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Page 6...The Portland Observer...June 17,1992
1992 Basketball Tournament Of The
Americas Draw Announced
BY JOHN PHILLIPS
FROM PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
with the first place team in each pool
receiving a bye for the quarterfinals.
The second and third place teams from
each pool will cross over and meet in
the July 2 quarterfinals, meaning the
second place finisher in Pool A will
play the third place finisher in Pool B,
and the second place finisher in Pool B
will play the third place finisher in Pool
a. The quarterfinal w inners will ad
vance to the July 3 sem ifinals to face the
first place teams from the pool com pe
tition. The semifinal winners will then
meet in the finals on July 5, while the
semifinal losers will meet in the conso
lation game also on July 5.
The lop four finishers o f the 1992
Basketball Tournam ent o f the A m eri
cas w illqualify for the BarcelonaOlym-
pics as the American zone qualifiers,
also, the top four finishers from the
European Zone O lympic Qualifying
Tournam ent (June 1 9 - July 5) will also
qualify for the ’92 Olympics, already
qualified for the m en’s basketball com
petition at the Barcelona Olympics is
Angola (African zone qualifier), and
Spain (host country).
Under the released schedule, the
USA will not play during the opening
day of pool competition, Saturday .June
C olorado Springs, CO - USA Bas
ketball has released the draw and com
petition schedule for the 1992 Basket
ball T ournam ent o f the Americas that
w ill be held June 27 - July 5, 1992 in
P o r tla n d , O R . U S A B a s k e tb a ll’s
“ D ream T eam ” will com pete in Pool A,
A long with A rgentina, Canada, Cuba
and Panam a. Brazil, Mexico, Puerto
R ico, Uruguay and Venezuela will com
pete in Pool B.
“T he pools for the Basketball Tour
nam ent o f the A m ericas are w ell-bal
anced and the com petition for the four
1992Olympic qualification spots should
be exciting,” said Dave Gavitt, USA
B asketball president. “The Basketball
T ournam ent o f the Americas
will undoubtedly be an historic
event and the road to Barcelona truly
will begin in Portland.”
U nder the tournam ent format, the
10 team s w ere divided into two pools,
w ith each pool consisting o f five teams.
O ver the first five days o f the tourna
m ent (June 27 through July 1). each
team will play the other four teams in its
pool in the prelim inary round. The top
three finishers from each pool advance,
27, but will open its com petition on
Sunday, June 28 against Cuba in a noon
(Pacific daylight lime) game. The US A
will face Canada on M onday, June 29
(7:00p.m .,PD T ),Panam a, on Tuesday,
June 30 (7:00 p.m.), and will d o s e out
its pool competition facing Argentina
on W ednesday, July 1 (7:00p.m ., PDT).
In addition to the announcem ent o f
the Tournam ent of the Americas game
schedule, USA Basketball announced
that the 1992 USA Olympic women’s
basketball team will meet the 1992
Brazilian w om en’s national team in a
special exhibition gam e to be held after
the B asketball T ournam ent o f the
Americas opening ceremonies in the
Portland Memorial Coliseum on Satur
day, June 27 (1:00 p.m., PDT). The
USA women are seeking their third
consccutiveO lym pic gold medal, while
Brazil, winners of the 1991 Pan A m eri
can Gam es, hope to qualify for the
O lym pics and challenge the USA for
the gold.
Tickets for the Basketball Tourna
ment o f the Americas arc still available
for all 13 sessions. For further ticket
information on the Basketball Tourna
ment o f the Americas, Call 800-374-
USAB.
Summer Science Day
Camps Starting June
15; Free To Low-
Income Families
Is Jordan
The Best Ever?
Plenty o f openings remain for a
summer science day cam p at U niver
sity park, sponsored by Bonneville
Power Administration, the Department
of Energy and the Portland Community
Schools Program
The University Park day camp is
the first in a series o f camps to be held
this summer. All cam ps arc for children
in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades.
The first two-week day cam p starts
Monday, June 15 at University park,
across from Colum bia Villa in North
Portland. The camp is free to children
from low-income families. There are
plenty of openings. Camp hours are
from 9 a m . to 3 p.m. and lunch is
provided at no cost.
