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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.,...

Thursday, December 26, 1991
1991 PREP FOOTBALL ALL-STARS : Running Backs Rucker, Lo Lead Parade of Glendale Stars : All-Stars: Glendale and La Canada runners are joined in backfield by St. Francis' Laurence and Marshall's Rodriguez.

The 1991 high school football season was successful for many teams in the Glendale area.

Friday, December 13, 1991
Camp Kilpatrick Reeling After Football Setbacks

Camp Kilpatrick High's football program has been left in limbo by the recent loss of its league affiliation and the resignation of Coach Sean Porter.

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.

Tuesday, October 10, 1989
Tests Didn't Let Copeland Know Danger He Faced

This football season in the Southland will be remembered for the deaths of three outstanding players.

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.

Saturday, March 26, 1988
NBA Roundup : Celtics Blow a 30-Point Lead and Lose to 76ers

If the Philadelphia 76ers are a bad team, as Charles Barkley has said, then what are the Boston Celtics?

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.

Saturday, July 26, 1986
A Skater Who Likes the Heat : Charles King Speeds Toward the Top of His Class at U.S. Olympic Festival

If speed skater Charles King does well at this weekend's U.S.

Tuesday, July 1, 1986
Boxer David Braxton has been stripped of...

Boxer David Braxton has been stripped of his North American Boxing Federation 154-pound title after cocaine was found in his system following a May 22 title fight in Detroit, a NABF executive said.

Wednesday, May 14, 1986
Azusa Pacific had little trouble winning its...

Azusa Pacific had little trouble winning its fifth straight NAIA District III men's track title and its third straight women's title.

Tuesday, April 29, 1986
Scholarships Taken From 3 USC Freshmen : Lewis, Gathers and Kimble Receive Word From Raveling

Tom Lewis, Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble, USC's three star freshman basketball players, were informed by a letter from Coach George Raveling Monday that their scholarships will not be renewed.

Sunday, March 30, 1986
Racing at Santa Anita : Dahar, Running Better After Operation, Wins San Luis Rey

Dahar is a horse who had been running in discomfort for some time.

Wednesday, March 5, 1986
SOUTHERN SECTION SOCCER PLAYOFFS : Acuna Leads Simi Valley Toward Title

Senior Ricky Acuna scored two goals and assisted on another to lead Simi Valley High to a 4-1 victory Tuesday night over Thousand Oaks.

Sunday, October 27, 1985
Match Play Golf Championship : O'Grady, Silent but Deadly on 18th, Defeats Watson

Mac O'Grady dropped an 18-foot par putt on the 18th hole and upset defending champion Tom Watson, 1 up, Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Seiko Tucson Match Play championship.

Sunday, July 28, 1985
A LOOK AT THE OTHER SPORTS...

This time last year, the United States had won the silver medal in the Olympic modern pentathlon team competition and finally seemed to draw at least a bit of interest in the relatively obscure...

Tuesday, July 16, 1985
The Stopper: : The A's Gambled on Trade With Yankees for Jay Howell and Came Up Big Winners

At 6 feet 3 inches and 205 pounds--blond, blue-eyed and baby-faced--Jay Canfield Howell resembles a larger Robert Redford playing Roy Hobbs in "The Natural."

Saturday, June 29, 1985
WAS IT SMASHING OR WAS IT STUPID? : Anne White Says Wearing a Body Suit at Wimbledon Was Fun While It Lasted

No Sex Please, We're British .

Monday, April 15, 1985
THE DAYS OF THE JACKLE : Hitting Baseballs Is What Sets Cypress' James Jackle Apart From Others

James Jackle is one of those players who makes hitting look so easy, so effortless, that you forget it's just about the most difficult thing to do consistently in all of sports.

Saturday, January 26, 1985
Decker Slaney Wins, Tells of Mugging Try

Mary Decker Slaney, six days after fighting off a mugging attempt, won the women's mile in 4:22.01 during the Wanamaker Millrose Games Friday night at Madison Square Garden, missing her world...

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