Vida Blue Wins Cy Young in Surprising Season
Vida Blue of the Oakland Athletics, 22, becomes the youngest Cy Young winner after a 24-8 season with 1.82 ERA and eight shutouts. He notes public pressure affected late performance while Lolich and Wood place runner-up and third. Nixon hails Blue as the most underpaid player in baseball as Blue awaits a 1972 contract.
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Oakland Athletics
Blue
Baseball Writers Association of American
Cy Young
Mickey Lolich
Lolich
Detroit Tigers
Wilbur Wood
Chicago White Sox
Wood
The
A’s
Mansfield
West Coast
Charles O. Finley
Nixon
White House
Vida Blue
Sandy Koufax
Juan Marichal
Rockets edge Pistons on late goal-tending call for first win
Houston snaps six-game skid as Mike Newlin scores the deciding basket in the final seconds after Detroit center Bob Lanier is ruled to have tipped the ball on the rim. Hayes leads Rockets with 30 points while Pistons star Lanier pours in 38 in a hard fought rally.
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Associated Press
Bill van Breda Kolff
Detroit Pistons
Houston Rockets
Pistons
National Basketball Association
Flynn Haves
Bob Lanier
Detroit
Mike Newlin
Rockets
Haves
Lanier
Kenny Hudson
Newlin
Houston
Milwaukee Bucks
Baltimore
New York Knicks
Boston
Celtics
Chicago
Portland
Phoenix
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Golden State
Hayes
Walt Frazier
Knicks
Jo Jo White
Bob Dandridge
Kareem Jabbar
Bucks
Bullets
Bob Love
Bulls
District 2-34 Week Games Headline
Friday schedule lists Pecos at Fort Stockton Monahans at Kermit Andrews at Odessa Ector games Pecos at Fort Stockton and others in the district with matches including Odessa at Midland Permian and Midland Lee at Odessa, plus Lone Star region pairings Balmorhea at Imperial and Stanton at McCamey.
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Pecos
Fort Stockton
Monahans
Balmorhea Bears
Imperial
Buena Vista
Balmorhea
Squires and Erving lift Squires past Condors in ABA clash
Virginia Squires with Julius Erving and Charley Scott combined for 74 points as they overwhelmed the Pittsburgh Condors 149 136. Scott led with 39 points while Erving added 35 on 12 of 19 shooting and 11 free throws. Other ABA results included New York Nets 128 118 over Florida in double overtime and Utah 131 116 over Dallas as the league race tightens.
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Associated Press
Virginia Squires
Charley Scott
American Basketball Association
Julius Erving
Scott
Squires
Utah Stars
Erving
Pittsburgh Condors
Bill Melchionni
Billy Paultz
Nets
Paultz
Melchionni
Mack Calvin
Zelmo
Missouri 1971 schedule features five bowl teams
The University of Missouri football schedule for 1971 lists five opponents who played in bowls last season Stanford Air Force Nebraska Colorado and Oklahoma.
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University of Missouri
Stanford
Air Force
Nebraska
Colorado
Oklahoma
Longhorns seek Cotton Bowl win over improved SMU
Texas aims to end a Cotton Bowl skid as Darrell Royal notes SMU’s offense switch to a traditional formation and a stronger defense. The Longhorns, missing several players due to injuries, shuffle positions and promote freshman Mike McCulloch to No. 2 quarterback while three players face knee surgeries.
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Jack Keever
Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Texas
SMU
Longhorn
Darrell Royal
Royal
Jerry Sisemore
Rice
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Longhorns
Sisemore
Eddie Phillips
Texas Tech
Notre Dame
Julius Whittier
Bill Wyman
Mike McCulloch
Donnie
Wigginton
Jin Moora
Stan Mauldin
Keifer Marshall
Tommy Woodard
Cavaliers surge to top of Central Division in rookie year
The Cavaliers rise to first in the Central Division after seven games, a sharp contrast to last season's 16 wins in 80 games. The piece notes high school players in Cleveland and compares the franchise’s early success to the Mets’ baseball rise.
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National Basketball Association
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland
Cavaliers
Mets
Pecos Eagles
Pecos
Eagles
Carlsbad
Monahans
Seminole
Permian Drops to Eighth in AP Schoolboy Football Poll
The AP poll shows Odessa Permian dropping to No. 8 after a 9-7 loss to Cooper, while Cooper climbs and asserts in the top 10. Other top teams remain, with Plano entering the top 10 at No. 7 as McKinney falls.
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Permian
Associated Press
Abilene
Cooper
Wichita Falls
Coyotes
Odessa Permian
Panthers
Port Arthur Jefferson
Silsbee
Eastland
Sonora
McKinney
San Augustine
Woodsboro
Farmersville
Plano
Gregory Portland
Brownwood
Rockport
Diboll
Wylie
Hurst-Bell
Arlington
Crowley
Forney
Klein
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Royals
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Squires Hope
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Stan Mikita
Black Hawks
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Bobby Hull
Doug Jarrett
Jim Pappin
Leon Rochefort
Bill Collins
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Jesus Casillas
Becky White
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Bertha Jasso
Pearl Corrales
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Mike Oestreicher
Port Arthur
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