Cal Ripken Sr. Remembered as Hall of Fame Father Figure
Cal Ripken Sr. who spent 36 years with the Orioles died at 63 from lung cancer. He taught the game to many, including sons Cal Jr. and Bill, shaping the Orioles Way and influencing manager Ray Miller and others. Ripken Sr. never reached the majors as a player but mentored generations in Baltimore’s farm system.
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Cal Ripken Sr
Ripken Sr
Baltimore Orioles
Cal Ripken Jr
Baltimore
Ripken
Bill
Orioles
Ray
Arizona Diamondbacks
Buck Showalter
Cal
Cal Sr
Phoenix
Oriole
NAIA tourney moves to Ozarks for 2000 01
Point Lookout Missouri will host the NAIA Division II men’s national basketball tournament in 2000 and 2001 at Keeter Gymnasium 4500 seats. College of the Ozarks athletics director Al Waller touts the facility as ideal and the school will receive an automatic berth as host.
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Point Lookout
College of the Ozarks
NAIA
Thursty
Nampa
Idaho
Keeter
al Waller
Nine wrestlers head to state tourney from Ottawa district
The Mat Masters club qualified nine wrestlers for the Kansas Kids State Wrestling Tournament to be held in Topeka this weekend after top four finishes at Saturday’s district meet at Ottawa High School. Ottawa totaled 12 entrants with three champions: Kyle Gorton 110 in under 12, Jeremy Roberts 155 and Jason Tharp 275 in under 16. Rod Bass finished fourth at 160, Bryan Browning second at 95, Cord Bradley third at 68, Michael Espinosa fourth at 150, Chad Hinderliter fourth at 100, Todd Roberts fourth at 150, while Jeff McCurdy was sidelined by a broken collarbone. Tharp and Espinosa are defending state champions.
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Mat Masters Wrestling Club
Topeka
Ottawa High School
Ottawa
Kyle Gorton
Jeremy Roberts
Jason Tharp
Bryan Browning
Rod Bass
Cord Bradley
Michael Espinosa
Front
Chad Hinderliter
Todd Roberts
Brand and Ellis Honored As AP Player and Coach of the Year
Duke center Elton Brand is named AP college basketball player of the year and Auburn coach Cliff Ellis is selected as coach of the year. Brand, a unanimous All-America, leads Duke toward a Final Four with 17.8 points and 9.1 rebounds per game, while Auburn posts a 29-4 season and earns a No. 1 NCAA seed.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
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Elton Brand
Auburn
Cliff Ellis
Associated Press
Brand
Blue Devils
Andre Miller
Utah
Adolph Rupp
Ari Heyman
Christian Laettner
Ellis
Tigers
Royals Rout Indians In Spring Exhibition Rout
Kansas City Royals crushed Cleveland 16-6 in Winter Haven as Johnny Damon drove in six runs with a two run homer, a three run double, and an RBI single. Bartolo Colon, in his first year after signing a four year deal, allowed seven runs in five innings amid a rough spring. Jeff Suppan earned the win for KC while Richie Sexson Kenny Lofton Wil Cordero and Jim Thome homered for Cleveland.
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Winter Haven
Fla
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Bartolo Colon
Carlos Beltran
Kansas City Royals
Cleveland Indians
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RBI
Royals
Jerry Spradlin
Colon
Beltran
Richie Sexson
Kenny Lofton
Wil Cordero
Jim Thome
Indians
Jeff Suppan
John Hart
Manny Ramirez
Ramirez
Eric Goldschmidt
Orel Hershiser
Mets
Dwight Gooden
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
St Petersburg
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Vi Ripken
Cal Jr
Naia Tourney
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Hunt Midwest Mining, Inc
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Hunt Midwest
Hallmark Inns
S. Princeton
Sarah Moore
Goss
Jeff McCurdy
Tharp
Espinosa
A Rather Evan
Brand, Ellis
Ere
Simplicity
McConnell Machinery
Cleveland
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