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Portland Marathon Celebrates 30 Years
Participants rejoice as they finish the Portland Marathon.
Runners and walkers will again lace up their shoes on Sunday,
Sept. 30 for the 30th annual event.
For 30 years, the Portland M ara
thon has succeeded in bringing an
event not only toelite marathoners,
but also to families, children, fit
ness novices and walkers, as well
as m en and w om en o f all ages and
abilities from all over the world.
M ost importantly, it brings tra
dition and strength to Portland's
com munity through raising money
for numerous charities and benefit
ing the city 's economy.
The 30"’ annual Portland M ara
thon returns once again Sunday,
Sept 30, beginning at 7 a.m. It will
start at City Hall (SW 4'" Ave. and
SPORTS
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Agassi Upset in Tokyo
SH A N G H A I, C h in a — A ndre
A gassi, intent on playing fol
low ing last w e e k ’s terrorist at
tacks, lost to unknow n Irakli
L abadze 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 in the
first round o f the H eineken
Open. Labadze, from the former
S oviet republic o f G eorgia, is
N o. 110 in the A T P ’s tourna
m ent entry-system rankings.
“ It’s been a difficult tim e for
m any people, but I also believe
at the sam e tim e that sports is
a great healer,” said A gassi,
the w orld’sN o. 2-ranked player
and the top seed in Shanghai.
Ripken’s Final Game
B A L T IM O R E — C al Ripken
w ill close out his 21-year Hall
o f F am e career w ith the B alti
m ore O rioles on Oct. 6 in a
gam e against the B oston Red
Sox at B a ltim o re’s C am den
Y ards. T he o ffice o f baseball
com m issioner Bud Selig an
n ounced M onday that the O ri
o le s ’ seven gam es that last
w e e k ’s te rro rist attacks re
scheduled w ill be played Oct.
1 -6. The final gam e will be held
at7 :0 5 p .m E T .
Charges Filed in
Wyoming Crash
LA RA M IE, W yo. — Clinton
Haskins, the lone survivor o f a
head-on collision that killed
eight U niversity o f W yoming
s tu d e n t- a th le te s , h as b een
charged w ith eight counts o f
aggravated homicide by vehicle.
H e faces up to 20 years in prison
on each count if convicted. The
crash occurred about 1:30 a.m.
Sunday when H askins’ one-ton
pickup collided head-on with a
sport-utility vehicle carrying
eight m em bers o f the U W cross
country team.
Zanardl' s Legs Amputated
K LETTW ITZ, Germany Alex
Z anardi w as in serious but
stable condition after doctors
am putated his legs follow ing a
w reck in the A m erican M em o
rial race at EuroSpeedw ay.
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SW M adison Ave.) and finish at
Justice Center (SW 3"* Ave. and
SW M adison Ave.)
The Portland Marathon main
tains it’s listing as the "m ost orga
nized marathon in North Am erica”
and the “Second best organized
marathon in the world” as well as
one o f the top "destination m ara
thons for first-time m arathoners,”
by nationally recognized publica
tion, the U ltim ate G uide to M ara
thons.
O n the international level, the
P ortland M arathon w as again
ranked as one o f the top five mara
thons in the world by British edi
tion o f Runner’s W orld in 2000. It
continues to be the only major
marathon with an unpaid staff of
volunteers and race director who
produce the event simply for the
fun o f it.
Last year, over $1.8 million was
nused for charities as a result o f the
Portland M arathon.
W hether it’s through walking,
jogging, running or even shuffling,
completing 26.2 miles is a major feat
that requires a strenuous training
commitment
However, there are a variety o f
events related to the M arathon that
will also be held on Sept. 30.
The Portland M arathon W alk is
26.2 miles and will begin at 7 a.m.
with the same start and finish loca
tion as the Marathon. The 10K
M ayor’s W alk is 6.2 miles and par
ticipants can begin walking any
time between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.,
starting on the south side o f the
University of Portland at N. Harvard
and N. W illamette Blvd. (by the 20"1
mile mark o f the Marathon). The
M arafun K ids’ Run is 2 miles and
will begin at 8 a.m. with the same
start and finish location as the
Marathon.
An O lym pic-style race w alk
competition will be incorporated in
both the M arathon and Five-M iler
this year. Additionally, a special
com petition will take place for
w heelchair athletes in both the
M arathon and Five-M iler events.
For more info, the public may
visit www.portlandmarathon.org or
call503-226-1111.
Jefferson High
School's T.R.
Smith breaks free
from a tackle on
the Democrats'
home field Friday,
but the end zone
was elusive for the
PIL team as
Jefferson went on
to suffer a 24-0
loss to Westview.
PHOTO BY
D avid G iezyng /
T he P ortland
O bserver
NFL and Refs Move Toward Agreement
( AP) — The N FL soon could
have its regular officials back on
the field, thanks to a deal forged
am id the g rief over last w eek’s
terrorist attacks.
A league source told T he A s
sociated Press on M onday that
the NFL and the officials have
agreed to a new contract, all but
ending the lockout that forced
the use o f replacem ents for two
weeks.
Tom Condon, the union’s ne
gotiator denied there had been a
deal but acknow ledged that one
might be close. NFL spokesman
Joe Browne also had nocomment.
"W e will only com m ent when
a deal is ratified and in place,"
Brow ne said.
P la y e rs ’ u n io n head G ene
U pshaw , w ho has been acting as
an interm ediary in the dispute,
said he had had discussions with
the tw o sides as late as M onday
night and not all the details had
been agreed to.
But Upshaw added: “I think they
will have a deal today.”
League sources said the agree
ment had been reached between its
negotiators and two members of
the executive com m ittee. The
union's 10-memberexecutivecom-
mittee was meeting Tuesday morn
ing. The 119 officials would then
vote via e-mail, a process the league
said it expected to be finished by
noon EDT Wednesday.
Ratification could clear the
way for the regulars to be back at
work this w eekend, when the
NFL resum es play after a week
off in the afterm ath o f the attacks
in New York and W ashington.
Sources on both sides said
the agreem ent was speeded up
following the attacks, which cast
a w hole new perspective on
sports events in general. Both
sides agreed the h o n o r and d e
struction trivialized the labor
dispute.
T he deal is fo r the sam e
am ount of money the league had
offered on Sept. 4. although some
details are different.
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