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BULLS SWEEP MAGIC IN EASTERN FINAL
B R IE F S
NFL Owners Decide Against
Voting On Cross-Ownership
N ational Football League ow ners decided against voting on the issue of
cross-ow nership during spring m eetings in C harlotte. N orth C arolina. The
NFL may revise a policy that prohibits League ow ners from ow ning other
pro franchises. W ayne H uizenga, w ho ow ns the Miami D olphins as well
as the Florida M arlins baseball team and h ockey’s Florida Panthers, is
exem pt from the rule until June 1997. The policy needs to be addressed
since Paul Allen, ow ner o f basketball’s Portland Trail Blazers, recently
purchased an option to buy the N F L ’s S eattle Seahaw ks.
Orlando Magic owner Rich DeVos
acknowledged w hat none o f his play
ers would.
Although he w asn’t happy about
being swept by Chicago in the Eastern
Conference finals, his disappointment
was tempered by the realty that the
Bulls simply were the better team.
I nj uries were a factor, as was M icha
el Jordan’s determ ination to atone for
an Orlando playoff loss last year’s.
‘‘The danger a, this time is every
body wants to point fingers. You go
into what 1 call the blaming stage,"
DeVos said M onday. "M aybe no
body’s at fault. Maybe Chicago is too
good for anybody this year.”
Indiana swept Orlando in the first
round o f the playoffs two years ago,
and Houston won four straight over
the Magic in the 1995 NBA Finals.
"It’s real sickening because w e're a
better team than we displayed,” said
Anfemee I lardaway, w ho had 28 points
in Game 4. "W e had a great regular
season and played well in the first two
(playoff) rounds. We picked a bad
time to come up with some injuries."
"I think to a man if you asked our
team, we would have liked to beat the
Orlando Magic with their best players
on the floor." said Chicago coach Phil
Jackson." We beat the Orlando Magic,
but it w asn't the Orlando Magic with
their starters and Brian Shaw o ff the
bench. It doesn't diminish what we
did, but it w asn’t revenge. W e didn’t
get them in a payback situation. This is
a different team that we beat today.”
Shaquille O 'N eal will become a
free agent on July 1 and several teams
with room to work under the salary
STATE AND SENIOR GAMES
OFFER NEW SPORTS
Van Gundy Reportedly
To Return As Knicks Coach
Je ff Van G undy reportedly will be back as head coach o f the N ew York
Knicks next season. The N ew York Post reported today that the K nicks will
pick up a guaranteed tw o-year contract opt ion on Van G undy som etim e next
week. Previous reports claim ed that the contract option on Van G undy was
worth $ I million per season. The 34-year-old Van G undy was prom oted to
head coach M arch 8th after Don N elson was fired. The K nicks w ere 13-10
under Van G undy and finished with the fifth best record in the Eastern
C onference at 47-35. T he K nicks sw ept a three-gam e series from the
C leveland C avaliers in the first round o f the Eastern C onference playoffs
before losing a best-of-seven series to the C hicago Bulls in five gam es. The
Knicks won an overtim e gam e from the Bulls, who won a record 72 gam es
during the regular season, and played close in three other gam es in the
series.
Portland's own
Damon Stoudamire
was named NBA
Rookie o f the Year.
The Toronto Raptors
star graduated from
Wilson High School
and plans to return
to Arizona State
University this
summer to
complete his
degree.
CONGRATULATIONS
DAMON.
Muster And Graf Advance
At French Open
Second seed T hom as M uster o f A ustria overcam e the first tw o obstacles
in his way as he tries to defend his title at the French O pen Tennis
Cham pionships in Paris. M uster had a relatively easy tim e with D enm ark’s
Frederik Fetterlein in his opening-round m atch, w inning 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.
M uster, the top claycourt player am ong the men, did not ap p ear to be
bothered by asp rain ed ankle w hich forced him to w ithdraw from last w eek ’s
tournam ent in St. Polten, A ustria. He broke F etterlein’s serve seven tim es
and moved effectively throughout the match. W om en's co-num ber one
seed Steffi G ra f o f G erm any also had an easy go o f it in her opening round
match with L atvia’s Larissa N eiland. G raf, a four-tim e French O pen
cham pion, needed ju st 53 m inutes to defeat N eiland, 6-3, 6-2.
