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February 27,2002 ortlanò b .rru rr Portland (Dhscrüer Page B3 S ports /METRO Athlete Breaks Olympic Color Barrier (AP) - A 28-year-old woman became the first African Ameri can athlete ever to win a gold medal at a Winter Games last week. Bobsled breakm an V onetta Rowers joined Portland native Jill Bakken to win the gold medal Feb. 19 in the inaugural w om en’s bobsled competition at the Olym pics. Bakken was bom in Portland and grew up in Bend. She now lives in Park City, Utah, and regu larly makes runs on the Olympic track. She and Rowers surprised ev eryone by beating the favored Ger mans and the much-hyped Jean Racine in the other American sled. The victory ended a 46-year drought for the United States. Vonetta Flowers (left) and Jill Bakken celebrate a gold medal at the Salt Lake Olympics. Flowers became the first African American athlete ever to win gold in the winter games. Salt Lake Games End in Harmony Ducks Set Spring Game in Portland (AP) - America bade farewell to the W inter Olympics with a final show of harmony, a cathartic end to an event that was exciting, troubled, wonderful and frustrat ing all at once. The games went out Sunday night with a flourish o f Ameri cana, an eclectic dose of Vegas kitsch with stars like Donny and Marie Osmond, Kiss and Jon Bon Jovi highlighting the three-hour stadium party. The Americans won 34 medals, Portland Family Entertain ment and the University o f O r egon a n n o u n c e d th a t the Ducks will play their annual football Spring Game at PGE Park on Saturday, April 27 at 1:05 p.m. T ick ets for the O regon Spring Game go on sale Satur day, March 2 at 9 a.m. At that time, tickets will be made avail able at PGE Park in addition to all W e ste rn O reg o n Ticketmaster outlets, includ ing select Fred Meyer and G.I. Joe’s locations. Also, tickets may be purchased by phoning Ticketm aster at (503) 224- 4400 or o n -lin e at www.ticketmaster.com. It marks the second year in a row that the Ducks will have contested their popular Spring Game in the Portland area after playing to a capacity crowd at Hillsboro Stadium in 2001. This year’s final scrimmage will simulate the activities that normally take place for an O r egon home gam e, with the O regon M arching Band, the team ’s rally squad and the D uck m ascot all being in at tendance. Fireworks over Salt Lake City's Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremonies Sunday night. (AP photo) shattering their previous record of 13. It still wasn’t enough to put them ahead of Germany (35) in the total medal count, but these still were A merica’s games. B on Jo v i p la y e d , H arry Connick Jr. sang, and so did Earth, Wind and Fire and Gloria Estefan. Dorothy Hamill, Katarina Witt and Scott Hamilton skated. Willie N e lso n san g “ B rid g e O v er Troubled W ater,” a quiet coun terbalance to the glitz of the rest of the show. Slephen School Williams Charged in Limo Driver’s Death (A P) - Form er NBA star Jayson W illiams surrendered Monday to face charges in the fatal shooting of a limousine driver at his sprawling mansion. The NBC Sports commenta tor, accompanied by two men, walked through a back entrance into the state police barracks. W illiams’ attorney, Joseph Hayden, said his client was charged in the death of Costas Christofi. "The death of Mr. Christofi was a tragic accident, but it was an accident,” Hayden said. "We are very confident that after a full, fair and thorough explora tion of all the facts, it will be clear that Mr. W illiams is innocent of recklessness and innocent of any criminal conduct.” Christofi, 55, was found shot to death at W illiam s’ 65-aere estate in Alexandria Township on Feb. 14. C hristoffs nephew, Chris Adams, said his family could not confirm earlier pub lished reports that Williams was playfully tw irling a shotgun while giving a tour of his 30,000- Jayson Williams arrives at the New Jersey State Police barracks Monday to surrender in connection with the shooting death o f a limousine driver. (AP photo) square-foot home when the weapon fired, hitting Christofi. His death originally was re ported as a suicide. After an autopsy, the medical examiner ruled the shooting a homicide. The 6-foot-10 W illiams was once among the N BA ’s best rebounders, but leg injuries ended his basketball career. He retired from the New Jersey Nets in 2000 and now works for NBC as an NBA studio analyst. NBC Sports vice president Kevin Sullivan said the network would not comment. 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