DEC. 2,1998
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@ (Etje ^Ìortlanò (Observer
Portland’s Trailblazers are Itching to Play
Big money Skins
Game
LA QU IN TA , Calif. (R euters)-
M asters and British O pen cham
pion M ark O ’M eara w on a record
$430,000 to edge defending cham
pion Tom Lehm an in the $ 1 million
Skins G am e Sunday.
O ’M eara added $280,000 to
Saturday’s front-nine winnings but
m issed out on die richest hole o f
the day — the sixth extra hole —
w here Lehm an sank a birdie putt
worth $270,000.
For the tw o-day event, O ’ M eara
finished w ith eight skins, w hile
Lehm an captured a total o f seven
and earned $420,000.
Talks to resume
Thursday after another
payday passes
N E W Y O R K (A P )— Locked-
out N B A p lay ers felt an o th er
squeeze on their w allets T uesday
before a glim m er o fhope suddenly
emerged.
C ollective bargaining talks, on
hold for nearly tw o w eeks, w ill re
sum e Thursday in N ew Y ork w ith
“everything back on the table,"
deputy com m issioner Russ G ranik
said.
C om m issioner D avid S tem and
union director Billy H unter spoke
b y telephone and agreed to a ses
sion involving the o w ners’ and
p layers’ full negotiating com m it
tees — the first since Nov. 20.
Bowe vs Holyfield
N E W Y O R K — Lennox Lew is is
gettin g the fight he w ants. A nd
E vander H olyfield says Lew is also
w ill get som ething h e ’s not looking
for.
“T w o things are going to hap
pen,” said H olyfield, w ho w ill fight
W BC cham pion Lew is for the undis
puted heavyw eight title M arch 13 in
M adison Square G arden. “I ’m either
going to knock him out good o r I ’m
going to knock him out b ad.”
“T he fans are getting a fight they
w ant to see,” said Lew is, the W BC
cham pion from B ritain. “I ’ve been
w aiting for this fight for such a long
tim e. It’s basically overdue.”
Sampras Upset
H A N O V ER , G erm any— Alex
C orretja saved three m atch points
and overcam e an error-filled perfor
m ance by top-ranked Pete Sampras
today to set up an all-Spanish final
at the A TP T our W orld Cham pion
ship against C arlos Moya.
Corretja, No. 6 in the world, ral
lied to upset Sampras 4-6,6-3,7-6(7-
3), after M oya beat Tim H enm an 6-
4,3-6,7-5.
Sam pras, w ho is assured o f re
taining the No. 1 ranking fora record
sixth consecutive year, had 50 un
forced erro rs against C orretja.
Corretja had only 19.
Check out next week on
SPORTS BRIEFS
Week 20 o f the NBA lockout is in the bank, with at least a few more weeks all but a certainty.
be seen. T hat d o esn ’t m ean they
or P ortland's players, the wait
haven’t w orked out — O ’N eal, ru
mg game inspires at varying
mors say, has added 20 pounds to his
degrees. D am on Stoudam ire, Brian
6-11 frame, w hich w ould put him at
Grant, Rasheed W allace and John
about 245 pounds. Still, their lack o f
Crotty have been regulars in m orning
visibility casts an om inous air tow ard
workouts at SportsNation, the site
theirw ork ethic.
where the Trail Blazers practiced the
The other Blazer veterans are at
last few seasons.
hom e — Isaiah R ider in O akland,
“I ’m itching to play,” Stoudamire, a
Stacey A ugm on in Las V egas and
free agent expected to re-sign w ith the
A rv y d a s S ab o n is so m e w h e re in
Blazers, told The O regonian’s Steve
Lithuania — aw aiting the call that a
Brandon after a recent w orkout. “I
collective-bargaining agreem ent has
mean, why did James Naism ith invent
been reached.
this gam e? Because it’s boring in the
In the interim, the B lazer executive
winter.”
offices
have rem ained busy. O n M on
At least Stoudamire, Grant, Wallace
day
night,
coaches and staff m em bers
and Crotty are putting in daily duty at
conducted
a free tw o-hour clinic at the
S portsN ation. Y o u n g fro n t-lin ers
Rose G arden for m ore than 200 chil
Jermaine O ’Neal and Kelvin Cato, said
dren o f suite and season ticket-hold
to be in town, have been now here to
F
ers and team sponsors.
Head coach M ike D unleavy and
assistants Jim Eyen, Elston Turner,
Tony Brown and Bill Musselman were
on hand for the session, along with
video coordinator N eal M eyer, com
munity activities coordinator Nick
Jones and form er Blazers G reg Smith
and M ichael Harper.
Clinicians w ere given free T-shirts
and their parents free concessions.
M embers o f the team ’s dance squad
signed posters. Afterward, Dunleavy
signed autographs.
The following day, the Blazers
Harvest D inner — an annual free pre-
Thanksgiving feed for the area’s “un
der-served” — drew nearly 5,000
satisfied custom ers at the Garden.
M em bers o f the Blazers’ coaching
staff and front office, along with many
o f the city ’s m edia, served heaping
portions o f turkey, ham and accoutre
m ents for five hours to the area’s
hom eless and down-on-their-luck. In
addition, Super Cuts stylists provided
free haircuts to those in attendance.
