ABA Home Isn’t Sweet By John Mossman
Denver coach Larry Brown doubted homecourt value in the post season but Denver rode a 40 2 home record into a winless stretch in the Western final. The Pacers swept the Nuggets in four straight road wins to reach the ABA title series starting May 13 in Louisville against Kentucky. George leading Indiana paced the decisive games.
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Denver
Larry Brown
Brown
Nuggets
Utah
Indiana
Pacers
Louisville
Kentucky
Vis
McGinnis
Indiana University
Mike Green
Green
Bill Keller
Billy Knight
Mack
Calvin
Ralph
Simpson
Mike
Bobby Jones
Byron Beck
Baker Nips Pearson For Winston 500 Title
Buddy Baker wins the Winston 500 at Talladega ahead of David Pearson in a dramatic finish. Pearson falls short of a fourth straight Winston 500 as Baker secures $25,425 while Pearson earns $14,800. The race features 17 lead changes, 52 lead shifts, and multiple crashes amid speeds over 190 mph.
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Ala
Buddy Baker
Alabama International Motor Speedway
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Grey Fox
David Pearson
Pearson
Charlotte
N. C
Ford
Mercury
Spartanburg
S. C
David Brooks
Richard Petty
Petty
Randy G. Owens
Randieman
Spain Dominates Group A in Davison Cup Quarterfinals
Spain routed Denmark 5-0 at Murcia with Higueras and Munoz winning singles. Britain beat Austria as Taylor starred in Vienna. Sweden swept Poland in Warsaw and Hungary defeated the Netherlands at Budapest. Yugoslavia edged Bulgaria to reach the next round. Horse racing results include Foolish Pleasure winning the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs and Grundy taking the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.
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Great Britain
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Hungary
Yugoslavia
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Murcia
Jose Higueras
Antonio Munoz
Higueras
Lars Silverstroem
Munoz
Tan Christiansen
Vienna
Roger Taylor
Gerhard Wimmer
Hans Kary
John Lloyd
Bjorn Borg
Wojciech Fibak
Birger Andersson
Henryk Drzymalski
Warsaw
West Germany
Budapest
Balazs Tareczy
Louk Sanders
J. Baranyi
Rolf Thung
Egypt
Zagreb
Nikki Pilic
Nicola Spear
Pilic
Bozidar Pampulov
Lovisvlle
Foolish Pleasure
Churchill Downs
Avatar
Answer
Pink Jade
Newmarket
England
Boikowski Cavert
Grundy Icte
Powell Sets discus world record at Long Beach invitational
John Powell, a San Jose policeman, threw 226 feet 8 inches to set a world discus mark at the Long Beach Invitational. He surpassed John Van Reenen's 224-8 set six weeks earlier, while urging that head‑to‑head Olympic competition would determine the best.
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Calif
John Powell
Powell
San Jose
Long Beach State
John van Reenen
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