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PSU H osts Vanport C lassic Football
Portland State U niversity and G ram bling
State U niversity have announced an agree
m ent to m eet in the inaugural V anport Classic
Football G am e on Sept. 22 at new ly-renovated
PGE Park. The game will honor the legacy o f the
city o f V anport and the early days o f V anport
C ollege (now PSU ) as w ell as the historically
black colleges o f the Southeast.
Both schools bring strong program s to the
2001 V anport Classic that Portland State hopes
to becom e an annual event. G ram bling State
finished the 2000 season w ith a 10-2 record and
ranked 12th in the nation, w hile Portland State
was ranked 15th at the seaso n ’s conclusion
with an 8-4 record, following a first-everNCAA
1-AA p la y o ff appearance.
T he gam e w ill be ju st a part o f a w eek-long,
city-wide event honoring the historical signifi
cance o f V anport in the A frican-A m erican
com m unity o f the N orthw est.
D uring the 1940’s, V anport, located ju st
north o f Portland in the C olum bia slough area,
was the state o f O re g o n ’s second-largest city
and the largest public housing project o f the
tim e in the U nited States. M ore than 25,000
o fth e city ’s residents w ere A frican-A m eri
cans.
V an p o rt C o lleg e w as fo u n d ed in 1946
a n d so m e o f its first stu d e n ts w ere
V a n p o rt resid e n ts. A m a jo r flo o d w iped
o u t m uch o f the city and co lle g e o f
V a n p o rtin 1948
Som e o f the events planned to accom
pany the V anport C lassic Football G ame:
* T he nationally-recognized G ram bling
State M arching Band will perform in a
Friday concert at Pioneer C ourthouse
Square as w ell as during the V anport
C lassic game.
* A luncheon featuring G ram bling State
C oach and Form er Super Bow l M V P,
Doug Williams, and Portland State Coach
Tjip W alsh
* A pregam e T ailgate Party at PGE Park.
* Several other events featuring the d e
velopm ent o f V anport - the city and
university - and the A frican-A m erican
C om m unity in Portland.
Bulldogs Stun No. 12 Beavers
FRESN O , Calif. (A P )— In the
biggest gam e o f his career, D avid
Care had one o f the m ost relaxing
evenings h e ’s ever spent on a
football field. Care threw for 340
yards and four touchdow ns as
Fresno State repeatedly struck
w ith its big-play o ffense to upset
No. 12 O regon State — the high
est-ranked team ever to visit B ull
dog Stadium — 44-24. C arr w as
21 -for-34 as he torm ented O regon
S tate’s secondary in w hat he said
w as Fresno S tate’s biggest hom e
gam e ever. T he senior quarter
back was playing in front o f doz
ens o f family m em bers against one
o f the natio n ’s top defenses, and
yet he never w as w orried.
Care and his fleet- footed corps
o f receivers delighted a frenzied
sellout crow d and overw helm ed
O regon S tate’s defense, w hich
was the P a c -10 ’s best last season.
Fresno State, w hich opened the
season last w eek w ith a w in at
C olorado, posted its 16th straight
hom e victory and m ade a strong
case for its first national ranking
since 1993. B ulldogs coach P at
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NEW Y O R K — D on’tdism iss Pete Sampras from the U.S.
O pen ju st yet. T he G rand Slam record-holder w ith 13
victories, returned to the quarterfinals o f the O pen with
a 6 -3 ,6 -2 ,6 -7 (7-5), 6-4 victory over Patrick Rafter. N ext
for Sam pras is tw o-tim e O pen cham pion A ndre A gassi,
who battered Roger F ederer 6 -1,6-2,6-4. A lso advancing
to the quarters for the first tim e in 10 years w as Jennifer
Capriati, w ho continued her straight-sets m arch w ith a 6-
3 ,6 -3 victory over N o. 19 B arbara Schett.
Bond’s 58”* Homer
SA N FR A N C ISC O - B arry Bonds hit his 58lh hom er
against the R ockies, but the G iants w ere unable to beat
C olorado. Bonds is tw o gam es behind the record pace set
in 1999by S am m y Sosa, w ho did it in 136gam es.
‘Long John’ Back in Golfs Winner’s Circle
M U N IC H , G erm any - John D aly w on the BM W Interna
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first tim e in six years. D aly had played 151 events on the
PG A and E uropean tours w ithout w inning.
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U.S. Men’s Hoops Wins by 74
B R ISB A N E , A ustralia — It w as S how tim e for the U.S.
m e n ’s basketball team a u h e G oodw ill G am es. For the
A m erican w o m en ’s sw im m ing team , it w as a dow n time.
The men, heavily favored to defend their title, opened the
round-robin basketball tournam ent w ith an entertaining
and lopsided victory ov er M exico, 132-58. The w om en,
com peting w ithout m any o f their top sw im m ers, w ere
beaten by A ustralia 89-60 in the gold m edal matchup.
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