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AROUND THE WORLD OF SPORTS
B y J oh > P hillips
Hall of Famer Julius “Doctor J ”
Erving has signed a multi-year con
tract to serve as a studio analyst for
N.B.A. Broadcastson N.B.C. Televi
sion.
Erving will Join former player
Bill W alton and Basketball Colum
nist Peter Vecsey on The “ Insiders'
segments. Doctor J” replaces Quinn
Buckner, who left after last season to
become head coach of The Dallas
Mavericks.
E x -P o rtla n d T ra il B la z e rs
Mychal Thompson was ne of the last
to beat out Erving for his spot on The
Insiders. I think Thompson would be
much better in that seat in place of
Erving or W alton. Erv ing is to layed
back and Walton is very over rated.....
Remember the old guys playing
in the legends game during the NBA
All-Star game weekend. Well not
anymore!
Schick Razors and Blades has
been named as the exclusive sponsor
o f the first ever schick rookie game
d u rin g T he N ational B ask etb all
A ssociation’s All-Star weekend at
Minneapolis.
The inaugural gam e w ill be
played on Saturday, February 12th,
and will tip off Turner Network
Television's national coverage of All-
Star Saturday, also featured that day
are the Slant-Dunk Championship,
which is sponsored by Gatorade, and
The Long Distance Shootout, spon
sored by A-T-T.
First year NBA players will be
selected for the Rookie Game before
the N BA ’s Eastern and Western All-
Star teams are announced. Rookies
selected to play in the All-Star Game
will not play in the Rookie Game.
I think this is one o f the best
moves the NBA has made in years.
The legends game lost a lot over the
years. The Rookie Game will bring a
lot o f run to The All-star W eekend....
USA Track and Field is chang
ing its system for distributing prize
money to athletes. The Tactrust sys
tem that was established in 1981 is
being replaced by a new licensing
system Under Tactrust. Prize money
was placed into a trust account for the
individual athlete and money with
drawn from the account was moni
tored by USA Track and Field. USA
Track and Field is replacing Tactrust
with the new direct payment license
through which athletes can receive
money directly.
Any U.S. Citizen or Resident
Alien who is eligible to compete in
ternationally can apply for the pro
gram, providing the athlete has no
remaining college eligibility. A credit
card style license will be issued to all
qualified applicants which can be used
throughout the athlete’s career.....
The Portland Trail Blazers, with
a 7-5 record, 60 on a six game, ten day
road trip. They play Miami, Orlando,
Boston, W ashington, Cleveland and
Minnesota. With the starting line-up
The Blazers have been using, don’t
look for a winning road Trip.
T he B lazers m ust g e t Rod
S tric k la n d in the sta rtin g lin e -u p
as soon as p o ssib le if they w ant a
w in n in g seaso n . T erry P o rte r w ill
help T he B lazers out m ore by co m
ing o ff the bench. He is a good
sh o o te r, but m ore from the tw o
g u ard spot.
A A A O re g o n O f f e r s
W in t e r D riv in g P o tp o u r r i
A poorly maintained automobile
combined with sleet, snow and ice
can be a recipe for trouble, AAA
Oregon warns. Skidding, difficult
starts, and trouble seeing or being
seen can result when basic automo
bile maintenance is neglected. The
follow ing suggestio n s w ill help
sweeten the winter driving season.
TREASURE CHEST
Some important items to carry in
the car during winter are: a bag or
bucket of sand, salt or cat litter; small
snow shovel; combination ice-scraper
and snow brush; flashlight; blanket;
flares of reflective triangles; rages or
paper towels; first-aid kit; spray de
icer; and motorclubmembershipcard.
A VISIBLE DIFFERENCE
D anger m ust be seen to be
avoided. Driving with a snow-cov
ered windshield, windows, side-view
mirrors or lights invites an accident.
