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Blazer Broadcasting To Air Third
Prime Time Special
Winners Selected In
Northwest Sportswriter
Challenge
Phillip McGowan (Clackamas
High School), Dccna Manning (Grants
Pass High School) and reagan DcMas
(Barlow High School) were selected
as grand prize w inners in the second
annual Northwest High School Sports-
writcr challenge, sponsored by The
Oregonian and the Portland Trail
Blazers. The program is designed to
recognize the top sportswriter in high
schools throughout the Oregon and
southwest Washington
During the recently-concluded
high school basketball season, stu­
dents had the opportunity to report on
one of their local games. Each school
submitted its winning article to The
Oregonian sports department staff,
which judged the entries, selected fi­
nalists and three grand prize winners.
All participants will receive rec­
ognition for their efforts in the form of
an engraved plague. The finalists will
receive a $ IDO U.S. saving Bond and
a $50 gift certificated for “The official
Blazers Merchandise Catalog” and
the Blazers on Broadway store. In
addition, the grand prize winners re­
ceived an expense-paid trip to Port­
land and attended the Blazers’ game
Blazer Broadcasting will recap
the second half of the Trail Blazers
1992-93 regular season with its third
primetime special of the year, “Blazer
Trail The Second Season.” The 60-
minute show will air Monday, April
26 at 8 p m on KGW-TV. The special
can also be seen 8 p m. in Bend on
K.TVZ and in the Medford area on
TCI Cable Blazer fans in the greater
Eugene area will be able to catch the
special at 7 p.m. on “O regon's Fox,
"KLSR-TV.
T he show , h o sted by Bill
Schonely, features game action high­
lights centering on how the Blazers
fared since the NBA All-Star Game,
plus a.whole lot more.
Usually when you see Buck Wil­
liams he’s flying for a rebound, but
Buck’s interest in flight and aviation
goes way beyond the basketball court.
A feature on Williams gives fans an
up-close and personal look at the Blaz­
ers’ power forward and his interest in
airplanes.
Blazer president Harry Glickman,
who was recently honored as Portland’ s
First citizen, will be the subject o f a
with Minnesota on Sunday, April 11,
where they had the opportunity to
meet with NBA w riters, and members
of the Portland Trail Blazers
"The intent of this program is to
encourage high school students to
pursue their interests in a journalism
career,” said John Lashway, director
of sports communications for the Blaz­
ers. “We hope that by giving them the
unique opportunity for a behind-the-
scenes look at professional sportswriter
in action, they will have a better ap­
preciation for a possible writing ca­
reer The three wTitcrs who werejudged
the best have earned an experience
they will value for years to come.”
DcMas was also honored as a
grand prize winner in last year's
Sportswriter Challenge. M anning is a
first time winner but is the second
from Grants Pass High School to be
honored. The other finalists included:
Ember Adair Limbeck (Scio High
School), Ryan Halvorsen (lone High
School), Todd Wcsslen (Emerald Jun­
ior Acadcm), Frctt MCKce (Roosevelt
High School), Tony K icdrow ski
(Canby Union High School) and Alex
Pond (Yamhill-Carlton High School).
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Rod Strickland scored 25 points, plus 9 assists against his former
teammates the SanAntonio Spurs. The Blazers won 105 to 101.
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Blacks In Media... And
ighouse - Short Changed
dia.
O f the 1.600 daily newspapers
that operate in this country, there arc
only 2 Black sports editors working in
their newsrooms Inthe 38citicswhcre
there arc professional sports teams,
there are no black editors. There may
be 10 Black sports columnists today
workingat the 1,600newsrooms The
difference between a sports colum­
nist and a sports writer is that a
columnist chooses their topics while
a staff writer is given assignments
But even columnist often do stories
"suggested to them by their editors.
Now
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throats of the Black community, the
Black Athlete as a role model and
hero who collcctly give absolutely
nothing back to these same commu­
nities from which they came Out of
780 sports w riters in the country only
38 arc Black Beat writers arc as­
signed to one team They cover that
team exclusively until otherwise re­
assigned
Now get ready for an alarming
statistic.
O r those 1.6(H) newspapers, 90
percent do not ev en have an African
American in their sports department
Ih a l’s why when Washington
Post sports editor George Solomon
looked around for someone to cover
the (predom inantly black) ( 1AA
Tournament in Richmond. Va . he
could only come up with a White
female sports writcr. One w ho had no
connection or association with the
properly identify me and how another
part of the story made Earl Monroe,
Ted Blunt and myself sound like three
niggers off the corner w ho majored in
basket weaving and minored in ath­
letics instead of portray i ng ns as three
college educated Black men w ho hav e
made valuable contributions to our
school, profession, and communities.
