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August 07,2002 ^ o rtla n h © bseruer Page B2 S ports /METRO Blazers Trade for San Antonio Trio Hall of Fame Announcer Dies : >■<:-- He made ‘slam dunk’ and ‘air ball’ common expressions *1 A « Chick Hearn Antonio Daniels Charles Smith Amal McCaskill (A P )-T h e Portland Trail B lazers and San A ntonio S p u rs sw a p p e d b a c k u p guards M onday, w ith the B lazers acquiring A ntonio Daniels, Charles Smith and center Amal M cC askill in exchange for Erick Barkley and Steve Kerr. Portland also sent the 2003 second round draft pick acquired last year when the B lazers traded Steve Sm ith to San A ntonio for K err and Derek A nderson. “It’s an upgrade that we had to take advantage o f,” said Blazers president and g e n e r a l m a n a g e r B ob Whitsitt. “This is a good deal for our team .” Daniels, a first round draft pick in 1997, averaged 9.2 points and 2.8 assists last year for the Spurs. H e 'll likely be asked to play the point, despite his misgivings about playing the position last year for the Spurs. Smith, the 26th pick of the 1997 draft, averaged 7.4 points in 60 games for the Spurs last year. He ’ 11 be play ing for his fourth NBA team. M cC askill, a 6-11 cen ter, played in only 27 games for the Spurs last season, and has played in ju st 44 NBA gam es since being drafted in 1996. Barkley, the 28th pick of the 2000 draft following his sophom ore season at St. John’s, has played sparingly for the Blazers in two sea sons. The 6-1 point guard has career averages of 2.9 points and 1.5 assists in 27 games. K err is a 14-year NBA veteran. He spent three sea sons w ith the Spurs before being traded last year, w in ning one of his four cham pi onship rings there in 1999. He is the N B A ’s career leader in 3-point field goal percentage at 45.9 percent. such standouts as Jerry W est, Elgin Baylor, W ilt C ham ber- lain, M agic Johnson, K areem A boul-Jabbar, Jam aal W ilkes, Jam es W orthy and M ichael Cooper. And he was calling games lo n g b e fo re c u rre n t sta rs Shaquille O ’Neal and Kobe Bryant were bom. Heam called a record 3,338 consecutive Lakers games start ing in 1965 before missing one because he had to have an op eration in December 2001 for a blocked aortic valve. W hile recovering, he fell and broke his hip. H earn re tu rn e d to w ork April 9 and broadcast the L ak (AP) - Hall of Fame an nouncer Chick Hearn, who made phrases like “slamdunk” and “air ball” common bas ketball expressions during his 42-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died M on day. He was 85. Heam fell Friday in the back yard of the Encino, Calif, home he shared with wife, Marge. T he tw o w ould have c e l ebrated their 64th wedding anniversary on Aug. 13. Surgeons operated twice on Saturday to relieve swelling in his brain, but he never re gained consciousness. H earn’s career with the team w as far longer than B eef I t U p and B reak I t D own ! Doris’ Lounge Ratings Up Overnight for ‘Monday Night Football’ (A P) — John M adden’s debut on “M onday N ight Football” drew higher overnight TV ratings than either o f D ennis M iller’s H all o f Fam e NFL exhibition telecasts. A BC Sports' broadcast o f the N ew York G iants’ 34-17 victory over the expansion Houston Texans drew an 8.6 overnight rating. T h at’s 21 percent better than the 2001 Hall o f Fame gam e’s 7.1 overnight rating, and 7.5 percent better than 2 0 0 0 ’s 8.0. M adden jum ped to A BC from Fox in February w ith a four-year, $20 m illion deal to pair with play-by-play an nouncer A1 M ichaels. “M onday N ight Football” dum ped M iller and analyst Dan Fouts after tw o years in which ratings fell m ore than 15 percent total. Padres to Hold Tryout Camp The San D iego Padres w ill hold a tryout cam p for all interested players on M onday, A ug. 19 at PG E Park from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. All participants m ust be 16 years o f age, and anyone under 18 m ust get their parents’ perm ission. Any players currently playing A m erican Legion baseball will also need the perm ission o f their coach. Players who have been released after playing professionally are also w elcom e. The Portland Beavers w ill supply baseballs and batting helmets. Players m ust provide all other equipm ent, includ ers’ playoff run to their third consecutive N BA cham pi onship. Bom Francis Dayle H eam on N ov. 27,1916, in A urora, 111., H e a rn p e p p e re d his rapid-fire delivery with terms like “no harm , no foul,” “the m ustard’s off the hot dog,” “ticky-tack foul,” and “faked him into the popcorn m a chine.” W henever he believed a Lakers victory was clinched, H eam w ould say: “Y ou can put this one in the refrigera tor. The do o r’s closed, the light’s out, the eggs are cool ing, the butter’s getting hard and the Je ll-0 is jig g lin g .” W h e re O ld S c h o o l L iv e s 3 2 5 N . E . R u s s e ll 5 0 3 -2 8 7 -9 2 4 9 O pen E very F riday and S aturday N ight D oors O pen at 1 0 : 3 0 p . m . Live Regular DJ.--Michael Vance Special DJ Born Hornet on Aug. 2-3 R&B*Old School Music, Dance Until 3:00am Get Your Eat on Until 4:30 a.m. PORTLAND FIRE Friday Night is D omino N ight Play 4 Cash and Prizes, 10:45 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Saturday is H ennessy N ight $5 Until Midnight © PHOENIX MERCURY NO Sneakers, Athletic CJear or Persons Under 30 Sunday, August 11th “THUMBS UP!” 7:00 pm R o g e r E b e rt, E B E R T & R O E R E R Fire Family Fun Game! 4 Hot Dogs, 4 Sodas, 4 Tickets Only $39! ing w ood bats. PSU Begins Practice Sessions The Portland State football program will begin practice sessions this w eek in preparation for the 2002 football season. The team will begin practice sessions both m ornings and afternoons at Stott C om m unity Field on the PSU cam pus. V iking Football M edia D ay will be held on M onday, A ug. 12 from 1:45 to 3 p.m. Preseason scrim m ages will take place the m ornings o f Aug. 17 and 24. T hat will lead up to Portland S tate’s Aug. 31 season opener against Stephen F. Austin. PSU will host the Lumberjacks at PGE Park in one o f six home games. The Vikings arc 10-1 in their last two years in the dow ntow n stadium. The Vikings will return 41 letter winners and 16 starters in 2002. Preseason All-American quarterback Juston Wood, a senior, will once again lead an offense that ranked fourth in the nation last year when the Vikings were 7-4. Run ning back Ryan Fuqua, a sophomore, was fifth in nation in rushing, while wideouts Antonio Jackson M ultnomah G reyhound P ark and Jesse Levin, and tight M ay 3 - O ctober 12 end Tim Hester also re 503-667-7700 turn. 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