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Duncan Named Most Valuable Player
(AP t - San Antonio S purs for
ward Tim Duncan edged New
Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd
for NB A M VP honors Thursday
in the aw ard’s fifth-closest fin
ish since the media began voting
in 1981.
Duncan received 57 first-place
votes and 954 points from a panel
of 126 sports writers and broad
casters, while Kidd drew 45 first-
place votes and 897 points.
Shaquille O ’ Neal was third with
696 points.
Duncan set personal bests in
points (25.5 )and rebounds (12.7)
while leading the Spurs to the
Midwest Division title and a tie
for the league’s second-best
record(58-24).
Duncan ranked fifth in the
league in scoring, second in re
bounding, and third in blocked
shots (2.48 average). His 67
double-doubles led the league.
Orlando’s Tracy McGrady
was fourth in the voting, fol
lowed by Kobe Bryant of the
Lakers, Gary Payton of Seattle,
Chris W ebber o f Sacramento,
Dirk Nowitzki of Dallas, 2000-01
MVP Allen Iverson of Philadel
phia, and Ben W allace of De
troit.
Kings Advance to Western Finals
(AP) - The celebration at Arco
Arena was joyous and deafening.
It was also muted by the Sacra
mento K ings’ conviction that
they’re good enough to celebrate
a whole lot more this spring.
The Kings w ill play the w in
ner of the sem ifinal between Los
A ngeles and San A ntonio, and
Sacramento expects nothing less
than a show dow n with Shaq and
Kobe.
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Confident Lewis Awaits Tyson Bout
(AP) — Lennox Lew is is
ready for M ike Tyson. He just
hopes T yson is well fed when
the tw o fight for the heavy
weight cham pionship.
“I’m going to insist he has a
big lunch and a big dinner be
fore he steps in there,” Lewis
said Tuesday. “ And I’m going
to ha ve my hair pinned up so he
can’t pull it. I d o n ’t know what
else he could possibly do. W e’ 11
s e e .”
Lewis, training for his WBC-
IBF title defense on June 8 in
M em phis, Tenn., said he’s de
term ined not to sink to T yson’s
level — and hopes the form er
cham p doesn’t sink his teeth
in to
h im
a g a in .
“If h e’s choosing to com e in
and bite and scratch and kick
... I ’m going to be a better man
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chunk out o f L ew is’ left thigh
and elim inated any thoughts he
had o f denying T yson a title
sh o t.ju stto fo ilh im .
“At one point, 1 thought that.
But the bite changed the whole
thing. You could say he drew
first blood,” said Lew is, who
called Tyson “the last m isfit in
boxing.”
Now, the 36-year-old Brit is
determ ined to prove h e ’s the
w o rld ’s b est h ea v y w eig h t.
Six weeks into his up-at-dawn
training regimen at the secluded
C a e sa rs B ro o k d a le re so rt,
Lew is appeared lean and con
fident as he sat on the apron of
a practice ring, talking to re
porters about the fight he be
lieves will cem ent his legacy
as the dom inant big m an o f his
generation.
Lennox Lewis
and not do those things back,”
Lew is said.
Tyson, disqualified from a
1997 title fig h t for b iting
Evander H olyfield’s ears, bit
Lewis on his leg during a m e
lee at a Jan. 22 news confer
ence
fo r
th e ir
fig h t.
The bite took a quarter-sized
Disc Golf Course
Considered for Pier Park
to nearly all age and gender groups.
The game is environmentally sound
and serves a great number of people
fora very low investment. Perhaps
the greatest factor is its low cost to
users. Players need nothing more
than an $8 - $10 frisbee. This will
open the game up to countless
youth who cannot afford many of
today’s other popular recreation
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A disc golf course will fit into
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Portland Parks and Recreation
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On Saturday, June 1, from 11
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In that case, the court ruled a
w arrantless search o f a house
w ith an open door was illegal.
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