game.
Andreasen, KVNU's play-by-play announcer, was grateful for the distraction that tonight's home game at Nelson Fieldhouse would provide. Earlier in the day, he had attended the funeral of his father-in-law.
Elsewhere in the stands sat Eleanor Olson, the sports editor of Utah State's yearbook, The Buzzer. Estes' most unabashed fan among the Aggie coeds -- at least among those who were not also pursuing him -- Olson had begun keeping score at Aggie games as a freshman to track his exploits.
Some 350 miles north in Butte, Mont., Judy Morstein was relieved to be listening to the game indoors. Ordinarily Morstein, who had befriended Estes the previous summer, would drive her red Datsun convertible up the "M" mountain ("Here, we'd just call it a hill," she says) and listen to the games on KVNU in the sub-freezing temperatures. On this evening some friends who lived nearby let her listen in their home.
Twenty-five miles northwest of Butte, in Anaconda, the Estes family -- Wayne's parents Joe and Helen as well as Wayne's 10-year-old brother, Ron -- had no radio reception. They would wait for Wayne's post-game phone call.
Apparently Matt White has made quite a nice investment when he bought a rock quarry. His aunt needed money so he gave her $50,000 dollars that she needed for a nursing home. Maybe he should buy the Cubs they are up for sale. He would of course have to out-bid Mark Cuban.VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Matt White, a journeyman pitcher trying to make the Los Angeles Dodgers, could become baseball's first billionaire player.
It has nothing to do with his arm. He owns a rock quarry in western Massachusetts.
White, who has appeared in seven big league games in nine professional seasons, paid $50,000 three years ago to buy 50 acres of land from an elderly aunt who needed the money to pay for a nursing home.
While clearing out a couple acres to build a home, he discovered stone ledges in the ground, prompting him to have the property surveyed.
A geologist estimated there were 24 million tons of the stone on his land. The stone is being sold for upward of $100 per ton, meaning there's well over $2 billion worth of material used for sidewalks, patios and the like.
Of course, that doesn't factor in the expenses involved in processing the stone and transporting it for sale.
"It sounds bogus even saying those numbers," White said. "I'm just a small town guy trying to get to the big leagues. It's beyond comprehension."
The news has prompted some of White's teammates to refer to him as "The Billionaire," but the 29-year-old left-hander isn't counting his money just yet.
"There are a lot of questions," he said. "It takes time, it takes money, it takes machines. There are professionals who handle that stuff."
White's father has been involved in selling the stone, but it's presently a small-time operation.
"I guess you could say the property is for sale," White said with a chuckle. "We'll have to see how things turn out. I don't even know where to start. I'm in the process now of getting in touch with business-savvy guys, finding out how much to ask."
