Switzer resigns as Oklahoma football coach
Barry Switzer quit as Oklahoma's head football coach amid NCAA probation and drug and crime-related charges against players. He cited rigid NCAA rules that he said ignore athletes' financial needs and said he will take a special assignment with Oklahoma's athletic department. Switzer, 52, noted his record and three national titles.
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Ripken Tettleton lead Orioles past Mariners in 9-5 win
Orioles beat Seattle 9-5 as Cat Ripken Jr and Mickey Tettleton hit back to back homers in a seven run seventh. Milacki improved to 4-6. Thurmond earned save as Baltimore expands AL East lead despite Jeffrey Leonard’s three run homer for the Mariners.
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Cat Ripken Jr
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New York Yankees
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Jeffrey Leonard
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Harold Reynolds
Alvin Davis
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Kinston edges Keys in 10th after late rally
Kinston Indians swept past the Frederick Keys 3-2 in 10 innings at Grainger Stadium as the Keys blew a 2-0 lead in the ninth. Francisco De La Rosa struggled, Brian Brooks and Scott Meadows featured, and Rick Faulkner helped push Frederick’s losing streak to one.
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Scott Meadows
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Andres Constant
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Lehman
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Richard Faulkner
David Segui
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Mercedes
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Rose seeks halt to Giamatti hearing over bias claim
In Cincinnati, Pete Rose sues to stop A Bartlett Giamatti from hearing gambling charges, arguing a biased and prejudiced commissioner. The suit cites a Dowd report based largely on hearsay and seeks delay from the June 26 hearing.
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John M. Dowd
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court
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Reds
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Peters
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Roger J. Makley
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Janszen
Ex-girlfriend cites Matuszak lifestyle in death context
LOS ANGELES AP reports Stephanie Cozart, once close to John Matuszak, says the ex Raiders defensive end struggled publicly with drugs and alcohol and had tried to reform. He died of massive heart failure after being hospitalized in Burbank. An autopsy could not yet determine a precise cause.
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Stephanie Cozart
Oakland Raiders
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Burbank
Cozart
Alcoholics Anonymous
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Claude Boucher
Boucher
Hickey Earns Oldest Tag As Orioles Lefty Pitches In
The 33 year old pitcher nicknamed Pops has become a trusted left handed reliever for the Orioles. He joined as a free agent in 1987 and has limited left handed batters to four hits in 30 at bats. Hickey grew up near Chicago and took an unconventional route to the majors through slow pitch softball and a steel mill job before tryouts with the White Sox in 1977.
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Detroit tops slumping Oakland in 6-4 win
Scott Lusader drove in his first three runs of the season as Detroit beat Oakland 6-4. Dave Stewart was tagged for four runs and failed to reach 12 wins, ending Oakland’s four game skid. Frank Tanana earned his note. Mike Henneman saved. Lusader and Sergman delivered two-run singles with the bases loaded in the second, Lusader adding a sacrifice fly in the fourth.
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Mike Henneman
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Fred Lynn
Dave Sergman
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