Ethiopian Yifter Wins 10000 at Moscow Olympics
Ethiopia's Little Minuti Yifter wins the 10000 meters to end Finland's Lasse Viren era as the Soviet basketball team suffers two shocks at home. Ovett defeats Coe in an anticipated duel while Britain claims a decathlon gold for Daley Thompson.
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Moscow
Minuti Yifter
Steve Ovett
Yifter
Lasse Viren
Finland
Ethiopia
New Zealand
South Africa
Munich
Italy
Yugoslavia
East Germany
Afghanistan
Australia
Michele Ford
Rica Reinisch
Barbara Krause
Caren Metschuk
Ines Diers
Sarina Hulsenbeck
Jorg Woithe
Kaarlo Maariinka
Viren
Maanika
Mohammed Kedir
Tolessa Kotu
United States
Ovett
Coe
Sebastian Coe
Adrian Metcalfe
ITV
Associated Press
NBC
James Dean
Cee
Britain
Daley Thompson
Nadezhda Olizarenko
Dainis Kula
Phillies flatten Braves in 17 run scoring burst
Philadelphia tops Atlanta 17 to 4 as Steve Carlton earns his 16th win leading NL in victories. The Phillies produced the season's top NL run total and 21 hits at Veterans Stadium. Pirates beat Giants 6 4 with Bibby and Tekulve. Reds, Astros and Padres also win.
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Philadelphia
Dallas Green
Phillies
Atlanta
Bobby Cox
Braves
Green
Veterans Stadium
Phils
Steve Carlton
Baltimore
Steve Stone
Pirates
Giants
Race In American East Is For Second Place Only
In the American League East a tight battle sees Detroit move to second with a split doubleheader against Oakland as Baltimore climbs to third behind New York. The Yankees slump continues with an 80 loss to Kansas City while Kansas City clinches the division lead. Other scores include Baltimore beating Milwaukee 5 4 in 12 innings and Oakland and Detroit winning their openers.
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Detroit Tigers
Oakland A’s
Baltimore Orioles
Detroit
Milwaukee
Brewers
Tigers
Orioles
New York
Yankees
Kansas City Royals
Texas
Baltimore
Benny Ayala
Senn Sakata
Ken Singleton
Eddie Murray
John Lowenstein
A’s
Wayne Gross
Dave Bevering
Oakland
Falcons rookie Lynn Cain returns from severe knee injury
Lynn Cain, the Falcons halfback and 1979 80 rookie from Southern Cal, rebuilt his knee through a rigorous rehab at Suwanee training camp. He impressed coach Leeman Bennett in the first practice, though the battle with veteran Bubba Bean for carries remains to be seen.
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Suwanee
Lynn Cain
Atlanta Falcons
Cain
Southern Cal
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Oakland
Falcon
Falcons
California
Leeman Bennett
Bennett
Bubba Bean
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Alberto Juantorena
Montreal
Irena Szewinska
Poland
Vladimir Lapitsky
Pepe Frias
Texas Rangers
Chicago
Chet Lemon
White Sox
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Philly Fun Flattens Braves
By Bruce Lowitt
Jim Bibby
Kent Tekulve
Bibby
Phil Garner
Tim Foli
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Mets
George Foster
Harry Spilman
Johnny Bench
Ron Oester
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Joe Price
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Steve Garvey
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Otto Velez
al Woods
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