Monday, May 19, 1997
REDS
REDS 4, PADRES 0
This is how it was supposed to go for the Reds this year. Barry Larkin making big plays. Solid starting pitching. A devastating running game. The Reds finally got all of the above on the same day.
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PAUL DAUGHERTY COLUMN
In the second inning Sunday, Barry Larkin made a play at shortstop to remind us who we've been missing. You could go to Cinergy Field only once or twice a summer and see Larkin make a play like this. It was an All-Star play, handled like a popup. Greatness is making the difficult seem routine.
COLUMN
REDS EASE STANCE ON 'WEDGE'
Recent meetings involving Hamilton County Commission President Bob
Bedinghaus and Reds' brass Marge Schott and John Allen have improved stadium
negotiations.
STORY May 16, 1997
INDIANAPOLIS 500
DENTIST CHASES INDY DREAM
INDIANAPOLIS - Four out of five dentists surveyed do not drive in the Indianapolis 500, but Dr. Jack Miller is that fifth dentist. Miller, a 35-year-old Indianapolis native and practicing dentist, fulfilled a lifelong goal May 10 by qualifying for his first Indy 500.
TODAY'S STORY
LINEUP
ARE NEW ENGINES SAFE, DURABLE?
INDIANAPOLIS - The first thing you notice is the significantly louder engines. The second is the concern in some drivers' eyes, wondering if the all-new Indy Racing League motors are inviting disaster at the 81st Indianapolis 500 on May 25.
STORY May 17, 1997
NBA DRAFT LOTTERY
SPURS WIN DRAFT LOTTERY
The worst season in San Antonio Spurs' history had a great ending Sunday - an NBA lottery win and the prospect of a frontcourt next season featuring David Robinson and Wake Forest's Tim Duncan, the player expected to be the No. 1 draft choice.
STORY
BOOTY OR BOOBY PRIZE?
The awful truth about every basketball fan's favorite game show, the NBA draft lottery, is that even though someone always wins, there isn't always a winner.
STORY, May 18, 1997
PREAKNESS
ANOTHER NAIL-BITER FOR BAFFERT
Bob Baffert watched his colt Silver Charm win in a photo finish over Captain Bodgit two weeks ago to win the Kentucky Derby. In Saturday's Preakness, his colt did it again, this time over Free House by a head with Captain Bodgit another head behind.
STORY May 18, 1997
BENGALS
BENGALS TO LOOK AT WOODSON
Rod Woodson wearing stripes? Could it happen? The Bengals will be among the spectators when the cornerback shows
off his surgically repaired right knee at a workout on June 2.
STORY May 17, 1997
NFL TO SEAL DEAL ON STADIUM
The NFL is set to approve financial details of the Bengals' stadium lease at next week's owners' meetings, but the club has to settle a local dispute in order to meet the June 1 deadline.
STORY May 17, 1997
BROWN FAMILY NOT LIABLE FOR $40 MILLION IN TAXES
Mike Brown secured his family's biggest victory in 51 years of professional football when a federal judge ruled Tuesday the heirs of the late Paul Brown are not liable for an estate tax deficiency of more than $40 million.
STORY April 30, 1997
OLYMPICS
TIM SULLIVAN COLUMN
It dawns on Nick Vehr that his youngest child may have children of her own by 2012, but it does not deter him. His Olympic quest is delayed, but undaunted.
COLUMN May 17, 1997
USOC PUTS OLYMPIC BID ON HOLD
The leadership of the U.S. Olympic Committee voted unanimously Thursday against bidding for the Olympics in 2008, feeling it lacked the time to compete against a growing international field.
STORY May 16, 1997
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
KENTUCKY WILDCATS
Three days wasn't enough time for new Kentucky coach Tubby Smith to make up for a season's worth of recruiting with Louisiana prep star Byron Mouton, who on Thursday signed a letter-of-intent with Tulane.
STORY May 16, 1997
HIRING OF TUBBY SMITH May 13, 1997
PITINO-CELTICS COVERAGE May 15, 1997
NCAA TOURNAMENT COVERAGE April 1, 1997
CINCINNATI BEARCATS
With the seconds counting down to the end of the spring signing period, the Cincinnati Bearcats beat the buzzer by adding 6-foot-7 small forward Aaron McGhee of Aurora, Ill., to their 1997 recruiting class.
