Gifts to players at Classic drew NCAA OKs and perks
The Kickoff Classic offered travel bags and portable AMM cassette CD players to participants from both teams, while the NCAA allowed sponsors to gift scholarship athletes at special events. The article also touches on conference affiliations, players’ comments on Charlie Ward and Kansas, plus coaching moves and schedules across Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma State.
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Nolan Ryan
Royals
Texas
NCAA
Florida State
Charlie Ward
Indiana
FSU
Jayhawks
Ward
Matt Frier
Bobby Bowden
Charlie
Frier
Kansas football suffers injuries as season opens
Kansas linebackers Holt and Wright miss about two weeks with knee injuries after a 42 0 loss to Florida State. Harvey remains out four weeks with a ruptured Achilles. Powell and Thomas return for Western Carolina, with Schmidt back after ankle soreness.
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Kansas
Dick Holt
Florida State
Holt
Larry Thiel
Steve Harvey
Chris Powell
MLB
Jayhawks
Sylvester Wright
Fred Thomas
Jared Smith
Rod Jones
Dwayne Chandler
Western Carolina
Dan Schmidt
WCU
Schmidt
Morrison to fight Williams at Kemper Arena in Kansas City
Heavyweight bout headlines a six fight card at Kemper Arena starting at 7 p.m. Mike Williams 212 pounds, vows to challenge WBO champion Tommy Morrison who predicts a quick, spectacular victory. Williams’ manager Fights for rematch and big money clash with Morrison planned. other bouts include Ivan Barkley versus Dino Stewart and a cruiserweight clash.
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Kansas City
Mike Williams
Williams
Tommy Morrison
Houston
Morrison
Bob Jordan
Mike
Jordan
Tommy
George Foreman
Tommy Will
Bill Cayton
Lennox Lewis
Riddick Bowe
WBA
IBF
Sylvester Stallone
Acard
Kemper Arena
Ivan Barkley
New York
Dino Stewart
Muncie
Ind
Barkley
Brett joins exclusive club with 200th steal
Kansas City’s George Brett swiped his 200th base in a 12 inning 5 4 win over Boston tying him with Willie Mays and Hank Aaron in the rare trio of 3 000 hits 300 homers and 200 steals Brett also went four for the day snapping an 0 for 10 skid and driving in the decisive run as Greg Gagne scored Wally Joyner in the 12th to cap the Royals’ victory before a road trip to Milwaukee
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Kansas City
Willie Mays
Hank Aaron
George Brett
Boston
Mays
Aaron
Brett
Red Sox
Royals
Greg Gagne
John Dopson
Wally Joyner
Milwaukee
Bengals rookie Tom Scott sheds pounds at training camp
Bengals coach Dave Shula noticed the change when he saw Tom Scott starting to tuck his shirt into his shorts. The former East Carolina lineman dropped from over 360 pounds in mid July to 322 pounds, recalling his 8th grade weight of 280. Scott credits Shula for stressing that football is a business and that only the team’s picks stay.
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Washington
Big Eight
Nebraska
Turner Gill
Kansas
Brook Berringer
Gill
Berringer
Goodland
Lawrence
St. Louis
Lee Stevens
Toronto Blue Jays
Syracuse
Lawrence High
Japan
Cal State-Fullerton
Kansas State
Chad May
NFL
Ciincinnati Bengals
Tom Scott
East Carolina
Bengals
Dave Shula
Shula
Scott
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