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I MLB All-Stars reserves
and pitchers to be
selected today
A fter fan voting decided the 16
[position starters on M onday, the
[reserves and pitchers will be se-
| lected by the two m anagers and
J league presidents today. A tlanta
[B rav es m anager Bobby Cox and
| C leveland Indians m anager M ike
| Hargrove — m anagers o< the de
I tending league cham pions
will
[sele ct the rem aining m em bers o f
] their team to be announced today.
J Los A n g eles D o d g ers c a tc h e r)
J M ike Piazza a n d Seattle M ariners [
[o u tfield er Ken G riffey head the
J list o l s ta r te r s n a m e d M o n d a y for
the 67th annual A ll-Star G am e al [
[ Veterans.Stadium in Philadelphia
Dodgers manager
Tommy Lasorda
released from hospital
E ric N oon
W hen you put together a team of
all-stars, som etim es they tend to play
as individuals, and fail to gel as a
team in their lim ited tim e at play.
That was the case for som e of the best
basketball players in the state, as
Oregon went head-to-head with the
best from W ashington in the third
annual N orthw est Shootout at the
Chiles C enter last Sunday.
In the girls' gam e, w hich m atches
the best graduated players in repre
senting states, Oregon was m inus
6 ’5" Jenny M ow e from Pow ers and
struggled on the boards as the pride
o f W ashington out-rebounded O r
egon 64-39 in route to a 72-62 vie-
SAMPRAS
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th e ir o p p o n e n ts to d a y at the $ 9 .7 6
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[the D odgers' dugout as early as)
| Thursday, the 68-year-old Lasorda
m in u tes. G ra f c o n tin u e d h er q u est
[sa id , "Hoping and being are tw o I to w ard a se v e n th W im b le d o n title
by b re e z in g p a s t six th se e d Ja n a
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1993 fin a l to g ain a b e rth in the
se m ifin a ls .
J
Lakers, Hornets agree
to swap Divac and
Bryant
The Los A ngeles L akers, w ho
[a re expected to be the prim ary
| contenders for O rlando M agic free
[ag e n t center Shaquille O ’N eal,
[ag reed M onday to send center
J
Vlade D ivac to the C harlotte Hor-
[n e ts for Kobe Bryant, the 1.3th
[o v erall pick in last w e e k 's draft.
Dream Team III opens
practice in Chicago
D ream T eam III, expected to
J win another easy gold m edal at the
[O lym pics later this m onth, began
j facing their toughest challenge —
| playing against each other — when
it opened practice M onday inC hi
jeag o .
The Dream Team is train-
Jing at the Solheim C enter on the
| cam pus of the M oody Bible Insti-
] lute through Friday before begin-
| ning a five-gam e exhibition slate, j
[U nlike in 1992, when the team
[scrim m aged against a group of)
[college all-stars, this y ear’s team
| will not face any outside com peti-
| lion prior to its exhibition sched-
I ule
Golden State signs
first-round pick Todd
Fuller to contract
The G olden Stale W arriors,
[M o n d a y , sig n e d c e n te r T o d d
J Fuller, the I Ith pick in last w ee k ’s |
| draft, to a three-year contract.
I Celtics hire K.C. Jones
as assistant coach;
promote Johnson
T he B o sto n C e ltic s , M on-1
[d a y . h ire d fo rm e r c o a c h K .C .
[ J o n e s as an a s s is ta n t to h e a d I
[c o a c h M L. C a rr and p ro m o te d |
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tory.
The estim ated 1,750 fans saw a
sloppy gam e by the O regon squad,
but a late rally led by Lauren C ooper
o f C resent V alley got O regon within
four. 60-64 with less than three m in
utes rem aining The 21 point lead
was all but erased as the O regon team
fell to the defensive pressure o f the
W ashington squad. S arah G reen,
from Benson, w ho averaged 24.5
during the season to lead the state,
struggled to find her shot and only
scored three points. G reen, w ho will
attend U niversity o f Portland this
fall, will u n d o u b ted ly see b etter
gam es in the future at C hiles C enter
Cooper, the 4 A player o f the year, led
NORTHWEST
the O regon squad with 14 points as
the O regon com eback fell short.
