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Sbortin ’a few thoughts
Summer seems rather close on
the calendar, but it feels so
far away. I look outside and
see rain. I go home and am suck
ered into doing homework. I go to
class and I keep having to take
those damn tests.
It’s enough to make a mind
wander off deep into the horizon.
And more often than not, when
my mind wanders, it roams di
rectly into the wacky world of
sports.
On that note, here are a few of
the topics I’ve been thinking
about of late...
First and foremost, let’s talk
about these NBA Playoffs. Do we
really need to play these Western
Conference Semifinals? It’s rather
ridiculous, really. The Blazers
don’t even look like they’re trying,
but I guess these days when you
play the Utah Jazz you don’t have
to be that good.
“Blazermaniacs” aren’t even
that into the series. As I sat in the
third level of the Rose Garden for
Sunday’s Game 1,1 was shocked
to hear the “Beat LA” chant al
ready. The chant grew much
louder in Game 2. Calm down
Blazer fans, the Lakers will be
here soon enough.
One last take on the Jazz, who
disgraced themselves by falling
l on their faces in the first two
games of the series. Utah is
nowhere near good lately, but
how bad must the Sonics have
been to lose to these ol’ fogies?
The Pacers seem to have awak
en from their playoff slumber af
ter almost embarrassing them
selves against the Bucks. But
Larry Bird still looks asleep roam
ing the sidelines. I think he’s
counting down the days until
summer just like the rest of us.
It’s kind of depressing to watch
the Heat and Knicks try to score.
Let’s just get them all in the ring
and have them duke it out to see
who advances. My money would
be on ‘Zo.
I went to a Blazers rally on Fri
day afternoon with some of my
fellow sportswriters. (Even the
Emerald’s Kobe-lovin’ Laker fan
was present.) It was hyped as a
team get-together in Pioneer Cour
t h o u s e
Square in
downtown
Portland.
But there
weren’t any
actual mem
bers of the
team pres
ent. We did
n’t take a
lunch break
from our
day to see
media mem
bers Brian
Wheeler, Mike Rice and Pete
Pranica get all riled up.
I was reminded the other day of
former NBA great Willis Reed
limping onto the floor in Game 7
of the NBA Finals. His gutsy per
formance helped his Knicks
knock off the Lakers on May 8,
1970. But then I thought about
that date. May 8?? Man, David
Stem barely ended the first round
of the playoffs by May 8.
One last thought on the NBA
Playoffs: Enough of Bill Walton
behind the mike. Walton, thanks
for bringing the championship to
Portland in 1977, but your act is
wearing thin.
Do you notice how Walton al
ways uses three long adjectives to
describe a play or a player? Bill, I
feel you’re announcing is lacklus
ter, monotonous and tiresome.
Last year on May 15, the Boston
Red Sox unveiled plans for the
“New Fenway Park.” It led people
to believe that the current Fenway
was near extinction. Wrong. They
even have yet to break ground on
the park, and the financing and
location are problems far from be
ing remedied. So there’s no need
to hurry over to Boston to say
goodbye to the Green Monster.
Dan Shaughnessy, award-win
ning columnist and author of
“Fenway: A Biography in Words
and Pictures,” summed it up best:
“We’ll probably all be dead by the
time the Red Sox complete the al
leged New Fenway Project.”
I was searching on-line and
found pro golfer’s David Duval’s
replica sunglasses for “as low as”
$120. Wow. If $120 was low for a
round of golf, I’d be rich.
NBC Sports President Dick
Ebersol has already flown to Syd
ney, Australia, 15 times in the
past 18 months in preparation for
the Olympics. My only advice to
Mr. Ebersol is show more real live
action and less mushy-mushy fea
tures. Too late though. By the time
the Opening Ceremonies start on
Sept. 15, NBC plans on having
100 athlete profiles complete,
with more to come. Grab that
Kleenex..'.
That was some pitching match
up last night between the two best
pitchers money can buy: Randy
Johnson and Kevin Brown. (I may
be writing this before the game
starts, but I guarantee it was a duel
worth watching...)
And my final thought of the
day comes from New Orleans
Saints running back Ricky
Williams. Marijuana parapherna
lia was found in Williams’s house
when police came to help an un
conscious “friend of a friend.”
Ricky, this is not the way to regain
your Heisman Trophy form. What
a dope...
Now, get back to your school
work!
Jeff Smith is a^sports reporter. His views
do not necessarily represent those of the
Emerald. He can be reached via e-mail at
Smittside@aol.com.
Tennis
continued from page 13A
record is 17-16, went on to win
his next six singles matches and
his next four doubles matches
with Carter.
“’Memo has helped me out a
lot.” Eisinga said of the nick
named Carter. “He’s a leader. He
has a lot of experience beftig a
senior. In doubles, he tells me
what to do in the important mo
ment. It really helps.”
According to Russell, Carter
“has had a big influence on him.
For Leslie to be out there on the
court with Memo has really
helped him out. Without a doubt,
he’s helped him off the court
too.”
The Stanford upset was just
the beginning for Eisinga and
Carter, Oregon’s No. 1 doubles
team. Despite playing nine dou
bles teams ranked in the top-50,
the team has compiled an 18-9
record, good enough for second
in the Oregon single-season
record book.
On April 28, Eisinga and Carter
went on an incredible run at the
Pac-10 championships, winning
their first three matches. Then
ranked No. 34, the doubles team
upset UCLA’s No. 46 Jean-Julien
Rojer and Jean Noel Grinda and
Arizona State’s No. 41 Ed Carter
and Alex Osterrieth to leap into
the semifinals. The next day,
Eisinga and Carter eliminated an
other Cinderella doubles team,
Southern California’s Parker
Collins and Andrew Park to be
come the first-ever finalist from
Turn to Tomb, page 16A
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After a solid freshman yw; fiamja «* he an integral pvt of OrefM’s
Catharine Kendall Emerald