Blue chip athletes courted by multiple sports across draft
Major league baseball pitches the appeal of a long career and skill mastery to top scholastic athletes amid a battle with football and basketball for blue chip talent. Kirk Gibson of Michigan State and Missouri Valley Conference standouts Keeton DeSimone Stieb Simond and Robinson are noted as draft prospects.
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New York
Major League Baseball
America
Kirk Gibson
Michigan State
MSU
Gibson
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Rick Keeton
Jerry DeSimone
Dave Stieb
Rob Simond
Missouri Valley Conference
Braves
Snyder
Ludmila Tourischeva Quietly Builds Soviet Gymnastics Legacy
Russian star Ludmila Tourischeva, a queen of Olympic gymnastics, has retired from competition after Montreal 1976 and now coaches the Soviet team preparing for Moscow 1980. She boasts nine Olympic medals and over 130 career medals, while promoting Olympic stamps to fund the 1980 Games. Her husband, Valeri Borzov, is a noted sprinter and running partner.
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Hal Bock
Associated Press
Olga Korbut
Nadia Comaneci
Ludmila Tourischeva
Tourischeva
Olga
Nadia
Ludmila
Montreal
Moscow
Valeri Borzov
Borzov
Athens
Steinbrenner Threats in Tough Talks Echo In Baseball
George Steinbrenner warned of hard negotiations with the MLB Players Association at an AP Sports Editors convention in Dallas. He claimed the next talks will be the toughest yet, while Marvin Miller defended the 1977 settlement as fair and balanced. Miller noted baseball’s strong finances and the game’s growth, citing salaries as a modest share of revenues and pension gains from bargaining.
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Hal Rock
Associated Press
George Steinbrenner
New York Yankees
Major League Players Association
Marvin Miller
Associated Press Sports
Dallas
Steinbrenner
David
Miller
William Shakespeare
Macbeth
Auld to Speak at LaBoss Club Meeting
Judy Auld the Southern Illinois University Carbondale women's tennis coach will address LaBoss Club members, a Saluki athletics booster group, at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the LBJ Steak House.
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Judy Auld
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
LaBoss
Saluki
LBJ
Astroth Named ISHA Executive Director in Illinois
Bloomington AP reports Lavere L. Astroth 57 was appointed executive director of the Illinois High School Association succeeding retiring Harry Fitzhugh. Astroth has served as assistant executive director since 1967 and previously coached, directed athletics and administered schools.
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Bloomington
Lavere L
Liz) Astroth
Illinois High School Association
Harry Fitzhugh
Astroth
Fitzhugh
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MVC
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Richard “Itchy” Jones
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Mickey Mantle
Paul Snyder
Atlanta Braves
Bob Fontaine
San Diego
Dave Winfield
Padres
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University of Minnesota
Fontaine
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Olympia
Olympia Beer
Olympia Brewing Company
Olympia, Washington
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West Main Carbondale
Illinois
Carterville
Herrin
Equal Housing Lender
Buck Miller
Kelly-Springfield
Seiberling
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