Trivia answer
From 1D: Ed "Too Tall" Jomes was the Dallas Cowboys defensive end retired in 1979 to become a professional boxer. He fought six times, all against no-name boxers. Jones retired from boxing and came back to the Cowboys in 1980 and played for 10 more seasons. His three Pro Bowl selections came after his return to the Cowboys.
Playback
10 years ago (1999): Two days of auto racing at the Governors Cup in Mandan wasn't enough to settle things in the WISSOTAStreet class.
Rory Opp of Hanaford was the first across the finish line the feature at Dacotah Speedway, but he may not take home a title due to some problems with his engine.
Randi Miller won the feature and dash for the cash in the Sprint Cars, while Hank Berry took the feature and Leo Burkhardsmier the dash for the cash in the Modifieds.
In the Late Model, Mitch Johnson finished first in the feature, while Troy Schill won the dash for the cash.
Brad Seng won the WISSOTA Superstocks, while Herb Bargmann won the dash for the cash.
In the WISSOTA Streets, Opp won the feature, while Dave Wirtz took the dash for the cash.
Brad Hanson swept the feature and dash for the cash in the Bombers, while Ryan Feickert and Jeff Feickert won the Road Hogs feature and Doug Zink and Clint Carr won the dash for the cash.
20 years ago (1989): Jim Kanthack of Bismarck qualified second in the North Dakota senior golf championship, shooting a 75 in the opening round.
Dickinson's Don Cuskelly qualified eighth (80), while Doug Dehne was 12th (81), right ahead of Jim Fleig (81). Both are from Bismarck.
In the super senior division, Mandan's Jack Johnson was the top qualifier (73), right ahead of Bill Roberts (78), Pete Allan (78), Roland Grenz (79) and John Peterson (80). All of those four are from Bismarck, while Dickinson's Stanley Haas qualified seventh (81).
50 years ago (1959): Bismarck's American Legion Juniors stopped Mandan 10-5 in a tuneup for the Western Division tournament at Dickinson later this week.
Joe Sahli, Tom Woodmansee, Steve Woodcox and Al Lick all worked part of the game for Bismarck.
Tom Hall paced Bismarck hitters with two hits, one a triple. Nine different batters hit safely.
Chuck Weissman paced Mandan with three singles. Knoll and Gronvold worked on the mound for Mandan.
TV today
MLB
6 p.m.
FSN - Minnesota at Cleveland
WNBA
6:30 p.m.
ESPN2 - New York at Detroit
Radio today
MLB
6 p.m.
KXMR (710 AM) - Minnesota at Cleveland
SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
Auto racing: Monster Truck and Motorsport Spectacular, Dacotah Speedway.
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Posted in Sports on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 12:00 am
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