Wimbledon Tennis Coverage and Baseball Showdown Tonight
Television schedule lists Wimbledon matches on NBC at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. HBO airs Wimbledon clips at 12:45 a.m. WTBS carries Montreal Expos at Atlanta Braves at 7:35 p.m. Highlights air on NBC later.
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Jockey Eddie Arcaro Faces New Gallbladder Surgery
Former champion jockey Eddie Arcaro, 70, was discharged from Miami Heart Institute after a second bypass on May 23 but developed a gallbladder infection. He underwent acute cholecystitis surgery and gallbladder removal, returning to intensive care.
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Miami Heart Institute
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DeBusschere Pleads Innocent to DWI Charge on Long Island
Former Knicks vice president and star forward Dave DeBusschere, 45, of Garden City, N.Y., pleaded innocent to a driving while intoxicated charge in Nassau County Court. He was released pending a court proceeding on July 30 before Judge Herbert Lipp.
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N.Y
New York Knicks
Dave DeBusschere
Long Island
DeBusschere
Garden City
Nassau County Court
Herbert Lipp
Steelers waive Bennie Cunningham veteran tight end
Pittsburgh releases Bennie Cunningham 31 a 1976 first round pick from Clemson and longtime Steelers tight end who started in 1981 after serving as part time. He played 118 regular season games with 80 starts across his Steelers career and helped the team reach two Super Bowls.
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Bennie Cunningham
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Clemson
Jacobs brothers acquire option to buy controlling Indians stake
Two Cleveland area brothers Richard E. Jacobs and David H. Jacobs who built wealth in malls secured an exclusive option to obtain a controlling interest in the troubled Cleveland Indians. They met with team officials and city leaders Tuesday night and the deal was announced Wednesday morning.
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Cleveland Indians
Richard E. Jacobs
David H. Jacobs
Jacobs, Wisconsi & Jacobs Co
Westlake
Patrick J. O’neill
Bobby Brown
Soviet veto blocks South Korean athletes from Goodwill Games
A Turner Broadcasting System spokesman said the Soviet Union vetoed South Korean participation in the Goodwill Games. The Israeli participation issue was not raised as no Israeli athletes qualified.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Turner Broadcasting System
Perez defends playing future despite retirement talk
Cincinnati slugger Tony Perez, 44, batting .219 with five RBIs, says he will keep playing if manager Pete Rose wants him to. He notes he cannot control others and only wants to play, leaving retirement decisions to Rose.
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Tournament Directors Urged To Call Aiken Officials
Youth league tour naments are urged to call the Aiken Standard sports department with times dates and places. Directors should report information by calling the sports department at 648 2311 before 12 noon daily.
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Hagler Faces Tough Choice Between Boxing and Family
Marvelous Marvin Hagler teared up as he weighed retirement from boxing to spend more time with his wife Bertha and five children. The 32 year old middleweight star, praised for his unbroken 10 year record, said he needed more time while co managers Pat and Goody Petronelli and his family urged retirement.
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Brockton
Mass
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Hagler
Sugar Ray Leonard
Marvin
Pat Petronelli
Leonard
Goody Petronelli
Bertha
Bertha Hagler
Clemens Streak Snapped by Blue Jays 4-2
Boston ace Roger Clemens lost his bid to extend the major league season opening winning streak to 15, taking a 4-2 defeat as Toronto rallied in the eighth. He had started 14-0, tying but not breaking the AL mark, with 20 strikeouts in a single game and a lone homer allowed before seventh and eighth inning trouble.
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Rube Marquard
Johnny Allen
Dave McNally
Roger Clemens
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Marquard
New York Giants
Blue Jays
Seattle
George Bell
Damao Garcia
Rance Mulliniks
Bob Stanley
Smith Surprised With Lead But Batting Remarkably Unsteady
Braves starter and part time hitter Zane Smith delivered a two run bloop single to spark a six run rally in the fourth, leading Atlanta to a 7-4 win over San Francisco. Omar Moreno added a three run homer after the rally, while Smith admitted on hitting despite a low batting average.
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Zane Smith
Atlanta Braves
Omar Moreno
San Francisco Giants
Chuck Tanner
Smith
Braves
Scott Garretts
Glenn Hubbard
Dale Murphy
Bob Horner
Ozzie Virgil
Garretts
Rick Mahler
Moreno
Lendl Becker Set Wimbledon Semifinals Clash
Ivan Lendl and Boris Becker remain on course for the 100th men's champion at Wimbledon as the semis line up with Lendl vs Slobodan Zivojinovic and Becker vs Henri Leconte. Mayotte and Mecir exit. Leconte edges Cash. Lendl notes steady play and a tense match with Mayotte.
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England
Ivan Lendl
Czechoslovakia
Boris Becker
West Germany
Lendl
Slobodan Zivojinovic
Becker
Henri Leconte
Hana Mandlikova
Tim Mayotte
Mayotte
Miroslav Mecir
Stefan Edberg
Sweden
Brad Gilbert
United States
Zivojinovic
India
Ramesh Krishnan
Leconte
Pat Cash
Yarborough Takes Firecracker 400 Pole With 203.523 MPH Record
Cale Yarborough, 46, captured the Daytona pole for Friday’s Firecracker 400 with a new qualifying mark of 203.523 mph, breaking Bill Elliott’s 201.523 mph record. Elliott was second at 203.436 mph as Ford teammates led a faster-than-field qualifying session.
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Bill Elliott
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