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JUNE 24, 1998
H |c Portkinh (Obsertor
Last Chance To Get A Life
Foundation
NBA-Buffls' coach Phil Jackson departs
Phil Jackson
Chicago Bulls’ coach Phil
Jackson reiterated last Mon­
day, he was quitting the six­
time NBA champions and
suggested in a press report
that superstar Michael Jor­
dan could put a magical cap
to his career by retiring.
“ It’s time to go. I’ve been
pushing at this horn a little bit
for the last couple of years
about leaving and about being
ready to leave, and it’s my
time to go. It’s the right time
for me,” Jackson told report­
ers before leaving the team ’s
suburban practice facility.
Jackson told Newsweek he
had turned down an offer
from B u lls’ ow ner Jerry
R ein sd o rf to rem ain the
te a m 's coach, saying he
wanted “to enjoy some dif­
ferent things.”
Jackson, referred to as the
“Zen-master" by his players,
also told the magazine that
Jordan could put a “magical
ending” to his storied career
by retiring.
Jordan, 35, has said he
would not play for another
coach, though he has also
hinted he might return for
another season or two but
would make that decision at
the end of the summer.
A week ago, the Bulls cap­
tured their sixth champion­
ship in the last eight seasons
with a 4-2 Finals series vic­
tory over the Utah Jazz.Jack-
son guided the Bulls, featur­
ing Jordan and free-agent
sidekick Scottie Pippen, to
all six NBA crowns.
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Jan. 3-4 - x-Andersen Consulting World Championship (Colin Montgomerie)
Jan. 8-11 - Mercedes Championships (Phil Mickelson)
Jan. 14-18 - Bob Hope Chrysler Classic (Fred Couples)
Jan. 22-25 - Phoenix Open (Jesper Parnevik)
Jan. 29-1 - AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (final round Aug. 17)
Feb. 5-8 - Buick Invitational (Scott Simpson)
Feb. 12-15 - United Airlines Hawaiian Open (John Huston)
Feb. 19-22 - Tucson Chrysler Classic (David Duval)
Feb. 26-1 - Nissan Open (Billy Mayfair)
March 5-8 - Doral-Ryder Open (Michael Bradley)
March 12-15 - Honda ( lassie (Mark Calcavecchia)
March 19-22 - Bay Hill Invitational (Ernie Els)
March 26-29 - The Players Championship (Justin Leonard)
April 2-5 - Freeport-McDermott Classic (Lee Westwood)
April 9-12 - Masters (Mark O’Meara)
April 16-19- MCI Classic (Davis Love III)
April 23-26 - Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic (Trevor Dodds)
April 30-May 3 - Shell Houston Open (David Duval)
May 7-10 - BellSouth Classic ( l iger Woods)
May 14-17 - GTE Byron Nelson Classic (John Cook)
May 21-24 - MasterCard Colonial (Tom W atson)
May 28-31 - Memorial Tournament (Ered Couples)
June 4-7 - Kemper Open (Stuart Appleby)
June 11-14 - Buick Classic (J.P. Hayes)
June 18-21 - U.S. Open (Lee Janzen)
June 25-28 - Motorola Western Open, Cog Hill Golf & C.C., Lemont, III.
July 2-5 - Canon Greater Hartford Open, TPC at River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.
July 9-12 - Quad City Classic, Oakwood C.C., Coal Valley, III.
July 16-19 - British Open, Royal Birkdale G.C., Southport, England
July 16-19 - Deposit Guaranty Classic, Annandale G.C., Madison, Miss.
July 23-26 - CVS Charity Classic, Pleasant Valley C.C., Sutton, Mass.
July 30-Aug. 2 - FedEx St. Jude Classic, TPC at Southwind, Memphis, Tenn.
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Golf-Leading world rankings
after U.S. Open
I iger Woods extended his lead at the top o f the world rankings to more than a full point with
his joint 18th place finish in the U.S. Open on Sunday.
Ernie Els remained in second place but dropped back by finishingjoint 49th in an event he won
last year.
