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Saturday, June 30, 1990
Chula Vista's Cucjen Has Grip on Baseball Career

As kids growing up in Chula Vista, Romy Cucjen and his younger brother, Rick, worked on developing good hands by throwing grounders to each other with a rubber-coated ball in the street.

Thursday, June 28, 1990
Ex-St. Bernard Star Is the Rolls-Royce of California League : Baseball: Royce Clayton, a first-round draft choice of the Giants in 1988, is living up to expectations.
Monday, June 25, 1990
Ireland Survives in a Shoot-Out : Romania Toppled After 120 Minutes of Scoreless Action

Ireland blazed to a 5-4 victory in a dramatic penalty shoot-out against Romania to reach the World Cup quarterfinals today after the game ended in a 0-0 tie despite 30 minutes of overtime.

Sunday, June 24, 1990
Alex : Johnson's Bitterness Toward Baseball Still Evident 19 Years After the Angels Suspended Their Only Batting Champion for Lacking Effort

In a back room of his mother's house, Alex Johnson picked up the silver bat.

Monday, June 18, 1990
THE SIDELINES : Rolando Roomes Goes to Expos

Cincinnati Reds outfielder Rolando Roomes was put on waivers and claimed today by the Montreal Expos.

Sunday, June 17, 1990
HOLLYWOOD PARK : At the End, Bayakoa Had Too Much

Bayakoa didn't fall down Saturday at Hollywood Park.

Thursday, June 14, 1990
FOOTNOTES : Maradona Admits Using Hand to Knock Ball Away From Goal Line

Argentine captain Diego Maradona admitted today he used his hand to knock the ball away from the goal line in Argentina's 2-0 World Cup victory over the Soviet Union.

Friday, June 8, 1990
Cameroon Shocks Argentina, 1-0 : Soccer: Unheralded team, playing shorthanded, upsets the defending champion in World Cup opener.

In one of the most stunning upsets in World Cup history, Cameroon beat defending champion Argentina, 1-0, today as Francois Omam Biyick scored while his team was shorthanded.

Thursday, June 7, 1990
San Marino Baseball Team Makes Most of a Second Chance : Preps: Titans beat El Segundo, 5-4, to win CIF Southern Section 2-A Division title. The Eagles defeated San Marino to win championship in 1989.

Since losing the CIF Southern Section 2-A Division baseball championship game a year ago, the San Marino High Titans had been dogged by the memory of a contest that they felt they should have won.

Wednesday, June 6, 1990
SIDELINES : Farwell to Manage NHL's Flyers

Russ Farwell had a long way to jump, but he made it today, becoming general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers.

Tuesday, June 5, 1990
1990 ALL-COUNTY SOFTBALL TEAM : Lauby's Rise Lifts El Toro Pitcher to the Top

Batters knew it was coming. As they waited, they told themselves: "Don't swing at the rise.

Saturday, June 2, 1990
Coverage of Soccer Is Missed by Some

Buried in the sports section today (May 25) was an obscure reference to the World Cup soccer championships that will begin in Italy on June 8.

Wednesday, May 23, 1990
Gwynn: Criticism 'Tough to Swallow' : Padres: His reaction to published comments by teammate Mike Pagliarulo overshadows another loss, 6-1 in Montreal.

Tony Gwynn, the Padre right fielder, kept saying over and over Tuesday how the clubhouse talk doesn't bother him.

Tuesday, May 22, 1990
Texas sports agent Lance Luchnick pleaded guilty...

Texas sports agent Lance Luchnick pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of violating Alabama's sports-agent registration law and was fined $5,000.

Sunday, May 20, 1990
SECTION SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS : Terry's Record List Grows by Two

The events and the years change, but the results are always the same for USDHS's Alison Terry.

Thursday, May 17, 1990
After All This, Golf Is Easy : LPGA: A mugging was only the latest in a series of painful events for Jan Stephenson. That she can return to the sport at all is a welcome relief.

It's as if someone or something were trying to get Jan Stephenson's attention.

