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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1986
Page
7
At 7 40 p m a baseball game features the San Diego Padres against the Atlanta Braves on WTBS. At 9 p m NFL action has the Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers on ABC. A 10 p m NBA game pairs the Rockies against the All Stars.
John McEnroe won the Volvo Tennis-Los Angeles men's final 6-2 6-3 over Stefan Edberg to claim his first tournament since a six month layoff and his first Grand Prix title since Stockholm last November. He dominated with a strong serve, denying Edberg any break points. The victory comes after a U.S. Open opening-round loss.
Rusty Wallace grabs the lead on a 20 lap restart and holds off Geoff Bodine by a car length to win the Goody's 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Wallace earns 40175 dollars in a 336180 dollar purse with Bodine on the pole and Harry Gant finishing third on the lead lap.
Corey Pavin and Dave Barr battled to force a playoff after 72 regulation holes and four extra holes. Pavin clinched his second PGA Tour win of the season, joining eight players with multiple titles this year.
Bruce Crampton won the PaineWebber World Seniors Invitational in Charlotte by sinking a 13 foot par putt on the final hole. He finished 9 under par 279 to claim the $200,000 title and his fourth tourney win of the season, earning $33,021 to push year earnings near $309,000.
Hall of Famer Frank Robinson comments on Mike Schmidt nearing 500 career home runs. He notes reflection after seeing names on the list and recognizing Schmidt as part of strong company.
Atlanta rookie Floyd Dixon caught a 65 yard pass from Dave Archer on the Dallas two yard line to set up Mick Luckhurst's 18 yard field goal with 20 seconds left. The Falcons beat the Cowboys 37 to 35 in Irving Texas to improve to 3 0. Dixon and Archer called it a nine route in the Falcons playbook and a memorable win in Texas Stadium history.
In the highest scoring overtime game, the New York Jets beat the Miami Dolphins 51-45. Wesly Walker and Ken O'Brien connected repeatedly for 884 passing yards, with Walker sealing the win on a 43-yard late game TD. O'Brien and Walker fueled a dramatic late comeback.
Clemson defeats Georgia 31-28 as James Jackson fumbles late, snapping an NCAA trend where the team with more turnovers usually loses. Jackson threw for 211 yards with a 78 yard TD to Freddie Lane, while Clemson holds on after A J Johnson's forced fumble. Georgia had the ball last but failed to score and Clemson kicked the decisive 46 yard field goal by David Treadwell.
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