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...collegiate All-American first-round draft choice of the California Angels, Abbott, 21, has impressed sports fans around the world with his grace and talent -- despite being born without a right hand. In addition to his strong pitching performance -- he went the full nine innings and scattered seven hits -- Abbott made a dramatic fielding play in the bottom of the eighth to provide the U.S. with the emotional boost it needed to overcome the Japanese in the suspense-filled game. Seeming to gather momentum as he went along, the former University of Michigan star retired eleven of the last twelve...
...Soviets will face the winner of today's Yugoslavia-Australia semifinal for the gold medal Friday, a rematch of the first-round game won by the Yugoslavs...
Arvidas Sabonis, a first-round draft pick of the NBA Portland Trail Blazers, had 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Soviets. Rimas Kourtinaitis had 28 points for the Soviets...
Harvard's season ended when the squad fell to Navy, 10-9, in a first-round game of the NCAA Tournament at Ohiri Field. The Crimson earned its only other bid to the tourney in 1980, when it fell in a quarterfinal game to John Hopkins...
...although this year's finish, a first-round NCAA loss to Michigan State, did not equal the previous two Final Four appearances of the last two Crimson teams, this duo can look back at its accomplishments and realize that not many graduating seniors on other teams in the nation could boast of such a resume...