Editorial on SSAC playoff expansion logic and misinformation
A Charleston Daily Telegraph sports columnist rebuts editorials asserting the SSAC and expanded football playoffs operate under a West Virginia conspiracy. He clarifies roles, notes the eight member Board of Appeals, and argues editorials lack logic, stressing correct governance and scheduling benefits.
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Secondary School Activities Commission
Jim Hamrick
Board of Appeals
Roger Jefferson
Capital High School
West Virginia
Jefferson
Academia
Orioles Bring New Prospects To Bluefield For Meet And Dedication
The Baltimore Orioles shift mini camp to Bluefield today with about 30 players, including 22 newly drafted Berets led by Erik Schullstrom and Jeff Williams. Fans can meet the players Saturday at 2 p.m. during Bowen Field events as the Appian League season begins June 21 in Pulaski.
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Bowen Field
Wausau Timbers
Baltimore
Emmitsburg
Bluefield
Wausau
Berets
Erik Schullstrom
Frense State
Jeff Williams
Wichita State
Baseball America
Schullstrom
Williams
Baby Birds
Pulaski
Braves
Roy Krasik
Krasik
Lenny Johnston
Johnston
Gus Gil
Gil
Senate
Phil Linz
Hagerstown Suns
Pistons eye spot among NBA elite
The Detroit Pistons hold a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals over the Portland Trail Blazers after two road wins in Portland. If they win Game 5, Detroit would become the first team to win five straight road games in the Finals and could repeat as champions.
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Portland Trail Blazers
Pistons
Memorial Coliseum
Detroit
Los Angeles Lakers
Isiah Thomas
Chuck Daly
Lakers
Trail Blazers
Clyde Drexler
Buck Williams
Pistons Take Command As Thomas Sparks Finals Surge
Isiah Thomas led Detroit with 32 points including four three pointers as the Pistons built a 16 point third quarter edge. Portland coach Rick Adelman praised Thomas for stepping up while Williams faulted his team for lacking mental toughness in the series.
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Trail Blazers
Portland
Rick Adelman
Pistons
Thomas
Joe Dumars
Vinnie Johnson
Detroit
Dumars
Isiah
Adelman
NL plans two new teams by 1993 expansion move
Cleveland AP The National League aims to field two new franchises by 1993 with final city choices next year. Expansion committee, led by Douglas Danforth, will survey owners in a month and hear top applicants this summer as interest grows from more than a dozen metro areas including Tampa Bay Denver and Buffalo. Authorities stress owner stability and area demographics in site decisions. The Mariners and Blue Jays were the last expansion clubs with entry fees of 6.25 million and 7 million.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Douglas Danforth
Danforth
Tampa-St. Petersburg
Denver
Buffalo
Peoria
Seattle Mariners
Toronto Blue Jays
Mariners
Blue Jays
U S A Faces Italy in Rome Avoiding Rout
In Rome at the Olympic Stadium the United States aims to avoid another embarrassing defeat against Italy as Tab Ramos forecasts a possible tie while the squad, guarded by armed police, arrives after a seaside Tirrenia camp.
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Rome
United States
Italy
Olympic
Tab Ramos
Tirrenia
Tuscany
David Vanole
Family ties fill ranks of baseball draft
The largest amateur draft on record lists 1,487 players chosen in 101 rounds, with 18 relatives of major leaguers among honorees. Andrew Blyleven and Bert Blyleven, Bret Boone, Manny Mota's sons Domingo and Rafael, Ralph Garr’s son Oh, Steve Renko’s son, and David Bell with his father Buddy and grandfather Gus highlight a wave of baseball legacy amid team totals led by Houston with 100 picks.
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Andrew Blyleven
Bert
California Angels
Andrew
Bret Boone
Ray
Royals
Bob
Los Angeles
Manny Mota
Domingo
Rafael
Dodgers
Houston
Oh Garr
Ralph
Atlanta
Tommy Helms
Cincinnati
Reds
Pete Rose
Chicago Cubs
Steve Renko
Steve
Montreal
David Bell
Bell
Cleveland
Buddy
Gus
Houston Astros
Seattle
New York Yankees
Strange eyes record as U S Open title bid begins at Medinah
Medinah Illinois hosts 155 players as Curtis Strange opens the U S Open teeing at 9 02 a m with Mark Calcavecchia and Chris Patton. He seeks a third straight major win and to match Willie Anderson’s 85 year old Open record while handling nerves and a past stomach flare up.
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Medinah
Curtis Strange
Willie Anderson
Ben Hogan
New Strange
Brookline
Mass
Oak Hill
Rochester
N.Y
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Strange
Medinah Country Club
Prac
Mark Calcavecchia
U.S
Chris Patton
Atlanta
Curtis
Calcavecchia
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