Littler Leads PGA With Bogey-Free Rounds At Pebble Beach
Gene Littler known as The Machine extends bogey-free streak to 36 holes and holds a two-stroke lead at 136 after two rounds of the PGA Championship at Pebble Beach. Jerry McGee sits second at 138. Jack Nicklaus and Lanny Wadkins tied for third at 140.
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Jerry McGee
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California
Jack Nickalls
Lanny
Nicklaus
Tom Watson
Watson
Geiberger
Charles Coody
Joe Inman
Coady
Inman
Gil Morgan
George Cadle
Fuzzy Zoeller
Cadle
Cosmos invited to play two matches in China this fall
The Cosmos NASL team received an invitation from the All-Sports Committee in Peking to play two games in China this September in Peking and Shanghai. A final decision was hoped for by early next week as scheduling remained the main hurdle and Pele plans a farewell tour in Asia around the same time.
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All-Sports Committee
All-Sports
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Cha
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Warner Communications
Calcutta
India
Pete
China
Franz Beckenbauer
Giorgio Chinaglia
Bud Furillo Joins SUN Columnists
Bud Furillo longtime sports writer and radio analyst joins the Las Vegas Sun as a columnist starting in Sundays sports section. He previously worked for the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner and hosted The Steam Room TV show. Furillo credits his broad appeal to a boyish sports enthusiasm and being an ex father of six.
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Las Vegas Sun
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
Furillo
Los Angeles
Grantland Rice
Jimmy Cannon
Bears Seek Revenge as Raiders Return in Exhibition Clash
Chicago visits Oakland for a pre season game seen as a possible Super Bowl preview after Oakland’s 40-0 exhibition win. The Bears aim to prove they can beat the Raiders while Dallas, Philadelphia and other NFL matchups unfold across the schedule. O.J. Simpson may play for Buffalo after medical clearance amid Petersburgh loss concerns.
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New York Jets
Atlanta
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Baltimore
Tony Dorsett
Dorsett
O.J. Simpson
Simpson
Bills
Jack Lambert
Mel Blount
Chuck Noll
George Atkinson
Poles Meet U S In Three City Boxing Tour Opener
The Polish boxing team meets a young American squad in 11 all weight bouts at the Sahara Hotel Space Center. Clinton Jackson leads the Americans in a 156 pound showcase as Sugar Ray Leonard and Howard Cosell share duties on ABC. Other matches feature Thomas Hearns and Gregory Page in key showdowns.
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Rybicki
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Sahara Hotel Space Center
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Las Vegans
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Michael Spinks
Howard Davis
Jerzy Rybicki
Roosevelt Green
Roger
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Ray
Kazimiriz Szczerba
Sugar Ray
Palmer Park
ABC
Howard
Cosell
Louisville
Ali
Gregory Page
Antoni Kuskewski
Kuskewski
Poland
Page
Pates Capture Mixed Doubles Championship
Val Pate and her son Jack won the Southern California Sectional Championship of the Equitable Family Tennis Challenge at Warner Tennis Center in Los Angeles. They defeated Jo Griff and her son Jeff of La Jolla 62 24 74 in a hotly contested final to earn an all expenses paid trip to Forest Hills for the national mixed doubles title.
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Cubans Sweep Elimination Tournament Track Qualifying
Silvio Leonard and Silvia Chibas became two time champions as Cuba swept the last day of the American Elimination Tournament in Guadalajara. Leonard won the 200 meters in 20.08 seconds after taking the 100 in 9.98, edging Jamaica’s Donald Quarrie. Chibas won the women's 100 meters in 11.065, near the world mark. Cuba totaled 14 firsts, Canada nine, with Brazil, Mexico three each.
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Alberto Juantorena
Cuba
Joao Carlos de Oliveira
Brazil
Lucette Moreau
Juantorena
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Canada
Colombia
Aurelia Penton
Alejandro Cazanas
Juan Jarvis
Richard Cer
Shand Ferguson
Debbie Scott
Domingo Tibaudita
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