Web Site Archive: The Film Years
Jordan's Jordans
In his final season as a Chicago Bull, Michael Jordan pauses before in-bounding the ball in a game against the Los Angeles Clippers. Jordan scored 49 points in the game that was finally won in double-overtime.
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Michael Jordan
Chicago Bull Michael Jordan used his talents in many different ways on the court. Against the Golden State Warriors during the 1998 season, Jordan stood alone at the opposite end of the court while a teammate shot free throws in the closing seconds of a tied game. All eyes were on him, while his team won the game by 1 point.
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Off Balance
Veteran Utah Jazz guard John Stockton strains to maintain his balance after getting fouled in a recent NBA game against the Miami Heat. The Jazz lost 87-80 for their first defeat of the season.
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DeShawn Stevenson
Utah Jazz rookie DeShawn Stevenson shoots a reverse lay-up during a recent NBA game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The 19-year-old Stevenson has much to prove to his new found hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Trademark Sosa
Sammy Sosa jumps in the air as his homerun ball soars into the stands after hitting his 63rd homerun of the 1998 season. This grand slam, with 2 out in the 8th inning not only beat the Padres but tied him with Mark McGwire , for a day, with one more homerun than the previous record set by Roger Maris 37 years prior.
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Tony Gwynn
Considered to be the best hitter since Ted Williams, San Diego Padre Tony Gwynn connects for a base hit, during the 1999 season, on his way to 3,000 hits in a career. Gwynn became the 22nd player to reach the hitting milestone in a career that year.
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Opening Day
On Opening Day of the 1998 San Diego Padres' season manager Bruce Bochy discusses the ground rules, with the National League umpire crew, of Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. The Padres went on to play in the World Series that year loosing to the New York Yankees.
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Junior Seau's First Reception
In an attempt to bring more of a threat to the San Diego Charger's offense, linebacker Junior Seau scores his first touchdown reception during the pre-season of their 1999 season. The Chargers finished 8-8, failing to reach the play-offs.
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Sosa's 63rd Homerun
Chicago Cub Sammy Sosa connects on his 63rd homerun of the 1998 season in San Diego. This 1/2 second timed exposure shows his swing as he beats the Padres with a bases loaded, two outs in the 8th inning, game winning homerun.
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Tiger
Trying to block out the many distractions around him on the 10th green of the La Costa resort in Carlsbad, Calif., Tiger Woods lines up a putt. Woods strained to keep concentration, while being followed by the largest galleries in PGA history, his rookie season.
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International Curling
Test events for venues built for the up-coming Winter Olympics in Salt Lake included the Junior World Championships in March of 2001. Here Canada's "skip" Brad Gershue directs teammates after delivering the stone in the gold medal round. Canada beat Denmark 7-6.
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Record Breaker
Utah Jazz 16-year veteran forward Karl Malone shoots and scores the 31,420th point of his career, surpassing the great Wilt Chamberlain for second place all-time on the NBA scoring list on December 5, 2000.
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Game Winning Touchdown ?
Colorado State's Pete Rebstock appears to be be down before sliding across the goal line to score the game winning TD on a 40-yard pass late in the fourth quarter of the game, beating the University of Utah 24-17.
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Kobe Bryant
Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant reflects while on the bench in the closing seconds of Game 2 of the 2000 Western Conference Finals in Staples Arena. The Portland Trailblazers beat the Lakers 106-77, holding Bryant to 12 points, including 7 free throws, and 2 rebounds. The Lakers went on to beat the Blazers in 7 games to face the Pacers in the NBA Finals.
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Utah's Steve Smith
University of Utah's Steve Smith slips a tackle returning a kick-off during a recent game against Washington St. in Utah.
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Dunk You Very Much
Portland Trailblazer Arvydas Sabonis dunks the ball over Utah Jazz Greg Ostertag during the first half of their recent NBA game in Salt Lake City.
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Pro Mountain Biker
Deer Valley ski resort is the host to many summer sporting events, including this race down the front face of the mountain. The course included narrow tracks through trees, catwalk drop-offs, and a full speed downhill jump that landed the riders underneath a road overpass.
