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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1987
Page
7
Atlanta Braves visit the Pirates on WTBS at 7 30. U S Open tennis coverage follows at 8. World Track and Field Highlights airs at 12 30 a m on WIS and WAGT.
All games start at 8 p.m. unless noted. North Augusta visits Aiken while South Aiken faces Silver Bluff and Midland Valley plays Strom Thurmond. Swansea travels Wagener-Valley, Ridge Spring Monetta hosts Saluda, Williston Elko meets Ruffin, Manning plays St Angela at 7 30 p.m. and Andrew Jackson visits Wardlaw Academy.
New York sports columnist Dick Young died Monday night at 69 after surgery and hospitalization at Montefiore. A Baseball Writers Association of America president and Baseball Hall of Fame writer, Young spent 45 years at the Daily News before joining the New York Post in 1982 in a controversial move that led to a breach of contract suit.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee of the United States led the heptathlon after two events at the World Championships with 7 158 points after 2 events including a 12.91 second 100 meter hurdles heat and a 6 foot 234 inch high jump. Edwin Moses won his 400 meter hurdles semifinal to reach the final as Hady Amadou El Dia Ba Kriss Akabusi and Jose Alonso also advanced in the hurdles.
The NFL Players Association executive committee, discouraged by slow contract talks, set a strike deadline but withheld the specific date. The current CBA expires at midnight, with earliest strike Sept 15 after the season’s first weekend, due to missed 60 day NLRA notice. Upshaw will present the proposed date to the full board on Sept 8 in Washington.
The 1987 U S Open opens with Steffi Graf as top seed chasing the world No 1 ranking, aiming to fend off Martina Navratilova who hopes to reclaim the top spot. Chris Evert and veterans Ivan Lendl Stefan Edberg Mats Wilander and John McEnroe loom as other contenders with TV coverage planned.
St. Louis receiver Don Holmes caught two TD passes, including a Hail Mary on the final play of the first half, as the Cardinals beat Chicago 20 16. Lomax threw for 128 yards, Holmes had 38 yard score, and Cliff Stoudt connected with Holmes for 31 yards in the third, leaving both teams at 2 1. Ditka seeks first Cards win. Tomczak led Bears offense in earlier quarters.
William Andrews ends his NFL comeback bid with the Atlanta Falcons at age 31. A former leading Falcons rusher, he cites knee rehab allowing Sunday tossing to his three children in the yard as he retires after a six year career totaling 5,986 rushing yards and 2,645 receiving yards with two 2,000 yard seasons.
Tickets long ordered and stored as Clemson faces Western Carolina at 1 p.m. and USC meets Appalachian State at Williams-Brice Stadium around 7 p.m. Both games open the 1987 college football season with high hopes and big crowds, including 70 000 at USC.
Clemson eyes a 10-1 season with Georgia and USC as key tests while USC aims for 8-3 to 9-2 with a Gator, Sugar, or Orange Bowl bid. Memorial Stadium hosts eight home games as Clemson fans rally in the valley. Joe Morrison’s Gamecocks seek improvement under new coordinator Joe Lee Dunn and quarterback Todd Ellis.
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