Playboy lists odd Top 20 and Iowa Hawkeyes miss
In a December Playboy preseason ranking Anson Mount omits the Iowa Hawkeyes from his Top 20 while ranking Ohio State ninth and Indiana 19th. The piece criticizes Mount for odd picks and cites other polls that place Iowa in the top 10 or 12 nationally.
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Boddicker Honored With Reception In Norway Banquet
About 350 relatives fans and friends packed the Norway American Legion Hall to honor Orioles pitcher Mike Boddicker. He received a Winchester 20 gauge shotgun from locals and spoke of his wife Lisa and their baby as he noted a 16 8 season and nerves similar to his World Series debut. Jim Leyland attended as a speaker to hunt pheasants.
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Rockets Top Pistons Behind Sampson and Leavell
Ralph Sampson scored 26 points and Allen Leavell added seven in the final minute to lift the Houston Rockets to a 113-108 victory over Detroit. Leavell sparked the finish with a layup, steal, and clutch free throws as Caldwell Jones added 24 points and Elvin Hayes set an NBA career field goal attempts record. Tripucka led Detroit with 22 points.
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Frey Named Girls Gymnastics Coach at Jefferson High
Rhonda Gerber Frey, 26, named girls' gymnastics coach at Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School. A 1973 Kennedy High graduate and 1979 Upper Iowa alum, she has coached in Cedar Rapids SOKOL and succeeds Denny Kohl who led the J-Hawks the past three years.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Reveals Drug Use in Autobiography
Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar admits in his memoir that he used heroin and cocaine during college and early pro years. He says he aimed for honesty to counter opinions and explains his past choices while noting possible negative reactions to the disclosures.
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King urges equal competition for women in sports
Billie Jean King at the New Agenda conference of the Women’s Sports Foundation argued women reach their full potential only when allowed to compete side by side with men. She and Donna de Varona noted myths about women’s sports and urged adding girls to boys’ teams and open competition in golf and tennis.
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Evert Lloyd and Connors survive as seeds fall in World Mixed Doubles
In Houston, third seeds Chris Evert Lloyd and Jimmy Connors edged Vince Van Patten and Carling Bassett 7-6 6-4 to remain the only seeded pair alive after an upset-filled round. Other top seeds including Turnbull Lloyd Stewart and Bunge Borg exited, while Nastase Mandlikkova advanced with a straight-set win and Borg absorbed a midmatch eye injury.
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