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luly 23.2003
S ports
Blazers Release
Pippen to Chicago
Sexual Assault Charge Casts Cloud
NBA great hopes to get
Bulls back in playoffs
(A P) — Scottie Pippen has one goal as he returns to the
team he helped w in six N B A cham pionships: lead the
C hicago B ulls back to the playoffs.
The B ulls officially announced Sunday they re-signed
Pippen, a m em ber o f six title team s in the 1990s. T he team
expects Pippen to supply veteran leadership and a w inning
attitude to a young team .
“I ’m here to help get this team back to the playoffs —
th at’s m y goal,” Pippen said in a statem ent released by the
team Sunday. “I 'v e m ade the playoffs every year o f m y 16-
year career, and I d o n ’t plan on breaking that streak.”
Pippen w as a seven-tim e A ll-S tar in his 11 seasons w ith
the B ulls, before leaving for the H ouston R ockets before
the 1999 season. He has spent the last four seasons w ith
the P ortland Trail Blazers.
“T ve alw ays been a Bull in m y heart,” P ippen said, “and
now I w ill play w here m y h e a r t.
Laker Kobe Bryant, seated next to his wife Vanessa at a news conference in Los Angeles,
pauses while speaking about the sexual assault charge he faces in Colorado. (AP photo)
assault against a 19-year-old woman and Spalding.
B ryant could lose m illions o f
at an exclusive spa w here he w as
staying w hen he cam e to C olorado dollars in endorsem ents.
for knee surgery. If convicted, he
B ry an t’s team could feel the
faces four years to life in prison or sting as w ell.
20 years to life on probation, and a
T he L akers b ecam e the favor­
(A P )— The sexual assault charge fine o f up to $750,000.
ites to w in the N BA cham pionship
brought against Kobe Bryant and
E agle County D istrict A ttorney next season after signing point
his admission that he "m ade the m is­ Mark Hurlbert filed the charge after guard G ary Payton and pow er for­
take ofadultery” threaten to spoi I his spending tw o w eeks review ing evi­ w ard K arl M alone.
reputation as one ofthe N BA ’ s classi- dence and consulting w ith other
Bryant said Friday he w as think­
est role m odels and cast a cloud over prosecutors, and said he "can prove ing m ore o f his fam ily than his
the Los A ngeles Lakers.
th is case b ey o n d a reaso n ab le career.
” 1 have a lot at stake, and it has
B ryant appeared at a Los A n g e­ d o u b t.”
Even if he is ultim ately cleared, nothing to d o w ith the gam e o f
les new s conference holding hands
w ith w ife V anessa on Friday and the crim inal charge and adm ission basketbal I and it has nothing to do
said he w as innocent o fth e crim inal o f infidelity w ill alm ost certainly w ith endorsem ents,” said B ryant,
charge and insisted the act w as change the public perception o f w ho fought back tears several
co n sen su al.
Bryant.
tim es during the new s conference.
“ I sit here in front o f you guys,
H is squeaky-clean im age m ade
“ It has to do w ith m y fam ily and
fu rio u s at m y self, d isg u sted at him one o f the N B A ’s m ost recog­ being falsely accused. A nd, I ’m
m y se lf for m aking the m istake o f nizable and m arketable stars. He innocent. W e’re going to fight this
ad u ltery ," he said.
recently signed a m ultim illion-dol- all the w ay to the en d .”
B ryant, 24, w as charged Friday lar deal w ith N ike and has en d o rse­
Legal experts said that p ro s­
w ith a single count o f felony sexual m ent deals with Sprite, M cD onald’s ecutors have a tough task because
the case appears to h inge m ainly
on B ry an t’s w ord against that o f
the alleged victim .
B ryant tearfully addressed his
w ife at the new s conference.
“Y o u ’re a blessing, y o u ’re a
piece o f my heart, the air I breathe,
and y o u ’re the strongest person I
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“ I love him so much and I'll still
keep an open mind and hope that
this is all a m istake,” B rew er said.
“But you know, if it’s true, then h e ’s
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(A P )— JohnN ash,
to excellence both
officially introduced
on and o ff the court.”
last W ednesday as the
N ash, the form er
T rail B la z e rs’ sixth
Philadelphia, W ash­
ington and N ew Jer­
general m anager, said
he w as excited about
sey G M , w as m ost
jo in in g a team that is
recently a basketbal 1
analyst on the P hila­
in the m idst o f a soul-
searching overhaul.
delphia 76ers p o st­
gam e show .
N ash says he looks
forw ard to the oppor­
T he 5 6 -y e a r-o ld
tunity ofjoining a team
v e te r a n m a n a g e r
recently re-dedicated
re p la c e s
B ob
W h its itt, w h o se
to ex cellence — both
John Nash
on and o ff the court.
p e rs o n n e l m o v e s
“ Paul A llen has m ade it clear that an g e re d m an y in the co m m u n ity .
he w ants a team that both he and T he team failed to w in a c h a m p i­
the city o f Portland can be proud o n sh ip w ith th e le a g u e ’s h ig h est
o f,” said N ash, adding that he w as p ay ro ll an d sev eral n o ta b le p la y ­
excited to jo in a team “rededicated ers h av e h ad su rly a ttitu d e s and
Serena Williams, Woods win ESPYs
(A P) — Serena W illiam s w as
honored as fem ale athlete o f the
year and fem ale tennis player at the
1 1th annual ESPY A w ards in Los
A ngeles, a y ear after she accepted
the sam e trophies on behal f o f older
sister V enus.
T iger W oods repeated as m ale
golfer for the fourth consecutive
year. C yclist Lance A rm strong w as
chosen m ale athlete o f the year
over Barry Bonds, Tim D uncan and
W oods, w ho had w on the last three
years. B onds w as chosen m ajor
league baseball player for the sec­
ond straight year.
Serena W illiam s recently de­
feated V enus to w in her second
straight W im bledon title.
She thanked her divorced p ar­
ents at last w eek ’ s aw ard cerem ony.
T he W orld S eries ch am p io n
A naheim A ngels w ere chosen best
team. Q uarterback T om m y M addox
o f the P ittsburgh Steelers w as ch o ­
sen com eback athlete.
D uncan, w ho helped the San
A ntonio Spurs w in a cham pion-
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iams is
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female athlete •
o f the year at
the annual
ESPY Awards in
Los Angeles.
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O ’N eal o f the Los A ngeles Lakers,
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