Baseball keeps America’s game and legends alive
AP Special Correspondent Will Grimsley argues baseball preserves its history through the Old Timers and the Hall of Fame. He notes the Cracker Jack Old Timers Classic July 18 in Washington D C and praises Commissioner Bowie Kuhn for safeguarding the game’s integrity over 14 years.
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Will Grimsley
Chicago
Bowie Kuhn
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C
Luke Appling
DiMaggio
Musial
Feller
Dickey
Hank Aaron
Phil Rizzuto
Peoria
Kuhn
Head discipline makes Boggs a hitter in Boston
Wade Boggs is praised for head down hitting and perfect eye on the ball. The piece traces his discipline, influence from Pete Rose and his Marine Corps background, and notes his steady rise from Little League to a .360 season with the Boston Red Sox.
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Boston
Peter Richmond
Knight-Ridder
Wade Boggs
Carl Yastrzemski
Walt Hriniak
Marine Corps
Pete Rose
Red Sox
Satilla
Brunswick
Wade
H.D. Plant High School
Tampa
Reggie
Boggs
Bruce Hurst
Rod Carew
Cleveland attorney reviewed top 100 golf courses list
C A Bud Thompson, a Cleveland attorney and golf official, spent five years and many trips to examine Golf Digest top 100 courses. He disputes some rankings, notes access to exclusives, and lists his own top ten including Augusta National and Cypress Point. He mentions Oak Tree, Butler National, and Bob-O-Link as men-only clubs.
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Cleveland
C.A
Bud” Thompson
Golf Digest Magazine
Thompson
Northern Ohio Professional Golf Association
Golf Course Superintendents Association
Golf Writers Association of America
Princeville
Hawaii
PGA
Florida
Augusta
Pine Valley
New Jersey
Prairie Dunes
Hutchinson
Kan
Augusta National
Baltusrol
the Country Club of
North Carolina
Cypress Point
Muirfield Village
Quaker Ridge
Merion
Seminole
Phyliss
Oak Tree
Edmond
Okla
Butler National
Bob-O-Link
Chicago
Magic Hopes Kareem Stays With Lakers Amid Trade Talks
Magic Johnson speaks on Kareem Abdul Jabbar possibly leaving for $4 million, calling life with the Lakers ideal and stressing he hopes Kareem remains. The Phil Hubbard All Star game drew about 1,800 as Dawkins and Johnson starred, with proceeds benefiting Operation Positive.
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Tom Melody
Knight-Ridder
Canton
Magic Johnson
Los Angeles Lakers
Kareem Abdul- Jabbar
Kareem
Lakers
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
National Basketball Association
Phil Hubbard
Darryl Dawkins
Birmingham
Ala
Kalamazoo
Lansing
Michigan
Geoff Huston
Greg Kelser
Isiah Thomas
Herb Williams
Reggie Theus
Mark Aguirre
Operation Positive
Nate Hubbard
Phil
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Suzanne Lenglen
Big Bill
Suzanne
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Ben Hogan
Red Grange
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Jim Brown
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Big City
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Julio Cruz
Rick Manning
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White Sox
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Wayne
Navy
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