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Thursday, June 29, 1995
Foreman Relinquishes IBF Title

George Foreman has decided to relinquish his International Boxing Federation heavyweight championship and not give Axel Schulz a rematch, The Times has learned.

Friday, May 12, 1995
AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Yankees Hang On, Win, 12-11

They sailed along through six innings Thursday night in Toronto, the Blue Jays holding a three-run lead, and then the bottom dropped out.

Sunday, April 23, 1995
Relief Is Trivial Pursuit for Angels : Baseball: A brief look through history shows the team's bullpen has been, for the most part, less than effective over the years.

These might be questions only trivia fanatics can answer, but they say a lot about the state of the Angel bullpen over the years: Which Angel reliever has the record for lowest earned-run average...

Monday, December 5, 1994
VOLLEYBALL : CSUN Women Block Path of San Jose State
Sunday, June 26, 1994
WORLD CUP USA 1994

* EDITOR: Emilio Garcia-Ruiz * ASSISTANT EDITOR: Dave Morgan * COPY EDITORS: Jim Hodges, Steve Horn, Mike James, Rod Millie, Dave Moylan, Van Nightingale, Fred Robledo * REPORTERS: Norman Chad,...

Friday, June 24, 1994
Teen-Agers Make Pitch Against Gangs

The bet would not be settled until the bottom of the last inning, when Ziggy, a Vineland gang member since he was 11, swatted the ball into the outfield for a double, sending home Dora, whose...

WORLD CUP USA '94 / THE FIRST ROUND : Bolivians Throwing a Fit Over Scoreless Tie : Group C: Rough game against South Korea ends with angry South Americans criticizing officials and crying conspiracy.

Goals? Who needs goals? Not the World Cup game between South Korea and Bolivia on Thursday.

WORLD CUP USA '94 / THE FIRST ROUND : For Some, This Cup Is Too Hot to Handle : Weather: Heated discussions rage about temperatures and humidity; others coolly dismiss it as excuse-making.

We had to find something in common because while we're talking about John Starks, they're talking about John Harkes.

Thursday, June 23, 1994
WORLD CUP USA '94 / THE FIRST ROUND : Colombia Falls Off Perch : Group A: After death threat sidelines Gomez, poor play turns favorite's showing into a "disaster."

"This country has suffered a lot. Soccer helps relieve the pain."

Tuesday, June 7, 1994
PREP GOLF : Hoffman, Lee Win CIF Titles

You'll have to excuse Charley Hoffman if he wasn't doing back flips after winning the CIF-Southern California Golf Assn. boys' title Monday at Redlands Country Club.

Sunday, June 5, 1994
THE NBA / MARK HEISLER : Ratings Are Off, and Everybody Knows the Answer

The Ice Age cometh. NBA basketball, it's . . . disappearing.

Wednesday, May 11, 1994
Is Jackson Trying to Be Bulls' Ferry Godfather? : NBA playoffs: Coach takes his team for a tour of New York before practice.

Keep thinking, Phil, it's what you're good at.

Thursday, May 5, 1994
The Heather Chronicles : Just Who Is This Woman Who Has Captured the Heart of Senate Leader George Mitchell?

Perhaps it is a love story, this tale of the senator and his bride-to-be.

Thursday, March 17, 1994
CLU's Smith Planning to Compete Elsewhere

Jason Smith, one of the top reserves on the Cal Lutheran men's basketball team that compiled a 25-3 record this season, said Wednesday he plans to play elsewhere next season.

Sunday, January 30, 1994
Ins and Outs of Business on Super Sunday : Football: Big-screen TV and pizza sellers get land-office rush; so do sports bars. But pity the golf course and the shopping mall.

Paul Goldenberg--the guy who modestly proclaims himself "The King of Big Screen"--sold so many humongous TV sets last week that he extended the hours of his La Habra store until midnight and...

Sunday, November 14, 1993
A RUN FOR THE ROSES : USC Is the Team to Beat--for UCLA : Bruins' Streak Ends, 9-3, as Walker Has Tough Day

It was this kind of day for UCLA in a 9-3 loss to Arizona State on Saturday at the Rose Bowl: Third quarter, second and two on the Sun Devil 31.