Eee Janzen. the champion on Sunday, advanced 20 places from 42nd to 22nd place while
runner-up Payne Stewart moved up from 40th to 27th.
Top 20 (U.S. unless stated):
1. Tiger Woods
11.56 points average
2. Ernie Els (South Africa)
10.53
3. Davis Love
10.25
4. Greg Norman (Australia)
9.49
5. David Duval
9.21
6. Colin Montgomerie (Britain) 9.16
7. Justin Leonard 8.29
8. Nick Price (Zimbabwe) 7.92
9. l ied Couples
7.86 10. Mark O'M eara
7.75 I I Plnl Mickelson
7.69 12. Lee Westwood (Britain)
7.28 14 Masashi Ozaki (Japan)
6.77 15. Jim Furyk
6.27 16. Vijay Singh (Fiji) 5.84 17. Scott Hoch
5.70 19. Mark t aleavecchia.
7.63 13. Tom Lehman
5.78 18. Tom Watson
5.63 20. Jesper Parnevik (Sweden)
5.61
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T H/XD S pencer
I am writing to invite and ask for
your help by participating in a noble
venture. After seven long years o f
correspondence, both written and
verbal, conferences and at times
pleading. I am about to realize my
dream o f bringing boxing back to
the youth o f our nation. I have
founded a youth rehabilitation or­
ganization whose dynamics are the
sport o f boxing, with a char­
acter and life skills develop­
ment and training program.
I have opened the doors
to the “Last Chance to get a
Life Foundation, “ aimed at
helping troubled, disadvan­
taged youth, who have fallen
to crime and corruption,
landing them in the juvenile
detention system. The Foun­
dation works with the court
system by offering youth a
choice o f detention or par­
ticipation in my program.
Decades ago, organizations simi­
lar to our sponsored boxing gyms
and tournaments that gave order and
purpose to wayward lives produc­
ing many boxing legends and cham­
pions, such as Sugar Ray Robinson,
George Foreman, Jake La Motta,
Rocky M arciano, M ike Tyson,
Muhammed Ali. Our facility in Las
Vegas is theonlyjuveni le hall affili­
ated with the sport o f kings.
The boxing community at large
has endured a fervent campaign to
ban the sport o f boxing in America
by phasing it out. This “inquisition”
was fueled by ignorance, bigotry
and enmity. When gyms and schol­
arships were taken away, many
young amateur boxing programs
throughout the land were forced to
shut down. This forced a lot o f kids
into the streets, thus, plunging them
into a life o f crime, as gang affilia­
tions were their new “families." Es­
calation o f crime and illiteracy per­
meated the land. But through it all.
boxing remains the ultimate test of
athletic progress, skill, speed, power
endurance, courage and the will to
win. Boxing events capture the raw,
pure nature of competition.
I need you to show your support
by your attendance at a amateur
boxing match, fund raiser, whose
theme is to honor the boxer’s of
tomorrow.
The date o f our fund-raiser ama­
teur boxing event is Saturday, June
27th, from 2 PM to 5 PM at Mult­
nomah Greyhound Park. We will
have at least 7 matches and live
music and entertainment. The foun­
Stuart Scott Re-Signs With
ESP\-SportsCenter anchor
signs multi-year deal
S p o r ts C e n te r a n c h o r S tu a rt
S c o t t h a s r e - s i g n e d w ith
E S P N , it w as a n n o u n c e d by
V in ce D o ria , ESPN a s s is ta n t
m a n a g in g e d ito r , n ew s d ir e c ­
to r. S c o tt, w ho jo in e d ESPN
in A u g u st 1993 as an o rig in a l
E S PN 2 a n c h o r, w ill c o n tin u e
to c o -h o s t th e 2 :0 0 am ET e d i­
tio n o f th e sh o w .
“ S tu a rt h as m ad e h is ow n
d is tin c tiv e m ark on th e s p o rts
w o r l d , ” s a id D o ria .
