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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1987
Page
8
Television listings show 7 30 p m tennis and 8 p m NFL football Minnesota Vikings at Denver Broncos on ESPN Also 11 30 p m U S Open Highlights on WRDW WLTX and 12 30 a m World News Highlights on WIS Note local station abbreviations and times may vary by market.
Local prep games kick off at 8 p.m. unless noted. North Augusta visits Aiken while South Aiken plays Silver Bluff and Midland Valley hosts Strom Thurmond. Other games include Swansea at Wagener-Valley Ridge, Saluda at Ridge Spring Monetta, Williston-Elko at Ruffin, Manning at St Angela, and Andrew Jackson at Wardlaw Academy. USC Aiken soccer and volleyball schedules listed for September.
New York AP reports contract talks resume between players and owners with NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle open to involvement at the right time to avert a strike. Talks held in a Washington area site with small delegations. The union set a strike date to be recommended Sept. 8, after the Aug 31 expiring contract and season start Sept. 13.
Sue Howland of Australia tested positive for a steroid group drug at a British meet this summer and is barred from the World Track and Field Championships. No positives yet reported from the championships tests, according to the IAAF medical commission chief Dr. Arne Ljungqvist. Howland could face a lifetime ban from competition.
Sum scored a three length victory over Spectacular Bev in the 27th running of the Pucker Up Stakes at Arlington Park. Del Mar saw Purdue King nose Accomplished Ridge in the Balboa Stakes while New York hosted Single Blade upset in the Gazelle Handicap at Belmont Park. Reassert romped three lengths at Monmouth Park in the turf feature.
Sweden's Peter Lundgren upset Pat Cash 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the U S Open first round. Lundgren, 47th in the world, recently won a Nabisco Grand Prix event in Rye New York and also defeated Cash at the Canadian Open. Cash cited loss of concentration and fatigue after Wimbledon as the key factors in the defeat.
Aiken High's Dusty Triplett and North Augusta's Bill Utsey start as head coaches in season openers. Triplett aims to reverse last year's loss to North Augusta while Utsey seeks to disrupt Aiken's speed and control the ball.
Detroit climbs from sixth to first in the AL West by June 9, aided by Bill Madlock, Jim Morrison, and Doyle Alexander. Detroit posts 59-28 over three months as Toronto and New York remain the only plausible challengers, with Alexander posting strong September form.
Charlie Lentz notes the Blue Jays and Yankees reshaping rosters with Mike Flanagan and bullpen help while Tom Henke anchors Toronto. In the West, Minnesota and California bolster lineups with Joe Niekro, Don Baylor, and Dan Schatzeder, and Oakland adds Rick Honeycutt. The Giants push ahead in the NL West by adding Kevin Mitchell and pitchers Lefferts, Dravecky while Reuschel and Don Robinson shore up depth.
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