Cam pers will dissect and study
plants, study the e a rth , including
com posting, build energy sources with
the sun, wind and water, study flight
with airplanes and kites and take two
field trips to Bonneville Dam and Hatch
ery.
To register for the sum m er science
day cam p at University Park, call Rita
Owen at 230-4970.
MasterCard International To Conduct »>
Search For “ Masters Of The Marathon
Program targeted to C ity o f San Francisco M arathon in august
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Overcam e adversity: A runner
who completed a marathon despite
physical or personal obstacles. In spite
o f these restraints, the runner showed
great courage by competing and was
ultimately able to accomplish what he
or she set out to achieve.
Dedicated to furthering the sport
through the encouragem ent of others:
A runner, who through his or her re
markable achievem ents, provides in
spiration for others who may want to
com pete in marathons.
Committed to training to com
pete in upcoming marathons: An ac
tive runner who has competed in at
least one marathon since January 1991,
and who is currently training to com
pete in a marathon in 1992.
Nom inees for “MasterCard ’ s Mas
ters of the M arathon” award can be
submitted in writing to: M asterCard’s
Masters o f the M arathon, Alan Taylor
C om m unications, 505 8th A venue,
New York, NY 10018. Nominations
should include nom inees name, phone
number, address, and brief biographi
cal background. All submissions must
be received by June 30, 1992.
The 22 state-by state winners of
the award will be announced this sum
mer, with four honorees being recog
nized at the A ugust 30 City of San
F rancisco M arathon presented by
M asterCard. The 1992 race will mark
th e th ird c o n s e c u tiv e y e a r o f
M asterCard’s sponsorship of the City
o f San Francisco Marathon.
M asterCard, Official Card and Pre
senting sponsor o f the 1992 City of San
Francisco Marathon on August 30,1992,
is conducting a search to honor and
recognize the unsung heroes o f long
distance running through “MasterCard’s
M asters o f the M arathon” program.
The program will honor 22 runners
- one man and one woman from 11
W estern states—who may not be among
the elite class o f competitors but who
are actively competing in marathons
after overcom ing some form of adver
sity, and whose participation has in
spired and encouraged others to do the
same. The 11 W estern states include:
M ontana, W yom ing, Colorado, New
M exico, A rizona, Utah, Idaho, W ash
ington, Oregon, Nevada, and C alifor
nia.
Four o f the 22 honorees will be
selected by a voting panel comprised o f
marathon historians, officials at major
U.S. marathons, running columnists,
and elite marathoners. Each o f the four
selected “ M asters of the M arathon”
will be awarded $1,000 and a trip for
tw o to the 1992 City of San Francisco
Marathon presented by M asterCard,
where they will be honored for their
achievements.
To be honored with “ MasterCard ’ s
Masters of the M arathon” award, nom i
nees m ust m eet a specific set o f criteria:
Exhibited a "never give up” atti
tude: A runner who demonstrated per
sistence and determ ination to accom
plish his/her goal.
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Michael Jordan, one of the greatest players ever to play in the NBA was
selected as the MVP of the NBA finals for the 2nd year in a row as the
Chicago Bulls captured their 2nd NBA Campionship. congratulations to
Photo By Veronica Green
the Chicago Bulls.
SkyBox International Inc. today
announced that it has launched one of
the largest trading card advertising cam -
paig n s e v e r un d ertak en , featuring
Earvin “M agic” Johnson and his son,
Andre.
The campaign premieres Johnson ’s
role as spokesperson for SkyBox as he
announces the com pany’s US A Basket
ball trading card line, the only trading
card series devoted entirely to the USA
Basketball Team headed for the 25 th
Olym piad in Barcelona, Spain.
“O ur objective is to reach kids
first, then to reach the kid inside of fans,
and n all o f us, through the kid inside of
M agic,” explained Frank O ’Connell,
president and CEO. “ In the television
com m ercial, we bring a genuine feeling
to the cam paign because Andre brings
out the kid in M agic, which is what this
industry is about.”
SkyBox will spend heavily in June
and July in both print and national
television media vehicles. O ’Connell
Says, “This is the most aggressive and
largcstconcentrationofadvcrtisingever
undertaken by our industry.”