“ H is
u n iq u e s ty le , c r e a tiv ity and
p e r s p e c tiv e h a v e re s o n a te d
w ith a lo t o f p e o p le . S tu a r t ’s
c o n tr ib u tio n s h av e a d d e d to
th e t r e m e n d o u s g r o w th in
p o p u la rity o f S p o r ts C e n te r ."
S c o tt, 3 2 , h as b ec o m e
w id e ly r e c o g n i z e d fo r h is
s m o o th d e l i v e r y , h i p - h o p
s ty le an d u n iq u e p e rs p e c tiv e .
H is tra d e m a rk p h ra s e s “ B O O -
Y A !” ( a f te r a m o n s te r jam or
h o m e ru n ), “ C an I g e t a w it­
n e ss fro m th e c o n g r e g a tio n ”
( a f te r a s p e c ta c u la r p la y ) or
“ C ool as th e o th e r s id e o f th e
dation is a non-profit organization. ’
am asking you for your support to
help us secure the future o f these
young lives, as well as support the
art of boxing. We need a boxing
gym in the Concordia neighborhood.
We have the moral and legisla­
tive support of the Don Long juve­
nile center, because our primary ob­
jective is to save our children. We
will instil I discipline and build char­
acter in these kids by
showing them that there
are other avenues avail­
able to them other than
those roads that lead to
incarceration and death.
Who knows, some may
emerge as champions of
the world.
Thank you for your
time and attention to this
worthy cause. We pray
for your participation and
support in any way you
can. The struggle continues, and we
know that you are busy, we’d love to
see you at this most worthy event.
Our goal is to build boxing centers
all over the country, and see them
rise again in every juvenile hall in
America.
Tickets are available at the door.
Ringside seat reservations are avail­
able in advance by calling Mult­
nomah Greyhound Park. Tickets are
$ 15 for ringside and $ 10 for general
admission.
You can sponsor 10 kids for $100.
These sponsorships are needed and
your help is appreciated.
. Tuesday’s
Sports
Scoreboard
All Times Eastern
American League
San Diego at Seattle, 6:35 p.m.
Florida at Tampa Bay, 7:05 p.m.
Montreal at Toronto, 7:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at Boston, 7:05 p.m.
AtlantaatN.Y. Yankees, 7:35p.m.
N.Y. Metsat Baltimore, 7:35 p.m.
Arizona at Texas, 8:35 p.m. Los
Angeles at Anaheim, 10:05 p.m.
San Francisco at Oakland, 10:05
p.m.
NationaI League
Sports Center anchor Stuart
Scott alongside partner Rich
Eisen.
p illo w ” (co o l u n d e r p re ssu re ),
h av e b eco m e part o f th e sp o rts
le x ic o n .
A C h ic a g o n a tiv e , S c o tt
g ra d u a te d from th e U n iv e rsity
o f N o rth C a ro lin a in I 987. He
is m a rrie d and h as o ne c h ild .
Kansas City 6. Cincinnati 4
F Houston 9 Minnesota 0 -6 Mil­
waukee 7 Colorado 3
6
Cleveland 3 Chicago Cubs I
-5 Chicago White Sox at Pittsburgh,
7:05 p.m. Detroit at St. Louis, 8:10
p.m.
WNBA Basketball
Cleveland at New York. 7:30
p.m. Sacramento at Detroit. 7:30
p.m.
M ajor League Soccer
No games today.
World Cup Soccer
Chile I,Cameroon l‘
FItaly2,
Austria I F Brazil 0 Norway 0
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The 1998 Portland Amateur Boxing
Saturday June 27th, 1998 from 2-5 PM.
Multnomah Greyhound Park
NE 223rd Fairview.
The 1998 Last Chance To Get A Life Search For Miss
Ringside Continues...
Balzers Bar & Grill June 22nd at 10 PM!!! The Miss
Ringsider contestant winner will become
“The 1998 Portland Amateur Boxing Miss Ringsider“
Last Chance To Get A Life Portland Amateur Boxing Seat Information
Call: 884-0678 or 887-7804. Musical Ouest Kirk Oreen to star in event!!!