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* > \ NOV. 18,1998 Page B2 Dunleavy Signs Letter Of Intent With Duke Scores:Oregon Schools Oregon vs. Arizona State 31-19 PSU vs Northern Arizona 13-23 The 102nd Civil War: Oregon State vs. Oregon f Michael Dunleavy. Jr., announced Monday he has signed a letter o f intent to attend Duke University in Durham. North Carolina, beginning in the 1999-2000 school year. This fight no Joke, say Foreman and Holmes unleavy, 18, is a 6 ’7" se m or guard for Jesuit High School, Portland, Oregon. He a first team A ll-State basketball selection during the 1996-97 sea son leading the Crusaders to the O S. A. A. basketball quarterfinals. He was among the State’s top scor- D Old-timers George Foreman and Larry Holmes insist that their Janu-1 I ary 23 bout is no joke. “I’m fighting in there for real,” the 49-year-old Holmes said o f the pay-per-view show between the two former heavyweight champions at | the Houston Astrodome that comes 113 days after Foreman turns 50. “1 didn ’ t work for a year and two I months not for it to be real," said Holmes, who noted that he had I ing leaders with a 19 point per game average. was “I felt Duke was the school for m e,” he said. “I developed a good r e la tio n s h ip w ith C oach K rzyzew ski and , Duke is a pro gram I believe we can w in.” D unleavy had narrow ed his choices to Duke and N orth C aro lina. He called both coaches on Sunday to inform them o f his deci sion. He form ally signed his letter o f intent on N ovem ber 16. Dunleavy begins his senior year basketball season on D ecem ber 1st at Jefferson High School, 7:30 PM. Kickoff at 3:37pm Saturday. N ovem der 21st. on Fox Sports N orm an a Shark in Peaceful W aters already p u tin 175 rounds o f spar ring. “I am taking my stuff seri- |ously.” ing off what he calls “the best sum e fell asleep during “Phan mer of my life.” tom of the Opera” but fell in love with “The Lion King” on Broad Ultimately, his return could have as much to do with his swing as his way. He took spontaneous lunch priorities. breaks with his wife and went 36 Norman answered the first ques holes in England on the other side of tion last week in the Shark Shootout, the ropes. He met the new boyfriend and not just because he and Steve o f his 16-year-old daughter. Elkington won in a sudden-death This is what Greg Norman means playoff. by getting his life back. Any concerns about whether his And this is why he says he looks shoulder would be just as strong were forward to getting back to golf, but put to rest with each vicious swing not to the life ofaprofessional golfer. off the tee, with the 3-wood that had “I’ve never seen Greg this re to carry 260 yards over a bunker to an laxed,” Laura Norman, his wife o f 17 elevated green, with the 8-iron that years, said during the Shark Shootout he knew he had to crush to squeeze in California. “It’s funny, because a that extra five yards out o f it. lot o f the wives on tour said, ‘Boy, “I felt like I got my power back,” you must be ready for him to get out Norman said. “I knew I could put it o f the house.’ But we had so much out there when I needed to put it out fun living a normal life.” there. And that’s important when you Not that renting an island in the know you can go after it if you r^eed Bahamas constitutes a normal life. to.” There was also a three-week trip to His game still needs fine-tuning. Europe, part o f which was spent The first real test will be two weeks watching his 13-year-old son Gre from now in the Australian Open, gory in a golf tournament, a shop- where Norman will be on his own for ping-theater extravaganza in New 72 holes. York and fly fishing in Colorado. But don’t be surprised if Norman But where they went or what they doesn’t need a special invitation to did is not the issue. get back to the Masters (his five-year “It w asn’t like we were going to a exemption from winning the British golf tournament,” Laura Norman Open expired this year). Since he said. joined the PGA Tour in 1984, he has This week at Sherwood Country either won or finished second 21 Club, a gorgeous Jack N icklaus percent o f the time, and there’s no course carved from the Southern reason to believe it will be any differ California foothills, they were back ent now. to the routine. Norman was grinding “He would love to come straight away, trying to rediscover his feel. out and win. That’s just Greg’s na His wife and two children were tag ture,” his wife said. “H e’s not