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-W B lack H istory M onth February 23. 2005 'ta i Page B5 o u eraye Open House S ports Iverson Leads East to All-Star Win O ’Neal adds big dose of personality (A P)— A 1 len I verson took Most Valuable Player honors as the East beat the West 125-115 at the NBA All-Star game Sunday night in Den ver. B utifthere w asaM ost Vibrant Personality award. Shaquille O ’Neal would have won that. Iverson had 15 points, nine as sists and five steals. O ’Neal fin ished with 12 points, six rebounds, three blocked shots and three steals. For the second straight year, O ’Neal made people laugh, applaud W est c e n te r Yao Ming (left) tries to d e fe n d a s Shaquille 0 ’N eal g o e s for a sla m during th e NBA All S ta r g a m e in Denver. (AP photo) and appreciate his oversized way o f doing everything, infusing an otherwise nondescript game with just the right amount o f precocious ness. Primping, preening, playful and preposterous, The Big Entertainer gave a supersized dose of person ality - though he w ouldn’t go so far as to do it while wearing a shoe phone. The 360-pound, 7-foot be hemoth was making his 12th ap pearance in the league’s showcase event. He danced as he was introduced, struck a pose before missing a foul shot and goofed with the rap stars and hip-hop artists who lined the front-row seats across from the Eastern Conference bench. O ’N eal’s display of show m an ship cam e after he unveiled his Black History in Sports: Althea Gibson’s 1950 Win A lthea G ibson ’ s barrier break ing appearance in 1950 in the U.S. C ham pionships was voted the m ost influential m om ent in black tennis history by a panel organized by the U.S. T ennis A ssociation. G ibson was the first black w om an allow ed to play in the tournam ent that becam e the U.S. Open. She died in 2003 at 76. R anking second on the U STA list was the 1916 founding o f the Am erican Tennis Association, the first black sports organization in the USA. Third w as the winning Advertise with diversity in ÇLl!‘* IJ a rtla u b (Ohseruer Call 503-288-0033 Happy 21st Birthday Mark Washington Jr. (Marco) VVc Love You ad\@portlandob server.com — Your Family Meet with the Mayor and City Commissioners at Community Budget Forums Feb 28, 6-8 PM KAISER TOWN HALL A lthea G ibson The Portland State Vikings travel nine seasons since PSU brought to Montana this week for the final basketball to the Park Blocks. The two Big Sky Conference season Vikings then travel to Montana for games with a magic number of one. a game on Saturday. One win by the Vikings or one T he V ik in g s h av e a lre a d y loss by Montana State will give earned a spot in the Big Sky T our PSU its first-ever Big Sky Confer nam ent. If Portland State is able ence regular season title and the to win the Big Sky C onference opportunity to host the Big Sky regular season title, the T ourna Tournament on Mar. 8-9. ment sem ifinals and finals will be Thursday night’s game at M on played at the 12,000-seat M em o tana State will be the biggest in the rial Coliseum. Portland Pastor Mark Strong (left) meets Golf Hall o f Famer Charlie Sitton during a recent Martin Luther King Jr. holiday celebration at Nike in Beaverton. Sitton, 82, started his go lf career as a caddy, played as the first black PGA member in 1961 and became the first black winner on tour in 1967. The Real Estate Advice Team S e H a b la E s p a ñ o l Dave Lowe Are you tired of being blocked in with nowhere to turn? Well, Mogano Home Financial can help you with your financial needs. Mogano Home Financial works with clients with good, bad and non-established credit. 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