Wednesday, May 9, 1990
Going From Spectacle to Spectacular : College track: Glendale hurdler Marty Beck had a disastrous debut last season, but this year he is unbeaten.

Marty Beck never ran hurdles in high school.

Thursday, April 26, 1990
Even in Prison, He Can't Get the Game Out of His System : Drugs: Bill Simpson was a baseball star at Lakewood High, but he failed to make the big leagues and was jailed for selling cocaine. Now he wants to serve his time doing community service.

Veterans Field is a dusty, wind-swept softball field at the Federal Prison Camp here in the Mojave Desert--about as far removed from the major leagues as one can get.

Tuesday, April 10, 1990
Motorcyclist Magee Critical After Crash

Australian motorcycle racer Kevin Magee was listed in critical condition Monday after surgery to remove a blood clot on his brain sustained in an accident at the U.S.

Wednesday, April 4, 1990
Southland : Ex-President Ford Has Surgery on Knee Injured in Football Days
Tuesday, April 3, 1990
30-Year-Old Bowling Alley Closes in June

Jerry Preston has been coming to the Aztec Bowl in Buena Park for 10 years.

Monday, April 2, 1990
Ruhlmann Is the Right Horse at Right Time : Santa Anita: On a speed-favoring track, he goes wire-to-wire to win the San Bernardino Handicap.

From sunup to sundown, Sunday was Gary Stevens' kind of day.

Saturday, March 17, 1990
SUNSET LEAGUE BASEBALL ROUNDUP : Bill's Home Run Helps Ocean View Top Barons

Ocean View High School's Kevin Bill will be the first to admit his second-inning home run against Fountain Valley Friday wasn't an awesome sight.

PREP BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS : Hayward Mt. Eden Has Strength in Reserve

Don't be surprised if Hayward Mt.

Friday, March 16, 1990
Coetzee Seriously Burned in Welding Accident

South Africa's most successful heavyweight boxer, former World Boxing Assn. champion Gerrie Coetzee, has been seriously burned in a welding accident on his farm near Johannesburg.

Friday, March 9, 1990
Strawberry's Father Did Not Know About Alcohol Problem

The one-story houses on Denker Avenue in south-central L.A. are so small and sit so closely together that it would be understandable if the sound of one telephone ringing caused three homeowners...

Sunday, March 4, 1990
Borella, Laguna Beach Players Turn Cold in Heat of Moment

Josh Borella offered no excuses.

Sunday, February 25, 1990
COMMENTARY : Boyd's Charges of Racism Add to Spring Gloom

Just wondering . . . --The Can. Make no mistake.

Wednesday, February 21, 1990
Tyson's Sister Dies of Apparent Heart Attack at 24

The 24-year-old sister of deposed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson died of an apparent heart attack today, police said.

Saturday, February 17, 1990
MOTOR RACING DAYTONA 500 : These Cars on Cruise Control

Forty-four cars will start in the Daytona 500 Sunday, but only 42 are official entries in stock car racing's biggest event.

Thursday, February 15, 1990
Swimmer of Past in Wave of Future : Olympic swimming: Thirty-plus Sandy Neilson-Bell seeks another Olympic medal, cash purses for swimmers.

It was a joyous interlude in an otherwise tragic event.

Wednesday, February 14, 1990
Cheers, to a Sport Gone Dry : Rugby: Players for the Old Mission Beach Athletic Club insist that their sport is no longer one of beer drinking and rowdiness. Those days are history.

Twice a week, after practice, they go to Tuba Man's for a little libation. That's about it.

Sunday, February 11, 1990
MIRACLE ON ICE, REVISITED : Brooks played his 'Rockne routine' at the right time

It's 10 years to the month that a certain locker room scene took place at the Lake Placid Olympics that has been lost in time.

Sunday, January 28, 1990
Irwindale: A Little City's Big Dreams Turn Sour : Raiders: Residents, hoping to lure pro football to the San Gabriel Valley, now feel they were used by Al Davis to get better offers from Los Angeles, Oakland and Sacramento.

