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S eptember 4, 1996 • T he P ortland O bserver
RB E m m itt S m ith
re le a s e d
Cow boys running back Em m itt
Smith spent a night in C hicago’s
N orthwestern M emorial Hospital,
took a series o f tests that proved
negative and returned to D allas
this morning.
Smith was injured M onday night
in a 22-6 loss to the Chicago Bears
when he dove without the ball and
landed awkwardly on his helmet
and shoulder pads. He was im m o
bilized, carted off the field and
kept overnight at the hospital for
tests.
E d b e rg a d v a n c e s
a t U.S. O p e n
T w o -tim e c h a m p io n S tefan
Edberg of Sweden extended the
final Grand Slam tournam ent ap
pearance o f his illustrious career
today w hen he ou td u eled T im
Henman of Britain over four sets
and advanced to the quarterfinals
of the U.S. Open Tennis C ham pi
onships in New York.
C h a v e z r e p o r te d ly
a fu g itiv e
Form er two-time world cham
pion Julio Cesar C havez reported
ly is a fugitive from justice after
M e x ico 's T reasury D epartm ent
charged the boxer and tw o o f his
associates with tax fraud.
M onday's editions o f Esto, a
M exico City new spaper, reported
that C havez’s w hereabouts are un
known and cited an unidentified
source close to the fighter who
said C havez is in the United States.
The source also said C havez
claims to be innocent and accuses
his ac co u n tan t, D aniel V iesca
Monsivais, of lying to him.
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HEAVYWEIGHTS AGASSI AHD MUSTER ROCK OPEH
by
R ichard F inn
T e n n is h e a v y w e ig h ts A n d re
Agassi and Thom as M uster are ready
to rock the U.S. Open with a quarter
final clash between two titanic hit
ters.
“It's going to be big tennis,” the
sixth-seeded Agassi said o f his m ar
quee show dow n against the third-
seeded Austrian.
“Big tennis is when you get two
guys trying to establish their will out
there on the court," Agassi said.
“We both are going to be beating
the ball pretty good from the baseline.
Y o u ’ll hear explosions off the racket
four, five, six times a point. T hat’s
big tennis.”
N either player needed to raise the
decibel level o f his gam e on M on
day. Muster, in fact, prevailed over
13th-seeded Swede Thom as Enqvist
7-6 6-2 4-6 6-1 despite being w eak
ened by the effects of an upset stom
ach.
“The more pain I felt, the worse
my opponent played,” M uster told a
reporter after receiving treatment.
There were no such concerns for
Agassi after his 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4 S ta
dium Court win over countrym an
David Wheaton.
R egardless o f M u ster’s health,
Agassi is expecting the gritty left
hander to give his usual all-out ef
fort.
“I think he punches the clock ev
ery tim e he steps on the court,” Agassi
said of the 1995 French Open cham
pion. “Every time he gets out there,
he busts his ass to win. I d o n ’t expect
him to do anything less.”
Call it a time rewind The most
advanced football com puter sim ula
tion gam e ever devised has already
determ ined the winner o f Super Bowl
X X X I, and the answer sounds like it
cam e from the 1980s.
The San Francisco 49ers will re
gain their perennial pow erhouse sta
tus this year by blow ing past the
B uffalo Bills to be named Super Bowl
C ham pions!
T h at’s the conclusion o f more than
100 season-long com puter sim ula
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ball for W indow s CD V ersion 2.0,
the most statistically advanced com
puter sim ulation football gam e ever
created.
In fact, the game forecasted 68%
o f N FL w inners in 1995 and predict
ed that the Indianapolis Colts would
be in Super Bowl XXX. The Colts
fell one play short. It also holds the
enviable record of picking nine of
the 12 1995 playoff teams before the
season began.
Overall, APBA Pro Football for
W indows picks the following teams
to make this season’s playoffs:
— The Dallas Cow boys take the
N FC East
— The Green Bay Packers win the
N IK E officials today confirm ed
that the com pany has reached an
agreem ent with Tiger W oods, fresh
off an unprecedented third consecu
tive U.S. A m ateur title.
The announcem ent was made to
day by Tiger W oods at a press con
ference at the G reater M ilw aukee
Open, at which he declared his deci
sion to go pro.
The term s of the agreem ent were
not disclosed.
