August 07,2002
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Blazers Trade for San Antonio Trio
Hall of
Fame
Announcer
Dies
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He made ‘slam dunk’
and ‘air ball’
common expressions
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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
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O pen E very F riday and S aturday N ight
D oors O pen at 1 0 : 3 0 p . m .
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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
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