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mm ON THE TUBE National Basketball Association Seattle vs. Houston, TNT (27), 4 p.m. In just her first season as a Duck, Karis Howell has been Oregon’s most consistent javelin thrower By Ben Kwasney Sports Reporter Oregon freshman javelin thrower Karis How ell’s clutch performance in the last two weeks of her high school track and field career was cru cial to her competing at a Division I school. Still, Oregon never contacted Howell. So Howell placed a phone call to Oregon throwing coach Sally Harmon telling her she wanted to throw for the Ducks. After learning of Howell’s 146-3 throw at the 3A Washington State track meet, Harmon wasn’t completely sold. “I wasn’t really jumping out of my seat to hear that a javelin thrower was throwing 146,” Har mon said. “I thought she’s going to be another work-along kid.” Washington and Texas A&M made offers to Howell as a heptathlete, but none were as ap pealing as the chance to throw for Oregon. Once Howell got a chance at Oregon, the Van couver, Wash, native continued setting personal bests, with the most recent being a 162-7 at the All-Comers meet two weeks ago. Howell’s improvement has come as a surprise to the coach, who said the freshman’s mechanics still need improvement. “Mechanically she’s just not doing what a good technician should be. The saving grace that has propelled the javelin this far is her aggres siveness down the runway,” Harmon said. “She's just an animal when it comes to throw ing.” Howell admits her technique needs improve ment, but there are other factors that have helped herthrow 162-7. “I was excited to be out there and throwing, and I knew maybe my technique wasn’t going to be the best, but I knew that there was enough heart and desire in me to get that javelin to PR,” she said. When Howell throws for a personal record it is truly personal. “I don’t go out and throw for you; I go out and throw for me,” she said. “When I get out on that runway, it’s for me, and I’m throwing because I want to throw.” Being only a freshman, Howell has reason to set her sights high for the future. Turn to HOWELL, Page 8 MARK McTYRE'EmeralcJ “I think she’s fully capable of being on of the nation’s best throwers. She’s got all the tools, and she’s got the right attitude. Sally Harmon UO throwing coach Freshman Karis Howell has the Ducks’ second best javelin throw of the year with at 162-7. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS NBA PLAYOFFS Miami.76 LA Lakers.late New York.89 Utah.game Blazers expected to name new coach this week PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Trail Blazers are expected to name their new coach this week, and all signs indicate Mike Duoleavy will get the job. Dunleavy had said he had been contacted by the Blazers and the Golden State Warriors, but has since withdrawn himself from consideration for the Warriors’ job. Blazers’ president Bob Whitsitt has denied he has offered the job to anyone. O’Malley on verge of selling Dodgers to Fox ■ SALE: A deal between Rupert Murdoch and the Dodgers could be announced as early as next week The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers owner Peter O’Malley expects to reach a sale agreement for his team within two months, and Rupert Murdoch appears to be the likely buyer. The Los Angeles Times, quoting uniden tified NFL sources, reported Monday that a deal with Fox Sports and Murdoch was un der negotiation, a contract that could be worth $400 million for all the baseball properties O’Malley owns. A television source, speaking on the con dition he not be identified, told The Asso ciated Press the deal could be announced next week. New York Newsday reported Monday a deal between O’Malley and Fox was finalized late Saturday night after three days of “intense negotiations.” Newsday, which said the sale price would be $350 million, said the parties ex pected to put the finishing touches on the deal within the next few weeks. Any deal would be subject to the ap proval of baseball owners, which would take several months. O’Malley would still run the team during the approval process. O’Malley, whose family has controlled the Dodgers since 1950, told the Times if he had been able to build a football stadi um near Dodger Stadium, he might not have put the Dodgers up for sale. “I can’t deny that was a factor,” he said. “I must tell you I was extremely disap pointed when we were asked to shelve our ideas.” When O’Malley announced on Jan. 6 he was selling his team, he said he supported the city’s efforts to attract an NFL team even though he wasn’t part of it. His main reason for selling, he said, was estate plan ning. O'Malley said Mayor Richard Riordan first asked him to help attract an NFL fran chise in August, 1995 — shortly before LA’s first season without an NFL team since 1946. The Rams moved to St. Louis and the Raiders to Oakland before the 1995 season. O’Malley figured a new stadium next to Dodger Stadium would complement his ef forts to help. But last summer — before the feasibility study on the impact of a football stadium next to Dodger Stadium was even finished — the city council voted to build a new sta dium at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Riordan said Monday the NFL insisted the council endorse the Coliseum.
