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Baseball’s Other Hot Contests; Big Hitters Vie for Batting Crown but Might Not Admit It

”I don’t have any comment on it,” Carney Lansford said not long ago. ”Don’t even bother asking me about it. I don’t care about batting titles and batting races.” ”I’m not saying he’s sitting out on purpose,” said [Tony Gwynn], who has a sore left Achilles’ tendon and a sore right foot. ”I’m just saying if he’s hurt and he’s not playing, it’s hard to catch him. I know Will’s a competitor. He likes to go out there and play. He doesn’t like to sit around. But if they clinch early, they’re going to give him time to regroup and get ready for the playoffs. ”But if he doesn’t play, it’s going to take me two or three games to catch him unless I have a couple of perfect games,” Gwynn said, ”and realistically, that’s not probable at the end because usually you’re going to see guys you’ve never seen before. It’s going to be real difficult.”
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Full Text: New York Times Sep 27, 1989

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Virginia Worries About Insulted Clemson, Injuries

[Nikki Fisher] started at tailback last year when [Marcus Wilson] was hurt and finished the season with 329 yards on 80 carries, including a 139-yard effort against North Carolina. But late in the year he suffered an Achilles’ tendon injury that still bothers him; he said doctors now believe it is gout. Fisher began summer drills as the No. 2 tailback behind Wilson but bruised ribs in the preseason and dropped to third. He initially resisted notions of redshirting this year despite getting only four carries in the season’s first four games, but [George Welsh] persuaded him three weeks ago it was the best course. He’ll likely start this week, though Welsh wouldn’t commit to anyone, and Fisher said Wilson promised on Sunday that he will play.
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Full Text: The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext) Oct 3, 1989

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Saints’ Mayes out year

Running back Rueben Mayes of the New Orleans Saints, sidelined since training camp with pain in the Achilles tendon of his right leg, will undergo surgery next week and be out for the season. Mayes will have the same surgery used to repair his frayed left Achilles tendon following the 1986 season. In that surgery, physicians grafted fibres from Mayes’s thigh onto the damaged tendon, a procedure known as augmentation. Angelika Krylova and Vladimir Leliukh of the Soviet Union won their first major international competition with a strong free dance. Jeanne Miley and Michael Verlich of the United States placed second in the free dance, good enough to move them from third to second overall. Isabelle Sarech and Xavier Debernis of France slipped to third spot overall …
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Full Text: The Gazette Oct 6, 1989

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Stretching will keep athletes on the go

[Paul D. Grace] oversees sports injury care and management covering at least 37 varsity sports (MIT’s athletics is “one of the nation’s best-kept secrets,” he says). Experience, says Grace, shows him that flexibility literally has to come first in preventing football injury. He says warmed-up, limber muscle with good blood flow is less likely to be hurt. Ten minutes of pregame warm-up and another 10 of postgame cooldown “can greatly reduce the incidence of these weekend maladies,” he says. Grace also recommends stretching during the week to control lingering soreness. And, say experts, this means you. Grace thinks you should concentrate on the Achilles tendon, and the major upper-leg muscles – the quadriceps in the front and the hamstrings in the back. This, he says, should help you avoid the ankle and knee problems that result from football’s stops and starts, lateral moves and backpedaling.
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Full Text: Chicago Sun – Times Oct 8, 1989

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East Aurora squad battles to shake slump

The East Aurora boys’ cross-country team, a surprise state-meet qualifier a year ago, might surprise again this year. The Tomcats might not make it back to state with virtually the same team. With No. 1 runner Jose Zepada coming back into top form after missing three weeks with an Achilles tendon injury, East Aurora is not in bad shape entering the state series, which begins today with the Streamwood regional. Last year, East Aurora was the team that improved throughout the year. The Tomcats came into the Wheaton North sectional a virtual unknown, but finished fourth to qualify for the state meet.
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Full Text: Chicago Sun – Times Oct 14, 1989

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If Ubriaco is fired will Espo get job?

Mellanby to Oilers? Among the players being mentioned in a possible swap that would see Jimmy Carson go from Edmonton to Philadelphia is injured Flyers forward Scott Mellanby. Part of the reason is that Mellanby and his father, a Canadian broadcasting executive, are close to Oilers general manager Glen Sather. Mellanby won’t be able to play before Christmas, after suffering nerve and tendon damage when his left forearm was slashed in an August barroom brawl. Mellanby doesn’t put much stock in the trade rumors. “I don’t think anybody would trade for me right now,” Mellanby said. “I basically have one arm. I don’t think any team is going to take a chance like that. It would be pretty stupid.”
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Full Text: Toronto Star Oct 26, 1989

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The Frustrated Bowed Tendon

Though a relativley common horse injury, bowed tendons have proven difficult to treat successfully. A discussion of the disorder is presented.
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Full Text: Horsemen’s Journal Nov 1989

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Lakers survive fight; Clippers KO’d LA suffers first loss as Golden State comes on strong with 118-94 victory

The Clippers’ backcourt could have used some help, though. Clippers guards Gary Grant (1 of 5 shooting for four points; six assists), [Reggie Williams] (2 of 6 for four points; three assists) and Carlton McKinney (0 of 6, one point) were unable to produce much under Golden State’s pressure. “They played a great game and we didn’t execute like we wanted to.” NOTES: The Benoit Benjamin talks are continuing without much news, except to say the overweight, 7-0 center has not accepted the Clippers’ offer. Word is that Benjamin prefers more in base salary than the incentives the club is offering. A club source said Benjamin could make much more than the $1 million he earned last season by attaining those incentives. … Golden State center Alton Lister strained his right Achilles’ tendon and Coach Don Nelson said he’ll probably be out at least six weeks. … On the presence of 7-7 Manute Bol, [Don Casey] said: “Bol stymies us. He gets in the way and just distorts things. We’re not really good outside shooters.”… Former Clippers forward Marques Johnson, making a comeback with the Warriors after suffering a neck injury 10 games into the 1986-87 season, played 12 minutes and scored three points. Johnson said he has seen enough improvement over a month to try to take his game to the next level. “I’m still trying to get my sharpness and timing to an acceptable level,” he said.
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Full Text: Orange County Register Nov 8, 1989

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