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...Boston Bruins, who haven't done too much trading lately, prepared for the stretch drive to the Stanley Cup yesterday by dealing defenseman Rick Smith, right wing Reggie Leach and a minor League throw-in to California for all-star defenseman Carol Vadnais and another minor-leaguer. The Bruins defensive corps now have the oddly reminiscent first names of Bob, Carol, Ted, and Dallas. Who knows, maybe the quartet will go into the movie biz after they're through getting their teeth knocked out by Rod Gilbert slap shots...
...difference between the Driesell publicity hype of last winter, and that of this winter is that now he actually has a ballclub that can beat people. McMillen, true, is considerably overrated. He failed to make the tournament all-star team, and was not a terribly important force in either of the Terrapins' victories. Elmore, White and O'Brien carried the squad, which seemed either unwilling or unable to get the ball to McMillen inside. He is still gangly and calf-like, and there is a consistently confused expression on his face, almost as though he does not yet realize...
...answer is Bill Sharman, the Lakers' new, no-nonsense coach. Unlike his three predecessors, Sharman learned the game on the hardwood courts of the N.B.A., where he was an eight-time All-Star guard with the Boston Celtics during their late-1950s glory days. After coaching the Utah Stars to the championship of the American Basketball Association last year, Sharman was hired away for a reported $75,000 a year to work similar miracles in Southern California. His tactics were simple: stressing defense, the fast break and "running, running, running," he transformed the team into a Los Angeles version...
Former baseball owner and Suffolk Downs administrator Bill Veeck told a Senate subcommittee yesterday that the major league All-Star baseball game should be played annually in Washington's Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium...
Veeck, the first witness in re-opened hearings on the stadium, explained that the All-Star game is by nature a national event with national interest and since RFK Stadium is a national facility, it should be used for the only baseball game that is national in scope He also described himself as "a hustler...