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March 17.2004
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Owens
Gets
Trade
Wish
Terrell Brandon
Com es H om e to Retire
Announcement made at his Alberta Street store
San Francisco 49ers' Terrell
Owens is brought down by
Arizona Cardinals' Renaldo Hill
during this Oct. 2 6 photo.
Owens will get his wish to play
for the Philadelphia Eagles,
following a settlem ent reached
Tuesday before an arbitrator
could rule on the star receiver's
case to become a free agent.
(AP photo)
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(A P )— Form erN BA All-StarTerrell Bran coach at G rant High School, w hich Brandon
don was surrounded by his family and friends led to a state title his senior year.
at his retail store on A lberta Street in north
At O regon, Brandon was nam ed the Pa
east Portland when he formally, and tearfully, cific- 1 O Conference player o f the y ear in 1991
announced his retirement.
after averaging a school-record 26.6 points
“I’m not perfect, but I alw ays tried to per gam e. He was the 11th overall pick in the
handle m yself like a man and not em barrass N BA by C leveland that year.
m yself,” Brandon said.
O ver his course o f his career, Brandon
He called it quits
av erag ed
13.8
last w eek, after hav
points and 6.1 as
ing m issed most o f
sists per gam e with
the past three sea
Cleveland, M ilwau
sons with knee inju
kee and M innesota.
ries. He had already
Brandon said he
discussed his retire
plans to spend the
ment afteratrade last
next part o f his life
su m m e r sen t him
developing further
from the M innesota
businesses in Port
Tim berw ol ves to the
land. H e’s w orking
A tlanta Hawks.
on a co m b in atio n
Brandon, a5-foot-
retail and apartm ent
Terrell Brandon wipes a tear from his eye
11 point guard who
com plex, w hich he
during an emotional news conference
grew up in Portland
hopes to open in the
where he announced his retirement from
and played his col
next year.
the NBA. (AP Photo)
lege ball at the U ni
B ran d o n , 33,
versity o f Oregon.
w ore a lime green suit as he stood in his shop,
Brandon, flanked by his parents and his underneath a fram ed Sports Illustrated C over
agent. Bill Duffy, appeared at his com m ercial proclaim ing him “T he Best Point G uard in the
com plex, known as T he Brandon Building, N B A .” A large fram ed photo o f him going
w hich houses his offices, a barbershop and head-to-head w ith M ichael Jordan hangs
a retail clothing store.
nearby.
He burst into tears several tim es as he
“I know h e’s ju st getting started,” Duffy
thanked those responsible for his career, said. “ Keep an eye on him. H e’s going to be
including his pastor and his high school a beacon in this com m unity.”
Oregon Ducks Invited to NIT’s Dance
Stanford's Joe
Kirchofe, blocks a
layup by Ian
Crosswhite during
the Oregon Ducks
PAC10 tourna
ment semifinal
loss Friday in Los
Angeles.
(AP photo)
(A P) — The Oregon D ucks had their
season extended for the third straight
year, accepting a bid to play in the N a
tional Invitation Tournam ent.
Oregon ( 15-12) will host Colorado ( 18-
10) at M cArthur Court on W ednesday at 9
p.m. in a game that will be televised on
ESPN'2.
The Ducks, who made it to the Elite Eight
in the NCAA Tournament in 2002, and lost
in the first round last season, are in the 40-
team NIT field for the ninth time in school
history. They advanced to the N IT 's Final
Four in 1999 before losing to California.
“W e have a really good opportunity
here to keep on playing,” senior forw ard
Luke Jackson said Sunday. “I’m excited
about the N IT and w e’re in it to win it.”
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the late 80s,” she said, referring to ness ow ner, Brian Borrello, ow ner for traffic, but all this concrete is not
the agency organizing neighbor o f Neon Jones Sculpture and D e really beautiful.”
hoods to plant and care for trees at sign, says o th e r neighborhoods
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prom ises to other neighborhoods.
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w hat they say th ey 'll d o ,” she said.
“I d o n ’t know how. T h a t’s why
w e’re doing it ourselves.”
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