Rangers Move 11-Player Trade Shakes Winter Meetings
The Texas Rangers orchestrate a four-team swap involving Al Oliver Bert Blyleven Jon Matlack and Willie Montanez. The deal also touches Pirates Mets Braves and Orioles amid a flurry of moves and managerial drama at Honolulu meetings.
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Braves
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Mets
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Corbett
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Pirates
Milner
Matlack
Bert Bly
Baltimore Orioles
New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs
Dave Rader
Hector Cruz
St. Louis
Jerry Morales
Steve Swisher
Cubs
George Mitterwald
Chicago Bulls Coast Past Nets in Snow Delayed Game
The New Jersey Nets, 3-22 and hampered by a late arrival, fell behind 19-0 and lost 104-78 to the Chicago Bulls at Chicago Stadium. Nets coach Kevin Loughery called their effort weak as Milwaukee edged Golden State 117-116 in the night’s other NBA result.
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Ricky Marsh
Kilmer to Start for Redskins in Do or Die Clash
Washington prepares Billy Kilmer to start at quarterback against St. Louis with Joe Theismann as backup. Both teams sit at 7-5 as the winner claims a wild card push, under frigid weather at Busch Stadium with a sellout crowd.
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Campbell Awarded Heisman Trophy
Earl Campbell, a 220 pound Tyler Texas product, won the 43rd Heisman Trophy on CBS in a television spectacle. He led the nation with 1,744 rushing yards while trailing voters Ken MacAfee and Terry Miller in the final tallies. Campbell expressed joy despite a poker face and recalled watching Dorsett win years earlier.
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Ken MacAfee
Oklahoma State
Terry Miller
Miller
MacAfee
Ford, Polston, and Thompson Named to Region First Team
Warren County running back Mike Ford along with Handley linemen Grant Thompson and Willie Polston earned a spot on the Group AA Region II all regional football team after regional coaches vote. They had earlier been named to the all Northwestern District and Star's All Area teams.
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Grant Thompson
Willie Polston
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Polston
Vada Smith
David Shockley
Loudoun Valley
Biorhythms Spark Rush Of Sports Psychology In Pro Football
A look at biorhythms as a coaching tool spans football baseball horse racing and betting. Cowboys scout John Wooten questions Moseley's low cycles while Walter Payton's triple high is cited as evidence. Experts say cycles influence physical emotional and intellectual states with critical days affecting performance.
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