Pacers split on Steve Alford as NBA doubt lingers
Indiana's Steve Alford, college star and Indiana Mr. Basketball, may join the Pacers via the June draft. Team officials debate his fit at guard amid questions about defense and pro potential while teammates and Michael Jordan praise his shooting and smarts. Local fans favor drafting the New Castle product to boost tickets, though leaders warn performance will drive long-term value.
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Steve Alford
Indiana Hoosiers
Indiana Pacers
Alford
Pacers
Indiana
New Castle
Here
Steve
Ray Compton
NBA
Mel Daniels
Los Angeles
Michael Jordan
Bob Knight
Bobby Knight
Jim Kelsey’s Dirt Powers Pro and College Baseball Stadiums
Jim Kelsey operates Partageat Corp in Independence Township New Jersey supplying soil and stone to six major league teams 18 minor league clubs and about 80 colleges across several states. His hundreds of acres produce clay sand and gravel blends for pitcher mounds bases and warning tracks used in baseball and other sports with his firm serving teams such as the Mets Cubs Expos Blue Jays Dodgers Yankees and more.
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Independence Township
N.J
Jim Kelsey
New Jersey
Kelsey
Partageat Corp
Mets
Darryl Strawberry
Shea Stadium
Great Meadows
Bladers
Pennsylvania
Beam Clay Company
Berk
Beam
Art Kuntz
Kuntz
Chicago Cubs
Montreal Expos
Toronto Blue Jays
Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Yankees
Florida
NFL union chief offers plan to fight drug use
Gene Upshaw, executive director of the NFL Players Association, urged Congress that mandatory testing is not the answer and backed a comprehensive, bargained program. He outlined education, rehabilitation, stiffer penalties, stronger reasonable cause testing, fines for management breaches of confidentiality, and player counseling as core elements. The union will present the proposal at the upcoming collective bargaining session.
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Washington
National Football League Players Association
Gene Upshaw
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Players Association
Senate Judiciary Committee
Upshaw
NFL Management Council
SMU reforms urged after football death penalty
Ray L. Hunt told editors the SMU case shows broader college athletics flaws and urged nationwide reforms. He outlined penalties for rule violations, admission reforms, and stricter booster controls, urging media to examine other NCAA Division I schools for similar issues.
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SAN Francisco
Southern Methodist University
SMU
Ray L. Hunt
American Society of Newspaper Editors
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Mustangs
Boosters
Bill Clements
Clements
Hunt
Sugar's win over Hagler a boxing milestone
Las Vegas writer recaps Sugar Ray Leonard's victory in a dramatic SuperFight, detailing his out-boxing finesse and mental edge over Marvin Hagler. The piece notes Leonard's exhaustion after round 12, the postfight chaos with Don King and Bob Arum, and a vivid scene as the ring was dismantled at Caesars Palace.
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Las Vegas
Sugar Ray Leonard
Marvin Hagler
Leonard
Hagler
Angela Dundee
Angelo Dundee
Ray
Don King
King
Bob Arum
National Sporting Press
Las Vegas Sun
Michael Kata
New York Daily News
Caesars Palace
Chevy Chase
Frank Sinatra
TV Sports Today Schedule Summary
ESPN airs NHL semifinal playoff action at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Boxing features Robbie Simms against Lee Sanders at 9 p.m. The Masters golf rounds shown at various times on USA. MLB games include Baltimore at Cleveland and Atlanta at New York Mets on channels 2 and 20.
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Cleveland
Atlanta
N. Y. Mets
Robbie Simms
Lee Sanders
ESPN
Curling Set for Olympic Debut at 1988 Trials
At the St Paul Curling Club the United States Olympic trials feature 32 men's teams and 16 women's teams. Skips from Colorado Springs and St Paul discuss the sport's mix of physical demand and strategy as curling prepares for Calgary 1988 demonstration status and potential medal status by 1992. The sport uses ice kept near 32 degrees, with strategy focused on knocking or placing rocks into the house.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Jack McNelly
Colorado Springs
Colo
U.S
St. Paul Curling Club
McNelly
United States
Kent Beadle
St. Paul
Canada
Calgary
Albertville
France
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Alaska
Washington
North Dakota
Colorado
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Scotland
USCA
U.S. Curling Association
Jim Dexter
Perham
Minn
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