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• 1 • • • • » • • Portland Observer. November 21, 1984, Page 9 by Roy Lee Jemigan Sports Editor • SPORT TALK • SPORT TALK • I he Breakers are coming to P o rt land and I ’ m hoping fo r a new look and a few changes, the changes that I want to see are not just restricted to the p la y in g fie ld , e ith e r. In the N F L there is only one Black q u a r terback and no Black head coaches. M a jo r league baseball has no Black m anagers as o f this w ritin g . N B A b ask etb all has tw o Black head coaches and tw o Black assistant cbaches. These sp o rting m o n o p o lies have one glaring similarity: they do not hire people o f color in m an agem ent positions. A l D a vis, L .A . raider owner has the only H ispanic coach in all three m a jo r sports. Break the m old, Breakers, and put some people o f c o lo r in yo u r new offices. Since Jackie Robinson forged the way in 1947, m a jo r league sports have been dom inated by players o f c o lo r, but no progress has been made in front office positions. Take a loo k at the T r a ilB la z e r press guide and tell me this is 1984. W ally Scales is the only representative o f a m in o rity race listed under ad m in is tra tio n . L a rry Steels and Dave T w a rd z ik , fo rm e rly m arginal p lay ers at best, are in fro n t o ffic e p o sitions on the Blazer staff. Remem ber fo rm e r Blazers L lo y d N e a l, LaRue M a rtin . Leroy Ellis and Greg S m ith ? These players all re tired rig h t here in P o rtla n d and lo o ked for w o r k .. . . enough said! W h ite college coaches come into p ro b ask etb all w ith ease and take head coaching positions fro m f o r mer players both black and w hite. Jim L yn am came in to the league a few years ago on Jack Ram sey's co a tta ils and in no tim e at a ll he replaced Paul Silas as head coach o f the Clippers. Lynam could not read the book that Silas can w rite about p ro b as k e tb a ll. K .C . Jones and John Thom pson o f G eorgetown U . have proven that form er Black play ers can coach and w in . B illy C u n n in g ham o f the 76ers got his shot w ith no p rio r experience in coach ing, didn’ t he? F o rm e r T ra ilB la z e r assistant coach Jack M cK in n ey retired fro m coaching yesterday and was prom pt ly replaced by P h il Jo h nson , w ho has been an assistant coach for the U ta h J a zz. Johnson was fire d as the Kansas C ity Kings coach during the 1977-1978 season but now he goes back with a three-year contract to replace M cK in n ey. B urnout was cited as the reason fo r M cK in n ey's re tire m e n t. T ry in g to teach p o in t guard and pow er fo rw a rd to co m plete b a ll players w o u ld burn out any college coach. A n d th at's what M c K in n e y was, a college coach. Black assistant coaches Fred C arter and Bernie Bickerstaff never stood a chance o f landing the jo b at Kansas C ity. Be d iffe re n t. Breakers, and s ta ff yo u r o ffic es w ith people o f co lo r and show w hat te a m w o rk re ally means. D o n 't move your players to L ake Osw ego and aw ay fro m your hosts, dare to be d iffe re n t and be com e pioneers in yo u r new hom e. D o n 't fire C o u ry but just in case he does fa lte r , keep an open m ind when considering a replacement. Black prom oter embarrasses anti-apartheid group B oxing p ro m o te r D o n K in g has em barrassed an a n ti-a p a rth e id group to which he belongs by help ing to send a h eavyw eig ht c h a m p io n sh ip fig h te r to B o p h u th a ts- w an a. acco rd in g to fo rm e r tennis star and group co-chairm an A rth u r Ashe. G errie Coetzee o f South A fric a is scheduled to defend his W B A title against G reg Page, a black A m e r ican, in Sun C ity December I. King, a Black p ro m o te r fro m New Y o rk w ho had agreem ents w ith both C oetzee and Page sold the p ro m o tional rights to Sol Kerzner o f South A frica for more than $1 m illion. " W e ’ ve been very successful in c o n vin c in g Black athletes and en- says addressing the to p ic: " W h a t M ak es M e Feel G o o d A b o u t M y s e lf.” T h e P o rtlan d C o u ncil o f the In te rn a tio n a l Reading Association has prepared a seven to ten-day les son p la n designed to p rep are stu dents for the writing project. T w o tickets w ill be aw a rd ed to student-authors as first, second and third place awards at each grade lev el. The judging will be conducted by members o f the Portland Council o f the reading association. A ll aw ard w inners w ill receive au to g rap h e d TrailB lazer basketballs. K ing, w ho paid the fees to have the C oetzee-P age fig h t sanctioned by the W B A , to ld the New Y o rk Times: " I ' m against a p a rth e id to d a y, and I was against a p a rth e id yes terday. I'm not going to South A f rica. A ll I did was sell my rig h ts ." F ran klin W illiam s, president o f the P h elps-S tokes fu n d in New Y o rk and a leading a n ti-a p a rth e id a c ti vist, told the Tim es that K ing’s sale o f his rights was the same as i f he was staging the bout himself. just what