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Trailblazers Honor African Americans
that the career o f the greatest receiver in NFL history may be
ending. (AP photo)
Seahawks Release
Player Jerry Rice
(AP) - Jerry Rice was released
by the Seattle Seahawks on Fri
day, perhaps signaling an end to
the career of greatest receiver in
NFL history.
The release was announced in a
short statement from the team,
which acquired the 42-year-old
Rice from Oakland in a trade last
season.
“We are grateful to Jerry and
the role he was willing to fill for the
Seahawks last year,” coach Mike
Holmgren said in the statement.
“He is one o f the greatest players
in the history of our game and we
wish him nothing but the best.”
Rice is the career leader in re
ceptions with 1,549; total yards
with 22,895; and receiving touch
downs with 197, all far ahead of the
closest pursuer. He also leads in
total touchdowns with 207,32 more
Three pioneers in the African A m eri
can m edical com m unity were honored
at a recent Trail Blazers Game by the
team and the Portland Bridge Builders.
Dr. Samuel J Brown Jr., Dr. W alter C.
Reynolds, and Dr. Booker T. Lewis,
were am ong those honored last week.
Brown has worked with various den
tal health program s and has held m em
berships with the O regon Society o f
Dentistry for Children, the Oregon Den
tal A ssociation and M ultnomah Dental
Society. He practiced dentistry for 46
years before his retirem ent in 2001.
Reynolds was the first African Ameri
can to graduate from the U niversity o f
O regon M edical School in 1949. He
served for 20 years as a medical exam
iner and founded the Phil Reynolds
Scholarship Fund and the Phil Reynolds
Medical Clinic, a private clinic and phar
macy in the heart of Portland’s African
Am erican com m unity, in honor of his
father.
Lewis is a form er m ember of the
M ultnom ah County Republican Cen-
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Three medical pioneers in the African-American community join members o f the Portland
Bridge Builders during Black History Month ceremonies by the Portland Trail Blazers.
tralC om m ittee, the W elfare Advisory Board
All three doctors chose the North Portland
and has worked with civil rights organiza- Nurse Practitioners Com m unity Health Clinic as
tions. He was also one o f the founders o f the recipient oftheir $500 awards from the Blazer
A m erican State Bank.
organization.
than Emmitt Smith, who announced
his retirement earlier this month.
R ice in d ic a te d a fte r the
Seahawks were elim inated by St.
Louis in the playoffs last month
that he still was interested in play
ing.
“I still feel like I have football
left in me, a lot of football in me,”
he said.
However, it remains to be seen
whether there is a team who might
be interested in signing a 42-year-
old, who began his career with San
Francisco in 1985 and was on three
Super Bowl winners with the 49ers,
winning the Super Bowl MVP in
1989.
R ice’s possible return to San
Francisco has been a hot topic in
the Bay Area, but new 49ers coach
Mike Nolan has mostly discour
aged such speculation.
The Portland Trailblazers and the Portland
Bridge Builders continued their celebra
tion o f Black History Month by honoring
Lieutenant Colonel Sandra D. Murray, the
highest ranking American woman in the
Oregon National Guard, at a recent Trail
Blazer game.
Murray survived the 9 /1 1 attack on the
Pentagon, is a Gulf War Veteran, played
professional basketball in Europe and
was the first girl to play on a boys team
at Alabama High School. Murray was
presented with a $500 award, which was
donated to the Harriet Tubman School
Choir, Women In Action, Jeffries Memo
rial Christian Church, Oregon Military
Museum and the African American Youth
Leadership Conference.
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