; •
- •
, r .
•
-a fe
Page 112
.
'
a,
• • .
•<
:
• w6 . « • » ♦ » #*•
•/>
i.
*'*. ,
a
',
'
•
»•* -*
»* • <
- t* .? f _
• * '• ,1
a
‘
* T r*^ y • .« * * •
<• >
T •*
>.* * .*
j
» •
* * V • ^ > • .- V
7
' ** '-•■•'• •••*■ • V • .»..•••
✓ /. .a
• *.
.
* -
’ • .♦
• • *
.• •
‘
-%*
Jerry Rice, w ho m ade an astound
ing return to the San Francisco 49ers
15 w eeks after m ajor knee surgery,
apparently bruised the surgically re
paired right knee in Monday night s
gam e against the D enver Broncos
and is uncertain for the playolfs.
Rice, the N FL s all-tim e touch
dow n and receiving leader, caught a
14-yard touchdow n pass midway
through the second quarter ot the 34-
17 win over Denver.
I he wide receiver held on tor the
score despite taking a hard hit as he
caught the ball Rice finished the first
half w ith three catches lor 40 yards,
but sat out the second half w ith an ice
pack on the knee.
N iners general m anager Dwight
C lark said R ice’s status is uncertain
for the playoffs.
"Jerry Rice suffered a knee injury
totally unrelated to the injury he sus
tained and com pletely recovered from
earlier in the season. Clark said af
ter the gam e. "W e are going to do
som e im aging (M RI) and we will
know m ore about it then."
The 49ers had planned to sit out
Rice for the regular season finale at
Seattle this w eekend in any event
because o f the K ingdom e’s artificial
turf. San Francisco will not play its
first playof f gam e until the weekend
r .
D E C . 17, 1997
CCI ir IJortlanò <()b«frwr
Rice re-injures
knee, playoffs
uncertain
' ’ •
’ oí
• •
drive in 17 plays ended with a one
yard plunge by David Ruler and
successful kick for a 10-7 tally.
W illam ette answ ered m inutes later
Bv N eh H eilpern
T h e W illa m e tte U n iv e r s ity
B earcats claw ed their way at P ort
land Civic Stadium Saturday to earn
¡heir first spot in NAIA s national
cham pionship game next w eekend.
The Salem team toppled the Sioux
Falls (S.D .) C ougars, last y e a r's
cham ps, in a 17-7 game w hich held
both team s scoreless in the second
with a backfield pass.
W ith
q u a r te r b a c k
C huck
Pinkerton tem porarily out of the
gam e nursing injuries, replacem ent
quarterback Jay D ouglass handed
off to third string fullback Stephen
Person. S printing to his left. Person
pivoted, tossed and hit flanker I im
Blair for a 44 yard TD.
T h o m so n 's kick capped the scor
half
The win culm inates a five year
effort that has brought W U from a
I -9 season to a perfect 13-0 record.
S atu rd ay they face top ran k ed
Findlay of O hio, 1995 national co
cham pions am ong sm all colleges,
in Savannah. Tenn.
Earlier in playoffs, W illam ette
outscored F in d lay ’s co-cham p title
holder. W estern W ashington.
Bearcat Fullback Rich Rideout
Scored on an eight yard sprint five
m inutes into the first quarter fol
low ing an eight play, 75 yard drive
w hich began on a C ougar fumble
recovery by C hris C alaycay. and
the Cougars kept stum bling. B ran
don F o lk ert re c o v e re d an o th e r
fum ble late in the third quarter with
Sioux Falls deep in W U turf, on the
ing for the rest ot the day.
Cougar's nationally second best of
fensive line crumpled several times
against a top rated Bearcat defense
whichcrashed thri >ugh for si x OB sacks.
WU tackle Jackson Baures came up
with five tackles and two sacks.
A field-length fourth quarter push
by the S outh D akota team w as
thwarted by several sacks, including
three by Eric Thom son costing the
Cougars 33 yards. Sioux Falls final
possession ended on W illam ette’s
49 when a f ourth and 26 desperation
II.
