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  Cheryl Miller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cheryl Miller (born on January 3, 1964 in Riverside, California) is a former college basketball player and coach, and considered by many the best female player in the history of the game.
In 1995, Miller was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
In 1986, Miller became the first female ever nominated for the Sullivan Award, and in that same year, USC retired her #31 jersey (the same number Reggie wore with University of California, Los Angeles and the Indiana Pacers), making Miller the first Trojan athlete to be so honored.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cheryl_Miller   (638 words)

  
 Reggie Miller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miller was born with leg deformities which caused an inability to walk correctly; after a few years of continuously wearing braces on both legs, his leg strength grew enough to compensate.
Miller made several long three-pointers during the quarter and engaged in an animated discussion of his ongoing performance with noted Knicks fan Spike Lee, who was seated courtside.
Miller was a member of the gold medal-winning Olympic men's basketball team in 1996 and of the Team USA for the 1994 and 2002 World Championship.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reggie_Miller   (1802 words)

  
 pot smoker Cheryl Miller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Cheryl Miller, whose use of medical marijuana to ease the pain of multiple sclerosis turned her into a leading anti-War on Drugs activist, has died.
Miller used medical marijuana for relief from the pain of multiple sclerosis, a degenerative nerve disease she battled for 30 years and that left her confined to a bed.
Before her death, Cheryl Miller was scheduled to attend the NORML conference in San Francisco in April 2004 to accept, with her husband, the Peter McWilliams Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Cause of Medical Marijuana.
www.cleartest.com /testinfo/cheryl-miller.htm   (355 words)

  
 Remember Cheryl Miller
While she was alive, Cheryl openly defied state and federal laws to claim her right to use marijuana, the only medicine that reduced the pain and spasticity of her degenerative condition.
Cheryl Miller risked her health and freedom countless times to share her personal experiences with politicians and the public.
Cheryl not only admitted that she used medical marijuana; she had the courage to take a public stand.
www.mpp.org /Remember_Cheryl   (333 words)

  
 Profile: Cheryl Miller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Miller led the Trojans to the NCAA women's basketball championship in 1983 and 1984, and was named the tournament's most valuable player both years.
Miller led the U.S. women to their first Olympic gold medal (in 1984) as well as titles in the World Championship of Basketball and the Goodwill Games.
Miller quit to join Turner Sports as an NBA reporter and again made history in November 1996, when she became the first female analyst to call a nationally televised NBA game.
www.sacbee.com /static/archive/news/projects/people_of_century/sports/miller.html   (299 words)

  
 ZoomInfo Web Summary: Cheryl Miller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Cheryl asked USC men's coach Stan Morrison if he was recruiting her younger brother.
Miller, a Riverside native, plahyed his entire NBA careeer with Indiana and retired after last season as the Pacers' leader in points, assists and steals.
Cheryl Miller had a severe knee injury that required surgery effectively ended her basketball career in 1987.
www.zoominfo.com /directory/Cheryl_Miller.htm   (1491 words)

  
 Women's Sports Foundation ATHLETES
Cheryl Miller is the first University of Southern California basketball player, male or female, to have their number retired.
Miller was the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Final Four Tournament’s most valuable player in both her freshman and sophomore years (1982-83 and 1983-84).
In January 1997, Miller was hired to be the coach of the new Phoenix WNBA franchise.
www.womenssportsfoundation.org /cgi-bin/iowa/athletes/record.html?record=373   (295 words)

  
 ASA : Cheryl Miller
Cheryl Miller was diagnosed with chronic, progressive Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 1971.
Even though Cheryl's health was deteriorating rapidly, Congressman Barr was on the receiving end of one of her last political acts.
"Cheryl's logic was this: There was nothing that law enforcement or the judicial system could do to her that would be worse than what MS was doing to her, and would not last the lifetime that MS would last.
www.safeaccessnow.org /article.php?id=1817   (710 words)

  
 Cheryl Miller - Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer - Nationwide Speakers Bureau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Cheryl Miller is one of the greatest players in the history of women’s basketball.
Miller burst onto the national scene when she led USC to consecutive national titles in 1983 and 1984.
Miller was voted ESPN Woman Athlete of the Year in 1985, and in 1986 she was the first woman basketball player to be nominated for the prestigious Sullivan Award (1985-86).
www.nationwidespeakers.com /speaker/689   (394 words)

