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Hoops tourney aims to help Parkinson’s ■The Sports Marketing Center hosts the annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament By Jeff Smith Oregon Daily Emerald For the numerous men and women teams competing Sunday at McArthur Court, the goal will be simple: to play hard and win. For the organizers of the Warsaw 3 on-3 Classic, however, the goal will be heartfelt: to raise money for re search on Parkinson’s disease, a brain disorder that James Warsaw has. Warsaw, the founder of the ac claimed Oregon Warsaw Sports Marketing Center, was diagnosed with the condition in 1993 and, for the past four years, has worked in Washington, D.C., where he contin ues to fight for a cure to his disease. The tournament, which goes by the name of “The James H. Warsaw 3-on-3 Classic: Shooting Out Parkinson’s Disease,” is in its fourth year and is entirely student-run. “We all owe Jim a debt of grati tude for the work he’s done with the Warsaw program and we put on this event as a way to say thank you to him,” said Gerald Tsui, who is on the Warsaw 3-on-3 committee. The Classic will begin at 8 a.m. Sunday with the check-in at Mac Court, and is open to anybody 15 years of age or older. People have un til Friday to register and the cost of each three or four person team is $40. A new addition to this year’s Clas sic is that there will be a women’s di vision as well as a men’s. “I’m really excited for the women’s section and took this posi tion because I knew there was a market out there to tap into,” said Kiza Brunner, the director of the Classic’s Women’s Division. Brunner, a former Sheldon High basketball star and Brown track and field athlete at the collegiate level, has returned to Eugene after 10 years away. In the time she was away, she has seen the popularity of women’s basketball increase dramatically. “It might take a little while to get where we want it to be, but when we build relationships with high schools and get the word out, I expect the women’s division to get better and better each year,” Brunner said. Last season, with only a men’s di vision, 64 teams (256 players) com peted and helped raise $16,500 for the National Parkinson’s Founda tion. This year, the goals are to at tract 90 teams and up the monetary total to $20,000. Each team will be guaranteed three games, with the winners ad vancing on through the brackets. For the men’s division, the winners will get the opportunity to go head to-head with the “UO Basketball All-Stars.” Last year, the Classic brought in A.D. Smith, Darius Wright and Alex Scales. This year, the three-man Duck crew will con sist of seniors Julius Hicks, Flo Hartenstein and David Jackson. “We accept all skill levels, and just want people to go out there and have bin,” Tsui said. “Because how many chances are you going to get to play in Mac Court?” An added attraction to the Clas sic will be the EA Sports Playstation 2 booth, which will allow partici pants to play video games in their down-time between games. EA Sports, which is in its first year of sponsorship for the event, will also be involved in the raffle prizes that will be given out. “EA Sports is excited about reaching out to our target market and giving students an opportunity to fool around with the games a bit and have a good time,” said junior Scott McNevin, campus representa tive of E A Sports. When all is said and done, how ever, the heart and soul of the Clas sic belongs to Warsaw and his in spiring struggle with a disease that has no cure, and affects about 1.5 million people in the United States. “As always, we want to create awareness for Parkinson’s and for Warsaw, who has battled it coura geously for years,” Tsui said. “He’s lobbied in D.C. and spoke in front of Congress on the issue and is very pas sionate about it. Usually, when you see people that are sick, you think they’re a victim, but not Jim. The dis ease has taken a toll on him, but he continues to be a role model. ” The event was started in 1998 by M.B.A. students in the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center to honor Warsaw. It as shown no signs of slowing down as it continues to ex pand and attract people in Eugene and its surrounding communities. “To me, this is an expression of what higher education is all about,” Warsaw told the Emerald last spring. “Words alone cannot ex press how grateful and honored I am to see the tournament every year. It’s so heartwarming.” Registration for this Sunday’s tour nament can be done online at www.warsawcenter.com or by visit ing the registration booth at the stu dent recreation center from 2 to 8 p.m. today through Friday. Bond hits 500th homer SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds became the 17th major lea guer to hit 500 home runs with a drive into San Francisco Bay on Tuesday night, After Bonds hit No. 499 on Sunday against Milwaukee, the San Francis co Giants returned home to Pacific Bell Park to face the archrival Los An geles Dodgers. With the Giants down 2-1, Bonds hit a two-run homer off Terry Adams in the eighth inning. The ball splashed into McCovey Cove beyond the right-field fence. Bonds rounded the bases and jumped with both feet on home plate before embracing his father, former major leaguer Bobby Bonds. The left-field fence opened up and former Giants Willie Mays and McCovey — also members of the 500 club — were whisked by a golf cart to a ceremony at home plate. “First of all, I’d like to thank my par ents for having me,” Bonds Said. Mays, Bonds’ godfather, hit 660 homers, third on the career list behind Hank Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714). McCovey is 11th with 521. Those in the outfield bleachers and along the top of the right-field wall would rise in anticipation of each Bonds’ appearance. The walkway outside the wall — edging McCovey Cove — was packed with fans hop ing to snag No. 500. The cove was filled with boats, and even a man in a wetsuit floating on a surfboard. Bonds struck out in his first at bat. 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