Winners

1. Last week's triumphant stories of Picabo Street and Casey Martin were, once again, brought to you by Nike, whose uncanny radar for lovable athletes has given the world Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods.

2. Radio giant Jacor, which already owns four local radio stations and 30 percent of Portland's radio ad revenue, reasserted its position as local arbiter of the airwaves when it paid $20.6 million for an FCC construction permit in Vancouver last week, allowing it to set up a new station there.

3. Finally, trader Bob Whitsitt brought Blazer fans a player they could get excited about. Adding local hoop star and PR dream Damon Stoudamire to the roster should pack the Rose Garden and improve the team's reputation both on and off the court.

Losers

1. If there's a sports legend larger than Michael Jordan, it's '70s soccer icon Pele. Now Brazil's sports minister, Pele has complained that Nike is funding an effort to derail the pending "Pele Law." The law would force Brazilian soccer teams to share a portion of broadcast and advertising revenues with players. The story was reported in Business Week just as Nike was taking a drubbing in The New York Times and USA Today for using CBS reporters as "walking advertisements" at the Olympics.

2. The Oregon Legislature was the target of the best line in Vera Katz's State of the City address. Katz said Salem's debate on transportation funding was "starting to resemble giant panda matings in a zoo--expectations are high, but the results are almost always disappointing."

3.Adoption-rights activists got slammed in Olympia by a set of lawmakers who also happen to be adoptive parents. Two bills that would have released original birth certificates to adult adoptees didn't make it to the floor of the Washington Legislature. Current state law already allows open records for any adoption after 1993. Oregon activists continue to circulate petitions to put a similar law before voters in November.