Chicago sports woes spur wild change of scenery
Column argues Chicago teams stay mired in losses and suggests moving venues or renaming franchises to spark a winning image. It mocks long struggles of the Cubs Sox Bears Bulls and proposes drastic branding shifts from Clark Street Cubbies to Chicago Duckbill Platypuses and similar provocative ideas.
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Top field named for turf feature at Arizona Downs
A high quality turf feature race draws ten class horses at Turf Paradise led by Fu Manchu and Ultra Energy in the Fountain Hills Purse six furlongs. Fu Manchu carries 116 pounds with Ron Carrasco up. Ultra Energy and two others tote 121 pounds. Remaining entries include The Gay Greek Genie's Machine Little Man's Boss Ruler's Mate Topless Tea Frann Ann O Handlan Centaur Blaze with riders Ortiz Allardyce Petersen Fleming Sorenson Krasner Burns.
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Chuck's Choices First Race Paddock Preview
A compact tote style list of nine horse races with three entries each. Notable contenders include Wetok Squaw Little Marisa Hedwig Doc Taylor Sharp Rise Stormy Ford Gavelanche Long Tall Ida Marital Sparkle Like a Gem and matching numbers across races.
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Bonham Stars Cubs Past A’s in 4-1 Spring Win
Cubs beat Oakland 4-1 at Scottsdale Stadium as Bill Bonham excels 5 2/3 innings with six strikeouts, while Jim Marshall surveys a shortened spring and notes pitchers are adapting to on-field work. Cardenal and Roselio contribute key hits as Zamora and Garman close out win.
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Local sports schedule headlines for Friday to Sunday
Tonight features Portland at Phoenix in NBA action plus ASU hosting Oregon State in baseball. Other events include sprint car racing at Manzanita Speedway, Arcadia Corona do and Trevor Browne boys track meets, and a full weekend slate of pro baseball and college tournaments at Packard Stadium and Scottsdale Stadium.
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Nervous Vasquez to face Mesa in key SCC baseball showdown
Scottsdale Community College rests its playoff hopes on pitcher Jerry Vasquez as he eyes a comeback start against Mesa Community College after an arm injury. Vasquez aims to reclaim his form, hoping to split or sweep the Mesa series and bolster SCC’s chances.
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Red Sox Fall to Expos in 13th Inning Exhibition Loss
Boston manager Darrell Johnson praised starter Reggie Cleveland and relievers Willoughby and House after Montreal broke a 3-3 tie in the 13th to win 6-5. Cleveland allowed three runs on seven hits with five strikeouts. Bomback took the loss. Larry Bittner drove in two for Montreal with a two run single.
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Chisox demote three pitchers to minor league camp
The Chicago White Sox reassigned pitchers Ken Kravec Tom Stoddard and Chris Knapp to the minor league camp during the second cut of the year in Sarasota Florida Also moved first baseman Mike Squires to the minor league camp on Thursday
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