Ryun Finds Life Better Without Olympic Gold
Former Olympian Jim Ryun reflects on his 1967 Bakersfield mile race and argues that not winning gold improved his life. He cites track conditions and near-curb trips as factors, describes his family, and outlines current plans including running camps, speaking, Nike work, and settling in rural Lawrence with a pond and home to build.
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Anne
Lawrence
Uneven 13-inning duel opens twinbill in Oakland
Oakland and Toronto battled 13 innings with Beard earning the win in the opener. Mayberry and Spencer hit homers for their clubs, while McCatty, Berenguer and other starters kept the score tight through extra frames. In the second game Oakland took a 5-4 decision as McCatty moved to 13-6 with Berenguer taking the loss.
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Jones
Owchinko
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Newman
Stieb
Mclaughlin
Leal
Garvin
Martinez
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McCatty
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Berenguer
Murray
Whitt
W.mccatty
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Spencer
Mayberry
ABC ESPN negotiating to form new cable entity
ABC TV and ESPN near a joint venture to create a new all day sports cable network. If finalized this week, an announcement could come today with talks also exploring ABC buying into ESPN in the future. ESPN has served two years and reaches about 12 million homes.
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Abc-Tv
ESPN
ABC
Westinghouse
Baseball standings and signings sweep across major leagues
Standings include Seattle at Texas and Chicago at California with rare n denotes games. Multiple team moves appear from MLB and NFL with signings like Dong Won Choi to Toronto, Greg Bright to Cincinnati, and contract activity across Green Bay and Kansas City. Community volleyball entry deadline Friday at Clearwater.
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Aundra Thompson
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Chuck Loewen
SAN Francisco 49Ers
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Bill Ring
City Power
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Toronto
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Oakland
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Leonard
Kansas Area Fishing Report From Topeka Office
Clinton region reports channel catfish good on the flats 3 to 8 pounds using worms baits grasshoppers and minnows Crappie fair in 8 to 15 feet near brush using minnows and jigs Walleye fair 4 to 8 pounds on flats rocky points with jigs and nightcrawlers Largemouth bass good near breakwaters brushy points on spinners live and crank baits Note 15 inch limit Melvern channel catfish fair up to 16 pounds using worms cat bait dead minnows Crappie fair to good to 10 pounds around rock ledges near dam using spoons Walleye fair 1 8 pounds using jig nightcrawler combos trolling or drifting or casting from 20 feet Perry channel catfish fair to good 4 to 16 pounds using mud dogs fresh shad shiners crawdads worms Crappie good half-pound average on minnows and yellow white jigs White bass good ½ pound on jigs in less than 10 feet near Perry Park Walleye fair 2 to 4 pounds on worms minnows trolling off dam Pomona channel catfish fair to good 1 to 6 pounds using large minnows chicken livers dead minnows on mudflats in Dragoon and Wolf creeks Crappie poor to fair ¾ to 1½ pounds near brush in 10-25 feet White bass poor to fair up to 2 pounds along dam and rocky points following surfacing shad schools and deep in mudflats.
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Topeka
Clinton
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Perry Park
Kings invite eight players to preseason camp
Four rookies and four free agents will join the Kansas City Kings' preseason training camp in Kansas City. Rookies Eddie Johnson Curtis Berry Ken Dennard and A S Reed will be invited along with free agents Marlon Redmond Bobby Wilson Robert Smith and Bobby Willis. The camp opens Oct 2 in St Joseph with 10 veterans invited to the regular camp and first round picks Steve Johnson and Kevin Loder pending contracts.
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Steve Johnson
Oregon State
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