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ON THE TUBE National Basketball Association Seattle vs. Phoenix, TNT (27), 7:30p.m. _J Emerald YESTERDAY'S RESULTS NBA PLAYOFFS Chicago.96 Washington.95 LA Lakers.90 Portland.98 AMERICAN LEAGUE Milwaukee.4 Detroit.8 Oakland.11 Cleveland.9 Texas.6 Chi. White Sox.2 Baltimore.12 Minnesota.3 Anaheim.2 Boston.11 Seattle.2 NY Yankees.3 Toronto.1 Kansas City.0 NATIONAL LEAGUE Los Angeles.7 Philadelphia.5 Atlanta.12 Cincinnati.3 San Diego.2 NV Mets.6 * Chi. Cubs.5 Colorado.11 San Francisco.6 Pittsburgh.1 Houston.6 Montreal.8 Florida.2 St. Louis.6 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Albuquerque.0 Calgary.5 Tacoma.12 Salt Lake City.3 Las Vegas.6 Colorado Springs... 1 Tucson Phoenix 6 8 Pappas provisionally qualifies for NCAA meet Oregon decathlete Paul Pappas provision ally qualified for the NCM Championships by recording a personal best 7,303 points at Western Oregon Wednesday. Pappas had personal bests in three events of the day to notch his first NCAA provisional score with the Ducks. His personal bests were: 11.14 seconds in the 100-meter dash, 6-41/4 in the high jump and a 14.17 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles. OREGON SOFTBALL CHAD PATTESON/Emerald Oregon catcher Heather Holte throws to first base during the Ducks’ 5-0 loss to Oregon State in the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader. The Beavers went on to win the second aame 3-9 in einht inninos Oregon continues to struggle against OSU ■ SOFTBALL: The Beavers triumphed in two games, leaving the Ducks feeling despondent By Ryan Halvorsen Sports Reporter It was the Civil War and a war was exactly what it turned out to be as the Ducks dropped two games at home to Oregon State Wednesday at Howe Field in a Pacific-10 Conference doubleheader. Oregon State (26-25-1 overall, 3-12 Pac-10) took the first game convincingly 5-0, but Oregon (18-29 1, 3-13) went down fighting in the late game, losing 3-2 in eight innings. The second game was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth inning when Oregon struck first. Right fielder Lindsey Welch, returning after a four game absence, led off the fourth with a walk. Two batters later catcher Heather Holte doubled and ad vanced to third on an error, driving in Welch for the first run of the game. The next batter, center fielder Melisa Lemke, drove in Holte on a single, giving the Ducks the 2-0 lead. SOFTBAU The Beavers answered in the fifth, erasing Oregon’s lead by scoring two runs of their own. Oregon State’s Alycia Stevens got on base with a two-out infield single and Oregon pitcher Maegan Christie loaded the bases by walking the next two hit ters. Jodi Chmielewski took advantage with a base hit, scoring two and knotting the game at 2-2. Oregon State struck again in the seventh when Stevens scored from second on a grounder to short Turn to SOFTBALL, Page 12 Coach Larry Brown is on the road once again ■ COACH: Larry Brown quit his post as Pacers head coach and then took a plane to Philadelphia The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Larry Brown is on the road again. He quit as coach of the In diana Pacers on Wednesday and imme diately flew to Philadelphia to search for the next stop in his 25-year coaching odyssey. Expressing frustration with players he felt he no longer could teach and direct, Brown resigned with two years remaining on his con tract. His four years in In dianapolis were the longest of his five stints coaching NBA teams. This season the Pacers finished with a 39-43 record and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1989. “I’m leaving because I think it’s time to move on,” Brown said. “This year was re Pacers Turn to COACH, Page 12 Bowe, once lord of the ring, retires ■ BOXER: The former undisputed champ will become a goodwill ambassador for HBO The Associated Press NEW YORK — Riddick Bowe, boxing’s last undisputed heavyweight champion, re tired Wednesday, ending a career that at times turned bizarre, with a paraglider, a riot and an aborted stint in the Marines. Bowe will become a goodwill ambassador for HBO’s boxing community service pro gram, traveling around the country for the cable television network. “Although my time inside the ring has come to an end, it’s just the start of an excit ing and important career for me,” Bowe said in a statement released by HBO. Bowe will be remembered as the man who once dumped the WBC championship belt in a London trash can and won his last two fights against Andrew Golota on low-blow disqualifications, one of them touching off a chair-swinging riot in Madison Square Gar den. He will also be remembered for an epic three-fight series with current WBA cham pion Evander Hoiyfield in which he first won and then lost the most glamorous title in his sport. “For me, this is a very happy day,” said Rock Newman, Bowe’s longtime manager. “For Riddick it’s a very happy day to step into a new pursuit. “At the same time, he’s leaving something he’s been attached to for 16 years. He feels that. More importantly, he’s doing the right thing for himself and his family. I urged him to do this. It was a deliberate process and when he came to it, it wasn’t that hard to say it, to say‘I retire.’” Promoter Bob Arum said Bowe made the right decision. “I give him credit for not just hanging around and picking up money,” Arum said from Las Vegas. “I think he’s doing the hon orable thing.” Newman said Bowe’s career was like a streak shooter in basketball. “When Riddick was on top of his game, he was as good as anybody that ever did it,” he said. “His size, his deceptiveness, his quick ness. ... He had one of the best jabs ever and could be ranked with the best. ”
