Atlanta Sports Fans’ Mecca Shines for Viewers
Atlanta offers a modern sports scene with baseball football basketball and motocross at Fulton County Stadium. The piece notes abundant options for fans and contrasts last weekend with a place lacking professional sports, highlighting the city’s diverse viewing choices.
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Tom Borrelli
Airy Telegraph Sports
Atlanta
Fulton County Stadium
Atlanta sports weekend dazzles with Omni heat and tempers
A packed Atlanta Stadium hosted a motocross and a Turner relay broadcast as Braves fans anticipate re sod work. At the Omni, Hawks fell 108 102 to Seattle after Wes Matthews 18 assists, with wrestling drawing 13 000 plus fans and Tony Atlas losing a cage match to Harley Race. Baseball returns soon as Braves spring training ends and hoped for entertaining season looms.
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Chicago
Turner Broadcasting System
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Seattle Supersonics
Omni
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Hockey Flames
Calgary
NBA
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Great Northwest
Wes Matthews
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Georgia
Tony Atlas
Harley Race
Atlas
Marta
Metropolitan Atlanta
Marshall Now Favors Mountaineers In Semifinal Duel
Roanoke AP Marshall University shocked Davidson 90 77 to reach the Southern Conference semifinals where they will face Appalachian State. Mountaineers coach Bobby Cremins praised Marshall noting their talent and team cohesion led by freshman LaVerne Evans who has delivered 90 points in the last three games.
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Marshall University
Marshall
Davidson
Thundering Herd
Appalachian State
Bobby Cremins
Mountaineers
Cremins
LaVerne Evans
Evans
Herd
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N.C
Nicklaus says no to politics despite governor chatter
In Lauderhill Florida AP reports golf great Jack Nicklaus declines political ambitions while his private life surfaces in fund raising talk. Adele Graham mentions fears about Nicklaus and Frank Borman as potential challengers to a re election, though Nicklaus insists he is too busy with golf and other activities and has no plans to run.
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Adele Graham
Frank Borman
Eastern Airlines
U.S
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Dick Gordon
Bill Bradley
National Basketball Association
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