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FINE FIELDERS: Dodgers catcher Charles Johnson Charles Johnson may refer to:
  • Any of several American football players: see Charles Johnson (football).
  • Captain Charles Johnson (pirate biographer) (c.
, Angels outfielder Jim Edmonds James Patrick "Jim" Edmonds (born June 27, 1970 in Fullerton, California) is a left-handed batter who plays for the St. Louis Cardinals. Edmonds is affectionately known as Jimmy Baseball [1], "Lassie" and as "Hollywood"[2] among Cardinals fans.  and ex-USC star Bret Boone
    Bret Robert Boone (born April 6 1969) is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who most recently played with the Minnesota Twins before being released on August 1, 2005 after only 20 days with the franchise.

    Boone was born in El Cajon, California to Susan G.
     of the Cincinnati Reds have won Gold Gloves. It was the first Gold Glove for second baseman Boone, whose father, Bob, a catcher, won seven. Outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. of Seattle and pitcher Greg Maddux of Atlanta each received their ninth consecutive Gold Gloves. Page 9.

    COWBOY TRIBUTE: The Angels announced they will play host to a public tribute to the late Gene Autry on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at Edison Field. Dick Enberg will emcee the tribute, scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Various players and journalists will speak about the former Angels owner who died Oct. 2 at age 91.

    OLYMPICS

    MEDAL UPGRADES? Four U.S. swimmers from two decades ago, Linda Jezek, Lauri Siering, Camile Wright and Shirley Babashoff, might be getting Olympic gold medals that authorities believe were lost to drug use by East German athletes. USOC (Universal Service Order Code) An equipment coding system created by AT&T. The number was applied to telephone equipment and to wire termination patterns. See 568A.  president Bill Hybl said that he was preparing to ask the International Olympic Committee “IOC” redirects here. For other uses, see IOC (disambiguation).

    The International Olympic Committee (French: Comité International Olympique) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23
     to give ``appropriate medal recognition'' to the 1976 American women's 400-meter medley relay team, which finished second to East Germany at Montreal.

    TRACK & FIELD

    FLO-JO FASHIONS: A line of athletic shoes and clothes that Florence Griffith Joyner had been working on will be introduced as planned, her husband, Al Joyner, announced. Griffith Joyner, Olympic gold medalist and holder of world records in the 100 and 200 meters, died Sept. 21 in her sleep at her home in Mission Viejo. She was 38.

    AWARDS

    WOMEN OF NOTE: Pro basketball player Cynthia Cooper of the Houston Comets and figure skater Michelle Kwan, both reared in California, were honored as Sportswomen of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation The Women's Sports Foundation (WSF) "is a charitable educational organization dedicated to ensuring equal access to participation and leadership opportunities for all girls and women in sports and fitness. .

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    Title Annotation:SPORTS
    Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
    Date:Oct 20, 1998
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