August I. 2007
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P o r tla n d to H o s t
Due Process Urged for Vick
M e x ic a n L e g e n d s
NAACP sees
premature
punishment
Form er players from M exico's
m ost popular clubs, Chivas de
Guadalajara and Club Am erica will
collide at PGE Park on Friday. Aug.
10. at 7 p.ni. in the “S uperC lassic
o f Legends”
The international exhibition will
be played with players who have
recently retired from both teams,
including several form er M exican
National Team m em bers. A m ong
those representing C hivas will be
Ramon Ramirez, w ho has over 100
appearances with the M exican N a­
tio n a l T ea m , an d m id fie ld e r
Alberto Coyote, w ho played on
the international stage for M exico
from 1994-2001.
The Club Am erica Legends w ill
feature form er M exican National
Team midfielders G onzalo Farfan,
who earned 34 cam ps w ith M exico
from 1994-2001. and IsaacTerrazas.
who played for M exico in the 1998
W orld C up in France.
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G eorgia NAACP P re s id e n t E dw ard D u b o s e (left), A tla n ta NAACP P re s id e n t R.L. W hite a n d e x e c u tiv e
b o a rd m e m b e r Dr. M a rth a P lo w d en a t a n e w s c o n fe r e n c e in A tla n ta . (AP p h o to )
coach's playbook.
The
A tla n ta
F a lc o n s
quarterback's elite five-m em ber le­
gal team doesn't expect it to be
easy, and his career could be in
jeopardy.
Businesses have been quick to
recoil. Nike suspended its lucrative
contract with Vick and Reebok
stopped sales o f his No. 7 jersey. In
addition, two trading car com pa­
nies w ithdrew V ick items.
O n the o th e r hand, G eo rg ia
N A A C P President Edw ard Dubose
thanked Vick for his com m unity
service and the m oney and excite­
ment he has brought to G eorgia as
a Falcon. D ubose said Vick is being
prosecuted in the court o f public
opinion before he has had a chance
to defend himself.
"W e're not condoning bad be­
havior, but Michael Vick is innocent
until proven guilty,” Dubose said.
Influential Football Coach Dies
Creator of
enduring
innovations
(A P ) -
B ill W a ls h , th e
g ro u n d b re ak in g fo o tb all co ach
w ho w on th ree S u p er B ow ls and
p erfec ted the in g en io u s schem es
that b ecam e know n as the W est
C o a st o ffe n se d u rin g a H all o f
F am e ca re e r w ith the San F ran ­
cisco 4 9ers, has died o f leukem ia.
He w as 75.
He spent ju st 10 seasons on the
San Francisco sideline, but he left
an indelible mark on the United
States' most popular sport, build­
ing the once-w oebegone 49ers into
the m ost successful team o f the
1980s with his innovative tech­
niques.
T he soft-spoken native C alifor­
S a n F rancisco 4 9 e r s c o a c h Bill W a lsh is h o is te d o n th e s h o u l­
nian also produced a legion o f
d e r s o f h is te a m a fte r th e y d e fe a te d th e M iam i D olp h in s 3 8 - 1 6
coaching disciples that's still grow ­
in S u p e r B ow l XIX, Jan. 2 0 , 1 9 8 5 . (AP p h o to )
ing today.
"T he essence o f Bill W alsh was o f chalk, he w ould becom e a w hirl­ individuals.”
th a t he w as an e x tra o rd in a ry wind o f w isdom. He taught all o f us
W alsh cre ate d the M in o rity
teacher." NFL com m issioner Roger not only about football but also C oaching Fellow ship program in
G oodell said in a statem ent. " If you about life and how it takes team ­ 1987, helping m inority coaches to
gave him a blackboard and a piece work for any o f us to succeed as get a foothold in a previously lily-
white profession. M arvin Lewis and
Tyrone W illingham are am ong the
coaches w ho w ent through the pro­
gram , later adopted as a league­
w ide initiative.
W alsh also is widely credited
with inventing orpopularizing many
o f the m odem basics o f coaching,
from the lam inated sheets o f plays
held by coaches on alm ost every
sideline, to the practice o f scripting
the first 15 offensive plays o f a
game.
The long-suffering 49ers went 2-
14 before W alsh ’s arrival. They re­
peated the record in his first sea­
son. W alsh doubted his abilities to
turn around such a m iserable situ­
ation— but earlier in 1979, the 49ers
drafted quarterback Joe M ontana
from Notre Dame.
W alsh tu rn ed o v e r the startin g
jo b to M o n tan a in 19 80, w hen the
4 9 ers im p ro v ed to 6 -1 0 — and
im p ro b ab ly , San F ra n cisc o w on
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found case o f burnout after his
third Super Bowl victory in January
1989, though he later regretted not
coaching longer.
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(AP) - N A ACP leaders urged
public restraint M onday in judging
M ichael Vick before he has his day
in court.
R.L. W hite, president o f the A t­
lanta chapter o f the National A sso­
ciation for the A dvancem ent o f
C olored People, said the Atlanta
Falcons quarterback has been vili­
fied by anim al rights groups, talk
radio and the news m edia and pre­
m aturely punished by his team and
corporate sponsors.
“If Mr. V ick is guilty, he should
pay for his crim e, but to treat him as
he is being treated now is also a
crim e,” W hite said at a news con­
ference. "B e restrained in your pre­
mature judgm ent until the legal pro­
cess is com pleted.”
On M onday, Tony Taylor, a co ­
d efen d an t in the case, pleaded
guilty in V irginia to federal dog­
fighting conspiracy charges in a
plea agreem ent with prosecutors.
But Vick has pleaded not guilty
and for now looks like he will spend
the next four m onths defending
h im self instead o f m astering an ew
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