Diversity in the Workplace
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June 22, 2016
S PORTS
Photo by
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Warriors
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Klay Thompson (11) dribbles against Cavaliers forward LeBron James Sunday in
Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Cleveland won the game 93-89 and claimed their irst NBA championship.
P Astor A PPreciAtion
Fellowship MBC Celebrates
Pastor Johnny Pack IV and Sis Angela Pack
with their 29th Appreciation
July 17th @ 3:00pm.
4009 N. MISSOURI AVE
Guest Speaker: Bishop Garry Tyson,
Pastor of Goodwill Baptist Church, Seattle, WA
James Makes Good
NBA star brings championship to Cleveland
(AP) -- LeBron James cradled
the shiny gold trophy and strug-
gled to sum up what might be
his sweetest championship yet,
the one he is so proudly bringing
home to his native northeast Ohio
just as he promised to do when he
returned to the Cleveland Cava-
liers two summers ago.
James and his relentless, nev-
er-count-them-out Cavs pulled off
an improbable NBA Finals come-
back, and Cleveland is title town
again at long last.
Unfazed by the criticism and
chatter all series, James delivered
on a vow to his home state and
brought the Cavs back as they be-
came the irst team to rally from a
3-1 inals deicit, beating the de-
fending champion Golden State
Warriors 93-89 on Sunday night to
end a 52-year major sports cham-
pionship drought in Cleveland.
“I’m happy to be a part of histo-
ry,” James said, then added, “I’m
home. I’m home. ... I’m at a loss
for words. This is unbelievable.”
In a testy series of blowouts
— and a few blowups — the win-
ner-take-all Game 7 provided the
thrilling inale with James as the
inals MVP disarming two-time
reigning MVP Stephen Curry and
his record-setting Warriors.
Playing his sixth straight i-
nals, James almost single-hand-
edly carried the Cavs back into
this series and inished with 27
points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds
as the Cavs captured their irst
championship in franchise history
and gave their city its irst major
sports winner since the Browns
won the NFL title in 1964. He
also had three blocked shots and
two steals, overcoming ive turn-
overs.
“Cleveland! This is for you!”
James bellowed in his postgame
interview before being announced
as inals MVP.
An emotional James fell to the
loor when this one ended with a
second win in six days on Golden
State’s imposing home loor, sur-
rounded by his teammates. Only
seconds earlier, he went down in
pain with 10.6 seconds left after
being fouled by Draymond Green
while going for a dunk, then came
back out to make the second of
two free throws.
After four successful seasons
in Miami and two titles with the
Heat, James came back to the
Cavs in hopes of winning the ti-
tle this franchise and champion-
ship-starved city so coveted. It
took a second try against Golden
State after Cleveland lost to the
Warriors in six games last year.
Kyrie Irving scored 26 points to
cap his brilliant inals, including a
3-pointer over Curry with 53 sec-
onds left.
“It was a fairytale ending,” Ir-
ving said.
Curry sat briely on the bench
to take in the scene after the War-
riors made their last basket with
4:39 left.
“It hurts, man,” Curry said.
“I’m proud of every single guy
that stepped foot on the loor for
our team this year. ... Hopefully
we’ll have many more opportuni-
ties to ight for championships and
be on this stage. This is what it’s
all about.”
Diversity in Golf Championship
A national organization found-
ed to increase the participation of
African Americans and other peo-
ple of color in golf brings more
than 200 people to Portland this
week for its 62nd championship
tournament, scheduled Wednes-
day through Saturday.
The Western States Golf Associa-
tion, founded in 1954, has over 1,000
members in over 33 afiliated clubs
in six Western states. The group also
sponsors hundreds of junior golfers
through the local clubs and annual
tournaments and instruction.
Thanks to support from Port-
land’s Visitor’s Development
Fund and Travel Portland, the
association selected Portland as
the host city for its annual tourna-
ments for the second straight year.