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THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2016
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NBA Playoffs
Timbers tie after
late own goal
Blazers surge to series lead
FOXBOROUGH, Mass.
(AP) Portland’s own goal
in the 89th
minute gave
the New
England
Revolution
a 1-1 draw
with the
Timbers on
Wednesday night.
Kelyn Rowe had a long
volley to the far post that
JeVaughn Watson tapped out
front where it appeared Femi
Hollinger-Janzen converted
for his fi rst MLS goal.
However, it was ruled that
the ball went off Portland
defender Jermaine Taylor.
“Obviously, it’s unfortunate
to give up a goal on one of the
last plays of the game, but I
thought overall the plan was
executed very well,” Timbers
coach Caleb Porter said.
Jack Barmby’s fortunate
touch in the 64th minute put
Portland (2-3-3) on top. Two
minutes after entering the
game, Barmby took a cross
from Darlington Nagbe
and mishit the ball, driving
it into the ground before it
bounced over keeper Bobby
Shuttleworth.
Lillard comes on
strong in second
half, Portland beats
emotional Clippers
By BETH HARRIS
Associated Press
108
98
Mariners get new
ownership group
SEATTLE (AP) —
Nintendo of America is
selling its majority stake
in the Seattle Mariners to a
group of minority owners
led by new
FACES chairman and
CEO John
Stanton.
Outgoing
Chairman
Howard
Lincoln
announced
Stanton
the ownership
transaction Wednesday,
along with his intent to retire
from day-to-day operations
overseeing the franchise.
Nintendo is selling all but
10 percent of its stake in the
franchise and the regional
sports network ROOT
Sports. The team said it used
a valuation of $1.4 billion
for the sale.
The ownership change is
subject to approval by Major
League Baseball, which the
club hopes to get during
league meetings in August.
“Shame on you,
you let a fat man
beat you.“
— Tyson Fury
Heavyweight boxing
champion while pointing
to his fl abby belly and
taunting former champi-
on Wladimir Klitschko at
a press conference pro-
moting their title rematch
on July 9. Fury, of Brit-
ain, ended the nine-year
title reign of Klitschko, of
Ukraine, in a unanimous
decision in November,
2015. Fury also referred
to himself as a perform-
ing monkey and a joke,
and said he’d rather be
eating chocolate on his
sofa than boxing.
AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard, right, shoots as Los Angeles Clippers center Cole Aldrich
defends during the fi rst half in Game 5 of a fi rst-round NBA basketball playoff series, Wednesday,
April 27, 2016, in Los Angeles.
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Prep Roundup
Hermiston wins big at Bulldog Invite
Small schools
struggle to keep
pace with Dawgs
East Oregonian
HERMISTON — There is
no place like home.
After scoring wins at their
own Kiwanis Invitational
on Saturday, the Hermiston
Bulldogs hosted the Bulldog
Invite on Wednesday after-
noon at Kennison Field and
came away big winners yet
again as the boys and girls
teams won by considerable
margins.
The Hermiston boys
fi nished the meet with 439.5
points while Irrigon came
in second place by a wide
margin with 119.5 points.
Helix fi nished third with 65
points, Heppner fourth with
63 points and Ione fi fth with
45 points to round out the top
fi ve.
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
ABOVE: Hermiston freshamn Destiny Alanis, center,
wins her heat in the 100-meter dash on Wednesday in
Hermiston.
RIGHT: Hermiston senior Andrew Horn competes in the
long jump on Wednesday in Hermiston.
The Hermiston boys took
fi rst place in a staggering 16
of the total 21 events, high-
lighted by multiple wins from
sophomore Tyler Rohrman in
both the 110 meter hurdles
(15.92) and the 300 meter
hurdles (44.08) and senior
Tre Neal in both the shot put
(54-01.50) and the discus
(159-10). Donnell Rome also
won both the 1500 meter run
(4:28.50) and the 3000 meter
run (9:42.08).
The non-Hermiston wins
included Heppner’s Kaden
Clark winning the 100 meter
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HERMISTON
Timberwolves line up victory lap
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1967 — Muhammad Ali
refuses induction into the
U.S. Armed Forces. He is
arrested and the New York
State Athletic Commission
suspends his boxing license
and strips him of his heavy-
weight title.
1995 — Michael Jordan, in
his fi rst playoff game since his
return from retirement, scored
48 points in the Chicago
Bulls’ 108-100 victory over
the Charlotte Hornets.
2011 — The Carolina
Panthers select Auburn quar-
terback Cam Newton with the
No. 1 pick in the NFL draft.
LOS ANGELES — Damian Lillard
fi nally made his fi rst fi eld goal early
in third quarter, and the Portland Trail
Blazers knew the game was about to
change.
Lillard’s 3-pointer was his only
basket in the period, but it was enough
to get him going. He scored 16 of
his 22 points in the
fourth quarter, and the
Game 5
Blazers capitalized on
the absence of injured
Chris Paul and Blake
Griffi n to beat the
Portland
Los Angeles Clippers
108-98 on Wednesday
night in Game 5
of their fi rst-round
series.
“I’ve always been
Los Angeles
able to put the fi rst
three quarters behind
me and come up big
•Portland
when my team has
takes 3-2
needed it,” Lillard
series lead
said. “It wasn’t even
so much missing the
shots that were bothering me, it was
just that I couldn’t get any attempts
because they were so aggressive. But I
stayed with it, kept my mind right and
I saw one go in. That was it.”
CJ McCollum led the Blazers with
27 points. They are up 3-2 and could
close it out Friday in Portland. If Game
7 is needed, it would be Saturday back
at Staples Center.
“We’ve got a unique opportunity to
play an elimination game at home, and
now we want to make sure we take full
advantage of it,” McCollum said.
Maurice Harkless added 19 points
and 10 rebounds, and Mason Plumlee
had 10 points and 15 boards for Port-
land. The Blazers made six 3-pointers
BMCC rodeo safe NW Intercollegiate
Finals Rodeo
in fi rst coming
Friday-Saturday
into regional fi nals WHEN:
(slack 10 a.m.; perfor-
East Oregonian
EO fi le photo/Kathy Aney
In this May 5, 2015 fi le photo, Blue Mountain’s
Tyler Potter stays aboard to place second in the
bareback event of the Northwest Intercollegiate
Finals Rodeo in Hermiston. Potter is one of several
BMCC athletes that is poised to win a Northwest
Region title when the Timberwolves host the 2016
fi nals on Friday-Saturday in Hermiston.
Following another domi-
nant weekend on the North-
west circuit of the National
Intercollegiate Rodeo Asso-
ciation, the Blue Mountain
Timberwolves will fi nally
get to perform a victory lap
in front of the home crowd
this week.
The Timberwolf men’s
mance 6:30 p.m.)
WHERE: Farm-City Arena,
Hermiston
COST: $5 slack, $10 per-
formance
team is coming off two wins
in Ellensburg, Washington,
on April 22-23, and the
women’s team placed second
and fi rst at the rodeos. Both
teams hold insurmountable
leads in the Northwest stand-
ings entering the circuit fi nals
at Hermiston’s Farm-City
Arena starting Friday.
The men lead Walla Walla
by a whopping 3,741 points
and the women are 1,286 up
on Central Washington. The
most points scored at a single
rodeo by a team this season
is the 1,230 posted by the
BMCC men in Walla Walla
on March 12-13.
The BMCC men topped
1,000 points at each of the
Ellensburg rodeos, and
secured all-around titles on
both nights.
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