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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1985
Page
11
A strong boxing card headlines ESPN with Campbell facing Williams at 8:30 p.m. Pro basketball features the Supersonics visiting the Warriors at 10:05 p.m. on TBS. College action has Florida at Vanderbilt around midnight on USA.
The USC Aiken Lady Pacers visit Voorhees for a scheduled 6 p.m. game. The matchup features intercollegiate women’s basketball action with both teams seeking a conference win.
AP Detroit Lions strength coach Gary Wade, 29, is named Clemson University strength training director to replace Sam Colson who resigned amid a December probe of athlete drug use. Wade will start immediately after five Lions seasons.
Chuck Knox of the Seattle Seahawks earned Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year honors for guiding Seattle to a 12 4 season. He is the only coach to win the award three times with three different teams, having previously claimed it with the Rams in 1973 and the Bills in 1980. Seattle matched or topped 50 club records and 35 individual marks.
TEANECE N J AP The results of investigations into charges that some U S Olympic cyclists received controversial blood packing transfusions before Los Angeles will be presented to the U S Cycling Federation board later this month Federation acting president Michael Fraysee said he would not confirm or deny the charges until the joint probe by the federation and the U S Olympic Committee is finished The results will be presented when the USCF board meets January 18 20 in Colorado Springs Colo
Winston-Salem AP report says Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines racing team won the 1984 Skoal Motorsports Award of Excellence as the best all around Grand National team. Jay Wells announced the panel of 40 judges gave 365 points with 11 first place votes, edging Harry Gant Skoal Bandit’s 349. Bill Elliott Coors team finished third with 335.
USC coach Joe Morrison will be the featured speaker at the Aiken High football banquet on Monday January 21 at 7 p.m. at Millbrook Baptist Church. Tickets are 10 dollars and include a barbecue dinner. Awards for Aiken football players will be presented that night.
ABC projects record TV audience for January 20 Super Bowl featuring the Dolphins and 49ers with Dan Marino and Joe Montana. ABC officials praise the matchup while adjusting broadcast teams including O J Simpson in pre game roles and analysts Meredith and Gifford. The telecast from Stanford Stadium aims to exceed 110 million viewers set in 1982.
Joanne Fox waits by the phone as Nellie Fox falls short on the final Baseball Writers voting. The long widow recounts his 19 major league years, 2 663 hits, MVP in 1959, and a Hall of Fame fate not fulfilled.
John McEnroe opens as top seed in the Volvo Masters at Madison Square Garden with Anders Jarryd. Mats Wilander and Johan Kriek, plus Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl, enter the season finale as 12-player field previews. Teltscher and Nystrom post opening wins, while Gerulaitis falls to Nystrom by 6 3 6 4.
The men play Heritage at Sea Pines Plantation in April while the LPGA Moss Creek event returns in May with about 120 players. Tim Moss says the $200 000 Moss Creek Invitational runs May 2 to 5 with former champions Sally Little and Nancy Lopez expected back and Hollis Stacy defending. Pro-am precedes the tournament with a $5 000 purse.
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