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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1996
Page
8
The speaker criticizes their own performance saying they failed to throw well enough for the Olympic trials. They acknowledge lousy technique and fear of wasting time if practice throws do not reach 63 to 64 feet.
Bob Raissman notes Fox’s Baseball debut sticks to traditional telecast despite gadgets and hype. Dodgers Mets game featured miked Lasorda omissions and a balanced mix of veteran announcers Tim McCarver and Joe Buck. The article praises production teams for returning to a familiar national game of the week atmosphere.
UCLA sprinter Ato Boldon from Trinidad won the 100 meters in 9.92 seconds, the fastest in the world this year, as NCAA titles were decided in Eugene. LSU swept women's and SMU, Arkansas, and SMU each claimed top honors in their divisions, with LSU earning its 10th straight women's crown and Arkansas winning its fifth straight men’s title.
Kelly Robinson, ex assistant sports information director at Texas Tech, pleaded guilty to third degree felony theft. He received two years of probation for embezzling between twenty thousand and thirty thousand dollars from the university. The May twenty four plea marks the conviction.
Mike Skinner earned his second consecutive NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win by beating Butch Miller in a two lap shootout at the Colorado 250 held at Colorado National Speedway. The race carried a purse of 269,925 dollars.
In Augusta Georgia three employees were fired and four suspended from the Augusta National Golf Club over alleged selling of 1996 Masters badges. The six men and one woman worked in housekeeping and locker room and bar areas.
Lyn Jennings shatters her own course mark with a 15 minute 21 second 5 kilometer win at Albany in the Freihofer's Run For Women securing the U.S. Women's national championship. Jennings previously set 15:24 last year to defend her title.
Pascal Richard of Switzerland clinched the 14th leg in the Tour of Italy in Brianc on France a grueling Alpine ride by 43 seconds. Pavel Tonkov maintained the overall lead with eight stages remaining, holding a 20 second edge over Pietre Ugrumov. In New Jersey Princeton edged Washington by a quarter boat length in the men’s varsity eight at the National Intercollegiate Rowing Championships Navy took the team trophy. Brown topped Massachusetts in the women’s race and Cornell earned the women’s team trophy.
Arkansas officials meet to decide on the fate of freshman guards Kareem Reid and Marlon Towns after they were arrested at Reid Hall and cited for Class A misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance.
Daily listing of televised and event matchups across sports including baseball basketball hockey football sailing tennis boxing and auto racing with times and venues. Notable items include the College World Series Florida vs LSU Florida State vs Wichita State plus pro hockey IHL finals Utah versus Orlando and the Formula One Grand Prix of Spain.
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