Blue Valley tops Ottawa in late rally 44 40
Blue Valley rallied from a double digit Ottawa lead to beat Ottawa High 44 to 40 in an East Kansas League girls basketball game. DeeDee Lewis led Ottawa with 18 points, while Denise Schultze and DeeDee Lewis fueled the late comeback before Blue Valley sealed it with 2:07 remaining. Ottawa slips to 5-4 overall and 3-3 in league play, with next action at Olathe South.
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Rick Peterson
Ottawa High Lady Cyclones
Ottawa High
Blue Valley
Tigers
Ottawa
DeeDee Lewis
Jacki Rutter
Jeannie Sampson
Cyclones
Denise Schultze
Krumsick
OHS
Sampson
Oth
Rutter
Sheila Lewis
Carpenter
Stacy Mansker
Olathe South
Royals Pitching Trio Files For Arbitration
Kansas City Royals pitchers Charlie Leibrandt Mark Gubicza and Bud Black filed for arbitration joining the staff for the second year in a row. Gubicza and Black seek higher salaries while Saberhagen chose not to file. The club also signed Juan Beniquez and his 17-year-old son, creating a rare father son pair in one day.
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Kansas City, Mo
Charlie Leibrandt
Mark Gubicza
Bud Black
Kansas City Royals
Gubicza
Black
Bret Saberhagen
Royals
Juan Beniquez
Baltimore
Beniquez
Juan
Hal
Brian McRae
Gubieza
Leibrandt
Kansas City Times
Saberhagen
Brian Cohen
New Zealand inchnes back in Cup finals after gear failure
New Zealand beat Stars & Stripes by 38 seconds to narrow the series deficit to 2-1 in the America's Cup challenger finals as Stars & Stripes suffered a gear failure that dropped its spinnaker. Dickson's crew led a tense tack battle, clinching their first final-series win.
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Fremantle
Australia
New Zealand
Stars & Stripes
U.S
Chris Dickson
Kookaburra Iti
Kookaburra
Dennis Conner
New York Yacht Club
America U
Dickson
Conner
New
Bird named AP Male Athlete of the Year in Boston
Larry Bird, first NBA player to win AP Male Athlete of the Year, says he loves playing for the Boston Celtics and aims to win a championship. He edged Roger Clemens in votes, with 30 firsts and 214 points to Clemens’s 19 firsts and 189 points. Tyson and LeMond also high finishers. Other top contenders included Norman, Schmidt, Lendl, Maradona, Mattingly, Testaverde, and Gretzky.
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Boston
Larry Bird
Associated Press
Boston Celtics
Bird
NBA
Celtics
Jim Rice
Red Sox
Roger Clemens
Boston Red Sox
Clemens
Mike Tyson
Greg LeMond
Greg Norman
Mike Schmidt
Norman
LeMond
Schmidt
Ivan Lendl
Diego Maradona
Don Mattingly
New York Yankees
Vinny Testaverde
Wayne Gretzky
Navratilova Named 1986 AP Female Athlete of the Year
Martina Navratilova, world No. 1, earned 377 points to win the AP Female Athlete of the Year for 1986, outpacing golfer Pat Bradley and track star Jackie Joyner. The year featured a 89-3 record, 14 of 17 titles, and a doubles streak with Pam Shriver. Navratilova spoke from Melbourne during the Australian Open where she learned of the honor.
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New York
Martina Navratilova
Associated Press
Pat Bradley
Jackie Joyner
Grete Waitz
Norway
Debi Thomas
Cheryl Miller
Ingrid Kristiansen
Navratilova
Bradley
Joyner
Thomas
Waitz
Miller
Kristiansen
Larry Bird
Boston Celtics
Virginia
Pam Shriver
Shriver
Melbourne
Australia
Whirlwinds Rout Santa Fe Trail 38 18 to 7 2 at OMS
Ottawa Middle School eighth graders improved to 7 2 by beating Olathe Santa Fe Trail 38 18. Ottawa led 10 4 after one quarter, then surged with a 12 3 second quarter and never trailed after halftime. Chad Burgoon scored 12 and Jason Ball 10 for Ottawa as they head home to host Olathe Indian Trail Monday.
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Ottawa Middle School
OMS
Olathe Santa Fe Trail
Chad Burgoon
Jason Ball
Ottawa
Whirlwinds
Olathe Indian Trail
Bean Takes Three Shot Lead In Hope Classic
David Edwards faltered on the 18th hole as a drizzle and wind hindered him at the Bob Hope Classic. Andy Bean carded a 4 under 68 at Indian Wells to move 13 under through 36 holes, holding a three stroke edge over the field as the event heads to PGA West.
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LA Quinta
Calif
David Edwards
Edwards
Andy Bean
Bean
Indian Wells
PGA West
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Brosseau
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Lewit
Cole
Schulze
Steve Zuk
Ings
Steve Fehr
Juan Carlos Beniquez
Carolina High
Villa Carolina
Puerto Rico
Sarasota
Fla
Art Stewart
Terry Heathman
Hope
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