Major League Baseball ends strike with tentative deal
In 1985 Commissioner Peter Ueberroth declares the Major League Baseball Players Association strike ended after a two day stoppage as players and owners reach a tentative pact. 2007 San Francisco star Barry Bonds hits homer No 756 to surpass Hank Aaron. Aaron and commissioner Bud Selig were conspicuously absent.
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Tour de France Ends Amid Drug Scandal Shakeup
Greg Cote of the Miami Herald notes the drug taint ruined the race with most elites testing positive. A 60 year old rider on a Schwinn unexpectedly wins as favorites are absent or disqualified.
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Sports editors and contacts at I Journal World
The message lists staff emails for Tom Keegan Andrew Hartsock Gary Bedore Dugan Arnett and Matt Tait across KU sports and high school coverage. It notes their roles as editors and reporters for basketball football and education beats. The contact details suggest team coverage and contact points for sports inquiries.
Whom to Call for Local Sports and Park Services
Directory style listing lists phone numbers for JW Sports KU ticket office KC Wizards Royals tickets Kansas Speedway T-Bones and KC park services with contact options and a web address at ljworld com for Kansas City area events and ticketing information.
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PGA may be toughest test yet at Oakland Hills
Beem calls the 498 yard closing hole the hardest he has played as the PGA Championship opens at Oakland Hills. Players describe the course as brutally tough with record length 7395 yards for a par 70 and greens with severe contours posing the major’s sternest test in years.
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Ex Toledo player charged with point shaving in NCAA games
A former University of Toledo basketball guard Sammy Villegas was charged in Detroit with conspiracy to influence sports contests by bribery for point shaving in the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons. He allegedly paid another player who participated in the ring. the other player was not named. If convicted, Villegas could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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Truex Signs DEI Extension Through 2009
Martin Truex Jr agreed to a contract extension with Dale Earnhardt Inc keeping him in the No. 1 Chevrolet at least through 2009. A mutual option for 2009 was in place as Truex had hesitated to commit despite DEI’s eagerness to retain him. Brad Coleman will replace JJ Yeley in the No. 96 Hall of Fame Racing Toyota starting with the August 17 race at Michigan International Speedway.
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Toyota
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Who Wins PGA Title A Question for Golf Fans
A Detroit Free Press commentary weighs likely contenders for the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills. It riffs on Bo Van Pelt as a playful choice while exploring Tiger Woods absence and potential story lines from Mickelson Kim Harrington Daly Perry Love II and others, noting the unpredictable nature of golf majors.
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John Daly
Jyoti Randhawa
Sweden
Robert Karlsson
Karlsson
Phil Mickelson
Tiger Woods
Oakland Hills Country Club
Daly
Rich Beem
Tiger
Mickelson
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Kenny Perry
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