Ralph Sampson Named AP Player of the Year for 1980 81
Ralph Sampson, the 7 foot 4 Virginia center, is named the AP college basketball Player of the Year for 1980 81. He expressed pride while noting his goal remains the national championship. He earned 26 votes while DePauls Mark Aguirre was runner up. Virginia faces North Carolina in the semifinals as Sampson continues to develop.
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Beavers' coach Miller named AP Coach of the Year
Oregon State's Ralph Miller is chosen as the 1980-81 AP College Basketball Coach of the Year. He notes most coaching ideas predate 1940 and credits enduring fundamentals as key. Miller topped a 62-ballot panel, with Dale Brown LSU second and Meyer third.
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Sugar Ray Leonard Opens Grueling 1981 Schedule
Sugar Ray Leonard starts the 1981 campaign defending the WBC welterweight title against Larry Bonds in Syracuse at the Carrier Dome. He is also set for a June 25 WBA junior middleweight title bid against Ayub Kalule in Houston and a later defense or unification bid, withHearns or Hagler looming. Bonds, a 29 year old garbage man with a 29-3 record, faces a major test with a $85,000 purse plus expenses in a bout televised by HBO.
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