Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.sports From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: sports Fri, Jul 10 1992 Date: Fri, 10 Jul 92 05:13:31 EDT Message-ID: 07-10 0000 DECISIONLINE: Sports USA TODAY Update July 10-12, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network RANGERS FIRE VALENTINE: Bobby Valentine was fired Thursday as manager of the Texas Rangers and replaced in the interim by dugout coach Toby Harrah. Valentine, in his eighth season, had the third-longest tenure in the majors behind Los Angeles' Tom Lasorda and Detroit's Sparky Anderson. The Rangers had lost nine of 15 games since June 8 to fall from a first-place tie with Minnesota. EXPOS SLIP BY GIANTS 6-5: Marquis Grissom scored on third baseman Matt Williams' error in the 12th inning as the weary Montreal Expos beat San Francisco 6-5 Thursday to snap the Giants' five-game winning streak. In other National League games: San Diego 3, Philadelphia 2; Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 2; Atlanta 2, Chicago 0; Houston, 4, New York 0; Los Angeles 2, St. Louis 1. RHODES, ORIOLES GET WIN: Arthur Rhodes, helped by successive Orioles homers by Brady Anderson and Mike Devereaux to open the game, got his first major-league victory as Baltimore beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2 Thursday night. In other American League games: New York 7, Seattle 6; Chicago 10, Boston 3; Detroit 5, California 4; Toronto 4, Oakland 3; Kansas City 3, Milwaukee 2; Texas 14, Cleveland 4. STOCKTON, KIEFER LEAD SENIOR: Dave Stockton and Jack Kiefer share the U.S. Senior Open lead after matching 4-under-par 67s Thursday at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pa. Kiefer hit every fairway and missed just one green. Stockton missed six fairways and six greens but saved par five times using 26 putts. Defending champion Jack Nicklaus posted a 70 and Lee Trevino finished at 73. TRACK REMATCH DELAYED: The anticipated rematch between the USA's Mary Slaney and South African Zola Budd Pieterse, rivals since their famous collision in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, will have to wait a little longer. Slaney and Pieterse were supposed to meet Friday in a 2,000-meter race at a track and field meet in London. But Slaney, suffering from a virus, withdrew from the race Thursday. MRS. COOKE FACES DEPORTATION: Deportation proceedings against Marlene Chalmers Cooke, wife of Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke, have been instigated by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. According to The Washington Post, the INS will issue a document calling for the Bolivia native's deportation because of her past involvement with a drug smuggling ring. She has filed an appeal. BONTEMPI WINS TOUR'S 5TH STAGE: Near-record speed and a bold move by Italy's Guido Bontempi 3 miles from the finish line won him the fifth stage of the Tour de France Thursday. Canadian cyclist Steve Bauer moved up 10 spots to third place, 3 minutes, 11 seconds behind leader Pascal Lino. Three-time winner Greg LeMond gained on 1991 winner Miguel Indurain, although he dropped from 12th to 14th place. FORMER PLAYERS SET UP PROGRAM: Five former pro basketball stars - Oscar Robertson, Dave DeBusschere, Dave Bing, Dave Cowens and Archie Clark - on Thursday announced the formation of the National Basketball Retired Players Association. The NBRPA will be based in Boston and act as an advocacy and service-providing group for all retired professional players. JIMMY, MARTINA TO SQUARE OFF: Jimmy Connors and Martina Navratilova will play for a $500,000 payday Sept. 25 in a pay-for-view show from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, promoter Rick Kulis said Thursday. Both will get an undisclosed appearance fee. Connors will have to cover an extra 15 inches outside each singles line. GIANTS PICK DUKE'S BROWN: Duke University quarterback Dave Brown, cautioned to be realistic, realized a dream Thursday when picked by the New York Giants on the first round of the NFL supplemental draft. The 6-foot-5, 225-pounder had a year of college eligibility remaining, but graduated in May and opted to enter the supplemental draft. He will get a chance to develop behind Phil Simms and Jeff Hostetler. REDSKINS MAY GET NEW STADIUM: Plans by Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke and Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder to build a new stadium in Alexandria, Va., are still subject to governmental approval and the lines of resistance have been drawn. Cooke was confident Thursday in a joint announcement to build 78,600-seat Jack Kent Cooke Stadium at a railroad yard, to open in 1994. BRADLEY'S JERSEY DISPLAYED: The Democratic Party put U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley's retired New York Knicks No. 24 jersey back to work. Bradley's number hangs at Madison Square Garden, where the New Jersey senator will give a keynote address at next week's convention. It appeared Thursday an overhang would block a TV shot of the uniform, so it was moved to where the cameras could get a clear line. JACKSON AWARDED IN N. DAKOTA: Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson will receive North Dakota's highest honor from Gov. George Sinner. Jackson will receive the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award July 30 in Williston, N.D., where the high school gym will be named in his honor. 24-HOUR TELEPHONE INFORMATION: USA TODAY Sports Hot Line. 95 cents a minute. 1-900-555-5555. Sports Editor: Kate Coughlin. (919-855-3491) Making copies of USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1992) for further distribution violates federal law. This article is copyright 1992 Gannett News Service. 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