That part of the story read as
follows; "On the night of G ain es last
home game however, his ex-players
didn’t wait for an invite. They strode
into the room to be w ith Gaines. “And
it was very emotional,” said Bell.
“Earl and me and another guy who’s
now acity councilman in Wilmington,
Delaware, we were all standing there
saying, "Dang." we never knew Big
Daddy could cry My vocabulary may
not be that extensive but it’s not lim­
ited to words like “Dang.” Although
I’ve never used that word in my life,
Ms Howard attributed that word to
me in her column
She also failed to identify former
W in sto n -S alem B asketball A ll-
A m ericanTcdB luntasa Wilmington.
Delaware city councilman, and when
I asked George Solomon about how
the article was written, he attributed
my objections to ego Evidently, Mr.
Solomon never met a Black man w ith
self esteem.
His attitude suggests the prcvail-
mg view of no, jus, the Washington
CIAA and had no idea about the con­
tributions and history of this gear con­
ference. w hichby the way we re losing
from our grip-but that is another story'.
Stay tuned.
The racist mentality of new sroom
sports editors is just one obstacle for
those of us w ho seek to make careers i n
the media.
We find ourselves lim ited to
“Black market."
And advertising is a big head­
ache
Many of the nation's major ad­
vertisers have what is referred to in the
media industry a s a ’noethnicpolicy. ’
which translates into a refusal by the
company or corporation to place ad­
vertisements on Black oriented radio
stations and newspapers. The net re­
sult of the policy is a loss of millions of
dollars in revenue to Black media out­
lets across the nation To show you
how this practice works, a recent
memorandum from Joseph A. Banks
Clothiers instructed it's advertising
agency not to place commercials on
the following radio formats Urban.
Black, gospel. Black contemporary,
Spanish and disco.
In a recent article w rit ten by Wash­
ington Post Sports columnist Tony
Kornbeiscr, on the Life and Death of
Tennis star Arthur Ashe, he wanted to
know why Black men die so young?
How about the weight of racism on
m a ctrpec
nn their
their backs and
stress on
their minds
minds
The no ethnic policy is not limited
to national chains
According to complaints from
several Black advertising executives,
there arc several malls in the Wash­
ington metropolitan area w Inch refuse
to place commercials in Black news­
papers. It is a known fact that Black
Americans are some of this country s
biggest consumers 1 find it ironic, but
not surprising, that these advertisers
don't mind us spending our money
with their clients but refuse to re­
invest and spend their money with
Btadu
Sports editors like the W ashing­
ton Post’s George Solomon have that
same mentality They allow ustodoall
the running and jumping, but very
little of the coaching or reporting So
I understood George’s reaction w hen I
complained of how thearticle failed to
Post but the inajontv
majority of news orgam-
organ,
zations in this country It is, indeed, a
sad commentary on the White media
around the country W ho,funk Black
folks should be thankful that their
names arc in the paper
In all the years 1 have been asso­
ciated with Mr Solomon there is one
visible flaw that always seems to sur­
face in our convcrsations-hc likes to
lump all Black folks together. Unfor-
tunatcly lus mind set is no different
from the owners of the NFL. NBA.
and major league baseball teams
And with this kind of attitude is
it anv wonder that the Black media in
general, and great Black men like
C larence "Bighousc ” Games in par­
ticular. have never been able to get
something that they been long over-
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Trail Blazers Scholarship
Winners Announced
For local high school seniors have
been awarded $2,000 scholarships by
the Portland Trail Blazers. Yolanda
Dornond (Benson High School, Port­
land), Edward Boyda (Wilson High
School, Portland),M ackenzie Frost
(Taft High School, Lincolkn City) and
Scott Kocher (Corvallis High School,
Corvallis) were the recipients of the
scholarships.
Selection was based on a letter
of recommendation from a faculty
member, an essay o-of 500 words
or less on the subject “The Importance
of a College Education,” appropriate
SAT and ACT scores and high school
tra n s c rip ts . O ver 800 stu d e n ts
competed for the four scholarships
For the past 134 years, the
Trail Blazers and the National Bas­
ketball Association have teamed to
offer four scholarships to students in
Oregon and southwest Washington
This year, the NBA will be making a
donation on behalf of its 27 member
teams to the National Teachers Re-
cruitm ent Program. The Blazers,
how ever, will continue their commit­
ment to the special scholarship pro­
gram The scholarships may be used
at any accredited four-year college or
two-year community or junior col­
lege.