  
 ASA : More Than Just Memories: Cheryl Miller Memorial Project in DC Next Week
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) sufferer and veteran medical marijuana campaigner Cheryl Miller passed away in June, but her husband, friends, and fellow medical marijuana patients are honoring her memory in a way she would have liked.
Miller and her husband Jim became prominent and highly-visible figures in the medical marijuana movement in recent years.
Bed-ridden, Cheryl would have Jim push her bed along highways and into state buildings and congressional offices, as they sought to make politicians confront the human results of their prohibitionist stances on medical marijuana.
www.safeaccessnow.org /article.php?id=705   (1256 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - A game of the century mark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Miller's performance against Riverside Norte Vista on Jan. 26, 1982, shocked her then and continues to surprise her today.
Miller, a member of basketball's Hall of Fame, set a national high school record with her 105 points.
Miller doesn't remember hearing any of the noise generated by the crowd, nor was she keeping track of her points.
www.usatoday.com /sports/preps/basketba/2001-01-31-miller.htm   (702 words)

  
 Cheryl Miller       Capitol City Speakers Bureau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
During Cheryl Miller's playing days at the University of Southern California, she was one of the nation's most celebrated athletes becoming a three-time Naismith Player of the Year, four-time All-American and 1984 Olympic Gold Medal winner.
Cheryl is simply considered the greatest female basketball player of all time, and in May 1995, her hard work was rewarded when she was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
As a result of her success, Cheryl is a highly sought after motivational speaker and is a spokesperson for several organizations supporting literacy and pediatric AIDS awareness.
www.capcityspeakers.com /speakers/Millerc.htm   (143 words)

  
 New Jersey: In The News
Cheryl Miller, who lost her battle with multiple sclerosis June 7, was remembered as a courageous woman at a memorial service Monday in front of the United States Supreme Court in Washington.
Miller demanded that Congress hold hearings on the matter, but he is not optimistic.
Marijuana eased Cheryl’s pain, Jim Miller said, but she often went without the substance because it is illegal in New Jersey and has not been approved for medical use, except in a handful of states and in Canada.
www.mpp.org /NJ/news/5789.mpp   (351 words)

  
 In Memory of Cheryl Jean Miller
Cheryl delighted in the physical skills of survival, but she was also intensely interested in the spiritual skills that lay behind them.
Cheryl attended the Mid-Atlantic Primitive Skills Meet last year which, as it turned out, was her last MAPS event.
Cheryl’s participation led to the creation of a large and vibrant community of primitive skills practitioners that meet regularly, advancing their knowledge of both physical and spiritual skills.
www.mapsgroup.org /Cherylmemoriam.htm   (816 words)

  
 In Memory of Cheryl Jean Miller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Cheryl Jean Miller, 49, a naturalist, died of ovarian cancer Dec. 9 at her home in Beltsville.
Miller, an accomplished tracker, was cofounder of the Mid-Atlantic Primitive Skills Group in 1997.
Miller, who was born in Tacoma Park, grew up in Rockville and graduated from Wheaton High School in 1973.
www.mapsgroup.org /Cheryl.htm   (261 words)

  
 NBA.com: Reggie Gets His Say
Miller joins his new TNT family, three months removed from an 18-year career with the Indiana Pacers, in a unique situation never before done at the network.
Miller will have the opportunity to be a guest in the studio with Charles Barkley, Kenny “The Jet” Smith, Ernie Johnson and Magic Johnson, but will also share time as a basketball analyst with the likes of Marv Albert and Kevin Harlan, among others.
The last time their parents saw the two together on camera was Miller’s final game, when Cheryl scored an interview with her teary-eyed little brother as he said his goodbyes to Pacers fans and the game of basketball.
www.nba.com /features/miller_050818.html   (1064 words)

  
 NBA 05-06 TNT
Miller also worked for ABC, where she served as a reporter for "Wide World of Sports" and a commentator for the network's college basketball telecasts.
Miller was commissioner for the 1985 Los Angeles Olympic Committee Summer Youth Games and has been a spokesperson for the 1985-86 Los Angeles Literacy Campaign, as well as the American Lung, Diabetes and Cancer Associations and Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Miller is the older sister of TNT analyst Reggie Miller.
www.tnt.tv /title?oid=623948-5082   (406 words)

  
 Cheryl Jean Miller, Found Harmony With Nature and the Spirit -- Rest in Peace
For Cheryl Miller, who died of ovarian cancer Dec. 9, a few weeks before her 50th birthday, the jaguar embodied the beauty and mystery of the life force.
Miller was born in Takoma Park and grew up in Rockville in a house that backed up to Rock Creek Park.
Miller and the Van Horns, along with assorted dogs and cats, lived together for nearly 20 years, until the day she died.
www.voy.com /87202/1059.html   (767 words)