Late in the first quarter, WU trav
eled dow nfield in 12 plays to the 20
w here G o rd o n T h o m so n ’s kick
upped the score to 10-0.
A Cougar second quarter 93 yard
Willamette Bearcat defender Rai Washington lifted the Sioux Falls ball carrier for a dunk-slam in a 17
10 football game at civic Stadium to take WU to the NAIA championship match Saturday
Photo by Neil Heilpern
pass fell short.
A key factor for W illam ette’s
five year w inning streak is the holis
tic philosophy brought to tow n by
C oach Dan H aw kins in 1993.
"Hawk: taught his players to build
character, strength, courage, co u r
tesy, scholastics and a sense of co m
m itm ent on m any levels.
o f January 3-4
NBA Eliminates Dunk Contest
T h e d u n k c o n te st w as o ften
slam m ed in recent years. C ritics said
all the good dunks had already been
done and lam ented the lack of par
ticipation f rom the league's best play
ers.
T he NBA , wary of an event gone
stale, has decided to do away with it.
For the first time since 1983, All -Star
W eekend will be held without adunk
contest.
“ I think it was getting to be m o
notonous. and maybe it's good to do
s o m e th in g d if f e r e n t." C h a rle s
B arkley said
"It was the same dunk over and
over. T here’s really nothing you could
do. I think som e dunkers w ere really
good, but nobody got excited about it
dunk contest is kind of a tradition,
but it’s been dow n in the past few
years and the com petitors have not
stepped up,” said Kobe Bryant, who
won the dunk contest last season in
Cleveland.
“I think a little change right now
w ould be appropriate. But in a couple
o f years, th ey ’ll probably go hack to
because they had seen it before."
T h e d u n k c o n te s t w ill be r e
p la c e d by an e v e n t c a lle d “ 2-
b a ll" th a t w ill team on e N B A and
o n e W N B A p la y e r fro m the sam e
city in a sh o o tin g c o n te st in w hich
p o in ts are a w a rd e d on a slid in g
sc ale for sh o ts ta k e n from d if f e r
en t sp o ts on th e c o u rt o v e r a span
o f 60 se c o n d s. T h e fu rth e r the
sh o t, th e m o re p o in ts .
It d o e s n ’t so u n d q u ite as e x
c itin g as a w in d m ill, b e tw e e n -
th e -le g s, 3 6 0 -d e g re e th ro w d o w n .
A nd it re m a in s to be se en how
th e fan s p a y in g $ 1 0 0 p e r tic k e t
w ill re a c t w h en th e e v e n t is h eld
it," Bryant said.
The league plans to unveil it s "2-
ball” plans at a new s conference
W ednesday, and no one at the league
office was w illing to com m ent M on
day on the dem ise o f the dunk co n
test.
Players had mixed opinions.
“It’s probably som ething that will
be m issed because fo ra lot ol tans, a
F eb . 7.
“It’s a big change. The N BA slam-
Iverson suspended for one game
T he Philadelphia 76ers suspended
guard A llen Iverson for M onday
n ig h t’s gam e against the Boston
C eltics for m issing practice a day
earlier.
Sixers vice president o f basket
ball adm inistration Billy King an
nounced the decision before the game,
saying that Iverson had violated team
rules.
“It’s unfortunate, but team rules
have to stand and be upheld." King
said. "W e look forw ard to having
Allen back soon."
Iverson had 29 points against New
York on Saturday night, but only two
assists as the Knicks beat the Sixers
95-83. On Sunday, he m issed prac
tic e , P h ila d e lp h ia c e n te r E ric
HAWKS 99,
BLAZERS 90
Tyrone Corbin scored a season-
high 19 points and Christian I uicttner
added 19 points and 13 rebounds
Montlay night as Atlanta won its thud
straight game, 99-90 over Portland.
Reserve Ed Gray atlded 16 points
for the Hawks, who were playing
their fourth road game in five nights.
Gray took over at point guard in
the second quarter for the slumping
Mookie Blaylock, who scored only
eight points on 3-of-12 shooting.
