Commentator notes and college sports chatter from the era
Chuck Woodling covers a burst of college basketball and track notes, naming figures from Kansas and Missouri programs, coaches and players such as Whitey Herzog, Antoine Carr, Gene Smithson, Jim Lessig, and George Raveling. The piece blends confessional quotes, transfers, coach rumors, and track star rankings with misc sports trivia. It mentions legal notices of no charges and anecdotes about gear and sponsorships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Digger Phelps
Gary Bender
Billy Packer
New Orleans
Mike Swanson
CBS
Lawrence
Swanson
George Brett
Louisville
Marv
St. Louis Cardinals
Whitey Herzog
Joe Burke
Wichita State
Antoine Carr
WSU
Gene Smithson
Smithson
Chicago Bulls
Reagan
Jim Ryan
College coaches vote against shot clock in any form
College basketball coaches across NCAA NAIA and NJCAA overwhelmingly opposed a shot clock in any form. Ed Steitz said the survey of 1 524 respondents favored no 24 second clock 30 second and 45 second options were rejected by about four to one two to one against the 45 second rule for the first 36 minutes. Steitz noted surprise at the results while highlighting support for the modified no jump rule adopted last season and automatic turnover for a five second violation when closely guarded.
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New Orleans
Ncaa Rules Committee
Ed Steitz
Steitz
NCAA
NAIA
National Junior College AA
National Basketball Association
Springfield College
North Carolina
Virginia
National Association of Basketball Coaches
Tech's got respect for Cheyney State
NORFOLK Virginia AP Louisiana Tech's Leon Barmore warned Cheyney State could challenge for the NCAA first women's Division I title. Tech, 34-1, routed Tennessee 69-46 in the semifinals, while Cheyney, ranked second, beat Maryland 76-66. The finalists meet at 11 a.m. on national TV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Louisiana Tech
Leon Barmore
Maryland
Tech
Old Dominion
Cheyney
Pennsylvania
Richard files suit over malpractice cap in Texas
Houston Astros pitcher J R Richard sues over Texas medical malpractice limits seeking to overturn the 500000 cap. He names doctors Harold Brelsford Michael Feltovich Charles McCollum and Ben Cooper and seeks damages many times the cap. The suit cites a misdiagnosis that led to a life threatening stroke on June 30 1980 and notes Richards ongoing contract and lack of pitching since 1980.
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Houston
Houston Astros
J.R. Richard
Texas
Richard
State District Court
Harold Brelsford
Methodist Hospital
Michael Feltovich
Charles H. McCollum
Ben Cooper
Carolyn
Jeffrey Parsons
Tom Reich
Astros
al Rosen
Cocoa
Fla
Chicago Cubs
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Chuck Woodling
Missouri
Kansas State
Bob Marcum
Kansas
South Carolina
Marcum
Keith Kephart
Columbia
Bob Hill
Western Michigan
North Carolina-Charlotte
MCC
Clyde Walker
Jim Lessig
Lessig
Bowling Green
Alex Stivrins
Creighton
Colorado
Stivrins
Lincoln
Washington State
George
Oregon State
Ralph Miller
Rob Wilkin
Coffeyville Jaco
Kerry Boagan
California
U.S
Washington, D. C
Stan Gardner
Saskatchewan
Gardner
Carlton Fisk
Chicago White Sox
Buster Rhymes
Elbert Watts
Oklahoma
Barry Switzer
Jim Rockford
Track and Field News
Cliff Wiley
KU Law
Czechoslovakia
Jarmila Kratochvilova
Wiley
Kratochvilova
Cheyney State
Vivian Stringer
Valerie Walker
Barmore
Tennessee
Lady Vols
Mary Ostrowski
Stringer
Lady Wolves
Terps
Pam Kelly
Janice Lawrence
Lori Scott
Angela Turner
Kim Mulkey
Sharon Taylor
Debra Walker
Yolanda Laney
Rosetta Guilford
AIAW
Rutgers
Philadelphia
Alvamar
Alvamar, Ves
Gary Kempf
Jim Snell
Barbara
Eneral
LTS
Divisio
Rich Bailey
Bucky’s Drive-In American Savings Assoc
New Hampshire
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