you want— Wrestling sponsors needed now T h e P eninsula W res tlin g C lu b is a n o n -p ro fit, tax-exem pt o rg an iza tio n registered w ith the O re g o n C o rp o ra tio n C o m m issio n . A ll d o n atio n s to the C lu b a re (ax d e d u c tib le . T h e clu b serves young people ages 6 -1 8 fro m a variety o f backgrounds, ranging fro m inn er- c ity to su b u rb an yo u ths. F ro m its A d d itio n a lly , first place winners b e g in n in g in the e a rly 1970s. the w ill atte n d a B lazer p ractice ses clu b has focused on d eve lo p in g a sion and have lunch with star Blazer p o s itiv e m e n ta l a ttitu d e am on g fo rw ard , K ik i Vandew eghe, who is young boys to keep th em o f f the ch airm an o f the " W r it e O n " p ro streets and to channel their energies gram . F irst an d second place w in into more constructive pursuits. ners w ill also to u r the T ra ilB la z e r T h e P en in s u la W re s tlin g C lu b locker room . p ro gram has co n trib u ted substan tia lly to the develop m ent o f these " T h e B A S IC program is an o u t boys both physically and m entally. stand ing ex am p le o f how p riv a te Through practicing and competing, enterprise can play a leadership role the boys learn to develop the skills in shaping the fu tu re o f o u r c o m and c o o rd in a tio n necessary fo r m u n ity ,” say H e n ry H illm a n J r .. m any p hysical a c tiv itie s in life . C E O and C h airm an for A V IA A th M en tally they learn to interact with letic Shoes. their peers regardless o f cultural or economic background, to teach and " W it h B A S IC , the T ra ilB la ze rs learn from others, and to make de and A V I A have pioneered an ave cisions and th in k under pressure. nue through which those o f us in the T h e w res tlin g p ro g ra m also gives business o f sports can m ake a the boys an in valu ab le measure o f unique con tribu tion to our kids and self-confidence and personal pride th eir a b ility to excel, or even just by d eve lo p in g s k ills , c o m p e tin g , survive. W e are demonstrating that p ersevering in the face o f in itia l sports can provide the extra m otiva fa ilu r e , and fin a lly achieving suc tio n a l tools needed to m a ke the cess. F ro m its b eg in n in g the p r o difference fo r a lot o f our k id s ," he gram has placed an equal emphasis says. on acad em ic ach ievem en t as w ell as a th le tic c o m p e titio n . A m a jo r The deadline for essays to be sub requirement for participating in the m itted is D ecem b er 15. Interested p ro g ra m is to a tte n d school on a students should contact their teach regular basis. ers fo r a d d itio n a l details. A ll p a r Because o f ever-increasing costs ticipating students w ill receive a se o f p a rticip atio n , we are asking for lectio n o f stickers especially d e assistance in sponsoring one w res signed by the Blazers and A V IA . tle r fo r several to u rn a m e n ts this T he Young A m e ric a n S tu d e n t season. For more info rm ation about News, a newspaper fo r kids, is as the c lu b , co n tact Roy A . P i t t sisting w ith the p ro m o tio n o f the m an. H ead C o a c h , at 64(8) N o rth B A S IC p ro g ram s , w hich w ill also A lb in a , P o rtla n d , O reg o n 97217 include sections focused on reading or phone 285-4222. Don Newcomb, former Brooklyn Dodgers ster end recovered alcoholic addressed the Jefferson High School student body this week on drug end alcohol abuse Shown here are (l-r) Major Ken neth Gibson. Salvation Army; Kerrie Meir. Salvation Army. Don Newcomb and Jefferson principal Nate Jones. (Photo Richard J. Brown) tertain e rs not to go dow n th e r e ," Ashe said. " A s far as I know. Page is the o n ly one w h o has slipped th ro u g h in the last 12 m o n th s ." IB F heavyw eig ht ch am p io n L a rry H o lm es was q u o ted as saying th at King "s h o u ld be ashamed o f h im s e lf" fo r his aid in staging the Bo- phuthatsw ana fig h t. " H e 's always talking about his principles. It seems he sold th e m ,” H olm es said. " I f a man has p rin c ip les you c a n 't buy t h e m ." Ashe said th ere is a possi bility that King will be expelled from Artists and Athletes Against A p a rt heid. skills as well as general student im provement. The old axiom that money makes the m an seems to have the reverse e ffe c t on D o n K in g. In this case, m oney had made him less than a man. Blazers sponsor write-on program I housands o f children from more than 2(81 Po rtlan d area schools are expected to participate in the writing p ortio n o f a three-pronged educa tional m o tivatio n program created by the P o rtla n d T ra ilB la z e rs and A V I A A th le tic Shoes, w ith the aid o f the In te rn a tio n a l Reading Asso ciation. The " W rite -O n ” program, which is part o f B A S IC (B la z e r s -A V IA Scholastic Improvement Concepts), w ill reward grade, m iddle and high school students with d iffic u lt to o b tain tickets to sold-out Blazer N B A basketball games. 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