STORY May 15, 1997
HUGGINS-O'DELL DISPUTE April 26, 1997
XAVIER MUSKETEERS
Garvin Davis, a 6-foot-10 center from Fayetteville, N.C., said Tuesday that he has verbally committed to attend Xavier in the fall 1998.
STORY May 14, 1997
NORTHERN KENTUCKY NORSE
Scott Marston, an Oak Hills graduate who just finished his sophomore season at Division I Virginia Commonwealth, said he will transfer to NKU and play for the Norse next season.
STORY April 27, 1997
WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR
Only three weeks ago, it was being called Tennessee's worst team in a decade. Three weeks later, it may be the most memorable of Pat Summitt's five national championship clubs.
STORIES March 31, 1997
HOCKEY
DALLAS SIGNEE LABELLE TO REJOIN CYCLONES
The Cyclones have apparently won the sweepstakes for forward Marc LaBelle's services next season. Sources in Dallas say the NHL Stars have re-signed the bruising left-winger, and will concede to his demand to be sent to Cincinnati instead of Dallas's IHL affiliate, the Michigan K-Wings.
STORY May 16, 1997
CYCLONES MOVE OUT OF GARDENS
TThe Cyclones and the Cincinnati Gardens finalized their divorce decree Friday when the hockey team and arena owners officially ended their relationship after seven years.
STORY May 10, 1997
DUCKS NESTLE INTO GARDENS
The Cincinnati Mighty Ducks were hatched Thursday into a curious minor-league hockey world. Cincinnati Gardens finalized an estimated $2 million deal to join the American Hockey League as a replacement for the Baltimore Bandits. The exclusive operating agreement with the NHL Anaheim Mighty Ducks made Cincinnati a two-league town.
STORY May 2, 1997
NASCAR
RACETRACK STUDY TO LAST 3-4 MONTHS
Turfway Park owner Jerry Carroll said Wednesday a preliminary study on building an auto racing facility in Northern Kentucky will take three to four months.
STORY May 15, 1997
IF PAYOFF RIGHT, CARROLL WILL ACT WITH SPEED
Jerry Carroll is not a trendsetter. He is a trend-spotter. He loves nothing so much as someone else's bright idea. His business philosophy has always been to borrow from the best.
SULLIVAN COLUMN
FANS FLOCK TO NEW STORE
Area auto racing fans turned out in force Wednesday for the opening of a new ''NASCAR Thunder'' store at Kenwood Towne Centre, where several hundred lined up for autographs from driver Michael Waltrip.
STORY April 17, 1997
KENTUCKY DERBY
SILVER CHARMED
Silver Charm, bought by trainer Bob Baffert during Derby week last year because his name matched Baffert's mane, held off favorite Captain Bodgit in a photo finish Saturday at Churchill Downs.
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INFIELD
FIGURE SKATING
SKATING SHOW UPSTAGES REDS
Close to 15,000 people at Riverfront Coliseum gave a lengthy, standing ovation to a star-filled lineup of past and present world champions, including 14-year-old world champion Tara Lipinski.
STORY April 28, 1997
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
CINCINNATI BEARCATS
Saturday's intrasquad scrimmage, which the Black team won 20-17 on Eric Richards' 32-yard field goal in overtime, showed the passing game is the farthest along.
STORY April 27, 1997
COLLEGE NICKNAMES
MIAMI ADOPTS REDHAWKS
The change from Redskins will cost about $100,000 - mostly for new uniforms - and will be visible when fall sports begin.
STORY April 19, 1997
HIGH SCHOOLS
OHIO CHANGES PROCESS FOR DETERMINING DIVISIONS
The Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) has changed the way it collects school enrollment figures. The association will now use the student counts collected by the Ohio Department of Education, instead of asking schools for a separate report. An Enquirer investigation last June revealed that 70 percent of Ohio's school districts reported different sets of figures to the Department of Education and to the athletic association.
STORY April 29, 1997
GENDER EQUITY
UNIVERSITIES FOLLOW SPIRIT OF TITLE IX
Xavier Athletic Director Jeff Fogelson certainly was listening when the Supreme Court had its say Monday on the issue of gender equity in college athletics, but he didn't need to be told again what to do.
STORY April 23, 1997
TIM SULLIVAN COLUMN
To achieve gender equity on the playing fields of America's campuses, you must first renounce capitalism and embrace socialism. You must decide that a hugely profitable football program is of no greater value to a university than a field hockey team that performs primarily for parents.
SULLIVAN April 23, 1997
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