Thus, Red Sox DH Don Baylor figures to sit out the games tonight and Sunday night. However, if [Bill Buckner] can’t play, Baylor will be the first baseman. Buckner said Friday that he was considerably improved after suffering the injury to his right Achilles’ tendon while running out a grounder during the first inning of…
QB WITH HURT HAND INSPIRED SPRINGERS
The Highland Springs senior quarterback had broken the fourth metacarpal of his right hand as he completed a pass against Hermitage. And the Springers were in a fight with the Panthers and Henrico for a Central Region playoff berth. 10-10 tie with Lee-Davis. The deadlock gave the 1984 co-district champions a berth in tomorrow’s Central…
FOR THE RECORD
BOXING Heavyweight-George Foreman signed to fight Charlie Hostetter in Oakland, 10 rounds. Featherweight-WBA champion Antonio Esparragosa (sore tendons in hand) postponed bout with Pascual (Macho) Aranda from Sunday to July 26. Super bantamweight-WBC champion Jeff Fenech will defend title against Greg Richardson of U.S. July 10 in Sydney. Full text: The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext),…
Magic man gets 6,000th assist in Lakers win
SIXERS 116, NUGGETS 106 — Charles Barkley had 26 points and 25 rebounds, equaled his own NBA season-high of 16 offensive rebounds and also had nine assists. Philadelphia won its fifth game in seven starts, beating Denver at the Spectrum. www.carpaltunnel-cure.com Philadelphia’s Maurice Cheeks, who was playing with a dislocated middle finger on his left…
No business like the horse business Trainer back in the paddock after spending year as a cabbie
Like a bolt out of the blue in mid-February, owner and trainer Nick DeToro called to ask if [Mullen] would be interested in handling his 10-horse string this season. Would he Mullen jumped at the chance. Mullen, who is ably assisted by his wife Janett in the mornings, and their 19-year-old son Blair on weekends,…
SPORTS PEOPLE; Surgery for Slaney
www.carpaltunnel-cure.com LEAD: Mary Slaney, the distance-running star, underwent arthroscopic surgery on her right Achilles’ tendon yesterday, forcing her out of the Prefontaine Classic Saturday. She underwent surgery on the same tendon last November Carpal Tunnel Exercises.
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Robert Emmiyan of the Soviet Union became the second long jumper to leap 29 feet, soaring 29-1 Friday, the Tass news agency said www.carpaltunnel-cure.com. Emmiyan’s jump was only 1 1/2 inches short of the world record of 29-2 1/2, set in the 1968 Olympics by Bob Beamon of the United States. Until Friday, the second-longest…
Physiotherapy helps Renfrew weightlifter achieve gold at Games
SYDNEY, N. S. – With a little help from his friends in the physiotheraphy room, Garry Brydges of Renfrew won the 56-kilogram gold medal in weightlifting Tuesday at the Canada Winter Games. Brydges, who competes for the Ottawa Trojans Weightlifting Club, became the first athlete from the Ottawa Valley to win a gold medal at…
Dodgers: After down year, is LA at breaking point
http://carpaltunnel-cure.com For the first time in a decade distinguished by five division championships, the phrase “Break up the Dodgers” has new meaning. Their fans are saying it — not their opponents. The Dodgers were that bad in 1986. They matched their worst record (73-89) in Los Angeles history and came within a half-game — a…
SCHOOL DISTRICTS SPORTS-INJURY RELEASE FORM OK, SAYS JUDGE
http://www.carpaltunnel-cure.com The Seattle School District’s sports-injury release form represents “a reasonable compromise,” said King County Superior Court Judge Donald Haley in a ruling yesterday. Judge Haley allowed the continued use of the form, saying the athletic program was not part of basic eduation, it is a volunteer endeavor, and the form is a reasonable response…