“Tiger W oods will have a trem en
dous impact on the world o f sports
and will change the way people view
the game of golf,” said NIKE Chair
man and C EO Philip H. Knight.
“He is one o f a handful of special
athletes who transcend their sports,
the way Jordan has done in basket
ball, and M cEnroe did in tennis,"
Knight said.
“I have so much admiration for
this kid. He is one of my idols,” said
M ichael Jordan.
“I am in aw e of what h e’s done
He certainly has the tools and work
ethic to truly innovate the game," he
added.
N IK E will also debut a television
com m ercial and a three-page ad that
will appear in T hursday’s edition of
the Wall Street Journal that heralds
the much-anticipated arrival of the
m ost exciting new com er to the sport
o f golf. Titled, “Hello W orld,” both
the print and TV spots recount Ti
g er’s many accom plishments.
The 30- and 60-second TV spots
feature vintage and recent play foot
age o f Tiger.
The ad copy reads:
“I shot in the 70s when I was
eight. I shot in the 60s when I was 12.
I won the U.S. Junior A m ateur when
I was 14. I played in the Nissan Los
A ngeles Open when I was 16. I won
the U.S. A m ateur when I was 18. I
played in the M asters when I was 19.
I am the only man to win three con
secutive U.S. Am ateur titles.” The
ads conclude with the statem ent,
“There are still golf courses in the
United States that I cannot play be
cause of the color of my skin. I’m
told I’m not ready for you. Are you
ready for m e?”
An agreem ent in principle was
reached in the days following W oods’
historic third consecutive U.S. A m a
teur title at Pum pkin Ridge, located
near N IK E ’s worldwide headquar
ters in Portland, Oregon.
“Like every sports com pany, we
were interested in Tiger and had a
plan in place that could be im ple
mented once he made his decision to
go pro,” said Ralph Greene, N IK E ’s
U.S. director o f sports marketing.
“After he finished play in the U.S.
A m ateur and made his decision, the
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added.
“T iger has a trem endous opportu
nity to be a role model and increase
participation in the sport. W e are
anxious to work with T iger as an
am bassador of change for the game
of golf,” G reene said.
NIK E entered the golf category
with footw ear and apparel in 1984.
W oods will work with NIK E design
ers to bring his own sense o f fun and
contempotjary style to N IK E ’s prod
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“A nybody w ho questioned N I
K E ’s com m itm ent to the game of
golf ought to think again,” Knight
said.
“N IK E has always been proud to
be associated with the w o rld 's great
est athletes, and Tiger W oods will be
a very important elem ent in N IK E ’s
continued growth," he added.
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“HBO Boxing After Dark: Marco
Antonio Barrera VS. Jesse Magana,
and Mark Johnson VS. Alejandro
Montiel” will be seen on Saturday,
September 14th at 11:30pm (live E.T.).
In the first bout, Marco Antonio
Barrera (42-0, 30 KOs), a fast-rising
superstar and the world’s best junior
featherweight, takes on top contender
Jesse Magana (18-4-2, 8 KOs), in a
scheduled 12-round fight
B arrera defeated
K ennedy
McKinney last February in a bout
many observers consider the fight of
the year.
Then, world flyweight champion
Mark Johnson (29-1,22 KOs) puts his
title on the line against M exico’s
Alejandro Montiel (32-2,21 KOs) in a
scheduled 12-round bout
Johnson captured the crown in May
with an impressive first-round knock
out of Francisco Tejedor.
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two former Grand Slam cham pions
in personal terms.
“I think if anyone makes this more
than a tennis match, it’s their own
issue,” said Agassi, w inner o f the
1994 Open as well as the 1995 A us
tralian Open and 1992 W imbledon.
“Com e on, w e’re in the quarter
finals o f the U.S. Open. We both
have won big events before W e both
want to do it again. T h at’s what w e’re
both going out there and trying to do.
To make it anything more than that is
a waste of time."
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O ther story lines heightened the
rivalry between the two players who
split their eight previous encounters.
M uster was one o f the most vocal
critics of the O pen’s decision to ele
vate Agassi two spots in the seedings
from his A TP ranking and drop the
Austrian one spot.
Earlier in the year Agassi ques
tioned M uster’s legitim acy as the
ranking num ber one since he had
won only on clay.
But Agassi said he did not see the
upcom ing confrontation between the
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