Compiled by Joe Farrell
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
04-07-1995
SPORTS TALK
Compiled by Joe Farrell
Date: 04-07-1995, Friday
Section: SPORTS
Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early
Column: SPORTS TALK
BAD NEWS BEARERS:
An Ohio newspaper was told by management of the
Canton-Akron Indians of the Class AA Eastern League that any negative
articles about the team would result in revocation the paper's press box
privileges.
The newspaper, The Repository, sent its own message. It returned the
press credentials. The newspaper said it would cover the games from the
stands if the club does not change its position.
'We don't base our coverage on whether or not the boss likes it,'
said The Repository's sports editor, Bob Stewart.
THINKING YOUNG:
How did Mavis Lindgren of Orleans, Calif., recently
celebrate her 88th birthday while visiting London? She ran a marathon.
'I've had a wonderful day,' she said after plodding around the
26-mile, 385-yard course in 9 hours, 6 minutes, and 42 seconds.
'People sang `Happy Birthday' to me all around the course, children
were offering me sweets. I cramped up from time to time, but I got
there.
'Now all I want is a hot bath.'
ONE-LINERS:
According to figures compiled by the NFL Players
Association, the nearly 140 players who have signed free-agent deals
this year have almost doubled their average salaries -- from $520,731 in
1994 to $1,034,582 in '95. . . . Overheard at the Baltimore Orioles
workout on Wednesday in Sarasota, Fla.: a Florida TV reporter asking if
Cal Ripken's shot at breaking the record for consecutive games played is
over because the season has been shortened, and then asking who holds
the record . . . The Seattle Mariners' replacement players lost an
average of five pounds per man after manager Lou Piniella eliminated ice
cream, potato chips, and cheese from the spring training menu.
THEY SAID IT:
Bryant 'Big Country' Reeves of Oklahoma State, when
asked about his future plans: 'Whatever happens to me next year will
happen to me, regardless of what happens.' . . . Thomas Hearns, after
knocking out Lenny Lapaglia Friday night to win the World Boxing Union
cruiserweight championship: 'It's just one step. The next step, I need
to go get a title that people really know.'
Illustrations/Photos: PHOTO - ASSOCIATED PRESS - ATLANTA FLAMES: Malcolm Greer,
whose company designed the Olympic torch, at unveiling in Atlanta. About 15,
000 torches will carry the Olympic flame from Greece to Georgia in 1996.
Keywords: SPORT
Copyright 1995 Bergen Record Corp. All rights reserved.
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
04-07-1995
SPORTS TALK
Compiled by Joe Farrell
Date: 04-07-1995, Friday
Section: SPORTS
Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early
Column: SPORTS TALK
BAD NEWS BEARERS:
An Ohio newspaper was told by management of the
Canton-Akron Indians of the Class AA Eastern League that any negative
articles about the team would result in revocation the paper's press box
privileges.
The newspaper, The Repository, sent its own message. It returned the
press credentials. The newspaper said it would cover the games from the
stands if the club does not change its position.
'We don't base our coverage on whether or not the boss likes it,'
said The Repository's sports editor, Bob Stewart.
THINKING YOUNG:
How did Mavis Lindgren of Orleans, Calif., recently
celebrate her 88th birthday while visiting London? She ran a marathon.
'I've had a wonderful day,' she said after plodding around the
26-mile, 385-yard course in 9 hours, 6 minutes, and 42 seconds.
'People sang `Happy Birthday' to me all around the course, children
were offering me sweets. I cramped up from time to time, but I got
there.
'Now all I want is a hot bath.'
ONE-LINERS:
According to figures compiled by the NFL Players
Association, the nearly 140 players who have signed free-agent deals
this year have almost doubled their average salaries -- from $520,731 in
1994 to $1,034,582 in '95. . . . Overheard at the Baltimore Orioles
workout on Wednesday in Sarasota, Fla.: a Florida TV reporter asking if
Cal Ripken's shot at breaking the record for consecutive games played is
over because the season has been shortened, and then asking who holds
the record . . . The Seattle Mariners' replacement players lost an
average of five pounds per man after manager Lou Piniella eliminated ice
cream, potato chips, and cheese from the spring training menu.
THEY SAID IT:
Bryant 'Big Country' Reeves of Oklahoma State, when
asked about his future plans: 'Whatever happens to me next year will
happen to me, regardless of what happens.' . . . Thomas Hearns, after
knocking out Lenny Lapaglia Friday night to win the World Boxing Union
cruiserweight championship: 'It's just one step. The next step, I need
to go get a title that people really know.'
Illustrations/Photos: PHOTO - ASSOCIATED PRESS - ATLANTA FLAMES: Malcolm Greer,
whose company designed the Olympic torch, at unveiling in Atlanta. About 15,
000 torches will carry the Olympic flame from Greece to Georgia in 1996.
Keywords: SPORT
Copyright 1995 Bergen Record Corp. All rights reserved.
