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win over Montana into a game
against Idaho State on Saturday at
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3) had their biggest win in four years
by knocking off Montana and knock
ing the Grizzlies out of first place in
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195 yards and two touchdowns.
He also rushed four times for 42
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Boston Basks in World Series Win
Manny Ramirez
named World
Series MVP
C ardinals, helping the Red Sox
end 86 years o f pain and futility.
T hat was the idea w hen then-
general m anager Dan D uquette
signed R am irez to a $ 160 m illion,
eight-year deal in Decem ber 2000.
(A P) — M anny
Ramirez will cherish
th is m om ent fo r
ever, same as every
Red Sox fan from
the bustle o f d ow n
town Boston to the
coastal m ountains
o f M aine. Ram irez
and the Red Sox fin
ished a four-gam e
sw eep o f St. Louis
with a 3-0 victory
la s t W e d n e s d a y
night, giving them
their first ch am p i
onship since 1918.
Now the shy kid
who grew up in the
shadow o f Y ankee
S ta d iu m o w n s a
tre a su re d sp o t in
baseball lore - he is
B o s to n ’s
f ir s t
W orld Scries MVP.
"I never thought
Boston Red Sox Pokey Reese jumps on top o f his teammates
Boston Red Sox 's Manny Ramirez, the MVP
I’d get to be part o f o f the World Series, celebrates after Boston
after the Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 in Game
a W orld Series w in won the title in a sweep against the St.
4 to win the World Series at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. (AP
ner. But it’s fun, let
photo)
Louis Cardinals. (AP photo)
me
te ll
y o u ,”
Ram irez said. “ Before we w ent to
One o f the best all-around hit tract prompted the team to place left field this season, (Tubbing fly
spring training, I told my wife ... ters in recent memory, Ramirez put him on waivers last offseason.
balls and hitting hom ers o ver the
I’m going to be the M VP o f som e up prodigious power numbers dur
T he front office then tried to G reen M onster at Fenw ay Park.
thing. And I did it.”
ing his first three seasons in Bos trade him to T exas for AL M VP
“ I w ent through a lot o f dram a
He batted .4 12 (7 -fo r-17) with a ton. But his awful defense, deplor A lex R odriguez. The deal fell during the w inter, but I keep my
hom er and four RBIs against the able baserunning and hefty con- through, and Ram irez was back in m ind p o sitiv e,” R am irez said.
Randolph Signs New Contract
Forward agrees
to multi-year
extension
T he P o rtlan d T rail B lazers
signed forw ard Zach Randolph
to a six-year contract extension
on M onday.
T he contract was reportedly
w orth $84 m illion w ith an ad d i
tional $2 m illion if R andolph is
nam ed an NBA all-star. He was
originally seeking a six-year, $86
m illion extension, the m axim um
allow ed under the league’s co l
lective bargaining agreem ent.
"T his extension represents a
m ajor com m itm ent to a young,
up-and-com ing star w ithin the
N BA ," said Trail Blazers General
M anager John N ash. “We look
forw ard to many successful sea
so n s to g e th e r a n d to Z ac h
Randolph becom ing a fixture with
the organization and the Portland
different league statistical c a t
egories at se aso n 's end.
“ I am very excited to be a P o rt
land Trail B lazer for at least the
n e x t s e v e n s e a s o n s ,” sa id
Randolph. “ I love the fans and
the Portland com m unity, and am
looking forw ard to helping lead
th eT rail B la z e rsb a c k to th e N B A
p lay o ffs.”
T he 2 3 -y ear-o ld w as selected
by th e T ra il B laz ers in the first
ro u n d o f th e 2001 N BA D raft as
Portland Trail Blazers forward Zach Randolph speaks during a
news conference Monday in Tualatin. Randolph, named the
NBA's most improved player last season, has agreed to a six-
year, $84 million contract extension. (AP photo)
com m unity.”
Randolph was one o f only five
NBA players to average more
than 20 points per gam e and 10
rebounds per gam e last season.
For his efforts, he was selected as
th e
N B A ’s M o st Im p ro v e d
__________
Player, the first Trail B lazerto win
the award since Kevin Duckworth
in 1987-88.
R andolph led Portland in sco r
ing in 44 o f the 81 gam es he played
in and in rebounding 6 1 tim es. He
ranked in the N B A ’s top 20 in 19
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SPINACOLUMN
An ongoing series of questions and answers about America's natural healing profession
Part 22. Chiropractic and Health
A way of Life...not just a passing diagnosis.
checkup should include not only problem. If you have persistent
blood pressure, w eight, chest and aches, pains or fatigue, there is a
eye exam , etc but should also and reason for it. If you haven’t had a
'm “fit as fiddle.” If this is primarily include a detai led evalu Chiropracticevaluation, you have
true, why do I often suffer pain? ation o f the nervous system ? In NOT been examined completely.
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For the sake of your health now
a doctor can give a "thor
We study the nervous system and in the future, call today. Isn't
ough checkup" and yet fail to fail
and the spine completely to assure it time you stepped up to Chiro-
to evaluate the spine and nervous you that we find the cause o f your practic?
system.
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your doctor learned that the n er
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M V P o f the 2000 M cD o n ald s
A ll-A m erican gam e.
The Blazers open the season at
G o ld en S tate on W ed n esd ay ,
Nov. 3 before returning to P o rt
land to host the L.A. C lippers in
the hom e o pener on Friday, Nov.
5 at 7 p.m . in the Rose G arden.
Average NBA
Ticket: $45.28
(AP) — Even without Shaquille
O ’Neal, the Los Angeles Lakers
have the N BA ’s highest average
ticket price for the third straight
year at $77.36, more than $30 above
the league average of $45.28.
The league average is up 2.1
percent from the 2003-04 season,
according to the Team Marketing
Report's annual study, which was
released Tuesday.
The New York Knicks, who were
swept in the first round of the play
offs by New Jersey, raised ticket
prices 10 percent and had the
league's second-highest average
ticket at $70.51.
The league's low est average
ticket is for a Golden State W ar
riors' game at $27.69, a 5 percent
increase. The expansion Charlotte
Bobcats willbecharging $36.61 per
ticket.
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