“F un,” said Dunleavy, who dished
up food for two hours. "A nd the clinic
w as fun, too. It ’ s good for the com m u
nity, it’s good for the fans, and it’s
good for members o f our organization,
too, to do som ething nice like that.
“ But I’d rather be playing basket
ball.”
The B lazers’ state-of-the-art prac
tice facility in Tualatin is ready to go.
T he team ’s coaches have been m eet
ing for w eeks, watching videotape,
discussing personnel and strategy.
“having everything ready so we can
get our team ready in a 14-day period
once the lockout ends,” Dunleavy
said.
D unleavy has visited several col
lege cam puses to look at future pros
pects during early-season workouts,
and his assistants have done the same
and also attended early CB A camps to
scout for personnel.
O nce a deal is struck — and
everybody is crossing their fingers —
Dunleavy envisions a period a week or
10 days to sign free agents and finalize
training cam p rosters. Then would
come the two-week camp at the Tualatin
practice site, w ith practice games pre
sum ably scheduled against either the
Seattle Supersonics or V ancouver
Grizzlies.
Pilots beat Notre Dame hex with 2-1 win
1998 NCAA Women’s Soccer
Championships Friday,
Dec. 4 - Semifinals
2 p.m. (ET): Santa Clara
vs. Florida
4:30 p.m. (ET): Portland
vs North Carolina
Sunday, Dec. 6 -
Championship
1 p.m. (ET) - semifinal
winners
anessa T albott scored
game-winning goal with
2:54 remaining Saturday, send
ing Portland to a 2-1 win at Notre
Dame, and into the NCAA semi
finals for the fourth time in five
years. The Pilots defeated Notre
Dame to end a five-game losing
streak against the Fighting Irish,
and put a halt to three straight
playoff losses to ND. Portland
advance to the NCAA Champi
onship weekend as the #5 seed,
and will face #1 seed and unde
feated North Carolina on Friday,
Dec. 4 t 4:30 p.m. (ET). In the
other Friday semifinals, Santa
Clara and Florida will tangle at 2
p.m. (ET). The championship
game will be Sunday, Dec. 6 at 1
p.m. (ET).
V
The Semifinal Teams:
#1 North Carolina: The top-
ranked Tar Heels have won two
straight NCAA titles, and 15 titles
in 17 years, and with a 240 record,
are the tourney favorites. UNC
has outscored its opponents 97-6
this season - Notre Dame (1),
Clemson (2), Florida (1), Vir
ginia (1) and Duke (1). Portland
and UNC met earlier this year at
the Saint M ary’s Classic, with
1998 Schedule Results
UNC taking a 2-0 win on two
goals by Raven M cDonald in the
final 18 minutes o f the match.
Portland played the match with
out starters Kim Stiles and Tia
Sharpe.
#2 Florida: The Gators beat
Penn State 3-1 Sunday advance
to the tournament semifinals for
the first time ever.
#3 S anta C la ra : The WCC
champions advanced to the final
weekend with a 1-0 win Satur
day over Connecticut.
9-5 at G onzaga W3-0
9-7 Tennesee W 5-0
9-12 A didas Invitational
vs. Lake Forest W 4 -1
9-19 W ashington W 2-0
9-20Califomia W 3-1
9-25 at Virginia
Tournament
vs. B V irginia T 1 -1 ,2ot
9- 27 Vs. N avy W 4-0
10- 2 A t husky Classic vs.
Georgia W2-1
10-4 vs. San Jose State
W l-0
10-9 at nebraska T 1 -1,2ot
10-13 Oregon W l-0
10-16 at Saint M ary ;s
Tourney vs.
North Carolina L0-2
10-18 vs. Colorado
College W4-0
10-23 at San D iego W 2 -1
10-25 San taClara L 0-1 ot
10- 30 Pepperdine W 5-0
11- 1 Loyola M arymount
W3-0
11 -6 at San Franscisco W 5-0
11 -8 at Saint Mary's W 2-0
N CA A Playoffs
11-15 vs. M innesota W 3-0
1 l-22vs.S anD iegoW 5-0
11- 28 at N otre Dame W2-1
12- 4 vs. North Carolina4:30pm ET
THE PILOT PLAYOFF
RUN
Portland 2„ Notre Dame 1:
Sophmore forward V anessa Tal
bot scored the game-winning goal
the 88th minute to led fifth-seeded
Portland to a 2-1 win over fourth-
seeded Notre Dame on Saturday
in the quarterfinals o f the NCAA
championships. The loss snapped
N otre D a m e ’s 45-gam e u n
beaten streak at Alumni Field,
dating back to a 5-4 overtime loss
to Connecticut on Oct. 6, 1995,
and is the first loss in 13 home
NCAA exit for Notre Dame since
falling in the regional semifinal in
its first appearance in 1993.
FINAL SCORE TELLS
THE STORY
In the last seven game which
Portland has lost (two this season,
and five in 1997), Portland was
held scoreless. Both losses this
season carry that tradition - a 2-0
setback to #1 UNC. and the 1-0
overtime loss to #2 Santa Clara.
When Portland scores at least
one goal, the worst result has
been a tie. The moral o f the story:
Portland scores, Portland doesn ’t
lose.
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