Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.scores,americast.usa-today.scores From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: scores Fri, Oct 23 1992 Date: Fri, 23 Oct 92 04:43:42 EDT Message-ID: $$%1 USA TODAY RADIO SPORTS REPORT From the USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network Friday, Oct. 23 This report: Copyright 1992, USA TODAY World Series Thursday, Oct. 22 Atlanta 7, Toronto 2, Toronto leads 3-2. National Hockey League Thursday, Oct. 22 Hartford 5, Ottawa 1 Vancouver 4, Philadelphia 4, tie Pittsburgh 9, Detroit 6 Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 2 Minnesota 5, Quebec 2 New Jersey 6, Chicago 5, OT Boston 4, Calgary 2 SPORTS SHORTS: SMITH DRIVES BRAVES BACK HOME: Backed to the wall and a long way from home, the Atlanta Braves found a reprieve Thursday with one swing of Lonnie Smith's bat. And now the World Series returns to its U.S. roots. Smith's fifth-inning grand slam - the first by a National Leaguer in 28 years - crushed Toronto's hopes of a clincher in Canada, helping hand the Blue Jays a 7-2 loss in Game 5 and cutting their lead to 3-2. BASEBALL ARTIST DIES: The man who painted word pictures for the game of baseball has died. Red Barber, the radio voice of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1939 to '53 died Thursday in Tallahassee, Fla. He was 84. Barber had been hospitalized since emergency surgery for a bowel obstruction Oct. 10. Since 1981, Barber did a weekly show on National Public Radio's morning news program. INSTANT REPLAY MAY RETURN: Television instant replay has a chance at returning to the NFL next season as an officiating tool, but with a new look. The owners are considering bringing back the idea using the old U.S. Football League's challenge system. Under USFL replay, a coach was allowed one replay challenge each half. If replay proved him right, he kept his challenge. If wrong, his team lost a time out. NHL TO PAY OFF PENSIONS: A Toronto judge ruled Thursday that the National Hockey League is required to return more than $22 million, plus interest, to the pension fund of players who were in the league from 1948-82. League counsel has been directed to file an appeal. A group of nearly 200 retired players and referees charged that the league used $22 million of pension surplus before 1982 to pay off current debts. $$%2 This article is copyright 1992 Gannett News Service. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM