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Saturday, July 26, 1997
Knight Is Out as Manager of Reds

Ray Knight was fired Friday as the Cincinnati Reds' manager because he failed to win enough games and lost the respect of his players.

Friday, June 13, 1997
ALL-COUNTY BOYS' TRACK AND FIELD

CHARLES CROOK 100 meters Katella, Sr.

Wednesday, May 28, 1997
City Section 4-A Division Baseball Final At Dodger Stadium

WHO: Banning vs. El Camino Real. WHAT: City Section 4-A Division baseball championship game.

Wednesday, May 21, 1997
What a Relief Chatsworth Gets From Wold, 16-9

City 4-A: He shuts down Reseda in the last 1 2/3 innings and Chancellors reach quarterfinals.

Sunday, February 16, 1997
Ventura Softball Controversy Isn't Exactly Cut and Dried
Saturday, November 9, 1996
Barton Leads Centennial Over Norco

Corona Centennial High had a seven-year itch and Husky running back Damion Barton was just the back-scratcher the team needed Friday night.

Sunday, August 13, 1995
Beating the Odds : The owner of Los Alamitos Race Course is betting millions that his track can succeed amid a nationwide decline in horse racing and competition from other gaming outlets.
Friday, April 7, 1995
PREP NOTES : Villa Park's Hollis Commits to USC

Villa Park tennis player Ryan Hollis, a Times' second team all-county and Century League MVP, has committed to USC, said his father, Norm Hollis. * Corona del Mar's Tracy Clark, who won the Orange...

Friday, October 14, 1994
Celebrity Status : Jim Gleed Is Remembered for Record-Setting Game in 1979

Jim Gleed leads a rather normal, oatmeal-kind-of-a-life.

Sunday, September 11, 1994
PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

Hollywood 20, Los Angeles 16--Quarterback Nuggy Agun scored the winning touchdown, his second of the game, with seven seconds remaining to lead the Sheiks over the Romans at L.A.

Thursday, July 7, 1994
Notes on a Scorecard - July 7, 1994

I can use the three-day vacation from the World Cup. . . .

Saturday, June 25, 1994
TRACK AND FIELD / JOHN ORTEGA : Lipkis Dials Long Distance for Sprinters

Roger Lipkis, a coach for the West Valley Eagles Track Club, has again assembled a superb group of sprinters for the summer track season.

Thursday, June 2, 1994
U.S. Cuts 3, Names 22 for Cup
Friday, February 25, 1994
Garrett Morris of Saturday Night' Shot in Holdup

Garrett Morris, one of the original "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on the "Saturday Night Live" television show, was shot and critically wounded Thursday during a botched holdup attempt in the...

Thursday, November 25, 1993
Daft Finds His Voice in Time to Pump Life Into Foothill's Season

Kevin Daft, Foothill's passive quarterback, did a double-take. Had he heard that right?

Sunday, November 7, 1993
Trojans Put It Together Against Stanford, 45-20

Rob Johnson, Johnnie Morton and Deon Strother made most of the big offensive plays Saturday, enabling USC to end a two-year losing streak against Stanford and stay alive in the Pacific 10...

Sunday, October 17, 1993
Five Cities Are Vying for Two NFL Franchises : Pro football: Baltimore, Charlotte, N.C., Jacksonville, Fla., Memphis, Tenn., and St. Louis are the finalists, and each city believes it will be fielding an expansion team in 1995.

What's so great about having an NFL franchise? Let William Hudnut count the ways.

Saturday, June 12, 1993
Cawhorn Takes Big Step Toward Fulfilling His Dream : Baseball: Standout at Golden West and San Jose State is drafted by Indians.

Gerad Cawhorn has a closet full of awards to prove he has special talent as a baseball player.

Friday, April 30, 1993
Frustrated Player Left Paralyzed After Ramming Head Into Cement

Slobodan Jankovic, fuming at a call that fouled him out of the game, rammed his head against a cement block in anger and suffered a broken neck that left him paralyzed.

Tuesday, April 20, 1993
Insurance Company Tries to Call a Technical on $1-Million Shot

Don Calhoun, who sank a 76-foot shot in a basketball contest last week, will get his $1-million prize, even though he technically should have been disqualified, the sponsors say.

Wednesday, February 10, 1993
Jurisprudence

Jack Britton, a former Angel chef, sued the team, accusing owner Gene Autry and his wife of racial discrimination.

Friday, December 25, 1992
Remembering Roberto : It Was 20 Years Ago That Clemente Was Killed on a Mission of Mercy

As they have done for almost two decades, members and friends of the late Roberto Clemente's family will be on a Puerto Rican beach next Thursday, saying a rosary in memory of the extraordinary...

Tuesday, November 17, 1992
Victory Was Picture Perfect : UCLA's Comeback in 1965 Has Special Meaning for Donahue

A framed Sports Illustrated photo taken during UCLA's 20-16 victory over USC in 1965 hangs in Bruin Coach Terry Donahue's home office.

Tuesday, June 30, 1992
Rose Bowl Gets Final of World Cup

The international soccer federation made it official here Monday, selecting Pasadena's Rose Bowl as the site of the 1994 World Cup final and an unprecedented seven other games that organizers...

Thursday, June 4, 1992
SOUTHERN SECTION 3-A TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS : Experience Comes at Price for Aztecs

Now Esperanza knows what it's like to play in a Southern Section boys' tennis final.

Monday, May 25, 1992
Raj Bhathal Enjoys Taking Care of Business in a Different Field : Pro football: Newport Beach swimsuit manufacturer goes quietly about running the World League's Orlando Thunder.

Raj Bhathal is living the American dream in more ways than one.

