Pa>ie 8 Portland Observer Thursday. M ay 3.1879
Sports Talk
b y R o n Sykes
S p o rts E d it o r
T it le I X . th a t 1972 b ill passed by
a n d the N B A need a w h ite superstar
C o n g re s s g u a ra n te e in g e q u a l rig hts
to h elp th e m at the b o x o ffic e , not
to w o m e n ’ s ath le tic s is still creating
o n ly at th e ‘ H o u s e th a t Jack b u ilt,*
h a v o c a m o n g a th le tic
th ro u g h o u t the n a tio n .
b ut a ro u n d the league as w e ll.”
d ir e c to r s
w it h
a s u it b y a S a le m ,
O r e g o n c o u p le w h o c o n te n d
th a t
th e ir tw o d a u g h te rs , w h ile p la y in g
b a s k e tb a ll fo r the lady D u ck s , w ere
the v ic tim s o f d is c rim in a tio n .
B ir d 's a g e n t a n d t h a t 's w h y h e 's
th a t.
“ M a g ic ”
as
I
do,
th a t
T h e y charged th a t the girls tea m
a ro u n d colleg ian in the n a tio n , even
th o u g h h e ’ s o n ly a s o p h o m o re . A n d
w ere tra v e lin g by p lan e T h e U n iv e r
b elieve m e M r .
sity a rg u m e n t in this case, a n d a v a lid
c h a r is m a ,
o ne I th in k , is th a t the m en g en erate
slouch.
J o h n s o n , w ith
w ill be no
Ju d g in g solely o n b a s k e tb a ll talen t
m o re th a n a few experts w o u ld ra te
U C L A 's D a v id G re e n w o o d a n d A r
kansas’ s S id ney M o n c r ie f ahead o f
a b le to pay th eir w a y th e n , p erh a p s ,
L e v in , w h o o b v io u s ly kno w s very
little a b o u t b a s k e tb a ll believes L A
n a t io n a l w o m e n 's m o v e m e n t has
sh o u ld re-sign J a m a a l W ilk e s , w h o is
lon g fo u g h t fo r th e ir e q u ity in spo rts.
n o w a fre e a g e n t, a n d h ad ju s t a
I c o n c u r . . . w o m e n sh o u ld h ave an
super year a v e ra g in g
e q u a l o p p o rtu n ity to c o m p e te on a ll
g am e a n d re-established h im s e lf as
levels. M y b e lie f is th a t th e re sho uld
o ne o f the b etter sm all fo rw a rd s in
18.5 p o in ts a
be no d is tin c tio n betw een m en and
the g am e , b ut strang ely. L e v in , a d
w o m en on the a th le tic scene. Schools
v o c a te s t r a d in g K a re e m . “ T o get
should o ffe r o n ly b a s k e tb a ll, s w im
b ack in to the p la y -o ffs the L ak e rs
m in g . soccer, etc. a n d n ot label them
‘ •g irls ” b a s k e tb a ll o r “ b o y s ” b asket
S e a ttle , in the second h a lf fro m th e ir
b all. In essence give b o th sexes an
supposed
equal o p p o r tu n ity to m a k e the team .
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needed a d o m in a tin g c en ter, against
d o m in a t i n g
c e n te r
le a d .”
to
They
O p to m e tric E y e E x a m . A ll T y p e s C o n ta c t L e n s e s . V is a & M a s te r c h a rg e
d id n 't get it w h ic h proves th a t e ith e r:
w o u ld be n o need fo r T it le I X , a n d
a ) J a b b a r n o lo n g e r is c a p a b le o f
all w o u ld have an e q u a l chance. I f a
d o m in a tin g a g am e , o r even p a rt o f a
te m a le is fast e n o u g h to m a k e the
g am e; o r b) d o m in a tin g centers in the
tra c k team then she w o u id m a k e the
N B A a re as a n a c h ro n is tic as the tw o
team and represent the s cho ol. S im
h a n d set shot.
p le as t h a t !
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T h a t , in m y e s tim a tio n , is as fa r
fro m
th e t r u t h
as a n y j o u r n a l i s t
c o u ld p ossibly get.
R ic h a rd L e v in , w ritin g fo r the L A
H e r a ld E x a m in e r an d w h o has let it
W h a t th e L A w rite r fa ile d to m e n
tio n is th a t the L a k e rs w ith o u t J a b
be k n o w n th a t the L a k e rs w o u ld be a
b a r is a v e ry p o o r te a m
b etter team w ith o u t the best center in
J e rry
b a s k e t b a ll K a re e m
d o m in a tin g center every m in u te o f
A b d u l-J a b b a r
W est had
t o p la y
a n d th a t
says, “ I f the L a k e rs are to ever reach
e v e ry g a m e .
th e y
a w a re th a t fa tig u e does ta k e its to ll.
h a v e n ’ t d o n e in six years, th e y w ill
I f M a r v in W e b s te r th in k s the N e w
w h ic h
And
o n e s h o u ld
Y o r k press to be harsh an d cru el then
b ec o m e c le a r th a t K a re e m
he s h o u ld o n ly c o m e west to L A a n d
J a b b a r, in the w o rd s o f a te a m m a te ,
Portland Tim bers had to rally in the last half to keep their 2-0 lead of
the first half. The Timbers defeated the Edmonton Drillers w ith a 3-2
defeat last Sunday afternoon. The next Timber home gam e will be
Saturday. M ay 5th against Tulsa, at Civic Stadium , game tim e 8:00 p.m .
(Photo: Debbie M ishler)
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T h e 15th A n n u a l C e n te n n ia l In v i
boards, som ething he hasn’ t had since
ta tio n a l w as h eld last S a tu rd a y at
K e rm it W a s h in g to n was tra d e d six
C e n t e n n ia l
teen m o n th s a g o .”
tra c k ath letes fro m a ro u n d the state
tin u e to place the b la m e o n th e b ro a d
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S id n e y
M o n c r ie f
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B ry o n
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