  
 Cheryl Miller Memorial Project Does DC
And then there was the National MS Society, which much to Miller's frustration has shied away from embracing or even seriously researching the efficacy of marijuana in addressing the symptoms of MS.
The "treatment failure" request, Miller admitted, is a ploy to get the society to finally notice all the cases where cannabis actually helps relieve symptoms for MS patients.
Miller's hope is that Angulo, and other local society heads who are about to be visited by energized patients, will begin bothering the society about the issue.
www.mapinc.org /drugnews/v03/n1467/a01.html   (874 words)

  
 Capital News 9 | 24 Hour Local News | SPORTS | Reggie Miller will retire
Indiana Pacers guard Reggie Miller said two weeks ago that when he was ready to announce his retirement, he'd break the news to his sister.
TNT basketball analyst Cheryl Miller said Thursday night that her brother does plan to retire at the end of the season.
Cheryl Miller said she spoke to the NBA's all-time three-point leader Wednesday, and he told her this definitely is his final season.
www.capitalnews9.com /content/sports?ArID=117177   (120 words)

  
 DPFWI: HIGH TIMES ONLINE ARTICLE- Immobilized By Ms, Cheryl Miller Is Called A 'Prop' By Bob Barr
HIGH TIMES Freedom Fighter Cheryl Miller was called a "prop" by Rep. Bob Barr (7th Dist., GA) last week, after her husband was arrested in the doorway of Barr's office in Washington, DC during a medical-marijuana demonstration.
Capitol police, who broke up the rally and charged Jim Miller with demonstrating there, opted not to bust Cheryl also, who was lying next to her husband in Barr's office doorway, immobilized with advanced multiple sclerosis.
Cheryl Miller, now 52, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1971.
www.drugsense.org /dpfwi/hightimes_dc_page.htm   (673 words)

  
 CSU Animal Sciences | Cheryl Miller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Cheryl Miller began her employment at Colorado State University in 1978 in the Department of Vocational Education as a temporary employee.
Cheryl then transferred to the agronomy department where she was employed as an administrative assistant for 15 years.
Cheryl’s husband Steve is a tax agent and Certified Public Accountant.
www.colostate.edu /Depts/AnimSci/facultystaff/indivfaculty/Cmiller.html   (184 words)

  
 Cheryl Miller Memorial Project -- Media Inquiries
Cheryl Miller died June 7, 2003 after suffering from multiple sclerosis for 32 years.
Cheryl was an outspoken advocate for medical marijuana for the last 12 years of her life.
Miller was a longtime medicinal marijuana activist and MS patient.
www.cheryldcmemorial.org /media_inquiries.htm   (1026 words)

  
 Cheryl Miller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Cheryl was born on January 3, 1964 in Riverside, California.
Miller also starred on the United States National Basketball Team that won the Olympic gold medal in 1984.
In 1995 Cheryl was inducted into the basketball hall of fame.
www2.lhric.org /Pocantico/womenenc/miller.htm   (294 words)

  
 Home Page of the Cheryl Miller Memorial Project
9/26/03 DRCNET Report: Cheryl Miller Memorial Project Does DC On Monday and Tuesday, September 22 and 23, 2003, Cheryl Miller's family and friends will join with medical marijuana supporters to memorialize her life and contributions to the medical marijuana movement.
For years, Cheryl had been wanting to do a candlelight vigil in Washington, but unfortunately that wish was not fulfilled in her lifetime.
The Cheryl Miller Memorial Project is a collaboration of a number of drug policy reform groups and individuals including The Cherylheart Project,
cheryldcmemorial.org   (313 words)

  
 www.altlondon.org - Conflicted over a conflict   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In fact, Ward 5 Councilor and Planning Committee Chair, Cheryl Miller, advertised 206 Huron St. in exactly that way when her firm, The Cheryl Miller Team, including her son and brother listed the property in January this year.
Miller did not declare a conflict of interest and participated in discussion and voting on the issue.
This recommendation went to City Council and was presented by Cheryl Miller as chair of the Planning Committee.
www.altlondon.org /article.php?story=20050926110312961   (886 words)

  
 Midtown Atlanta Real Estate and Homes for Sale in Fulton County, Georgia
Cheryl Miller Ashe is an experienced real estate professional who has assisted satisfied customers with their real estate interests for over 10 years.
Cheryl holds a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and graduate degrees from Loyola Marymount University.
Cheryl’s dedication to your personal attention, in addition to her strong corporate human resources and relocation experience, will help put you in your dream home.
www.midtownatlanta-realestate.com   (659 words)

  
 R.I.P. Cheryl Miller 1946-2003
Cheryl always had a smile for everyone and a bad word for none.
That's where Cheryl knew she was able to be effective for those that need medical marijuana rights.
I will take Cheryl's ashes to Oklahoma for a service at her final resting place, with her son Ricky who passed away at 16 years of age in 1984.
immly.org /cheryl_r.i.p.htm   (655 words)

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