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Emerald ss mm MONDAY Juna 10. 1996 The Weasel, Friedman and the end I Had a big final column in I he work* weeks ago I was going to writ# •otn* funny little inn - dotes, thank everybody that helped me along the way and leave on a good note all •t the same time. But as Dave Charbonneau. one of my predecessor*, said in hi* final Ememld column [ODE, May 31, '94|: “l ilon't Itave the energy nor the will to come up with some cute anecdote to fill 18 to 21 inches of copy ,” Amen, I don't have one particular sentiment to wrap up my Emerald reporting experience —■ I ran out of opinion column ideas tong ago but have forced myself to sit down and do my duty anv way. So, with out further *»«<>, here are a lew things that need to h*» said before I wrap up my Emerald spirts reputing c«»!t The Weasel In my last column. I lidggnd on the tContinental Basketball Association, say ing it was full of has-beens, wannabes and a handful of NBA hopefuls Weil. 1 got tailed on that statement, and by an Emer ald "celebrity" nonetheless Erai# Norris, author of the famed 'Weasel's World” comic strip and 10 year sub scriber to the CBA newslet ter. took exception to those comment* While I stand pat with my own perception of the league. Norm, who I now think of •* an on-call CJJA consultant, was nice enough to write me an insightful let ter and tel! me that 1 poten tially offended the board* of QUA fan* out there I didn't even know that this select group existed, but Norris made me aware of my insensitivity and chastised me for It. Well Weasel, for that and all of your funny Steve Friedman portrayals, thank you. Speakipg of Friedman ... For all the bad things that have been said (and even writtenl about the infamous Steve "Freedman" Fried man. I will miss the guy Never will there be anoth er sports gntmalist that piss es coaches off. consumes pi/ia at basketball games Mon- leaving early, and generally makes me laugh the way Friedman did. Whether it was hi* send ing the scores a rolling at Turn to KEARNEY, Page 13 Remembering the Ducks: TRACK AND FIELD ♦ ** MM LMMIMmM S*«k>r Hay Livingston warn atop tha acotaboatt) going koto tha last dacathlon avant at ttra NCAA Track and Ftafe) Championships at Hayward Fatd Though a lag injury took tha titta from him Livingston ctma back from a midaaaaon back injury to oatabiiah htmaatf aa ona of tha pramiar daeathiata* in tha country Ducks ready for first year ■ SOCCER: Oregon signed seven recruits fmaiifeed ils schedule and hired an assistant coach By Ryan Frank Reman * spent Agpprtw Bill Stvitn h«« town tatty Since Iwtng hired io coach the new women » mccm program in midFebru •nr, ht* hat signed «*v»n player* to national Mine* of Intent. hammered mil a final schedule tor the program's first mm •on amt asipured an assistant roach Throw Oregonian*. full of (mmI season honor*, highlight the ihnk* itcruiii Midfielder firtn Andaman. of Tigard High St;hoot. head* the lit! of home-grown prmptKU. Anderson w«t a flint twain all state pick in tVOS and a member of rwo slate chain pinnthip teams Forward Kathryn DtParhl and mid fielder/defender jjiura Farrit were alto ttgnwil owl of Oregon DePurter wo a throe Ilnur all-Metro league pit k at Glencoe High School, a* well at loam captain and MVP in l HRS Farrit, id Sheldon High School, wo an honorable mention all dale pick and her Imam * MVP in IftiiS Goalie Amanda Pa* ot Orange. Calif,, center midfielder Elyce Kirch net of San Francieco and forward Megan Hot* of Tacoma, Wash,. round out the Duck** recruit* Fut. of Mater Dei High School ha* ewperiwme tn the Olympic Development Program (OOP) and w«* on the California South Slate twain twice Kin hnwr, of Si ignatiu* High School, •pent five year* with the CHIP, inc luding time cm the regional team in 1‘i’pj Hus* was a two-time ail league (election at Curtis High "We are concerned with the pe<oph we signed and developing good twain chem istry,** Sleffwit Mild "I foil good alxnit th» kind of people and plavert we signed " Steffen and hit nww recruit* will open their l«M *««»»«« a! home again*! UC* ifvi«w on Sept .1 Nine of ihw Ducks’ IB games will lie played on the itiierinural field between Turn to SOCCER. Pane tfl Bulls dominate in Seattle, go up 3-0 ■ FINALS Michael Jordan scored 36 points m Game 3 of the NBA Fmais SEATTLE (API — All that remain* it the for mality of Came 4 The NBA Final* are more or !«** ov«nr Michael Jordan and the Chicago Wuii% »r- in rolled the Seattle Super Sonic* on So , putting on a* mighty a performance tv they ve given all postseason They led by 22 before the firm quarter wa* over, got 15 loiivet utive points from Jordan in the »«>. ond. withstood a Seattle run in the third and cruised through the fourth fur a UMMMI victory and a 3 0 lead in the series "In the firm Italf we basically took the crowd out of tite game." Jordan said. We pretty much want ml to control thing*, and that * what we did " No team ha* ever come back from a 3*0 deficit in any playoff round, and the Sonic* don't look like much of a candidate to he the first — especially after what ih<\ mv» in Cano- .1. The Bulls quieted Key Arena right from the start, kept their load in double digit* for the final 42 1/2 minute* and walked off the court looking as proud *» the champion* they »e*uu certain to become "When we get on the road," Ionian said, * we ht-come a tittle mure focused '* Umr 4 it Wednesday night. and a victory try the Butt* would give them a sweep of the aeries and the be»t potu vwton record In playoff hu'orv IS . The current record it ti l by the Phil* .. . phia ?fter» in 19*3 It w<»» the ninth victory in a raw for Chicago, tying the 19*2 Lu* Angeles Utter* fur the second nuat conacM uttve win* in a tingle pcwlseason The record i* 11. which the Bull* won t he able to match, hut it * about the only great thing that can’t be tani about tliem Iordan led Chicago with Mi points, but Longley had 19 and Toni K it lux 14 Chicago, which had Stragefodl from the field in the first two game*, fin ithed at 50 percent from the field and forced 21 turnover* from a thoroughly overmatches} .Seattle team After a pair of mediocre yet effective perfor muni «* at home in the firm* two game*, the Bull* seemed determined to make them solve* click a* Turn to FINALS. Page 12 Home run lifts LSU over Miami ■ BASEBALL Moms h.t the first lille-wtnning homer in College World Series history OMAHA. Neb (AP) — A dreary Mason had a dream ending for LSU*t Warren Morris Kvtirv jx.o <•; -i loams about hilling the World Series' winning homer, (he way Hill Maxerotki and low Carrier owe did Now Morris who missed most of she season with a broken right hand and had not hit a homer all year, knows how it lewis. Down to its Iasi out in the bottom of the ninth inning. Turn to BASEBALL Pago 13
