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^portlanh ©hseruer February 13,2002 Page B3 rtlanò S ports /M ETRO Jordan Erratic in All Star Defeat Franklin Girls Swamp Roosevelt (AP) — The one thing missing in Michael Jordan’s second come back has been the spectacular, highlight-reel dunk. G iven a chance to do one on the ultimate show boat stage he made the blooper tape instead. On a solo breakaway late in the firs, quarter of the All-Star game, with no player within 20 feet of him, Jordan’s one-hander rattled off the back rim and ou, of bounds like a rookie’ s bad do-over candi- date at the slam dunk contest. Players, fans and everyone else gasped in disbelief while Jordan Michael Jordan got a lot o f media attention in the NBA All Star game Sunday, but it was Laker Kobe Bryant (far left) who won the game MVP award. (AP photo) Injury Gives Venus Williams Title Franklin's Jennifer Speakmon shoots over Roosevelt's Terri Robinson in a girls PIL basketball game Friday on the Quakers home court. Franklin made an easy game o f it by scoring a 6 9 to 2 5 victory. photo by D avid G iezyng /T he P ortland O bserver Venus W illiams claimed her second title of 2002 when Jelena Dokic withdrew from Sunday’s final of the Gaz de France tourna ment with a strained right thigh. “It’s not really like you’ve won. But I suppose you’re the last one standing,” Williams said. It was her 23rd career WTA Tour title. The fourth-seeded Dokic said she was hurt during Saturday’s 6- 3 ,3 -6 ,6 -4 semifinal victory over Monica Seles and aggravated the injury in a doubles match later that day. “I w asn’t able to move this morning,” Dokic said Sunday. “It seems to be a lot more serious laughed at himself — what else could he do? — and he took a lot of playful grief from anyone who went near him during the next five minutes. The flub was the climax to a sometimes spirited, sometimes passive Jordan performance in his 13th All-Star game. Unable to sup press his competitive juices, he played 23 m inutes — nearly double what he vowed he would play in the name of needed rest — and scored eight points on 4-for- 13 shooting Sunday in the East’s 135-120 loss to the West. B lack H igtork H oiitii l onoo H a n k A a r o n E a rn s B la c k H is to ry H o n o r Home Run King Hammerin ’ Hank Aaron is honored with his picture on a box o f Wheaties in a special-edition Black History Month promotion. The box will be available nationally throughout the month o f February. Aaron's 755 career home runs smashed Babe Ruth 's record o f 714. Venus Williams returns a backhand in this AP photo. than we originally thought.” Williams, who has won both the U.S. Open and Wimbledon each o f the last two years, beat Justine Henin at the Gold Coast tournament in January for her firs, title in 2002. r" G o s p e l M u s ic in a J f e a o e n fy ô e t t i n y Portland S pirit welcomes passengers aboard fo r an afternoon of entertainment and inspiration Overtime Not Kind for Oregon (A P) - In a gam e so close, A m it T am ir said the basket never looked quite so large. C a lif o r n ia ’s 6 -fo o t-1 0 freshm an forw ard cam e o ff the bench and m ade 14 o f 19 shots for a career-high 39 points as the B ears handed N o. 13 O regon its second North Portland's *1 M L U B N Ia ri w holost90-87 inovertim e to N o. 20 S tanford on T h u rs day, got a career-high 29 points from L uke Jackson, w hile Frederick Jones added 23, L uke R idnour 15 and A nthony L ever 14. O regon m ade 55 percent o fits shots including 10-for- 14 by Jackson, but the D ucks com m itted 21 turnovers and ju s t c o u ld n ’t slow T am ir or the B ears, w ho scored 72 points after i ntermi ssion. “The question was whether w e could com e back from that loss to S tanford,” O r egon coach Ernie K ent said. “W e played hard, but the bal 1 ju st didn ’ t go our w ay. T hat’s life on the road in the Pac- 10.” choirs. Enjoy an uplifting performance, f u ll buffet and an absolutely divine view of the riverfront. Two 60' Pig Screens • Portland’s coldest beer • Sony Playstation • Billiards and Jukebox r>=» W Shanny's Tavern is your Blazers Hotspot! Just minutes from the Rose Garden, Shanny's is your top choice for every major sporting event! - z - W . * • I Shanny’s Tavern 6008 N. 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