Pase 86__________________ ___________________________ c H in m o r FOOD ffl?l JJortlaub © h s e ru e r_________________________ March 23.2005 S PORTS LeBron Sets NBA Record Youngest to score more than 50 SATURDAY, MARCH 26TH 5-8PM The best perform ance o f LeBron Jam es’ already rem arkable career left the y o u n g est man to score 50 poi nts i n an N B A gam e feeling unsatisfied. Jam es scored a C leveland franchise- record 56 points, but the C avaliers cam e up short and lost 105-98 to the T oronto Raptors on Sunday. “ I d o n ’t eare about individual stats, especially w hen you lose. I w as disap pointed to have as good a gam e as I had and still com e out w ith a loss,” Jam es said. At 20 years, Jam es eclipsed Rick Barry as the youngest player to score 50 points. Barry w as 21 years w hen he scored 57 for San F rancisco against the N ew Y ork Knicks. Jam es easily surpassed his previous career best o f 43 points, se, Nov. 24 against FRIDAYS ESPRESSO & CAFE D etroit. H ow ever, he com m itted a key turnover w ith 16 seconds left and m issed a pair o f 3-point attem pts in the final 14 seco n d s. Jam es finished 18-for-36 from the field and 14 -fo r-15 from the line. He also had six 3s, 10 rebounds and five assists. But T o ro n to ’s bench did in the C avaliers, outscoring C leveland’s reserves 34-1. Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James drives to the hoop over Toronto Raptors center Loren Woods Sunday on his way to scoring 56 points, the youngest man to score 50 points in an NBA game. (AP photo) Cavaliers Fire Silas As Coach 8139 N. DENVER AVE. PDX, OR 97217 (503) 286-2590 Many Different Chitterling Dishes New owner calls for chan " j w/ greens, candied yams, potato select blackeyed peas & rice, com on the cobb, fried chicken, com bread, strawberry soda, 7up cake, & peach cobbler Chiropractic Auto Injury Clinic (Corner of M L K Blvd and Russell St.) Cleveland Cavaliers coach Paul Silas was fired after his team dropped from first place to fighting for a playoff spot. (AP photo) (A P) - N BA great Paul Sila., w as hired to m entor the N B A ’s next superstar. W hile he succeeded w ith LeB ron Jam es, his failure w ith the rest o f the team cost him his jo b . Silas w as fired as coach o f the C leveland C avaliers on M onday, his team fighting for a p lay o ff spot after leading its division earlier this year. Longtim e N BA assistant Brendan M alone was appointed interim coach. The dism issal cam e with 18 gam es left and the team clinging to the fifth p lay o ff spot in the Eastern C onference. Jam es seem s to have been the only player w ho saw the m ove com ing. “Y ou could kind o f tell the w ay the air was, how things were going around here, there w as I f y o u haven 7 been in a recent auto m o b ile accident, y o u p ro b a b ly k n o w som eone w ho has. Cover is Dream Come True W e a re experts a t h e lp in g people w ith p ro b le m s an d in ju rie s associated w ith accidents going to have to be a change,” said Jam es, w ho scored a franchise-record 56 points Sunday. “ I d id n ’t know it w as going to be this soon.” Silas told T he A ssociated Press he w as in form ed at a m orning m eeting w ith general m an ager Jim Paxson and new o w n er D an G ilbert. S ilas’ son, assistant Stephen Silas, also was fired. “T hey d id n ’t think the team w as perform ing as well as it should be and they w anted to m ake a change,” Paul Silas said. Paxson criticized S ilas’ ability as a coach and motivator. “W e’re 64 gam es into the season and w e still d o n ’t have a consistent rotation, substitution pattern, those type o f things,” Paxson said. “W e d id n ’t see that changing.” G ilbert took o ver the team ju st three w eeks ago and said the organization w ould be ev alu ated from top to bottom . Portland Trail Blazer Theo Ratliff gives children pointers on the court as part of a clinic for the Children's Cancer Association Help Relieve Injury Pains Insurance Claim Help Call: (503) 284-7838 Zchon R. 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(AP photo) (A P )— Shaquille O ’N eal’s taste in breakfast cereals might be chang ing. T he longtim e fan o f F rosted Flakes, w hich he once called “the best cereal ever created,” is the latest athlete to grace the cover o f a W heaties box. The Shaq box, w hich features a p ictureofthe 12-time NBA All-Star in a red M iam i Heat uniform on the front and a sm aller photo in his w hite hom e uniform on the back, began hitting superm arket shelves last week. “Sexy man, sexy m an,” O ’Neal said, after unveiling a 7-foot replica o f the box. “ It’s actually an honor,’’O ’Neal said. “I rem em ber as a youngster, going to the stores, seeing all those greats like Kareem and M agic on the box and then saying to my m other and father, ' I ’m going to be on the cover o f that one d ay .’ And then they’d sm ack m e and say, ' Shut u p .’” But he m ade it. “It’s a big day for m yself and for my fam ily,” O ’Neal said. “ I think th is’ll be even bigger for my ch il dren. I’m going to go hom e and tell them , Look. D ad d y 's a superstar. I’m on the cover o f cereal.’” Helping Out With Cancer Prem ier A uto G roup and the Portland Trail Blazers have teamed up in defense o f seriously il, ch il dren by supporting the C h ild ren ’s C an cer A ssociation w ith d o n a tions and public service work. Trail Blazer T heo R atliff helped k ick o f f the p a rtn e rsh ip at the Area Little League Teams Forming Mary Dunn, president o f the P enin sula Little League in north Portland, and G ordon Young, president o f the Riverside Little League in northeast Portland, are encouraging players to get ready for the new spring season. A M arch 12 sign-up deadline has already past and players are scram bling to get spots on a team . Practices w ere scheduled to begin in m id-M arch. 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Germany Honors Ali (A P )— M uham m ad Ali w ill receive a prestigious G erm an h o n o rin D ecem b erin reco g n itio n o fh isco m m itm en tto th eU .S . civil rights m ovem ent and his w ork as a U nited N ations peace am bassador. T he form er heavyw eight cham pion will receive the O tto Hahn freedom medal Dec. 17,the G erm an S ocietyfortheU nited N ations said. H e w as cited for his “lifelong com m itm ent to the A m erican civil rights m ovem ent and the global cultural em an cipation o f black people, as well as his w ork as a U.N. peace am bassador,” the organizers said.