Spectacular Bid set to face up to eight rivals in Belmont
Kentucky Derby winner Spectacular Bid worked a mile in 1:39 on a sloppy track as trainer Bud Delp eyed a Belmont Stakes bid. Rumors swirl of possible starters including General Assembly Golden Act Screen King King Celebrity Gallant Best Evasive John Picturesque and Sir Ivor Again. Odds of a small field may influence final decisions from owners and trainers as Belmont day approaches.
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Harbor View Farm
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Sir Ivor
Delp
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Screen King
Sandy Hawley
Cash Asmussen
Angel Cordero Jr
King Celebrity
Monmouth Park
Frank Martin
Gallant Best
Jose Martin
Picturesque
Wolfsons
William Cocks
Jolley
Belmont
WVU Faces Uncertain Season Amid Cignetti Illness
West Virginia University football confronts a tenuous preseason as coach Frank Cignetti battles lymphoid granulomatosis. With a 2-9 season and recruiting setbacks, athletic director Dick Martin weighs whether Cignetti can coach this fall and considers interim or replacement options.
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Kansas City
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Donnie Young
Joe Daniels
Seattle Sits First in 1978 Baseball Draft Bid
Seattle Mariners hold the No 1 slot in the 15th annual summer draft seeking an outfielder with power. Brad Komminsk of Lima Ohio tops names on Hal Keller list, with Al Chambers also mentioned. Draft starts 12 15 p.m. EDT via conference call as teams pick in five rounds.
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Braves Must Pay Horner Must Stay 1979 ruling
Arbitrator Ray Goetz ruled the Atlanta Braves must pay Bob Horner 146000 for 1979, 80 percent of his 1978-Atlanta earnings, and denied free agent status. The decision, drafted for MLB bodies, is preliminary with no appeal, and Horner will discuss the ruling with Goetz in New York.
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Bob Horner
Horner
Atlanta
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Goetz
Arizona State
Braves
Bucky Way
Way
West Virginia North South all star game rosters grow
Charleston July 21 date set for the West Virginia North South high school all star game at Laidley Field. North adds Cheripko Sullivan Linear Moreland to reach 32 of 34 spots. South fills remaining roster with Spike Conner named. Tickets on sale by mail at P O Box 3588 Charleston WV.
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Darrell Cheripko
James Sullivan
Brooke
Fairmont West
Charles Linear
Frankfort
Allen Moreland
Spike Conner
Duval
Frank Vincent
P.O. Box
Laidley Field
AP fact checks on Marshall WVU AD ages spark debate
An AP piece suggesting Lynn Snyder could be Marshall's next athletic director inaccurately claimed he would be the youngest ever for Marshall or WVU. Local readers note Legs Hawley became AD at Marshall in his 20s, then WVU, and recount campus tensions between Cam Henderson and Hawley amid D&E and WVU rivalries.
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University of Illinois
Joe McMullen
Marshall
Snyder
West Virginia University
Roy McKinley
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Legs
Harry Adam Stansbury
WVU
Harry
al Robinson
Legs Hawley
James E. Allen
Davis and Elkins
Henderson
D&e
Cam
West Virginia
WVU Mountaineers face tough schedule amid Marshall rift and Dooley pledge
West Virginia's basketball schedule drew critiques as Rutgers, VPI and Pitt ranked higher than the Mountaineers 70th among 236. Catlett continues road work to expand West Virginia recruiting while Eddie Dooley signs with Paducah Community College, a Bristol area standout and son of Ralph and Martha Dooley.
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Pitt
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Catlett
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