Reporters take a daring ride down Mt Van Hoevenberg bobsled
Two AP reporters joined professional sledders on a half mile run at Mt Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid. They reached up to 65 mph amid icy curves and roaring wind, gaining a taste of Olympic bobsledding as World Championships loom.
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Mt. van Hoevenberg
Denis D. Gray
Greg McGarry
MT. Snow
Austria
Harald Stuefer
Stuefer
Spider Sabich
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France
Jean Claude Killy
Southern Methodist Texas Open 1973 Conference Play on Road
Defending co champions Southern Methodist and Texas begin the 1973 Southwest Conference schedule on the road. Coaches Black and Prewitt seek consistent performances as Texas shows signs of last season’s NC AA playoffs form, after narrow losses to Oklahoma and Centenary and a heavy defeat by Oklahoma.
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Texas
Leon Black
SMU
Bob Prewitt
Houston
Horns
Oklahoma
Centenary
Mustangs
Three inducted into Panhandle Hall of Fame
Randall Clay Pam pa John D. Munn Amarillo and M A Catfish Smith Waco head Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame 28th 29th 30th class Clyde Noonkester Clarendon named Panhandle Coach of the Year Carl Brown West Texas State Van Vleck Athlete of the Year Brown a junior at WTSU has five of six Missouri Valley Conference hurdles titles in two SMU years.
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Carey
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Clarendon
Panhandle
Carl Brown
West Texas State
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Noonkester
Brown
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Missouri Valley Conference
Fayetteville coach joins North Texas staff
Howard Cissell longtime Fayetteville High School football coach will join Hayden Fry at North Texas State University as defensive coordinator. Cissell has a 60-39-4 record over ten seasons with one losing year and played halfback at Arkansas State before coaching Mountain Home Osceola Wynne and Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Howard Cissell
Fayetteville
Montreal
Arkansas
Osceola
Wynne
North seniors win three postseason bowls in sun and rain
The Senior Bowl in Mobile Alabama saw the South beat the North 33-30 while the Hula Bowl in Honolulu ended 17-3 with the South prevailing. The North topped the South 10-6 in the American Bowl in Tampa. Chuck Foreman of Miami Florida won MVP honors with a 1500 dollar prize and a new car.
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Honolulu
Tampa
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Miami
Florida
Foreman
Oklahoma
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Johnny Rodgers
Nebraska
Pruitt
Southern Cal
Sam Cunningham
Stanford
Jim Merlo
Auburn
Gardner Jett
Paterno chooses Penn State over NFL offer
Joe Paterno will remain at Penn State after turning down an NFL coach general manager package worth about 1.25 million over five years. He cited a desire to influence young men and a campus atmosphere that lets him be more than a football coach. The decision ends weeks of speculation and aims to keep his long‑time program on a campus athletics approach he favors.
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Shipley faces NCAA charges amid recruiting violations
Louisiana coach Beryl Shipley, under fire for alleged 125 recruiting violations, says charges are political. The NCAA hearing was halted by a federal court restraining order as Louisiana officials seek more time to prepare a defense before a Chicago session.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune
Alexandria Town Talk
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Chicago
U.S. District Court
Richard Putman
William Guste
Guste
Funseth Captures Campbell Tourney With Two Stroke Margin
Rod Funseth won the Glen Campbell Los Angeles Open at Riviera Country Club finishing 276 after a two under par 69. He led last place by 17 strokes after round three and clinched the title on a steady final round. Sandi Funseth celebrated with champagne as he repeated a clinical victory in the 135000 event.
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Los Angeles
Rod Funseth
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Funseth
Riviera Country Club
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