the ging along. type to just let it happen because he “I don’t know if it’s good or bad,” doesn’t know any differently. He’s she said about her husband’s return been No. 1 for so long, and you have to golf. “But it is going to be an to work your butt off to get there. adjustment.” Then, you have to work even harder That goes for Norman, too. to stay there.” Since coming back from April 22 Norman says being No. 1 in the surgery on his left shoulder, Norman world rankings — he’s been there has said he does not want to fall into longer than anyone from his genera the same routine he was in for 20- tion — was never a priority and won ’ t plus years as a global golfer, which be now. He says he has an unfiltered looks even more like drudgery com H Glavine Wins Second Cy Young Award Tom Glavine edged reliever I Trevor Hoffman to win his second NL Cy Young Award today, the | sixth time in eight years an Atlanta | Braves pitcher has earned the honor. In the closest balloting for the | award in 11 years, Hoffman re ceived the most first-place votes but fell 11 points short o f Glavine, who appeared on three more bal- I lots. The 32-year-old left-hander be came the first Cy Young winner I | not to receive the most first-place votes. j Bad Boy Rodman Ties Knot In Vegas, Or Did He? The Chicago Bulls star tied the | knot Saturday with ‘’Baywatch” I actress Carmen Electra, whose real nam e is T ara P a tric k , said Rodman’s agent, Dwight Manley. The couple picked up a mar riage license on Saturday, accord ing to county records, but nobody at A Little Chapel o f the Flowers would confirm the ceremony took | place. ! Manley said Monday that Rod- man was intoxicated at the time and taken advantage o f by Electra and people he called ‘’leeches.” j Tauzlat Advances at Chase Championships The Chase C ham pionships’ I I daytime debut opened to a lot of empty seats and uninspired tennis. | It also followed form. In a first-round match, eighth- seeded Nathalie Tauziat ofFrance beat Natasha Zvereva o f Belarus 6 -3 , 6-1 and a spot in the I quarterfinals o f the Corel WTA T our’s season-ending bash at Madison Square Garden. Tonight, No. 2 Martina Hingis plays her Swiss Fed Cup team- I mate, Patty Schnyder, before No. 3 Jana Novotna meets red-hot | A REAL BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL T-SHIRT SALE Top NBA Draft Pick May Go Overseas The long NBA lockout could prom pt the top rookie to flee | overseas. M ich ael O lo w o k a n d i, the overall No. 1 draft pick in the | NBA draft last June, says h e ’ll go to Europe to play profession- | ally, perhaps in T urkey, if the lockout lasts another couple of | weeks. ‘‘If th ere’s no resolution, I have to do something. If it means going to Europe to take care of m yself on financial terms and to prove m yself, then I don t have a problem doing that for one s e a s o n ,” O lo w o k a n d i said . I “ H opefully this lockout is going to end soon, but you never know. It could extend into next sea-1 I son.” The lockout m oved into its 140th day today w ith no end in I sight. attention Have you been laid off??? approach to golf, that he will not play as many tournaments, not spend as much time on the driving range, not treat the major championships as life- or-death situations. “I don’t have an urgency to do anything any more,” he said. “I ’ve got a pretty level approach on every thing in the future, and I’m going to maintain that all the way through.” But what happens when the shark smells blood? How long before his unfiltered view o f golf is polluted by getting into contention at a major championship for the umpteenth time? What will he feel if he comes up short once again ? “I think he’ll be just as driven, but I think he’ll handle it differently,” Laura Norman said. “The biggest change in him this summer was he didn’t have all those pressures — from being out here and the pressure he puts on himself that causes him to be so focused. “I think he’ll enjoy it more this time,” she said. “And I think he’ll play even better.” • Plant Closure • Downsizing • Cyclical layoffs Are you 50 years or older or a union member??? 1 A M C A R E S can help you FIND A JO B ... and it's Through our Members First or Renew (Reemployment Network fo r Experienced Workers) Program, We Help You Find the Best Offer and Take the Right Job. Call Now and See How We Can Help You... Tony Ross Reemployment Specialist I AM CARES Cascade Hlaza 413 4 N. 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