Namath mulls teaching career in TV pilot after retirement
Grimsley reports Joe Namath plans a sitcom style TV role as a teacher and coach in a potential series. He says he may leave football after 1977 and shift to show business, unsure if acting surpasses his Jets fame, while noting the public and press exposure he will miss.
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Will Grimsley
New York
Joe Namath
Hollywood
Joe
Broadway Joe
Marchiano
Namath
Pat Haden
The
Jets
Rain delays threaten Desert Classic at Palm Springs event
Defending champion Rik Massengale and six past Desert Classic winners face ongoing rain and gusty winds as the $250,000 PGA event aims to finish Sunday. Final 18 holes at Bermuda Dunes will determine the winner while NBC televises the last two rounds. Massengale seeks repeat. Palmer and others in field.
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Calif
Rik Massengale
Desert
Massengale
Bermuda Dunes
Palmer
Billy Casper
Hubert Green
Bob Ricosburg
Tom Nieporte
Doug Sanders
NBC
Eldorado
Indian Wells
la Quinta
Hawaii
Jay Haas
Bill Kratzert
Kratzert
Green
Johnny Miller
Eisenhower Medical Center
California
Tennis and hockey brief from Associated Press
In St Louis Eddie Dibbs topped Jose Higueras while Raul Ramirez defaulted in the St Louis Classic. In Springfield Harold Solomon won his opener as Marty Riessen and Roger Taylor advanced. Indianapolis Racers replace coach Ron Ingram with Bill Goldsworthy as interim coach after a rough start.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Eddie Dibbs
Spain
Jose Higueras
Raul Ramirez
Dibbs
Higueras
Ramirez
Chris Lewis
New Zealand
Springfield
Mass
Harold Solomon
Sweden
Douglas Palm
Marty Riessen
Jiri Granat
Czechoslovakia
Roger Taylor
Britain
Ismail el Shafei
Egypt
Ross Cass
Australia
Pat DuPre
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Racers
Ron Ingram
Bill Goldsworthy
World Hockey Association
Ingram
The
Racers
Oklahoma Poised to Land Top Linebacker Prospect Sanders
Oklahoma expects to land South Garland Texas star J Sanders who is set to ink a Big Eight letter of intent today. He told Texas Tech and Texas assistants he will join OU despite a UCLA visit, with early consensus from his coach that he is signing tomorrow. Sanders earned Parade All American and Texas Football Magazine Super Team honors and is praised for his elite lateral movement and defensive impact.
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Associated Press
University of Oklahoma
Houston
J Sanders
South Garland
Texas
Sooners
Sanders
Texas Tech
Rex Dockery
Mike Parker
Oklahoma
UCLA
Jim Dodson
Texas Football Magazine
Parade Magazine
Dodson
Jerry
Greenville
Elbert Graham
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Gainesville
John Hoge
Dallas
Larry Cooper
Fort Gibson
Bobby Grayson
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Kelly Mitchell
Sallisaw
Steve Holmes
Yukon
Kevin Ormand
Ponca City
Oklahoma State
Putnam City
Rob Shaff
Les Miller
Davis
Ed Branch
Wesley
Queens
Eagles
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Loving
Kermit
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