Islanders close to third straight Cup in 3-0 win
New York Islanders shut out Vancouver 3-0 to move within one win of the third consecutive Stanley Cup. Bossy scored airborne, Gillies opened scoring, and Bill Smith posted his third career playoff shutout as Vancouver struggled to solve the Isles in front of a cheering crowd.
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Islanders
Vancouver
New York Islanders
Vancouver Canucks
Mike Bossy
Richard Brodeur
Stefan Persson
Bossy
Isles
Bill Smith
Canucks
Roger Neilson
Chicago
al Arbour
The
Brodeur
Smith
Clark Gillies
New York
Brent Sutter
Sutter
Gillies
Doug Halward
Cubs win 8,000th game milestone tops baseball history
Al Ripley and Lee Smith combine for a five run, three hit shutout as the Cubs beat the Astros 5-0 to become the first major league team to reach 8,000 victories. Ripley allowed two singles in six innings, with Smith closing. Other NL results: Cardinals over Braves 10-9, Mets over Dodgers 4-2, Phillies 8-1 over Giants, Expos 6-5 over Padres in 11, Reds 2-1 over Pirates.
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Associated Press
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
al Ripley
Lee Smith
Houston Astros
Ripley
Smith
St. Louis
Atlanta
New York
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Montreal
San Diego
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Mets
Dodgers
Hubie Brooks
Pete Falcone
Neil Allen
Brooks
Burt Hooton
Phillies
Giants
Dick Ruthven
Gary Matthews
Ruthven
Alan Fowlkes
Bob Dernier
RBI
Mike Schmidt
Matthews
Expos
Padres
Warren Cromartie
Terry Francona
Francona
Luis de Leon
Cromartie
Yankees
A’s
Steve Balboni
Ron Guidry
Oakland
Guidry
Dwayne Murphy
George Frazier
Shane Rawley
Area lakes yield solid catches as heat sparks fishing
The Southern Illinois fishing report notes improving action across Crab Orchard Kinkaid Lake Lake of Egypt Rend Lake Little Grassy Devil's Kitchen Glen Ford Murphysboro Lake and nearby waters. Channel catfish and bass lead catches with trotlines bank lines and top water lures. bluegill crappie and carp also active amid warm water readings around 65 to 72 degrees and shoreline spawning. A 16 pound channel catfish was reported at Murphysboro Lake and a 12 pound 8 ounce German brown trout was caught at Bull Shoals Lake by Dr Don Porter during a vacation.
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Mike Estes
Cambria
Wolf Creek Causeway
Dogwood Lane
Kinkaid Lake
Kinkaid
Lake of
Egypt
Pyramid Boat Dock
Rend
Nason Point
Jackie
Marcum
Illinois 183
Turnip
Marcum Cove
Devil’s Kitchen
Glen Ford
West Frankfort
Murphysboro Lake
Don Porter
Muphysboro
Bull Shoals Lake
Arkansas
White Sox rout Brewers as Hoyt improves to 7-0
Hoyt matched run support with 13 hits backing him in a 13-2 Chicago win over Milwaukee. Luzinski and LeFlore homered, while Hoyt silenced a bases loaded jam in the sixth. The White Sox moved to 9 wins in 10 games as Caldwell took the loss.
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Associated Press
Chicago White Sox
Lamarr Hoyt
Hoyt
White Sox
Milwaukee Brewers
Greg Luzinski
Ron LeFlore
Brewers
Marshall Edwards
Mike Caldwell
LeFlore
Casebeer makes national sports fest
Bicycler Dan Casebeer of Carbondale qualified for the National Sports Festival in Indianapolis by winning the 25 mile Glen Oak Park Criterium in Peoria Saturday. Casebeer, sponsored by Trek's Bicycles of Waterloo, Wisconsin, placed 13th on Sunday in the College Campus Criterium 85 man 40 mile sprint in Peoria. Members of the Southern Illinois University Phoenix Cycling Club, to which Casebeer is a former member, raced in Peoria over the weekend.
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Dan Casebeer
Carbondale
Indianapolis
Ind
Glen Oak Park
Peoria
Casebeer
Trek’s Bicycles
Waterloo
Wis
Southern Illinois University-Phoenix
Casebear
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Twins
Larry Herndon
Detroit
Jack Morris
Minnesota
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Benton
Illinois
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Bahans Garage
E. Fayette
Marion
Danny Adams & Son
1701
Perkins
Mar Pbaich
Oday Limited
Murphysboro
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Sterling Distributing Company
Worthington Drive
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