Friday, May 15, 1992
Lyle Alzado Is Dead at 43 of Cancer : Football: The former Raider succumbs to a rare brain lymphoma that he said was brought on by use of steroids.

Lyle Alzado, a big, wild, talented, mean guy on the football field, whose intimidating style wreaked havoc on opponents and made him an NFL legend, died Thursday at his home in Lake Oswego, Ore.,...

Saturday, June 22, 1991
Canyon Coach Welch Suspended for Holding Off-Season Practice

Harry Welch, football coach at Canyon Country Canyon High, was suspended from coaching for a year Friday after the Southern Section's executive committee ruled that he was guilty of conducting an...

Friday, May 24, 1991
Marden's Marvelous Make Over : San Fernando Coach Leads Once-Woeful Tigers to Brink of City Baseball Title

Steve Marden sat in the bleachers at the San Fernando High baseball field, stretched out his legs after a hard day's practice and was struck by a strange revelation.

Thursday, April 11, 1991
Benjamin Fined $1,500 by NBA

Benoit Benjamin of the Seattle SuperSonics was fined $1,500 by the NBA Wednesday for making an obscene gesture before a game last week against the Clippers in the Sports Arena.

Sunday, March 31, 1991
Leonard Says He Used Cocaine After Injury : Boxing: After disclosure of testimony during divorce proceedings, former champion says he had been depressed by prospect of his career ending.

Former world boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard, struggling to control his emotions, said Saturday that he used cocaine for three years in attempting to escape "periods of great depression"...

Thursday, March 14, 1991
BASEBALL : DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES

General Manager Larry Doughty of the Pittsburgh Pirates said if it was up to him, he'd whip out the Pirate checkbook and start signing key players Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonilla, Andy Van Slyke and...

Saturday, August 25, 1990
Williams Not the Guy to Talk About Guts

So Dick Williams is at it again, referring to Mark Langston as gutless.

Monday, July 9, 1990
Wells Behind Early, Stays There in Loss : Dodgers: Rookie pitcher gives up three unearned runs in first inning of second major league start.

With the Dodgers' pitching as troubled as it has been this year, Terry Wells' arrival in the big leagues was greeted with little fanfare and much optimism.

Monday, October 9, 1989
Ireland's Carroll House Wins Arc

Carroll House of Ireland took control at the top of the stretch and won the 68th running of the $1.3 million Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Europe's richest horse race, Sunday after surviving a foul...

Wednesday, October 4, 1989
Crenshaw Still Trying to Recover After 39-36 Loss to Kennedy

At Crenshaw High School, the saying that losing a close game builds character probably is being uttered often this week because the Cougars' 39-36 loss to Kennedy of Granada Hills last Thursday...

Friday, June 23, 1989
Robin Took Best Punch, Tyson Says in Biography

A shocking new biography of Mike Tyson quotes the heavyweight champion as saying he enjoys hurting women and the best punch he ever landed was on ex-wife Robin Givens.

Thursday, December 29, 1988
High School Basketball Roundup : Sweetwater's Victory Double Trouble for Mar Vista

After suffering its first loss of the season Tuesday, the Sweetwater High School boys' basketball team was back in stride Wednesday, doubling the score against Mar Vista in the second round of the...

Tuesday, October 11, 1988
Boxer Hector Lopez, an '84 Olympian, Sought by Police in Kidnapping Case

Glendale police are seeking 1984 Olympic boxing silver medalist Hector Lopez for allegedly kidnapping his former girlfriend.

Thursday, September 8, 1988
FOOTBALL '88 : Muir and Bishop Amat Look Like Cream of the Prep Crop

In recent years, Bishop Amat High of La Puente and Muir of Pasadena have stood high above the rest in San Gabriel Valley prep football.

Wednesday, August 24, 1988
Tyson Fractures Hand in New York Street Fight

Heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson suffered a hairline fracture in his right hand early Tuesday in a street fight in New York with former boxer Mitch Green, who once lost a 10-round decision...

Thursday, June 30, 1988
Behind the Wheel With Jackie Stewart--for Real This Time

The helmet is on. Seat belts are fastened tight.

Sunday, July 12, 1987
LaMARR HOYT : A Trip Down a Twisting Road . . . Without Sleep

"Rotten luck," LaMarr Hoyt is mumbling to himself. "I get a new Porsche, and it don't work right.

Wednesday, July 1, 1987
Sweden's Sjoberg Sets High Jump Record at 7-11

Sweden's Patrik Sjoberg smashed the world high jump record Tuesday by clearing 7 feet 11 inches on his third and final attempt at an international track and field meet.

Monday, June 1, 1987
Lakers Say They Like Bird, Whatever His Color : And Now They Must Deal With the Problem of How to Slow Him Down a Bit

Dennis Rodman and the Detroit Pistons may think Larry Bird is just an "overrated white guy," but the Lakers don't agree.

Sunday, May 10, 1987
Golf : Azinger Puts Money Worries Aside and Becomes a Winner

It didn't hit him until about two days later.

Thursday, April 30, 1987
Gus Johnson, Former Bullets Great of the 1960s, Dies at 48

A man thought by many to be the prototype of today's professional basketball stars has died of brain cancer at the age of 48.

Tuesday, March 3, 1987
Don MacBeth Dies of Cancer at 37 : Fellow Riders Saw Him as a Champion

I got to the copying machine too late.

Friday, August 29, 1986
World Cycling Championships : East German Sets Kilometer Time Trial Record

East German Maik Malchow cut nearly a half-second off his world record in the amateur kilometer time trial Thursday night to win the first gold medal of the World Cycling Championships.

Sunday, August 17, 1986
BOB HORNER TRIES TO COPE WITH A REAL MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

Last Sunday, less than 24 hours before his younger brother could no longer fight leukemia, Bob Horner hit his 18th home run of the season.

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