In the boys gam e, W ashington
cam e out solid and fired up as the
underdog, outplaying O regon who
struggled to get into rhythm . A little
overconfidence and lack o f ex ecu
tion resulted in a 50-40 half-tim e
lead by W ashington
Led by U niversity o f W ashington
recruit Q uincy W ilder, W ashington
took the talent-laded O regon squad
to task by defensively pressuring the
ball early and using unselfish ball-
to o h h s a n d ah h sin the first half, and
finished with 18 points. F o u ry ears of
bragging rights went to W ild er’s soon
to be team m ate T halo G reen, from
South Salem .
G reen and Mike M cShane, also
from South Salem, also led Oregon on
a 33-7 run in the second half as Oregon
erased a 15-point lead and never looked
back. The dynamic-duo, which led
South Salem to the state title, came up
big forthe Oregon boys M cShane just
took control of the gam e at one point
and scored seven of his ten points in 42
seconds, as Oregon took its first lead of
the game. Green was sol id in the middle
once again and finished with 18 points,
1 Orebounds and another M V P trophy.
m ovem ent to convert easy shots.
W ilder, Seattle P ost-Intelligence's
player o f the year, had three spec
tacular dunks to bring the 2,500 fans
REYNOLDS ANO BASEBALL TONIGHT A GOOD COMBINATION
During his 12-year Major League
career, spent mostly with the Seattle
M anners, Harold Reynolds made the
All-Star team twice and won three
A m e ric a n L e a g u e G o ld G lo v e
Awards.
These days, the 35-year-old Reynolds
can be seen playing the role of studio
analyst on ESPN’s Baseball Tonight
While the former second baseman looks
ready to turn a double play or advance a
baserunner on the hit-and-run. he's in
stead applying his through knowledge
and instinctive feel for the game in a
different but increasingly successful way.
Reynolds acknowledges the transition
from the playing field to the studio as
challenging, but enjoyable. He even in
vokes a certain well-known baseball
sage in describing a career shift that is
easier said than done.
"I know I’m going to sound like Yogi
Berrak. ’ ’ Reynolds said. “B ut the biggest
difference between play ing and bnsul-
casting is that I've had to use my mind
more than I anticipated. As a player, I
had only a few seconds to field the ball and
throw it. I didn t ha ve to explain why I did
it. I just did it. As an analyst, I have only
a few seconds to tell people not only what
happened, but why it happened. I’ve
definitely been challenged. This experi
ence has really stretched me.’’
As Baseball Tonight viewers are com
ing to learn, however, Reynolds responds
well to challenges. His nimble mind,
unforced delivery and comfortable pres
ence mesh nicely with the program's
hosts-Chris Berman, Karl Ravech and
Gary Miller.
Reynolds, a former number one draft
pick in 1980, credits his smooth transition
to the entire Baseball Tonight staff, but
doffs his cap to the program’s coordinat
ing prtxlucer, Jeff Schneider.
It was Schneider who auditioned
Reynolds for Base Tonight earlier this
winter Reynolds finished his Major
Leaguecareerin 1994 w ith theCalifomia
Angels, but still harbored hopes of play
ing again after a frustrating 1995 that saw
him injured and in the minors.
Baseball tonight analyst Harold Reynolds (left); alongside host
Chris Berman
KIDS CAN PLAY TOO
They are only 18 years old, barely
driving and only recently eligible to
vote. They cannot buy alcoholic prod
ucts. But make no mistake about it —
Kobe Bryant and Jermai ne O ’ Neal are
first-round picks and think they're
ready to play in the NBA.