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Holiday Bowl
University of Arizona cornerback Chris McAlister leaps in front of Nebraska's Shevin Wiggins to make his second interception of the game and kill a final Nebraska drive in the fourth quarter of Arizona's 23 - 20 Holiday Bowl victory on Dec. 30, 1998.
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Olympic Ski Jump
USST Ski Jump specialist Rhys Hecox soars over the Olympic logo and rings that make up part of the plastic, warm weather surface of the 120 meter ski jump ramp at the new Utah Sports Park built for the 2002 Winter Games in Park City, Utah. This jump was part of the first international competition held at the new venue in September of 2000.
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Flying Bears
The Utah Jazz team mascot "Bear" performs at the Delta Center during a timeout late in the fourth quarter of recent NBA game.
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X-Games in San Diego
San Diego was honored as host to the ESPN X-Games for two years. Sports as varied as snow board jumping to rock climbing were showcased. Here 15 years old Hunter Brown of Winter Park, Florida flies through the air during a preliminary round of the Men's Wakeboarding competition.
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Journalism Archive of Published Images
Presidential Exit
After a visit to the Martin Luther King Library in southeast San Diego, President Clinton boards Marine Corp One.
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Aerial Maintenance
A US Coast Guard helicopter hovers while replacing a channel marker tower at the end on a jetty near Ocean Beach in San Diego. The original tower was destroyed by waves during winter storms in 1998.
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Bryce Canyon, Ut
While on assignment for the USA Today reporting on noise-pollution in National Parks this sunrise was captured. The estimated 40 - 50 cameras that were also present recording this scene, the assorted foreign languages being spoken, and general clamber at 6:45 a.m. produced a measurable level of audio intrusion.
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Governor Mike Leavitt
Utah Governor Michael Leavitt enjoys the royal treatment leading the start of Pioneer Day's Annual Parade July 24, 2000 in downtown Salt Lake City. The holiday is a celebration the Mormon church started to commemorate the arrival of the Mormon Settlers to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847.
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Heaven's Gate II
San Diego County Medical Examiner workers carry the body of Wayne Cooke down stairs to a waiting van after the former Heaven's Gate member committed suicide May 6, 1997in an Encinitas, California motel room.
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Ditch Cave-in
Eleuterio Gilbert, a construction worker repairing sewage lines in Ocean Beach, California, is removed by rescue personnel after being trapped for 2 hours, 10' down a trench that had collapsed on top of him Oct. 24, 2000.
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Wrong Turn
Failing to turn at the bottom of Hill St. in Point Loma, California this woman escaped with only whiplash.
Mormon Temple
Settled by the Mormon religion in 1847, Utah's Salt Lake Valley has been the world wide head quarters for the church ever since. As a symbol of the religions faith in their God elaborate temples are constructed as centerpieces of most major Mormon communities.
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Chin Yung
Illegal immigration concerns for California come from more than just the international border with Mexico. Smuggling operations from China bring immigrants to North America by way of cargo ships. This vessel, the Chin Yung, was detained about 50 miles off the coast of San Diego. It contained 140 Chinese nationals seeking entrance to the United States.
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Dying Sea
Federal biologist Ken Sturm walks along the edge of Mullet Island in the Salton Sea near Calipatria, California. The island was the habitat of a colony of an estimated 1,700 double crested cormorants that were decimated by an outbreak of avian botulism. The botulism is believed to have been introduced into the birds' systems from their diet. An estimated 60,000 tilapia fish, a staple of the cormorant's diet, also died from the outbreak.
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Salt Lake City, Utah
Perched at the north end of a valley that stretches 22 miles to the south, downtown Salt Lake City and the Utah State Capital building are nestled into a mountain-surrounded corner that provides picturesque views from their slightly elevated vantage point. State Street runs the length of the valley dividing it into east / west coordinates.
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Vermillion's Castle
The uniqueness of the geography of southern Utah provide spectacular venues of eroding mountain ridges. The red coloring of the rocks is due to iron deposits found in the terrain. In some regions the rocks are purple from Magnesium and white from pure lime stone.