Gray, who entered the game av
eraging 7.3 points, scored nine dur
ing a 16-8 run that gave Atlanta a
54-47 halftime lead
DikembeM utombohad I9points
and nine rebounds for the Hawks.
Kenny Anderson scored 20 points
and Rasheed Wallace added 16 f< ir the
BlazersThe Blazers have lost six
straight to the Hawks, dating to Jan. 3,
1995.
J
M ontross confirm ed.
Iverson sat on the S ixers’ bench in
street clothes during M onday nig h t’s
gam e at the FleetC enter, w hich the
C eltics won 100-83. He declined to
com m ent after the gam e as he sat in
the locker room listening to music on
his headphones.
"The rules have to be enforced.
He happened to be the first one to
step over the line," M ontross said.
“ I think w e’re all disappointed,”
he said. “H e’s our floor leader and
we need to have him out there. He
realizes that w e need him and h ope
fully that will keep him in good stand
ing in the future."
Iverson’s behavior has com e un
der scrutiny before.
lot of little kids, that was probably
the part of the A ll-Star w eekend that
they enjoy." said Shareef A bdur-
Rahim o f the V ancouver G rizzlies.
"G row ing up, I looked forw ard to
the slam dunk co n test," R ockets
rookie Rodrick Rhodes said. "But
they changed the form at a little bit
the last couple o f years and kind of
screw ed up the w hole dunk contest."
Some of the more m em orable w in
ning dunks were Dee Brown slam
ming the ball through with his fore
arm c o v e rin g h is e y e s, C e d ric
C eballos m aking a blindfolded slam
and Spud W ebb, all 5-foot-7 ol him,
show ing an astonishing vertical leap
and m aking a 360-degree m idair turn
in 1986.
kÎMLlP-89.1 FM
The JAZZ Station
with
Fnuiiuj Fwwuj B to
from 4 -6 p.m.
eueuj Fiidtu,... emij FtitUij... cmy FtiHtuj
REALLY!
Authentic Food from the East
African Coast
3939 NE MLR Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97212
503/ 331-9X44
------------------ U
Horn o f Africa
LJ
Short Cut To The Horn of Africa
) You can have it the way you want, spicy or
mild.
We are open
Tue-Thursday 11AM to 8PM
Fri
llA m to 9 P M
Sat.
1PM to 9:30PM
N othing So Close Can
Take You So Far!
PCC Cascade Cam pus, 505 N K illin g s w o rth , offers
■
■
■
■
■
■
Associate of arts or science degrees
College transfer credits
Career training programs
Help with basic skills
Day, evening and Saturday classes available
Low cost, small classes, experienced teachers
N e w this w in te r at Cascade: Sculpture and
documentary script writing and production.
Portland
Community
College
Learn from the pros!
F or in fo rm a tio n on these and
o th e r P C C program s call 9 78 -5 28 2.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE * GRESHAM
Is Your Future
Postal Express Unlimited #
Y
3507 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Portland Oregon 97212
(503) 287-2183
With Standard?
Y o u 'ie m ailing address can be as "C L A S S Y " as
We need people with a wide range
o f skills and talents. I f you 're
looking for an equal-opportunity
employer that offers great benefits
and competitive wages, take a look
at Standard Insurance Company.
Call our job hotline at 503-321-6736.
"HOME SUITE HOME"
‘ Fax- Send
& Receive
‘ Phone in mail
inquiry
‘ Rubber Stamps
‘ Notary
PO BOX IMACE
Mr John Doe
We’re proud to be The Urban League o f Portlands
Employment Partner o f the Year
fo r 1997
P O BOX 111
Portland Oregon 97212
BETTER IMACE
Mr John Doe
3507 N E Mt.K BNd Suite 250
Portland Oregon 97212
UPS Mail Station
Paragon Pay Station
Mail Box Rental
•There is a i3l three month minimum on monthly rentals
S tandard I nsurance C ompany
P eople. N o t j u s t p olicies.®
All rentals require an $8 00 ke y d e p o s it
Office H o irs 8 eòa m -6 00p
M-F 10 00a m -2 00p m Sat
Mail box access hours 9 30a m -8 30p m M-Sat