For What It’s Worth on Sundays and Clemson Watch
One Man's Opinion surveys Sunday sports talk and the Billy Martin saga with George Steinbrenner. It notes college sports pushing games to Sunday and praises Branch Rickey while criticizing modern greed. Clemson faculty clash over athletic department violations and call for criminal penalties for offending coaches and players.
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Jack Tarver
The
Atlanta Journal and Constitution
Furman Bisher
Billy Martin
Clemson
Billy Sunday
Branch Rickey
Rickey
Jackie Robinson
Chapel Hill
George Steinbrenner
Billy
Steinbrenner
George
Martin
Bill McLellan
McClellan
America
High School Basketball Tonight Across District Action
South Aiken visits Strom Thurmond while Aiken plays C A Johnson. Lexington goes to Midland Valley and Denmark-Olar meets Silver Bluff. Wagener Valley faces St Angela and North Augusta plays Airport Ridge. Ridge Spring Monetta contests Pelion. Girls tipoff 6 30, boys 8 PM.
Wall Praises Pacers After 110 80 Win Over Voorhees
USC Aiken men's basketball coach Larry Wall saw a turning point after the Pacers hammered Voorhees 110 80 in NAIA District 6 at the Student Activities Center to snap a two game skid and raise the record to 6 8. Carlton Lewis led with 26 points on 58 percent team shooting as five other Pacers reached double figures.
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Usc-Aiken
Larry Wall
Ronald Reagan
Wall
Pacers
Reagan
C-A
Voorhees
Usc-A
Winthrop
Tigers
USCA
Carlton Lewis
Lewis
James Brown
James Dallas
J. Brown
J. Dallas
Voor
Ray Singletary
NAIA
Naia Ovaul
UsCc
Francis Marion
Central Weste
Erskine
Coker
USC -Aiken
Horner to Sign Four Year Braves Contract
Atlanta third baseman Bob Horner will sign a four year contract with the Braves for more than five million dollars. The deal includes a no trade clause option as Horner and Braves GM John Mullen near finalizing the formal agreement. Horner hit 32 home runs and 97 RBIs last season as Atlanta won the NL West before a playoff loss to St. Louis.
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Atlanta
Bob Horner
Atlanta Braves
Horner
Bucky Way
Braves
John Mullen
Mullen
Way
St. Louis Cardinals
Gamecocks stretch win streak as Foster leads on offense
South Carolina defeated Brooklyn College 81 to 43 to extend their winning streak to six games. Jimmy Foster scored 17 of his 19 in the first half, while Kenny Holmes added 18 and Mike Brittain 10. Brooklyn was held to 32 percent shooting as South Carolina built a 39 28 halftime edge and cleared the bench late.
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Rock Hill
Jimmy Foster
South Carolina
Brooklyn College
Gamecocks
Winthrop College
Central Wesleyan
Winthrop
Steve Steinwedel
Kenny Holmes
Mike Brittain
Brooklyn
Charles Wigfall
Rick Micallef
Green
Davis
Wigfall
James
Micallef
de la Guardia
Shepherd
Wheeler
Byrnes Dog Grady
Brown
Carolina
Carmody
Jorgenson
Foster
Sanderson
Hawthorne
Martin
Brittain
Holmes
Troutman
Kendal
Thompson
Washington
Small
S. Carolina
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Aiken
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Tim Hamilton
Ron McKie
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Tim McLeod
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Charleston
Texas
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