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Williams Sisters Defeated
Disappointment for Venus and Serena
(AP) — V enus W illiam s came
up short T uesday in a bid for her
first G rand Slam title since 2001,
losing to A nastasia M yskina 6-3,
6-4 in the quarterfinals at the
French Open.
The upset came less than halt an
hour after Jennifer Capriati elim i
nated Serena Williams 6-3,2-6,6-3.
So it will be 2001 cham pion
C apriati against M yskina in the
sem ifinals T hursday, instead o f
W illiam s vs. W illiams.
“W e’re going to pack our bags
and leave,” V enus said. “T h ere’s
nothing left for us here anym ore.”
The double blow to family pride
cam e on a drab, drizzly day.
“I’m alive. I ’m breathing. I’m
healthy. T hings could be w orse,”
Serena said. “ But, I m ean, obvi
ously I’m not happy.”
Her defeat cam e to a chaotic-
conclusion. W illiam s failed to re
turn a shot that skipped off the
baseline on m atch point, and
C apriati began to celebrate b e
fore realizing her shot had been
called out.
Umpire Pascal Maria overruled
the call - correctly, as TV replays
confirm ed - and ordered the match
point replayed.
Williams again hit a shot into the
net, and Capriati resumed her cel-
Serena Williams reacts during her quarterfinal match in the French Open tennis tournament. (AP photo)
ebration. The rivals traded smiles
and kisses at the net before a glee-
ful Capriati bowed to the four sides
of the center court stadium.
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“ I d o n ’t even know w hat hap-
pened at the end w ith the call,”
C apriati said. “ I w as ju st happy
fo rh im to s a y ‘replay the p o in t.’”
C apriati has now beaten W il-
liam s tw ice in a m onth after los-
ing the previous eight m eetings
in the rivalry.
Tourneys to Draw
Top Athletes
Basketball, golf events sponsored
A local foundation that helps
student-athletes achieve is host
ing a banquet, golf tournament and
basketball tournament as part of
official Rose Festival events.
Canaan Chatman o f the Jour
neys Foundation,an African Ameri
can leader from northeast Portland
and coach for the Inner City play
ers, is one of the organizers behind
the effort, which will draw top local
and national athletes.
The events begin with a G olf
Challenge at Heron Lakes in north
Portland on Thursday, June 10,
drawing coaches are from Univer
sity of Arizona, University of M in
nesota, Uni versity of Oklahoma and
other PAC-10 schools.
On Thursday, June 10, banquet
at 6 p.m. at the M ultnomah Athletic
Club, will raise donations for local
student teams that travel nation
ally. Twelve Journeys graduates
will be honored, including Kevyn
Green, who will play basketball at
the University o f Nevada, T.R.
Smith, who will play football at the
University o f Oregon and Brittney
Davis, who will play basketball at
the University of Minnesota.
A basketball tournament will take
place Friday, June 11 through Sun
day, June 13 at Grant High School,
Lakers Head Back to Finals
NBA championship series begins Sunday
(AP) — The Lakers love a little
drama - and the N BA ’s most enter
taining show is headed back to the
NBA Finals. Shaquille O ’Neal had
25 points and 11 rebounds, and
Kareem Rush came from nowhere
to hit six 3-pointers in a 96-90 vic
to ry
over
th e
M in n e so ta
Timberwolves in Game 6 o f the
Western Conference finals Mon
day night.
Kobe Bryant scored 20 points
forthe Lakers, whoovercame Kevin
Garnett, their constant bickering
with the referees and O ’N eal’s hor
rific 7-for-20 free throw shooting to
win the best-of-seven series.
Their fourth trip to the cham pi
onship round in five seasons will
begin Sunday against either D e
troit or Indiana.
The Lakers improved to 9-0 at
Staples Center in the postseason,
but Garnett and the Timberwolves
spent most of the game on the verge
o f an improbable upset.