T hecom m ercial is A ndre’s first. In
the spot he and his father are shown
trading cards of members o f the USA
Basketball team. Andre teases his fa
ther by giving up his Magic Johnson
card for a John Stockton card. “You
may think I’m just a kid, but I know alo t
about basketball,” he says. Andre is 11
years old.
SkyBox, foundedas impel in 1989,
is headquartered in Research Triangle
park, North Carolina. It
is the m ost innovative distributor
of entertainm ent trading cards in the $ 1
billion plus trading card industry. The
company has announced 20 product
lin e s fo r 1992, in c lu d in g U .S .
Olympicards and licensed by the NBA
and NFL, along with AA and AAA
baseball cards under license from Ma
jor League Baseball. The entertainm ent
lines already include marvel Universe,
DC Cosmic Cards, Star Trek, and Disney
Collector Cards.
BY JOHN PHILLIPS
A fter reading all the books, seeing
all the films and watching all the tapes,
I say it with much more ease now, and
daring argument, that Michael “A ir”
Jordan is the best basketball player o f
all time. W hat little doubt existed, ended
Sunday night when Jordan led the Chi
cago Bulls to a decisive win over the
Trail Blazers in capturing the 1992
NBA Finals Championship.
Jordan could not have done this
without the assistanceof Scottie Pippen,
John Paxson, and other teammates. But
he clearly was the horse the Bulls rode
on a dazzling run through the playoffs.
Jordan hurt the Blazers in every
conceivable way, and that was som e
thing I hadn’t seen. It sent me to the
study hall. I walked out having seen no
one who compares. Bill Russell? A
Call John Phillips
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June 15th - 26th
June 29th - July I Oth
July 13th - 24th
August 3rd - 14th
August 17th - 28th
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winner who had some obvious ball
handling and shooting weaknesses. Wilt
Chamberlain? His impact was based on
size, as much as talent, and he also had
weaknesses. Kareem A bdul-Jabbar?
Even at his peak, he would have been a
helpless victim of a Jordan dunk. Larry
Bird? Even at his peak, he w asn’t half
the defensive killer Jordan is. Magic
Johnson? If only he had the quickness
and explosiveness to create his own
offense the way Jordan does.
O scar Robertson lacked the speed;
Jerry W est didn’t take rebounds from
men a half-foot taller; and Elgin Baylor
and Julius Erving didn’t have Jordan’s
range. Nobody, and I mean nobody
could match the all around game Jordan
displayed when the trophy was at stake.
Case closed!
A n n o u n c in g
Girls Scout summer Day
Camp Mondays through
Fridays from 9AM-3PM. All
girls who are in the 1st thru
6th grades are welcomed to
attend. The first week camp
will be held at Peninsula park
beginning June 22 thru June
25th. The sites will rotate
thereafter. Fee ranges from
$6 to $24 a week with some
scholarship available.
Applications can be picked
up at the Urban League of
Portland 10 N. Russell and
Peninsula Park Recreational
Center on N. Albina &
Portland Blvd. Come join us
for a summer of fun and
learning
For more information please
contact Ms. Carol Seals at
620-4567.
Pal Summer Camp
Jennifer will be attending St. Mary's
Academy next year. ShcbelicvesT ub-
man is a great school lor education and
fro meeting people o f different cultural
backgrounds. "I think my success as a
student is mostly because of the gieat
o p p o rtu n itie s at T ubm an M iddle
School.”
I lie third annual Police Activities
League (PAL) Sports Quickness Camp
will be held Monday June 15 through
Friday June 19,1992 from 9:30 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. daily, at Madison HighSchool
located at 1735 NE 82nd Avenue. This
year s cam p will serve approximately
500 kids, ages 10 13 years, from the
greater Portland area.
Peace officers from throughout
Multnomah County and local high
school and college coaches from the
surrounding area will be working to
gether to make this cam p one o f the
most exciting events of 1992. Officers
and coaches will be working with youth
to reline running techniques, reduce
reaction tunes and develop specific
sports skills in the following sports:
basketball, racquetball, soccer, martial
arts, baseball, volleyball, softball, box
ing and football.
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