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August 15, 2001
(Thv lllorthmh (Observer
Portland Fire Fizzles
Coach Linda Hargrove
(left) can't find a
solution to the Fire’s
losing streak in a 64-58
loss Sunday to the
Sacramento Monarchs in
front o f 8,582 fans at
the Rose Garden.Guard
Jackie Stiles (right) will
finish her rookie season
in the Fire's last game
o f the year against Los
Angeles. Stiles made
Fire history by her
selection to the WNBA
All-Star team.
P hotos by D ave G iezyng
T he P ortland O bserver
Sports Briefs
Bryant Causes
a Stir in China
BEIJING - Kobe Bryant called
his basketball-playing trip to the
Great W all o f China one of the
most memorable events of his life.
But some Chinese felt otherwise:
When traffic and surging crowds
prevented the NBA star from
showing up for an appearance in
the city, they got mad. Some
hurled b o ttles at o rg an izers,
pushed at barricades and criti­
cized Adidas, the sponsor. Police
dragged o ff one offender by his
hair and quickly dispersed the
crowd o f about 1,500, though it
w asn't immediately clear if any­
one was detained. The event was
ahruptly canceled - apparently
because the fanfare caused so
much congestion that authorities
wouldn’t allow Bryant’s car to
enter.
McGwire Homers Again;
Cards Sweep Mets
NEW YORK - Mark McGwire
hit his 575lh career home run, his
11,h straight hit to clear the fence,
and the St. Louis Cardinals beat
the New York M ets4-1 fora three-
game sweep. M cGwire's two-run
homer highlighted a three-run first
inning. His 21" home run was his
second in two days. Big M ac's
last hit that was not a homer was
a first inning single at Houston on
July 18. His streak is the longest of
its kind in at least 25 years - re­
search beyond that does not ex­
ist. Darryl Kile (13-7) won his third
straight start, holding the Mets to
three hits over six innings.
Rose Gambling
Allegations Resurface
Sports Illustrated
Likes the Beavers Best
(A P) Sports Illustrated has
rated Oregon State the top team in
the nation in its annual College
Football Preview issue.
The Beavers, not so long ago
the doormat lining the bottom of
the Pac-10, ha ve been ranked high
in other polls, but generally trail
rival Oregon in "the estimation of
sports writers and analysts.
Sports Illustrated put both Ken
Simonton, Oregon State’s star
tailback, and Joey Harrington, the
senior Oregon quarterback, on the
cover of the preview issue.
“Everybody has an opinion,”
Simonton said, when asked about
the magazine’s ranking at a news
conference that kicked off the
Heisman Trophy campaign OSU
is mounting for him.
O regon S tate, w hich beat
N otre Dame 41-9 in the Fiesta
Bowl last season, is ranked 12th
in the USA Today/ESPN poll
this year Sports Illustrated has
a questionable track record for
picking national cham pions.
Forexample, it picked Nebraska
No. 1 last year and left Oklahoma
at No. 23. But the Sooners whipped
Nebraska, went 13-0 and defeated
Florida State for the national title.
In 1999 and 1997, the magazine
ranked Penn State No. 1, and in
1998 it chose Ohio State as the top
team in the nation. Nei­
ther won the title those
years.
Former NBA Star Hosts
Free Basketball Clinic
Terrell Brandon, the local fa­
vorite of the NBA’s Minnesota
Timberwolves is providing in­
ner-city youth with an opportu­
nity to learn some of the basics
of basketbal 1 and the importance
o f education and good sports­
manship.
The first 300 youth, boys and
girls ages 7-18, will have an op­
portunity to participate. Paren-
tal/guardian signature required.
The 10lh annual free Basket­
ball Clinic will be held
on Saturday, Sept. 1 at
Irving Park, located at
N.E. 7'h and Fremont,
from 10 a .m .- 4 p.m.
Registration forms are
available at Tee Bee’s
P lace and T e rre ll
B ra n d o n ’s B a rb e r
Shop. For more infor­
mation. call Brenda K.
C alvin at 503/460-
0349.
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banned from baseball, another
accuser has com e forw ard to say
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used a corked bat d u r­
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reco rd in 1985; that
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R o s e ’s sig n a tu re on
m em orabilia; and that
Rose invested money in
a cocaine deal because
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“It doesn’t matter where
you start. It matters where you
finish," Simonton said.
Oregon State coach Den­
nis Erickson, who guided the
Beavers to an 11-1 record and
a No. 4 overall ranking last
year, said he was happy the
Beavers are getting some rec­
ognition.
“ It show s th a t peo p le
around the country are taking
notice of what we have ac­
complished," Erickson said.
But the top priority for the
team is the first game, not
rankings, Erickson said.
“Right now the only thing
I’m thinking about is Fresno
State," he said.
T h e B eav ers tak e on
Fresno State on Sept. 2 in Cali­
fornia in a nationally televised
season opener on ESPN.
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