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Veteran
Guard
Returning
Freeney Signs for $72 Million
T he Indianapolis C olts have
sig n e d d e fe n s iv e en d D w ight
Freeney to a long-term contract that
will make him among the NFL's most
highly paid defensive players.
Freeney and the Colts agreed to
a six-year, $72 million contract that
includes a $30 million signing bo­
nus, Freeney's agent, Gary Wichard,
said Friday.
T h e C o lts h a d d e s ig n a te d
Freeney as their franchise player in
February, w hich w ould have kept
him with the Super Bowl cham pi­
ons for at least one more season.
Freeney, a first-round draft pick
in 2002. has 56 1 /2 sacks and forced
27 fumbles during his first five sea­
sons with the Colts.
His long-term deal would be the
Colts' biggest investm ent in their
defense for what has long been an
offensive-oriented team.
D wight F reeney
Since 2004, the Colts have signed
big deals with quarterback Peyton
Manning (seven years, $98 million)
and receivers M arvin Harrison (six
years, $66 m illion) and Reggie
W ayne (six years, $39 million).
Golf Scramble at the Mountain
Benefits Mt. Hood Community College
W hat co u ld be b etter than a
beautiful su m m er day on the golf
course at T he R esort at the M oun­
tain in W elch es? Im agine sta rt­
ing the day w ith a contin en tal
b reakfast, playing g o lf w ith your
friends, en jo y in g lunch afte r the
scram ble and h elp in g the Mt.
Hood C om m unity C ollege F oun­
dation raise m oney in support o f
the c o lle g e ’s students.
G olfers o f all skill levels are in­
vited to register for the MHCC
Foundation’s 14th annual Par Ex­
cellence G olf Scram ble scheduled
for Aug. 7.
Participants will not only have
fun golfing but will be raising money
for scholarships and classroom
equipm ent.
"The important thing is to have
a good time and help support the
students at M HCC. Investing in
education is an investm ent in the
future,” said golf committee co-chair
Peggy Johansen.
Sports Commentary
BY P \ T G R IH E E R
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It's getting to be the dog days of
summer. We getting consistent hot
weather, the fourth o f July is be­
hind us and is very little going on in
m ainstream sports.
Let’s face it, there are no sports
that dem and our tim e until late
August when football gets started
and baseball is in the playoffs.
So with all the extra tim e on our
hands, w hat are sports fans sup­
posed to do? The trick is w hat they
call “participation sports.”
I know many o f us c a n 't afford to
becom e scratch golfers, but there
are several cheap forms o f athletic
entertainm ent. Take “ F o lf ’ or disc
golf forexample. The game is played
with discs slightly heavier than a
Frisbee. C ourses pop up all over
the place, often in w ooded areas
using the trees to m ake the gam e a
challenge for participants. Targets
vary, from w ooden posts to metal
posts with a bucket hanging about
three feet over the ground.
The game i s simi lar to got f, where
there is a par set on a hole and you
have to get the disc in the bucket
with as few strokes as possible.
There are several different styles of
throws: the side arm, the regular
Frisbee throw and the over arm, or
the tom ahaw k. T h at's my favorite.
A new course has been created
in Pier Park in the St. Johns com m u­
nity o f north Portland. The course
has having been cleverly built tak­
ing up as m uch as the park as pos­
sible, but having many holes that
intersect each other. A lthough,
there are still many park-goers and
dog w alkers around, so one must
throw with caution. G etting hit in
the head with a disc can hurt quite
a bit, believe me.
New Prices Effective May 1 ,2 0 0 7
allo w 10 fo u ls b e fo re d is q u a lifi­
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P rizes w ill include trip s, g o lf
eq u ip m en t and m erch an d ise and
a h o le-in -o n e prize is sponsored
by the S u burban A uto G roup.
Check-in begins at 7 a.m. and the
shotgun start is at 8:30 a.m. The fee
o f $150 includes green fees, cart,
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Dog Days of Summer
A n o th er good n eig h b o rh o o d
gam e is the old school gam e o f
kickball. E veryone know s this
game. You get a round ball that rolls
and can be kicked pain free, prefer­
ably a rubber red ball. All you need
is a park, or even an em pty lot. The
rules are simple: outs are exactly the
same as baseball. Kick the ball as far
as possible. Many groups o f friends
play w eekly gam es, usually at big
parks. Check out Irving Park or
Fernhill Park for gam es every week.
Kickball is a fun way to spend
tim e w ith friends; it does not take
much talent and can be enjoyed
with a beer.
A nd with the heat the way it is,
m any people will look to the rivers
for an outlet. A fun all day activity
if floating the river on an inner tube.
This is cheap and inexpensive and
a w hole lot o f fun.
A river such as the C lackam as
River in Milwaukee is a perfect place
to waste three or four hours. On a
nice day, with the sun beating down
on the river through the trees, noth­
ing is m ore relaxing than letting the
current take your tube dow n the
river. Floating is more enjoyable
with a group o f friends, but d o n ’t
drink too m uch because drowning
is a very real possibility in river
currents.
These are ju st a few fun activi­
ties that are cheap and can get you
outside on your day o ff to enjoy the
sunshine. Until football starts in
A ugust.
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Steve Blake is com ing back to
Portland, even though in one
sense he never left. The free
agent point guard who played
for the D enver N uggets last
season signed a reported two-
year deal with an option.
Blake, a four-year veteran,
averaged 8.3 points and 6.6 as­
sists in 49 gam es with D enver
last season.
It is Blake's second stint with
the Blazers. He played for the
team in 2005-06, averaging 8.2
points and 4.5 assists. He still
has an off-season hom e in W est
Linn.
"Steve em bodies the kind o f
culture w e're building here in
Portland," Blazers general m an­
ager Kevin Pritchard said. "He's
an in telligent, hardw orking,
team player with a trem endous
grasp as to w hat it takes to play
the point guard position."
The move makes the Blazers
deep at point guard, with Blake,
J a r r e tt Ja c k a n d S e rg io
Rodriguez, as well as Brandon
Roy, the N BA ’s Rookie o f the
Year, w ho played the point at
tim es last season.
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