Sports and Sportsmen Headlines Across World and US
The news briefs cover Ted Turner’s one year suspension for tampering with Gary Matthews. Pittsburgh Panthers win Grantland Rice Trophy after a 12 4 season and Sugar Bowl win. Roberto Duran vs Vilomar Fernandez bout postponed due to illness. Tony Roche defeats Dick Stockton for the New South Wales tennis crown. Pasarell ousts Hewitt in Australian Open opening round. Danneberg tops Innauer in a New Year ski jumping event. Heini Hemmi wins World Cup giant slalom, edging Christian Hemmi. JoAnne Russell tops Kathy Kuykendall in a $100 000 event. Pete Cross, ex Sonics center, dies at 28.
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Sydney
Australia
Tony Roche
Dick Stockton
Dallas
Melbourne
Charles Pasarell
Bob Hewitt
South Africa
Pro Basketball Scoreboard and Weekend Results
NBA and college results show Knicks and Nets games, plus Titans of the West and East conferences. College men Wake Forest beat Richmond 84 73 while Utah led Utah State 102 78 and Long Beach State toppled Illinois 84 70.
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Richmond
Far West
Utah
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Long Beach St
Illinois
Pet
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Buffalo
NY Nets
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Houston
Norris
Anton
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Detroit
Indiana
Kan City
Chicago
Milwkee
Portland
Los Ang
Goldn St
Seattle
Phoenix
New York Knicks
Cleveland
New York Nets
Pond Doubtful For Daytona 500
Lennie Pond questions racing in the Daytona 500 after learning that Neil Bennett will team with Charlotte car builder Harry Hyde for the 1977 season. Pond, who lives in Petersburg, Virginia, claims he lacked political pull and calls the deal a bum. Bennett hails from Hueytown Alabama near Talladega, where France Jr. runs a track and NASCAR president is Bill France Jr. Promoters in the Carolinas and Virginia had backed Pond for his drawing power.
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N.C
Lennie Pond
Pond
Neil Bennett
Harry Hyde
City Hall
Bennett
Hueytown
Ala
Talladega
Bill France Jr
France
National Association For
Carolinas
Virginia
Petersburg
Suffolk Downs posts best fall season in history
Suffolk Downs reported a record fall meet with 67 days and a total handle of 48.4 million dollars, despite being four days shorter than 1975. Leading jockey Don Meade Jr. rode 40 winners, seven more than Mike Carrazella, while trainer Dom Imprescio conditioned 43 winners, 20 more than Dan Hasbany.
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Boston
Suffolk Downs
Don Meade Jr
Mike Carrazella
Dom Imprescio
Dan Hasbany
Bruins Top Houston In TV showdown
UCLA defeated Houston 96-83 as Gene Bartow acknowledged his squad’s limits while Otis Birdsong poured in 42 for the Cougars. UCLA jumped to a halftime lead and pulled away after intermission with Rickey Green’s late free throws guiding the win.
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Houston
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Cougars
Oregon
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South Carolina
Providence
Seton Hall
Wake Forest
Richmond
Utah
Utah State
Long Beach
Illinois
Marquette
Northwestern
Minnesota
Bloomington
Montana
David Greenwood
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Marques Johnson
Birdsong
Rickey Green
Green
Wolverines
Nate Davis
Gamecocks
Jackie Gilloon
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