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ll''$lortlan0 (Obscrucr EMBRACING DIVERSITY Page B6 September 7, 2005 S ports NFL Legend Jerry Rice Retires After 20 Years Popular receiver leaves football career with 38 league records But as m uch as the num bers, it (A P) - Jerry Rice spent 20 years m aking every sacrifice he could to w as the w ay he did things that play the gam e he loved. He knew m ade the biggest im pression - the his football career w as over when right w ay. He w as a m aster o f d e all those sacrifices w eren’t enough tails, a m aestro o f route-running to m ake him a key player in D enver precision, a good guy o ff the field and a w orkout ju n k ie both in sea for one, final season. R elegated to reserve duty or son and out. R ev ered by fans and his p eers. nothing w ith the B roncos, Rice chose the latter, calling it a career Rice told his short-tim e team m ates M onday after tw o record-setting in D en v er that he w as retirin g du rin g a short m eetin g held afte r decades in the NFL. “ I think th at’s it for m e,” Rice his p u b lic a n n o u n c e m e n t. T h e said during his farew ell new s c o n B ro n co s g a v e h im a sta n d in g ference at B roncos headquarters. o v atio n . R ice led the 4 9 ers to th ree S u “ I’m done and I’m looking forw ard to the next phase o f my life now .” p er B ow l titles. H e m a ste re d the W ith that, the N FL reached the W est C o a st o ffe n se and m ade a end o f an era, saying goodbye to a ca reer o f tu rn in g sh o rt catc h es into long g ain s, stru ttin g in to the once-in-a-lifetim e player. The 42-year-old receiver, a first- en d zone, his arm s raise d alo ft. His w o rk eth ic an d a tten tio n to round draft pick out o f tiny M issis sippi V alley State in 1985, leaves the little th in g s g av e an en tire the field w ith 38 league records, g en e ratio n o f rec eiv e rs som eone including the m ost career recep to look up to. A fter 16 y ea rs w ith th e N in ers, tio n s (1 ,5 4 9 ), y a rd s re c e iv in g (22,895) and touchdow ns receiv R ice w ent to O ak lan d , w here he had three fairly p ro d u ctiv e sea- ing) 197). D is p la c e d H o r n e ts Jerry Rice, one o f the most dominate wide receivers in the NFL. waves goodbye after a news conference announcing his retirement in Denver on Monday, Sept. 5. (AP Photo) Saints Pick Up the Pieces O ffe r e d Low Cost Spay & Neuter If you are a low income individual who needs assistance with spaying or neutering your pets call: N H L A rena (A P) - T he N ashville Predators are offering the displaced New O r leans H ornets a chance to play 12 gam es this season in the NHL team ’s arena. Hugh L om bardi, general m an ager o f the G aylord Entertainm ent C enter, said he has contacted the N BA about the offer. The New O r le a n s A re n a is n e x t to th e S uperdom e, and the N BA has in form ed team s the H ornets m ay relo cate. But N ash v ille 's arena, w hich seats a little m ore than 19,000 for basketball, has lim ited dates av ail able with the Predators, A rena Foot ball L eague, college basketball and concerts already scheduled. The H ornets could not play there the entire season. “ Right now , w e’re trying to get a sense as to w hat the N BA is plan ning,” said L om bardi, w ho expects to talk with N B A officials next week. “ I d o n 't even know if th ey ’d co n sider playing anyw here just p ar tially. 1 assum e th e y ’d w ant to play in one place for the w hole season and I know we couldn’t accom m o date that.” T he H ornets open training cam p in C olorado on O ctober and are scheduled to play their first hom e gam e on Nov. 4. O klahom a City already has offered Ford C enter as a hom e site for the H ornets, w hile Baton Rouge. La., also is a possibil ity. 503-626-4070 ext. t 1 or log onto www.poppainc.org New Orleans Saints linebacker TJ. Slaughter, left, and Tiffany Cardenas, 18, o f San Anto nio, serve lunch to Hurricane Katrina evacuees, Sunday, Sept. 4. at a shelter at KellyUSA, a former Air Force base, in San Antonio. (AP Photo) "Help stop pet overpopulation a n d be a responsible pet owner by spaying or neutering your pet. ” (Wg, New