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Portland Observer Black
History Month
February 18, 2015
Roosevelt Gym’s
Last Hurrah Friday
Members of the Jackie Robinson West Little League baseball team in Chicago celebrate the team's
U.S. Little League Championship last summer.
The community is invited cheer Roosevelt High School Friday, Feb.
20 as it plays its last four basketball games in its nearly 100-year-old
gymnasium. The storied gym will be demolished soon thereafter as the
north Portland school undergoes a dramatic $92 million remodel over the
next two years.
RHS Athletic Director Stuart Smith has asked the community to “fill
the gym” and help Roosevelt look back at the past and look forward to
the future.
The games will begin at 3:30 p.m. The celebration will continue well
into the evening with a student, alumni and community dance after the
boys’ varsity game.
Lawyer Helps Team Stripped of Title March Madness in Portland
(AP) — A day after Little League
International stripped Chicago's
Jackie Robinson West of its na-
tional championship, team officials
announced they've hired a high-
profile attorney to conduct an in-
vestigation they hope will end with
the return of their title.
The sport's governing body an-
nounced last Wednesday that team
officials had violated regulations
by including players who didn't
qualify because they lived outside
the team's boundaries, then
scrambled to get adjacent leagues
to go along with the scheme. But
attorney Victor Henderson said he
will try to determine not only whether
the team broke any rules but whether
— as supporters in Chicago have
suggested — LittleLeague Interna-
tional unfairly singled them out.
"I want to make sure that what-
ever rules and regulations are being
applied to Jackie Robinson West
are being applied to any other team,"
Henderson said during a news con-
ference, flanked by members of the
family that runs the league on the
city's South Side and the team's
manager, who has been suspended.
The announcement that the title
the team won at last summer's Little
League World Series triggered an
emotional response from parents and
supporters in Chicago and around
the country, some of whom suggested
that the race of the all-black team may
have been a factor in the stunning
decision to remove the title.
On Wednesday, Chicago Mayor
Rahm Emanuel called the organiza-
tion to ask that the title be given
back to the team because the boys
did nothing wrong.
Oregon Sports Authority once again joins the University of Oregon,
Rose Quarter and Travel Portland to host the preliminary rounds of the
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship in Portland on March 19 and
21.
While we don't yet know which teams are coming to Portland, we do
know from past experience that fans can expect to see dramatic finishes,
legendary coaches and a frenzied collegiate atmosphere unlike any
other, Oregon Sports Authority officials said.
Single session tickets went on sale at the Moda Center last week.
Tickets can be bought and sold directly with other fans through the
official NCAA Ticket Exchange on primesport.com. The NCAA Ticket
Exchange allows fans to buy and sell official tickets online in an NCAA
approved, safe and guaranteed environment.
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