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Sports Headlines for Sunday, August 9, 1998
Tim Sullivan column
QB controversy or calamity?
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Today's mission is a contradiction. It is to find meaning in the meaningless, to see significance in the superfluous, to make a point about the inherently pointless.
Paul Daugherty column
Dad gave Young wings for majors
The best hitter on the Reds arrives early and stays late. He isn't afraid to be told what he doesn't know. "He has no fear of learning," is how Ken Griffey puts it.
Reds throw 2nd shutout at Brewers
Cincinnati's version of "Fernandomania," bobbed and weaved through a command performance Saturday night before a delighted 23,906 at Cinergy Field watching him for the first time.
80 days left, Allen deals with limbo
Today marks the second anniversary of the day Major League Baseball took the interim tag away from him and made John Allen the Reds' Managing Executive in place of the banished Marge Schott.
REDS NOTEBOOK
This is not the Sean Casey of May, who was hitting .150 and got sent to Triple-A Indianapolis.
MINOR LEAGUE REPORT
Things were going well for Tyler Minges right up to the time he tore the ligament off the elbow in his right arm. Minges is a baseball player, and that is not good at all.
NKU discusses new arena
The Reds, Bengals and Xavier University are all getting new sports facilities. Northern Kentucky University may be next.
Jensens jazz up tennis
Brothers, doubles partners, showmen, Luke and Murphy Jensen are in a league of their own
Ankle injury ends Boynton's match
The yell of pain by Craig Boynton was nothing compared to that let out by his 3-year-old daughter, Sydney, Saturday at the ATP Tennis Center.
Mayotte takes seniors title
As the youngest player in the 12-man field at the Great American Insurance Seniors Championship, Tim Mayotte didn't pay much respect to his elders Saturday at the ATP Tennis Center.
Medvedev almost there
Playing in qualifiers is something new for 23-year-old Andre Medvedev, the 27th-ranked player in the world during the 1997 season.
Computer makes Rios No. 1
Marcelo Rios has not played since July 25 and hasn't won a tennis tournament since St. Poelten, Austria, almost three months ago. But when the new ATP Tour rankings come out Monday, Rios will replace Pete Sampras as No. 1 in the world for the second time this year.
ATP RESULTS, TODAY'S SCHEDULE
ATP NOTEBOOK
Television coverage of the Great American Insurance ATP Championship will reach a new level this week.
BENGALS NOTEBOOK
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The Bengals will turn Tuesday's practice into a daylong festival when they work out at Centerville High School near Dayton.
Dream ends for Hawkins, U.S.
ATHENS, Greece -- A controversial foul by former Xavier star Michael Hawkins in the final minute turned a chance for victory into defeat for the underdog American team in the World Basketball Championships Saturday.
Dusing's chance to be champ
Nate Dusing figures he hasn't yet arrived. The Covington Catholic grad has won a national swimming title and set a series of U.S. records, but won't call himself a champion until he beats every major American competitor in the same race.
Female drag racer takes on all opponents
Not all sports are separated by gender, and that's fine with drag racer Laurie Cannister.
BASEBALL INSIDER
There was a time this season when the Cleveland Indians might have as good a starting rotation as anybody in the American League.
NFL INSIDER
Everybody needs a break from work, right? Jon Gruden of the Oakland Raiders doesn't necessarily agree.
CINCINNATI GOLF GUIDE
Search here for details on more than 40 local public golf courses. Fore!
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