Sunday, October 24, 1993
GOLF / SENIOR TOUR AT RANCHO PARK : Aoki Shoots a 63, Gains Share of Lead

Rancho Park bent Saturday, but the cream of the Los Angeles city golf courses didn't break.

Friday, September 24, 1993
Golfer Farr Has Surgery for Cancer

Surgeons on Thursday performed a highly delicate procedure aimed at destroying a cancerous tumor at the top of golfer Heather Farr's spinal cord.

Friday, July 30, 1993
Hot and Bothered : The Pop-Idol Publicity Wave May Be the Toughest That Surfing King Kelly Slater Has Ever Ridden

Kelly Slater ducks into a pinball arcade on the boardwalk.

Friday, June 25, 1993
Dominguez Gets Into Import Business : Valley Artist Has Become Agent for Baseball Stars Defecting From Cuba

Gus Dominguez, the artist, never pictured this.

Saturday, May 29, 1993
Father of Mary Pierce Ejected During Match, Not Allowed Back

Jim Pierce, the controversial father of French tennis player Mary Pierce, was removed by security guards from a court where his daughter was playing her match Friday at the French Open, and will...

Thursday, April 22, 1993
Fullerton Wins, Ties Softball Standings

Fullerton forced a three-way tie for the lead in the Orange Empire Conference softball race by beating Cypress, 5-2, Wednesday.

Wednesday, December 16, 1992
Shell Says He--Not Davis--Decided to Put Allen on Bench

Hurt would be the best word to describe Raider Coach Art Shell on Tuesday.

Thursday, October 22, 1992
No Endorsements From Holtz, Though Clinton Was His Lawyer

Despite the fact that Bill Clinton was once Lou Holtz's family attorney, the Notre Dame football coach isn't endorsing the Arkansas governor for president.

Sunday, September 6, 1992
Fullerton Feeling at Home : Titans: In the debut of their on-campus facility, they run away from CS Northridge, 28-7.

It wasn't only the new stadium that inspired Cal State Fullerton Saturday night; it was the 8,279 fans in it, a crowd that gave the Titans something they haven't experienced in years--a home-field...

Wednesday, May 20, 1992
Early Returns Favor Rule by the Penguins : NHL playoffs: Lemieux plays despite a broken hand and scores twice in Pittsburgh's 5-2 victory. Bourque fizzles in his Bruin comeback.

Mario Lemieux never thought his comeback could be this good.

Tuesday, March 17, 1992
104th and Crenshaw Is His Real World : Pro basketball: Byron Scott still visits the old neighborhood, a reminder of where he was, and where he is.
Sunday, February 16, 1992
Rancho Santiago Loses Game, Wins Title

Rancho Santiago was upset by Orange Coast, 95-91, in overtime Saturday, but the Dons still clinched the Orange Empire Conference men's basketball title.

Thursday, February 13, 1992
PREP NOTES

The Southern Section boys' basketball playoffs will begin Tuesday without at least one entrant--Anaheim High School.

Wednesday, February 12, 1992
Maryland Loses in Spotlight : Women's basketball: Before school and ACC record 14,500, No. 1 Terrapins fall, 75-74, to No. 2 Virginia.

Virginia's Dawn Staley drove the lane, dribbled behind her back and kept moving into Maryland's Limor Mizrachi and the padding underneath the basket.

Friday, November 8, 1991
Magic Johnson's Career Ended by HIV-Positive Test : Sports: The announcement stuns his public. The Lakers star emphasizes that he does not have AIDS. 'I plan to go on living for a long time,' he says.

With an announcement that stunned the nation, Earvin (Magic) Johnson, the brilliant guard who was the marquee name for the Lakers and the National Basketball Assn. for 12 years, retired Thursday,...

Thursday, October 10, 1991
Bo Runs in Water to Run on Land : Therapy: While football any time soon seems out of the question, rehabilitation in a pool is being tried to help him heal for baseball.

The marketers of Bo Jackson made us believe he could master a sport at a moment's notice.

Wednesday, September 18, 1991
Tennis Survives Despite Parents
Thursday, August 22, 1991
Tiger Cub to Return to the Den : Baseball: Former Kennedy standout Gino Tagliaferri will resume his career in Detroit's minor-league system next season.

There once again is a spring in Gino Tagliaferri's step, because next spring he will step across the lines and return to professional baseball.