Clear W indow, mirrors and lights
invites an accident. Clear windows,
mirrors and lights with an ice scraper,
brush, or spray de-icer. Make certain
vindshield wipers and defrosters are
n good working order and that washer
reservoirs are filled with no-freeze a key with a match or lighter. A squirt
o f de-icer spray is another quick
windshield washer fluid.
method. Pouring heated water on a
AIR IT OUT
D on’t let frigid tem peratures frozen lock is not recommended.
STILL GOING
tempt you into starting your car in a
Cold weather is tough on batter
closed garage or idling your engine
for long periods with the windows ies. At 32 degrees, a battery is 35%
closed. Carbon monoxide, present in weaker. Keeping battery terminals
exhaust fumes, is almost impossible clean helps, but a load test performed
to detect and can be fatal when by a qualified technician will help
determine whether a car’s battery is
breathed in a confined area.
strong enough for winter starts.
ANTIFREEZE
PRACTICE RUN
Make certain cooling system an
Using
the car air conditioner for
tifreeze is mixed with an equal por
a
few
minutes
every week this winter
tion of water for maximum protec
will
keep
die
unit
lubricated and keep
tion. Flush and refill the cooling sys
tem every two years. Adding fuel vital parts from drying out.
FINISH UP
system antifreeze to the gas tank will
Gravel,
slush and grime are es
help pre vent frozen gas lines. Be aware
pecially
hard
on a car's finish. Io
gasoline antifreeze may cause an en
help
prevent
rust
and paint damage,
gine to run rough if water is present in
keep
cars
washed
and
waxed. A lull or
the fuel tank. Keeping the gas tank at
self-service
car
wash
makes the job
least half full also helps prevent freez
easier
when
temperatures
are low.
ing. Disposal of antifreeze should be
Additional
information
is avail
done in an environmentally safe man
able
at
your
local
AAA
Oregon
office
ner.
in
brochure
form:
“How
To
Go
On
Ice
KEY SOLUTION
and
Snow”
and
“Get
a
G
rip”
for
rainy
Frozen
locks can be over-
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come by carefully heating the e n d o f ^ conditions
REGISTRATION DEADLINE APPROACHES
FOR YOUTH BASKETRALL TOURNAMENT
Collegiate Athletic
Scholarships
Available
Over 100,(XX) collegiate athletic
scholarships are available each year
to male and female high school and
junior college student athletes. C on
trary to popular belief, students don’t
have to be al 1 state to qual i fy. Much of
this money goes unused. A new pub
lication with forms, sample letters
and tables of factual information is
available for student athletes. It lakes
them step by step through the impor
tant process of getting an athletic
scholarship and includes college and
conference listings.
For information on how to gel a
collegiate athletic scholarship, send a
# 10 self addressed, stamped en velope
to the National Sports Foundation,
611A Willow Drive, P.O Box 940,
Oakhurst, NJ 07755.
The lllh annual Fred Meyer/
Blazers Youth Basketball Tourna
ment is slated to begin January 9,
1994. Boys and girls in the sixth,
seventh and eighth grades that arc
involved in a registered basketball
league in Oregon or southwest W ash -
ington are eligible to participate in
the competition.
Registration forms for the tour
nament must be postmarked by De
cember 3, 1993, and can be found at
all 46 Fred Meyer Sporting Goods
deparunents, and the Trait Blazers
office (7(X) NE Multnomah, Portland,
OR 97232). The entry fee is S40 per
leant. A team roster must be submit-
George
Automotive
Repair
& Hobby Shop
ted with the application and entry fee.
Teams cannot exceed 15 players.
This year’s tournament includes
two divisions: Classic LE. Jr. Star,
AAU and Community i.e. Golden
Ball, CYO, YBA.
The tournament, a single-elimi
nation event, will hold its prelim i
nary rounds January 9, 16, and 23,
1994, in Portland. Tw o team s from
each grade level in the C lassic or
C om m unity d iv isio n will ad vance
to th e c h a m p io n s h ip g a m e s ,
which will be played prior to B laz
ers hom e gam es at M em orial C o li
seum on January 30, F eb ruary 3
and 8, 1994.
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