Happy Hour was about to start.

Thursday, January 25, 1990
PREP NOTES : North Baseball Coach Resigns, Misses It Already

One of the great love affairs at North Torrance High School has ended.

Wednesday, January 24, 1990
Jan Stephenson Hurt in Mugging : Golf: She may miss two months of LPGA Tour after suffering fractures of ring finger of left hand.

Pro golfer Jan Stephenson returned to Phoenix today to consult hand surgeons after suffering two fractures in the ring finger of her left hand when she was mugged and robbed Tuesday night in Miami.

BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Last-Second Shot by Phinnessee Gives Bell-Jeff 44-43 Victory

D'Artagnan Phinnessee hit a 17-foot baseline jump shot with one second to play Tuesday night to lift Bell-Jeff High over Notre Dame, 44-43, and tighten the San Fernando Valley League standings.

Saturday, January 20, 1990
To Long Beach Three: Goodby : Volleyball: Cross, Sanders, Thompson combine to take 49ers to NCAA title with high-powered, sophisticated offense.

How do you say goodby to Tara Cross and little Sheri Sanders, a hitter and setter who in four years at Cal State Long Beach developed into one of the most dangerous combinations in collegiate...

Friday, January 5, 1990
Tournament of Champions : Waking Up Behind Bars : Golf: Greg Twiggs, the 1989 Shearson Lehman Hutton winner, says a scrape with the law last month is going to turn his life around.

Greg Twiggs sat in a jail cell for eight lonely hours last month, staring at three bare walls surrounding him and the steel bars in front of him, wondering what was going on in the outside world.

Sunday, December 31, 1989
Losing CBA Coach Is Charged With Assault

Charley Rosen, coach of the Rockford (Ill.)

Tuesday, December 26, 1989
1948 Olympic Swimming Medalist Ris Dies

Two-time Olympic gold-medal winner Walter Ris, 65, died of an apparent heart attack in his sleep Monday at his home in Mission Viejo.

Sunday, December 17, 1989
Bogues Makes Big Impression on Hornet Coach

Two weeks ago, after his Charlotte Hornets were routed by the New York Knicks, Coach Dick Harter was demonstrating to the New York media the problems that Muggsy Bogues, his 5-foot-3 point guard,...

BOXING : Honeymoon Over for Head of Commission

It has taken about 18 months, but finally, Randy Gordon is starting to lose some of his enthusiasm for being chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission.

Tuesday, December 12, 1989
Royals Sign Mark Davis to $13-Million Contract

Two weeks ago, a package of Kansas City Chamber of Commerce pamphlets, real-estate brochures and media guides arrived at Mark Davis' home in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Friday, November 24, 1989
The Funniest Name in Football : Colleges: Slippery Rock officials know it could be worse. The school could have been named Wechachochapohka.

"Some people don't believe we exist.

Wednesday, November 22, 1989
MVP Voting Is Landslide Victory for Kevin Mitchell

Kevin Mitchell, the San Francisco Giant left fielder, became the first player in 48 years to win the National League's most valuable player award after being traded twice.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL '89-90 : Big Reason for Lewis' Change Now Apparent : Basketball: Tom Lewis was considered selfish at USC, but raising a daughter is the main concern now for Pepperdine standout.

Before going their separate ways, Hank Gathers to Loyola Marymount and Tom Lewis to Pepperdine, they were teammates and classmates as freshmen at USC.

Friday, November 17, 1989
Former Seattle Seahawks general manager Michael Blatt...

Former Seattle Seahawks general manager Michael Blatt asked a one-time college football player to commit murder, a witness said in Stockton court Thursday.

Thursday, November 16, 1989
Lynwood High Loses on Playoffs

The season is over for Lynwood High, which had been in the Southern Section football playoffs 12 straight years.

Tuesday, November 14, 1989
Swimmer Victor Davis, 25, Dies of Injuries

Victor Davis, Canada's flamboyant Olympic gold-medal swimmer, died Monday from injuries incurred Saturday in an accident that Montreal police still are trying to unravel.

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