Bryant was selected 13th by the
Charlotte Hornets. After com pleting a
four-year career at Lower M erion High
School in Pennsylvania, Kobe, along
with his father Joe “Jelly Bean’’ Bryant,
made the decision to enter the NBA
Draft.
"I think it is very important for
every individual to do what is best for
himself,” said Bryant. "In this situa
tion, I had the family backing me up.
110 percent. I had the moral support."
Bryant entered the draft because he
wanted to, not because he would have
had to sit out a year due to academic
problems. Bryant received his high
sc h œ l diplom a and also scored 1.080
on his Scholastic Aptitude Test. Joe,
who played for eight seasons in the
NBA and was an assistant coach at La
Salle, gave his blessing to his son, who
wound up being the sixth player to be
dratted without going to college.
"At the same time. I am going to get
my academics, my education, and that
is very important for young kids to
understand. I had said to m yself that if
I have the option to skipcollege and go
straight to the NBA, I would. This is
a great challenge to myself."
Does Bryant have the skills? A p
parently the Hornets thought so. He
had a stellar four-year career at Low er
Merion, scoring 2,883 points in his
four years. T h at's more than Wilt
Chamberlain scored. He averaged
30.8 points, 12.0 rebounds, 6.5 assists,
4.0 steals and 3.8 blocked shots per
game in his senior season, leading
Lower Merion to the Class AAAA
state title
It's the second season in a row a
high school graduate was taken in the
first round Kevin G arnett went to the
M innesota Timberwolvcs last season
But that's where the sim ilarités end.
Garnett was a power forward, able to
come in and step in right away. Bryant
is a shooting guard, hoping to be the
M cShane added 10 assists to his ten
points and some flat out spectacular
plays to hand Oregon the m om entum
and the game 95-83.
Oregon had balanced scoring from
there down, as everybody seem ed to
step up their game behind the duo from
the South. For the fans, this is the last
chance to see these young men and
women play before they take the next
step to college.
They are some of the best players on
the west coast and the games were very
entertaining. Look for a home and home
double-header in the future as the coach
for the Washington squad thought he
smelled a little too much home cooking
by the local refs.
first shooting guard to survive the tran
sition from high school to the pros.
A shooting guard has to make deci
sions, not like a forward who just
usually turns and shoots. But in addi
tion to learning the NBA game. Bryant
has to learn the NBA. The road trips,
the hotels, the grind of an 82-game
schedule.
Joe Bryant resigned his post at La
Salle to help Kobe make the transition.
You could alm ost argue Kobe is ahead
of the gam e because Joe has lived the
NBA life and Kobe should know what
goes on. So maybe that part, which has
been labeled a risk by some, had been
diminished.
Then th e re’s O ’Neal, who like
Garnett, did not meet the academic
requi rements to attend college. O 'N eal
is very talented and went four picks
later where the Portland Trail Blazers
tabbed him with the 17th overall pick.
SHOOTOUT
FO R CHRIST!
The 6 -fo o t-ll center has scouts
drooling with his raw talent, though
there is some immaturity in his game.
O ' Neal averaged 5.2 blocks per game
his senior season at Eau Claire High
School in South Carolina and aver
aged 22.4 points and 12.2 rebounds as
well
But can O ’Neal adjust to the NBA?
Can he live the life and do it as well as
Garnettdid lastseason? A t226pounds,
O ’Neal will obviously need to add
some weight to survive the physical
rigors o f the NBA.
W ith O 'N eal as an 18-year-old
rookie and A rvydas S abonis as a 31-
year-old second-year player, one can
say the Blazers have one o f the m ore
unique front lines in the NBA . But
th a t's if O ’Neal lives up to his bill
ing. H e m ay not be related to
Shaquille, but Jerm aineO 'N eal hopes
to be as good.
Top 10 NBA Picks
For 1996-97
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS
Allen Iverson, G, Georgetown (1)
TORONTO RAPTORS
Marcus Camby, F, Massachusetts (2)
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