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Sllje 'Jînrtlanô (Dbseruer January 30,2002 Page B3 Jurtlatiò S ports /M ETRO hbatrurr Techsters Keep Championship Drive Alive OFF.: ( 5 0 3 ) 2 8 6 1103 • TAVI V A I« FAX: (5 0 3 ) 2 8 6 -1 1 4 6 STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES HOME 0FF1CES:BL00MINGT0N, /-S ILLINOIS ERNEST J. HILL, JR. Agent Benson’s Liddy Poindexter makes a move to the basket in a 54-36 win over Grant on Thursday. The victory keeps the Techsters in a tie for first place with archrival Jefferson. Both teams have ju s t one loss for the season. 6527 NE MLK, Jr. Boulevard Suite A .A Portland, OR 97217 JIM • STEVE • MIKE McMurphy ’s Appliance 4011 NE M.L.K. Blvd. Portland, OR 97212 P hoto by D ave G iezyng /T he P ortland O bserver 503-288-3233 a Prudential " I’m on YOUR side.” SP l> Call or email “Valerie Scott” today 503-2 5 6 -1 2 3 4 5 0 3 -450-9524 NATCH UP PATRIOTS, r Úb Mariners, Padres to Play in Portland New England Patriots ’ Troy Brown (80) returns a Pittsburgh Steelers punt 55 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter o f the AFC Championship game Sunday in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo) Som e P ortland area kids and th eir p arents w ill have the chance to enjoy spring break this year w ith a M ajor League Baseball gam e. For others, the gam e has already been sold out. T he Seattle M ariners have scheduled an exhibition gam e against the San D iego Padres on M arch 29th at Portland’s PGE Park. T he gam e w ill take place at 1:05 p.m., during Spring Break week. Jordan, Plppen to Meet T he P ortland Trail Blazers will televise the M arch 16 home gam e against the W ashington W izards on K G W Channel 8. It will be the first tim e that Blazers forw ard Scottie Pippen and W izards guard M ichael Jordan m ake an appearance in P ort land since their cham pionship run with the Chicago Bulls. The tw o N BA all-stars will m eet for the first tim e as opponents on Feb. 27 w hen the Blazers visit W ashington, D.C. The Blazers host the W izards in the Rose Garden in a 7 p.m. matchup. The Chevy Trailblazer Pregame show starts at 6:30 p.m. Seahawks Plan 2002 Schedule T h e N a tio n a l F o o tb a ll L eague has released the S e attle S eahaw ks 2002 o p p o nents fo r their inaugural sea son as m em bers o f the N FC W est division and first season in the te am ’s new dow ntow n stad iu m . S e a ttle w ill have hom e-and-hom e gam es versus division opponen ts A rizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers an d St. L o u is R am s. T h e S eah a w k s w ill h av e hom e gam es versus the W ashing ton R edskins and Philadelphia Eagles from the NFC East, while traveling to play the N ew York G iants and D allas C ow boys. (A P) - The plucky N ew E n gland Patriots will face the St. Louis R am s’ high-octane offense in the Super Bow l Sunday after both team s w on their respective cham pionship gam es. D rew Bledsoe replaced an in ju red T om B rady and led the New England Patriots to the Superbowl gam e in N ew O rleans with a 24-17 upset over the Steelers in the AFC cham pionship gam e in Pittsburgh. Bledsoe got plenty o f help from Troy B row n, w ho returned a punt 55 yards for a touchdow n and was the middle man on a 60-y ard return o f a blocked field goal that put N ew E ngland ahead 21-3 early in the third quarter. B ledsoe threw 11 yards to D avid Patten for a touchdow n shortly after Brady injured his left leg late in the first half, putting the P atriots in p osition for A dam V in atieri’s fo u rth -q u arter field goal, and allow ing N ew England to hold the ball enough to avoid constant pressure late in the g am e. N ew E n g la n d , w h ich w ent from 5-11 in 2 0 0 0 to 11-5 th is reg u la r seaso n , h ead s to its th ird S u p er B ow l. T h e P a trio ts also w en t in 1986 an d 1997, lo sin g b oth tim es. T he R am s earned their second trip to the S uper Bow l in three years with a 29-24 victory overthe P hiladelphia E agles in St. Louis. The trip south d idn’t look likely early in the gam e as the E ag les’ stingy defense kept the R am s off- balance. But in the second half, K urt W arner, the league’s M V P; M arshall Faulk, a three-tim e O f fensive Player o f the Y ear; and Isaac Bruce, W arn er’s favorite HflFPH BIRTHDflH Little Shanice R5 ■ ' — Love, Big Robert & Family North Portland's *1 »JLU B TB ar! Two 60' Big Screens • Portland's coldest beer • Sony Playstation • Billiards and Jukebox ........ ... - - SES.Î* I Shanny’s Tavern is your Blazers Hotspot! Just minutes from the Rose Garden, Shanny’s is your top choice for every major sporting event! S h a n n y ’s T a v e r n 6 0 0 8 N. G reeley 8t A insw orth • 5 0 3 -2 8 9 -1 0 0 9 b » receiver, w ere too much. Things turned in the third q uar ter w hen the R am s dom inated the clock and scored 10 points. They ran 22 o f the 28 play s in the period, getting Je ff W ilkins’ third field goal, a 4 1 -yarder, and F au lk ’s 1- yard touchdow n run. 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