Mookie Wilson Seen Through Mets and Community Work
A collage of clippings portrays Mookie Wilson as more than a ballplayer. It highlights his New York years, nickname Mookstra with Lenny Dykstra, and his deep community involvement in Lakewood New Jersey through Rosa Wilson and Tom Ross.
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Mookkie Wilson
New York Daily News
Wilson
Lenny Dykstra
Mookstra
New York
Contary
Mets
Mookie
Tom Ross
Marty Barrett
University of Massachusetts
Amherst
Staten Island
Veritas Foundation
Upper West Side
Lakewood
N.J
Wil
Ross
Grambling
Philadelphia Eagles
Atlantic City
Shea
Rosa Wilson
New Jersey
South Carolina
Joan
Joan Ross
NFL Still Searching For A Commissioner
Chicago report on the NFL six member search committee trying to replace retiring commissioner Pete Rozelle. The panel met ten hours with no statement amid behind the scenes dissension and ongoing interviews of candidates including Jim Finks Paul Tagliabue and others as the group plans to name two or three finalists for owners to vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
NFL
Pete Rozelle
New Orleans Saints
Jim Finks
Lamar Hunt
Kansas City Chiefs
Wellington Mara
New York Giants
Rozelle
Finks
Saints
la Crosse
Wis
O'Hare Hilton Hotel
Heidrich and Struggles
Washington
Paul Tagliabue
Wednes
Senators Press Expansion But MLB Won't Commit
A. Bartlett Giamatti resisted congressional demands to expand Major League Baseball during a closed-door Senate task force meeting. Senators McCain Warner and Wirth pressed for two AL teams and two NL teams, but Giamatti repeated that two is not six, eight, or ten and urged a deliberate pace toward expansion in the 1990s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senators
A. Bartlett Giamatti
Senate
John Warner
R-Va
Giamatti
John ‘McCain
R-Ariz
Phoenix
Timothy Wirth
Colorado
Congress
Texas Rangers
Warner
Capitol Hill
Clark's Four Hits Pace San Diego Win
Jack Clark of the San Diego Padres powered a five-run seventh inning with a three-run homer and four hits in a 7-4 win over the Atlanta Braves. Clark drove in a run, scored twice, and boosted his average to .245, while Carmelo Martinez also homered. Tom Glavine left the Braves with a strained thigh after four innings as Atlanta committed three errors.
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Clark
San Diego
Atlanta
Jack Clark
San Diego Padres
Padres
Atlanta Braves
Mark Eichhorn
Roberto Alomar
Eichhorn
Braves
Ray
Jack Hurst
Mark Davis
Hurst
Carmelo Martinez
Russ Nixon
Tom Glavine
Lawyers say baseball failed to act on Rose gambling admission
Dayton lawyer for Pete Rose argues baseball could have acted against Reds manager over admitted football gambling but chose not to. He cites Rose’s deposition and a Washington Post interview, saying the information is not new and raises no new issues for the case against Commissioner A Bartlett Giamatti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Pete Rose
Cincinnati Reds
Roger Makley
Rose
A. Bartlett Giamatti
Washington Post
John Dowd
Cial
Makley
Dayton Daily News
Post
Rich Levin
Commissioner’s Office
Dowd
Levin
Giamatti
Reds
District’ Court
Columbus
Hamilton County ‘Common Pleas Court
Cincinnati
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Harvey Araton
Knight-Ridder Service
Rosa
Stock Exchange
Lakewood Girls Club
Mooke
Roses
Minnesota Vikings
Mike Lynn
Lynn
Robert Mulcahy
The
New Jersey Sports Authority
Paul Kirk
Democratic Party
Willie Davis
Green Bay Packers
Associa
Bart Giamatti
Oddibe McDowell
Lonnie Smith
Jaciane Perel Biony
Wea
Valdes
Winwey
Wynne
Gogg
Samiago
Sinser
Thomas
Sinn Evans
Ralomer
Ampres
Hesenoec
Gragg
Sao
Ugk
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