Unbowed by the Lakers’ nine
championship banners and intimi
d a tin g
hom e
c ro w d ,
th e
Timberwolves played tight defense
and made enough free throws to
take a lead into the fourth quarter.
But Bryant and Rush led a 15-6 run
early in the quarter, and Slava
M edvedenko added two critical
baskets in the final minutes.
Karl Malone and Gary Payton,
who signed with the Lakers last
Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe bryantgoes up for a shot against
Minnesota Timberwolves' Mark Madsen during the fourth
quarter o f the concluding Game 6 o f the NBA Western Confer
ence Finals. (AP photo)
summer for a chance at their first
NBA title, joined their teammates in
a group hug near the bench before
accepting the conference cham pi
onship trophy.
Latrell Sprewell scored 27 points,
and Garnett - who fouled out in the
final minute - had 22 points and 17
rebounds for the Timberwolves,
who nearly extended the best sea
son in franchise history to a Game
7 in Minneapolis.
Though only five players remain
from the Lakers’ 2«X) champion
ship team, the current club has many
similarities to the three-time titlists.
T hey're almost invincible when
even one o f their role players is able
to make outside shots - and Rush
splendidly filled the role previously
played by Glen Rice, Robert Horry
and Rick Fox.
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the Amateur Athletic Union, includ
ing the Portland Reds, Portland Pan
thers, Portland Legends, Seattle
Rotary Select, Seattle Friends of
Hoop, the Los Angeles Pump N Run,
the Atlanta Celtics and the Playaz
Basketball Club from New Jersey.
Each day o f com petition will
begin with local high school teams
playing in front o f their family and
fans.
The tournament will be covered
nationally by ESPN, Slam magazine
and Fox Sports.
“This is a great chance to repre
sent our region and to expose our
community to this national talent
and recognize stars in our own back
yard,” said Chatman, a Benson High
School graduate who founded the
Journeys Foundation and played
professional basketball. He gradu
ated from the University o f Port
land in 1995.
The mission o f Journeys Foun
dation is to provide a foundation
for student athletes to succeed
personally, academically and ath
letically.
For more information about the
cost of tickets or schedule of events,
ca ll 5 0 3 -2 8 2 -4 0 7 3 o r v isit
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Fishing
Clinics
for Kids
The G ifford Pinchot N ational
F o rest w ill be h o stin g three
K ids’ F ishing Day clinics on
June 12 as part o f its 16th annual
observance o f N ational Fishing
Week.
Parents are urged to bring
their children for these free fish
ing clinics and a host o f other
fam ily-oriented, fun activities.
The clinics are scheduled at
Mt. A dam s-G uler County Park
in Trout Lake, W ash; the L ow er
C ow litz Falls, east o f M orton
W a sh , a n d
th e
M e rw in
R eservoice at M erw in Park in
W oodland, W ash.
B esides the o p portunity to
learn how to catch fish, other
activities w ill include the C o
lum bia G orge Fly-Fishers Club
fly -ty in g tab le, te e-sh irt fish
p rin tin g , fac e p a in tin g , fish
anatom y, bug hunt, casting co n
test, and special guest ap p ear
ances o f Sm okey Bear.
Food and beverages will be
served. For m ore inform ation,
call the Mt. A dam s R anger D is
trict at 509-395-34«), the Cowlitz
V alley R anger D istrict at 360-
497-1141 or the Mount St. Helens
National V olcanic M onum ent at
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Stoudamire
Loses
Appeal
(AP) — The state Court o f Ap
peals has declined to second-guess
a judge’s decision that an alum i
num-foil-wrapped package of mari
juana can be used as evidence at
the trial o f N BA star D am on
Stoudamire.
The Portland Trail Blazer filed
the appeal in an effort to get the
court to throw out the evidence
from an airport search because it
was not conducted with a search
warrant.
Stoudamire was cited July 3 after
he walked through a Tucson Inter
national A irport metal detector
while carrying the package, accord
ing to prosecutors.
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