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Taking ownership: Lorias in

We deserve some answers, Mr. Owner
The answers that most matter the ones that shape the Marlins baseball future, and hint at whether they even have one of those were nowhere to be heard on Tuesday. Three days before spring training unfurls (whats the rush?), the team picked up a new owner, president, general manager and field manager all in one fell swoop. And the new regime inherits a rising team with a pitching staff of exciting young arms. At last, then, everything seems in place now except the following: A new stadium.
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Sale of Marlins gets approval finally

BY MIKE PHILLIPS
mphillips@herald.com

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REACTION
Marlins players respond to the sale of the team, 10D

GREG COTE
COMMENTARY

PAUL CHIASSON/AP

PLEASE SEE COTE, 11D

MAN IN CHARGE: Jeff Torborg will switch into a new uniform as he takes over as Marlins manager.

Jeffrey Loria talked about having a championship team, about building ties between the Marlins and their fans about bringing pride to one of baseballs most humbled teams. On the day baseball approved his buying of the team, Loria talked about the future of a franchise that has a bizarre past, a team with a history that includes being the youngest franchise to win a World Series, a total dismantling and three owner356.600

QUESTIONS?
A Q&A after new owner Jeffrey Lorias purchase of the Marlins, 11D

PLEASE SEE MARLINS, 10D

TODAY NBC
(Chs. 6,5)
4-5 P.M.
Biathlon

2 0 0 2 W I N T E R O LY M P I C S

D AY 6

8-11:30 P.M.
Alpine skiing, ski jumping speedskating, short track speedskating, luge

12:05-1:35 A.M.
Highlights

MSNBC
1-6 P.M.
Biathlon, womens hockey, mens curling

Dead end Street

Goebel 3rd after short program

Yagudin leads; Plushenko is 4th
BY BOB FORD
Herald Olympic Bureau

Picabo ends Olympic career with 16th-place finish in downhill

CNBC
6 P.M.MIDNIGHT
Mens hockey, mens curling Todays complete TV guide, 2D.

MEDAL COUNT

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USA

S 4 1 3 3 2

B 2 5 0 1 2

T 9 7 6 6 5

3 1 3 2 1

AUSTRIA NORWAY GERMANY RUSSIA

SALT LAKE CITY Timothy Goebel of the United States matched Alexei Yagudin in a battle of quadruple jumps Tuesday night in the short program of the Olympic mens figure skating competition. But he couldnt overtake the Russian or secondplace Takeshi Honda of Japan with the remainder of his routine. Going into Thursdays long program, Goebel, 21, is in position to grab the silver medal from Honda and maybe hope for more if both skaters ahead of him slip up. At worst, the bronze medal is his to lose. I was thrilled with my program, Goebel said. It was the
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PLEASE SEE FIGURE SKATING, 3D

DAN LE BATARD, 1A CANADIANS SEEK INVESTIGATION, 3D

Complete medal count, 5D.

INSIDE
JONNY MOSELEY

ALESSANDRO TROVATI/AP

WRONG TURN: Picabo Street finished the womens downhill in 1:41.17, more than 1 seconds slower than gold-medal winner Carole Montillet.

FITZRANDOLPH
Speed gold: Casey FitzRandolph becomes the first American since Eric Heiden to win a speedskating gold medal, 3D Perfect: The U.S. womens hockey team opens with a 10-0 rout of Germany, 4D Estonia first: Estonia wins its first Winter Olympic medals as Andrus Veerpalu takes the gold and Jaak Mae the bronze in the mens 15-kilometer classic-style crosscountry race, 5D

Popular skier is relieved to be done and to be safe

BY LINDA ROBERTSON
lrobertson@herald.com

Dinner Roll costs medal for Moseley

Mayer is 2nd in moguls
BY MICHELLE KAUFMAN
mkaufman@herald.com

SNOWBASIN, Utah Picabo Street was just as ecstatic to finish her career as she was to finish the downhill race Tuesday. With memories of her horrific crashes in the back of her mind, Street considered her 16th-place run a victory of sorts, even though she did not complete her era as the United States most recognizable and most rehabbed skier with a third Olympic medal. Im relieved to be done and to be safe, Street said. It was worth it to come back from all the injuries. My dream and goal was to make it back. Street, beloved for her all-out, 75mph style of racing and expression,

was the sentimental favorite at Snowbasin. But the surprise winner, Carole Montillet of France, overcame her own fears in the Winter Olympics most perilous event just four months after teammate Regine Cavagnoud died in a training crash. The race, delayed one day, then 2 hours 10 minutes by high winds near the top of Mt. Allen, had the feel of a going-away party for Street. Fans waved red, white and blue We love you, Picabo signs as she zoomed down the Wildflower course in her missile tuck, wearing a helmet adorned with a bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty and F-16 fighter jets. Once her last hurrah was over,
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PETER DEJONG/AP

PLEASE SEE DOWNHILL, 6D

ITS OVER: Picabo Street tries to catch her breath following her run in the womens downhill Tuesday.

PARK CITY, Utah Jonny Moseley, determined to test the boundaries of his sport, served up his innovative Dinner Roll trick in the mens Olympic moguls final on a glorious Tuesday, even though he figured it would hurt his medal chances, which it did. He would wind up in fourth place, bumped off the podium by U.S. teammate and silver-medalist Travis Mayer, a 4.0 food-science major at Cornell University. Janne Lahtela of Finland won gold, and Richard Gay of France took bronze.
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PLEASE SEE MOGULS, 4D

I N S I D E

PLAYOFF POTENTIAL The playoffs might appear a long shot for the Heat, but coach Pat Riley, right, and his players remain confident as they play host to Orlando tonight (7:30, Sunshine), 9D

PANTHERS LOSE 1-0 Nashville goalie Mike Dunham, who will be joining the U.S. Olympic team, stops 21 shots to lead the Predators to a victory over the Panthers, 12D

GATORS AVENGE LOSS Florida coach Billy Donovan, left, watches his Gators battle back from a halftime deficit for an 85-70 win over Georgia, which had earlier won at Gainesville, 7D

INDEX
NCAA BASKETBALL AUTO RACING PRO BASKETBALL BASEBALL HIGH SCHOOLS 7D 8D 9D 10-11D 15D

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