Sporting Woman exhibit honors women athletes in Midwest debut
Overland Park Kansas hosts the NCAA Visitors Center exhibit The Sporting Woman Insights from Her Past highlighting nearly 200 images and artifacts from antiquity to the 1930s. It features ice hockey cycling croquet sailing motorcycle racing boxing wrestling rowing basketball and more with researchers noting women’s long sports history and role models for today’s athletes.
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NCAA
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Sally Fox
Boston
Fox
Hackett
Chavez Faces Macho Fight in Las Vegas Showdown
Julio Cesar Chavez says his fans want a knockout of Hector Macho Camacho in a WBC super light title defense at the Thomas and Mack Center. The 81-0 champion, whose voice carries Mexico’s support, faces a sold out 19,100 audience with Camacho as the challenger Saturday night.
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Las Vegas
Julio Cesar Chavez
Hector
Macho
Camacho
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Thomas and Mack Center
Edberg beats Lendl in five set Open thriller
Stefan Edberg slips past Ivan Lendl 6-3 6-3 3-6 5-7 7-6 7-3 in a rain interrupted U S Open quarterfinal to reach the semifinals against Michael Chang. Monica Seles defeats Mary Joe Fernandez 6-3 6-2 to set up a women’s semifinal with Arantxa Sanchez Vicario.
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Stefan Edberg
Ivan Lendl
Edberg
Michael Chang
Lendl
Tor
Manuela Maleeva- Fragniere
Lendi
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Joe
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Steve Largant
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Business and Professional Guide
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Henry Hildesrandt
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Marston Hearing Associates
Ransom Memorial Hospital
David R. Brown
Taylor Brothers Construction Foundation
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Li Naa
Dave Rossman
Gregg Colbern
Franklin County Mental Health Clinic, Inc
Lee
Miller's Cleaning Service
Paul and Pali¢ia Miller
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William A. Picciaro, M.D
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13Th & Main
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Olin G. Wollen
Rodney McChay
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T. Gregory Dules, D.D
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Styles Unlimited
Jaya Pea
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!