Orleans’ NFL team may practice in Texas (A P) - M eetings in a convention center. A 10- m inute bus ride. Then, practice at a high school facility and a bus ride back “hom e" to their hotel. T hat’s the new routine for the New O rleans Saints, forced out o f their normal surroundings by Hurricane Katrina. T he Saints returned to work M onday, trying to focus on their opener Sunday in C arolina instead of the awful pictures o f w hat’s happening in New Orleans. “W e all talked about w hat was going on before practice,” said special teams standout Michael Lewis, w ho was bom in New O rleans and has more than 30 relatives in the area. “Everybody in my family is OK. But now that w e’re here, we know w hat we have to d o .” C oach Jim Haslett w as glad to be doing som e Oregon State Prevails Over Portland State The O regon State Beavers over cam e the Portland State V ikings last Saturday at the Reser Stadium in Corvallis with a 4 1 -14 win in the first gam e am ong the team s in 22 years. Although O regon State took the first 10 points o f the gam e, PSU ran 76 yards w ithin 13 plays at the end o f the first period. Later, though, the Beavers w ent into halftim e with a 20-7 lead. In the third period, the V ikings reversed eight yards to bring up the score 34-14. T he final score set after a late touchdow n pass by the Beavers in the fourth period. T he 1 - A Beavers start the season 1-0, while the 1-AA V ikings go toO- 1. PSU will open at home on Sept. 17 in a Big Sky Conference game against Sacram ento State. sons. B ut it b ecam e c lea r the end m ight be near last seaso n w hen th e R a id e rs p h a s e d h im o u t, p ro m p tin g a m id seaso n trad e to S eattle. He still av erag ed 14.3 y ard s a catch last season an d sco red three to u ch d o w n s, sh o w in g traces o f the b ig -p lay ca p ab ility he flashed so o ften ea rlier in his career. L ast sp rin g , his ag en t p ut out a league-w ide m em o stating that the G O A T - th e G reatest O f A ll T im e - w as av ailab le. R ice signed w ith the D enver B roncos, k n o w in g th ere w as no g u ara n tee o f a ro ste r spot. A bout h alfw ay th ro u g h tra in ing cam p in his 21“ seaso n , he m oved ah ead o f D arius W atts, to D e n v e r’s N o. 3 re c e iv e r spot. T h at m ove cau sed a stir, b ut a clo ser look show ed a receiv er w ho had tro u b le sep aratin g from third- and fo u rth -strin g co rn e rb a ck s in p ractice, a rec eiv e r w h o fin ish ed w ith fo u r c a tc h es fo r 24 y ard s in fo u r p reseaso n g am es. W ith th e en d upon him , he w as sad and o v erw h elm ed as he stood b eh in d th e m ic ro p h o n e to a n n ounce his retirem en t. thing besides watching new s reports on television. Though the Saints still are awaiting w ord where they will play the balance o f their hom e gam es, the team expects to practice in San A ntonio for the rest o f the season. The N FL announced M onday that their second gam e - w hich was supposed to be their hom e opener against the N ew York G iants - will be on M onday, Sept. 19, at G iants Stadium. The gam e will begin at 7:30p.m . on A BC, then be sw itched to ESPN at 9 p.m., w hen A BC goes to the regularly scheduled gam e between W ashington and Dallas in Irving, Texas. The team left New O rleans a few days before the storm , then played their final preseason gam e in O akland on Thursday night. Players had been off betw een then and M onday. MARTIN CLEANING SERVICE f i Residential & Commercial Service CARPET CLEANING 2 CLEANING AREAS OR MORE PRE-SPRA Y TRAFFIC AREAS INCLUDES 1 SMALL HALL 1 CLEANING AREA PRE-SPRA Y TRAFFIC AREA (HALL EXTRA CHARGE) STAIRS (with other service) An ongoing senes of questions and answers about Amenca’s natural healing profession Dr Billy R Flowers Part 22. Chiropractic and Health A way of Life...not just a passing diagnosis. : F o llo w in g a th o ro u g h check-up my d octor says ’m “fit as fiddle.” If this is true, why do I often suffer pain? : It is indeed interesting that a doctor can give a “th o r ough check u p ” and yet fail to to evaluate the spine and nervous system . 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