Applications were reviewed by
a sp e c ia l se le c tio n c o m m itte e
that included former Trail Blazer
play er Lloyd Neal, Professor Arleigh
Dodson of Lew is and Clark College,
form er A ssistant S uperintendent
ofPortland Pubiic Schools Dr. Ernest
Hartzog (retired), O regon sports
colum nist G eorge Pasero, T rail
Blazers’ former Vice President of
P ublic A ffairs G eorge R ick ies
(retired) and Blazers' Administra­
tive Assistant Sandy Chisholm.
D ornond, Boyda, F rost and
Kocher will be recognized during
pre-game ceremonies at the Trail
Blazers versus Golden State W ar­
riors game on Tuesday, April 20 at
Memorial Coliseum.
Portland Trail Blazers Present:
« Straight Shooting”-A Photo Project
Matching At-Risk Youth With
Professional Photographers
(Portland Art Museum to stage
exhibit. Portland Community College
to prov ide curriculum.)
"Straight Shooting.” a project that
will put camerasand the know ledge of
their use into the hands of at-risk,
gang-affected youth, gets underway
this month The project is designed to
cultivate a mentor-protege relation­
ship between professional photogra­
phers and these at -riskyouth, provid­
ing them with positive role-models.
The photographs will send a powerful
message to the community while pro-
viding youth with a positive and em­
powering learning experience
Funded by the Portland Trail
Blazers and other community busi­
nesses and organizations, the project
is being coordinated by the Oregon
Children and Youth Services Com­
mission. the state's largest advocacy
group for young people, in coopcra-
tion w ith Metropolitan Evcntsof Port­
land
Portland Community College is
providing classrooms, darkroom fa­
cilities and supplies at its Sylvania
campus, where instructor Richard
Kraft will teach the young people the
basics of photography the Portland
Ar, Museum will exhibit the photo­
graphs in June
Twenty gang-affected youth, ages
14-21, have been selected from the
Tri-county area that includes Clacka­
mas, W ashington and Multnomah
Counties P articipants have been
paired with 20 professional photogra­
phers from the region, who will act as
mentors, working with youth in their
classroom activities and on-location
shoots
"This is a remarkable opportu­
nity for the youth, the mentors and our
community a,-large." says M crri
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Even with our disagreements
George Solomon, sports editor of the
W ashington Post, admitted recently
at the Annual Washington Post All-
Met Luncheon, "Harold Bell is the
most creative and talented talk show
host in W ashington, D C.”
My success has come despite the
obstacles placed in my path by radio
and television program directors who
are responsible for the hiring and
firing in this market It came despite
the newspaper editors who run their
newsrooms with their Klu Klux Kian
robes in one closet and their topcoats
in another.
Lets take a look a, the hiring
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retrospective that highlights his illus­
trious 40-year career in sports promo­
tion in Portland.
Blazer Broadcasting visits with
one of the newest faces on the Trail
Blazers’ roster, Joe Wolf.
While basketball is this former
number one draft pick’s first love,
viewers will find out why W olf has
such an interest in ice cream among
other things
The 1993 NBA Draft is just around
the corner Go behind the scenes with
Brad Greenberg, the Blazers vice-
president of player personnel, and
Keith Drum, Blazers’ scout, and see
w hat goes into scouting the collegiate
ranks. Watch the Blazers analyze col­
lege stars and “sleeper” prospects.
Mike Rice goes one-on-one with
coach Rick Adelman as they take a
look back at the second half of the
regular season and a look forward to
w hat the upcoming playoffs may hold
for the Trail Blazers. Rice also pairs
with Steve Jones as the two analysts
dissect the last half o f the regular
season and preview what may be in
store for the NBA Playoffs.
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Souther Wyatt, chair of the Oregon
Children and Youth Services Com ­
mission “It will afford us all a valu­
able means of learning about a part of
our community we need to better un­
derstand.”
Funding for the project has been
assisted through efforts of volunteer
members of the Clackamas County
Youth Development C ouncil, the
Clackamas County Youth Gang Task
Force, and the W ashington County
Children and Youth S en ice Com m is­
sion
"The efforts of these volunteers
calls for applause." said Souther Wyatt
They have created new partnerships
within the business and public sectors
on behalf of young people Hopefully,
this first year will serve as a pilot
project tha, can be applied in other
regions of the state where there is
gang involvement ”
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