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LATEST LINE
NFL Preseason
FavoritePointsUnderdog
CHICAGO3Arizona
NY Giants41/2NYJETS
MINNESOTA21/2Baltimore
PHILADELPHIA3Pittsburgh
OAKLAND3Detroit
Saturday, August 26th.
BUFFALO3Cleveland
Indianapolis31/2NEW ORLNS
NEW ENGLAND31/2Washington
DALLAS7San Francisco
JACKSONVILLE3Tampa Bay
TENNESSEE21/2Atlanta
KANSAS CITY31/2St. Louis
SAN DIEGO31/2Seattle
Sunday, August 27th.
DENVER51/2Houston
Monday, August 28th.
CINCINNATI6Green Bay
Baseball
FavoriteOddsUnderdog
National League
Houston71/2-81/2PITTSBURGH
NY METS51/2-61/2Philadelphia
ATLANTA71/2-81/2Washington
FLORIDA51/2-61/2Milwaukee
ST .LOUIS7-8Chicago Cubs
COLORADO71/2-81/2San Diego
LA DodgersEven-6ARIZONA
CincinnatiEven-6SAN FRAN.
American League
BALTIMORE8-9Tampa Bay
DetroitEven-6CLEVELAND
TORONTO6-7Kansas City
OaklandEven-6TEXAS
CHISOXEven-6Minnesota
Boston7-8SEATTLE
LA ANGELS51/2-61/2NY Yankees
Home Team in CAPS
AP SPORTLIGHT
Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA
Aug. 25
1888 -- Henry Slocum becomes the first man to win the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association singles title besides Richard Sears.
1904 -- Jim Jeffries knocks out Jack Munroe in the second round in San Francisco to retain the world heavyweight title.
1908 -- The first $50,000 trotting race in the U.S., the American Trotting Derby, is won by Allen Winter with Lon McDonald driving.
1922 -- In one of the wildest games ever played, the Cubs beat the Phillies 26-23. The Cubs led 25-6 in the fourth inning, but held on as the game ended with the Phillies leaving the bases loaded.
1925 -- Helen Wills, 19, wins her 3rd straight U.S. Lawn Tennis Assn. singles title with a 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 win over Kathleen McKane.
1946 -- Ben Hogan wins the PGA championship with a 6 and 4 win over Ed Oliver.
1973 -- The NASL championship is won by the Philadelphia Atoms with a 2-0 victory over the Dallas Tornadoes.
1974 -- The Los Angeles Aztecs edge the Miami Toros 4-3 to win the NASL Championship.
1984 -- France's Lutin D'Isigny wins the $250,000 International Trot by seven lengths, the largest margin of victory in this race. Jean-Paul Andre drives Lutin D'Isigny to a world record trot for 1 1/4 miles in 2:30, smashing the record of 2:31.2 shared by Speedy Scot and Noble Victory.
1991 -- Carl Lewis reclaims his title of world's fastest human by setting a world record of 9.86 seconds in the 100-meter final in the world championships in Tokyo. Lewis clips four-hundredths of a second off the previous mark of 9.90 set by Leroy Burrell in the U.S. Championships two months earlier.
1996 -- Tiger Woods wins an unprecedented third U.S. Amateur Championship, beating Steve Scott on the 38th hole after coming back from 5-down with 16 to play and 2-down with three to go.
2000 -- Australia's Karrie Webb matches the LPGA Tour's 18-hole record with an 11-under 61 in the second round of the Oldsmobile Classic.
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