Michael Jordan
cap, including the Los Angeles Lak
ers, are certain to try to lure him
Although NBA rules will permit
Orlando to go as far above the cap as
necessary to retain O 'N eal, there’s
speculation he would prefer to be on
the W est Coast, where it would be
easier to pursue his interests in music
and movies.
The team ’s performance against the
Bulls, who won two gam es decisively
and two by overcoming double-digit
deficits, also raised questions about
whether Brian Hill will return as coach
“The name o f the gam e is we didn’t
do well, so every body wants to fire the
coach. T hat’s not the way to go. The
bottom line is nobody in management
has even talked about replacing him."
T h e 19 9 6 S tate G am e s o f O r e
g o n an d O re g o n S e n io r G am e s,
fo r O re g o n ia n s o v e r 5 0 , a re o f
fe rin g a re c o rd 4 1 d iffe re n t sp o rts
in th is y e a r ’s a m a te u r s p o rts fe s
tiv a l.
O re g o n , w ith so m e 1 6,000 p ar-
tic ip a n ts la st y e a r, h as b e c o m e
th e la rg e st S tate G a m e s p ro g ra m
in th e w e ste rn U n ite d S tate s.
W o r ld , n a t io n a l , a n d s ta te
r e c o rd s h a s been e s ta b lis h e d in
v a rio u s ag e g ro u p c a te g o rie s , last
y e a r a w o rld re c o rd in th e m ile
run w as b ro k e n by Jo h n K esto n
ag e 70 o f M c M in n v ille . Jo h n ran
a 5 :3 4 m ile a n d lo w e re d th e
re c o rd by 8 se c o n d s.
N ew s p o rts a d d e d th is y e a r in
c lu d e g o lf, c a n o e in g , c a c h in g ,
w o m e n ’s , w h e e lc h a ir b a s k e tb a ll
an d m a rtia l a rts.
O p e n in g c e re m o n ie s w ill be
h eld Ju ly 12 at M t H o o d C o m m u
n ity C o lle g e .
F in a ls c o m p e titio n is s c h e d
u le d fo r Ju ly 13 an d 14 at v a rio u s
s ig h ts th r o u g h o u t th e s ta te .
1996 State G am es o f O regon/O r-
egon S enior G am es athlete entry
handbooks are in all O regon Safeway
Stores, N IK E T O W N , sports clubs
and stores and park and recreations
departm ents. Call (503) 520-1319.
Y our T icket O ut
Hornets Name Cowens New Coach
The Charlotte H ornets are expected to nam e San A ntonio Spurs assistant
Dave Cow ens as their new head coach. C ow ens, a Hall o f Fam e center with
the Boston C eltics and M ilw aukee Bucks, confirm ed he had been offered
the job in last F riday’s edition o f the C harlotte O bserver. T he 47-year-oid
Cow ens would replace Allan Bristow, w ho w as fired April 23rd after five
seasons in C harlotte. The H ornets w ere a disappointing 41-41, one gam e
out o f the final Eastern C onference p la y o ff spot. C harlotte has advanced to
the post-season tw ice in the last four years.
Saberhagen To Undergo Surgery
C olorado Rockies pitcher Bre, Saberhagen, w ho continued to experi
ence pain in his right shoulder after arthroscopic surgery in O ctober, will
undergo season-ending reconstructive surgery on the ailing shoulder. The
surgery will be perform ed by D octor D avid A ltchek, the sta ff surgeon o fth e
New York Mets. Saberhagen, a tw o-tim e Cy Y oung A w ard w inner, is
expected to be sidelined 12 to 18 m onths.
Saberhagen underw ent
arthroscopic surgery to repair a labrum tear in the shoulder in O ctober. But
Saberhagen continued to experience pain in the shoulder and w as placed on
the 60-day disabled list by the R ockies in late M arch.
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