WVU Faces Metro Choice Amid Conference Shifts
West Virginia remains in a single viable path for all sports alignment. Metro Conference stands as WVU's best option compared with A-10 or potential SEC, Big East, or Big 11 mergers. WVU targets include adding a 25th football recruit while eyeing Valley Forge Military Academy star James Wright for linebacker and special teams impact.
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Big Eight
Big 10
Big 11
Bobby Bowden
Florida State
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Eddie Pastilong
ACC
Ralph McFillen
Moanoke
Jim Burner
Valley Forge
Wright
Burner
Miami, Fla
Drexler Free Throws Lift Blazers Tie NBA Finals 1-1
Series tied at 1-1 after Clyde Drexler sank two free throws with 2.1 seconds left in overtime giving Portland a 106-105 win over Detroit. Laimbeer scored 26 and Rodman fouled Drexler with 2.1 seconds remaining as Portland overcame six Pistons threes and four fourth-quarter lead changes. The series shifts to Portland for three games with the Blazers aiming for a second NBA title.
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Portland Trail Blazers
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Detroit
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Buck Williams
Trail Blazers
Laimbeer
Pistons
Dennis Rodman
Drexler
Blazers
Stroit
James Edwards
The
Palace
Bill Walton
Shepherd Leads NASCAR Trio Toward Sears Point Fight
Morgan Shepherd headlines a 2.52 mile road course field at Sears Point Sonoma. He chases his first points title with Bud Moore and Motorcraft, amid a top-five chase by Mark Martin and two former Winston Cup champions. Martin trails after a Richmond penalty cost him 46 points.
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Morgan Shepherd
Mark Martin
Dale Earnhardt
Rusty Wallace
Geoff Bodine
Sears Point International Raceway
Sonoma
Ricky Rudd
Quaker State
Brett Line
Shepherd
Conover
N.C
Motorcraft
Bud Moore
Bud
Motorcraft Team
Moore
Joe Weatherly
Tiny Lund
Parnelli Jones
George Follmer
Darrell Waltrip
Earnhardt
Ford
Martin
Folger
Richmond
Seles Dethrones Capriati to Reach French Open Final
Monica Seles defeated Jennifer Capriati 6 2 6 2 in 62 minutes to end Capriati's fairy tale run and advance to the final against Steffi Graf. Seles, the No. 2 seed, delivered a dominant performance while Capriati, 14, remained a rising star after an impressive semifinal showing.
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Paris
Jenny
Jennifer Capriati
Monica Seles
Capriati
Seles
Steffi Graf
Jana Novotna
Board to rule on SSAC sports for girls and dues hike
West Virginia boards consider allowing junior high and high school girls to try out for boys teams in football baseball and wrestling under SSAC rules after a court ruling. The proposal also calls nearly tripling dues as public comment opens before a July vote. Some officials worry about safety in contact sports.
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West Virginia
Saint Marys High School
Milton High
Richard Fiflhore
Marshall University
Transfer eager to finish education and play for Bluefield Rams
Kirk Goodson, a right hander and Hokies' second starter, transfers to Bluefield College Ramblin' Rams for the 1991 season to pursue his degree in a year and a half while contributing as a pitcher. Coach Mark Blevins sees him as a mentor to freshmen and a potential asset with his split-finger fastball.
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Bluefield College
Goodson
Virginia Tech
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Hokies
Mike Williams
Giles
Rams
Mark
Blevins
Independence
Cubs
Mercer elementary schools swap pens for pins in bowling program
Over 20 Mercer County elementary schools, with Mountaineer Bowling Lanes, have added bowling to PE. Loretta Hammond says deluxe beginner kits with a 30 foot lane, pins, balls, video and manual teach rules and scoring, helping math skills and lifelong enjoyment, ending with two games at Mountaineer Lanes.
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Mercer County
Mountaineer
Mountaineer Lanes
Loretta Hammond
Hammond
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