Tuesday, August 13, 1991
Lendl Is Back, More Organized Than Ever

Watch Ivan Lendl play tennis and you will see a man of precision, a man in control.

Sunday, August 11, 1991
Blonde Ambition : With Her Wig or Not, There's No Disguising That Monica Seles Has Gained a Reputation as the No. 1 Eccentric in the Women's Game

When Monica Seles arrived in Southern California late last month, she walked off the airplane in San Diego and strolled unnoticed past Raquel Giscafre, the tournament promoter who had gone to meet...

Monday, July 29, 1991
MINOR LEAGUE NOTEBOOK / MIKE DiGIOVANNA : Former Teammates Are Keeping Alive a Friendly Rivalry

They were friends and teammates for years, forming one of Orange County's most prolific high school pass/catch combinations in football and a potent one-two punch in baseball.

Thursday, May 23, 1991
From the Turf to the Table : Hollywood Park: The Goose Girl is back in the infield, chicken is on the menu, and how about those Asian crab cakes?

"I'll be on the radio," Bob Creelman mutters to his secretary as he strides out of his office.

Thursday, May 2, 1991
All-Star Game Was a Comedy of Errors

It would be putting it mildly to say that an all-star girls' basketball game played Saturday at El Camino College experienced some difficulties.

Sunday, April 14, 1991
Donny Osmond, Parnelli Jones Winners of Pro-Celebrity Event : Auto racing: Singer says that he would like to continue driving in races, if he can work it into his schedule.

Singer Donny Osmond and former Indianapolis 500 winner Parnelli Jones were winners in the pro-celebrity race Saturday at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

Friday, April 12, 1991
He Towers Over His Opponents : Tennis: Meet UC Irvine's Brett Stern, a 5-foot-5 freshman who has had the hot hand lately as the Anteaters' No. 5 singles player.

Even the most successful junior players can be a bit intimidated when they start playing tennis with the Division I big boys as freshmen in college.

Saturday, March 30, 1991
Valenzuela's Reflection Is a Sober One : Dodgers: A day after his release, he says he was signed to be showcased in Mexico, which O'Malley denies.

There had been relief in his voice and few regrets in his words.

Wednesday, February 27, 1991
Football

Pittsburgh Athletic Director Ed Bozik, whose department is the subject of investigations into booster funds and recruiting practices, will retire on July 1.

Saturday, January 19, 1991
Austrian Skier Dies After Accident in Qualifying

Austrian World Cup ski racer Gernot Reinstadler died early today, hours after breaking his pelvis and suffering severe internal injuries in a high-speed crash near the finish line in a qualifying...

Wednesday, October 17, 1990
Colts Take Dickerson Back Into the Fold

Most of the Indianapolis Colts have accepted Eric Dickerson's return to the team.

Saturday, September 29, 1990
Crespi Awakens, Levels Bishop Montgomery, 35-13

A week after absorbing its annual spanking by Loyola High, Crespi's football team was looking to mete out some corporal punishment of its own when it took on Torrance Bishop Montgomery in the...

Saturday, September 22, 1990
A Fighter Gives In to His 7-Year Itch : North Hollywood's Shields Returns to Ring--and Joe Goossen's Camp

Nineteen years ago, a tough kid from Grant High, a senior on the football team who in his 18 years had not found many other kids that he could not beat up, went looking for a fight.

Wednesday, September 19, 1990
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?: PETE LaCOCK : Baseball Nomad Finds a Home in the Midwest : Family man: After a brief but unpleasant stay in Japan, former Taft High standout is happily settled in Kansas City.

He could very well be the answer to a question on "Hollywood Squares," the TV game show hosted by his father Peter Marshall: "Which former major league baseball player played in the World Series...

Thursday, September 13, 1990
McCallister, Co-Owner of Athletic Club, Dies

George Lee McCallister, co-owner of Studio City Golf & Tennis Club and a former professional golfer, has died in Los Angeles.

Wednesday, September 12, 1990
Steroid Use Gave Athlete an Advantage, and Took Its Toll : Aftermath: Darek Dohy took the drug in high school and college. He got bigger and stronger, but now he's worried.

"I took football on as a job. Football was like a third parent to me. It taught me a lot about life.

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